Local Government
York
Region
Avon Arc
53 Avon Tce York
Part of Blandstown Heritage Precinct
Residence
York
Avon Arc
Constructed from 1890
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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RHP - To be assessed | Current | 31 Oct 2003 |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
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Category | Description | ||||
Register of the National Estate | Registered | 21 Mar 1978 |
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Heritage Council | |
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 25 Sep 1985 |
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Heritage Council | |
Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 25 Nov 2019 | Some Significance |
Some Significance |
The shopfront of Spencer’s Bakery (fmr), 53 Avon Terrace is a good representative example of Federation architectural style that makes a contribution to the historic townscapes of the Blandstown precinct, and the town of York.
The single storey shop front at the front boundary evidences face stone side wall. The symmetrical frontage has a high unadorned parapet, a bullnose veranda supported by square posts over the pavement, and a double central entry flanked by shopfronts. The identical shopfronts are detailed in two arch topped glazed panels each above a dado. The recessed frontage that adjoins on the north side has two gables to the front and a full width veranda.
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. Spencer’s Bakery is an example of the enterprise of the early settlers in Blandstown.
Integrity: Low
Authenticity: Low/Moderate
Fair/good
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING | Bakery |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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Victorian Regency |
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