King Street 10
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | 10 King Street |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler |
DESCRIPTION:
This single-storey, asymmetrical Federation-era bungalow with projecting gable is constructed of roughcast rendered walls with decorative rendered dressings, and corrugated metal to the Dutchgable roof form. The bungalow features Arts-and-Crafts style timber detailing in the horned finial, bracketed eaves and slatted gable end. Windows are paired timber-framed, double-hung sashes, while the window to the projecting gable is a tripartite group with fixed sashes with leadlight glazing. Chimneys are roughcast with a smooth band. The return verandah is an extension of the main roof form, supported on square timber posts with cast iron frieze and corner brackets. A second verandah to the north-west side features carved timber brackets. Both verandahs are enclosed by a low roughcast rendered wall. The boundary is defined by a non original aluminium palisade fence.
STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:
This early twentieth century bungalow 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 site comprises a portion of Allotment 172 of section 24, Hundred of Nuriootpa, laid out as Gawler, originally allocated to Stephen King. There is evidence that the allotment was developed from the at least the mid 1850s, with rate books noting the allotment contained four tenanted cottages, some of them with several bedrooms, and valued between £5 and £10, in 1858. The owner of the properties is not recorded but the properties are shown as managed by Charles Crace (as agent), and later J Rudall (as agent), and by 1860 it is noted that some of the cottages were ‘dilapidated’. In 1868 the rate book indicates the cottages were owned by William Stark and C C Crace’s Trustees. In 1876 there were eight cottages, four owned by Thomas Collenette and four by George Harker, changing in 1878 to George Harker and James Davies, then in 1886 to George Harker and James Davies’ trustees.
The last available record is for 1891, and shows the same ownership and little change in the rateable value of the eight cottages as between £10 and £15 each. In September 1914 the allotment was registered to Herbert Ames, builder and subsequently subdivided by him in August 1923. The larger of two resulting blocks (approximately 38 perches, or just under an acre) was transferred to Gordon Ames, accountant, in September 1939. The remainder of the property (some 11 perches – ¼ acre) was transferred to Susan McLeod, married woman, in August 1923 and subsequently to Cyril James, labourer, in January 1963.
The property changed hands in 1914 and it is believed that the present house was may have been built by Herbert Ames in the 1920s. This change of use to owner-occupied detached dwellings rather than rented tenements, and more middle class residential character is an indicator of the gentrification of this section of King Street, which adjoins an industrial precinct and former site of the Eagle foundry and Sale and Eastwood Chaff Mill.
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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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