{{Short description|Heritage listed building in Western Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox building | name = {{wikidata |property |P1448 }} | native_name = | former_names = | alternate_names = | image = Dilhorn House.jpg | alt = | caption = Front façade as seen from corner of Bulwer and Lord streets | pushpin_map = | mapframe-marker = building | mapframe-marker-colour = #7B6660 | mapframe-stroke-colour = #C60C30 | mapframe-zoom = 14 | altitude = | building_type = | architectural_style = Federation Queen Anne, Federation Filigree | structural_system = | cost = £4,684 | ren_cost = | location = Perth, Western Australia | address = 2 Bulwer Street | client = | owner = Bert Bennett, Kellie Bennett, Julie Shepherd | current_tenants = Aurora Environmental | landlord = | coordinates = {{coord |region:AU-WA_type:landmark_dim:50 |name={{wikidata |property |P1448 }} |display=inline,title |format=dms}} | construction_start_date = {{Start date and age|1897}} | completion_date = | inauguration_date = | renovation_date = {{Start date and age|2001}} | demolished_date = | destruction_date = | height = Two storeys | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = | architecture_firm = Talbot Hobbs | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | ren_architect = Considine and Griffiths Architects | ren_firm = Bert Bennett Senior | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = TOV Award for Conservation and Adaptation - 2002; WA Heritage Grant for tuck pointing | references = {{Infobox designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = State Register of Heritage Places | designation1_offname = | designation1_type = | designation1_criteria = | designation1_date = 11 March 1997 | delisted1_date = | designation1_partof = | designation1_number = {{SRHP|2168}} }} }} '''Dilhorn House''' is a two storey Federation Queen Anne-style building located on the corner of Bulwer and Lord streets, Perth, Western Australia.<ref name="tov3">{{cite web|url=http://www.vincentheritage.com.au/pdf/vincent%20history.pdf|title=Town of Vincent Municipal Heritage Inventory - Thematic History|work=www.vincentheritage.com.au|publisher=Town of Vincent|accessdate=16 September 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426224938/http://www.vincentheritage.com.au/pdf/vincent%20history.pdf|archivedate=26 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="hcwa1">{{cite web |url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/D%20Reg/Dilhorn%20(I).PDF |title=Register of Heritage Places - Interim Entry |date=15 November 1996 |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |accessdate=16 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621084557/http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/D%20Reg/Dilhorn%20%28I%29.PDF |archivedate=21 June 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="hcwa2">{{cite web |url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/K-L%20-%20A-D/Loton%20Pk%20Tennis%20Club%20(P-AD).PDF |title=Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Documentation |date=7 October 1997 |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |accessdate=16 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626174702/http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/K-L%20-%20A-D/Loton%20Pk%20Tennis%20Club%20%28P-AD%29.PDF |archivedate=26 June 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Construction== The building was constructed for businessman William Thorley Loton, a wealthy merchant with large land holdings in the northwest of the state. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council 1889–1890, 1898–1900, 1902–1908, the Mayor of Perth from 1901 to 1903, and knighted in 1923. The name Dilhorn is believed to be a reference to Loton's home town of Dilhorne, Staffordshire.<ref name="tov1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vincentheritage.com.au/pdf/Perth2.pdf|title=A Brief History of Perth|publisher=Town of Vincent|pages=3|accessdate=2009-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706113724/http://www.vincentheritage.com.au/pdf/Perth2.pdf|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is a stately two storey brick and timber house, designed by Joseph John Talbot Hobbs and erected in 1897 at a cost of £4,684, equivalent to {{AUD|{{Inflation|AU|4684|1897|r=0}}|link=yes}} in {{Inflation/year|AU}}. Situated on high ground looking over the Perth Oval to the city, the building has a floor area of {{convert|9433|sqft|m2|order=flip}} over sixteen rooms.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Australian Heritage Database | url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=10395 | access-date=2026-05-31 | website=www.environment.gov.au}}</ref>

Loton also owned a large area of land opposite, known as ''Loton's Paddock'', which he sold to the City of Perth in 1904 for the purpose of providing recreation for the residents of the area. In 1909, it was renamed Perth Oval and over time has been developed into a sporting stadium.

Loton died at Dilhorn House on 22 October 1924. After Lady Loton’s death in 1927, Dilhorn had various owners and was used as a boarding house. In 1952 the Commonwealth Government purchased it for £13,000 for the headquarters for various army units and later the Army Museum of Western Australia. In 2001 it was sold to a private buyer.

==Current use== {{As of |2022 |05}}, Dillhorn House is occupied by Aurora Environmental.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auroraenvironmental.com.au/ |title=Home |website=auroraenvironmental.com.au}}</ref>

==Heritage listing== Dilhorn was classified by the National Trust of Australia in 1982. The building was entered on the Register of the National Estate in 1986.<ref name="env1">{{cite AHD|10395|accessdate=2009-09-16}}</ref><ref name="tov2">{{cite web|url=http://www.vincentheritage.com.au/pdf/MHI%20list%20last%20updated%20October%202008.pdf |title=Town of Vincent Municipal Heritage Inventory - |work=www.vincentheritage.com.au |publisher=Town of Vincent |accessdate=16 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912004428/http://www.vincentheritage.com.au/pdf/MHI%20list%20last%20updated%20October%202008.pdf |archivedate=12 September 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>

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Category:Landmarks in Perth, Western Australia Category:State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Vincent Category:Houses completed in 1897 Category:Houses in Western Australia