Roley Pool

Author

City of Armadale

Place Number

20082

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Location

Collins Rd Roleystone

Location Details

Local Government

Armadale

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
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Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

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(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	01 Sep 2015	Category 2	Category 2 Worth of a high level of protection. Maximum encouragement to the owner should be provided under the City of Armadale's Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. Incentives to promote heritage conservation should also be considered. A Heritage Assessment and Impact Statement should be undertaken before approval is given for any major redevelopment. Incentives to promote heritage conservation should also be considered.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	01 Dec 2008	Category 2	Category 2 Worth of a high level of protection. Maximum encouragement to the owner should be provided under the City of Armadale's Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. Incentives to promote heritage conservation should also be considered. A Heritage Assessment and Impact Statement should be undertaken before approval is given for any major redevelopment. Incentives to promote heritage conservation should also be considered.

Statement of Significance

The place is an attractive natural pool formation situated in a picturesque bushland setting, and combined with the modest picnic structures, creates a pleasing environment.
The place was used by the Roleystone Swimming Club as early as the 1920s.
The place is valued by the community as a well-known local swimming hole with associated picnic facilities, that continues to be an important site for public recreational and social activities.

Physical Description

The place comprises a natural pool formation in the Canning River, located south of Collins Road in Roleystone. The pool is set far below road level, in a narrow section of valley, and is accessed via a long flight of stone steps that lead from a gravel parking area to a clearing on the north side of the pool. This clearing features picnic structures and a distinctive stone chimney structure, only metres from the water’s edge. The pool is surrounded by bushland and features smooth rocky outcrops near its edge and further downstream.

History

This natural pool area was used by the Roleystone Swimming Club, from as early as the 1920s. In 1951, the Roads Board purchased the site from the estate of John Joseph Simons, for community use.

Integrity/Authenticity

Good
Moderate-High

Condition

Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
No.89	MI Place No.

Place Type

Landscape

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	PARK\RESERVE	Park\Reserve
Present Use	PARK\RESERVE	Park\Reserve

Creation Date

19 Jul 2011

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

02 Jul 2019

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