Thirteenth Street 22
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | 22 Thirteenth Street |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler |
DESCRIPTION:
This single-storey, double-fronted late-Victorian cottage is constructed of random coursed bluestone with a tuck-pointed finish and overpainted brick quoins. The hipped roof is clad with corrugated galvanised iron and features overpainted brick chimneys with moulded caps. The windows are timber-framed, double-hung sashes to either side of a central door with sidelights and fanlight. The bullnose hipped verandah is clad with corrugated galvanised iron and supported on square timber posts which are integrated into the overpainted brick wall enclosing the verandah. The verandah is detailed with cast-iron lace frieze and corner brackets. A bluestone wall with rendered coping and piers defines the front boundary, with a non-original aluminium pedestrian gate.
STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:
The cottage at 22 Thirteenth Street, Gawler South, demonstrates the marked increase in quality residential development in the immediate area being bolstered by Gawler’s prosperity and attracted by the establishment of local industry nearby, specifically the nearby business, D and RJ Fotheringham Cordial Factory. The late-Victorian era residence displays distinctive local materials and typology.
BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Thirteenth Street originally comprised ‘Commercial Road’ on the registered plan. The site comprises allotment 83 of Section 2 laid out as Gawler West and is bounded by both Thirteenth Street and Sixteenth St (formerly River Street).
The Township of Gawler West was initiated to take advantage of the railway link to Adelaide completed and opened for passenger traffic on 5 October 1857. Set out on part of Section 8 of the Gawler Special Survey originally property of James Fotheringham. Fotheringham had been one of the twelve original Proprietors of the Gawler Special Survey of 1 839 and had huge land and business interests in the district.
Around 1878 nephews of James Fotheringham, David and his brother, Robert John Moir Fotheringham, developed a cordial and aerated water factory in Water Street, Goose Island, known as D and RJ Fotheringham Cordial Factory.
The New Township of Gawler West adjoining the Railway Station was announced by ‘preliminary notice’ placed by Wicksteed Botting Townsend & Co on behalf of the proprietors in the Adelaide Observer on Saturday 22 August 1857. A few weeks later an advertisement announced that an auction would be held on the ground on Monday September 28 1857, and that a special train would provide transport to prospective buyers from Adelaide, gratis, and that a champagne lunch would also be provided. The Adelaide Times reported on the day following the auction that some 300 persons had attended, a most spirited competition prevailed throughout, very high prices were achieved, especially for those allotments nearest the station.
The allotment was purchased by William Lock (farmer) in December 1866 and subsequently transferred to John Henry Twells (locomotive fireman) in June 1904. The property then transferred to Emil Heinemann (agent) in July 1910. It was sold in February 1911 to Helmore Turner (butter maker) as a ‘first class residence of six rooms, bathroom (with bath heater), lobby, cellar, underground tank and every convenience which would suit a farmer’ (Bunyip 1910). Turner lived at the property until his death in 1971.
The date of construction of the house is unknown however it would appear to have been constructed in the mid-1880’s or early 1890’s.
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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 Certificate of Title CT 94/1 36
- Hignett Gawler Heritage Study: Stage 1
- Adelaide Observer on Saturday 22 August 1857 (p1)
- SA Register 25 Sept 1857 p4
- Advertising Bunyip Friday 18 November 1910 (p3)
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