Barracks Arch

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

02120

Location

Junct St Georges Tce, Malcolm & Elder Sts Perth

Location Details

Local Government

Perth

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 20 Dec 1985
State Register Registered 22 Jun 2001 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
Category
Perth Draft Inventory 99-01 YES 31 Dec 1999
Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978
Classified by the National Trust Classified 01 Jun 1973
Local Heritage Survey Adopted 28 Mar 2023 Category 1
Local Heritage Survey Completed\Draft Category 1
Municipal Inventory Adopted 13 Mar 2001 Category 1

Statement of Significance

Building of outstanding historical interest. It was built to house soldiers of the enrolled Pensioners Force who remained on military duty after the Imperial Government removed the regular troops in 1868. The arch has high historical significance as being built for the Enrolled Pensioner Force, it symbolises the cooperation between the Colonial Government of WA and the British Imperial Government in the nineteenth century. It is also fo architectural importance being an example of colonial architecture whose decorative brickwork was created by colonial craftsment. The building is of local esteem, being a significant landmark in Perth.

Physical Description

Noted for its decorative brickwork - example of Colonial construction and long an important landmark. The arch is constructed of brick and is of three stories. The central arch stands between two buttresses. The construction has been stuccoed and features string coursing.

History

Assessment 1973, Arch of the Old Pensioners' Barracks Construction begun 1863 Architect: Richard Coach Jewell, Colonial Clerk of Works Builder: Built by a partnership of James Brittain for the brickwork and the Halliday Brothers for the carpentry. Built for the Colonial Government, paid for jointly by the Imperial and Colonial Governments. Demolition of all but the archway took place in 1966 (ie the Old Pensioners Barracks)

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
9345 Building a free Australia: Places of democracy. Book 2009
6653 Western Gateway : draft concept plan report. Report 1995
12028 Barracks Arch, Perth Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2021
11561 Building the Fremantle convict establishment - Henderson and Coy Heritage Study {Other} 2011
11815 Henderson & Coy : Royal Engineers & the Convict Establishment Fremantle Western Australia 1850 - 1872 Book 2017
4488 Conservation plan for Barracks Arch (1863-7, 1968), Perth, Western Australia. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
6426 A preliminary study of convict sites in Western Australia (draft). Heritage Study {Other} 1997
324 Western Australia An architectural heritage Book 1979

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use VACANT\UNUSED Vacant\Unused
Original Use MILITARY Barracks

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Tudor

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Common Brick
Roof TIMBER Shingle

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Law & order

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

22 Sep 2025

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