Twelfth Street 2
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2 Twelfth Street |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler South |
DESCRIPTION:
This single-storey, double-fronted Victorian cottage is situated on a triangular allotment, addressing the north-east corner. It is constructed of rubble bluestone with a tuck-pointed finish to the façade, and ruled rubble bluestone to the side walls, all with red face brick quoins and dressings. The transverse gable is clad with corrugated galvanised iron with parapeted gable ends, crowned with a red face brick chimney with a dentilled cap to the north end. Windows are timber-framed, double-hung sashes with arched heads to either side of a central timber-framed door with fanlight. The concave hipped verandah is clad with corrugated galvanised iron and is supported on simple square timber posts. A later masonry low wall defines the street boundaries.
STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:
The cottage at 2 Twelfth Street, Gawler South, demonstrates the early residential development of Gawler South and the need for simple accommodation with the establishment of the railways and local industry, specifically the nearby business, D and RJ Fotheringham Cordial Factory. The residence displays distinctive local materials and typology.
BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Twelfth Street, along with Seventh and Tenth Streets, all originally comprised ‘Bridge Street’ on the registered plan. The property comprises Allotment 35 of lot 26 and others of Section 3 laid out as Gawler South. The property is bounded by Twelfth Street (formerly Bridge Street) and Eleventh Street (formerly Moore Street).
Gawler South was surveyed and subdivided for sale in 1858, on Section 3 of the Gawler Special Survey, following completion of the main railway to Gawler in 1857.
Originally allocated to Edward Moore in 1839, 379 acres was offered for sale on 22 March 1858 by Green and Wadham land agents on behalf of the proprietors of allotments A B & C Smith and Cullen. ‘The residue of the above now well-known Township situated between the Railway terminus and Gawler Town Bridge, comprising about one hundred and fifty allotments will be submitted to public competition on the above date at a nominal reserve. As many of the Allotments adjoin each other, Paddocks can be obtained varying in size from three acres to ten acres. Long credit if required and immediate title given’.
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.
Albert Benn (machinist) and his wife Rhoda Benn were in ownership of the allotment from September 1892. In December that same year, George Oakey the Elder (gentleman) took ownership of the property which remained in his family until the 1960s. The property was bequeathed to George Oakey (son of Oakey the Elder and farmer) and Selina Oakey (spinster) in March 1898 and subsequently to Emma Oakey (spinster) in January 1926. Emma Oakey lived at the property until her death in 1961.
The date of construction of the original dwelling is unknown but likely to be in the 1860’s-1870’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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