Local Government
Swan
Region
Metropolitan
55 Benara Rd Caversham
House at Valencia Winery
Swan
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1915
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| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 25 Jun 1997 | Significant | |
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 30 Aug 2017 | Category 3 | |
The residence is associated with the establishment of one of the major wineries in the Swan Valley.
Weatherboard and iron cottage. The walls, doors, windows etc. remain intact although the roof has been replaced. Internally panelled doors and walls with tongued and grooved vertical panelling to dado height remain intact. Residence of the founders of the winery.
Adrian de’Espeissis came from New South Wales in 1896 as the first professionally trained agriculturalist in the new Department of Agriculture. He was a member of a syndicate which bought Carlisle, it’s name later changing to Santa Rosa and later still to Valencia.
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Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
| General | Specific |
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| OCCUPATIONS | Rural industry & market gardening |
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