ARCHITECTURE
Interwar Bungalow w Arts & Crafts Influences
No 7A Walter Street is a single storey house constructed in limestone, brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Porch style. The place has been extensively modified including a later addition to the front in the same style. It is asymmetrically composed with a gable roofed porch. The porch is supported on square piers. The porch is mainly obscured by a later addition. A brick and rendered balustrade extends from the porch to the north. A long set of steps leads down to the garden from this extension. The building steps back from the porch in a series of planes with gabled and hipped roofs. The walls are rendered with decorative brick decorative treatments. Windows are casements. There is a door under the porch flanked by casement windows. The place sits on limestone foundations. The roofscape features a tall rendered chimney.
HISTORY
1942 East Fremantle: Furnished 5-rmd modern Home, every con, garage, close transport. 7 Walter-st… (reference)
1946 Birth on April 4, at St. Helen's, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. Norm Knight—a daughter (Carolyn Joy). Both well. (reference)
1947 Married couple, 2 children age 7, 10, require accommodation with or without board, Dec. 19, Jan. 3, (approx.). Would consider exchange similar period, modern home. Clare, 7 Walter St., East Fremantle. (reference)
1948 For sale, 6-valve Astor Car Radio, practically new, £28. 7 Walter-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1950 Spritsail and accessories, suit 14ft. launch; also anchor, rope, oars, rowlocks, cover. etc., all or part. 7 Walter-st., East Fremantle… (reference)
1951 Marine Engine, 3½h.p., as new, £55. 7 Walter-st., E. Fremantle. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1941 - 1943: Clare, Harry D.
1944 - 1946: Clare, Mrs. Catherine & Knight, Norm
1947 - 1949: Clare, Mrs. Catherine
