Sealers' Oven

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

03343

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Location

Lot 7705 Cheyne Beach Road Cheynes

Location Details

Waychinnicup Inlet, Waychinnicup National Park

Local Government

Albany

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	27 Oct 2020		City of Albany
State Register	Registered	09 May 1997	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

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	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
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	27 Oct 2020	Exceptional	Exceptional Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example.	City of Albany
Register of the National Estate	Permanent	21 Mar 1978			Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	04 Apr 1977			Heritage Council

Physical Description

Stone oven built of natural granite from round bout and pugged between with mud. Old primitive style of European oven like the old fashioned ‘skep’ beehive in shape with smoke vent at top and small aperture.

History

Assessment 1977
Believed to be c. 1870's/1880's

Other Keywords

Believed to have been built by [illegible word, maybe sealers or sailors] who frequented the south coast before European settlement in WA. It is also a relic of a bygone age

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
4140	Sealers' Oven Conservation Plan	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1999

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING	Whalers or Sealers Oven
Present Use	INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING	Whalers or Sealers Oven

Architectural Styles

Style
Other Style

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	EARTH	Other Earth
Wall	STONE	Granite

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Fishing & other maritime industry

Creation Date

20 Mar 1993

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

07 Nov 2022

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