Heritage TitleHOUSE, 8 SWANBOURNE STREETAddress8 Swanbourne Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No22754Location DescriptionStreet Number8Construction Commenced1898Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: Other MetalWall – STONE: LimestoneFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceThe place is a good example of a stone residence in the Victorian Georgian 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 erected on the lot in 1898 for John and Martha Blinco. John Blinco was a prominent Fremantle citizen and chief warden. (History Files, Fremantle Local History Collection)Physical DescriptionSingle storey stone and brick quoining to window and door openings house with a Colorbond hipped roof. The roof has two brick chimneys with corbelling and the slightly bull nosed verandah returns down both sides and is supported by chamfered timber posts between a cast metal frieze.AssociationJohn and Martha BlincoJohn Blinco & marthaPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace TypeIndividual Building or Group
Swanbourne Street, 8, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 21/10/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/31345
