Tolley & Company Warehouse Explained

Tolley & Company Warehouse
Architectural Style:Federation Free Classical
Address:1 Pakenham Street
Location Town:Fremantle
Location Country:Western Australia
Completion Date:1897
Floor Count:3
Architect:Herbert Nathaniel Davis
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Designation1:State Register of Heritage Places
Designation1 Type:State Registered Place
Designation1 Partof:West End, Fremantle

The Tolley & Company Warehouse, also known as the Tolley Bond Store and the Tolley & Company Building, is a heritage building located at 1 Pakenham Street in the Fremantle West End Heritage area. It dates from the gold rush boom period in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is of historic significance.

The building was constructed in 1897 for Tolley & Co., wine and spirit merchants, who remained in the same building until 1911.[1]

The Federation free classical style three storey rendered building includes a half basement below street level. The building façade has a parapet with spherical decorative elements above the engaged pilasters. It features a decorative pediment with pilasters rusticated to the first floor. The name "Tolley & Compy. Limited Merchants" appears in stucco across the alley way entrance to the courtyard at the rear of the building on the right side of the building.[1]

The architect for the building was Herbert Nathaniel Davis, who was responsible for many buildings in and around Fremantle, including the Esplanade Hotel, Union Stores Building, Lilly's Building and Cliff Street Chambers.[2]

It is currently used as an office and residential building[3] with two studio spaces of 400NaN0 and 500NaN0. The building also has a 1000NaN0 paved courtyard at the rear.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Commercial Building, 1 Pakenham Street. 30 May 1989. 12 February 2017. Heritage Council of Western Australia.
  2. Web site: Herbert Nathaniel Davis (1867-1900). 13 February 2017. Dr John J. Taylor. architecture.com. November 2013.
  3. Web site: Tolley Bond Store. 19 February 2017. 4 December 2015. Fremantle Stuff. Garry Gillard.
  4. Web site: Tolley and Co Building, 1 Pakenham Street, Fremantle, WA 6160. 19 February 2017. realcommercial.com.au. 8 December 2014.