House

Statement of Significance

15 Ireland Street, Allanson, Colorbond clad timber-framed cottage with a zincalume roof has cultural heritage significance its aesthetic contribution to the Allanson streetscape.

Physical Description

15 Ireland Street, Allanson is a simple worker’s cottage. It has an replacement Zincalume roof and Colorbond walls. Google Earth streetview dated 2010 shows that the house was originally clad in fibrous cement sheeting, and had a short sheet corrugated iron roof. The roof is hipped with a broken back front verandah and a skillion to the rear. Part of the front verandah is enclosed; typically the façade would have been symmetrical with a window either side of the central door.

History

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, 15 Ireland Street (Lot 46) is shown as leased land with a capital value of £17/10/- and an annual rental of 14/-. In 1917, it is shown as ‘alienated’ or privately owned.

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