Rule Street, 29, North Fremantle WA 6159
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Heritage TitleHOUSE, 29 RULE STREETAddress29 Rule Street NORTH FREMANTLE WA 6159Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No22813Location DescriptionStreet Number29Construction Commenced1940Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: Corrugated IronWall – TIMBER: WeatherboardFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: Land allocation & subdivisionStatement Of SignificanceHouse, 29 Rule Street, is a typical weatherboard and iron single storey cottage dating from c1940. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock located within the residential areas of North Fremantle. Historically significant as a representation of typical workers' houses in the North Fremantle area.ArchaeologyConditionCondition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).HistoryOriginally named Bay Road, Rule Street first appears on an 1873 survey diagram. The change of name was officially gazetted on 14 February 1969, although Bay Road was referred to as Rule Street or Rule Road as early as 1962. The street was named after Charles Rule, who was a North Fremantle councillor from 1948 to 1960 and a Fremantle councillor in 1961/62 and again from 1968 to 1973. Charles Rule was an active member of the North Fremantle community who service on the Fremantle Advisory Committee, was president of the Friendlies Societies Pharmacies for 21 years and was secretary of the North Fremantle Bowling Club. Rule Street is typified by workers cottages, where workers from BurFords Soap Factory, labourers and lumpers lived. In 1980 a $2 million restoration project converted the old soap factory into residential apartments, following the lead of “The Regency” at 47 Rule Street, where four up-market river-front units had been built two years earlier. House, 29 Rule Street was constructed post 1939, as it is not shown on the 1939 sewerage plans for North Fremantle. The adjacent houses (now No 31 & 33) are on the plan; there are no other houses in that block on the west side of Rule Street between Letitia and Fay Streets.Physical DescriptionHouse, 29 Rule Street, is a single storey weatherboard and iron cottage with an asymmetrical facade constructed c1940 in the Federation Bungalow style of architecture. Walls are painted weatherboard. The roof is hipped corrugated iron with no eaves. There is a brick chimney. The front elevation is asymmetrical with a protruding front room and verandah adjacent. The verandah is under a continuous corrugated iron roof supported by timber posts.The house is set behind a high rendered masonry wall on the front boundary line.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityHigh degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability, restored). High degree of authenticity with much original fabric .Place TypeIndividual Building or Group
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey Date14/12/2016Local Government Non-Statutory Listing Local Heritage Survey Management CategoryHistorical Record Only
RELATED
Rule Street, 29, North Fremantle WA 6159. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 02/06/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/35297