18 Tottenham Street, Granville  

Federation period cottage
Constructed: 1909
Listings:

Statement of Significance

18 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 with corrugated iron clad hipped roof with projecting gable roofed wing which borders an open front verandah. The roof also features a face brick chimney. The front verandah features a concrete slab floor on face brick infill footing and decorative steel balustrading. The flat verandah roof is supported on a single round section steel column and projects beyond the gabled section, extending along the façade forming a hood over a pair of double hung timber framed windows on the front façade of the front gabled wing.

The front façade also features a contemporary glazed front door and a single window. On the northern façade the single window features a metal awning. The rear of the building features a butterfly roofed section and another section clad in FC sheeting. The front fence is constructed on face brick with metal pipe railing. The cottage retains the original subdivision block and is slightly set back from the front boundary, leaving a small front yard with one hedge at the entry.

A concrete path runs from the front boundary to the rear of the house. 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 face brick residence of a later style. To the north is Item 116/118. Opposite and to the east is the railway.

Modifications / Condition

The building retains scale and form but has been modified. It is in generally good condition and appears well maintained. The timberwork around the windows needs repainting. The verandah has been modified and altered. An application was lodged in 1960 for additions/garage and further works were carried out in 1963.

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 37 in 1884. In 1888 John Mills, Auctioneer purchased Lots 27-28 and 31-38 of this subdivision. He subsequently purchased Lots 39 and 40 in 1910.

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 37 was purchased by Susan and John Halmarick in 1906, and it appears the cottage was constructed for Halmarick shortly after, as he is first listed in the Sands in 1909. Halmarick resided at the property until l945 when it was purchased by John William Harrington.

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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