Architecture
Interwar Bungalow w Arts & Crafts Influences
No 141 Petra Street is a single storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Bungalow style. The place is located on a corner lot that addresses both Petra Street and Fraser Street. The front elevation is asymmetrically composed with a thrust bay and a wide gable roofed porch. The porch features half-timbering and is set on rendered piers. The thrust bay has been extend north and features sets of casement windows. There is a central door flanked by sets of casement windows. The roofscape features a tall brick chimney.
History
1937 Lost, small fur, between Petra and Irwin sts., East Fremantle, Tuesday. Reward. 141 Petra-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1940 Marriage on June 29, at St. John's Church of England, Fremantle, by Rev. Canon Collick, Rowland (Bob), elder son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Cook, late of Hobart, to Grace, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Neal, of Caulfield. (Present address, 141 Petra street, East Fremantle, W.A.) (reference)
1954 Refrigerator Gas 5½ cu. ft. good cond., £35 or offer. 141 Petra-st., E. Fremantle. (reference)
Residents
1934 - 1941: Cook, Arthur M.
1942 - 1949: Cook, R. W.
