ARCHIVAL REPORT FOR 10 EXAMPLE AVENUE, CLAREMONT

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1 ARCHIVAL REPORT FOR 10 EXAMPLE AVENUE, CLAREMONT Prepared by L. Heritage November 2005

2 MOCK ARCHIVAL RECORD FOR 10 EXAMPLE AVENUE, CLAREMONT TABLE OF CONTENTS Background... 3 Section 1 History... 3 Section 2 Development History... 5 Section 3 External Description... 7 Section 4 Internal Description...13 Section 5 Ordinary Council Meeting minutes... 19

3 Background Number 10 Example Avenue, Claremont was included in the Claremont Built Environment Survey of 1990 and was subsequently included on the Claremont Municipal Inventory and the Claremont Schedule of Historic and Other Buildings and Places. A previous owner in 1997 constructed a modern second storey on the house which I thought badly affected any values it had as a heritage house. I therefore applied for the house to be removed from heritage listing on these grounds. In response the Town of Claremont carried out a heritage assessment of the place to determine if the place should remain listed. Council resolved to remove the house from the heritage lists after an archival record of the place had been carried out. Figure 1 Location: 10 Example Ave is located on lot 4 Section 1 History

4 The following history is gathered from the Town of Claremont heritage assessment of the house and oral information from neighbours: 10 Example Avenue, Claremont was built in 1923 for Albert Jones as a Federation style one storey house expressed in timber. Albert Jones was a market gardener and had his gardens nearby. The Jones family lived in the house until 1981 when the place was sold to Joe Citizen, a bricklayer by trade. In 1989 the house was sold to an absentee owner, Joe Bloggs who rented the place to a succession of tenants before selling it to myself, L. Heritage in Tenants included an artist, the Briggs family (Mr Briggs worked for Telstra) and at least five other people. The front façade of the house had Federation styling to the gable and a pressed tin awning over the gable window. The verandah had a straight roof which extended from the main roof and turned verandah posts. Figure 2 Historic photograph of house prior to 1995 showing original roof detail Inside the house all floorboards were of 15 cm jarrah boards, skirting was 20 cm high with a moulded top section and the hallway had a pressed tin archway. The kitchen and sitting room had fireplaces with back to back chimneys; that in the sitting room had a 1920s style wooden surround with picture rail above. The master bedroom had plaster picture rails to all four walls. Most of these original features still remain although some are altered in detail. There are the following newspaper articles on the place in the Claremont Museum records [Add articles] additionally my own research has previously found the following articles [Add any additional information you have]. Town of Claremont archives contain the following rate and plan information on the place [Add information].

5 The place was included in the Town of Claremont Built Environment Survey in 1991 [Add 1991 assessment]. It was subsequently included on the Municipal Inventory in 1992 and the Schedule of Historic and Other Buildings and Places in In January 2005 I requested that the place be removed from heritage listing. An updated heritage assessment was then carried out in May 2005 [Add updated heritage assessment]. At the OCM meeting of the 6 December 2005 Council resolved to remove the place from heritage listing subject to the completion of this archival record. Section 2 Development History When constructed the house had two bedrooms on one side of a central hallway with back to back kitchen and sitting room on the opposite side of the hallway. The master bedroom extended forward in a gable from which a wrap around verandah extended along the east, west and southern elevations. A separate rear verandah partly enclosed as a laundry extended from the back door along the rear wall of the western bedroom. At the rear north western corner of the lot was an outside pan toilet emptied via a trap door opening into the rear laneway. The house was extended by Albert Jones in the 1930s when he removed the enclosed laundry verandah and constructed a new sitting room at the rear of the house. The new room was entered via a second pressed tin archway and the rear wall consists mainly of French doors and large French windows. The room has a mock fireplace which is connected to the mains gas supply. At some point gas was also provide to the kitchen stove and the kitchen fireplace was converted into a space for a more modern oven. Figure s Archway into 1930s Extension and French Windows Right way, concentration on heritage details Figure s Extension Wrong way This is a general view which also shows artwork and collectables which could be stolen.

6 Figure 5 Site Plan He also enclosed the southern verandah in the 1930s to form a sleepout and progressively enclosed the western verandah to form a bathroom, toilet and laundry in the 1940s. Also during the 1940s he built an asbestos garage in the rear south western corner of the lot. Albert is also said to have added the garden folly and associated stone paving in the 1920s as a place for his wife to sit and read.

7 Joe Citizen is said to be responsible for all the brick paving in the layout of the front garden and parts of the rear garden. In 1995 the absentee owner added a modern second storey to the place which consists of a large rumpus room and a master bedroom accessed via a stairway. I removed the asbestos garage in 2000 and the concrete floor of the garage is used for open air parking. The Town of Claremont archives contain the following plans of modifications to the place [Add any plans sourced]. Section 3 External Description Figure 6 Site Plan showing direction of external photographs. Set back and front landscaping The house is set back 4 metres from the street. The front setback is landscaped with brick paving with garden beds inserted in a formal design. In the south eastern corner of the lot is a modern informal rock garden and waterfall feature.

8 Figure 7 Front landscaping photographs Wrong way. These pictures shows non-heritage landscape details. Front East Facade The house is two storied with a timber federation style ground floor and a modern Mediterranean style upper floor with a flat roof and balcony s. Figure 8 Front façade photographed from Example Avenue The heritage details of lower floor still survive within this adaptation. Verandah

9 The verandah has a timber floor on stumps, turned timber posts, timber frieze work with aluminium frieze work below and across the entrance way. Figure 9 Two photographs of verandah features The south-eastern section of the verandah has been enclosed in fibro sheeting and weatherboard. An old three light casement window, from another building has been inserted in the southern section of the enclosure. Figure 10 Southern face of enclosed verandah showing window. Front Windows and Door The original master bedroom is now a study. The study window is an original three light casement window with brass fittings with an original pressed tin awning over.

10 Figure 11 Study window and pressed tin awning detail The original sitting room is now the master bedroom. It also has a three light casement window. Figure 12 Master Bedroom window at rear of front verandah The front door is an original four panel door with upper section glazed and fanlight and sidelights surrounding the door. The fanlight, door light and top sidelights are obscured glass while the lower panels are timber. Figure 13 Front door details Side South Facade The south verandah has been enclosed with weatherboard and has two large art deco clear lead light windows inserted. The windows have two casements with a large fixed glass panel

11 between. Both windows have a timber pergola over. The southwest section of the façade has an art deco leadlight balance hung window inserted to light the laundry. Figure 14 South Façade and window detail Side North Facade The north façade of the house is weather board with one three light casement window inserted associated with the second bedroom. A high brick boundary fence lies 80 cm from this side of the house. Rear West Facade The rear of the house is weatherboard with several differing Art Deco windows inserted and original small toilet window and more modern panelled glazing to the laundry door and side window. The whole has a timber pergola over. The art deco bathroom window matches the southern laundry windows. Figure 15 Laundry door and side window and toilet window

12 Figure 16 French doors and windows to living room and detail of bathroom window. Heritage Garden Features The place includes a 1920s stone folly and landscaping in the rear garden built for the first owner s sick wife and is also part of the heritage of the place. Figure 17 Right Way Showing details of folly but not extensive landscape views of the garden. Figure 18 Wrong way This is a much more general view of the folly showing extensive areas of non-heritage landscaping including outbuildings and access points into the rear garden.

13 Section 4 Internal Description Figure 19 Site Plan showing direction of external photographs All rooms in the house have high ceilings, and 5 ½ inch jarrah floorboards. The master bedroom, study, second bedroom and kitchen are original rooms and all have lathe and plaster walls and ceilings. The living room has older type plasterboard walls and ceiling and a dado of 5 ½ inch

14 floorboards used as panelling. The rear hallway, bathroom and laundry have painted 5 ½ inch floorboards used as panelling. The enclosed verandah and toilet has modern internal treatments and the enclosed verandah has a modern circular stairway to the upper floor. Hallway The hallway extends 5 metres through the centre of the original section of the house. It contains two pressed tin archways, cornices, four panel doors and moulded skirting boards which are also found through the older rooms of the house. The two chandeliers are modern fixtures. The second archway between the hallway and the living room was erected there in the 1930s and is narrower than the original archway and has similar but not identical details. Figure 20 Hallway Right way view down hall showing arch locations but without artwork or collectables shown in the photographs. Figure 21 Details of arches Archway near front door Archway into living area Figure 22 Moulded skirting found throughout original section of house.

15 Figure 23 Detail of hallway doors Master bedroom The master bedroom is 4 by 5.5 metres. The only heritage feature in the room is an original 1920s style timber fireplace with a small mirror. Figure 24 Details of 1920s place however the picture also shows private collectables on mantle. Study The study is 4 by 5 metres. It has a plaster picture rail running around all four walls, this is the only heritage feature in this room.

16 Figure 25 Picture rail. The picture on the left is the right way to show such a detail the picture on the left shows valuable artwork hanging on the wall. Second Bedroom There are no heritage features in this box bedroom which is 2 ½ by 5 metres. Living Room The living room is 6 by 4 ½ metres. It initially has a high flat ceiling near the hallway which extends for 2 metres. The ceiling then slopes downwards to end 40 cm above the French doors and windows set into the western façade. The two sections are joined by a large beam which extends across the room and they are outlined with plaster cornice. A brass chandelier hangs from the beam. Figure 26 These pictures demonstrate the correct way to show a detail such as the line of the ceiling. The photographs need to be more general to show the detail but any valuables have been removed from sight. Figure 27 This is the wrong way to show such a detail. The room is full of valuable artworks, collectables and electrical goods. Figure 28 Details of chandelier and cornice

17 The room has a timber dado made from jarrah floor boards topped with a moulded rail along the north and south walls Figure 29 Details of timber dado Kitchen The kitchen is 4 by 5 ½ metres with a brick chimney and open fireplace with mantle over. French doors open onto the enclosed verandah. A small window inset with coloured lead light panels looks into the verandah from the kitchen bench Figure 30 This photograph shows the details of the kitchen fireplace but leaves valuable collectables in view. Figure 31 Details of French doors and window

18 Rear hallway, bathroom and laundry This area has timber walls made from painted jarrah floorboards. There are no other heritage features. Figure 32 Details of timber internal walls

19 Section 5 Ordinary Council Meeting minutes [Relevant section of relevant Council Meeting minutes inserted.]