Twelfth Street 4 and 6
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4 and 6 (attached cottages) Twelfth Street |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler South |
DESCRIPTION:
This pair of small attached Victorian cottages is constructed of random coursed face bluestone, rendered to sill level on the façade, with red brick dressings. The transverse gable roof is clad with corrugated galvanised iron, and has parapeted end walls featuring red brick coping. Windows are timber-framed, double-hung divided sashes to either side of central panelled timber doors with glazed fanlights. The concave verandah is clad with corrugated metal on timber posts with cast-iron frieze and brackets and includes a timber divider panel between the dwellings. A non-original timber picket defines the front boundary.
STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:
The attached pair of mid-to-late Victorian-era dwellings at 4 and 6 Twelfth Street demonstrate the intensity of residential development in Gawler West (now South) and the need for modest accommodation during a phase of rapid growth in the township during a period of industrial and commercial activity in the 1870s and 1880s. The attached dwellings are a good and largely externally intact example, constructed of local materials in the distinctive Gawler ‘paired villa’ typology.
BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Gawler South was surveyed and subdivided for sale in 1858, following completion of the main railway to Gawler in 1857. Twelfth Street, along with Seventh and Tenth Streets all originally comprised ‘Bridge Street’ on the registered plan. The site comprises allotments 36 and 37 of lot 26 and others of Section 3 of Gawler South.
The allotments were purchased by Mary Rice (wife of James Rice, bootmaker) for her separate use in September 1892. Subsequently the allotments were transferred to John Sampson (blacksmith) in May 1901 and thereafter to Sarah Miller, wife of Hartley Miller (butcher) in April 1910. The property then transferred to Ivy Roediger, wife of Frederick Roediger (farmer) in August 1920 and subsequently to James Douglas Alexander, a retired farmer who owned other properties on the same street, in March 1938.
Two separate titles were created for properties at 04 and 06 Twelfth Street (allotments 36 and 37 respectively) in October 2005.
The date of construction of the dwellings is unknown however it would appear to have been constructed in the mid-1870’s or early 1880’s.
Please <click here> to view photos of 4 and 6 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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