Laxey Glen

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The place is of imposing architectural design of the period. It is a large brick and iron residence, successfully restored, set in pleasant grounds and complimented by nearby Norfolk Island pines. It represents a style of life no longer practised.

Physical Description

This large brick and iron residence stands framed by tall pine trees. Its many rooms have access onto the wide verandahs by french doors and have large windows with views to the nearby ocean. The large and complicated roof clearly defines each living area below and angled gables to both streets are timber decorated. Small finials adorn the roof. The turned timber verandah columns along the delicate timber balustrade and barge board infill add an air of lightness to this substantial house.

History

Assessment 1978 Construction c.1900 Alterations and additions 1978

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It has historic interest as well as its architecture prominent on the corner of John and Broome Street in the heart of a Cottesloe Heritage Precinct. Houses adjacent and opposite are all of heritage value.

Physical Description

"Laxey Glen", Built 1903-10, "this large brick and iron residence is an imposing example of the "Federation Queen Anne" style. It is set in pleasant grounds complemented by nearby Norfolk Island pine trees. Its many rooms open onto wide verandahs via French doors, and large windows provide ocean views. The large and complicated roof, decorated with small finials, clearly defines each living area below, and angled gables to two streets are half-timbered. The turned-timber verandah columns and delicate timber balustrades and friezes add an air of lightness to the residence." The Heritage of WA - p.13/10. The condition of the house is not original. Substantial interior decorations including a new wing to the north. Last renovation c1991 for the Wendt family was in a manner sympathetic to the original home. The garden contains some significant plantings but the overall concept to the present landscaping has little significance.

History

According to R. Marchant James, [Heritage of Pines, 1977, 1992 ] Laxey Glen was built by Mr Arnold as a private residence and run for many years by the Nankivill family as a guest house. Mrs Chariotte B. Arnold was still in residence in 1918. In 1939 the Nankivells owned it. At a later date it was reputedly a brothel.

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Integrity only fair Modifications much restored

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St Kilda

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An early bungalow with a heritage facade in a proposed heritage precint. Part of an important J streetscape with a number of heritage homes in the immediate vicinity. It stands next to Laxey Glen opposite Overton Lodge and near to Pine Lodge, Pine Court, and the various John Street houses of heritage value.

Physical Description

A "Federation Filigree" bungalow pre 1903, currently undergoing major renovations and redevelopment. The whole of the back section is being rebuilt. The unsympathetic house next door is to be demolished to provide a tennis court. However the facade and front rooms are being retained. Intrusive cement tiles currently cover the hipped and gabled roof. The gables are currently filled with plain board which also covers the straight corbelled chimney. The house has a stone base, tuckpointed red brick with two string courses of cream render. The wooden floored L shaped verandah has turned posts with an unusual Art Nouveau fretted frieze. A single double-hung floor to ceiling window occupies the the projecting bay which is angled south west across the corner of the block. A half porthole alcove to the street face has a window sill cutting across it and scrolled plaster decoration below. A similar porthole window is found on the south face. A French door to the verandah is multipaned. It is to be hoped that the inappropriate wall of rendered bricks inset with iron lace will also be altered in the renovation process.

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Integrity in state of flux Modifications currently undergoing complete refit except for facade

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Cottesloe Civic Centre

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03313 Cottesloe Norfolk Island Pine Trees

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• 18556 Overton Lodge

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Cottesloe Civic Centre, a substantial two-storey, Inter-War Spanish Mission style house of rendered stone, brick and concrete with a tiled roof, a single-storey brick and tile hall, a single-storey brick and tile dwelling and substantial walled gardens, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: *the place has great importance to the broad community for its aesthetic characteristics as a well composed set of places in a grand, walled, garden setting and for the aesthetically pleasing character of the whole experience; *the place contributes significantly to Cottesloe due to its strategic location and landmark qualities which make a significant contribution to the townscape of Cottesloe and as a significant component of an important precinct containing several other important heritage places; *the place has importance for its associations with a past lifestyle and its very strong association with that of its most important and charismatic owner, Claude de Bemales, as a symbol of the second mining boom which saved Western Australia from the severest hardships of the Great Depression when his mines employed a significant number of people. Its associations with the Hon. Mr Justice Pennefather, Laurence Gadsdon, Mayor of Cottesloe, architects Sir Bernard Evans, Samuel Rosenthal, Harold Boas and John OIdham and several generations of the Cottesloe Councillors are also of importance; the buildings and grounds demonstrate artistic achievement manifest in the principal characteristics of the Inter-War Spanish Mission style of architecture, with vestiges of the earlier concepts by Pennefather, where the overall aesthetic impact is considerably more important than the sum of the individual components; *the place has a high degree of social value and, since its adaptation in 1950 to a civic centre, has continued to fulfill an important social role in the local and State community; the place is a strong presence in the context of Cottesloe and contributes significantly to the community's sense of continuity and place; *the place is representative of the Inter-War Spanish Missionary style and is important in Western Australia for its large-scale use of the style and its comparative scarcity; and, the place is representative of a large-scale culturally modified landscape of a type and order that is unusual in Western Australia. AESTHETIC VALUE The group of buildings and intervening spaces comprising Cottesloe Civic Centre have great importance to the community for their aesthetic characteristics, as a well composed set of places in a walled garden setting and for their aesthetically pleasing characteristics. The group is important for its component parts and the collective effect of buildings and their spatial relationship revealing the function and organisation of the site. Each building has its own subtly distinctive aesthetic quality and, together, the group and its open spaces contribute to the community's sense of place. It is the illusion of the whole that is important to the community, both the community of Cottesloe and to the wider community of Western Australia. Cottesloe Civic Centre is important not so much for innovative design, but for the overall aesthetic achievement and for the fact that the aesthetic achievement of the whole place is far more important than a mere sum of the parts. Although not a literal interpretation of the Inter-War Spanish Mission style in all respects, the place conveys a mood, very successfully, that remains little diminished by the steady erosion of detail and increasingly dense planting. The landmark value of the place is somewhat diminished by the loss of the foreground of the vacant land between 'Overton Lodge' and Marine Parade that arose from the sale of Overton Estate and the loss of the vertical form of the 'Spanish Tower' on the highest point of the site. However, Cottesloe Civic Centre remains a Western Australian landmark, comprising the large pines, the perimeter walling and the general impression of the house within the grounds from the street. Because of the size of the site and its context as noted above, the place makes a significant contribution to the streetscape and contributes, m no small part, to the experience of the town. The limestone boundary walls and the Norfolk Island pines are a significant part of the Cottesloe townscape identity and contribute to its aesthetic unity. HISTORIC VALUE Cottesloe Civic Centre is an exuberant example of the Inter-War Spanish Mission style on a very large scale and the entire development is a substantial demonstration of the lifestyle of a senior politician and later of the mode of domestic existence of one of the State's most flamboyant and charismatic businessmen in the first half of the twentieth century. In its first form, the place was a substantial demonstration of the way of life of one of the State's leading politicians. Under the ownership of de Bemales, the place became a demonstration of the way of life of a wealthy and flamboyant mining speculator and became a large scale symbol of his success and wealth. The place has important associations with a number of eminent persons, such as its first owner, the Hon. Mr Justice Pennefather, its second owner, Clause Albo de Bernales, Laurence Gadsdon, the Mayor of Cottesloe, who oversaw the purchase of the place by the town, architects Sir Bernard Evans, Samuel Rosenfhal, Harold Boas and John Oldham and several generations of the Cottesloe Councilors. The place was not at the leading edge of design when constructed, but rather it exploited an already well established school of design. Using the imported style, the conservative Federation Queen Anne style house, by then known as 'Overton Lodge', was transformed mto an Inter-War Spanish Mission styled place on a grand scale and to elegant effect. SOCIAL VALUE As with many places in the public domain, the social value of the place is high. It is and has been accessible to the public for alnost 50 years and plays a strong part in the life of the Town ofCottesloe and, through its popularity for use as a place for functions and wedding receptions in particular (up to 1,000 per annum), the place has a relatively high social value on a State level. With its pleasing streetscape setting, buildings, landscape setting, large individual trees and limestone walls, the place is a familiar part of Cottesloe people's existence and contributes to the community's sense of place. While some prominence has diminished in a visual sense since the loss of the 'Spanish Tower' on the highest part of the site and the development of the Overton Estate, Cottesloe Civic Centre remains one of the town's cultural icons. The story of the place, the interest in its most famous owner and its passing into the hands of the town are part of the town's mythology. The place is a rare example of an Inter-War Spanish Mission style mansion in Western Australia. Cottesloe Civic Centre, is of a scale quite unlike any other house of this type and period in Western Australia. The place is representative of a particular person's distinctive way of life and is of a particularly grand order as a collective experience and is representative of a way of life not common in Western Australia in the present era. There are no other places in Western Australia, from this period, associated with such a glittering international lifestyle or financial scandal; none so grand or so complete. The place may be said to have a degree of rarity. REPRESENTATIVENESS The place is representative of a particularly large-scale privately executed, culturally modified landscape of a type that is unusual in Western Australia, with its combination of natural and terraced gardens m a grand scale conception. The place is a demonstration of successive owners' ways of life and, with the assistance of interpretation, can be used to teach about the way of like of the owners at various stages of occupation. It is also able to demonstrate, with the aid of interpretation, how buildings may be adapted, when their original purpose is no longer being served, to retain important and useful structures. CONDITION Overall, Coftesloe Civic Centre is in good condition. For detailed tables setting out the condition of the place room by room refer to Considine and Griffiths Architects Pty Ltd: 'Cottesloe Civic Centre Conservation Plan' (prepared for the Town of Cottesloe, March 1996). INTEGRITY Although the place is now used as a civic centre, the original intention as a residence on a grand scale remains clear. Cottesloe Civic Centre has a high degree of integrity. AUTHENTICITY Overall, the place has moderate authenticity

Physical Description

Built around the original 1889 homestead of Judge R.W. PenneFather, "Overton Lodge" was bought by Claude de Bernales in 1911. Major alterations were commenced in 1936 resulting in the Spanish style mansion we know today. Added to the original house were a study, billiard room, ballroom , and music room as well as kitchens and servants quarters The kitchen boasted an electric . lift in the servery. .*Much use of jarral timber was made in panelling and parquetry Floors. It IS said that much of the timber was from one of the d old demolished ocean jetties A massive limestone wall, 15ft high and 3000 ft long, complete with balustrading surrounds the whole grounds. Impressive wrought iron gates are set in high, lavishly decorated gateways *

History

Assessment 1979 The history of the place is divided into the three separate periods, with associated sub periods that relate to a number of important construction campaigns that collectively lead to the Cottesloe Civic Centre being the place that we know today. The periods are: - . 1897-C1929 : Judge Pennefather's gracious Federation Queen Anne bungalow . d 930-1949: Claude AIbo de Bemales' Spanish Mission Style Mansion Overton Lodge . 1950-1965 1966-1982 1983-1996 Cottesloe’s Civic Centre and War Memorial Hall

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• 18556 Overton Lodge

Statement of Significance

"Overton Lodge" with its landscaped lawns and gardens and splendid views over the ocean would be one of the most imposing and attractive buildings in the state. Has significance for its association with colourful mining magnate Claude de Bernales. Strong landmark features. Has aesthetic, historic and social g significance.

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"Overton Lodge" - Cottesloe Civic Centre, An imposing Spanish Mission styled building set in spacious landscaped gardens overlooking the Indian Ocean. Orange cordova tiled roofs and stuccoed walls, arcades and arched window and doorways contribute to the ambience of the place. Entrance is by way of impressive wrought iron gates set in lavish decorated gateways. Melbourne architect Sir Bernard Evans is attributed as the designer. Local architect Sam Rosenthal may also have collaborated. Rosenthal was responsible for the interior panelling of the ballroom, external garden walls and balustradings. Originally "Overton Lodge" and since 1950 the Cottesloe Civic Centre, comprising the former dwelling (now municipal administration and civic rooms), Lesser Hall, the former caretaker’s cottage and extensive terraced, walled and landscaped grounds, being a large landholding occupying a commanding elevated position with panoramic ocean and surrounding views and a place which is publically accessible and continues to be visited by many over the decades for administrative, recreational, social, celebratory, cultural and ceremonial purposes. The main building is a substantial two-storey construction of rendered stone, brick and concrete, with a custom terracotta clay tile roof, while the separate hall and cottage buildings are single-storey and constructed of brick with (the same) tile roofs in sympathetic style. The group of buildings and intervening spaces has great importance to the community for their aesthetic characteristics, as well as being a composed set of places in a grand, walled, garden setting and for the aesthetically pleasing character of the whole experience. The limestone boundary walls and Norfolk Island pines and other species of mature trees are a significant part of the Cottesloe townscape identity and contribute to its aesthetic unity. The place contributes significantly to Cottesloe due to its strategic location and landmark qualities, which make a significant contribution to the townscape of Cottesloe, and as a significant component of an important precinct containing several other important heritage places. The place has importance for its associations with a past lifestyle and its very strong associations with its previous owners, prominent persons/citizens and councillors and mayors of the Town. The buildings and grounds have significance as places of artistic achievement, demonstrating the principal characteristics of the Inter-War Spanish Mission style of architecture (with vestiges of the earlier concepts) where the overall aesthetic impact is considerably more important than the sum of the individual components. The place is important in Western Australia for its large-scale use of the style and its comparative scarcity. The place has significance for its social value and since its adaptation in 1950 to the Cottesloe Civic Centre has continued to fulfil an important social role in the local and State communities. As such the place is representative of a continuous pattern of use, growth and development for the accommodation of a sequence of owners, involving a dignified Federation Queen Anne house, later adapted to become an Inter-War Spanish Mission house, and finally a Civic Centre. The place is a strong presence in the context of Cottesloe and contributes significantly to the community's sense of continuity and place. It is representative of a large-scale culturally modified landscape of a type and order that is unusual in Western Australia. Reason for Inclusion 1. The place is a permanent entry on the State Register of Heritage Places, administered by the Heritage Council of WA pursuant to the Heritage of WA Act 1990. 2. Council has adopted the Cottesloe Civic Centre Conservation Plan 1996 for that purpose. 3. The place is of highest-order local cultural heritage significance, being classified as Category 1 in the Town’s Municipal Inventory. 4. The heritage status of the place is also recognised by the Register of the National Estate and the National Trust of Australia WA. 5. Reflecting all of the above, the place was included in Schedule 1 of the Town’s former Town Planning Scheme No. 2, wherein Schedule 1 was akin to a Heritage List.

History

Richard W. Pennefather, BA LLB MLA arrived in Western Australia in 1896 spent six months travelling around the state whilst waiting to be accepted into law. He went into partnership with John Horgan in Oct. 1896, MLA 1987 and succeeded Burt as Attomey General 1897 and built his house in 1897-8. In 1911 Claude Albo de Bemales, the Western Australian gold mining entrepreneur, purchased the large 1898 bungalow which had been built by Judge Pennefather and built a 4.5 metre surrounding wall. In 1936 he began transforming the place into a Mediterranean style mansion. The place was called "Overton" after his home in Brixton, England. He acquired the lands below the property through his company Overton Estates Limited with plans to establish a model housing settlement of 25 homes. However this scheme did not eventuate. Because of his generosity to the Council in relation to the land purchase and development, de Bemales was given a parcel of surrounding land which later became Overton Gardens. Additions to the house included a ballroom, music room, library, study, extra bedrooms and bathroomiS, dining and breakfast rooms. Extensive use of janah in panelling and parquetry floors v/hich had apparently been salvaged from one of the coast's old demolished jetties, (ref: Civic Centre News, April 1976) Outside the undulating sand hills were terraced and covered with soil from the Dariing Ranges. Stables, garages and quarters for servants were constructed, and beautful gardens established with lily ponds, tennis courts and a pavilion. A caretaker's lodge was also built facing what is now called de Bemales Walk. The estate grounds were enclosed by a limstone wall fifteen foot high and three thousand feet long with pressed cement balustrades. In 1949 the Cottesloe Council purchased and refurbished the property with the building re-opening in 1950 as the Cottesloe War Memorial Town Hall and Civic Centre. In *', included on State Register of Heritage Places.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity fair Modifications Cottesloe Council 1950/56; 1979? c.1991

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House- 11 BROOME STREET

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Statement of Significance

An example of boom time architecture in Cottesloe.

Physical Description

Dwelling has been demolished. An Edwardian bungalow built in 1905 it has a symmetrical hipped roof with a pair of front gables over the paired bay windows. Incongruously the tiles are blue cement. The windows have triple light double hung windows. Larger central ones with a small pair on either side. The side windows are single sets of double hung. The front verandah has a skillion roof, the wooden verandah posts are chamfered in part. The gables have extended bargeboards, timber and pebble dash. There are brackets adding support detailing. The squat chimney stack is painted /rendered brick with brick corbelling. The house is in a somewhat neglected state. The walls appear to be heavily painted stone with plaster quoins to edges and windows. Beneath the window sills is a scrolled render decoration which would originally be picked out in a different colour to the stone work. Pebbledash in the eaves heavy brackets chamfered verandah posts Sitting in rather neglected grounds on the corner of Broome and Beach Street.

History

ilt in 1905 for W. H. Benbow

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity only fair Construction materials poor quality tile and brick

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Poor-Fair

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House- 110 BROOME STREET

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The house with its palm tree has landmark and streetscape value. It is a good example of 1990s period s renovation of an earlier "Craftsman'or 'arts and crafts' influenced house.

Physical Description

A substantial inter-war corner residence in the Californian bungalow style. This red brick and tiled house has recently been extensively renovated with a new first floor addition. Walls are creamy pink stucco with barge-boards and other wood work painted green. An imposing palm tree stands in the front lawn to Broome Street. It would appear that the house had already had one renovation in the 1930s to add the battered verandah piers and give it a more updated appearance. Close inspection reveals many details are similar to other turn-of-the-century houses in Loma Street.

History

1908 C.O.L. Riley, Anglican Archbishop of Perth had a home in Loma Street lot38/43 corner of Broome and Loma. The origin of this house.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity needs research Modifications second storey added 1989/renovations and extensions

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Very Good

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House- 135 BROOME STREET

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08186 Broome Street Streetscape

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A strong and individual statement of an early interwar bungalow in a prominent position in Broome Street. It and its grounds are an important part of the streetscape in central Broome Street. Part of the post WWi building boom.

Physical Description

A "Federation Bungalow", 1916, set next to Cottesloe tennis courts in Broome Street. The style is an unusual mix of Georgian with American "Craftsman". Mature plantings screen this house and give a secluded ambience. Terracotta gabled roof and tuckpointed redbrick walls with white woodwork on a dressed limestone base. The chimney is squat with a corbelled top. The unusual features of this house are the heavy projecting gable screen to Broome Street which makes a strong "Prairie" statement and the ten-light windows in sets of three with three arched windows above each having four panes. Arched brickwork over the doors. Square timber posts to the porch have a fretted support to the handrail. Under the projecting gable is a protruding bay probably of a later date roofed with mock shingles. This is filled with multi -paned windows also of a slightly later date [the glazing bars are narrower]. The front door is Edwardian in style with no side lights but stained glass in the panel and in the light above. A French door to the garden is multi paned. A later addition is a double garage to the side of the house.

History

William Gregor Smith for whom it was built in 1916 had previously lived in "Cooee" in John Street. Smith was captain of the Cottesloe Tennis Club during the 1930s. He had business interests in shipping. He was also a member of the Surf Lifesaving Club.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity intact Modifications garage on south side, bay window to front

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Good

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Broome Street Streetscape

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House- 151 BROOME STREET

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An unusual house with distinctive features that lift it out of the bungalow mainstream with its complex geometry. A good contributor to the Broome Street streetscape. Part of the post WWI building boom. It was built for Charles Clifton who sold it to Wiliam Leigh Thomason in 1922.

Physical Description

A bungalow-type house, 1919, given some complexity with its plain tiled roof, bay window and small paned double hung sashes. The face brickwork has been painted as has the roughcast render over. Gables and half-gables are infilled with lattice and the main hearth and chimney pass through the front gable. A large addition to the rear is sympathetic.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity fair Modifications 1980s addition to rear and timber and brick fence

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House- 164 BROOME STREET

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Architecturally intact Edwardian weatherboard cottage all the more important for being one of a pair.

Physical Description

This is one of a pair of Edwardian weatherboard cottages with ornate pierced screens below the verandah handrail. The negative image being more dominant than the positive it is only on close inspection that the screen is actually revealed as a cut-out silhouette of balusters.Iron/zincalume hipped roof with a skillion over the verandah and a small ornamental gable to the central front, this house has had part of the front verandah enclosed - probably at a later date. A small awning roof projects out over the window. Cement steps rise up to the verandah which is enclosed by as picket gate. There is a small picket fence and a crowded native garden. Additions to the rear.

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Integrity mostly intact

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House- 166 BROOME STREET

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Architecturally intact Edwardian weatherboard cottage all the more important for being one of a pair.

Physical Description

Dwelling has been demolished. This is one of a pair of Edwardian weatherboard cottages with ornate pierced screens below the verandah handrail. The negative image being more dominant than the positive it is only on close inspection that the screen is actually revealed as a cut-out silhouette of balusters. Iron/zincalume hipped roof with a skillion over the verandah and a small ornamental gable to the central front. The gable is filled with corrugated iron. This house has a post and rail fence and garage built in front of the house. The northern wall appears to be asbestos sheeting. Cement steps rise up to the verandah.

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Integrity mostly intact

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House- 170 BROOME STREET

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Statement of Significance

Elegant interwar house closely related to its neighbour at 172

Physical Description

Rendered masonry late 1930s house with hipped and gabled tiled roof, masonry balustraded verandah with short fluted square columns supporting the roof. Windows are small paned, side-hung casements in pairs or clusters. The front wall appears original with a grille added in recent times.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity intact Modifications recent front fence

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Good

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House- 171 BROOME STREET

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An unusual treatment of the interwar suburban dwelling employing classically derived elements. Built by local builder W. E. Rosser.

Physical Description

Dwelling has been demolished. This house appears to be a duplex. It has painted face brickwork with roughcast render over with a repetitive facade; concrete tiled hipped roof with flat portico roofs supported on paired Tuscan columns. The front verandahs have steps that sweep towards the street. The windows are leadlighted side hung casements in groups of threes under flat roofed canopies corbelled off the walls.

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House- 172 BROOME STREET

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Elegant interwar house with importance as part of a pair with its neighbour at 170.

Physical Description

Part rendered variant on the "Interwar Bungalow" with a hipped and jerkin headed gable roof The verandah has a masonry balustrade with battered columns supporting the the verandah roof The windows are side hung casements in clusters of three and four and are leadlighted. The garden wall appears original.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity intact Modifications brickwork painted

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Good

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House- 179 BROOME STREET

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Statement of Significance

Unusual interwar house unique in Cottesloe.

Physical Description

Dwelling has been demolished. Symmetncal plan and elevation with an intersecting gabled concrete-tiled roof c 1930. Entry is via a quoined central arch and windows in clusters of threes set symmetrically about the entry and are double hung sashes. The southern set of windows are in a bay. The garage is integral. The masonry is face brick with rendering above, the front gable is part lattice. The garden is spare.

History

It has been a rental property between 1941-1984. Mrs Dorothy Beatrice Holland of 19 Clifton Street, Hollywood built it by 1930. It appears to have been rented at this time. This is the same developer of 184 Broome Street. The house was sold 21/2/1934 to Reginald Ormsby Watson, bank official, and Mary Agnes Watson. In 29 April 1941 it was transferred to Florence Ida Cousins and Victor Goodwin Cousins, salesman. Mrs Cousins of Riversea Hostel has photographs taken c1941. Terence Howard Ricketts, crane driver and Glenda Allison Ricketts purchased in September 1984.

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Integrity good Modifications roller door replacement to garage

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Arcadia

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Statement of Significance

A rare example of this type of architecture in Cottesloe. Recommended by the National Trust as an important example of a building once common in WA. ° Listing on Cottesloe Town Planning Scheme No. 2

Physical Description

"Arcadia", This Victorian villa features iron lace which is rare in Cottesloe. Built c 1901 for sailmaker Thomas Sutherland it has a gabled corrugated iron roof and separate bullnose to the Z shaped verandah. The gable front is half-timbered with a Tudor motif infilled with roughcast render. The chimney shafts are tall and corbelled. The side walls are of red brick. The front is constructed of squared-random-rubble limestone [local] with red brick quoins. A bay window and elaborately turned posts add to the Victorian Filligree effect. The house appears well kept. It has had extensive additions in 1976 to the rear of the house on the sloping block. 1995 Comment: Built for sailmaker Sutherland. Rare example of sophisticated worker's cottage. "Arcadia". This Federation villa features iron lace which is rare in Cottesloe. Built c. 1901 for sailmaker Thomas Sutherland it has a gabled corrugated iron roof and separate bullnose to the Z-shaped verandah. The gable front is half-timbered with a Tudor motif infilled with rough-cast render. The chimney shafts are tall and corbelled. The side walls are of red brick. The front is constructed of squared-random-rubble limestone [local] with red brick quoins. A bay window and elaborately turned posts add to the Federation Filigree effect. The house appears well kept. It has had extensive additions in 1976 to the rear of the house on the sloping block. 2002 Reassessment: An important example of an early Federation residence which is now rare in Cottesloe representing a period of residential development prior to the turn of the 20th Century. Reason for Inclusion: 1. The place is of higher-order local cultural heritage significance, being classified as Category 2 in the Town’s Municipal Inventory (MI). 2. In 2005 the Town undertook a review of MI Category 2 places towards the Heritage List for LPS3. The study recommended that the property be retained as Category 2. 3. The place contributes to the character and amenity of the street, locality and overall district.

History

The area was subdivided by 1899 and possibly eariier. The house was probably built for sailmaker Thomas Sutheriand of Fremantle c 1901. It is shown on the 1901 water map of Cottesloe. Battye Library. Documents held by the current owners show Sutheriand owned it from July 1901. William Ninnis the second owner acquired it November 1901. His address is given as Cottesloe Beach. Ninnis has been described as a rail employee and in 1909 as a civil servant. The house was sold Sept 1921 to Edwin James Kemp, agent. October 1927 it was sold to Thomas Walter Griffiths engineer who died in 1965. His children sold the house to Dr Bmce Cheffins and his wife Dorathy who bought it in 1971. It is lovingly looked after.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity Intact Modifications considerate in1976 for BJ and DA Cheffins extensive additions to rear.

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Good

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Aubrey Melrose's House- 184 BROOME STREET

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Statement of Significance

This house was built in 1932 for Mrs Dorothy Beatrice Holland who purchased the land from William » Nicholson. Mrs Holland built nearby 179 Broome Street by 1930. In 1934 this house was rented to Lady o Coombes. It was sold to Fidela Elizabeth Cockram in 1934. This house was later owned by well known local identity, sportsman Aubrey Melrose. It makes a very individual statement akin to that made by 99, ... and 179 Broome Street. Research is necessary to establish the architect and information on Mrs I Holland.

Physical Description

An individual house of eclectic influences built in 1934. A steeply pitched tile roof is finished with a finial and a jerkin head roof to the Broome Street frontage. This finishes above a gable front in which are a door and a pair of small casement windows with shutters. The render to the house is a rough handfinished stucco. The windows and door of the upper storey lead onto the roof of a loggia, this balcony.is enclosed with stuccoed piers and angular square section wrought iron railings. The loggia has angled arches - almost ogee without the curve.They have a decorative rendered architrave as does the main entrance which has plaster quoining as an added detail. Other striking features include a pair of tall battered chimney shafts covered in rough cast and crowned by terracotta pots. Dormer windows are another unusual feature. 2002 Reassessment: This house is a substantial example of the major residential construction during the 1930s, which was a period of growth and residential development in Cottesloe. Reason for Inclusion: 1. The place is of higher-order local cultural heritage significance, being classified as Category 2 in the Town’s Municipal Inventory (MI). 2. In 2005 the Town undertook a review of MI Category 2 places towards the Heritage List for LPS3. The study recommended that the property be retained as Category 2. 3. The place contributes to the character and amenity of the street, locality and overall district.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity intact Modifications few if any

Condition

Good

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House- 186 BROOME STREET

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A good example of interwar bungalow influenced by the "Domestic Revival". It is sited on a prominent corner lot next to the important 184 Broome Street.

Physical Description

A painted 1930s brick bungalow with a tiled hip gable and jerkinhead gable roof. It has a wide verandah with masonry balustrade and stout brick piers supporting the verandah roof. Windows are in clusters of three side-hung casement windows with central fixed lights containing leadlights.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity intact

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Good

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House- 209 BROOME STREET

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A good example complete with garden of small 1939 Mediterranean influenced bungalow

Physical Description

A small 1939 bungalow with Mediterranean influenced styling. It is made of brick and stucco and has a simple L plan with a corbelled gable addressing the street The remaining roof is hipped and all the roof is terracotta tiled. Windows are in clusters of three with some leadlighting. A flat roofed porch is supported on full height "Tuscan" columns. Built for Allan White.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity intact Modifications carport and screen door

Condition

Very Good

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House- 221 BROOME STREET

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A good example of 1990s nostalgic Federation referenced design that generally adheres to the progenitor.

Physical Description

A substantial two storey ashlar limestone and colorbond custom-orb-roofed house of 1992 with timber verandahs. The format is Victorian in proportioning and is clearly a reference to Federation times. All detailing is quite simple with chamfered verandah posts and applied fillets; a simple balustrade with square vertical balusters and decorative timber fret with infilling a third of the front gable which extends into a small finial. The front limestone and iron railed fence are an integral part of the design.

History

The architect was Ross McAndrew who built this for C.J. Hoffman.

Integrity/Authenticity

Modifications nil

Condition

Very Good

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House- 227 BROOME STREET

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A good example of 1990s rendering of the Mediterranean style.

Physical Description

A two storey duplex that employs elements of Mediterranean architecture. The walls are made of painted brick and opening at at he lower level are generally simple rectangular in form with arched windows to the upper floor. Roofs are all simple gables in form with Mediterranean tiles. A large central gable at the garage east wall and main house with a console shaped corbel supporting the eaves is a strong feature. The garden is very sparingly laid out with a small number of specimen trees setting off the green plane of lawn.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity intact

Condition

Very Good

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