King Street 28
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | 28 King Street |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler |
DESCRIPTION:
This single-storey, double-fronted late-Victorian symmetrical cottage is constructed of overpainted stone rubble with a tuck-pointed finish and overpainted brick quoins. The hipped roof is clad with corrugated galvanised iron. Windows are timber-framed, double-hung sashes with hood awnings to side windows, and the central door is timber-framed with sidelights and fanlight. The chimneys are simple and constructed of red brick. The ogee verandah features a central gablet and is clad with corrugated galvanised iron on heavy timber posts with a cast-iron frieze and corner brackets. Gablet features ornate detailing to the timber bargeboard, cast-iron finial. A non-original cyclone fence defines the front boundary.
STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:
This late Victorian cottage represents the progression of residential development in the older parts of Gawler from rented workers’ tenements, to housing of more middle class residential character, and the ‘gentrification’ of a formerly industrial precinct. It demonstrates aesthetic merit in its construction and use of local materials and local tradespeople.
BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
The Town of Gawler was first surveyed and planned by Light, Finnis & Co in 1839 as part of the Gawler Special Survey sponsored by a consortium of wealthy investors including Henry Dundas Murray, John Reid & others. The original town plan devised by Light and laid out by William Jacob comprised 240 acres, made up of 100 acres of allotments (as 200 half-acre allotments) and 140 acres of streets, parklands, city squares, churches, cemeteries and other public places. Each of the original Special Survey investors was allocated township blocks along with their country acres, proportionate to the extent of their investment.
The property comprises a portion of Allotment 175 of subdivision of section 24 laid out as Gawler. The property is bounded by Wright Street and King Street. Allotment 175 was originally allocated to Stephen King in the 1839 Survey.
The rate books from 1858 indicate that the allotment with ‘cottage’ had a rateable value of £8 and was owned by Walter Duffield (land agent) and occupied by Michael O’Brien. In 1860 the dwelling was described as a ‘skillion with 2 rooms’ with a value of £10. By 1868 the rate books described a ‘house and garden’ with a rateable value of £15 owned and occupied by George Edwin Filsell. In 1886 two entries for dwellings were noted on the rate books for the allotment: the first was a ‘house and land’ with a value of £12 owned by John Dann and occupied by George Busbridge; the second was a ‘house and land’ with a value of £11 owned and occupied by Mrs Edwin (Eliza) Filsell. In 1888 the first property on the allotment was listed as owned by John Dann and occupied by Owen Filsell, moulder. By 1890/91 the two dwellings were listed with rateable values of £15 and £14 respectively.
In 1924 the Certificate of Title notes that the property was bequeathed to Eunice Filsell, widow of Owen Filsell, and subsequently transferred to Lloyd Ireland, postal employee, in 1937.
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Acknowledgments
This report has been prepared by the following people:
• Nancy Cromar (Flightpath Architects)
• Deborah Morgan (Flightpath Architects)
• Kate Paterson (Flightpath Architects)
• Douglas Alexander (Flightpath Architects)
The study team would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following people:
• David Petruzzella (Strategic Planner; Town of Gawler)
• Jacinta Weiss (Cultural Heritage Centre Coordinator; Town of Gawler)
• Jane Strange (Senior Development and Strategic Policy Officer; Town of Gawler)
Gawler History Team Inc. thanks:
Flightpath Architects, Ryan Viney and the Town of Gawler for allowing us access to this important document of Gawler History.
www.flightpatharchitects.com.au
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References
- LTO CT 800/5
- Gawler Rates Assessment Books North Ward 1858-1890/91
- State Library of SA Plan of Gawler Town (Warren 1863)
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