Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
54 Central Av Beaconsfield
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1912
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Heritage List | YES | 08 Mar 2007 |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Sep 2000 | Level 3 |
Aesthetically significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture. Typical timber framed single storey cottage dating from the first decades of the twentieth century. Historically significant as a representation of working people’s living conditions in the Fremantle area.
Single storey timber framed and weatherboard clad walls and a Colorbond hipped roof house, has a brick chimney with corbelling. There is a bull nosed verandah supported by turned timber posts and weatherboard additions at the rear of the house. The following places form a significant group and contribute to the streetscape of Central Avenue; 25, 30, 33, 42 & 54.
On the 9th November 1857, Michael Mahor, a Yeoman of Fremantle was granted Country Enrolment No. 1091, which was later known as Cockburn Sound Location 67. This consisted of 10 acres and was bounded by Fifth Avenue on the West, Lefroy Road to the south, York Street on the east and Cockburn Sound Location 62 on the north. The land was advertised in the "Morning Herald" on 25th August 1885. On 24 October 1892 ownership passed to a family of Fremantle butchers, John, David and William Chester, who had a slaughterhouse on part of the land. On 29 August 1901 the land was transferred to a Fremantle Land Agent named Reginald George Webb. Webb subdivided the land on the 8 November 1901 and further subdivisions occurred on 15 July 1903 to create Lots 50, 51, 53, 54, 58, 59, 66, 67, 119 and 72. When the land in this area was originally subdivided and put up for sale a competition was held to decide on a new name for the district and Hilton Park was chosen. House, 54 Central Avenue: The 1912 /13 Rates Book lists a cottage on this lot (93 of 67) which is later given the number 54 in 1939/ 40. Horse shoes have been found in the grounds suggesting that horses may have been kept there.
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
Roof | METAL | Other Metal |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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