Spring Park

Author

City of Swan

Place Number

02494

Location

9010 & 9170 West Swan Rd Henley Brook

Location Details

Address also includes 9370 West Swan Road, Henley Brook. VFL - 18/4/2011. The curtilage includes all of Sussanah Smithers' Grave, which is also mentioned in the registration of P2493 Haddrill's House.

Other Name(s)

Albion Town
Spring Park Stable; Spring Park Farm

Local Government

Swan

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1855

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 15 Dec 2010
Heritage Agreement YES 20 May 2013 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
State Register Registered 07 Sep 2007 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
Municipal Inventory Adopted 25 Jun 1997 Exceptional Significance
Classified by the National Trust Classified 17 Jan 1977
Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978

Child Places

  • 04113 Susannah Smither's Grave

Statement of Significance

Very significant as one of few remaining handmade brick farm structures in the Swan Valley. Significance has been increased by authenticity, integrity and condition of the building.

Physical Description

Single-storey brick and iron stable building with timber horse stalls and internal floor and partitions intact. Floor at one end has been concreted. Building has been cement rendered to dado height externally.

History

Spring Park was one of the first rural land grants in 1829, and has been associated with every significant phase of agricultural development in the Swan district since that period, in particular early rural development for mixed farming, and the development of the viticulture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Integrity/Authenticity

High

Condition

Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number Description
415 Local Government Inventory 2019

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
10109 Spring Park conservation plan Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2013

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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