Heritage TitleHOUSE, 103 MARMION STREETAddress103 Marmion Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No22713Location DescriptionStreet Number103Construction Commenced1920Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: ZincalumeWall – TIMBER: WeatherboardFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceAesthetically significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture. Typical timber framed single storey cottage dating from the first decades of the twentieth century. Historically significant as a representation of working people’s living conditions in the Fremantle area.ArchaeologyConditionCondition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).HistoryLot 1451 is recorded as being part of a Government Reserve until at least 1917/18. By 1920/21 a War Service Home (number 779) was built. The occupant was Charles Kelly. (Fremantle Rate Book records).Physical DescriptionHouse, 103 Marmion Street is a single storey, timber and corrugated iron house with a symmetrical facade designed as a late example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are timber framed and clad with painted weatherboard. The roof is hipped and clad with painted corrugated iron. There is a brick chimney. The façade is symmetrical with a central front door with top and side fanlights flanked on either side by timber framed double hung sash windows. The bullnose verandah has a separate corrugated iron roof supported by turned and chamfered timber posts with decorative timber brackets. There is a steel tube and cyclone wire fence to the front boundary line. The following places form a significant group and contribute to the streetscape of Marmion Street; 95, 97, 101 & 103,AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityHigh degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). High degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining. (These statements based on street survey only).Place TypeIndividual Building or Group
Marmion Street, 103, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 19/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/29408
