Railway Precinct, Donnybrook

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

05012

Location

South Western Hwy Donnybrook

Location Details

Includes: Station building & platform; goods shed; Station Master's House; Stevenson screen; crane; oak tree & Apple Lights. Lot 598.

Other Name(s)

Donnybrook Railway Precinct

Local Government

Donnybrook-Balingup

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1893

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 18 Mar 2005 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
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2013 Category 1
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register Interim
Classified by the National Trust Classified {Trees}
Classified by the National Trust Classified 14 Jun 1999
Statewide Railway Heritage Surve Completed 01 Aug 1994

Condition

Good condition with various modifications

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
9500 Archival report for packing shed and 5-ton crane, Donnybrook/Balingup Shire. Archival Record 2010
4065 Donnybrook Railway Precinct Conservation Plan Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use Transport\Communications Rail: Railway Station
Original Use Transport\Communications Rail: Housing or Quarters
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Original Use Transport\Communications Rail: Office or Administration Bldg
Present Use Transport\Communications Rail: Other
Present Use GOVERNMENTAL Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard
Roof TILE Terracotta Tile
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Rail & light rail transport
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES Tourism

Creation Date

11 Nov 1996

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

04 Dec 2019

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