Heritage TitleHOUSE, 4 BARNETT STREETAddress4 Barnett Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No20205Street Number4Construction CommencedConstructed from 1897Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: Corrugated IronWall – BRICK: Common BrickWall – STONE: LimestoneWall – STONE: Local StoneFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: Land allocation & subdivisionStatement Of SignificanceHouse, 4 Barnett Street is a good example of a stone residence in the Victorian Georgian 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.HistoryBarnett 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.
House, 4 Barnett Street was erected in 1896 for Henry Calvert Barnett.Physical DescriptionHouse, 4 Barnett Street is a single storey tuck pointed stone house with tuck pointed brick quoining to the corners, window and door openings. There is a zincalume hipped roof and two rendered chimneys with corbelling.Place UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePlace 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
Barnett Street, 4, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 21/10/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/26588
