Local Government
Capel
Region
South West
Caple Dve Capel
Blacksmith Shop site
Garage, Dilley's, Colroy Tearooms
Capel
South West
Constructed from 1905, Constructed from 1879
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Aug 1999 | Category C | |
The place is of significance as the earliest sommercial development in Capel. It demonstrates a change in uses over time, but also a continuity of services to the Capel area. The place is signfiicant in the streetscape and townscape as it terminates the main street vista in Capel.
A group of timber framed and clad structures with iron roofs.
By 1880, William Dilley had purchased 10 acres comprising Suburban Lot 20 in the Coolingup Reserve, nect to the Catholic property. In 1879, he built a stone and weatherboard house on the property. With the Capel Inn immediately across the road, developing as a staging post and inn, Dilley took advantage of the situation and opened a general store on his property. In 1891, old William Dilley died and his sons George and Frank carried on with the shop and the sidelines of dentistry and clock repairs. George had a reputation for taking the occasional pot shots. Two of William Dilley's daughters married TOL men. In 1905, James Levine Bentley, the son of an ex-convict, was made Justice of the Peace, and at that time, he also bought Dilley's grocery store, already owning lots on the Stirling Estate. George continued as dentist. The town of Capel was developing, and Layman had established his emporium near the Railway Station. Bentley cleaned up Dilley's with bricks from McTaggart's yard and added a butcher shop and blacksmith. James Levi Bentley built a house for Emily and the children in the 400 acres on the edge of town, and also a small mill. In 1911/12, the services of a funeral director and coffin maker were added to the shops. In 1923 James Bentley sold Dilley's corner store to Henry Turner the butcher. During WWII, James Levi Bentley and his son Frank also ran a blacksmith forge and tyre business at the rear. George Dille (the dentist) died in 1944.
Integrity: Medium to High Degree Authenticity: Low to Medium Degree
Fair to Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Chase D and Krantz V; "Just a Horse Ride Away, A history iof the Shire of Capel and it's people". | Shire of Capel Local History Collection | 1995 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | COMMERCIAL | Shopping Complex |
| Present Use | COMMERCIAL | Other |
| Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Shopping Complex |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
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