Local Government
Collie
Region
South West
25 Ireland St Allanson
Collie
South West
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 30 Apr 1996 |
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Heritage Council | |
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Aug 2017 | Some/ moderate significance |
Some/ moderate significance |
25 Ireland Street, Allanson, a simple weatherboard and iron cottage, has cultural heritage significance for its aesthetic contribution to the Allanson streetscape.
25 Ireland Street, Allanson is a simple timber and iron worker’s cottage. The roof is hipped and gabled, with a bull nose verandah roof to one side. The façade is asymmetrical with a protruding room, with a large aluminium framed window and a gable over. Walls are painted weatherboard. The half verandah has a dropped bullnose roof supported by timber posts, and brick steps leading up to the front door. There is a low face brick pillar and wire fence to the front boundary. A double garage has been attached to the side of the house.
The townsite of Allanson was originally known as ‘West Collie’ and is located 6km west of the Collie townsite. A railway siding and station was established at West Collie and land set aside for a townsite in 1898. The West Collie townsite was gazetted in 1906. As much of the original townsite land was underlaid by coal seams, little land was released and a new subdivision was made in 1911 and gazetted in 1912. In 1916 the name of the town was changed to Allanson, probably after Arthur Allan Wilson, Collie MLA from 1908 to 1947.
A 1914 townsite plan of West Collie shows Ireland Street, although it is not identified as such. It is identified on a 1917 plan. In 1914, 25 Ireland Street (Lot 41) is shown as leased land with a capital value of £15 and an annual rental of 12/-.
A plan of ‘Allanson Townsite’, mid 1920s, as recalled and drawn by Mr Norm Young’ in A History of Allanson: Our Little Bush School identifies 25 Ireland Street as ‘Heil’s home’.
High/ Medium
Fair
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
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