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Holdsworth Terrace
18-30 Holdsworth Street, 1886
A terrace of seven single storey houses constructed in 1886 as 'gentlemen's residences', with stone walls quoined in brick, corrugated galvanised iron roof with prominent chimneys, and bullnosed verandahs decorated with cast iron lace work. The cottages were owned by Francis Pearse.
Heritage Council:
Physical Description
Terrace 18 - 30 Holdsworth Street (1886) is an intact stepped attached row of seven single storey houses constructed in the Victorian Filigree style of architecture. This style is representative of building design that was common in Melbourne and Sydney with use of decorative cast iron verandah components. The walls are constructed of tuck pointed (black) limestone with tuck pointed brick quoining to window and door openings. There is a rendered firewall separating and at the ends of each terrace which has decorative stucco detailing. The gabled roof is clad with corrugated iron and has prominent rendered corbelled brick chimneys. The striped bull nosed verandahs are supported with decorative timber posts between the firewalls and feature cast iron friezes and brackets. The verandah floor of no 22 is tiled (not original).
A palisade iron and rendered boundary fence stretches across the street facade of the terrace and there are small gardens behind.
Statement of Significance
Terrace 18-30 Holdsworth Street Fremantle (1886), is a stepped row of seven single storey limestone and brick terrace houses has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
the place has considerable aesthetic value as a rare example of a Victorian Filigree style of architecture that contributes to the quality of its setting along Holdsworth Street and the surrounding area;
the place has considerable historic value as a nineteenth century residence that demonstrates the settlement and development the Fremantle area during the Gold Boom ,
it is representative of the typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area ...
The occupants in 1898 were George Tickee, engineer, D. Cogan, labourer, A.E. Piermonue, firewood merchant, John Mc Ewan, gentleman, Piesse, and J.A. Turner, baker.
Larraine Stevens, Librarian, 23 October 1930:
Holdsworth Street was originally known as Doonan Street. Joseph Doonan was at one time Comptroller of the Prison, and J. Doonan and Sons. were also storekeepers in Adelaide Street. Lionel Holdsworth owned a considerable amount of property in the vicinity, and the alteration of the name was made after his death in 1901.
References and Links
Heritage Council of WA
Thanks to Graeme Robertson for drawing my attention to these dwellings.
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 30 August, 2023 and hosted at freotopia.org/buildings/holdsworthterrace.html (it was last updated on 30 August, 2023), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.