Heritage TitleHOUSE, 9 STIRLING STREETAddress9 Stirling Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No22114Location DescriptionStreet Number9Construction Commenced1898Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: ZincalumeWall – RENDER: SmoothFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceThe place is a good example of a rendered residence in the Federation Queen Anne style, 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.ArchaeologyConditionHistoryA house was built on the lot for James Lilly in 1898. He was a Fremantle steamboat proprietor in 1880, a Justice of Peace in 1886 and an agent for the ships "Rob Roy", "Otway" and "Macedon". From 1885 to 1905 he was the director of the Fremantle Gas and Coke Company. From 1886 to 1889 he was the manager of an Adelaide Steamship Company. Physical DescriptionSingle storey rendered house has a zincalume hipped and faceted gable on the façade projecting bay. There are two rendered chimneys with corbelling extant.AssociationJames Lilly (prominent Fremantle identity)Place UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace TypeIndividual Building or Group
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
Stirling Street, 9, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 19/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/31253