Boyup Brook Railway Station Precinct

Child Places

• 23882 Railway Barracks
• 24416 Boyup Brook Railway Station

Values

• The place is associated with the expansion of the rail network throughout the south-west to facilitate the development of the agricultural industry.
• The place is associated with the economic and social development of the town of Boyup Brook.
• The place is representative of an early 20th century rural railway station.

Physical Description

The Railway Station is located on Railway Parade, which runs adjacent to and parallel with Boyup Brook at the northern end of the town.
The site contains several former railway carriages, tracks, a crane, station building, Goods Store, transportable accommodation, and a brick toilet block.
The site is accessed from the west, along a bituminised drive off Railway Parade, and is bound by Railway Parade to the south, the Boyup Brook to the north, and open railway reserve to the east and west. It is orientated along the railway tracks in an east west axis, with the station building, former carriages, transportable and toilet block located on the northern side of the main railway tracks, and the Goods Store and crane to the south.
The Station building is a single storey, simple timber frame and corrugated iron structure with weatherboard cladding. It has a rectangular plan form, half hipped roof with vented gabled ridge, battened eaves, simple corbelled brick chimney and southern, bracketed veranda contained within the main roof. The northern veranda has been enclosed, detracting from the original symmetrical form of the place.
Immediately east of the Station building is a slightly intrusive steel framed and weatherboard transportable structure. A small brick and iron toilet block with gabled roof, battened eaves and timber framed, fixed louvered windows is located about 20 meters further east of the transportable. The Goods Store, located opposite and slightly south of the Railway Station building, is a double volume, simple timber framed and corrugated iron clad structure with skillion roof form, high level small paned windows and a large rolling door to each end. The crane/weigh remains in good working order and is located just beyond the east end of the Goods Store, over the remaining extant railway lines.
West of the Railway Station building are several former railway carriages, now converted for use as offices.
The Railway Barracks are located to the Southeast of the Railway Station. The original 8 roomed building comprised a series of weatherboard cabins. The building has been altered and extended over the years and is now used to provide tourist accommodation.

History

The Boyup Brook Railway Station is historically and socially significant as it is representative of the arrival of the railway in 1909. The railway provided the major impetus for the development of the town and was an important service for the agricultural industry in the region.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity- Moderate
Authenticity- High

Condition

Boyup Brook Railway Station Group is in good condition. Currently (2004) there does not appear to be any overarching management of the place, with separate organizations occupying and sub-leasing from the Shire.

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