Muckross Tearooms & Hall

Author

City of Armadale

Place Number

04663

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Location

Cnr Albany Hwy & South Western Hwy Armadale

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Armadale Real Estate Office

Local Government

Armadale

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1927

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(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 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.
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.

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as a quaint weatherboard and iron building that features a detailed timber shop-front and distinctive roof form.
With its distinctive building form and prominent location near the intersection of Albany Highway and South West Highway, the place is a well-known landmark in Armadale.
The place is one of a number of similar residences dating from the Inter-War and Post-War period which are located on the east side of South West Highway, in Central Armadale.
Along with the nearby Narrogin Inne and Kate Wilkinson's Cottage, the place is one of a number of buildings dating from the early 20th Century associated with Kate Wilkinson, a well-known and respected local businesswoman.
The place is valued by the community as a long-standing venue for social events - operating as both a tearoom and community hall.

Physical Description

The place comprises a distinct single-storey timber-framed building, which incorporates a cottage-style front with a hall attached to the rear. The front of the building has a steeply-pitched hipped roof that incorporates a distinctive central Dutch gable (plus one to the ridge) and a skillion verandah across the front elevation. The shopfront includes timber-framed display windows either side of the central re- entrant doorway.
The hall located to the rear has a steeply-pitched gable roof, and walls clad with painted timber weatherboards and fibrous cement. Due to the slope of the site, the hall is raised on timber stumps, with timber battening to the sub-floor area. The hall retains some timber framed doors and windows, but also has some aluminium-framed replacements. A lean-to kitchen is attached to the north side of the hall and features an exposed brick chimney on its east wall. Some parts of the timber joinery and cladding to the building are in a deteriorated condition, as are the rainwater goods.

History

In 1927, Kate Wilkinson built the Muckross Tearooms on a site adjoining the Narrogin Inne, fronting Albany Road. In 1933 Kate Wilkinson built the Cottage beside the Tearooms, where she lived and ran a guesthouse. (Source: The West Australian Tourist’s Guide and Hotel and Boarding House Directory, 1941-42). At the rear off the tearoom was a large hall, which was hired out for social functions. The hall was a popular venue for dances and wedding receptions, as the Mechanic’s Institute had become too small for the growing population of the district.

Integrity/Authenticity

High
High

Condition

Fair-good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
		AMHI	1995

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
No.11	MI Place No.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
5735	Report of a European heritage survey : South Western Highway, Albany Highway to Burndale Road Planning Study Armadale, Western Australia.	Report	2001

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Other Community Hall\Centre
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Shop\Retail Store {single}
Other Use	COMMERCIAL	Office or Administration Bldg

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

25 Oct 1996

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jul 2019

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