Barker's Bridge across Swan River

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03532

Location

Meadow St/West Swan Rd Guildford

Location Details

SLKm 0.36 Map 2, UF3.

Other Name(s)

MRWA 919

Local Government

Swan

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1854 to 1986

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - To be assessed Current 29 Oct 2004

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 29 Jul 1998 Significant
Municipal Inventory Adopted 30 Aug 2017 Category 3
Statewide Lge Timber Str Survey Completed 11 Dec 1998

Parent Place or Precinct

02915 Guildford Historic Town

History

Previous bridges 1855 and 1900. Roses planted in 1850s by Du Cane survive at both approaches. A timber bridge over Swan River between Guildford and Caversham (between Meadow Street, Guildford and West Swan Road, Caversham). The bridge crosses a wide stretch of floodplain on the Caversham side. The piles are whole Jarrah trunks and the roadway is also carried on whole tree trunks. Some of the piles on the floodplain have been replaced by steel posts. The earthworks of earlier bridges (probably dating back to the original bridge on the site completed in 1854) remain adjacent to the present bridge.

Condition

Good (later bridge is in good condition as there have been many replacements since the original 1854). Newer Bridge was built in 1950.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
1990 Bassendean and Guildford sketchbook. Book 1976

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use Transport\Communications Road: Bridge
Present Use Transport\Communications Road: Bridge

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Other TIMBER Other Timber

Historic Themes

General Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Road transport

Creation Date

30 Dec 1994

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

23 Jul 2021

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