HOUSE, 7 WALKER STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 7 Walker Street, is a typical weatherboard and iron single storey house dating from c1900. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical workers' houses in the South Fremantle area. The place is an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.

Physical Description

Single storey weatherboard and iron cottage with a symmetrical facade designed as a late example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are painted patterned weatherboards. The roof hipped with no eaves and clad with corrugated iron. The verandah is under a separate corrugated iron bullnose roof supported by timber posts. A brick chimney is intact. There is a limestone and metal fence to the front boundary and a small garden area behind.

History

House, 7 Walker Street was built c. 1899. In 1900, the cottage was owned by Bernard McClosky, a warder, and occupied by William Crowle, a labourer. Mr McClosky retained ownership until c. 1914, when it was bought by Herbert Williams. It was sold to Hannah Corry in the early 1920s. Ms Corry lived in the house until she sold it to Joan Calder in the late 1960s. A diagram dated 1954 shows a large weatherboard and asbestos house with a full length front verandah. Extensive paving in the backyard linked the house with several outbuildings. Joan and Raymond Calder was listed and the owners and occupiers until c. 1990, when the property was sold to Franz and Gail Tomka. This place was included in the "Heritage Study South Fremantle", prepared by John Taylor Architects, for the City of Fremantle, June 1993. It was also included in the list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle identified by the Fremantle Society (1979/80) - BROWN -significant for making a positive contribution to the built environment of Fremantle.

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium to high degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). Medium to high degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining. (These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).

Uses

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