Heritage TitleHOUSE, 3 AMHERST STREETAddress3 Amherst Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No23226Location DescriptionStreet Number3Construction Commenced1910Construction MaterialWall – BRICK: Painted BrickFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceArchaeologyConditionCondition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).HistoryThe 1914 sewerage map (No. 2032) shows vacant land. In PO Directories, the house was not allocated a number but a Richard A Birch is listed as living at the only house on that section of Amherst Street from 1921 to 1949. It is the only house shown in the 1948 aerial photograph (City of Fremantle). Later aerials show the house was extended to the rear between 1981 and 1985.Physical DescriptionHouse, 3 Amherst Street is a single storey brick and tile house constructed c1921. The walls are painted brick. The roof is hipped and clad with tiles, with terracotta finials and exposed rafters. There is a painted corbelled chimney evident. The verandah is under a continuous tiled roof supported by timber posts with decorative timber brackets. The symmetrical front façade has a central door with top and side lights flanked either side by timber framed casement windows. The house is situated above street level with central concrete steps leading to the verandah which has a simple timber balustrade.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace TypeIndividual Building or Group
Amherst Street, 3, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 04/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/26267
