Heritage TitleCOMMERCIAL BUILDING, 85 MARKET STREETAddress85 Market Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No22561Location DescriptionStreet Number85Construction Commenced1894Construction MaterialRoof – TILE: Terracotta TileWall – RENDER: SmoothFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesOCCUPATIONS: Commercial & service industriesStatement Of SignificanceThe place is of historic significance as an example of a commercial building in the Old Port City of Fremantle dating from the gold boom period in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The building is not highly intact and recent fabric is not significant.ArchaeologyConditionFair.HistoryA butcher's shop from 1894 to c1915. Then occupied by offices for A E Davies & Co from c1930 to 1980s, then Bowra & O'Dea, until 2002. Currently (2002), for lease.Physical DescriptionTwo storey stone rendered building with steeply pitched tiled and hipped gabled roof over the truncated corner. The building has a zero setback from the pavement and a veranda awning over the ground floor. There are arched timber awning windows on the first floor and metal windows to the ground floor (probably not original).AssociationA E DaviesPlace UseOriginal Use – COMMERCIAL: OtherPresent Use – COMMERCIAL: Shop\Retail Store {single}Architectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace TypeIndividual Building or GroupState Registered1
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Statutory Heritage Areas
Statutory Heritage Area CustodianHeritage Council of WAStatutory Heritage Area West End Heritage AreaHeritage Area StatusState RegisteredHeritage Area InHerit Number25225Statutory Heritage Area Date18/07/2017
Local Government Statutory Heritage Listings
Local Government Statutory Listing CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Statutory Listing TypeHeritage ListLocal Government Statutory Listing StatusYesLocal Government Statutory Listing Date28/09/2011
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey Date28/09/2011Local Government Non-Statutory Listing Local Heritage Survey Management CategoryLevel 1B
Market Street, 85, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 30/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/29358