Sandilands

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

00394

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Location

59 Ford Road Geographe

Location Details

0.4km N/W of Ford Rd. On track opp. Kent St.

Other Name(s)

Sandilands Dwelling

Local Government

Busselton

Region

South West

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	13 Aug 2014		City of Busselton
State Register	Registered	02 Sep 1998	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

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
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	04 Oct 1971			Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	20 Jun 1996	Category 1	Category 1 These places are the most important places in the Shire with the highest cultural heritage values, and generally have built features that are part of their significance. Some of these places have been assessed by the Heritage Council of WA and have been included in the State Register. These places are afforded statutory protection under the Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990.	City of Busselton

Statement of Significance

Historical importance. Supposed to be third house built in Busselton. C. Bussell – one of the founders of Busselton. Original section supposed to have been and inn and former taproom to be present entrance hall and sitting-room. House contains some furniture brought to the colony in 1830.

Physical Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Long single-storeyed house with verandah and low-swept iron roof supported by wooden posts linked by union-jack railings; white painted, horizontal weatherboard walls. Kitchen with loft above – separated from main building but now joined by covered way – and original ceiling beams. Extensive lawns and gardens. Entrance hall once taproom of hotel kept by Charles Bussell.

History

Assessment 1966
Original Owner: Charles Bussell, bought in 1856 by Frances Cookworthy who made extensive additions.
Owners at date of assessment: Mr & Mrs James Willmott, great great-grandson of John Garrett Bussell.
Builder not known.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
5968	Sandilands, Busselton : conservation works.	Conservation works report	2003
5284	Conservation plan for Sandilands, Busselton / prepared for Mr & Mrs J Willmott and the Heritage Council of Western Australia by Research Institute for Cultural Heritage, Curtin University of Technology, December 2001.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2001
10082	Conservation management strategy for Sandilands, Busselton	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2013

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Homestead
Present Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Homestead

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	EARTH	Wattle and Daub
Roof	METAL	Other Metal

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying
PEOPLE	Local heroes & battlers

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Last Update

02 Oct 2023

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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.