Ward Cottage

Author

City of Mandurah

Place Number

03076

Location

Bluerise Cove Falcon

Location Details

Lot 505 on Plan 38620

Local Government

Mandurah

Region

Peel

Construction Date

Constructed from 1870

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents
Heritage List	Adopted	27 May 2014

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management
Type	Status	Date	Category
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	27 May 2014	Category 2

Statement of Significance

One of the only remaining residences of the Pleasant Grove pioneering families, the Wards, the Coxes, the Leightons and the Dawes.

Physical Description

Large building which has limestone walls and a corrugated steel roof. The building is in poor condition and deteriorating.

History

Alfred Ward moved to the area following his marriage in 1866 to Eleanor Eacott. Their first house was a simple bark hut. This was superseded by a limestone cottage, and a second house was built as the family expanded. The original home was leased to the Leighton brothers for a shilling a month so they could commence a canning business. With only an axe, Ward cleared 20 acres and the land was put to orcharding and vegetable growing. The Ward’s were particularly well known for their luscious mulberries. It was Alfred who bestowed the name Pleasant Grove on the area, for his conviction that it was a wonderful place to live.

Integrity/Authenticity

Authenticity : Low

Condition

Poor

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	J Burgess "Mandurah: Water Under the Bridge" p21	Town of Mandurah	1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN
Present Use	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN

Creation Date

25 Sep 1992

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Apr 2021

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