ARCHITECTURE
No 81 Alexandra Road is a single storey house constructed in limestone, tuck pointed brick and rendered brick with hipped and gable tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Inter-War Mediterranean style. The place is located on a corner lot that addresses both Alexandra Road and Coolgardie Avenue. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a flat roofed entry porch. The entry porch is supported on rendered pillars. A steel balustrade spans between the pillars. The gable bay features a pair of double hung sash windows under a sunhood. There is a central door flanked by side lights and a double hung sash window. The roofscape features a rendered chimney and finials. Lower walls are face brick and the upper walls are rendered. The place is built on a limestone foundation.
HISTORY
1928 The marriage of Captain W. A. Warren-Smith and Miss Winifred F. Pine was solemnised on April 18 at West Perth and they are now on a motor tour through the Great Southern and South-West, prior to taking up residence in East Fremantle. (reference)
1929 Birth on June 5, at St. Helen's Hospital, East Fremantle, to Captain and Mrs. W. A. Warren-Smith —a daughter. Both well. (reference)
1932 Birth on October 23, at Devonleigh Hospital, Cottesloe, to Captain and Mrs. W. A. Warren-Smith, of East Fremantle—a son. No visitors for ten days. (reference)
1936 Vehicle Transfer: 1315, D. A, Caris to W. A. Warren-Smith, Alexander-st.(Alexandra?), East Fremantle, Chevrolet. (reference)
1947 Death On March 28, suddenly, Austin Warren-Smith, dearly beloved husband of Winifred Warren-Smith, of 81 Alexandra-road, East Fremantle, very dear Daddy of Marnie and Geoffrey; aged 58 years. (reference)
1947 A tribute to the memory of my dearly-loved son-in-law, W. A. Warren-Smith, brother-in-law of Ken and Margery, who passed into the higher life, after a long illness, on March 28. Inserted by A. E. Pine, 81 Alexandra-road, East Fremantle. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1936 - 1947: Warren-Smith, Warren A.
1949: Warren-Smith, Mrs. W. F.
