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Works office
Jack Kent, 1991:
EXISTING BUILDINGS ON VICTORIA QUAY
BUILDING NUMBER 12
WORKS OFFICE
HISTORY
The Works Office first appears on Fremantle Port Authority drawing dated 1966 and does not appear on Port of Fremantle drawing FHT CM/23-5 dated 1961. Joinery elements such as the window would indicate an age earlier than this period and would therefore suggest that certain elements were 'recycled' from older buildings, (possible even the lumpers shelters that were demolished around this time).
CONSTRUCTION
The Works Office is simple in form and construction consisting of a two-storey, timber framed building with external cladding of corrugated pressed metal sheeting. The joinery is of varying ages and is in a fair state of repair.
ASSESSMENT OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
The cultural significance of the Works Office can be seen in terms of its sympathetic aesthetic contribution to the streetscape of Slip Street and how its form, construction materials and detailing are consistent with other wharf buildings in the vicinity.
References and Links
Hutchison, David, Jack Kent, Agnieshka Kiera, Russell Kingdom, Larraine Stevens, Tanya Suba, 1991, Victoria Quay and its Architecture its History and Assessment of Cultural Significance, City of Fremantle; Part II: Jack Kent: 'Architectural evaluation of existing buldings and assessment of their cultural significance', 54 pp.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 19 November, 2022 and hosted at freotopia.org/port/worksoffice.html (it was last updated on 27 April, 2024). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.