The Rocks

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

00028

Location

182-188 Grey St Albany

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Government Cottage
Government House

Local Government

Albany

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Constructed from 1884 to 1960

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage Agreement YES 22 Feb 1999 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
Heritage List Adopted 27 Oct 2020
State Register Registered 01 Apr 1999 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Register of the National Estate Permanent 26 Oct 1980
Classified by the National Trust Classified 04 Apr 1977
Local Heritage Survey Adopted 27 Oct 2020 Exceptional
Municipal Inventory Adopted 30 Jun 2001 Category A+

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
328 Albany, Western Australia : the first hundred years, 1791-1891. Book 1992
7384 The Rocks Albany : conservation works to verandah & rising damp at 182 - 188 Grey Street, West Albany WA for B & C Evans : Federal Cultural Heritage Projects Program. Conservation works report 2005
6976 Specifications and details of proposed verandah remedial works at The Rocks, Grey Street West, Albany. Conservation works report 2004
7341 The Rocks, Albany : revision B (final report). Heritage Study {Other} 2005
913 Reserve 27280 "The Rocks" Albany: Conservation Plan Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1994

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Two storey residence
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Government Residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Regency

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall STONE Local Stone
Wall TIMBER Other Timber

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Government & politics

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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