Parry Street, 23, Fremantle WA 6160
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Heritage TitleHOUSE, 23 PARRY STREETAddress23 Parry Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No22906Location DescriptionStreet Number23Construction Commenced1880Construction MaterialWall – BRICK: Rendered BrickFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceHouse, 23 Parry Street, is a single storey brick and tile house dating from the 1880s. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is historically significant as a very early workers' house in the Fremantle area, now close to the central commercial area. The place is a modest example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.ArchaeologyConditionCondition assessed as fair to good (assessed from streetscape survey only).HistoryA cottage is already evident on this site in 1880, the earliest available rates book record. It was owned and occupied by Joseph Pickering, a retired pensioner guard who is later also listed as a milkman. Pickering had arrived in WA in 1866. He had previously been a dairyman and took this occupation up again when he left the pensioner guards. In 1897, four additional cottages were built on the lot in a terrace: 25, 27, 29 & 31 Parry Street. Pickering continued to live at the original cottage, No 23, until his death. His widow is listed as owner and occupant from 1898, with the 1899 rate books noting four male and four female occupants of the residence, indicating the Pickerings had a substantial family. They had left the place by 1901. The following owner, Mrs D Baldwin, does not appear to have lived at the place until 1905-08 when Dennis Baldwin, cab man, and Mary Baldwin are recorded at the place. By the 1920s Percy Jeffries owned the place, but by the 1930s did not live there. In 1938 it passed to Emma Hall, who retained ownership until 1944 but also did not live there. Physical DescriptionHouse, 23 Parry Street is a single storey brick and tile house built in the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are rendered brick. The roof is hipped and tile clad. There is a rendered brick chimney to one end, and a small protruding room at the other, with an entrance door. The concrete verandah is under the continuous tiled roof supported by steel poles, and the façade has a door with top and side lights, and three timber framed sash windows.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: OtherArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityHigh degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). Medium degree of authenticity with some original fabric remaining. (These statements based on street survey only).Place 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
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Parry Street, 23, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 18/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/30068