Round House (Western Australia)
| Round House | |
|---|---|
The Round House from the east | |
| General information | |
| Type | Prison |
| Architectural style | Panopticon |
| Address | Arthur Head |
| Town or city | Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 32°03′22″S 115°44′29″E / 32.056118°S 115.741271°E |
| Construction started | August 1830 |
| Completed | 18 January 1831 |
| Cost | £1603/10/0 |
| Owner | City of Fremantle |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Henry Willey Reveley |
| Main contractor | Richard Lewis, W Manning and I Duffield |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 8 cells + other rooms |
| Website | |
| www | |
| Type | State Registered Place |
| Designated | 13 November 1993 |
| Reference no. | 896 |
The Round House was the first permanent building built in the Swan River Colony. Constructed in late 1830 and opened in 1831, it is the second oldest surviving European building in Western Australia, after the Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort on West Wallabi Island.
It is located at Arthur Head in Fremantle, and recent heritage assessments and appraisals of the precinct of the Round House incorporate Arthur Head. This location also seems to have been referred to as Gaol Hill.