Crestwood Community Centre

Author

City of Gosnells

Place Number

20065

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Location

27 Coronet Ct Thornlie

Location Details

Lot 297 on Plan 9678

Local Government

Gosnells

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1970

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

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Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	13 Sep 2016	Category 3	Category 3 A place of some/moderate cultural heritage significance to City of Gosnells. No constraints. Recommend: Conservation of the place is desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place, and original fabric should be retained wherever feasible. Encourage retention of the place, and document the place if retention is not possible.

Statement of Significance

Crestwood Community Centre has historic value as an integral element of the innovative Crestwood Estate of the early 1970s.

The place has social value for the past and present members of the Crestwood Estate and the wider Thornlie community who have attended many events at the centre since the 1970s.

Physical Description

The distinctive hexagonal building with facetted roof has a clerestory highlight window and facetted pagoda roof above. It is adjacent to the community swimming pool and open space park area that backs onto residences and links through the Crestwood Estate with no vehicular interruption, via pedestrian underpasses.

History

Part of Walter Padbury's Thornlie Park estate was sold in 1937 to Nathaniel Harper. The 1,715-acre property owned by the late Nathaniel Harper was auctioned in 1954. The first development took place in 1957. The area was aimed mainly at middle-income earners and inner city dwellers. In the 1960s the more up-market Crestwood Estate began to be developed by Ron Sloan.

Paul Ritter, architect and planner of the development based Crestwood on the Garden City approach to planning and American residential developments that followed the Radburn Technique, which was a 'separation of man and motor, providing peace, safety and security'. This approach meant unfenced communal living; shared facilities, parks connected to every house, underground power, and reticulated water supplies. Homeowners were to pay $2.90 a week, to the Crestwood Homeowners Association, for the maintenance of surroundings and all community facilities, which included a swimming pool and sporting facilities, for the use of Crestwood residents only.

This community centre was the centre of the community facilities provided to the community and continues to be used by the surrounding residents.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High degree
Authenticity: High degree

Condition

Good

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
Paul Ritter	Architect	1970	-

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	McDonald & Cooper;"The Gosnells Story".		1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Other Community Hall\Centre
Present Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Other Community Hall\Centre

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	TILE	Ceramic Tile
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Creation Date

15 Jul 2011

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

14 Feb 2020

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