Matthew Cull's House

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

00031

Location

250 Middleton Rd Albany

Location Details

Local Government

Albany

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Constructed from 1872

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Oct 2020
State Register Registered 02 Jul 1999 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
Register of the National Estate Indicative Place
Classified by the National Trust Classified 10 Sep 2001
Classified by the National Trust Recorded 04 Apr 1977
Classified by the National Trust Classified 10 Sep 2001
Municipal Inventory Adopted 30 Jun 2001 Category A+
Local Heritage Survey Adopted 27 Oct 2020 Exceptional

Statement of Significance

Both externally and internally, the place has aesthetic value arising from its ad hoc overlays, which give it a naïve visual quality. The place has a strong association with the Cull family and demonstrates an unbroken family land holding which is becoming less common in Western Australia. It is illustrative of the self-reliance of the early European settlers and the use they made of locally available building materials. Finally, the place demonstrates the evolution of a vernacular cottage to meet the changing requirements of one family utilising simple, often expedient, construction techniques.

Physical Description

A two-storey cottage displaying elements of the Victorian Georgian style.

Integrity/Authenticity

The house holds high integrity.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
10152 Matthew Cull House, 250 Middleton Road, Albany 6330. Standard archival record od old laundry, bottle shed, toilet and Ivon's tool shed. Archival Record 0
328 Albany, Western Australia : the first hundred years, 1791-1891. Book 1992
5014 Matthew Cull House : conservation plan. January 2001. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2001

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Two storey residence
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Two storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

20 Jun 1988

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

20 Apr 2021

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