Monkhouse Residence - Site

Author

City of Rockingham

Place Number

03183

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Location

54 Penguin Rd Shoalwater

Location Details

Lot 78 on Strata 69084

Local Government

Rockingham

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1931

Demolition Year

2005

Statutory Heritage Listings

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Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	24 Apr 2018	Category E	Category E Historic site. Recognise- for example, with a plaque, place name, or acknowledge in new urban or architectural design. *Note: The term Heritage Assessment, referred to in Category A, B and C, is defined as: A brief, independent evaluation by a heritage architect or heritage consultant. It is not to be confused with a Heritage Council Heritage Assessment or a Conservation Plan, which are more extensive, detailed and costly documents.

Statement of Significance

The site has historic value for its association with the Monkhouse family who made a significant contribution to the Safety Bay community.

Physical Description

Demolished with no evidence of former residence remaining extant.

History

In the late 1920s, lots in the Penguin Estate at Safety Bay were offered for sale by developers and from the early 1930s, simple holiday homes were built on some of these blocks.
A simple home was built on this lot by Clarence Roy Monkhouse (c1898-1956) and his wife Hazel, nee Grant (c1901-1969). Following Clarence's death in 1956, Hazel lived on in the house until the late 1960s. Their simple home was representative of the homes built during the Inter War period in Safety Bay.
Clarence Monkhouse made a significant contribution to the community serving as a member of the Rockingham Roads Board in 1944-46 and was the founder and Commodore of the Safety Bay Yacht Club in the late 1940s.
The Monkhouse residence was built around 1931 and was typical of the kind of homes built in the area at the time.
The residence was a single storey weatherboard and fibro residence with a hipped iron roof and a timber-framed verandah on four sides.
The place was demolished in 2005.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	STONE	Local Stone

Creation Date

12 Sep 1997

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Approved

Last Update

28 Feb 2020

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