42 Holdsworth Street

Fremantle WA 6160

In 1850, before building work began on the Fremantle Prison nearby, this two-storey limestone home rose on the hill, making it one of the city's earliest significant buildings. It is full of the grace and character of the era, with high ceilings, fireplaces, jarrah and Oregon floors and double-hung sash windows.
Behind a low stone wall and across the front verandah, the home opens to the original hallway and a large, gracious room.
Beyond is a living room, and simple Oregon kitchen and dining.
The rear of the home faces north, where the back verandah is a delightful spot, looking out over a large garden area with recycled brick paving and shady seating areas among mature trees.
An additional weatherboard building at the rear, has a bathroom, laundry and separate toilet.

Up the jarrah stairs is one of the most striking features of this unusual home:
a long,
high-ceilinged room runs the width of the building, opening to the wide upstairs verandah looking down over Fremantle and across to the harbour. Also on this upper level is a bedroom, bathroom, and another small bedroom or study. There is also a timber-panelled studio space or sitting area, which is part of the two-storey weatherboard addition to the original stone home.
Across the paved garden area is an historic brick building, with its own entrance on the streetfront. A bakery in the 19th century and an antique shop in the 1980's, this building has great historic charm and extraordinary potential for business or residence, with a huge cellar below.
Renovated some decades ago, the home has retained its authenticity and original fabric, is in sound condition and is fine to live in now, while also offering exciting possibilities to reach its full potential.
This is a truly rare opportunity to secure an important and unusual character residence on an elevated block with views, with the bonus of an additional, flexible historic building on the same site.
It's time to write the next chapter of Holdsworth Street history.
3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 carspace plus additional off street parking
- Significant two-storey Circa 1850s stone home with views
- Weatherboard extension
- Additional character brick building with large cellar
- Very rare
- Mixed-use zoning
- Central but private location on edge of historic centre
- Elevated site
- North-facing rear
- Oregon and jarrah floors
- Thick stone walls
- Full of charm and atmosphere
- Vast upstairs living space opening to wide verandah
- Potential to add value
- National Trust classified
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Ten minute walk to the heart of Fremantle and the cappuccino strip
Auction: Onsite, Saturday 27th of May at 10:30am
Deposit: $100,000
on the fall of the hammer
Settlement: 30 or 60 days