Gray S Store — Point Of Interest in Greenough

Reviews of Gray S Store

• Samuel

  Added 2015.12.07

  The external and internal form of the building is evidence of an early phase in the development of Australian architecture during which European influences were dominant;
• Gabriel

  Added 2015.10.24

  The scale of the building expresses the optimism that early settlers held for the economic prosperity of the region and its siting is evidence of the initial moves to establish a township on Company Road;
• Anthony

  Added 2015.10.14

  Gray’s Store is believed to be the point from which the Walkaway Burr was originally distributed in the Greenough area.
• Alexis

  Added 2015.04.03

  The place is associated with Henry Gray who was one of the first merchants to establish a business in the Mid-West region, and,
• Jose

  Added 2014.11.14

  The place is one of few remaining general stores dating to the first four decades of the settlement in Western Australia, and possibly the only surviving store of this period to have an adjoining residence;
• Benjamin

  Added 2014.06.03

  Gray’s Store, a two story residence with adjoining single story store, constructed of rubble limestone walls with wooden floors and roof structure and shingled roof cladding, together with a walled yard, is significant for the following reasons:
• Charles

  Added 2014.04.02

  The building and walled yard contribute importantly to the community’s sense of place, and as a monument has the potential to increase local and visitor awareness of the history of the Greenough Front Flats;
• Samantha

  Added 2013.12.03

  The building is among the oldest in the region, and provides tangible evidence of the period in Western Australia’s history when the Greenough Flats were the frontier of colonial expansion;
• Alex

  Added 2013.10.23

  The place is part of a cultural landscape involving a rural setting with numerous historic structures and few modern intrusions and together with the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is a well - known landmark in this setting;
• Anthony

  Added 2013.08.22

  The Georgian elegance of the buildings architecture, its distinctive profile, and its beautiful stonework, lend the place considerable visual appeal;
• Robert

  Added 2013.04.11

  The masonry is an outstanding example of the quality of building work that was being produced in the colony during the years that convict labour was available;