Heritage TitleHOUSE, 1 BARNETT STREETAddress1 Barnett Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No20204Location DescriptionStreet Number1Construction Commenced1891Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: ZincalumeWall – BRICK: Pointed BrickWall – STONE: LimestoneFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceHouse, 1 Barnett Street is a good example of a stone residence in the Federation Queen Anne style, representing the expansion of Fremantle in the gold boom period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The place contributes to a substantially intact late nineteenth and early twentieth century streetscape close to the centre of Fremantle.ArchaeologyConditionHistoryBarnett Street is named after Henry Calvert Barnett whose first government appointment was in 1868. Barnett was Superintendent of the Fremantle Lunatic Asylum 1872 and Colonial Surgeon until 1895. He was also a Member of the first Medical Board, 1894. Lot 3 of 935 was originally owned by Lionel Holdsworth. A building was erected on the site in 1891. William Hampton became the owner of the cottage soon after it was erected and remained so until at least 1934. Lionel Holdsworth (1826-1901) was convicted in 1867 for scuttling a vessel "the Severn". He arrived in Western Australia in 1868. In 1876 he was granted his ticket of leave and in 1887 a conditional pardon. He went on to become a mercantile clerk and accountant. Physical DescriptionHouse, 1 Barnett Street is a single storey stone house with tuck pointed brick quoining to the corners, window and door openings. There is a zincalume hipped and gabled roof and a faceted gabled roofed bay to the projecting front room of the house.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace TypeIndividual Building or Group
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
Barnett Street, 1, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 06/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/26585
