Fremantle, or “Freo” to those in the know, wears its convict-cut limestone buildings with poignant reverence. Pregnant with a layered and multifaceted history, Perth’s port city has, for almost 200 years, seen the to and fro of trade and, with it, travellers whose stories are now etched inherently into every rifted surface. Among the many heritage-listed structures built by convict hands is a familiar row of terraces on Henderson Street, the once-crowded homes of the Fremantle Prison warders and their families now offering a place of respite for travellers of another era.
Warders Hotel and Emily Taylor by Matthew Crawford Architects recasts the warders’ cottages as a boutique, eleven-room hotel, with a rear restaurant–bar that
