HOUSE, 15 CENTRAL AVENUE

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

20384

Location

15 Central Av Beaconsfield

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1919

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

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 18 Sep 2000 Level 3

Statement of Significance

Aesthetically significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture. Typical masonry 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.

Physical Description

Single storey rendered and tile (not original) hipped roof house. The projecting front room has a roughcast stucco lined half timbered gable and awning over the window. The dropped verandah is supported by chamfered timber posts. There is a rendered front fence with timber pickets inserts. The following places form a significant group and contribute to the streetscape of Central Avenue; 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15 & 17.

History

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, 15 Central Avenue: The 1919/20 Rates Book lists a cottage on this lot (51 of 62) and this is given number 1 in 1924/ 35 and changed to number 15 in 1939/ 40. The house was extended for a laundry and WC in 1965.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall RENDER Smooth
Roof TILE Aluminium Tile
Wall RENDER Roughcast

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

20 Jul 2011

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

10 Feb 2020

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