Barker's Bridge across Swan River

Author

City of Swan

Place Number

03532

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Location

Meadow St/West Swan Rd Guildford

Location Details

SLKm 0.36 Map 2, UF3.

Other Name(s)

MRWA 919

Local Government

Swan

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1950

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - To be assessed	Current	29 Oct 2004

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	29 Jul 1998	Significant	Significant Conservation of the place is desirable. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place and original fabric whould be retained wherever possible.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	30 Aug 2017	Category 3	Category 3 Some/Moderate Significance to the locality. Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Has some altered or modified elements, not necessarily detracting from the overall significance of the place.
Statewide Lge Timber Str Survey	Completed	11 Dec 1998			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The place has served as a crossing site for more than 150 years.

Physical Description

Timber bridge over Swan River between Guildford and Caversham (between Meadow Street, Guildford and West Swan Road, Caversham). The bridge crosses wide stretch of floodplain on the Caversham side. The piles are whole jarrah trunks and the roadway is also carried on whole tree trunks. Some of the piles on the floodplain have been replaced by steel posts. The earthworks of earlier bridges (probably dating back to the original bridge on the site completed in 1854) remain adjacent to the present bridge.

History

The bridge stands adjacent to the site of the original bridge designed by Lt DuCane of the Royal Engineers and completed in 1854 by convict labour, and of which the earthworks partly remain. Some rose bushes of the 'rambler' type planted by Lt DuCane also still remain on the edge of the road reserve. The existing bridge is one of several replacements for the original bridge and was built in 1950.

Integrity/Authenticity

Fair

Condition

Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
419	Local Government Inventory 2019

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
1990	Bassendean and Guildford sketchbook.	Book	1976

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Road: Bridge
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Road: Bridge

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	TIMBER	Other Timber

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Road transport

Creation Date

30 Dec 1994

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

27 Oct 2017

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