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Perup Homestead

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

01722
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Location

3378 Perup Rd Perup

Location Details

Local Government

Manjimup

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1885

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List Adopted 08 Dec 2016 Shire of Manjimup

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - To be assessed Current 30 Jan 2004

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 10 Jul 1997 Category B

Category B

Worthy of high level of protection: provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the town planning scheme under the Shire of Manjimup Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. A more detailed Heritage Assessment/Impact Statement to be undertaken before approval given for any major redevelopment. Incentives to promote conservation should be considered.

Shire of Manjimup
Classified by the National Trust Classified 07 Sep 1987

Register of the National Estate Indicative Place

Register of the National Estate Nominated 09 Aug 1988

Values

• The place has aesthetic value for its picturesque setting and simple architectural form.
• The place was amongst the first group of farm homesteads to be constructed in the Manjimup area and retains a high degree of authentic fabric including the shingled roof under the iron roof and the mud brick walls.
• The place is representative of the type of farm homesteads that were constructed in the second half of the 19th century in Western Australia.

Physical Description

The site contains the Homestead, a former dairy shed and yards, an old ‘humpy’ and chook sheds, and several very old Olive Trees (over 10 meters tall).
Perup Homestead is located approximately 40kms south east of Manjimup, on the south side of Perup Road.
The Homestead is accessed off Perup Road via a long gravel track lined with mature gum trees, that leads past the former dairy shed and yards to the west, and a more recent timber framed and iron shed to the east. The track terminates at the north end of the Perup Homestead.
Perup Homestead is a simple, single storey mud brick and timber slab structure with hipped roof, short projecting brick chimneys, and surrounding broken-backed verandah supported on rough hewn timber posts. The original timber verandah floor to the east has been replaced with concrete, and part of the timber slab walling has been replaced with asbestos sheeting. The west façade of the building is constructed of mud brick with expressed timber framework and simple small paned casement windows. Shingles remain extant beneath the iron roof sheeting.
The Homestead has a simple lawned and cottage garden to the east bordered by several very mature olive trees, with numerous roses to the south, all contained within a simple timber post and wire mesh fence.
South-east of Perup Homestead is a small square plan formed ‘humpy’ with steep pitched corrugated iron pyramid roof and adjacent timber framed chook sheds.

History

The MI states:
Prior to 1850 all land was disposed of by sale. However in 1850 legislation was passed which made provision for pastoral leases on land more than two miles from the coast, occupied townships or principal rivers. Leases cost 10s. per 1 000 acres for an eight year period with the prospect of renewal at the end of that period. As a result settlers began moving into the timber country of the south-west. Grazing leases adjacent to the south coast were also taken up at this time.
In 1852 the Assistant Surveyor Augustus Charles Gregory explored extensively in the Warren region. Also in 1852 the Muir brothers explored the eastern part of the region, settled at Deeside adjacent Lake Muir and obtained their pastoral leases in 1859. They became the first settlers in the district. Their homestead at Deeside was built in 1866.
There was a steady increase in population in the area in the following decade and a local community established. By the 1870s there were about a dozen major homesteads in the region.
Perup Homestead was amongst the first group of homesteads to be established in the Manjimup region.

Integrity/Authenticity

High

Condition

Sound- poor

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Shed or Barn
Original Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Dairy, Butter or Cheese Factory
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Homestead
Present Use FARMING\PASTORAL Homestead

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof TIMBER Shingle
Wall EARTH Adobe {Mud Brick}
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Other TIMBER Slab

Historic Themes

General Specific
PEOPLE Early settlers
OCCUPATIONS Grazing, pastoralism & dairying

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

09 Mar 2022

Disclaimer

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