House

Statement of Significance

29 Ireland Street, Allanson, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: • It contributes to the streetscape.

Physical Description

29 Ireland Street, Allanson is a simple timber and iron worker’s cottage. The roof is hipped with a dropped bullnose verandah to the front and a skillion to the rear, and is clad in short sheet corrugated iron. The walls are weatherboard. Verandah posts and square timber, and is accessed by centrally located timber steps. There is a timber post and mesh fence to the front boundary. Vegetation makes further description from the street difficult.

History

The townsite of Allanson was originally known as ‘West Collie’ and is located 6km west of the Collie townsite. A railway siding and station was established at West Collie and land set aside for a townsite in 1898. The West Collie townsite was gazetted in 1906. As much of the original townsite land was underlaid by coal seams, little land was released and a new subdivision was made in 1911 and gazetted in 1912. In 1916 the name of the town was changed to Allanson, probably after Arthur Allan Wilson, Collie MLA from 1908 to 1947. A 1914 townsite plan of West Collie shows Ireland Street, although it is not identified as such. It is identified on a 1917 plan. In 1914, 29 Ireland Street (Lot 39) is shown as leased land with a capital value of £15 and an annual rental of 12/-. In 1917, it is shown as ‘alienated’ or privately owned. A plan of ‘Allanson Townsite , mid 1920s, as recalled and drawn by Mr Norm Young’ in A History of Allanson: Our Little Bush School identifies 29 Ireland Street as being occupied by A Ireland.

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