Albany Court House Complex

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

00051

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Location

184-210 Stirling Tce Albany

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Albany Justice Complex
Lockup & Residence (fmr)
Police Station & Court House, Public Works
Sergeant's Quarters

Local Government

Albany

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Constructed from 1897 to 2005

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage Agreement	YES	22 Jun 2009	Text of the Heritage Agreement
Heritage List	Adopted	27 Oct 2020		City of Albany
State Register	Registered	14 Feb 2003	Register Entry Assessment Documentation

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	04 Apr 1977
Register of the National Estate	Permanent	21 Mar 1978
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	27 Oct 2020	Exceptional	Exceptional Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example.	City of Albany
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	30 Jun 2001	Category A+	Category A+ • Already recognised at the highest level – the WA State Register of Heritage Places. Redevelopment requires consultation with the Heritage Council of WA and the City of Albany. • Provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the City of Albany Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. • Incentives to promote heritage conservation should be considered.	City of Albany

Parent Place or Precinct

14922 Stirling Terrace Precinct, Albany

Child Places

Condition

The Court House is a two storey building of red brick and granite with arched convolute doorways of granite and rounded front corners. The roof is covered in grey roof tiles and has brick chimneys with terracotta tops. The building was designed by George Temple-Poole and commenced in 1896 with the laying of the foundation stone on December 29, 1896 by the Hon F H Piesse MLA. The building was completed on February 7 1898. The builder was C F Layton. It served a multi-purpose role including a police station on the ground floor and Public Works Department offices along with other departmental functions at different times during its history until its current exclusive use as a courthouse. A lockup and keepers quarters was built to the north in 1908 followed by the Police Sergeant's quarters in 1909 on the Duke Street frontage of the site. The lockup is now unused, except for mail storage and old court records while the keepers quarters is in use as a police residence. The internal configuration of the building was substantially altered in 2005 and new addtions made. some original fabric of the place was lost.

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
Bird, Francis	Architect	-	2002
George Temple Poole	Architect	-	-

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
5292	Albany Courthouse complex : conservation plan revised draft / prepared for the Department of Housing and Works on behalf of the Department of Justice by David Heaver and Associates.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2001
328	Albany, Western Australia : the first hundred years, 1791-1891.	Book	1992
5493	Albany Courthouse Precinct : conservation plan.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2002
420	Albany Court House architectural evaluation for the Western Australian Heritage Committee no 12	Report	1985
5006	Technical clauses : IT cabling upgrades for various courts.	Report	2001
7665	Design parameters for Stirling Terrace heritage areas.	Heritage Study {Other}	2000
5038	Stirling Terrace, Albany : conservation plan. March 2001.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2001
7730	Images CD No. 42: Stirling Terrace Precinct, Albany Courthouse complex, old Kalgan River Road bridge, new Kalgan River Road bridge.	C D Rom	2006
1039	Albany Court House: Lock Up and Keepers Quarters Conservation Plan	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1995

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	GOVERNMENTAL	Courthouse
Present Use	GOVERNMENTAL	Courthouse

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Queen Anne
Federation Romanesque

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Roof	TILE	Other Tile
Wall	STONE	Other Stone
Wall	STONE	Granite

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Law & order
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Community services & utilities
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Government & politics

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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