Local Government
York
Region
Avon Arc
19-21 Newcastle St York
MI No: Y88
Marwicks Barn
York
Avon Arc
Constructed from 1876
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 25 Nov 2019 | |
State Register | Registered | 23 Nov 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 | ||||
Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 25 Nov 2019 | Grade A | |
Register of the National Estate | Permanent | 21 Mar 1978 | ||
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register | Recorded | |||
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 05 Mar 1985 |
Marwick’s Shed is significant as a rare example of local 19th century vernacular construction techniques that utilise a timber structure to create a large volume without internal load-bearing walls. It exemplifies the strategic location of York (and Newcastle Street) as a route for transporting supplies to the goldfields prior to the completion of the Perth-Coolgardie railway line. The place functioned as an early form of depot for William Marwick's York-based road haulage business and as such is a memorial to the lives of William Marwick (snr) and his descendants who have played a leading role in the civic and business affairs of York for over 125 years. The building has a rustic appearance having acquired patina through many years of exposure to the elements, serving as a local landmark. It is of considerable significance to the historic townscape of York.
Marwick’s Shed is a large timber framed vernacular building with relatively low masonry external walls and a dominant pitched roof clad in galvanised corrugated iron. It is a rare example of local 19th century vernacular construction techniques, particularly the employment of a timber structure to create a large volume without internal load-bearing walls. It is a rare building type. Few vernacular structures of similar form and age are known to exist in Western Australia.
Samuel Evans Burges of Tipperary owned the site during which time William Marwick worked for and was closely associated with him, until Burges left in the state 1897. In 1899 the land was formerly transferred to William Marwick and sons. By which time, the 1876 building had been utilised for over 20 years as a storage and stabling facility for William Marwick’s transport and trading business. As farming became a more central focus of the family business in the early 1900s, the “Shed” became the central base for the management of their various properties. However by the 1960s, that was no longer practical and the place was mostly vacant and deteriorated. Gordon Marwick, the owner, is a great grandson of William Marwick, and resides directly opposite the “Shed” and has undertaken several stages of conservation works and storm repairs in recent decades.
Integrity: Fair Authenticity: Fair
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Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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8390 | Marwick's Shed, York. Conservation works. Final report. | Conservation works report | 2007 |
9823 | Marwick's shed, York | Conservation works report | 2011 |
4487 | The shed (Marwick's) : 19-21 Newcastle Street, York, W.A. : conservation plan. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1999 |
5403 | Marwick's Shed, York : a report on the conservation works (final report). | Conservation works report | 2001 |
9382 | Report on Marwick's shed & cart shed | Conservation works report | 2009 |
6497 | Marwick's Shed York : conservation works (final report). | Conservation works report | 2003 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Shed or Barn |
Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Shed or Barn |
Style |
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Vernacular |
Type | General | Specific |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | STONE | Other Stone |
General | Specific |
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OCCUPATIONS | Commercial & service industries |
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Road transport |
OCCUPATIONS | Rural industry & market gardening |
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