Shenton House

Shenton House is a historic building within the grounds of the University of Western Australia in Perth. It is a two-story Georgian style building with surrounding verandas.

Originally called 'Crawley Park House', it is the oldest building on campus, built in 1846 by Henry Charles Sutherland. Sutherland was a surveyor who became Clerk to the Colonial Treasurer, then Secretary to the Executive and Legislative Councils, and later Collector of Inland Revenue and Colonial Treasurer.

It was given to the University in 1914 to accommodate the Department of Mining and Engineering who occupied it until 1960. Various alterations were made during this period to accommodate teaching requirements. In 1921, the University formally acquired the roughly 200-acre (0.81 km²) property including the house from the family of Sir George Shenton. It was then renamed in his honour.

Since 1988, the building has belonged to the School of Indigenous Studies.

The building is a heritage listed building of both the National Trust of Australia (1997) and the Australian Heritage Council (1998).

Shenton

Shenton is a hamlet in Leicestershire.

It is the southern terminus of the Battlefield Line Railway, which runs to Shenton from Shackerstone. The station is located at the foot of Ambion Hill and is actually the reconstructed Humberstone Road Station from Leicester. The original station was demolished in the 1940s, except for a small lamp room that now serves as the Station Pottery.

Admiral Sir Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott is buried in the graveyard.

It is a short drive from the M1 motorway. It is close to the site of the Battle of Bosworth, which took place south of Market Bosworth.

Coordinates: 52°35′54.00″N 1°25′56.30″W / 52.5983333°N 1.4323056°W / 52.5983333; -1.4323056

Shenton (disambiguation)

Shenton is a village in Leicestershire.

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