Sealers' Oven

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

03343

Location

Lot 7705 Cheyne Beach Road Cheynes

Location Details

Waychinnicup Inlet, Waychinnicup National Park

Local Government

Albany

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Oct 2020
State Register Registered 09 May 1997 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 30 Jun 2001 Category A+
Local Heritage Survey Adopted 27 Oct 2020 Exceptional
Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978
Classified by the National Trust Classified 04 Apr 1977

Physical Description

Stone oven built of natural granite from round bout and pugged between with mud. Old primitive style of European oven like the old fashioned ‘skep’ beehive in shape with smoke vent at top and small aperture.

History

Assessment 1977 Believed to be c. 1870's/1880's

Other Keywords

Believed to have been built by [illegible word, maybe sealers or sailors] who frequented the south coast before European settlement in WA. It is also a relic of a bygone age

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
4140 Sealers' Oven Conservation Plan Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Whalers or Sealers Oven
Present Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Whalers or Sealers Oven

Architectural Styles

Style
Other Style

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall EARTH Other Earth
Wall STONE Granite

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Fishing & other maritime industry

Creation Date

20 Mar 1993

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

07 Nov 2022

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