14 Tottenham Street, Granville Gladstone 

Federation period cottage
Constructed: 1909
Listings:

Statement of Significance

14 Tottenham Street is significant as part of a group of small scale residential buildings in Tottenham Street, Granville. The group is largely intact externally and is significant for the variety of building styles and as a good representative example of early cottages dating from around the turn of the century.

The buildings are significant for their form, scale and character which gives a good indication of the socio-economic make up of the community at the time of construction. The group gives a good representative cross section of modest scale residences of the turn of the century period and their location close to Parramatta and the railway provides evidence of the influence of these factors on the early development of Holroyd.

Recommendations

The building should be retained on the LEP. There should be no alterations or additions which change the form, style or fabric of the front of the building. The existing open verandah should not be closed in, the roof line should not be modified with roof additions or any future redevelopment which alters the form of the roof from the front.

Description

The subject building is a single storey weatherboard cottage featuring a steep pitched hip roof clad in corrugated steel and a protruding gabled roofed wing which borders an open front verandah. The front verandah features a corrugated steel bullnose roof supported on turned timber posts with decorative fan brackets and ripple iron frieze. A coloured glass and timber screen encloses the verandah which also features timber board floor on painted brick infill footing.

The front façade of the building features a panelled timber door with toplight over and timber framed casement windows with coloured glass panes. The window on the front gabled wing also features a simple aluminium hood. On the southern side of the roof is a brick chimney and this is expressed down the side of the wall. On the southern façade are two windows with external timber architraves and modern security screens. On the northern façade is one large aluminium window. The rear of the cottage features a FC sheet clad section and a weatherboard extension.

The cottage retains its original subdivision block and is set back from the front boundary, leaving a small front yard. It would appear that the property retains the original subdivision curtilage. At the front is a modern metal fence and gate. The building is situated in a group of similar cottages on Tottenham Street which is a small one-way street. To the south is a weatherboard cottage with a large gable to the front and secondary gables to the sides. To the north is No. 16 (Item 118F).

Modifications / Condition

This building appears to be largely intact and in good condition, it has been modified with the additions at the rear, although these do not appear to be recent. The roof appears to have been replaced and an awning was added in 1996.

History

The subject property formed part of 100 acres originally granted to John Harris in 1794. By 1872 Harris had increased his holding to over 157 acres. Subdivision of the area began after the railway came through in 1855. By 1884 it appears that much of Harris' grant had been subdivided into individual allotments. Thomas James Baker purchased a number of the allotments on Tottenham Street, south of Short Street (present Raymond Street) including the subject site, Lot 33 in 1884. In 1888 John Mills, Auctioneer purchased Lots 27-28 and 31-38 of this subdivision.

It appears that John Mills was declared bankrupt in 1905 and on application to the assignee the land was transferred to Lancelot Lloyd in 1906 and then George Mobbs, Auctioneer. Lot 33 was individually purchased by Thomas Edward Malcolm, Labourer in 1909 and it appears the cottage was constructed shortly after, as Malcolm is first listed in the Sands in 1911.

Malcolm resided at the property until at least 1960 and the property was purchased in 1971 by Walter and Elenor Friend. The early narrow fronted allotment subdivision pattern remains unchanged since 1884. The location of the Tottenham Street group, in close proximity to the early settlement of Parramatta and Harris Park Station provides evidence of the influence of these factors in the early development of Holroyd.

 

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