Douglas Street, 7, Fremantle WA 6160
DESCRIPTION
Heritage TitleHOUSE, 7 DOUGLAS STREETAddress7 Douglas Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No22964Location DescriptionStreet Number7Construction Commenced1905Construction MaterialRoof – TILE: Terracotta TileWall – RENDER: SmoothFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceThe place is an example of modest Early Twentieth Century single storey brick house in Fremantle, but it has little heritage significance due to the extent of modification that has occurred in the 1960s. The place does not meet the threshold for inclusion on the Heritage List.ArchaeologyConditionCondition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).HistoryHouse, 7 Douglas Street was formerly 27 Douglas Street; numbering changed in 1935/36. This house is first recorded in the Post Office Directories in 1905 street numbers are given. However the house may have been built before that date as there were houses in the street but the lack of numbering makes it difficult to be certain. In 1905, the occupant of the house is recorded as Henry Ogilvie. The 1908 sewerage plan of this site shows this stone house had a ‘L’ shaped verandah wrapping around the front of the house. At the rear of the building is a timber addition and a bathroom. Adjacent to the rear of the house are two tanks. In the back yard is a timber closet. The house was substantially modified in the 1960s including the removal of hipped and gabled roof and replacement with lower pitched hipped roof. Also rendering of the exterior brick walls, masonry enclosure of the side verandah for a garage, modification of the front verandah, replacement of all windows and doors and replacement of internal timber floors with terrazzo. The place was included on the MHI in 2000 and added to the Heritage List in 2008 but in 2010 it was recommended for removal because it had been significantly altered and was below the threshold for inclusion on the Heritage List. In 2023 the heritage listing for this place was reviewed as part of the Annual Update of The Heritage List and Local Heritage Survey. On 13 March 2024 Council resolved to remove this place from the Heritage List and to change the Local Heritage Survey Management Category to Level 4 Historic Record Only.Physical Description7 Douglas Street is a single storey rendered masonry house which it has undergone major alterations so that the original design intent no longer clear. The house has a separate verandah with a concrete floor and steel posts, horizontal format aluminium slider windows, rendered brick walls and tiled roof. Original internal finishes have been modified and timber boards replaced with terrazzo flooring.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityLow degree of integrity with original intent unclear. Low degree of authenticity with many alterations. (These statements based on street survey only).Place 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 CategoryHistorical Record Only
RELATED
Douglas Street, 7, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 04/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/27365