Reserve

Author

City of Swan

Place Number

14783

Location

Lot 144 Helena St Guildford

Location Details

Municipal Inventory No: 482

Local Government

Swan

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1865 to 1898

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 30 Aug 2017
Heritage List YES 15 Dec 2010

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 10 Jul 1996 Exceptional Significance

Statement of Significance

The place illustrates both the importance of access to a water supply for early European occupation of a district, and the changing water supply needs of a developing town; The place is unusual as the site of a succession of town water supplies of various kinds; spring soakage, well and artesian bore, all in close proximity to one another, the place is important for the innovation and technical achievement of the public water supply system developed in 1897, with the sinking of the artesian bore; The place is highly valued by the local community, demonstrated by their efforts, over a number of years, to have the place appropriately conserved and its integrity retained; and The place is characteristic of a land function both as a spring and as a recreational reserve. Toilets, a tennis pavilion, two tennis courts and playground equipment on the site are considered to have little heritage significance.

Physical Description

Spring Reserve is a government reserve containing a defunct soak, well and trough, and artesian bore.

History

The place is unusual as the site of a succession of town water supplies of various kinds; spring soakage, well and artesian bore, all in close proximity to one another.

Integrity/Authenticity

High

Condition

Good

Place Type

Urban Park

Uses

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

Creation Date

26 Nov 1999

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

20 Oct 2017

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