Abbey Farm

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

00426

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Location

57 Abbeys Farm Rd Yallingup

Location Details

Registration listed as Abbey Farm Rd

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	13 Dec 1996	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
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
Register of the National Estate	Registered	21 Mar 1978			Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	02 Feb 1976			Heritage Council
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register	Interim				Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

ORIGINAL HOUSE: One of the older homesteads in district showing progress in conditions and building techniques.
SECOND HOUSE: Historical example site made bricks, well preserved.
Association with two pioneer families.
Historical association with settlers of the district and homesteads of the ares. Fine, well preserved house having unusually high roof pitch for a future level. (not completed). Good example of early site made bricks and brickwork. Decorative 'A' in gable still evident. Good condition and being maintained. Mature landscape

Physical Description

ORIGINAL HOUSE: Two rooms, one with stamped earth floor, the other with jarrah floor boards. External walls of jarrah planks, walls partly wattle & daub. Roof originally shingled but now with corrugated iron. Roof of verandah very low at edge (to protect windows from native spears)
SECOND HOUSE: Solid brick walls, high pitched roof - intention to build attic rooms by note completed. Roof originally shingled but now with corrugated iron. Bricks made on site.

History

Assessment 1976
Construction Original House: 1864. Owner Original House: George Guerrier
Construction second house: 1871/77. Owner second house: Nathaniel Abbey
Builders: George Guerrier/Nathaniel Abbey

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
5003	Abbey Farm, Busselton, Western Australia : conservation plan. June 2001.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2001

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	TIMBER	Slab
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying
PEOPLE	Early settlers

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Last Update

02 Aug 2021

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