Published on Tuesday, 13 May 2025 at 8:00:00 AM
Welcome to #TimeWarpTuesday! This week we bring to you the next part of our mini-series on heritage places from the Town’s Municipal Heritage Inventory published in June 2000.
Heritage Places – Part 13
Double Storey House
Address: 932-934 Albany Highway, East Victoria Park [now demolished)
PH00253-01 Double Storey House on Albany Highway, East Victoria Park, circa 1998 (now demolished).
Photographed by HeritageToday for the Town of Victoria Park Municipal Heritage Inventory, that was published in 2000.
“Historical Notes
“This two storey house was built for a Dr Bladen in 1937. It was used as a doctor’s surgery and private home until Bladen moved to Midland. The second owner, also a doctor, lived in the house but worked in the practice of Dr Tom Meagher at Sussex Street, East Victoria Park (Dr Meagher was later Lord Mayor of Perth).
“Mr Litas, a prominent citizen and property owner, also owned the house for a period. After a number of uses, other than for residential purposes, the house lay unoccupied until the end of 1995. It has been developed for commercial purposed and now [2000] houses a bridal wear business.
“Description
“This building sits on a large block and is set well back from Albany Highway. It probably dates from between the Wars, and displays some characteristics of the Tudor Revival, Old English style, but in a very simplified form. It is predominantly a red brick building, sitting on a rusticated limestone base with a reddish terracotta tiled roof.
“A central gable pulled forward from the main building is the principal feature and is emphasised by its Tudor style timber and rough cast render detailing. The upper storey was originally a verandah with half timber posts on large expressed masonry piers, but this has been enclosed with windows.
“Statement of Significance
“This building has aesthetic and historical significance. It is representative of the Inter-War Old English architectural style, not commonly seen in Victoria Park. Direct links with doctors from the 1930s give the house an historical background connected with early medical practitioners in East Victoria Park” (1).
Do you have memories or photos of the old house? We’d love to hear about it and see photographs if you have any. Please get in touch via telephone: 08 9373 5500, email: vicparklibrary@vicpark.wa.gov.au or in person at 27 Sussex Street, East Victoria Park.
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Reference:
(1) Heritage Today 2000, ‘Town of Victoria Park Local Heritage Inventory’, Heritage Today, Mount Lawley, pp. 140-142.
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