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Kulahea

Half-timbered gables, roughcast walls and little leadlight windows make Kulahea look unexpectedly English just a short walk from the Indian Ocean. Built in 1922 for Charles Frederic North, it is believed to be the only surviving private house designed by prominent WA architect George Temple Poole. Look from Forrest Street for the details that give it its distinctive Old English character.

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View Kulahea at 4 Forrest Street from the public footpath, close to Marine Parade. Its garden and interior are private.

George Temple Poole designed Kulahea in the Inter-War Old English style, with Arts and Crafts influences. Roughcast render covers the brick walls, dark timber detailing picks out the gables, small rectangular-paned leadlight windows punctuate the facade and orange Marseilles tiles cover the hipped and gabled roof. When the house was added to the State Register of Heritage Places in 2003, it still retained most of its original fittings and built-in furniture.

The house was commissioned by solicitor Charles Frederic North, who went on to serve as a Cottesloe councillor and mayor, Member of the WA Legislative Assembly and later Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The Heritage Council also links Kulahea with Cottesloe's development as a prestigious beachside suburb during the early twentieth century.

Kulahea remains a private home at 4 Forrest Street, so enjoy its architecture from the public footpath. It is worth slowing down for - especially to compare its Tudor-like timberwork and leadlight with the limestone and Federation-era houses elsewhere around Cott.

Heritage Council of WA - Kulahea

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