Heritage TitleHOUSE, 18 LILLY STREETAddress18 Lilly Street SOUTH FREMANTLE WA 6162Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No21175Location DescriptionStreet Number18Construction Commenced1935Construction MaterialWall – ASBESTOS: Fibrous Cement, flatWall – TIMBER: WeatherboardFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: Land allocation & subdivisionStatement Of SignificanceRECOMMENDED FOR DELETION 2010 - Below Threshold/Significantly AlteredArchaeologyConditionRECOMMENDED FOR DELETION 2010 - Below ThresholdHistoryLilly Street is named after James Lilly, who was manager of the Adelaide Steamship Company from 1886 to 1889. Lilly was born in Tasmania in 1845 and died in Claremont in 1905. The majority of the houses in the street date from the 1890s and early 1900s. House, 18 Lilly Street was built in 1935 for J A Hicks. The weatherboard and asbestos house was the first structure on the lot. By 1945, Mrs Eudioa Albina Harwood was the owner. In the early 1950s, House, 18 Lilly Street was owned by Lillian Waterhouse. It was bought by William Penbaum in the mid-1950s, and by Raymond and Christine Silke c. 1960. House, 18 Lilly Street has had a number of owners since the late 1970s. Additions to the cost of $10,500 were approved by the Fremantle City Council in 1985. Physical DescriptionHouse, 18 Lilly Street a single storey timber and tile house designed as a simple example of the Inter-War Californian Bungalow style of architecture. The walls are timber framed and clad with painted weatherboard. The front elevation comprises an original verandah space, enclosed with fibrous cement sheeting, and a portico entrance. It has small timber framed windows. The roof is hipped and clad with tiles. There is a red brick chimney to the rear, above a skillion roof rear addition. Side windows are not original.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace 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 3
Lilly Street, 18, South Fremantle WA 6162. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 19/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/37419
