Group of four shops

Author

City of Bayswater

Place Number

11329

Enlarge Map

Show Property Street View

There no heritage location found in the Google fusion table.

Location

17-19 Beechboro Rd Bayswater

Location Details

06MI states address as 17-19 Beechboro Rd Cnr Beechboro Rd/Foyle St

Local Government

Bayswater

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1919 to 1930

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	25 Feb 2020

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
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	25 Feb 2020	Classification 3	Classification 3 Sites have heritage significance, though it is likely that these places will or have experienced development pressure. Owners of properties are encouraged to retain and conserve their property wherever possible, although demolition would be supported where there is limited opportunity to retain the existing buildings.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	24 Feb 1998	Classification 3	Classification 3 Sites have heritage significance, though it is likely that these places will or have experienced development pressure. Owners of properties are encouraged to retain and conserve their property wherever possible, although demolition would be supported where there is limited opportunity to retain the existing buildings.

Statement of Significance

This place is an example of an early building in the area and is representative of development north of the railway line within Bayswater, in particular the expanding settlement along
Beechboro Road. The place has historic value for its association with Gold Estates, one of the most prominent land developers within Bayswater at the time.

Physical Description

Brick built shops facing Beechboro Road with stepped parapets above tied cantilever metal canopies running continuously across the front and around the corner into Foyle Street. This canopy has a ribbed metal soffit to the underside and is stepped down to accommodate the slope of the hill. The shop fronts all have tiled dados up to waist height, some now painted over, but still showing the original black and white patterning on the Hairdressing salon;
(suggesting it may have been a butcher's shop). This and the delicatessen have large modern glass display windows with a single entry door on the right hand side, whilst the smaller fish and chip shop at the end has a pair of central wooden doors flanked by older style display windows. The parapet on this end shop has a prominent vertical neon sign featuring a fish silhouette. The corner shop has triple wood frame windows on either side of the corner
doorway. There is a long accommodation section behind the corner shop and its semi-detached neighbour with corrugated iron roofs separated by a longitudinal brick parapet. Windows to this section extending along Foyle Street are modern aluminium sliding type.

History

The group of shops at the corner of Foyle Street and Beechboro Road is built around two older buildings. The original corner shop was opened in 1919 by Emily Thompson, laundress, of Bulwer and Fitzgerald Street, North Perth. The following year, Albert Baillie, grocer and produce merchant, opened a store on the adjoining allotment. Modern facades and additional shops were added in the middle 1930s in the manner of 'strip' shopping centres. By that time there was a substantial community settled along Beechboro Road and the demand for commercial premises had grown.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity - Low
Authenticity - Low

Condition

Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
3	Local Heritage Survey

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Shop\Retail Store {single}
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Shop\Retail Store {single}

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	RENDER	Smooth
Wall	TILE	Other Tile

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

19 Mar 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

19 May 2021

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.