Twelfth Street 26
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | 26 Twelfth Street |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler South |
DESCRIPTION:
This single-storey, double-fronted cottage is constructed of face bluestone with red brick quoins and dressings. The transverse gable cottage has been altered to the east side to include bay window, and timber strapping and finial to gable. Windows are timber-framed, double-hung sashes with non-original shutters, to either side of a central timber framed door with nonoriginal hood awning. Also of significance are the outbuildings to the rear of the property (to Station Lane), constructed of slate-like bluestone rubble. The outbuilding has a gabled roof clad with slate tiles and parapet wall to the Station Lane boundary featuring red brick capping.
STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:
The cottage at 26 Twelfth Street, Gawler South, demonstrates the early residential and industrial development of Gawler South.
BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Twelfth Street was, along with Tenth and Seventh Streets, originally named ‘Bridge Street’ on the registered plan. The title originally comprised both a portion of allotment 1 and allotment 33 of Section 2 of Gawler West, however allotment 1 was sold to May Brothers & Co in August 1909.
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 1839 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.
Also close to the allotment was May Brothers foundry & engineering works. Established in 1885 by Frederick May and Alfred May, May Brothers ultimately occupied Lots 8 – 14 in Eighteenth Street, Lots 19 & 20 (Nineteenth Street) and Lots 11 & 12 in Twenty-third street as their showroom. Growing to a business employing some 300 employees, the business wound up in 1924.
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.
Annie Eleanor Ridley and Jane Taylor Ridley (‘both of parts beyond the seas spinsters’) were in ownership of the allotments from September 1885. They transferred to Richard (Henry) Hawke (chemist) in May 1891 and he subsequently transferred the property to his wife Elizabeth for her separate use in Dec 1896.
After selling allotment 1 to May Brothers & Co in 1909, the remainder of the property (lot 33) transferred to Martin Cork (labourer) in July 1917 and subsequently in April 1919 to Michael Howard (railway foreman) and his wife Mary Howard.
The date of construction of the structures are unknown but likely to be around 1860-1870’s.
Please <click here> for photos of 26 Twelfth Street.
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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