Local Government
Armadale
Region
Metropolitan
Albany Hwy Bedfordale
Plymouth Brethren Church
Armadale
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1936
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Dec 2008 | Category 2 | |
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Sep 2015 | Category 2 | |
The place is a modest but attractive weatherboard building dating from the 1930s, which despite numerous changes, retains a sense of its original character. The place was originally built by Mr Syd Buggins and was the meeting place of the Plymouth Brethren, who lived and worked in the area. The place is valued by the local community, originally as a venue for religious congregation, but also more recently, as demonstrated by the community effort involved in the relocation of the building.
The place comprises a single-storey timber-framed building that is supported on stumps and is clad with painted timber weatherboards. It features a corrugated iron gable roof (replacing an earlier tiled roof) with smaller gables set down below the main roof line on the east and west gable ends. A simple timber-framed skillion verandah extends across the long elevation and has been partly enclosed with weatherboards. The building has timber-framed doors and windows, each of which have been fitted with aluminium security screens. The building is located in the grounds of the Armadale Settlers Common, where it is surrounded by mature pine trees and some native bushland, and is adjacent to an established picnic area.
This structure was built as a meeting place for the members of the Exclusive Plymouth Brethren who lived in the Bedfordale area, and is now a private residence. The cost of construction was around 200 pounds and the builder was Syd Buggins. After another meeting place was established, this property was sold in 1953 to the Wilcocksons. In 1997, Main Roads (W.A.) began work on the widening of Albany highway through Bedfordale. As this would have meant the destruction of 'Willow Heights', the buidling was transported to the Armadale Settlers Common Field Study Centre Complex on October 4 1997. The next 18 months were spent restoring the building by re-roofing, rewiring and painting. 'Willow Heights' is now being used as the Education Centre for the Common.
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| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Ref Number | Description |
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| No.29 | MI Place No. |
Individual Building or Group
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| Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Church, Cathedral or Chapel |
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| Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
| General | Specific |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Religion |
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