Heritage TitleHOUSE, 2 MALCOLM STREETAddress2 Malcolm Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No21226Location DescriptionStreet Number2Construction Commenced1897Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: ZincalumeWall – BRICK: Pointed BrickWall – BRICK: Rendered BrickFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceThe place 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.ArchaeologyConditionHistoryMalcolm Street was named for Sir Malcolm Fraser, the Commissioner of Lands and First Agent General for Western Australia in London (1892). Two cottages were built on the lot for Thomas Whitely, a builder, in 1888. In 1894 there were three cottages on the lot. One owned by Thomas Whitely, one owned by James Whitely and one owned by Joh J Whitely. Physical DescriptionSingle storey limestone and brick house which has a tuck pointed brick bay. The hipped roof has half timbered gables and chimneys with corbelling extant and the dropped verandah is supported by timber posts between a decorative timber frieze.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 2
Malcolm Street, 2, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 06/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/29203
