Mead's House

Author

Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Place Number

08485

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Location

325 Kiln Rd Karrakup

Location Details

MI lists address as Lot 14, Cockburn Sound Loc. 186.

Other Name(s)

Lake View

Local Government

Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Region

Peel

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	18 Feb 2016

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - To be assessed	Current	29 Jul 2005

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	31 Jul 2000	Category 1A	Category 1A Conservation Essential: A place which may meet the criteria for inclusion in the State Register of Heritage Places (i.e: of state or national value) on an individual level. Highest level of protection appropriate.
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	19 Sep 2022	Category 2	Category 2 Conservation Highly Recommended Of very considerable value to the Municipality. High level of protection appropriate; Provide maximum encouragement to the owner/s under the Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place; Encourage owner/s to reinstate and/or retain original fabric/features of the place (i.e. verandas, shingles, timber windows) All development applications (including demolition) should be considered by Council Photographically record the place prior to any major development or demolition.

Statement of Significance

Significant as one of the earliest homesteads and in its association with the Mead family who established several properties in the district.

Physical Description

Small four-roomed cottage reminiscent of Victorian Georgian style, with high-pitched broken-back roof and spreading veranda. The cottage is set high on a hill with views through the valley to the coastal plain. Small dam next to the cottage and shearing shed up the hill from the house.

History

Associated with Henry Mead, who with his wife Dorothy, came to Perth in 1842 and were
pioneers in the Serpentine region. ‘Lake View’ would have been constructed some time before the 1880s.
In the 1920s May Lydia Gordin (granddaughter of Henry and Lydia Mead), married Ebenezer Barge and resided at Lake View.

Condition

Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
23	Scheme List
SJ2-02	Local Heritage Survey

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Cottage
Present Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Cottage

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	EARTH	Wattle and Daub
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying
PEOPLE	Early settlers

Creation Date

16 Jun 1997

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Approved

Last Update

16 Oct 2023

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