Heritage TitleHOUSE, 12 BARNETT STREETAddress12 Barnett Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No24694Street Number12Construction CommencedConstructed from 1886Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: ZincalumeWall – RENDER: SmoothWall – STONE: LimestoneFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: Land allocation & subdivisionStatement Of SignificanceThe place 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.
The site was first developed c1885-1886 when Henry W Hollands, a barman, erected a cottage. In 1975 the City of Fremantle bought 12 Barnett St as part of their small houses project.Physical DescriptionHouse, 12 Barnett Street is a single storey rendered house with a zincalume hipped roof with brick chimney.Place UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesVictorian GeorgianPlace 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, 12, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 06/09/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/26596