Local Government
Perth
Region
Metropolitan
Wellington St Perth
REGISTRATION INCLUDES HORSESHOE BRIDGE & Signal Box
Perth Railway Station
Perth Train Station
Perth
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1890 to 1894
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 22 Apr 1985 | |
State Register | Registered | 28 Aug 2001 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 13 Mar 2001 | Category 1 | |
Register of the National Estate | Permanent | 21 Mar 1978 | ||
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 27 May 1974 | ||
Statewide Railway Heritage Surve | Completed | 01 Mar 1994 |
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The following statement, is taken from the gazetted permanent State Register Entry for the place, as the reasons for its cultural heritage signficance: Perth Railway Precinct, consisting of the Perth Railway Station (1894) building, a two storey load bearing brick structure in Victorian Free Classical Style; the Barrack Street Bridge (1908), a five span steel and concrete structure, with a north-south axis; the Horseshoe Bridge (1904), a multi-span steel and breeze concrete structure crossing the rail track in a north-south direction in Federation Free Classical Style; and the Western Footbridge (1898), a timber construction; has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: + the place marks the development of the Fremantle to Guildford Railway in 1881 and the subsequent development of the State’s rail network, the major communication link within Western Australia from that time until the latter part of the twentieth century; + constructed in 1894, the Perth Station Building is one of the oldest surviving principal city stations in Australia; + the intactness and quality of the architecture of the Railway Station building, Horseshoe Bridge and, to a lesser degree, Barrack Street Bridge contribute significant aesthetic value to the streetscape of Wellington Street; + the place is significant for its association with significant Western Australian Government Architects and Engineers, including James Thomas, John A. Wright, Richard Roach Jewell, George Temple Poole and C.Y. O’Connor; + the Perth Station Building is a particularly well-articulated example of a building in the Victorian Free Classical Style and as such provides an important termination at the northern end of Forrest Place, the main civic plaza in the City of Perth; + the Horseshoe Bridge represents an innovative solution to the problem of bridging a railway in a confined site in the days of horsedrawn transport. The detailing of the bridge façade is of a high quality of design. Perth Station demonstrates excellence in design and detailing; and + the place contains a site which is of significance to the Nyungar Aboriginal people for hunting and mythology reasons and is listed under the Aboriginal Heritage Act. The precinct also includes: a multi-storey precast concrete carpark (1988); three pedestrian access bridges, the two southern bridges being of steel and concrete construction, while the northern bridge is precast concrete; and a steel space frame canopy over the station platforms (1986). The bridges are deemed to hold little cultural heritage significance, while the carpark structure is assessed as being an intrusive element.
Perth Station building is a two storey building with the second storey used for railway administrative staff. Its a good example of the Victorian Free Classical style.
Perth Railway Station was constructed in several stages but an intended additional floor and central tower were never commenced. The original Perth Railway Station was built in 1881 when the line connecting Fremantle and Guildford was opened. The central section of the present building was finished in 1884, the west wing being added in 1896 and the east wing completing the structure in 1897. Refer to documentation of places for entry into the Heritage Council register of heritage places.
High level of integrity. High level of authenticity.
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Name | Type | Year From | Year To |
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George Temple Poole | Architect | - | - |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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9896 | Station Building West Wing Perth Railway Station Precinct | Archival Record | 2011 |
7392 | Reinstatement of William Street Bridge. | Journal article | 1986 |
9978 | Barrack Street Bridge balustrade - Perth Railway Station Precinct. | Archival Record | 2012 |
11582 | Perth Railway Station: Ground floor central east & east wings ground floor refurbishments. | Electronic | 2003 |
9742 | Perth Railway Station Precinct. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 2011 |
5247 | Perth Horseshoe Bridge : heritage implications of proposed adaptations, ground floor, northern undercroft. | Heritage Study {Other} | 2001 |
7650 | Perth urban rail development : proposed Perth railway station platforms 10 & 11, CRAC alternative 1D : compliation of heritage advice - February-June 2002, volumes 1 & 2. | Heritage Study {Other} | 2002 |
9835 | Horseshoe Bridge - Temporary removal of north west balustrade | Heritage Study {Other} | 2011 |
6827 | City Station precinct : Perth 1983. | Report | 1983 |
5426 | Perth Railway Station : heritage implications for proposed 2001 adaptations, ground floor, central east & east wings. (revised report). | Heritage Study {Other} | 2001 |
5427 | Perth Railway Station : exploratory works findings for proposed 2001 adaptation works, ground floor, central east & east wings (revised report). | Heritage Study {Other} | 2001 |
7395 | Perth Horseshoe Bridge : heritage impact assessment of proposed adaptations HSBS electrical services interface room for the Public Transport Authority, ground floor, southern undercroft. | Report | 2003 |
2548 | Perth Railway Station Precinct Draft Conservation Plan | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1997 |
6595 | Central Railway Precinct & William Street Station Precinct : guidelines (draft). | C D Rom | 2003 |
7169 | Central Railway Precinct : guidelines (final report). | Report | 2004 |
5660 | Perth urban rail development : proposed Perth Railway Station platforms 10 & 11. CRAC alternative 1D : compilation of heritage advice, February - June 2002. Volume 1. & Volume 2. | Report | 2002 |
9498 | Perth City Railway Station timber pedestrian footbridge archival record. | Archival Record | 2010 |
9103 | The Link. | Report | 2008 |
3072 | Perth Railway Station Precinct: Conservation Plan. Volumes 1 & 2 | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1997 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Railway Station |
Original Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Railway Station |
Style |
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Federation Free Style |
Federation Free Classical |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Rail & light rail transport |
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Road transport |
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