K 1 Residence 182 Canning Highway Roma (Cat C)
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Management CITY OF SOUTH PERTH Category LOCAL HERITAGE INVENTORY C PLACE RECORD FORM Prepared by Heritage Today, March 2000 Most recent update by City of South Perth, November 2015 Place No: K 1 Residence: 182 Canning Highway - ‘Roma’ (Heritage Today, 1999) LOCATION Name of Place Residence: 182 Canning Highway - ‘Roma’ Other / former names Tramway Electrical Sub-Station Address 182 Canning Highway Suburb South Perth Local Government Authority City of South Perth Scope of listing This heritage listing applies to the entire site. LISTINGS BY OTHER BODIES Name of Body Reference No. Grade of Listing Date Heritage Council of Western Australia 4811 Data base only - not listed - CITY OF SOUTH PERTH LOCAL HERITAGE INVENTORY Place No. A 1 : Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’ Page 2 LAND DESCRIPTION Reserve No. Lot Location No. Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio - 7570 308K 5533 V 1252 F 597 PERIOD Post-War Design Style Late Twentieth Century Immigrant’s Nostalgic Construction Date Tramway Electrical Sub-Station – about 1923 Conversion for residential use – 1963 Source/Details Building Approval Records held at City of South Perth USE(S) OF PLACE Original Tramway Electrical Sub-Station Present Single Residence Other / former Block of three flats HISTORICAL NOTES The Residence: 182 Canning Highway - ‘Roma’, has had an interesting past. The building was constructed in 1922 or 1923 at the corner of Fremantle Road and Carrington Street (later renamed Canning Highway and Hensman Street) as a Tramway Electrical Sub-Station,1 and was used as such until 1950, when trams ceased to operate along Canning Highway. In 1963 the (then) owner, Mr Cippitelli, submitted an application to convert the sub-station to a block of three flats. In June 1963, the South Perth Council resolved that Mr Cippitelli be informed that the council did not have the power to approve his application due to non-compliance with the Uniform General Building By-Laws; but that he had a right of appeal to the Minister for Local Government, and the Council would support such an appeal. On 3 December 1963, following a successful appeal, the City’s Building Surveyor, Ian S L McNabb approved the conversion plans. City records show that the proposals involved considerable modifications to the Sub-Station building, including: • construction of a new first floor slab to divide the building into an upper and a lower storey; • conversion of the ground floor into two small flats; • conversion of the upper floor into a single large flat; • construction of a new tiled hipped roof (which did not proceed); and as part of the same application in contradiction to this, • a sun-room, measuring 11 feet by 15 feet (3.35 metres by 4.6 metres) to be located on an open, flat slab roof of the building. The roof slab was designed to have the same shape as the first floor slab, with balconies along the western, northern and eastern sides of the building, the shape of the front balconies being gently articulated, divided into three shallow angled protruberances. This work took a year to complete. In May 1964, plans were prepared for modifications to the roof slab of the building which included the addition of a laundry, barbeque area, a small swimming pool and a small lawned area on the roof. It is not known if this work was actually approved, but it appears that it was not constructed. At some time after that, the building was further modified, renovated and converted into a single residence. 1 The Tramway Electrical Sub-Station is listed in Wise’s Post Office Directory for 1923, but is not listed in the 1922 directory. CITY OF SOUTH PERTH LOCAL HERITAGE INVENTORY Place No. A 1 : Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’ Page 3 DESCRIPTION The Residence: 182 Canning Highway - ‘Roma’ is a two-storey house with roof deck and lookout. The site is situated on the south-eastern corner of Canning Highway and Hensman Street, South Perth. The site has a low garden wall capped with chocolate coping tiles along the street boundaries, forming spectacular elongated rose beds; and behind the rose beds, raised pre-cast painted concrete balustrades surmount a higher retaining wall. Most of the garden areas are granolithic paved, with a vegetable garden at the eastern end. The driveway, accessed from Hensman Street, has a precast painted cement block arch and welded gates. At the rear, the house has an external ramp to the first floor and stairs to the roof deck. The main construction comprises flat reinforced concrete floor and roof slabs, supported on rendered and painted masonry walling and timber-framed windows of various types. Some panels of cream terra cotta brise soleil blocks provide variation in the wall surfaces. The roof deck, ramp and staircase have welded iron balustrades and are paved with terrazzo. The external condition is good. The house addresses the streets and is designated as being in the Late Twentieth Century Immigrant’s Nostalgic style. ASSOCIATIONS ASSOCIATION TYPE Mr U Cippitelli First owner of residence (1963) HISTORIC THEME / Sub-theme CATEGORIES OF SIGNIFICANCE Demographic Settlement Aesthetic Historic RATING AND ASSESSMENT High Low Aesthetic value (streetscape, setting) 1 2 V 3 4 5 Architectural merit (design features) 1 2 3 V 4 5 Rarity value 1 2 V 3 4 5 Value as part of a group/precinct 1 2 3 4 V 5 Condition 1 2 V 3 4 5 Integrity 1 2 3 V 4 5 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Residence: 182 Canning Highway - ‘Roma’ has aesthetic and historic cultural heritage significance. The inclusion of this house in the Local Heritage Inventory reflects its confident light- hearted, yet nostalgic style, notable in the South Perth streetscape. It also acknowledges the successful conversion of the building from a previous unrelated use as a Tramway Electrical Sub-Station, to a residential flat building, then to a single house. It is clearly valued by the citizens of the district as a marker of the contribution of Post-World War II immigrants to the municipality and to the sense of community. CITY OF SOUTH PERTH LOCAL HERITAGE INVENTORY Place No. A 1 : Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’ Page 4 MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Management Category C : Moderate significance Conservation desirable. Any alterations or additions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place and original fabric should be retained where feasible. Photographically record the place prior to any significant alteration or demolition. SUPPORTING INFORMATION / BIBLIOGRAPHY • City of South Perth Municipal Heritage Inventory (No. 1) 1994. • Reviews of Municipal Heritage Inventory by Heritage Today in 2000 and 2006. • City of South Perth Building Licence Files. • Florey, Cecil C, ‘Peninsular City – A Social History of the City of South Perth’, 1995 HISTORY OF HERITAGE LISTING BY CITY OF SOUTH PERTH Date Adopted by Council Initial listing in MHI December 1994 Update of MHI February 1996 Update of MHI December 1996 Update of MHI December 1997 Review of MHI by Heritage Today June 2000 Update of MHI June 2002 Update of MHI March 2003 Review of MHI by Heritage Today February 2006 Interim Heritage List – Policy P313 ‘Local Heritage Listing’ April 2013 Updated in renamed LHI November 2015 CITY OF SOUTH PERTH LOCAL HERITAGE INVENTORY Place No. A 1 : Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’ Page 5 Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’ viewed from Canning Highway. (Jenny Dans, City of South Perth, 1994) View of Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’ viewed from Hensman Street. (Heritage Today, 1999) CITY OF SOUTH PERTH LOCAL HERITAGE INVENTORY Place No. A 1 : Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’ Page 6 Front elevation drawing of the Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’, as originally approved in 1963. The roof shape later changed to a flat slab. (City records) The last Como tram, which ran at midnight on 10 June 1950. The tram was driven by ‘Uncle Charlie’ Pantella, who had driven the first tram on the same route on 8 October 1926. It would have drawn power from the former Tramway Power Station which is now ‘Roma’. (Picture South Perth Photograph Collection) CITY OF SOUTH PERTH LOCAL HERITAGE INVENTORY Place No. A 1 : Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’ Page 7 A 1930 aerial view of the former Tramway Electrical Sub-Station, now the Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’. The surrounding area remains largely undeveloped at this time. (City records) A 2014 aerial view of the Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’, and the surrounding area. (City records) CITY OF SOUTH PERTH LOCAL HERITAGE INVENTORY Place No. A 1 : Residence: 182 Canning Highway – ‘Roma’ Page 8 LOCATION MAP (Digital Cadastral Data supplied by Landgate, WA. P295) CITY OF SOUTH PERTH LOCAL HERITAGE INVENTORY .