Drakesbrook School (fmr)

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03091

Location

404 South Western Hwy Waroona

Location Details

Cnr De Hamel St

Local Government

Waroona

Region

Peel

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898

Demolition Year

2005

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 28 May 2019
State Register Registered 08 Aug 2000 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
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register Permanent
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Nov 1995 Category 1

Child Places

  • 02689 Primary School - Site of

Physical Description

A timber framed weatherboard clad building with a steeply pitched gable roof. The roofline breaks pitch to form a small porch on the E side of the buildign & verandah on the W elevation. Triangular gable vents are located at the N & S ends. The place was destroyed by fire in 2005

Condition

Good The place was destroyed by fire on 25/7/05,

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
1324 Restoration of the old Drakesbrook school. Report 1996
3998 Drakesbrook School Waroona : conservation plan. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other Community Hall\Centre
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Primary School

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Community services & utilities

Creation Date

05 Mar 1993

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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