Nannup Town Hall & Supper Room

Parent Place or Precinct

10646 Nannup Town Centre Precinct

Values

The places have provided a focus for community activities in the Nannup region since construction and are valued by the Nannup community for this role.

The places reflect the development of the Nannup townsite and are a response to the requirement for community facilities as the town grew.

The places contribute positively to the streetscape and have aesthetic value for their simple architectural form.

The place has some rarity value as one of only a few remaining Supper Rooms.

Physical Description

The Town Hall and Supper Room is located on a large triangular site, along with an adjacent Bowling club, greens and a small park. Together the buildings and landscape form a defined streetscape in the centre of Town.

The Town Hall and Supper Room is located on the east side of Warren Road, opposite the Road Board Office (fmr), and is bound by Grange Road to the north and east, the Bowling Club and Forrest Street to the south, and a small open park to the west.

The Town Hall and Supper Room consists of two linked timber framed and weatherboard structures with simple gabled roofs, exposed eaves, projecting gabled entry to the Hall, and timber framed sash windows.

The Hall is a double volume structure with a small skillion formed addition located along the southern façade, and a larger, more recent toilet block abutting the eastern portion of the north façade.

History

‘Nannup Town Hall was constructed in 1903 and has been used for a variety of purposes including the first schoolhouse in the town, for church services and for showing films. The Supper Room adjacent was constructed in 1937. The buildings were both constructed of jarrah weatherboards with iron roofs and were restored and reopened by the Town Hall Preservation Society in 1988.’

The Shire of Nannup’s Mainstreet and heritage precinct design guidelines states:

‘During the period 1885 to 1914 there was a considerable increase in settlement activity within the Blackwood River region. As the area was opened up by roads and railways, small towns developed and with them came opportunities for business. The settlement of Nannup was officially declared a townsite in 1890.’

‘The main occupations of the early pioneers was sheep and cattle raising on pastoral leases, catching wild horses and timber cutting. The latter activity was undertaken both to clear land for grazing and to cater for the growing timber industry. The timber trade grew rapidly with a growing demand both locally and internationally for railway sleepers and telegraph poles.’

‘Nannup’s main street (Warren Road) has developed slowly since the turn of the century without much redevelopment, and consequently there has been little disturbance of its essential character. The basic spatial elements of this character are small commercial and residential buildings set on large lots, with areas around the buildings left open and generally containing some small outbuildings and large mature trees (often deciduous and non-native to the area).’

‘The towns character is enhanced by the gentle winding nature of its main street, the remarkable cohesion of the streets built form and the surrounding hilly topography which allows differing views of mature trees and various activities.’

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High

Condition

Good

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