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Trayning Police Station & fmr Police Quarters

Author

Shire of Trayning

Place Number

02596
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Location

Sutherland St Trayning

Location Details

13/10/2011 Address includes: Lots 178, 179 & 180 Sutherland St, Trayning. VFL.

Local Government

Trayning

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1924, Constructed from 1968

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage Agreement YES 06 Nov 2012 Text of the Heritage Agreement
Heritage Council
Heritage Agreement YES 10 Oct 2011 Text of the Heritage Agreement
Heritage Council
State Register Registered 20 Feb 2004 Register Entry
Assessment Documentation
Heritage Council

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 20 Oct 2010 Category 2

Category 2

High level of protection appropriate: provide maximum encouragement to the owner to conserve the significance of the place.

Child Places

Statement of Significance

The Trayning Police Station has considerable historic and social significance for its association with the maintenance of law and order in the district. The place has some aesthetic appeal for its small scale, simple design, and construction materials. The Station, together with the adjacent Police Quarters (Place No. 4), contributes significantly to the built fabric of the town given their high integrity and corresponding location.

Physical Description

The Trayning Police Station is a small timber framed building clad with horizontal weatherboards, painted cream. The place has a hipped corrugated iron roof which is painted green. Windows are timber framed; double hung to the office section and small, barred and located under the roof eaves to the cells. The building has metal chimneys, timber stumps and an awning to the west window.

History

The Trayning Police Station was built c1922. The one man station was closed down in 2008. (Local Knowledge, Don Couper)

Integrity/Authenticity

High Degree
Air conditioner unit, security door and windows, car port to front of building.

Condition

Good

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
6392 Images CD No. 19 : Trayning Police Station and Bassendean Improvement Centre Reserve. C D Rom 2003
9966 Trayning Police Station and former Police quarters. Sutherland Street, Trayning. Electronic 2012

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use GOVERNMENTAL Police Station or Quarters
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Police Station or Quarters
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War California Bungalow

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard
Other BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Law & order

Creation Date

04 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

13 Jan 2020

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.