Local Government
Swan
Region
Metropolitan
2 Meadow St Guildford
Municipal Inventory No: 365
Swan
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1934
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | Adopted | 30 Aug 2017 | |
| Heritage List | YES | 15 Dec 2010 | |
| State Register | Registered | 23 Jan 2004 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 10 Jul 1996 | Exceptional Significance | |
| Fire & Rescue Service Heritage Inventory | Adopted | 30 Aug 1997 | ||
The place is the only fire station and quarters built for and owned by a local government authority after 1924, and is believed to be the only extant example of such a place occupied and operated by a Volunteer Fire Brigade in this State; The place is one of the earliest examples of the standard plan single bay fire station designed by K. C. Duncan, a design which was widely used by the Fire Brigades Board in the Inter-War and post World War Two periods throughout Western Australia; The place is a rare surviving example of a fire station and family residential quarters on the same site; It is highly valued by present and past members of the Guildford Volunteer Fire Brigade and their families, by the community of Guildford and by the wider community of the City of Swan; and The fire station is a fine example of a single appliance station designed in the Inter-War Functionalist style. It has a high degree of integrity and authenticity for a fire station from the period. The metal sheds, internal dividing, and boundary fences have little significance.
Guildford Fire Station & Quarters is a single-storey brick render and tiled roof single appliance station designed in the Inter-War Functionalist style, and associated exercise tower, together with single-storey quarters designed in the Inter-War California Bungalow style, constructed in brick, render and tile.
Guildford Fire Station & Quarters was built in 1934, as Western Australia recovered from the Great Depression. It was among the first fire stations built in a period of intense building of fire stations, with 18 built by the Fire Brigade Board between 1934 and 1938.
High
Good
| Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7618 | Guildford Fire Station and house : conservation plan. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 2005 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Conjoined residence |
| Present Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Fire Station |
| Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Conjoined residence |
| Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Fire Station |
| Style |
|---|
| Inter-War California Bungalow |
| Inter-War Functionalist |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Roof | TILE | Other Tile |
| Wall | BRICK | Rendered Brick |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Community services & utilities |
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