Local Government
Bayswater
Region
Metropolitan
160 Whatley Cr Maylands
Antiques & Collectors
Maylands Post Office (fmr)
Bayswater
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1910
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 25 Feb 2020 | ||
State Register | Registered | 08 Jan 2010 |
Register Entry Assessment Documentation |
Heritage Council |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
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Category | Description | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 17 Jun 1997 | Classification 2 |
Classification 2 |
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Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 25 Feb 2020 | Classification 1 |
Classification 1 |
The place is significant for its associations with the development of the Maylands Townsite and has aesthetic value, contributing to the Whatley Crescent streetscape.
A single storey face brick with stucco decorative treatments and a tiled roof. There are gables addressing both streets and a corner entry portico. There is a tiled roof to the awning over the Whatley Crescent window. There are touches of arts and crafts detailing to this simple utilitarian building.
The post office is an integral part in the developing story of the growth of the commercial heart of Maylands, being its first permanent post office and built at a time when the state still built post offices on behalf of the young Commonwealth. It is understood that Silvercock and Hayes built the place for 736 pound.
While the post office was closed in 1988, it has considerable aesthetic and historic value in developing the theme of the establishment and growth of the Maylands Town Centre.
Integrity - Low
Authenticity - High
Fair
Name | Type | Year From | Year To |
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Clarence Rose Ross | Architect | 1910 | - |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | COMMERCIAL | Office or Administration Bldg |
Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
Style |
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Federation Free Classical |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | BRICK | Other Brick |
Roof | TILE | Other Tile |
General | Specific |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Mail services |
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