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Barrington Knight Road Precinct

Author

Shire of Harvey

Place Number

19888
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Location

1-13 Barrington Knight Rd Yarloop

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Barrington Knight Cottages
Hospital Road

Local Government

Harvey

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1920

Demolition Year

2016

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
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Removed from MI 12 Dec 2016 Category 4

Category 4

Little significance DESCRIPTION • Does not fulfil the criteria for entry in the TPS Heritage list. DESIRED OUTCOME • Photographically record prior to major development or demolition. Recognise and interpret the site if possible.
Municipal Inventory Adopted 10 Mar 1998 Category 1

Category 1

Exceptional Significance DESCRIPTION • Essential to the heritage of the locality. • Rare or outstanding example. • Fulfils the criteria for entry in the Shire of Harvey Heritage List under Clause 9.2.1 of DPS No. 1. DESIRED OUTCOME • The place should be retained and conserved unless there is no feasible and prudent alternative to doing otherwise. • Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place, and be in accordance with a Conservation Plan (if one exists for the place).

Parent Place or Precinct

19888 Barrington Knight Road Precinct

Statement of Significance

• Formerly, the properties as a group had aesthetic value for their contribution to the Yarloop heritage area.
• Formerly, the properties as a group demonstrated the standard type of housing provided for mill workers by their employers.

Physical Description

A group of timber framed workers cottages that display many similarities in scale, design and expression of detail. Collectively they create an attractive and coherent streetscape predominantly along the western side of Barrington-Knight Road.

The properties included in this precinct are numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 and each house has its own entry.

All the buildings and structures that formed part of this precinct were destroyed by the January 2016 Yarloop/Harvey/Waroona Fire.

History

Simple timber cottages built in the townsite for the accommodation of workers primarily at the timber mill and later the Yarloop workshops.

The houses were built predominantly by the company which owned and managed the town, Millar's Timber and Trading Company from the 1890s to the 1970s. The materials for the cottages were likely to have been manufactured in the workshop and local tradesmen built the homes to standard designs.

Barrington-Knight Road was originally named Hospital Road.

Families and individuals known to have lived in this road include; Mills, Walter Smith, Bill 'Winker' Savage, Ray Dickson/Dixon, Roy and Trixie Williamson, Bob Guest, Cattach, Huon.

All the dwellings and structures located in this precinct were completely destroyed by the January 2016 Yarloop/Harvey/Waroona Fire. The chimneys of each house and the hospital within that precinct however survived. These chimneys have since been removed as they were deemed structurally unsound.

Integrity/Authenticity

Nil/ Nil

Condition

N/A

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Millar's Timber and Trading Co Architect - -

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use FORESTRY Housing or Quarters

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Timber industry

Creation Date

17 Mar 2011

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

19 Aug 2019

Disclaimer

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