Barton's Mills Prison (ruins)

Author

z Kalamunda - ARCHIVED 3/01/17

Place Number

03580

Location

Bartons Mill Pickering Brook

Location Details

16 km se of Kalamunda, forest Dept Map Ref: AY70, Mundaring 80

Local Government

Kalamunda

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1902, Constructed from 1948

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 26 Feb 1999 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 01 Aug 2013 Category 1

Statement of Significance

Significant to timber industry - typical mill settlement. Significant as extant now vacant prison complex.

Physical Description

Orig. c. 18m x 30m open sided mill building. Now prison buildings and accompanying dwellings. Timber-lined prison chapel with timber-lined prison cells adjoining.

History

Timber, settlements, law and order, rail transport 1902 (Mill - since demolished) 1948 (Prison)

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Good

Condition

Average

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
CHF, pp. 50, 51, 53, 174, 189
Harper-Nelson B; "The History of Barton's Mill". KDHS 1977

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
3335 Bartons Mill Prison Pickering Brook WA - Heritage Assessment Heritage Study {Other} 1997

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use PARK\RESERVE Park\Reserve
Original Use FORESTRY Timber Mill
Other Use GOVERNMENTAL Gaol

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall CONCRETE Concrete Block
Wall ASBESTOS Fibrous Cement, flat
Wall BRICK Face Brick
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard
Roof ASBESTOS Fibrous Cement, corrugated

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Law & order
OCCUPATIONS Timber industry
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Resource exploitation & depletion

Creation Date

23 Dec 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

21 Mar 2019

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