Welbourne House

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

02468

Location

43 Market St Guildford

Location Details

PERMANENTLY REGISTERED AS PART OF 2466

Local Government

Swan

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1840

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents
Heritage List	Adopted	30 Aug 2017
Heritage List	YES	15 Dec 2010
State Register	Registered	24 Jul 1992	HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management
Type	Status	Date	Category
Register of the National Estate	Registered	18 Apr 1989
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	03 Sep 1984
Register of the National Estate	Nominated	19 Apr 1985
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	15 Dec 2010	Exceptional Significance

Parent Place or Precinct

02466 Fairholme Group

Condition

The house stands on allotment No 14 which was first assigned to Spencer Trimmer in March 1830 and then acquired by John Welbourne in 1842. John Welbourne arrived in Western Australia on August 23, 1829 in the 'Marquis of Anglesea'. He arrived in Guildford in 1833 where he held a variety of jobs - Constable of Police, postmaster, builder and undertaker. During that time he built and owned the Stirling Arms Hotel. The house was built in the 1840s. In 1853 it was rented by the Rev William Dacres Williams as a schoolhouse. John Welbourne conducted his building and undertaking businesses in buildings now demolished, which stood at the rear of the house. About 1890 the house was sold to Stephen Gardiner, Master of the Government Boys' School in Guildford from 1866. At present the house has a front verandah which leads straight through the front door into the sitting room which has a central fireplace framed by a simple and elegant mantel. The curious thing is that the interior wall opposite the entrance has a window with a typical outer frame opening into another room behind. On the left hand side of the sitting room there are two more rooms with another two at the rear of them. Another unusual thing is that one of the back rooms has a gable roof facing the front which may be the evidence of stages of the house's development such as later additions built onto one side and at the rear. There is a cellar under one of the side rooms which is entered from outside and the entrance is shaded by a small canopy. On the left side of the cellar entrance is a large and deep alcove of, as yet, unexplained function. A two storey house 'Almond Grove' was situated to the south of Welbourne House and was demolished in the early 1960s. The present, and later, stone front fence is not included in this assessment.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
3949	Fairholme-Old Fairholme and Welbourne House-Conservation Plan	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1999
9230	Fairholme Group (Fairholme, Old Fairholme and Welbourne House) Lot 228 39 - 43 Market Street, Guildford.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2009

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Present Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Other Community Hall\Centre

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Handmade Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.