York Post Office

Author

Shire of York

Place Number

02855

Location

134 Avon Tce York

Location Details

Part of York Town Centre Precinct

Local Government

York

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1893

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents
Heritage List	Adopted	25 Nov 2019
State Register	Registered	09 Feb 1996	HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management
Type	Status	Date	Category
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register	Recorded
Classified by the National Trust	Classified
Restrictive Covenant	YES
Statewide Post Office Survey	Completed	01 Mar 1992
Register of the National Estate	Permanent	21 Mar 1978
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	31 Dec 1995	Grade A

Parent Place or Precinct

02862 York Town Centre Precinct

Physical Description

Federation style building of pleasant proportions of stone and brick quoins. Structurally sound and in good to reasonable order with window hoods as later additions. An integral part of the streetscape of the area. York Post Office is a two-storey rough cut stone and brick structure with iron roof. The place is significant as the oldest functioning post office location in Western Australia. The attached residence is a demonstration of the status and particular way of life for postmasters and their families that is in danger of being lost in Western Australia.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Good Authenticity: Good

Condition

Good

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
10014	York Post Office, York.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2012
11589	York Post Office	Conservation works report	2013
11358	Cast iron pillar boxes of Western Australia: An early history of the J & E Ledger foundry	Book	2015
7461	York sketchbook.	Book	2003

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Post or Telegraph Office
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Post or Telegraph Office
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Two storey residence
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Two storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Arts and Crafts

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	STONE	Local Stone
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Mail services
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Community services & utilities

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

07 Apr 2021

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