Bayswater Post Office (fmr)

Author

City of Bayswater

Place Number

11257

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Location

14 King William St Bayswater

Location Details

Local Government

Bayswater

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1895

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 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.
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 a representative example of an early building in the area and has historic value for its association with the development of the Bayswater townsite, making a significant
contribution to the townscape.

Physical Description

South West portion part of the original building. Originally a square brick structure with "hipped" pyramid roof of corrugated iron and central brick chimney. Various additions in differing styles have been made over the years in the same basic materials.

History

Bayswater acquired a Receiving Office in 1895, with Mrs Smeed as the first Post Mistress. It was upgraded to a Post anad Telegraph office in 1898. Since the Receiving Office was listed as on the corner of Murray and King William Street, it appears that the original building was the Receiving Office. The inadequacy of the accommodation was a sore point especially from the late 1920s when an effort was being made to upgrade the whole town centre. A major, if unsympathetic, improvement was finally made in 1935 at a cost of 500 pounds, but the Post War increases in population once more rendered it obsolete and the latest renovation took place in 1959.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity - Low (extensively modified)
Authenticity - Low (compromised)

Condition

Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
53	Local Heritage Survey Number

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Post or Telegraph Office
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Post or Telegraph Office

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Mail services

Creation Date

18 Mar 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

19 May 2021

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