HOUSE, 54 FORREST STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

26107

Location

54 FORREST ST FREMANTLE

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1904

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted Level 3

Parent Place or Precinct

26090 Holland/Forrest Street Heritage Area

Physical Description

House, 54 Forrest Street has a single storey timber framed house constructed in the Federation Bungalow style of Architecture. The walls are weatherboard clad. The roof is hipped and Zincalume clad. There is a bull nosed front verandah supported by turned timber posts with decorative timber brackets. The front windows are not original. There is a rendered masonry wall with timber picket infills to the front boundary.

History

The house was first listed in Post Office Directories in 1904 with James Durnin as resident. Numbers were allocated in 1905, at which time the house was No. 131. It became number 54 when the whole street was renumbered in 1939. James Durnin lived at No 54 until 1929. The next owner/occupier was Fred Spencer who loved there from 1931 until at least 1949 (when directory records cease). The 1915 sewerage map (No. 2068) shows a small square weatherboard house on the lot close to the street. Unusually, there are not outbuildings shown. Aerial photos show that between 1995 and 1999 the lot was subdivided and another house built to the rear.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Bungalow

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard
Roof METAL Zincalume

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

19 Mar 2019

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

03 Jun 2021

Disclaimer

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