Local Government
Armadale
Region
Metropolitan
228 Brookton Hwy Kelmscott
Lot 181 Brookton Hwy Kelmscott
Residence, Lot 181 Brookton Hwy
Armadale
Metropolitan
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| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Sep 2015 | Category A | |
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Dec 2008 | Category A | |
The building is an attractive and well-resolved homestead featuring a characteristic symmetrical form, with timber framed verandahs to four sides and a dominant roof form. Located on a prominent corner overlooking the Canning River and Buckingham Bridge, the place is a well-known and established landmark on Brookton Highway.
This stone and iron dwelling is located in a rural setting on rising land that overlooks the Canning River. The house has a simple rectilinear plan surrounded by timber-framed verandahs on all four sides and is characterised by its steeply-pitched broken-back hipped roof that has vented Dutch gables at its apex and tall masonry chimneys. The walls and plinth to the cottage are constructed with uncoursed random rubble, with face brick quoining to the openings a brick paved verandah floor. Timber-framed windows and French doors open on to the wide verandah, which has square timber posts and timber balustrades. The residence is set back from the roadway, with a gravel driveway winding its way up to the cottage from the entry gateway. Two stone and brick piers support a low steel gate at the driveway entrance.
This residence is believed to have been built by a farming family from the wheatbelt, who retired in Kelmscott in the c.1920s. The house was later occupied for many years by the George family.
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| Ref Number | Description |
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| No.44 | MI Place No. |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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