Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
2 Davies St Beaconsfield
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1903
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House, 2 Davies Street is a single storey timber and iron house constructed in the Victorian Georgian style of Architecture. The walls are timber framed and clad with timber weatherboards and fibre cement sheeting. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron. The verandah is under a continuous corrugated iron roof. The asymmetrical front façade is blocked from view by a steel garden shed. There is a face brick chimney with chimney pot evident. The house is situated at street level.
The house is situated on Lot 39 of Cockburn Sound Location 59. The land was vacant in 1902/03 and owned by James Morfitt. In the following rate period of 1903/04 a cottage was built and the owner/occupier was Thomas Edward Morfitt, a labourer. Thomas Morfitt still resided in and owned the residence in 1945. By 1949 the owners were George James Morfitt and Robert Arthur Morfitt. George and James Morfitt were the occupants. The 1908 sewerage map (No. 87) shows a very small weatherboard cottage. In November 1940, a weatherboard and asbestos addition was made to the north side of the cottage. The 1947 aerial photograph (Landgate) shows that the house is now larger in footprint, and closer to the road, meaning it was also extended on the west side to more than double its original size. Later aerial photos (Landgate) show that between 1985 and 1995 the house was reroofed.
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Conjoined residence |
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| Victorian Georgian |
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| Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
| Wall | ASBESTOS | Fibrous Cement, flat |
| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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