115 — Houses of East Freo — Streets of East Freo

Architecture

Late federation / Interwar Bungalow w Georgian & Queen Anne Influences

No 115 Petra Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing, weatherboard and fibrous cement cladding with a hipped tiled roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Bungalow style. The front elevation is symmetrically composed with a full width skillion roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. There is vertical a timber balustrade spans between the posts. There is a central door and hopper light and sidelights flanked with pairs of casement windows and hopper lights. The lower walls are weatherboard clad and the upper walls are clad in fibrous cement. The roofscape features a rendered brick.

History

1930 Price for painting front detached house. Particulars H. Gay, Petra-street, East Fremantle, 4 doors Canning-rd. (reference)

1930 Competent Junior Shorthand Typist, references, seeks employment, Fremantle, Perth. Miss R. Gay, 115 Petra-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1931 Ladies' and Children's Dresses and Coats made. Prices moderate. 115 Petra-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1932 Five White Leghorn Hens, laying. 12/6 lot. Unrelated Rooster. 4/. Jam Melons, 1/ dozen. 115 Petra-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1933 Chrysanthemums, large singles, red and gold, white, also pink button Plants, 3 for 1/, posted. M. Gay, 115 Petra-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1935 Bitumistic Paint (Mastico), 46 gallons in 8-gallon drums at reasonable offer. 115 Petra-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1936 Tables, 10/, one with drawer and castors. Another, lino. top, 12/6. Typewriter, old Smith Premier, 12/6. Gay. 115 Petra-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1943 Marriage on April 3, at the Baptist Church, East Fremantle, by Rev A. E. Holloway, Laurie Norman Meek, of Geraldton, WA, to Alice Ruth Mary (Ruth), second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Gay, 115 Petra-street, East Fremantle. (reference)

1953 Gas Stove, Conway Castle, £2/15/. 115 Petra-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

ARCHITECTURE

Federation Cottage Orné

No. 115 George Street is one of a seven attached residences. They are constructed in brick and rendered masonry designed in a rich rendering of the Federation Cottage Orné style. The houses are constructed in limestone and tuck pointed brick. They are divided by parapet walls and have gable roofs. The gables have elaborately decorative barges with applied oriel style niches and sculptures. The roofscape features tall chimneys with chimney caps.

HISTORY

AIF 1916, Ernest William Groundsell Brown (Regimental number 2378) Occupation Lorry driver, 115 George Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia, Married, Age at embarkation 28. Next of kin Mrs Harriet Bremner Brown

1914 Birth on July 22 at 115 George-street, East Fremantle, Mr. and Mrs. H. Stanley Smith—a daughter (Sarah Gwendoline). (reference)
1930 Death on May 13, at the Fremantle Hospital, Charles Leighton, dearly beloved husband of Eva Barker Leighton, of 115 George street, East Fremantle, and loving father of Phyllis, Bill, Arnold and Doris Leighton; aged 46 years. (reference)
1935 Death on January 18, at Beaconsfield, Harriett Sarah Christensen, beloved wife of William Christensen, of 115 George-street, East Fremantle, and loving mother of Ida (Mrs. W. Armstrong), Fred (Northam), and Horace Christensen (Fremantle); aged 56 years. (reference)