Morley Primary School

Author

City of Bayswater

Place Number

11338

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Location

Wellington Rd Morley

Location Details

Local Government

Bayswater

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1934

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 2	Classification 2 Sites have considerable local importance and will generally include public or community buildings, commercial buildings and residential dwellings of exceptional significance. Demolition of these places would generally not be supported.

Statement of Significance

This place is representative of the development of the Morley District and has significance for its civic associations.

Physical Description

A timber framed building on jarrah stumps with jarrah weatherboard cladding below sill height and fibre cement sheeting above. The corrugated iron hip roof continues on the same pitch at each end of the building in the form of a lean-to extension and with a further extension at one end to create a small store room. Entrance is by a wooden ramp leading to two separate doors alongside each other, (originally two separate classrooms), under a small porch roof. Windows are the
wooden sash type and have small propped canopies over.

History

The old classroom is now located on the new site of Morley Primary School and is currently used as a cafeteria. Unfortunately, no first hand accounts or photographs of the building being shifted have come to light. The structure, though not on the original site, is significant to the history of the Morley district, which was emerging as a community with its own facilities in the early 1930s. The school was opened in 1934 crowning a long and arduous campaign by the mothers of the district. No other civic structure has survived from this early period.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity - High
Authenticity - High

Condition

Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
267	Local Heritage Survey Number

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	EDUCATIONAL	Primary School
Present Use	EDUCATIONAL	Other

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	ASBESTOS	Fibrous Cement, flat
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Education & science

Creation Date

19 Mar 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

19 May 2021

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