HOUSE, 35 FORREST STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

26110

Location

35 FORREST ST FREMANTLE

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1915

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

25542 Workers' Homes Board and War Service Homes Precinct, Fremantle

Physical Description

House, 35 Forrest Street is a single storey masonry and iron house constructed in the Federation Bungalow style of Architecture. The walls are painted brick. The roof has a timber vent and stucco render to the gable over the front projecting room and is hipped and corrugated iron clad. The front verandah is under an extension of the main roof. The verandah is supported by metal columns which are not original. The front boundary has a brick wall with piers and timber picket infills and a timber picket gate and garden beds.

History

House, 35 Forrest Street is one of a row of ten houses (25-43 Forrest Street) built on the south side of Forrest Street between Wood and Montreal Streets between 1913 and 1915 by the Workers’ Home Board. Three houses at the west end of the street were demolished c1983 to make way for Stirling Highway, and one (No. 39) was demolished and rebuilt in c1975. Although some lots have been subdivided at the rear, and most houses have been extended and redeveloped, the remaining six appear from the street, to be as built in 1914. The house was first listed in Post Office Directories in 1914, with George Thomas as the resident. It was originally number 128, and became number 35 when the whole street was renumbered in 1939. The 1915 sewerage map (No. 2068) shows the row of houses, with slight variations, but all made of weatherboard with half-length front verandahs, and some (37 and 29) with wrap around verandahs. All had a bathroom under the main roof; some also had the wash house (laundry) under the main roof. Others had a separate outbuilding for the laundry. Roy Poole was a long-term resident, living in the house from c1925 until at least 1949 (when directory records cease). Aerial photos (Landgate) show that in 2015 the rear of the lot was cleared, possibly for a subdivision.

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 BRICK Painted Brick
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

19 Mar 2019

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

03 Jun 2021

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