# Hymus House

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House in East Rockingham, Western Australia

Hymus House Hymus House in February 2020 Interactive map of the Hymus House area General information Type House Architectural style Victorian bungalow style house Location 303 Mandurah Road, East Rockingham, Western Australia Coordinates 32°15′34″S 115°46′53″E / 32.25944°S 115.78139°E / -32.25944; 115.78139 (Hymus House) Western Australia Heritage Register Official name Hymus House and Outbuildings Type State Registered Place Designated 17 February 2006 Reference no. 2320 Construction started 1895

**Hymus House** is a [State Register of Heritage Places](/source/State_Register_of_Heritage_Places)-listed [Victorian bungalow style house](/source/Victorian_architecture) in [East Rockingham, Western Australia](/source/East_Rockingham%2C_Western_Australia).

The building is part of the East Rockingham Heritage Precinct, which also includes other [State Register of Heritage Places](/source/State_Register_of_Heritage_Places), such as the [Chesterfield Inn](/source/Chesterfield_Inn_(Western_Australia)), [Day Cottage](/source/Day_Cottage) and the [Bell Cottage ruin](/source/Bell_Cottage_ruin).

## History

The Hymus family were among the first settlers in [East Rockingham](/source/East_Rockingham%2C_Western_Australia) in the 1850s. Daniel Hymus (1835–1920) and his wife Fanny (née Bell) (1848–1913) were involved in the establishment and running of the [Rockingham Hotel](/source/Rockingham_Hotel_(Western_Australia)), then named the Port Hotel. The couple purchased the land on which Hymus House now stands in 1878 and lived in an earlier building at the site.[1]

The current house was built in 1895 by their son Daniel (1876–1932) and the property stayed in the family until 1935, when it was sold to farmer Joseph Stokes, who converted it to a dairy.[1]

The farmland around Hymus House was subdivided in 2007, under the condition that the building was to be restored. The house now functions as the landowning company’s administrative office.[1]

## Heritage listing

The cottage is part of the East Rockingham Heritage Precinct, which also includes other [State Register of Heritage Places](/source/State_Register_of_Heritage_Places), like the [Chesterfield Inn](/source/Chesterfield_Inn_(Western_Australia)), [Day Cottage](/source/Day_Cottage), [Bell Cottage ruin](/source/Bell_Cottage_ruin) and the Mead Homestead as well as heritage listed places on the municipal inventory like the East Rockingham Cemetery.[2] Hymus House was added to the State Register of Heritage Places on 17 February 2006.[1]

The listing is based on the fact that it has not been significantly altered since the 1930s and is demonstrative of the design of homesteads in rural Western Australia in the late 19th and early 20th century.[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-House_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-House_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-House_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-House_1-3) ["Hymus House (Place Number 02320)"](http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/81c8754e-24b3-4c52-aed8-7cdae25e951f). *inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au*. [State Register of Heritage Places](/source/State_Register_of_Heritage_Places). Retrieved 24 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["East Rockingham Heritage Precinct"](http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/5a7b747b-d3e9-4b9e-9027-7f84e44dcb2b). *inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au*. [State Register of Heritage Places](/source/State_Register_of_Heritage_Places). Retrieved 24 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Assessment_3-0)** ["Hymus House Assessment Documentation"](http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Admin/api/file/6a143a33-0c6b-729b-bef9-e30c4bc41de5). *inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au*. [State Register of Heritage Places](/source/State_Register_of_Heritage_Places). Retrieved 24 May 2020.

## External links

- [Hymus House Conservation Plan (1999)](https://rockingham.wa.gov.au/forms-and-publications/events-culture-and-tourism/heritage/hymus-house-conservation-plan-1999)

v t e State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Rockingham Current Bell Cottage ruin Chesterfield Inn Chesterfield Inn Stables Day Cottage Hymus House Lake Richmond Peron Battery Former Rockingham Hotel

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