Bovell's Cottage

Author

City of Busselton

Place Number

00385

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Location

11 Adelaide St Busselton

Location Details

Local Government

Busselton

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1882

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	13 Aug 2015
State Register	Registered	01 Dec 1995	Register Entry	Heritage Council

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 Aug 2014	Category 1	Category 1 These places are the most important places in the Shire with the highest cultural heritage values, and generally have built features that are part of their significance. Some of these places have been assessed by the Heritage Council of WA and have been included in the State Register. These places are afforded statutory protection under the Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	20 Jun 1996	Category 1	Category 1 These places are the most important places in the Shire with the highest cultural heritage values, and generally have built features that are part of their significance. Some of these places have been assessed by the Heritage Council of WA and have been included in the State Register. These places are afforded statutory protection under the Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990.
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	02 Feb 1976			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

Bovell Cottage, a single storey stone Victorian Georgian style cottage with a converted loft has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
The place was the home of Joseph Bovell, one of the settlers of the south-west region, who arrived in the 1850s and was influential in the settlement and development of Busselton.
The place is a fine example of a single storey Victorian Georgian Style cottage.
The place is a good representative example of late nineteenth century cottage design located on close proximity to the Busselton town site.

Physical Description

Modest cottage with a steeply pitched roof which contains an attic. It has a verandah on two sides.
Bovell’s Cottage is sited in a garden setting and the building is framed by plantings of Peppermint Trees. It was a single storey building, but now has loft accommodation. The ground floor is constructed in limestone and the steeply pitched roof is covered in shingles once more, having been sheeted with corrugated iron for a considerable period following the removal of the original shingles. The verandah is supported on stop-chamfered posts. Windows are double hung sashes with slim glazing bars and timber lintels. The floors are of pit-sawn timber.
The loft has been converted to accommodation and a stair added to the western end of the house.

History

Joseph Bovell arrived in Western Australia on 20 October 1859 aboard the West Australian with his wife Elizabeth Burnside and son. He was later to become the proprietor of the Ship Hotel. The West Australian on 15 August 1882 records the near completion of Bovell’s 5-roomed cottage. The cottage passed to Bovell’s daughter Anne who sold it to Thomas Prosser and it passed to Prosser’s widow Elizabeth in 1947, then to her sister Alice Jarvis and was then bequeathed to her nephew Melville Jarvis.

Integrity/Authenticity

The place remains in use as a residence and retains a high degree of integrity.
The place retains much of its exterior form and fabric and therefore retains a moderate to high degree of authenticity.

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Conservation Plans		1997/1998
	Heritage Council assesment documentation		1995

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
006	Reference No.
533377	Landgate Pin

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
4000	Bovell's Cottage Busselton Conservation Works	Heritage Study {Other}	1999
3948	Bovell's Cottage Busselton : conservation plan.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1998
4219	Conservation Plan Bovell's Cottage Busselton	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1997

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Office or Administration Bldg
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	STONE	Limestone
Roof	TIMBER	Shingle

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements
OCCUPATIONS	Domestic activities

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

30 Jul 2019

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