BARTHOLOMEW DALY'S STABLES (FORMER), 17 DOURO ROAD

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Heritage TitleBARTHOLOMEW DALY'S STABLES (FORMER), 17 DOURO ROADAddressDouro Road, 17, South Fremantle WA 6162Summary17 Douro Road SOUTH FREMANTLE WA 6162Geo tag^[1]Heritage Place No20568Street Number17Construction Commenced1902Construction MaterialWall – BRICK: Rendered BrickFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: Land allocation & subdivisionOCCUPATIONS: Manufacturing & processingStatement Of SignificanceBARTHOLOMEW DALY'S STABLES (FMR) has cultural heritage significance as the stables for Bartholomew Daly's fleet of draught horses for his contracting business. Bartholomew Daly, a contractor, was a local identity in South Fremantle. He had large stables near his house to accommodate this fleet of horses and he also served as a Councillor for the City of Fremantle for many years.ConditionCondition assessed as fair (assessed from streetscape survey only).HistoryBetween 1900 and 1930, Chesterfield was a separate suburb, focused around Douro Road. The street is named for the Duke of Wellington, who was also the Marquis of Douro, after the Battle of the passage of the Douro River in the Peninsular War. Douro Rd meets Marine Tce, which was formerly Wellington Tce. A 1908 PWD drawing shows a Church of England Sunday School on the south-west corner of Douro Road and Walker Streets, and shops to the street frontage on Douro Road on the corners of Thomas, Hulbert (Jane) and Chester streets. Large stables were also located on the south-east corner of Hulbert and Douro Road. In 1900, Lot 59 of Subdivision 11 was vacant land owned by A Armstrong. The land was purchased by Bartholomew Daly in 1901/02 and he had stables built on the lot in that year. Daly lived in a cottage on the adjacent lot. Bartholomew Daly was born in Ireland c. 1867 and emigrated to South Australia with his parents. He worked for the South Australian Government Service in the Water Works Department and then spent 14 years in Broken Hill in a similar job. He came to Western Australia with C Jobson and commenced contracting. He returned to South Australia after two years, then c. 1900 came back to Western Australia and settled in South Fremantle. He re-established his contracting business known as Daly and Sons from his new Douro Road property and was contracted to the Fremantle Smelting Company to supply flux to the works. He also took on carting contracts for the Fremantle Municipal Council and is credited with introducing the first slag roads in Western Australia. Mr Daly was a Fremantle Councillor from 1909 to 1912, 1917 to 1922 and again from 1925 to 1929. He served on the Fremantle Hospital Board and was first chairman on the United Friendly Societies Council. He was also a member of the Council of the Liberal League of Western Australia. In 1903/04, a cottage, stables, shed and cart yard were listed as being on lots 56-60 owned by Bartholomew Daly. The property was listed as No. 39 Douro Road in 1908/09. By 1930/31, Lots 57 and 58 (later 13-15 Douro Road) were listed as a residence owned by B T Daly. The following year, N Hurley was listed as the occupant. Bartholomew Daly died in 1932 and the property continued to be owned by his estate through the 1930s. By 1944/45, Lot 59 was owned by Levi and Ada Jones and the property was listed in the rate books as a store. The property changed hands several times in the 1950s and 1960s, and by the mid-1960s was listed as a workshop and store. The rate books note ‘rebuilding’ in 1967. The property was owned by the McCorkill family from the mid-1960s to c. 1980 and was listed in the rate books as a workshop. Since c. 1989, the property has been the commercial workshop of Arrow Electric Services Pty Ltd. The place was included in the "Heritage Study South Fremantle", prepared by John Taylor Architects, for the City of Fremantle, June 1993.
In August 2025 the place was changed from a LHS Level 3 to Level 2, retained on the Heritage List and Identified as a Contributory Place in the South Fremantle Heritage Area.Physical DescriptionBARTHOLOMEW DALY'S STABLES (FMR), 17 Douro Road is a large rectangular rendered masonry commercial building with skillion roof on a corner block. There are no doors or windows or distinguishable features along the road side walls. There appears to be a small lean-to addition at the building’s entrance.AssociationBartholomew DalyPlace UsePresent Use – COMMERCIAL: WarehouseOther Use – OTHER: OtherIntegrity/AuthenticityLow degree of integrity Low degree of authenticity (These statements based on street survey only).Place TypeIndividual Building or Group

Statutory Heritage Areas

Statutory Heritage Area CustodianCity of FremantleStatutory Heritage Area South Fremantle Heritage AreaHeritage Area StatusContributoryHeritage Area InHerit Number22386Statutory Heritage Area Date14/10/2000

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 2

PARENT PLACE

Parent Place No22386Parent place nameSouth Fremantle Heritage Area

SuburbSouth FremantleStreetDouro RoadCollectionHeritage Place Records

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