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Bread in Common
At 43 Pakenham Street, a 2013 restaurant has been established inside a warehouse stripped back to the brick.
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History
43 Pakenham Street was originally known as numbers 87-89 Pakenham Street. In 1898 Wise’s Post Office Directories lists Fysh. B. as Importers of all brewers, sundries and produce at the premises. Benjamin Fysh lived in Stirling Street Fremantle. The firm of Felton Grimwade and Bickford was first listed as a bulk store in Fremantle in the directories in 1901. The 1916 Metropolitan Sewerage plan for Fremantle shows the footprint of the building to be sited at 87 Pakenham Street. By 1940 the numbering had changed to 41-43. A Fire Brigade map dated 1953 shows the place to comprise of a wooden floor with a galvanized iron roof and the cartway to be on the south side of the lot. Felton, Grimwade and Co. were wholesale druggists and manufacturing chemists who expanded from their Melbourne office following the mining boom in Western Australia. The headquarters under the directorship of Mr Cuthbert were first established in Murray Street Perth and then Wellington Street Perth. The bulk store was established in Fremantle to enable its Western Australian orders to be supplied promptly, particularly to the goldfields where a branch was also established. The firm was well known for Kruse’s fluid magnesia and Bosisto’s “parrot Brand” eucalyptus oil. It is not known how long Felton and Grimwade’s remained in Fremantle as the directories ceased in 1949. The place has more recently been used for marine supplies.
The vented roof can be seen in the distance in an archival photo dated c1913 (LHC522B), According to the physical evidence, the openings have been altered though the building appears to be largely intact (not inspected internally).
During 2013 the building was restored and adapted for use as a bakery and restaurant. The project with spaceagency as the architects was awarded several architectural awards by the WA Institute of Architects in 2014.
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This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 6 December, 2021 and hosted at freotopia.org/buildings/breadincommon.html (it was last updated on 18 March, 2024), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.