House

Statement of Significance

Teacher’s Quarters (fmr), 29 Bedlington Street, Allanson, a single storey weatherboard and iron house has cultural heritage significance for its association with the nearby Allanson Primary School as the Teacher’s Quarters for over 50 years.

Physical Description

Teacher’s Quarters (fmr), 29 Bedlington Street, Allanson is a single storey weatherboard and iron residence from 1922. The faced is asymmetrical with a hipped and gabled roof over a projecting room, and a half-length bull nose dropped roof verandah that wraps around the side. There is a timber framed sash window under the verandah section, and another to the protruding room, with a curved cgi awning over. There is no front fence. There is a garage at the rear.

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 1908. The townsite comprised Lots 1-24 in an area bounded by Alexander, Bedlington, Montgomery and Cameron Streets. The majority of the lots were available for purchase as ‘Working Men’s Blocks’, ranging from £6 to £13. Lots 7 and 18 were set aside as Reserve 11200 and Lot 25 as Reserve 11199 for Public Buildings. 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.

The Education Department purchased 29 Bedlington Street, Allanson in August 1922 from Mr John Reeves for use as Teacher’s Quarters. The property included a stable and buggy shed with only a copper in the backyard for a laundry. The Headmaster, Mr R Lefley, moved into the new quarters in November.

In 1978, a transportable house was erected in Cameron Street for use as the Teacher’s Quarters and 29 Bedlington Street was sold by the Education Department.

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Condition

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