Heritage TitleHOUSE, 6 DAVIES STREETAddress6 Davies Street BEACONSFIELD WA 6162Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No20553Location DescriptionStreet Number6Construction Commenced1900Construction MaterialWall – TIMBER: WeatherboardFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceHouse, 6 Davies Street is a single storey timber and tile house dating from 1900. While the place has undergone alteration, is has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. 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.ArchaeologyConditionHistoryThe Rates Book record a timber, concrete and tile construction in 1900 on Lot 37 of 59. Thomas Buckemara is the first traceable resident (from 1903), although it is possible that the house was originally occupied by Robert G Forsyth. The 1908 sewerage map (No. 87) shows a long narrow timber house with a verandah at the street front, an iron section at the back and some outbuildings in the yard. There is a further grouping of galvanised iron outbuildings along the back (east) boundary fence. F. R Webb is the resident in 1910, and then from c1925-c1935 Mrs Annie Webb is the main occupant. William Keenan is the occupant from c1940 until at least 1949 (when post office directory records cease). The 1947 aerial photograph (Landgate) shows the narrow house, which by 1953 has verandahs added along the street front and the whole north side. In 1973 a garage was added at the back of the house on the north side of the lot. Later aerial photos (Landgate) show that the house was extended to the rear (1980s).Physical DescriptionHouse, 6 Davies Street is a single storey timber framed and weatherboard clad walls and a tile gabled roof and brick chimney with corbelling house. The verandah which is supported by timber posts has been semi-enclosed. Visibility is difficult due to fencing and the mature plantings fronting 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, 6, Beaconsfield WA 6162. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 06/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/12796
