156 — Houses of East Freo — Streets of East Freo

ARCHITECTURE

Post War / Early Modern Porch House Bungalow

No. 156 (previously was no. 26) Preston Point road is a single storey house constructed in limestone and brick with a hipped tiled roof. It is an expression of the Post-World War II Porch style. The front elevation is asymmetrically with a thrust bay and a hip roofed porch. The porch is supported on masonry piers. The thrust bay features a set of casement and fixed light windows. There are central glazed front doors flanked by casement and fixed light windows. A broad set of brick steps leads down to the garden from the porch. The place sits on limestone foundations. The roofscape features a tall brick chimney.

156 Canning Highway (map)

Architecture

This property is currently listed as a Category B on the Municipal Inventory.

HISTORY

1912 Tailors: Smart youth wanted as apprentice. Purser and Bousfield, late J. S. Wilkinson, Fremantle. (reference)
1912 Tailor: First-class Coat Maker wanted. Purser and Bousfield, late J. S. Wilkinson, Fremantle. (reference)
1913 Birth on August 8, at ‘Alness’, Canning-road, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hancock- a daughter. (reference)
1918 Birth on May 30, at Canning-road, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hancock- a son. Both well. (reference)
1935 Miss Greta Hancock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hancock, of Canning road, East Fremantle, left by the Manunda for a holiday in the Eastern States. (reference)
1939 Wedding at St. Peter's Church of England, East Fremantle - solemnised between Miss. Gretta Hancock, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hancock, of Canning road, East Fremantle, and Mr. Geoffrey A. Hawley, of Peppermint Grove… The bride's attendant was her sister Joan… (reference)
“I have very fond memories of this beautiful house as a child and I often wonder how great it would be to walk through it again…My father Shane Jones worked for Dyson Jones Wool Marketing Services (based out of South Fremantle) during the 80's. He purchased this property in 1984 and sold it towards the end of 1985. He wanted to move away from the busy Canning Hwy as he and his wife at the time were expecting their first child together in early 1986”.
Correspondence from Ben Jones 2020