House

Author

City of Albany

Place Number

15436

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Location

137 Albany Hwy Mt Melville

Location Details

Local Government

Albany

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Constructed from 1880

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	27 Oct 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	27 Oct 2020	Some/moderate	Some/moderate Contributes to the heritage of the locality.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	30 Jun 2001	Category B	Category B • Requires a high level of protection. • Provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the City of Albany Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. • A more detailed Heritage Assessment/Impact Statement to be undertaken before approval given for any major redevelopment. • Incentives to promote heritage conservation should be considered.

Statement of Significance

The place at 137 Albany Hwy has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
It is significant individually and as one of a group of historic houses on the western side of Albany Highway, originally named Perth Road and historically being an important main road linking Albany to Perth and the entry to the townsite.
Together with 51, 55, 75, 77, 81, 85, 135 and 139, the group forms an important and eclectic streetscape representing different periods of development from the 1880s, various architectural styles and uses of fabric but which illustrates the residential development. The streetscape is also heightened by the presence of the old Albany Primary School on the eastern side of the Highway.
The place is a fine yet simple example of a timber and iron Victorian Georgian style bungalow, and its use of timber relatively rare for residences in and around the historic townsite, particularly the western side of the town which is dominated more by brick and stone construction.

Physical Description

Some of the notable features of this place include:
• High streetscape value
• Symmetrical facade
• Timber building fabric – weatherboard cladding
• Hipped corrugated iron roof
• Timber verandah posts and balustrading - with bull nosed roof
• Timber picket fence (possibly later addition)

Some obvious modifications include:
• New metal roof
• External colour scheme

History

The house at 137 Albany Highway was located originally on Lot 47 which was subdivided into a number of Lots c1890. The Rate Book entry for 1890 shows this particular Lot as just land owned by Kauffman.

In 1894, the Lot is shown as owned by Mrs Palmer, who also owned the house next door (135 Albany Highway) but the tenant was Mr Turner, importer.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High

Authenticity: High/Moderate

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Heritage TODAY Site visit and Assessment		1999

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	TIMBER	Other Timber

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

10 Mar 2000

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

22 Oct 2021

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.