Cottesloe Police Station (fmr)

Author

Shire of Peppermint Grove

Place Number

01929

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Location

548-550 Stirling Hwy Peppermint Grove

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Cottesloe Police Sation

Local Government

Peppermint Grove

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	24 Jul 2018
State Register	Registered	24 Nov 2000	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
Restrictive Covenant	YES	31 May 1990			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Nominated	21 Dec 1990			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Removed from RNE	19 Feb 2007			Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	06 Nov 1989			Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	19 Jul 1999	Category 1	Category 1 Buildings, which due to their character create the atmosphere of Peppermint Grove, therefore should be retained, but may be altered and extended in a manner which is both discrete and sympathetic to the original fabric and character so that a significant proportion of the original building is retained and from the street the additions are seen to be a continuation of the same fabric and character.

Statement of Significance

The single storey limestone and painted iron Police Station, in the Federation Arts and Crafts
style, has cultrual significance because:
it has considerable historical significance having
functioned as the local police presence in the district for some 90 years;
it is a fine, if austere, example of the Federation Arts and
Crafts style applied to a local police station;
it has social significance because of the amentiy which it
brought to the district during its operation.

Physical Description

The place is a pleasing, if austere, example of its style and period,
befitting a local police station of the time.

History

The Cottesloe Police Station was officially opened in May 1900.
Police then patrolled the areas of Cottesloe, PeppermintGrove and
Buckland Hill, on foot, by bicycle or on horseback. It was an
important amenity for the district until the end of the 1980s
Considerable historical significance. Now used by Blackwell &
Associates landscape architects as their office.

Integrity/Authenticity

The place has been well conserved and sympathetically adapted
for the offices of a professional consultancy. Itretains a high level
of integrity.
Sympathetically adapted from Police Station to professional
offices.

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	R.M James	Heritage of Pines
	R. Pascoe	Western Australia's Capital Suburb, Peppermint Grove
	B van Brunswijk and D Richards	Creating The Public Realm, Public Architecture in Western Australia: 1890-2000

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
162	Municipal Inventory

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Office or Administration Bldg
Original Use	GOVERNMENTAL	Police Station or Quarters

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Queen Anne

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	TIMBER	Tongue & Groove
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick
Wall	STONE	Limestone
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Law & order

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

19 Feb 2021

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