Local Government
Northampton
Region
Midwest
Henderson Tce off Port Gregory Rd Yallabatharra
off Port Gregory Road - INCLUDES Sanford House
Port Gregory Hiring Station/Depot
Sanford House
Northampton
Midwest
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | Adopted | 15 May 2020 | |
| State Register | Registered | 02 Jun 1995 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 19 Apr 1996 | Category 1A | |
| Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register | Permanent | |||
| Register of the National Estate | Permanent | 26 Mar 1985 | ||
| Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 06 Mar 1984 | ||
Both Lynton Convict Depot and Lynton Station are located on the east side of Hutt Lagoon, several kilometres .inland of the fishing village of Port Gregory. The convict depot itself is adjacent to the main access road to Port Gregory, while the original station buildings are several hundred metres north (along 'Henderson Terrace'), on the hillside beside the modern station. In 1852 it was decided to establish a Convict Depot and Port·Gregory. Convicts were already being employed in Geraldine, and Port Gregory was the point of export. There was also a steady development of the pastoral industry in the area which was in need of labour. On 22nd May 1853 a party of 60 men with a Pensioner Guard arrived and set up a tent camp. In charge was Convict Establishment Senior Assistant Supervisor Captain H A Sanford, who immediately set about building a permanent depot. First priority was a residence for the Supervisor which was finished within the year. The remainder of the depot, including barracks, hospital, cookhouse, pr1v1es, officers' and wardens' quarters and lock-up was substantially completed by 1856. Stone was quarried on the site, lime was burnt for mortar. the source of the time in floors and roofs is not known. Wooden shingles covered the roofs; what remains of the joinery is of good design and quality. However, just as the work was completed, the government decided to close down the system of out-stations, and the depot was abandoned in 1857. The residence, granary and store were maintained as the central building to the Lynton estate which was developed by Sanford after the convicts left. The house remained in use until the 1940s and is now a substantial ruin. The granary has been partially restored,and the store is still in effective use as a farm shed. The remains of the depot can only be described as an archaeological site with one cottage still intact, a few walls of other buildings still standing, the foundations of the rest disappearing into the grass . These ruins were surveyed in 1982, and the maps and descriptions from that survey are the reference for the extent of the classification now proposed. It is also clear that considerable deterioration has occurred since then.
Assessment 1991 Construction c. 1856
| Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8474 | Building a colony: the convict legacy. | Book | 2006 |
| 4250 | Lynton Convict Hiring Depot-Depot Building Port Gregory Conservation Works: Final Report | Heritage Study {Other} | 1999 |
| 2491 | An archaeological study of the Lynton convict hiring depot. | Report | 1993 |
| 12422 | The rise and fall of the Port Gregory convict hiring depot | Journal article | |
| 5592 | Sanford House : conservation works (final report). | Conservation works report | 2002 |
| 11815 | Henderson & Coy : Royal Engineers & the Convict Establishment Fremantle Western Australia 1850 - 1872 | Book | 2017 |
| 11734 | Lynton: a study of the convict hiring depot | Heritage Study {Other} | 1982 |
| 11569 | Landscapes of Redemption: Tracing the path of a Convict Miner in Western Australia | Heritage Study {Other} | 2010 |
| 7946 | Port Gregory convict hiring depot, lockup. Final conservation works report - grant allocation 2004/2005. Job number 05147 | Conservation works report | 2005 |
| 6426 | A preliminary study of convict sites in Western Australia (draft). | Heritage Study {Other} | 1997 |
| 5959 | Mrs Mulder's trough; Konnongoring Hall; Perenjori; Hawes, Mullewa; Lynton Heritage Site; Hassell Homestead. | Video | 1991 |
| 5753 | Homesteads of the mid west region of Western Australia. | Book | 1997 |
| 3911 | Lynton Heritage Structural Report on Stables, Depot and Lockup-Prepared for RW & SF Simkin | Heritage Study {Other} | 1999 |
| 3037 | Lynton Conservation Works - Final Report | Heritage Study {Other} | 1993 |
| 5130 | Lynton Heritage : conservation plan / by Considine and Griffiths Architects Pty Ltd. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1996 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Gaol |
| Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Wall | STONE | Limestone |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict} |
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