Inglewood Police Station

Address: 867 Beaufort St, Inglewood

Constructed: 1938 and completed October 1940

Demolition Year: N/A

Architect: J.H.T.

Architectural Styles: Inter-War Georgian Revival, Inter-War Art Deco, Inter-War Mediterranean, Inter-War Californian Bungalow

Original Use (Governmental): Police Station and Quarters

Present Use (Commercial): Vacant/Unused

Statement of Significance: Inglewood Police Station & Police Quarters (fmr), a red brick and terracotta tile police station with adjacent quarters displaying elements of the Inter-War Bungalow, Georgian Revival, and Mediterranean styles with Art Deco influenced interior features and fittings, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: the place is a rare example of an extant c.1940 Police Station and Police Quarters in the metropolitan area; the place contributes to an understanding of the development of policing in Western Australia; the place is representative of the departmental practice of using domestic scale architecture in police places during the early to mid twentieth-century; and, the place is aesthetically pleasing in its domestic scale, fine architectural styling and interior detailing. The metal garage is of little significance.

Source: Register of Heritage Places-Permanent Entry: Inglewood Police Station & Police Quarters (fmr). January 17th, 2012. Heritage Council of Western Australia.

City of Provenance: City of Stirling

Inglewood Police Quarters

Address: 867 Beaufort St Inglewood

Constructed: 1938 and completed October 1940.

Demolition Year: N/A

Architect: J.H.T.

Architectural Styles: Inter-War Georgian Revival, Inter-War Art Deco, Inter-War Mediterranean, Inter-War Californian Bungalow

Original Use (Governmental): Police Station and Quarters

Present Use (Commercial): Vacant/Unused

Statement of Significance: Inglewood Police Station & Police Quarters (fmr), a red brick and terracotta tile police station with adjacent quarters displaying elements of the Inter-War Bungalow, Georgian Revival, and Mediterranean styles with Art Deco influenced interior features and fittings, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: the place is a rare example of an extant c.1940 Police Station and Police Quarters in the metropolitan area; the place contributes to an understanding of the development of policing in Western Australia; the place is representative of the departmental practice of using domestic scale architecture in police places during the early to mid twentieth-century; and, the place is aesthetically pleasing in its domestic scale, fine architectural styling and interior detailing. The metal garage is of little significance.

Source: Register of Heritage Places-Permanent Entry: Inglewood Police Station & Police Quarters (fmr). January 17th, 2012. Heritage Council of Western Australia.

City of Provenance: City of Stirling

Astor Theatre

Address: 659 Beaufort St, Mount Lawley

Constructed: 1914 with renovations till 1992

Demolition Year: N/A

Architect: David McClure, William Leighton (Renovations) and Phillip McAllister (Renovations)

Architectural Styles: Inter-War Art Deco, Inter-War Functionalism

Original Use (Commercial and Recreational): Shop/Retail Store & Theatre or Cinema

Present Use (Commercial and Recreational): Shop/Retail Store & Theatre or Cinema

Statement of Significance: Astor Theatre, a one, two and three-storey masonry Inter-war Art Deco style public and retail building, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: the place is a fine example of Inter-war Art Deco design and has high aesthetic value, both internally and externally; the place demonstrates design excellence in its own right, and the mode of the day; Register of Heritage Places – Permanent Entry Astor Theatre 2 14/05/1999 the place is highly valued by the Mount Lawley community for its social associations as an entertainment venue, and by the general community for its aesthetic presentation as a fine example of Art Deco design; the place is illustrative of the resurgence of hope and prosperity between the Depression and World War Two; the place is closely associated with the Alexander family who were involved in the original construction of the place as well as its remodeling in Art Deco style. It is also closely associated with architect William Leighton, who designed many of Western Australia's cinemas during the 1930s; the place combines with the Alexander and Beaucott Buildings opposite to form a significant streetscape; and, the architecture and exuberant interior of the place enhances the cinematic experience of the patron by helping to foster a sense of occasion and celebration. The structures which replaced the picture gardens are not of heritage significance.

Source: Register of Heritage Places-Permanent Entry: Astor Theatre. May 5th, 1999. Heritage Council of Western Australia.

City of Provenance: City of Stirling

Beaucott Building

Address: 654 Beaufort St, Mount Lawley

Constructed: From 1905 to 1937

Demolition Year: N/A

Architect: W. G. Bennett

Architectural Style: Inter-War Functionalism

Original Use (Commercial): Shopping Complex & Office or Administration Building

Present Use (Commercial): Shopping Complex & Office and Administration Building

Statement of Significance: Beaucott Building, a two storey brick and iron building, in the Inter War Functionalist style, with parapeted hipped roof, projecting suspended canopy, and recessed glass fronted shop openings framed between brick piers, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: the place is a good example of a modest early twentieth century building extended and reconstructed in the Inter War Functionalist style of architecture that has retained a high level of integrity and authenticity; due to its prominent location at the intersection of two major arterial roads and its distinctive design, the place is a landmark in the Mt Lawley area, one of three in the group; Register of Heritage Places – Permanent Entry Beaucott Building 2 28/08/2001 the place is a key component of a substantially intact commercial precinct featuring a number of outstanding buildings in the Inter War Functionalist style, which is rare in the Perth Metropolitan Area and the State; the place, as refurbished, was designed by the well known Perth architect W. G. Bennett, who was a leading exponent of the Inter War Functionalist and Art Deco styles in Western Australia at this period; the place was the first building constructed on the prominent Beaufort and Walcott Street intersection, and the first to be refurbished in the Inter War Functionalist style which established the character of the precinct. Some internal and external features, such as the modified bathrooms and kitchen spaces to Units 1, 3 ,7 and 8 on the first floor of the building, the raised entry to shops including shops B and D, the store and WCs constructed adjacent eastern external wall of shop E, the display windows to shop D, and the Mezzanine constructed over shop B, are considered to be of little cultural heritage significance. The ramped and square formed entrances to shops D and B and the retaining wall to rear of shop D, together with the partition and aluminium framed windows enclosing verandahs to Units 2, 7 and 8, and the glass brick infill to Unit 3 Study/bedroom are regarded as intrusive. Furthermore, the accumulative effect of the ad hoc paint colour scheme, signage, changes to the form of the recessed entrances, display windows and brick piers on the exterior of the ground level is intrusive and obscures the strong sense of symmetry evident at the upper level.

Source: Register of Heritage Places-Permanent Entry: Beaucott Building. August 8th, 2001. Heritage Council of Western Australia.

Provenance: City of Stirling