Corporate AuthorHocking Planning & Architecture Pty Ltd; City of FremantleDescriptionThe City of Fremantle engaged Hocking Heritage + Architecture and their specialist sub
consultants to prepare a Conservation Management Plan for the Round House to guide the
management and development of the place. Although included on the State Register of
Heritage Places in 1993 and the subject of many reports and studies, the nature and sequence
of works undertaken at the Round House has not been clearly determined.
It is the purpose of this Conservation Management Plan to identify, where possible, the nature
and extent of all works to the building, where this cannot be determined it will be noted for
further research. The overriding purpose of these physical and documentary investigations is
to determine why some programs of work have been successful and why others have failed.
It is widely accepted in heritage practice that cement mortars and renders are ultimately
damaging to masonry and at the Round House past practices demonstrate this relationship.
However, there is inconsistency in the condition of the stone and mortar at the Round House.
To gain a greater understanding of the physical factors influencing failure of the mortar,
sampling of selected mortars has been undertaken.
The City of Fremantle are committed to best practice in conservation works and best practice
begins with the best information available to inform the conservation policy.ImprintShenton Park, W.A. : Hocking Planning & Architecture Pty Ltd, 2020Collation431 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cmLanguageEnglishDate Published2020NotesDigital copy onlyDewey Class725.6 HOCPublication FormatReport
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Round House, Fremantle - Conservation Management Plan. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 22/07/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/56873
