Heritage TitleHOUSE, 26 MALCOLM STREETAddress26 Malcolm Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No21234Location DescriptionStreet Number26Construction Commenced1898Construction MaterialRoof – TILE: Terracotta TileWall – RENDER: SmoothWall – STONE: LimestoneFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceThe place is an example of a rendered masonry residence 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). Research via the Fremantle City Council rate books revealed the lot was developed in 1898 when Robert Russell became the owner of a cottage with four rooms. He was listed as the owner until the 1920-21 ratings period. Mr Charles Lucius Manning was the owner in 1927/28 and the cottage remained in the Manning family until 1952/56. Physical DescriptionSingle storey limestone and rendered quoining house has a terracotta tile (probably not original) hipped and half timbered gable roof and a rendered chimney with corbelling. The dropped verandah returns on the west side of the façade.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 3
Malcolm Street, 26, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 06/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/29233
