Perth Voice Interactive

PERTH COLLEGE this week demolished houses on Lawley Crescent that local heritage lovers had tried to save.

Mount Lawley Society patron Barrie Baker is “very sad” the four houses were torn down and says the college’s new building will be out of kilter.

“It’s modern, and big and rectangular,” Mr Baker says, noting the old houses, built in the 1920s, had real character.

The college is replacing the homes with a sprawling, multi-million dollar learning and leadership centre for its senior students.