ARCHITECTURE
Inter-War Porch
No 7 Clayton Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a hipped and gable decramastic tiled roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Porch style. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a gabled roofed porch. The porch features a louvred vent and is supported on paired timber posts. A balustrade spans between the posts. The porch roof extends over the gable bay. The gable bay features a set of casement windows. There is a central door flanked by sets of casement windows. The roofscape features brick chimneys.
HISTORY
1947 Kitchenette, ream enamel, condition new. 7 Clayton-st., East Fremantle.(reference)
1947 For Sale, 1939 Royal Enfield, good condition throughout, heavy machine, £75. Apply Saturday, 7 Clayton-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1948 Marriage on December 1, at St. John's Church, Fremantle, Hilda Lazenby, of South Bank, Yorkshire, England, to Charles Styles, of Chiltern, Victoria. Present address, 7 Clayton-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1948 Lottery Reporter. One Off £3000. When a Daily News reporter, sent to interview today's lottery winner, checked the winning ticket, he found that he himself was one off the £3000. Two lumpers, Charles Styles (49), of Clayton-st., East Fremantle, and James Stewart (about 55), of McKimmie-st., Palmyra, shared first prize. Their ticket was No. 35325. The reporter B. W. Lee, of High-st., Fremantle, will get £15 as a near miss prize. In the three years he had been taking tickets, he had never won a prize, Mr. Lee said. (reference)
1949 Blue Lino., 7½yds., nearly new, £3/10/; 5yds. 27in. carpet, with brass ends, condition good, £2/10/. Apply 7 Clayton-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1954 Lost, Tuesday, fawn kelpie puppy from 7 Clayton-st., E. Fremantle. Please return. (reference)
1954 Speeding: For, having exceeded the speed limit...Robert C. Styles, of Clayton-street. East Fremantle...fined £3. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1939 - 1949: Styles, Charles.
