Pearl Buyer's Cottage

Author

Shire of Shark Bay

Place Number

11712

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Location

39 Knight Tce Denham

Location Details

Local Government

Shark Bay

Region

Gascoyne

Construction Date

Constructed from 1920

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

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
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	12 Dec 1997	Category 2	Category 2 High level of protection appropriate: provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place.

Statement of Significance

The Pearl Buyer's Cottage has historic significance for its link with the pearling industry in Shark Bay. Given that the place has not been substantially altered over the years, it is a good example of the type of construction evident in Denham in the early part of this century. Its simple style, use of construction materials and prominent location make it an important element of the built heritage of the town.

Physical Description

Set well back off the street, the Pearl Buyer's Cottage is a small rectangular shaped building clad with unpainted weatherboards. The place has a shallow pitched hipped corrugated iron roof which shows signs of deterioration. The building has no verandahs. The cottage has a symmetrical facade with a window either side of a central doorway. The windows, originally timber framed and double hung, are boarded up. There is a corrugated iron extension to the rear and a large separate timber framed, fibro clad building immediately to the south.

History

It is believed that the cottage was built in the 1920s for a pearl buyer named Fountain. (Source: Max Hipkins & Associates, "Survey of the Built Environment of Shark Bay", Department of Planning and Urban Development, 1991, p26.)

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Degree

Condition

Poor

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	M Hipkins; "Survey of the Built Environment of Shark Bay". p.26	DPUD	1991

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
1946	Survey of the built environment at Shark Bay.	Report	1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Present Use	VACANT\UNUSED	Vacant\Unused

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Bungalow

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	METAL	Aluminium
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General	Specific
PEOPLE	Local heroes & battlers
OCCUPATIONS	Fishing & other maritime industry
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

20 May 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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.