Terry's Shop

Statement of Significance

Terry’s Shop (fmr) has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
The place is a local representative example of a former shop and residence from the Inter War period.
The place has a timber verandah that addresses the corner location and a Wellard Street verandah with its concrete piers and squat columns that are architectural features from the Inter War period.

Physical Description

A single storey asymmetrical building that addresses the corner of Lefroy Street and Wellard Street. The tiled hip roof has timber rafter ends exposed to the eaves. There is a timber framed verandah with a corrugated steel roof that sits below the main roof line. A simple brick chimney is evident to the roof.
To Wellard Street there is a residential entry with a verandah with four concrete base piers and concrete squat columns above. The windows adjacent to the Wellard Street entry are timber framed casement.
There are aluminium windows to the corner section of the building. The west elevation has
a timber framed awning to the window. The building is brick that has been painted. There is evidence of deterioration to the finish with paint flaking and a dark coloured brick being exposed.
To the rear of the property, along Wellard Street, is a separate compressed fibre cement clad and corrugated steel gable roofed building. There is a steel fence to Wellard Street, similar to a pool style fence.

History

In July 1922, Lot 50 on the corner of Wellard and Lefroy Streets was transferred to Violet Amy Mary Jenkins for £13. Family notices indicate that Violet and her husband, Samuel resided at ‘Olinda’, ‘situated on the Main Bunbury-rd, half mile South of Serpentine Church’ rather than Lot 50.(1) The date of construction for the building at 16 Wellard Street has not been confirmed.
In August 1946, Lot 50 was transferred to John Henry Mappin, a farmer from Keysbrook. In July 1953, Lot 50 was transferred to Alfred Alan Ranson, Clerk and Gretta Ranson, Married Woman. In September 1959, Lot 50 was transferred to Keith Terry, Agent. The Terry’s still owned the place in January 1989. (2) It is believed that they operated a shop from the building for many years.

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Fair

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