HOUSE, 20 MARTHA STREET, BEACONSFIELD WA 6162
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Heritage TitleHOUSE, 20 MARTHA STREETAddress20 Martha Street BEACONSFIELD WA 6162Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No22795Location DescriptionStreet Number20Construction Commenced1950Construction MaterialWall – ASBESTOS: Fibrous Cement, flatWall – TIMBER: WeatherboardFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceHouse, 20 Martha Street, is a single storey timber and tile house dating from 1950. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock located within the residential areas of Fremantle. The place is a simple example of the Federation Bungalow style of architecture. It has high integrity and authenticity.ArchaeologyConditionCondition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).HistoryA 1913 PWD plan shows no building on this lot at the corner of Martha and Trafford Streets. Rate books show the place as a vacant lot until 1951, owned by Fred Thorn through the 1920s, George Thomas Mansell from the mid-1930s into the 1940s, and then John Bevan Wilson from at least 1948. A residence is first shown in 1950, when the place continues to be owned by John Bevan Wilson. According to his wife, John Wilson built the house himself, working on weekends, and it took a long time to complete. In 1965, approval was granted for a carport to be added. Photographs from 1993 and 1996 show a fibrous-cement house with tile roof, with weatherboards to dado height. The front verandah has smooth-rendered masonry columns. In 1996 it won a Fremantle Heritage Conservation Awards as it had been immaculately maintained, including the brick fence from the same period as the house. Physical DescriptionHouse, 20 Martha Street is a single storey timber and tile house constructed in the Federation Bungalow style of Architecture. The walls are timber framed and clad with unpainted timber boards to dado height, with fibrous cement sheeting above. The roof is hipped and clad with tiles. There is a red brick corbelled chimney evident. The porch/verandah is under a continuous tiled roof supported by rendered masonry piers and a half wall rendered balustrade with face brick capping. The facade under the verandah roof has a door and timber framed sash windows either side of a fixed pane window. The front room has the same timber framed sash windows under a tiled awning supported by timber brackets. The house is situated above street level with concrete steps leading up to the porch. There is a low face brick wall to the front boundary line with a central iron gate.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityHigh degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). High degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining. (These statements based on street survey only).Place 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 Date08/03/2007
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey Date09/18/2000Local Government Non-Statutory Listing Local Heritage Survey Management CategoryLevel 3
PARENT PLACE
Parent Place No22386Parent place nameSouth Fremantle Heritage Area
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HOUSE, 20 MARTHA STREET, BEACONSFIELD WA 6162. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 19/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/13779