ARCHITECTURE
Late Victorian / Early Federation, Domestic Carpenter w Queen Anne Influences
No 40 (previously known as No 72) Hubble Street- ‘Ecclefechan’- is a single story house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a hipped and gabled corrugated iron roof. It is an eclectic expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The place is asymmetrically planned with a thrust bay and a part width skillion roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on turned timber posts with lacework frieze panels. The verandah has been modified with a small gable to the northern side.
HISTORY
1909 Funeral. The Friends of Mr. William Barry, of 72 Hubble-street, East Fremantle, are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late beloved daughter, Elizabeth to the place of interment, the Roman Catholic portion of the Fremantle Cemetery. The Funeral is appointed to leave his residence, 72 Hubble-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1910 In fond and loving memory of our dear and loving daughter and sister, Elizabeth Agnes Barry, who died at 72 Hubble-street, East Fremantle, on July 12, 1909, after a long illness, aged 17 years and 9 months. (reference)
AIF 1915, Aubrey Wood (Regimental number 2251) Occupation Horse driver, 40 Hubble Street, East Fremantle, Single, Age at embarkation 22. Next of kin Walter Wood NAA Record AIF Record
1933 James Williams, an elderly man, of 72 Hubble-street, East Fremantle, died suddenly at his residence tonight. When he collapsed, medical aid was summoned, but he was dead before the doctor arrived. (reference)
1933 Funeral. The Friends of the late Mr. Spencer Charles Allbeury, late of the Loco Department, W.A. Government Railways, Midland Junction, are respectfully informed that his remains will be interred in the Church of England portion of the Fremantle Cemetery. The Funeral will leave his late residence, 72 Hubble street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1937 Death on September 21 at her residence, 72 Hubble-street, East Fremantle, Jane, widow of the late Charles Allbeury and loving mother of Evelyn (Mrs. T. Law), Annie, James, Margaret and Charles Allbeury, mother-in-law of Alice and Thomas, and grandma of Elaine and Norma: aged 74 years. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1909: Anderson, John
1910 - 1911: Barry, Mrs. Margaret
1912: Ramsden, Eben. J.
1913: McIntyre, William
1914 - 1915: Ramsden, Ebenzr. J.
1916: Wood, Mrs. M. J.
1917: Jarvis, Mrs. M. A.
1918 - 1922: Holder, John M.
1923 - 1928: Allbeury, Spenser Charles
1929 - 1937: Allbeury, Miss J.
1938 - 1947: Allbeury, Miss Margaret
1949: Allbeury, Miss Margaret
1989 - 1990: Maddock, Leith
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Leith Maddock: “I lived at Ecclefechan, 40 Hubble Street in 1989-90 with my baby daughter Gabriel, and Anita and my dear friend Terry stayed there to help when she was a new born. I tried for a home birth, and later sat before the TV with my newborn weeping over the Tienanmen Square massacre. I loved living there.”