Heritage TitleDUPLEX, 55 BELLEVUE TERRACEAddress55 Bellevue Terrace FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No20225Location DescriptionStreet Number55Construction Commenced1901Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: ZincalumeWall – BRICK: Face BrickWall – STONE: LimestoneFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceDuplex, 55-57 Bellevue Terrace is a good example of a stone attached pair of residences 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. ArchaeologyConditionHistoryThe origin of the name ‘Bellevue Terrace’ is doubtful, although in 1891 the area was subdivided by John Joseph Higham and known as Bellevue Estate. Bellevue Terrace was previously known as Higham Road. The short portion north of Fothergill St was originally Higham St. John Joseph Higham was one of the Town Councillors. His family arrived in the colony in 1853. Council rate books indicate the change of name occurred in 1923, although the change is shown on a 1908 sewerage plan. In 1900 lot 2 of 741 came into the possession of David Hughes. In 1901/02 Duplex, 55-57 Bellevue Terrace was erected on this site. The first occupant of No. 55 was Charles Phillips, a grocer. Restorative work was undertaken prior to 1991, and there is a two storey addition to the rear of house of stone, brick, timber and iron. Physical DescriptionDuplex, 55-57 Bellevue Terrace, a single storey stone attached pair, has brick quoining to corners and window and door openings, is divided by a rendered firewall, and has a zincalume hipped roof. No 57 has a chimney with corbelling extant.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Conjoined residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Conjoined 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
Bellevue Terrace, 55, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 07/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/26853
