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Residence 1 Alfred Street is significant in demonstrating an uncommon example of a weatherboard cottage of the Interwar period of development in York. It makes a contribution to the historic townscape of York.

Physical Description

The single storey weatherboard residence is modest in scale and form with a symmetrical frontage with central door and flanking pairs of casement windows. The simple gable roof extends over the full width front verandah. The gabled provides a "front" to the secondary street frontage, where additions are evident to the rear of the place.

History

c1915 construction date

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Moderate/High Degree

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House 2 Alfred Street

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06907 Monger's Town Precinct incl Swing Bridge over Blands Pool

Statement of Significance

Residence 2 Alfred Street is significant in demonstrating a Federation style in the interwar period of development in York. It makes a contribution to the historic townscape of York.

Physical Description

Substantial residence set in large gardens with a wrap around verandah. Features half-timbered gables and large timber framed windows.

History

Search records indicate that the residence was constructed in 1923 by the Stone family.

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Integrity: Moderate/High Authenticity: Low Degree

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Residence

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Residence 9 Alfred Street is significant in demonstrating a Federation Bungalow architectural style with additions that make a contribution to the historic townscape of York. Associations with the pioneering Spice family are of historical significance.

Physical Description

The single storey brick residence is in an elevated position overlooking the town. The partially hipped roof has a gable to the south end, and an expansive protruding gable feature on the main street frontage with the second storey dormer addition evidencing a similar gable form on the front and the secondary street frontage. The original gable is half-timber and roughcast on lath, (evidenced by a damaged section). Bullnose verandas are evident stepped around the entire frontage and return on both sides. The gable front wall features a facetted bay with casement windows and fanlights above.

History

The Spice family established and ran their farm in Spice Road from 1892. Two of the granddaughters (Flora and Jessie) of the original Saul and Mary Spice who had arrived in the Colony in 1830, also lived and worked at the farm, also assisting in the running of a successful guesthouse until the late 1940s. The farm was run by the family and reputedly very efficient and regular prize winners at the York Show. After their mother died in 1937, the sisters continued to successfully run the small farm until 1964 when they retired to 9 Alfred Street. Flora died in 1977 and Jessie moved to live with family. Construction date of building c.1915

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Moderate/high degree

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Residence

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06907 Monger's Town Precinct incl Swing Bridge over Blands Pool

Statement of Significance

Residence 6 Alfred Street is fine example of a Federation bungalow with distinctive chimneys. It makes a contribution to the historic townscape of York.

Physical Description

The single storey brick residence is in an elevated position with the east ‘frontage’ overlooking the town, with mature palm tree in that vicinity. The high-pitched hipped roof has a vented gablet on the street frontage and possible gable feature on the east “frontage”. The roof breaks pitch over verandas that evidence vertical spaced timber valances and decorative spaced timber balustrades. Distinctive tall face brick chimneys feature unusual stucco moulded detailing. The east “frontage” is not visible. The entry on Alfred Street has possibly the original decorative wire gates.

History

This was the home of Rona Rogers. Date of construction c.1910

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree

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Ambulance Building

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Avon Terrace Precinct

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

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• 02852 York Police Station, Court House & Gaol
• 02857 Shops
• 02840 Shops

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Bridge over Blands Brook

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02864 Blandstown Heritage Precinct

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02864 Blandstown Heritage Precinct

Statement of Significance

Bland Brook Bridge is historically significant as an integral element of the early development of Blandstown that makes a contribution to the historical townscape of York.

Physical Description

A bitumen two-way road bridge with timber rails along each side and a pedestrian crossing on the east side

History

After York was opened for selection in 1830, the first settlers, arrived in 1831 from the Swan River settlement with the task of establishing a Government Farm. Balladong Farm was settled in 1831 by William Heal, later H. Bland after whom Blandstown is named. Stephen Stanley Parker had arrived in the Colony with his parents in 1830. After marrying Elizabeth Sewell in 1844 he purchased Balladong Farm in 1848. During the 1850s, Parker developed the property into a very successful farm. The “village” now known as Blandstown, the oldest privately settled part of the York town, developed around Balladong Farm due to the influential presence, water supply, and the river crossing to the Pensioner Guard facility across the Avon River. Blands Brook Bridge facilitated the crossing over Blands Brook into York town, an essential connection.

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Integrity: High Authenticity: Moderate/high

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Good

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Wagon Yard & Horse Stalls

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Collins Buildings

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

Statement of Significance

Collins Building makes a significant contribution to the Avon Terrace town centre with its authentic imposing face brick frontage and original shop fronts at ground floor level. Together with Collins Shop at 112 Avon Tce it bookends the single storey Collins Shop on the north side. It represents associations with W & H Collins and various uses and interactions with generations of the York community.

Physical Description

A large two storey brick facade with rendered parapet decorated in the Victorian manner and dating from 1907. The original shop fronts have been modernised and the original two storey timber verandah replaced with a cantilevered awning and balconies to the original openings onto the verandah at first floor level. The two storey face brick building presents a dominant façade and a decorative parapet with scrolled brackets to two pediments detailed in elegant scrolls with the words Collins on one and Building on the other, centrally aligned with the centre of the two shop fronts at ground level. Each shop front has a central double truncated recessed entry flanked by shopfront windows above a low dado. The equally spaced pairs of French doors at first floor level evidence that there was originally a veranda across the front of this building. A boxed canopy is suspended across the front of the shops.

History

W & H Collins had the shops and first floor accommodation constructed in 1907, after he had built a row of 5 shops in front of Settler’s House at 125-135 Avon Terrace in 1906. This building was occupied by Percy Tozer, draper, and Haroldmos Tiliakos, Fish Saloon, in 1908, with J Farrell taking the place of the Fish Saloon in 1909. Both shops have had various uses since that time including café and newsagency in 2017.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Fair Authenticity: Fair

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Fair

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Central Buildings

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

Statement of Significance

Central Buildings are significant for the associations with early commercial activities in York. It is a good representative example of an intact commercial premises in Victorian Regency architectural style.Lowe.

Physical Description

The single storey commercial building has an expansive Avon Terrace frontage comprising several shop fronts with a parapet frontage that features two arched pediments denoting the name and date of each section. The parapet is divided into bays by extensions of the pilasters, topped with ball on each. The shopfronts are delineated by horizontal banded pilasters. A bullnose veranda covers the southern half and the shop fronts, and the other half has a suspended boxed awning.

History

Horses and provisions sold from the lot prior to any buildings. K Edwards built the first section of the building. Various tenants in 1893 included Moses Williamson (tailor), William Bailey (hairdresser), K Berthold (Storekeeper), and K Edwards. In 1904, John Charles Cartwright Windsor, the manager of the Union Bank, purchased the property. In 1906 the property was registered to his wife, Adeline Hannah Windsor. In the 1970s No. 105 was occupied by PM Glass and Company (hardware, firearms, electrical, furniture and floor coverings), No’s.107 and 109 York Four Square Store, and No’s. 111 and 113 Retravision. In the 2010s, No’s.105-107 was York Pharmacy, No. 109, real estate office and Retravision occupied No’s.111-113.

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Integrity: Fair Authenticity: Fair

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Shops

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

Statement of Significance

Some Contribution: Collins shops (1 Storey) (fmr) is modest in the streetscape, serving to highlight the more significant heritage buildings of W & H Collins on each side of it, and in the town centre context. It also evidences an original shopfront. Considerable Contribution: Collins Shop (2 Storey) makes a significant contribution to the Avon Terrace town centre with its authentic face brick frontage and original shop front at ground floor level. Together with Collins Building it bookends the single storey Collins Shops on the south side. It represents associations with W & H Collins and various uses and interactions with generations of the York community.

Physical Description

The single storey building evidences an original shopfront and a smaller altered shopfront. The original has a central double recessed truncated opening flanked by shopfront windows above a low dado (as for adjoining Collins Building shop fronts). The smaller shop front has no recess, and an entry on the south side of the front. It was likely altered at the same time that the parapet was altered to the simple rectangle, and the suspended boxed canopy replaced a veranda. The two-storey face brick building has a broad render and horizontally moulded rectangular parapet. The shop front has a central double truncated recessed entry flanked by shopfront windows above a low dado. There is a single access to the first floor, on the south side of the shopfront. The equally spaced pairs of French doors and a small balcony, at first floor level evidence that there was originally a veranda across the front of this building. A boxed canopy is suspended across the front of the shop.

History

W & H Collins had the shops constructed in 1907, at the same time as Collins Buildings next door, after he had built a row of 5 shops in front of Settler’s House at 125-135 Avon Terrace in 1906. This building was initially occupied by William Hardwick, Saddler, and J Farrell, Tobacconist in 1908. Likely that the building was modified in the 1950s, and the smaller shopfront altered in the 1970s. More recently they have been commercial services offices. In 1907 W & H Collins built the shop and upstairs dwelling at the same time as Collins Buildings, Collins Shop (1 storey), and after he had built a row of 5 shops in front of Settler’s House at 125-135 Avon Terrace in 1906. William Otto Jager, butcher, and Herbert Harold Mazzuchelli, tobaccoanist, occupied the building. In 1908, Alfred Gotthard Mattiske, Draper took over from Mazzuchelli, and in 1909, John Martin, Bootmaker, replaced Mattiske. Garner & Stevens occupied the shop at some time (previously written at top of building) In the mid-1970s it was the Bright Spot café, and currently has a similar function.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Fair Authenticity: Fair

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Bendigo Bank

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

Statement of Significance

The Commonwealth Bank (fmr) building makes minimal contribution to the historic streetscape, nor does it impact as it broadly respects the scale and form of the town centre context. The site represents butcher and plumbing trades associations since 1911 and 14 respectively until approximately 1960.

Physical Description

The single storey masonry building is non-descript with a minimally articulated street frontage and simple parapet with a central arched pediment. A skillion veranda with parapet edge signage.

History

In 1911 butcher, William Otto Jager working from a shed on the site. In 1914, Frederick Charles Bramley, a plumber, traded from a shed on the block, and the business continued until his death in 1941 when his wife Stella Mary took over with Mr Prunster, plumber. Around 1960 the Commonwealth bank purchased the site and constructed a contemporary bank building. The York branch of the Commonwealth Bank closed in 2000. It is likely the façade was altered about that time. It is currently the York and Districts Community Bank branch of the Bendigo Bank.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Good Authenticity: Good

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Fair

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Shop, 115 Avon Terrace

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02840 Shops

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fair

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

Statement of Significance

The delightful shop was purpose built for bootmaker A.J.Williams’ Ezywalkin Boot Company was built in the 1930s.The Regency influenced Federation architecture with the scrolled pediment makes a significant contribution to the historical aesthetic of York town centre and roofscape.

Physical Description

The single-storey single-front shop masonry structure presents a refined façade to Avon Terrace. The shop front is asymmetrical with a recessed double entry with a shopfront window on its south side, above a low dado. There is a row of highlight windows on the façade above the bullnose veranda. The face parapet is high, with decorative cones on each end and a distinctive arched moulded scrolled pediment.

History

After trading in Dinsdale’s Bootmakers at 152 Avon Terrace, A.J.Williams, bootmaker, built his Ezywalkin Boot Company store in 1908. Later it was Christies Café, and in more recent years has been a real estate office

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Good Authenticity: Good

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Shops

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

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• 23470 Shop, 115 Avon Terrace
• 23471 Shops, 117-119 Avon Terrace

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York Motor Museum

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

Condition

Good

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

Statement of Significance

York Motor Museum is the site of the first building in the town centre in c.1853. The impressive 1909 building is a fine example of exuberant Federation Free Classical architecture that makes a significant contribution to the historic character, streetscape and roofscape of the town centre. The place demonstrates associations with a number of functions, individuals and organisations and a long-standing association with the renowned York Motor Museum.

Physical Description

The single storey rendered masonry building exhibits an exuberant triple frontage comprising decorative parapets with rectangular pediments topped with arched apexes on the north and south ends and a triangular apex in the centre Those forms are replicated in reverse (e.g. arch where triangle) with floral details, in the pediments in the cornice level of the parapets. An extensive bracketed bullnose veranda covers the two central and south fronts, with an awning over the windows of the north most frontage where two arched openings, and the awning windows are likely the only original elements of the frontage.

History

This was the site of the first building in Avon Terrace in c.1853, for John Wall Hardey, an uncle of Mrs Lowe, the wife of Reverend William Lowe. The buildings were demolished after being deemed unfit for habitation by the local Health Board. In 1908 the new building, under the ownership of Mrs Adeline Hannah Windsor, comprised three offices (JE Spark, agent, John Joseph Lawler, Bailiff, JA Trask, Solicitor) and two shops (Albert Thorn, Machinery shop agent, and Alfred Gotthard Mattiske, Drapery shop). In 1911, the West Picture Gardens were established behind Mattiske’s shop. In 1947, 116 (south end) was a Ford Agency owned by Roy Pemberton, and later it was the Eastern Districts Trading Co Pty Ltd. In 1981 the York Motor Museum established at t in the entire premises, and continues in 2018.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Good Authenticity: Good

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Shops, 117-119 Avon Terrace

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02840 Shops

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

Statement of Significance

Butcher shop and other is significant in the continuous and ongoing of the butcher shop since 1928. The building is modest in the streetscape, serving to highlight the more significant heritage buildings in the town centre context.

Physical Description

The single storey building evidences both shops fronts have been altered. The parapet is a simple rectangle, and a bullnose veranda has been added across the front of the shops.

History

In 1893 the site was occupied by the WA bank and the Bank of New South Wales. In February 1928, the property was sold to Reginald JL Williams as vacant land. From June 1928, the property was assessed as a butcher shop (117) and Fish shop (119). In 2019, 113 is still a butcher’s shop, and 115 is a café.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Fair Authenticity: Fair

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Fair

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Two Houses and Grounds

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02852 York Police Station, Court House & Gaol

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

Statement of Significance

Linked to the Courthouse Complex Site. Lockup Keeper's Quarters (fmr) and Sergeant's Quarters (fmr) are integral to the York Police Station, Courthouse and Gaol Complex that demonstrates close associations with the development of the law and law enforcement in Western Australia. The former quarters contribute a domestic scale and detail that make a visual connection with Avon Park and contribute to the historical townscape of York. Together the former Quarters demonstrate a way of life, and the developments in policing and housing standards stimulated by the prosperity of the gold boom in Western Australia.

Physical Description

Two brick houses with corrugated iron roofs & front verandahs, built in c.1910 and located behind the gaol complex overlooking Low Street to the river. Police Quarters (1903, 1910).

History

In 1840 the Military patrolled the York district from a barracks base, later taken over by a small police force with a police house, courthouse, and lock-up stables next to the barracks. New buildings and additions were constructed in 1850, but by the 1890s they were inadequate. The troopers cottage built within the stable yard in 1865, had a single room addition in 1879 for the constable. The new courthouse was built on the site of the original buildings. In 1903 Lockup Keeper's Quarters were constructed behind the police station in Lowe Street. In 1910, the Sergeant's Quarters were constructed next to the 1903 quarters, on the site of the police stables. In design and detail the house is based on a standard PWD plan for government employees. These plans were developed in the late 1890s, during development pressure of the gold boom, and were refined in the early decades of the twentieth century. In 1981 the Police house and functions were relocated to the new Police facility in Ford Street

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Integrity: Good Authenticity: Good

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York Police Station, Court House & Gaol

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02823 Avon Terrace Precinct

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• 02882 Two Houses and Grounds

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Courthouse: well designed balanced piece of çwork. Good example of late Victorian çarchitecture. Brickwork blends with and breaks çthe monotony of the solid stone front. Police çStation of similar style both built in 1895.

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

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• 02882 Two Houses and Grounds

Statement of Significance

The Cell Block has a close association with the Convict Establishment. York Police Station, Courthouse and Gaol Complex is a rare example of continuous government development for the purposes of law and law enforcement on one site from 1852 to 1910.

Physical Description

The Complex retains a range of fabric from all periods of its construction, excluding the 1830 – 1850 period. These include the stone gaol (1852); the gravel paved timber stables (1865); the stone and brick troopers’ cottage (1865); the red brick courthouse (1874); the exercise yard (1875); the federation style, brick lock-up keepers’ residence (1903); the four-roomed, stone and brick police station (1908) and the brick police quarters (1910). The two-storey courthouse building (1895) which faces Avon Terrace is in excellent condition and retains many of its original internal fixtures. It is constructed of red brick and local stone and has distinctive external ornamentation, indicative of its status. Traces remain of the 1852 police station, which are of archaeological significance. The site also exhibits physical information about former inmates, such as the graffiti on the walls of the stone gaol which is thought to date from the 1940s to 1960s. A full description of the Complex can be found in the Interpretation Plan (2001) and the Conservation Plan (2003).

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Good Authenticity: Good

Condition

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Settler's House

Parent Place or Precinct

02862 York Town Centre Precinct

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• 24546 Settlers House and Courtyard
• 23472 Settlers House and Courtyard

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Good

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02862 York Town Centre Precinct

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• 24546 Settlers House and Courtyard
• 23472 Settlers House and Courtyard

Physical Description

Typical of shops of that era, enhances the Avon Terrace streetscape. The façade has recently been re-painted and is visually an enhancing building to the central business area of York. The place is located to the rear of shops on Avon Terrace. It comprises a group of single and double storey brick rendered buildings, including shops and accommodation units. These buildings have been arranged around a paved central courtyard area

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Integrity: Good Authenticity: Good

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