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Fremantle Federation Heritage

Federation architecture refers to the architectural style of Australian homes built around the decades before and after 1900 AD. This site is a backup to Federation-House.wikispaces.com, which closed down in 2018. The new Federation-House.com site links to these blogs, but many old links to the Wikispaces site are unfortunately still present.
Table of Contents
City of Fremantle heritage list
Heritage loans
Heritage buildings
Samson House (also see below)
National Heritage:
Heritage: Australian Heritage Database
Aldgate and Grounds
Customs House (former)
Dalkeith House
Fremantle Fire Station (former)
Fremantle Post Office
South Fremantle Post Office and Quarters (former)
Warwick
Atwell
Fremantle Prison – The Convict Establishment
Aldgate
oodside Hospital (Moore Family Residence, Woodside)
Terrace Houses and Shop (George St Mews)
House & Norfolk Pine Trees, 3 Glyde Street
Woodlawn
Knocknagow
Harvose
Two Houses
HOLDSWORTH HOUSE 1 BATEMAN STREET
Lionel Samson Building (Samson Cottage)
Oceanic Hotel (fmr) (Rivendel Residential Units)
HOUSE, 37 ELLEN STREET
Samson House
HOUSE, 75 ELLEN STREET
HOUSE, 16 ESSEX STREET
Fremantle Municipal Tramways Car Barn (fmr)
Dalkeith House
AJAX BUILDING, 49-59 HIGH STREET (Purdies)
Hotel Fremantle & Residence (at rear)
OWSTON’S BUILDINGS (Oustons Building)
Terrace of Six Houses at 19-29 Holdsworth Street (Six Terrace Houses)
Water Police Station & Quarters (fmr), Fremantle (Water Police Barracks (fmr))
Fremantle Esplanade Hotel
P J Morriss Building (fmr) (W Sandover Warehouse, Notre Dame University ND1)
His Majesty’s Hotel (His Lordship’s Larder, Phillimore’s Hotel)
Two Terrace Houses
COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 1 PAKENHAM STREET (Office and Warehouse,
Tolley & Co Warehouse)
Music School
Four Terrace Houses
8 Terrace Houses
Four Terrace Houses
Atwell
Warwick
HOUSE, 196 SOUTH TERRACE
HOUSE, 30 SUFFOLK ST
Turton
South Fremantle Post Office (fmr) (Martha Hampton Clinic)
Fremantle significant sites and buildings
Western Australia’s first surveyor-general John Septimus Roe, first designed Fremantle’s town plan in 1829.
City of Fremantle heritage list
The City of Fremantle’s heritage list comprises a list of places within the City, which are of cultural heritage significance and worthy of conservation.

The objectives of the heritage list are to:
Heritage loans
Heritage listed properties within the City of Fremantle are eligible for subsidised loans through the Heritage Loan Subsidy Scheme. The scheme subsidises interest rates on loans by 4% for conservation works, offering owners significant savings. Loans can be arranged through the financial institution of the owner’s choice.
Heritage buildings
Fremantle is renowned for its well-preserved architectural heritage, including convict-built colonial-era buildings, an old jetty and port, and prisons; presenting a variety and unity of historic buildings and streetscapes. These were often built in limestone with ornate façades in a succession of architectural styles. Rapid development following the harbour works gave rise to an Edwardian precinct as merchant and shipping companies built in the west end and on reclaimed land.

The Fremantle Society is a community-based culture and heritage advocacy group in Fremantle, Western Australia. It was formed in 1972 to work to prevent what was seen as undesirable demolition and/or development of historic buildings in Fremantle. As the significance of Fremantle’s built heritage came to be more widely recognised and respected (by the City, and property owners), the focus of the Fremantle Society has evolved to include more of the cultural heritage of the area.
Various projects over time have highlighted Fremantle heritage as well as advocating consideration of heritage in planning schemes.
The overall nature of the societies work is ongoing due to the inherent pressures from developers and others.
Samson House (also see below)
Samson House was built for Michael Samson, who was also Lord Mayor of Fremantle. The house, which is a well-known Fremantle landmark, was completed in 1888, and was designed by Sir Talbot Hobbs.
National Heritage:
Heritage: Australian Heritage Database
Aldgate and Grounds
7 Aldgate Place East Fremantle, WA, Australia
Customs House (former)
2-8 Phillimore Street, Fremantle, WA, Australia
Dalkeith House
160 High Street, Fremantle, WA, Australia
Dalkeith House is a two storey Federation Queen Anne building of brick walls and corrugated iron roof.
Fremantle Fire Station (former)
18 Phillimore Street, Fremantle, WA, Australia

Fremantle Post Office
13-15 Market Street, Fremantle, WA, Australia

South Fremantle Post Office and Quarters (former)
174 Hampton Rd, Beaconsfield, WA, Australia
Warwick
79 Solomon Street, Fremantle, WA, Australia

Warwick (1898) is a good example of a Fremantle Federation Queen Anne villa dating from the gold boom years of the 1890s.
The significance of the building is increased by the high level of original detail that remains internally and externally.
Atwell
77 Solomon St Fremantle
State Registered Place
Atwell (1898)
Heritage Place No. 2907
Fremantle Prison – The Convict Establishment
Major Tourist Attraction – W A Tourism Awards 2006
Fremantle Prison played a pivotal role in the Western Australian colony, which had survived from its European settlement in 1829 to 1850 as a free settlement without convicts, although not without a struggle. During the 1830’s more people left the settlement than arrived and the colony stagnated. However, by the late 1840’s pastoralists began lobbying for convicts to be sent to the colony to solve a labour shortage, and argued that the colony would benefit from the injection of capital the establishment of a convict centre would entail.
While there appears never to have been general community support for the proposition, transportation to Western Australia was legislated in Britain in 1849 for an unlimited number of male convicts. Ultimately, nearly 10,000 male convicts were sent to Western Australia between 1850 and 1868.
The entry to the prison complex
Originally known as The Convict Establishment and renamed Fremantle Prison in 1867, the prison complex was built to the design of Comptroller General of Convicts in Western Australia, Capt. E.Y.W. Henderson, based on the designs of Joshua Jebb, the British Controller of Prisons, and in particular Jebb’s Portland Works Prison.
State Heritage Register
Aldgate
7 Aldgate Pl East Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 802
Aldgate, a substantial single-storey, limestone and brick Federation Queen
Anne style residence, has cultural heritage significance: it is a fine example of the Federation Queen Anne styleof architecture common in Perth’s suburbs during the 1890s and 1900s; enhanced by its formal approach, the building’s close relationship to the paved terrace and orchestrated views west to the harbour and north-west to the Swan River, the place represents the scale and style of residences built on large, river facing lots in East Fremantle during the gold boom period;
Gallery: HOUSE OF THE WEEK: 7 Aldgate Place, East Fremantle. Pictures: Alf Sorbello
oodside Hospital (Moore Family Residence, Woodside)
18 Dalgety St East Fremantle
State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 792
Architectural Style; Federation Free Classical
Woodside Hospital, a two-storey brick building with a brick single-storey wing to the east, was constructed in 1896-7 as a private residence for William Dalgety Moore. The residence was extended in 1904. A single-storey brick addition to the east wing was built in 1966, and today this contains the bulk of the hospital’s nursing facilities.
Terrace Houses and Shop (George St Mews)
107-121 George St East Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 807
Architectural Style: Federation Free Classical
The place comprises a corner shop, with a truncated corner entry and display window to King Street, and 7 terrace residences. The place is single storey and is of red brick construction with stucco banding and features.
The terrace houses have high gable roofs which clearly delineate each individual component.
The gables feature bargeboards which frame statuary niches. There are bull nosed verandahs to the front and high chimneys punctuate the skyline. It has rarity value as a fine example of its type (shop and terraced housing) located in a suburb.
No 121 Sold for $770,000
Sold Date: Tue 23-Jul-13
House & Norfolk Pine Trees, 3 Glyde Street
3 Glyde St East Fremantle

Heritage Place No. 10222
Woodlawn
20 Osborne Rd East Fremantle
State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 805
Architectural Style: Federation Queen Anne
A large turn of century house significant for its architectural character of Bungalow style, expressed in stone walls and corrugated galvanised iron roof sweeping down over wide surrounding verandahs, punctuated with gables and turrets.
The house, set in expansive grounds, is significant for its association with the original merchant builder.
Woodlawn, a single storey residence, constructed of stone and iron, in the Federation Queen Anne style set, in a lush garden landscape has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
with its substantial mature plantings, the place contributes to the aesthetic quality of the landscape of East Fremantle and has a landmark quality;
Knocknagow
A large 1890s house significant for its now unique architectural character of wide surrounding verandahs in the bungalow style, with lookout tower overlooking the harbour.
Significant as well for its association with gold rush hoteliers in Fremantle and the goldfields.
24 Preston Point Rd East Fremantle
State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 803
Knocknagow, a single storey rendered masonry construction and Zincalume custom orb roofed residence in the Federation Queen Anne bungalow style with a belvedere and associated single storey former stables, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
Harvose
1 Surbiton St East Fremantle

Large brick house with orange terracotta tiled roof. Corner timber verandah set between projecting wings on adjacent sides. French doors to verandah. Bracketed canopy over windows. House on high ground with extensive views.
Heritage Place No. 804
Sold recently:
Fri 24-Jan-14:
“Tucked away on one of East Fremantle’s most private and prestigious streets sits this Federation beauty offering sweeping views of the river and harbour mouth to the Indian Ocean.
Two Houses
2 & 4 Barnett St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 848
HOLDSWORTH HOUSE 1 BATEMAN STREET
1 Bateman St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 4550
Lionel Samson Building (Samson Cottage)
31-35 Cliff St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 856
Oceanic Hotel (fmr) (Rivendel Residential Units)
8 Collie St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 862
HOUSE, 37 ELLEN STREET
37 Ellen St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 866
Samson House
61 & 63 Ellen St Fremantle
State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 869
Samson House is a detached house with a coach house and servants’ quarters set in a large mature garden. The corrugated metal roof, brick and stone house has a belvedere in an Italianate style.
Samson House, designed by Joseph John Talbot Hobbs in 1889, is a single storey limestone, brick and iron house with belvedere, in the Federation style with elements of the Queen Anne style, including the coach house, stables, cottage and gardens, has cultural heritage significance for the following reason:
HOUSE, 75 ELLEN STREET
75 Ellen St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 870
HOUSE, 16 ESSEX STREET
16 Essex St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 872
Fremantle Municipal Tramways Car Barn (fmr)
1 High St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 897
Dalkeith House
160 High St Fremantle
State Registered Place Heritage Place No. 931
AJAX BUILDING, 49-59 HIGH STREET (Purdies)
49-59 High St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 916
Hotel Fremantle & Residence (at rear)
6 High St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 900
OWSTON’S BUILDINGS (Oustons Building)
9-23 High St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 909
Terrace of Six Houses at 19-29 Holdsworth Street (Six Terrace Houses)
19-29 Holdsworth St Fremantle
State Registered Place
Heritage Place No. 942
Water Police Station & Quarters (fmr), Fremantle (Water Police Barracks (fmr))
10-20 Marine Tce Fremantle
State Registered Place
Heritage Place No. 945
Fremantle Esplanade Hotel
46 Marine Tce & Essex St Fremantle
State Registered Place
Heritage Place No. 947
P J Morriss Building (fmr) (W Sandover Warehouse, Notre Dame University ND1)
13-19 Mouat St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 956
His Majesty’s Hotel (His Lordship’s Larder, Phillimore’s Hotel)
2-8 Mouat St Fremantle
State Registered Place
Heritage Place No. 975
Two Terrace Houses
14-16 Nairn St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 964
COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 1 PAKENHAM STREET (Office and Warehouse,
Tolley & Co Warehouse)
1 Pakenham St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 968
Music School
21 Parry St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 973
Four Terrace Houses
19-25 Point St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 986
8 Terrace Houses
2-16 Price St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 987
Four Terrace Houses
18-24 Queen Victoria St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 251
Atwell
77 Solomon St Fremantle
State Registered Place
Heritage Place No. 2907
Warwick
79 Solomon St Fremantle
State Registered Place
Heritage Place No. 2906
HOUSE, 196 SOUTH TERRACE
196 South Tce Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 1005
HOUSE, 30 SUFFOLK ST
30 Suffolk St Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 1012
Turton
25 Harvest Rd North Fremantle
Heritage Place No. 1036
Residential structure built in 1904 and designed by Talbot Hobbs.
South Fremantle Post Office (fmr) (Martha Hampton Clinic)
174 Hampton Rd South Fremantle
State Registered Place
Heritage Place No. 1045