Heritage TitleHOUSE, 4 DAVIES STREETAddress4 Davies Street BEACONSFIELD WA 6162Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No20552Location DescriptionStreet Number4Construction Commenced1902Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: Corrugated IronWall – TIMBER: WeatherboardFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceHouse, 4 Davies Street is a single storey timber and iron house dating from 1903. While the place has undergone alteration, is has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area and its original form remains intact. It is representative of the typical building stock and of working people’s living conditions within the residential areas of Fremantle. The place is significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture.ArchaeologyConditionHistory1902/ 03 Rates Books record a building on Lot 38 of 59. James H Smithers was the original occupant and was still residing there in up to at least 1949 (when post office directory records cease). The 1908 sewerage map (No. 87) shows a weatherboard house with a full-length front verandah. The 1947 aerial photograph (Landgate) shows a simple hipped roof and a skillion behind. A carport was added on the north side (left from the street front) c1986. Later aerial photos (Landgate) show that there was an extension to the rear between 1985 and 1995 and part of the house was reroofed c2015.Physical DescriptionHouse, 4 Davies Street is a single storey timber framed and weatherboard clad (probably not original boards) and a painted corrugated iron hipped roof house. The dropped verandah is supported by timber posts and there are additions at the rear of the house.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace TypeIndividual Building or Group
Statutory Heritage Areas
Statutory Heritage Area CustodianCity of FremantleStatutory Heritage Area South Fremantle Heritage AreaHeritage Area StatusContributoryHeritage Area InHerit Number22386Statutory Heritage Area Date14/10/2000
Local Government Statutory Heritage Listings
Local Government Statutory Listing CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Statutory Listing TypeHeritage ListLocal Government Statutory Listing StatusYesLocal Government Statutory Listing Date8/03/2007
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey Date18/09/2000Local Government Non-Statutory Listing Local Heritage Survey Management CategoryLevel 3
Davies Street, 4, Beaconsfield WA 6162. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 06/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/12795
