Beehive Hair Saloon

Author

Shire of Northampton

Place Number

08951

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Location

39 Hampton Rd Northampton

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Wesfarmers Shop

Local Government

Northampton

Region

Midwest

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
RHP - To be assessed	Current	13 Jun 2003

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	19 Apr 1996	Category 3	Category 3 SIGNIFICANT AT LOCAL LEVEL Retain and conserve if possible; endeavour to conserve the significance of the place through provisions in the Town Planning Scheme with encouragement to the owner to conserve the place. Photographically record the place prior to any redevelopment.

Statement of Significance

The "Wesfarmers" shop has high aesthetic and historic significance to the streetscape and town
character of Northampton. The significance would be strengthened by more sympathetic treatment of
the verandah and window/doorframe elements of the shopfront. The shop has historic significance as
an example of the form garage/service stations previously took.

Physical Description

The "Wesfarmers" shop is single storey with rendered stone parapet walls which screen a CGI roof behind. An
aluminium awning on the building is at odds with the streetscape. The front doors and windows, probably timber
originally, have been replaced with aluminium frames which are not in keeping with the period of the building or the
character of the street/town scape.

History

The shop was formerly a garage built at a time before such buildings had the image of what is considered a service
station today. Originally petrol bowsers would have stood, free standing at the edge of the road in front of the shop,
to service vehicles. In more recent years the building has housed a greengrocers, a tea rooms, a grocery store and
a Wesfarmers agency (Northampton Historical Society).

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Medium
Modifications: Street awning and aluminium windows
added
Orig'l Fabric: Mostly intact

Condition

Fair

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Palassis; "Character Study".

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Shop\Retail Store {single}
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Other

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	STONE	Local Stone
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

16 Jul 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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