Bennewith Street, 1, Hilton WA 6163
DESCRIPTION
Heritage TitleHOUSE, 1 BENNEWITH STREET (Deleted from Fremantle MHI)Address1 Bennewith Street HILTON WA 6163Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No20230Location DescriptionStreet Number1Construction MaterialRoof – TILE: Terracotta TileWall – BRICK: Rendered BrickWall – STONE: LimestoneFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: Immigration emigration & refugeesStatement Of SignificanceThis place was identified in the "Hilton Residential Development Policy and Urban Design Guidelines" prepared by the City of Fremantle, and adopted by Council on 19/9/1994. Houses in Hilton are generally socially significant and historically significant in that they are the result of post-war changes both in Western Australia and in the world. They reflect the Commonwealth government's plan to encourage people to migrate to Australia and the determination to provide sufficient housing for all Australians. Co-operation between the state and Commonwealth government is revealed in the housing erected in Hilton. Hilton also reflects an aesthetic ideal promoted by town planners and architects at various times in the 20th century - the ideal of the garden city. Although built on a small scale Hilton is one of the Australian successes of this planning ideal. (This material was compiled by historians under contract to the City Of Fremantle in 1996 and has not been adopted by Council)ArchaeologyConditionAppears well maintained (1992) (This material was compiled by historians under contract to the City Of Fremantle in 1996 and has not been adopted by Council)HistoryRefer to parent place entry and "Hilton Residential Development Policy and Urban Design Guidelines" prepared by the City of Fremantle (adopted by Council 19/9/1994). Hilton is largely a post Second World War Housing Commission development built to house new arrivals: returned servicemen and immigrants. It was planned in the late 1940s as a garden suburb although the name was suggested in pre-war days.The houses are a mixture of imported prefabricated homes from Austria and houses built from local and imported materials.House design was influenced by the modernist movement in architecture which prevailed widely in the post-war. The designs were functional without being decorative. Efforts were made to retain the garden nature of the subdivisions so that in the 1990s the mature trees, the relatively large suburban blocks of land and the parkland incorporated in the suburb all contribute to the fulfilment of the vision of the garden suburb. Hilton has many timber homes as well as homPhysical DescriptionLong house with strong horizontal quality, emphasised by the verticality of the masonry chimney. Undercroft garage, with tilt-a-door. Cut limestone foundations. Large timber casement windows, serve to emphasise horizontal feel. Attractive garden setting, retained by cut limestone wall along driveway. Steps lead from drive to front door, via painted concrete steps. Simple timber framing adjacent to side of porch. Records indicate: Additions of a master bedroom and en suite to rear of house (1995) (This material was compiled by historians under contract to the City Of Fremantle in 1996 and has not been adopted by Council)AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: OtherOther Use – OTHER: OtherPresent Use – OTHER: OtherArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace TypeIndividual Building or Group
PARENT PLACE
Parent Place No22387
RELATED
Bennewith Street, 1, Hilton WA 6163. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 07/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/31763