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|Street number=4-4a
|Street name=Thirteenth
|Street suffix=Street
|Town or Locality=Gawler South
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'''DESCRIPTION:'''

This pair of attached villas constructed of random coursed bluestone to the façade, and random rubble to the side walls. The dwelling displays typical Gawler style late-Victorian detailing and composition. The gabled roof, with projecting gables to either end, is clad with corrugated metal, and finished with beaded timber bargeboards with cast-iron lace and timber finials. Chimneys are of red face brick with corbelled caps. Windows are timber-framed, double-hung sashes, with French doors to both dwellings. The straight verandah is clad with corrugated metal and supported on timber post with cast-iron lace frieze and corner brackets. Stone rubble walls to side boundaries are also of note.

'''STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:'''

The attached pair of mid-to-late Victorian-era dwellings at 4-4a Thirteenth Street demonstrate the intensity of residential development in Bassett Town (now Gawler 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:'''

Thirteenth Street was previously known as ‘Commercial Road’ and prior to this as William Street on the original Bassett Town plans. The property comprises Allotment 22 of the subdivision of Section 8 laid out as Bassett Town.

The township of Bassett was laid out by surveyor George Warren on land owned by Mr William Bassett jnr, part of Allotment 8, of 76 acres, originally granted to James Fotheringham as part of the Gawler Special Survey, of which 15 acres purchased from John McCallum.

William Bassett snr arrived in Gawler with his wife and two surviving children (one son having died at sea) in March 1845. The family occupied the only house at the time between Gawler and the Little Para and grew barley on the land later to become Bassett Town. William Bassett was the oldest of four surviving sons and a daughter. He later owned the Engine and Driver Hotel. The railway link to Adelaide was completed and opened for passenger traffic on 5 October 1857.
Soon after, on 2 November 1857, the initial sale of blocks was held on the grounds, with a special train put on to convey prospective buyers from Adelaide and a champagne lunch
provided in the marquee.

Plan originally comprised land bounded by Station Terrace (26th Street) on the eastern side of the station, Blanch Street (18th Street), Elizabeth Street (21 st Street) and William Streets (Adelaide Road), a total of 71 building blocks in all. It was extended southwards to include Coulls Street (23rd Street), Ann Street (22nd Street), Cherry Street (25th Street) and 24th Street, comprising an additional 48 blocks.

This allotment was purchased by William Henry Gome (accountant) in August 1886. Subsequently the property was transferred to Henry James Swan and Isaac Killicoat (land agent)
in January 1901. The property was then purchased by Edwin Masters (farmer) in February 1918 and then transferred to Gordon Pointon (builder) who owned several properties in the area. In May 1921, the property was transferred to George Burnett (farmer).

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 <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157714988453141 Click here]> to view photos of 4-4a Thirteenth 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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