Fremantle Federation Heritage

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Fremantle significant sites and buildings

City of Fremantle heritage list

Heritage loans

Heritage buildings

Samson House (also see below)

National Heritage:

Heritage: Australian Heritage Database

Aldgate and Grounds

Customs House (former)

Dalkeith House

Fremantle Fire Station (former)

Fremantle Post Office

South Fremantle Post Office and Quarters (former)

Warwick

Atwell

Fremantle Prison - The Convict Establishment

Aldgate

oodside Hospital (Moore Family Residence, Woodside)

Terrace Houses and Shop (George St Mews)

House & Norfolk Pine Trees, 3 Glyde Street

Woodlawn

Knocknagow

Harvose

Two Houses

HOLDSWORTH HOUSE 1 BATEMAN STREET

Lionel Samson Building (Samson Cottage)

Oceanic Hotel (fmr) (Rivendel Residential Units)

HOUSE, 37 ELLEN STREET

Samson House

HOUSE, 75 ELLEN STREET

HOUSE, 16 ESSEX STREET

Fremantle Municipal Tramways Car Barn (fmr)

Dalkeith House

AJAX BUILDING, 49-59 HIGH STREET (Purdies)

Hotel Fremantle & Residence (at rear)

OWSTON'S BUILDINGS (Oustons Building)

Terrace of Six Houses at 19-29 Holdsworth Street (Six Terrace Houses)

Water Police Station & Quarters (fmr), Fremantle (Water Police Barracks (fmr))

Fremantle Esplanade Hotel

P J Morriss Building (fmr) (W Sandover Warehouse, Notre Dame University ND1)

His Majesty's Hotel (His Lordship's Larder, Phillimore's Hotel)

Two Terrace Houses

COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 1 PAKENHAM STREET (Office and Warehouse,

Tolley & Co Warehouse)

Music School

Four Terrace Houses

8 Terrace Houses

Four Terrace Houses

Atwell

Warwick

HOUSE, 196 SOUTH TERRACE

HOUSE, 30 SUFFOLK ST

Turton

South Fremantle Post Office (fmr) (Martha Hampton Clinic)

Fremantle significant sites and buildings

Western Australia's first surveyor-general John Septimus Roe, first designed Fremantle's town plan in 1829. 

• The struggling colonial port town was transformed by the 1890's gold rush into a vibrant, attractive Victorian port city, with a thriving international port.
• The city's layout remains largely the same, with Fremantle's character defined by many of the surviving heritage buildings, streetscapes and squares.

City of Fremantle heritage list

The City of Fremantle's heritage list comprises a list of places within the City, which are of cultural heritage significance and worthy of conservation. 

• There are currently over 2500 properties on its Local Planning Scheme 4 (LPS4) heritage list. The list as adopted by Council, identifies each place by name and address only and does not include any other data.
• To find out if your property is on the heritage list click here. More information on properties included on the heritage list is available on Inherit on the State Heritage Office website.

The objectives of the heritage list are to:

• facilitate the conservation of places of heritage value
• ensure that development occurs with due regard to identified heritage values in the interest of the community.

Heritage loans

Heritage listed properties within the City of Fremantle are eligible for subsidised loans through the Heritage Loan Subsidy Scheme. The scheme subsidises interest rates on loans by 4% for conservation works, offering owners significant savings. Loans can be arranged through the financial institution of the owner’s choice.

Heritage buildings

Fremantle is renowned for its well-preserved architectural heritage, including convict-built colonial-era buildings, an old jetty and port, and prisons; presenting a variety and unity of historic buildings and streetscapes. These were often built in limestone with ornate façades in a succession of architectural styles. Rapid development following the harbour works gave rise to an Edwardian precinct as merchant and shipping companies built in the west end and on reclaimed land.

The Fremantle Society is a community-based culture and heritage advocacy group inFremantle, Western Australia. It was formed in 1972 to work to prevent what was seen as undesirable demolition and/or development of historic buildings in Fremantle. As the significance of Fremantle's built heritage came to be more widely recognised and respected (by the City, and property owners), the focus of the Fremantle Society has evolved to include more of the cultural heritage of the area.
Various projects over time have highlighted Fremantle heritage as well as advocating consideration of heritage in planning schemes.
The overall nature of the societies work is ongoing due to the inherent pressures from developers and others.

Samson House (also see below)

Samson House, image courtesy Mike Lefroy 2012

Samson House was built for Michael Samson, who was also Lord Mayor of Fremantle. The house, which is a well-known Fremantle landmark, was completed in 1888, and was designed by Sir Talbot Hobbs.

• National Trust of Australia (WA) Chief Executive Officer Tom Perrigo said, there was absolutely no doubt Samson House was one of the most significant heritage places in Western Australia. Its intact collection of artefacts, which is directly associated with the place makes it rare amongst historic houses in Australia.
• The National Trust took custodianship in 2010.

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National Heritage:

Heritage: Australian Heritage Database

Aldgate, 7 Aldgate Place, East Fremantle

Aldgate and Grounds, 7 Aldgate Pl, East Fremantle, WA

South Fremantle Post Office and Quarters (former)

Woodlawn and Garden Setting

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Aldgate and Grounds 7 Aldgate Place East Fremantle, WA, Australia Aldgate c 1896, is a fine example of Federation Queen Anne style of architecture common in Perth suburbs during the 1890s and 1900s. The architectural qualities of the residence are enhanced by its formal approach, its close relationship to the paved terrace and orchestrated views west into the harbour and north-west to the Swan River. Aldgate and grounds represent domestic residences built on large lots in East Fremantle during the gold boom period of the 1890s.		(Registered)
Customs House (former) 2-8 Phillimore Street, Fremantle, WA, Australia A significant componenet of the west end. Brick, with Donnybrook stone, the stone presently painted. Integral part of Phillimore Street precinct. Classification excludes more recent additions (eg 8 Phillimore Street).		(Registered)
Dalkeith House 160 High Street, Fremantle, WA, Australia Dalkeith House is a two storey Federation Queen Anne building of brick walls and corrugated iron roof. Dalkeith House is superbly located overlooking Queens Square. The building provides a total area of approximately 446 SQM, 220 SQM on the ground floor and 226 SQM on the first floor. Parking for four vehicles at the rear on the building. [1] The High Street (south) elevation is asymmetrical with a projecting gable roofed wing on the right hand side and, on the left, a two storey verandah which wraps around the west and north (rear) elevations. The projecting wing has bay windows thrust forward of the body of the wall, going through the two floor levels and terminating at a bracketed cornice which continues around the main roof to support the gutter. The flying gable above has a timber gable screen. This treatment is repeated in a pair of west facing gables appearing over the verandah roof.		(Registered)
Fremantle Fire Station (former) 18 Phillimore Street, Fremantle, WA, Australia The Fremantle Fire Station (former, now OLD FIRE STATION BACKPACKERS) (1909), designed by Cavanagh and Cavanagh, has rarity value as there are few extant fire stations of the gold boom period (1890-1910) in the Perth metropolis. The fire station is a well modulated example of the Federation Free Classical style of public building.		(Registered)
Fremantle Post Office 13-15 Market Street, Fremantle, WA, Australia Fremantle Post Office, completed in 1907, is important as a relatively intact example of the 'blood and bandages' style of red brick public architecture practiced by Hillson Beasley, Chief Architect of the Public Works Department in Western Australia. The Federation Free style building is a well known landmark in Fremantle and contributes effectively to the Market Street streetscape and to Fremantle's townscape.		(Registered)
South Fremantle Post Office and Quarters (former) 174 Hampton Rd, Beaconsfield, WA, Australia The prominent architect George Temple-Poole designed this 1896 public building in his free interpretation of the English vernacular styles, which belong to the British Arts and Crafts movement.		(Registered)
Warwick 79 Solomon Street, Fremantle, WA, Australia Warwick House Warwick (1898) is a good example of a Fremantle Federation Queen Anne villa dating from the gold boom years of the 1890s. Warwick House in Fremantle The significance of the building is increased by the high level of original detail that remains internally and externally.  The building has significance as a landmark in the City of Fremantle due to its elevated site and orientation, which is enhanced by the prominent dome and turret and the Norfolk pines. Warwick, and its neighbour Atwell, are the only two remaining large late nineteenth century villas on generous blocks, in Solomon Street.		(Registered)  Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
Atwell 77 Solomon St Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 2907 Atwell (1898) Atwell is a large late-nineteenth century domestic villa, built to house the family of Henry Atwell, a prominent Fremantle businessman. Atwell is a fine example of a late-nineteenth century grand domestic villa in Fremantle. The significance is increased by the high level of original detailing remaining,		Heritage Council  City of Fremantle

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Fremantle Prison - The Convict Establishment

Major Tourist Attraction - W A Tourism Awards 2006
Fremantle Prison played a pivotal role in the Western Australian colony, which had survived from its European settlement in 1829 to 1850 as a free settlement without convicts, although not without a struggle. During the 1830’s more people left the settlement than arrived and the colony stagnated. However, by the late 1840’s pastoralists began lobbying for convicts to be sent to the colony to solve a labour shortage, and argued that the colony would benefit from the injection of capital the establishment of a convict centre would entail.

While there appears never to have been general community support for the proposition, transportation to Western Australia was legislated in Britain in 1849 for an unlimited number of male convicts. Ultimately, nearly 10,000 male convicts were sent to Western Australia between 1850 and 1868.
The entry to the prison complex

Originally known as The Convict Establishment and renamed Fremantle Prison in 1867, the prison complex was built to the design of Comptroller General of Convicts in Western Australia, Capt. E.Y.W. Henderson, based on the designs of Joshua Jebb, the British Controller of Prisons, and in particular Jebb’s Portland Works Prison.

• Whilst transportation of convicts ceased in 1868, Fremantle Prison continued to be managed by the Imperial administration, housing both transported convicts serving out their sentences, and colonial prisoners until, with just 50 convicts remaining in the system, it finally passed from Imperial (British) to colonial (Western Australian) management in 1886.

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State Heritage Register

Place	View information about this place
Aldgate 7 Aldgate Pl East Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 802 Aldgate, a substantial single-storey, limestone and brick Federation Queen Anne style residence, has cultural heritage significance: it is a fine example of the Federation Queen Anne styleof architecture common in Perth's suburbs during the 1890s and 1900s; enhanced by its formal approach, the building's close relationship to the paved terrace and orchestrated views west to the harbour and north-west to the Swan River, the place represents the scale and style of residences built on large, river facing lots in East Fremantle during the gold boom period; Gallery: HOUSE OF THE WEEK: 7 Aldgate Place, East Fremantle. Pictures: Alf Sorbello	7 Aldgate Pl.JPG  Heritage Council
oodside Hospital (Moore Family Residence, Woodside) 18 Dalgety St East Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 792 Architectural Style; Federation Free Classical Woodside Hospital, a two-storey brick building with a brick single-storey wing to the east, was constructed in 1896-7 as a private residence for William Dalgety Moore. The residence was extended in 1904. A single-storey brick addition to the east wing was built in 1966, and today this contains the bulk of the hospital's nursing facilities.  The administrative and staffing facilities are located in the western end of the original building. On the approximately one hectare site are also a gardener's shed and a single-storey brick laundry building, probably built in the 1920s. Mature trees and well cultivated gardens surround the buildings. At the left of the main driveway entrance is an expanse of levelled grass adjacent to a group of olive trees.	P792 Side Elevation.JPG  Heritage Council  Town of East Fremantle
Terrace Houses and Shop (George St Mews) 107-121 George St East Fremantle Heritage Place No. 807 Architectural Style: Federation Free Classical 121 George Street, East Fremantle The place comprises a corner shop, with a truncated corner entry and display window to King Street, and 7 terrace residences. The place is single storey and is of red brick construction with stucco banding and features.  The terrace houses have high gable roofs which clearly delineate each individual component.  The gables feature bargeboards which frame statuary niches. There are bull nosed verandahs to the front and high chimneys punctuate the skyline. It has rarity value as a fine example of its type (shop and terraced housing) located in a suburb.	Heritage Council  Town of East Fremantle 121 George Street, East Fremantle No 121 Sold for $770,000  Sold Date: Tue 23-Jul-13
House & Norfolk Pine Trees, 3 Glyde Street 3 Glyde St East Fremantle Heritage Place No. 10222 Federation Gable Domestic Carpenter Aesthetic, Historical, Social, Representative & Rarity	Town of East Fremantle
Woodlawn 20 Osborne Rd East Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 805 Architectural Style: Federation Queen Anne Woodlawn and Garden Setting A large turn of century house significant for its architectural character of Bungalow style, expressed in stone walls and corrugated galvanised iron roof sweeping down over wide surrounding verandahs, punctuated with gables and turrets. The house, set in expansive grounds, is significant for its association with the original merchant builder. Woodlawn, a single storey residence, constructed of stone and iron, in the Federation Queen Anne style set, in a lush garden landscape has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: the place is a fine and substantial Federation Queen Anne style bungalow that employs all the characteristic design devices of the style, located in an expansive garden setting that retains much mature contemporary plant material; with its substantial mature plantings, the place contributes to the aesthetic quality of the landscape of East Fremantle and has a landmark quality;	20 Osborne Rd.JPG  Heritage Council  Town of East Fremantle
Knocknagow A large 1890s house significant for its now unique architectural character of wide surrounding verandahs in the bungalow style, with lookout tower overlooking the harbour. Significant as well for its association with gold rush hoteliers in Fremantle and the goldfields. 24 Preston Point Rd East Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 803 Knocknagow, a single storey rendered masonry construction and Zincalume custom orb roofed residence in the Federation Queen Anne bungalow style with a belvedere and associated single storey former stables, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: the place is significant for its elevated and prominent siting, dramatic approach from the street and as a fine Federation Queen Anne style bungalow; with its tall belvedere, the place has a distinctive landmark quality	P803 Front Elevation (2).JPG  Heritage Council  Town of East Fremantle
Harvose 1 Surbiton St East Fremantle Large brick house with orange terracotta tiled roof. Corner timber verandah set between projecting wings on adjacent sides. French doors to verandah. Bracketed canopy over windows. House on high ground with extensive views.  Heritage Place No. 804 Sold recently: Fri 24-Jan-14: "Tucked away on one of East Fremantle's most private and prestigious streets sits this Federation beauty offering sweeping views of the river and harbour mouth to the Indian Ocean. Secluded from the street by an exquisite limestone wall, this stately home is situated on a sizable 1214sqm land holding over two separate titles. Along the meandering driveway, a striking stone entrance staircase leads to a sizeable verandah that wraps around the east of the residence, overlooking the manicured gardens and a large below-ground pool. The generous foyer seamlessly flows into the two storey extension that completes this luxuriously comfortable family home. The ground level encompasses a substantial open-plan kitchen and dining area with a towering vaulted ceiling. Also incorporated on the ground floor are four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a large children's playroom. The spacious second-storey family room features expansive windows offering stunning views over the Swan River, stretching to the Indian Ocean and over to Rottnest."	Town of East Fremantle
Two Houses 2 & 4 Barnett St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 848	City of Fremantle
HOLDSWORTH HOUSE 1 BATEMAN STREET 1 Bateman St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 4550	City of Fremantle
Lionel Samson Building (Samson Cottage) 31-35 Cliff St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 856	City of Fremantle
Oceanic Hotel (fmr) (Rivendel Residential Units) 8 Collie St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 862	City of Fremantle
HOUSE, 37 ELLEN STREET 37 Ellen St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 866	City of Fremantle
Samson House 61 & 63 Ellen St Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 869 Samson House ... the task of cutting back about 60 rose bushes Samson House is a detached house with a coach house and servants' quarters set in a large mature garden. The corrugated metal roof, brick and stone house has a belvedere in an Italianate style. Samson House, designed by Joseph John Talbot Hobbs in 1889, is a single storey limestone, brick and iron house with belvedere, in the Federation style with elements of the Queen Anne style, including the coach house, stables, cottage and gardens, has cultural heritage significance for the following reason: the place, built for prominent merchant Michael Samson and subsequently occupied by his descendants for almost 100 years, demonstrates the continuous occupation by two generations of a prominent Western Australian family;	Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
HOUSE, 75 ELLEN STREET 75 Ellen St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 870	City of Fremantle
HOUSE, 16 ESSEX STREET 16 Essex St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 872	City of Fremantle
Fremantle Municipal Tramways Car Barn (fmr) 1 High St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 897	City of Fremantle
Dalkeith House 160 High St Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 931	IMG_0705.JPG  Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
AJAX BUILDING, 49-59 HIGH STREET (Purdies) 49-59 High St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 916	Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
Hotel Fremantle & Residence (at rear) 6 High St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 900	Heritage Council  City of Fremantle

OWSTON'S BUILDINGS (Oustons Building) 9-23 High St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 909	City of Fremantle
Terrace of Six Houses at 19-29 Holdsworth Street (Six Terrace Houses) 19-29 Holdsworth St Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 942	Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
Water Police Station & Quarters (fmr), Fremantle (Water Police Barracks (fmr)) 10-20 Marine Tce Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 945	Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
Fremantle Esplanade Hotel 46 Marine Tce & Essex St Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 947	Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
P J Morriss Building (fmr) (W Sandover Warehouse, Notre Dame University ND1) 13-19 Mouat St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 956	City of Fremantle
His Majesty's Hotel (His Lordship's Larder, Phillimore's Hotel) 2-8 Mouat St Fremantle state register State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 975	P2250021.JPG  Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
Two Terrace Houses 14-16 Nairn St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 964	Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 1 PAKENHAM STREET (Office and Warehouse, Tolley & Co Warehouse) 1 Pakenham St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 968	Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
Music School 21 Parry St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 973	City of Fremantle
Four Terrace Houses 19-25 Point St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 986	Other Listings
8 Terrace Houses 2-16 Price St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 987	City of Fremantle
Four Terrace Houses 18-24 Queen Victoria St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 251	City of Fremantle
Atwell 77 Solomon St Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 2907	2011_05_02 IMG_2381 Fremantle 77 Solomon.JPG  Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
Warwick 79 Solomon St Fremantle  State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 2906	2011_05_02 IMG_2383 Fremantle 79 Solomon.JPG  Heritage Council  City of Fremantle
HOUSE, 196 SOUTH TERRACE 196 South Tce Fremantle Heritage Place No. 1005	City of Fremantle
HOUSE, 30 SUFFOLK ST 30 Suffolk St Fremantle Heritage Place No. 1012 House	City of Fremantle
Turton 25 Harvest Rd North Fremantle Heritage Place No. 1036 Residential structure built in 1904 and designed by Talbot Hobbs.	City of Fremantle
South Fremantle Post Office (fmr) (Martha Hampton Clinic) 174 Hampton Rd South Fremantle state register State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 1045	Heritage Council  City of Fremantle