Heritage TitleFORMER VICTORIA COFFEE PALACEAddress11 Pakenham Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No22566Location DescriptionStreet Number11Construction Commenced1895Construction MaterialFormer 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 place is of historic and social significance as a former Coffee Palace in the Old Port City of Fremantle.ArchaeologyConditionHistoryOriginally a house, then a boarding house in 1890s, then the Victoria Coffee Palace from 1895 (on façade). Currently (2002), Backpackers Inn Freo-YHA Australia.Physical DescriptionTwo storey building with rendered ashlar effect to the façade with zero setback from the pavement. There is a parapet with a decorative pediment featuring '1895 Victoria Coffee Palace' in stucco.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – COMMERCIAL: OtherPresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: OtherArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace TypeIndividual Building or GroupState Registered1
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
Pakenham Street, 11, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 19/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/29903
