A. R. Bovell & Son

Author

City of Busselton

Place Number

18164

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Location

42 Queen St Busselton

Location Details

Local Government

Busselton

Region

South West

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	13 Aug 2014

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	13 Sep 2006	Category 2	Category 2 These places are also important places in the Shire, and generally have built features as part of their significance. These places should be retained on the list and conservation encouraged.

Statement of Significance

A. R. Bovell & Son has cultural heritage significance for its close historic associations with A. R. Bovell and is evidence of an early style of shop design, complete with original shopfront. His son, John Bovell was later Mayor of Busselton.

Physical Description

A single storey shop.
A single storey brick and iron building with a substantial original glass shopfront and encircling porch sits at the busy intersection between Queen Street and Prince Street. Topped by a gambrel pattern roof. The building represents an earlier era of shop design and there are few such complete examples remaining in the town.

History

Alexander Robert Bovell was a well-known local general agent and auctioneer who came to Western Australia in 1859. In 1903, he established himself as a stock and land auctioneer, shipping and general commission agent. He attended to all timber imports from the Busselton Jetty when it operated as a harbour until it closed in the 1960s. He was closely associated with the local mining industry and was both a member of the South West Agricultural Society and a Councillor at the Busselton Municipal Council. The shop is believed to have been built by Sir Stewart Bovell (brother of Reginald).

Integrity/Authenticity

High Degree/High Degree
Integrity Notes: The place retains a high degree of integrity.
Authenticity Notes: The place retains a high degree of authenticity, as it is intact as an insurance and real estate agency complete with desks and general office fitout, however it is unoccupied and has been so for several decades.

Condition

Fair

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Battye J. S. (ed.);"The Cyclopaedia of WA: A Historical and Commercial Review, Vol. 2",	Hesperian Press WA	1985

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Shopping Complex

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	BRICK	Other Brick
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Commercial & service industries
PEOPLE	Early settlers

Creation Date

06 Sep 2007

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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