Springdale Homestead

Values

Springdale Homestead is one of the few remaining farmhouses of slab construction in the Southwest.

Springdale Homestead has historic value as one of the five farmhouses built by the Giblett family, one of the two earliest families to settle in the Manjimup district.

Springdale Homestead has historic value as the centre of Seventh Day Adventist activity and worship in the region until the construction of a church in Manjimup in 1927.

Springdale Homestead represents a constructional achievement in an isolated district where the builders were limited to the choice of split jarrah slabs set vertically for walls with cracks plastered with mud.

Springdale Homestead is a good representative example of the type of housing used by early European settlers in isolated Southwest localities.

Physical Description

Springdale Homestead is constructed of split jarrah slabs set vertically for walls with cracks plastered with mud, whitewashed. The roof was of split jarrah shingles which are now covered with corrugated iron. The chimneys are of stone rubble.

It has six rooms with pit sawn flooring, a verandah under a broken-backed roof supported by natural timber pole uprights, and timber framed windows and doors.

History

Springdale Farmhouse was built in 1883 by Jesse Giblett and his father John, of Balbarrup.

Springdale Farmhouse was built in 1883 by Jesse Giblett and his father John, of Balbarrup. It is most important as one of the five farmhouses built by the Gibletts, one of the two earliest families to settle in the Manjimup district. It represents a constructional achievement in an isolated district where the builders were limited to the choice of split jarrah slabs set vertically for walls with cracks plastered with mud, whitewashed, still in place. The roof was of split jarrah shingles which are now covered with corrugated iron. The chimneys are of stone rubble. Springdale was used as a residence until very recently, the new owner wishes to restore it. The house represents clearly the type of housing used by the early settlers in isolated south-west localities. It is part of a landscape which demonstrates the idea of a Farm in The Forest. A shallow valley is cleared but is surrounded by forest, the house on rising ground overlooking the valley. The original homestead quality no longer exists since the removal of outbuildings. It is one of the few remaining farmhouses of slab construction occupied, until recent times, during the previous one hundred years.

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