Old House - Maylands Brickworks by Brian Simmonds

Old House – Maylands Brickworks was commissioned by the City of Stirling in 1983, with assistance from the Western Australian Arts Council, following the closure of the Maylands Brickworks. It was one of six works commissioned from local artists to document the site at a time when discussions were taking place concerning the future of the heritage precinct.

The City of Stirling acquired the Maylands Brickworks site from Bristile in the early 1980s after production ceased and the site was vacated. In 1996, the Maylands Brickworks were entered on the State Register of Heritage Places and ownership of the site was transferred to the City of Bayswater in 1998 when the suburb of Maylands was transferred from the City of Stirling.