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Applecross Primary School (original buildings)

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

01542
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Location

65 Kintail Rd Applecross

Location Details

Local Government

Melville

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1913

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List Adopted 16 Jun 2020 City of Melville
State Register Registered 15 Dec 1995 Register Entry
Assessment Documentation

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Register of the National Estate Registered 14 May 1991

Register of the National Estate Nominated 15 Oct 1984

Classified by the National Trust Classified 05 Jun 1984

Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Jun 2014 Category A

Category A

Worthy of the highest level of protection: recommended for entry into the State Register of Heritage Places which gives legal protection; development requires consultation with the City of Melville. Provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the City of Melville Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. Incentives to promote conservation should be considered.

 City of Melville

Condition

The weatherboard buildings, which formed the original Applecross State School and Head Teacher's Quarters, were erected by Aitkens and Tillotson for the Western Australian Public Works Department in 1913. The buildings are both constructed of timber with corrugated iron roofs. The Teacher's Quarters originally consisted of three rooms with a verandah at the front and back, a bathroom being included on the latter. Another room was added and the verandah extended in 1920. Otherwise the house has been little altered and is still used by the school for extra-currricular activities. Apart from installation of a Wonderheat in the fireplace and removal of the raised platform for the teacher, the school is unchanged. It was supplemented in 1918, as school numbers grew, by a pavilion classroom of timber and canvas but this structure has not survived. The weatherboard schoolroom served as the school proper until a brick building, which became the nucleus of the new school, was completed in 1945. After that time it served as an ordinary classroom for several years before becoming a general storeroom. In 1979 the schoolroom was refurbished with school items donated by the public to represent the original one teacher school. The schoolroom was re-opened by the Director-General of Education in 1980 and is a focus of interest for both school and parents with ongoing education value for both teachers and students.

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Aitkens & Tillotson Architect - -
Public Works Department Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
1462 Applecross Primary School original buildings : conservation plan. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1996

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Primary School
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Museum
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Housing or Quarters

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

Disclaimer

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