Buttercups Childcare and Early Learning Centre is sited in a stunning heritage house opposite a beautiful park very close to Perth CBD. We have converted the house to make a superb centre, mindful of retaining the fabric of the history.
Picking up and dropping off your child at Buttercups is very convenient with free 5 minute drop off and pick up parking bays at the front gate of our centre.
Freeway entries both north and south are easy access and only five minutes away.Exits are at Charles Street and Roe Street.
Buttercups is central to public transport with Perth’s blue cat bus route stopping outside our Centre and Perth’s central train station an 8 minute walk.
We are just minutes from the city centre, East Perth, West Perth, North Perth, Highgate, Leederville, Mount Lawley, and a short walk from North Metropolitan Tafe, SAE Institute Perth, Stanley College, the State Library and the Western Australian Museum.
Our Entrance and Aquarium
Our entrance is designed to calm and catch the imagination of every child with a three metre fish aquarium complete with a variety of fish. The aquarium is sure to brighten your childs imagination.
When inside the Pre-Kindy and Kindy room your child can sit, watch and learn about the sea life through our porthole.
Five Outdoor Play Areas
Each playground is designed to provide nature play combined with fun and early learning experiences specifically for each age group – Babies, Wobblers, Toddlers, Pre-Kindy and Kindy. Each playground has the benefit of fully shaded wrap around veranda.
- forts
- slides
- sand pits
- vegetable gardens and fruit trees
- climbing equipment
- stepping and balancing blocks
- a mound with tunnel to investigate
- dedicated courtyard for arts and craft
- water pumps
- quiet areas
- a figure of eight bike track
- yarning circle
Buttercups Childcare is located in 156 Aberdeen Street, the house built and occupied by Richard Adolphus Sholl, first Post Master General of Western Australia. The building sits in the Aberdeen Street Historic Precinct, one of the few remaining areas of late nineteenth and early twentieth century buildings close to the city.
Buildings overlooking Russell Square were much sought after, and their architectural presence reflected the social standing of their owners. Richard Adolphus Sholl, who with his brother Robert, owned much of the land at the eastern end of the precinct was the first to recognise the potential of the site and built Lancewood at number 156 in c.1884.
Richard and Robert Sholl both held prominent public positions in Western Australia – Richard as Post Master General and Robert as member of the Legislative Assembly for Gascoyne.
The building appears as one structure, but closer inspection reveals that there are four distinct parts. The front, eastern, portion has the layout of a traditional four room cottage with the front door directly off the Aberdeen Street façade. To the rear of the cottage portion is an area possibly used a stables and which still has the original timber shingles under the corrugated iron roof. These parts of the building are much simpler than the later western wing with the large bay window and decorative plasterwork which displays the characteristics of a grand house, possibly a demonstration of the growing wealth of the owner as he was promoted from Clerk to Post Master General. The final development stage was the construction of the two storey building to the rear laneway which occurred as this part of Northbridge was redeveloped following the completion of the Graham Farmer Freeway in 2000. The freeway runs east-west through the subterranean tunnel located directly behind the house.
The house is highly valued by the community for its cultural heritage, and is entered on various heritage registers noting it as an example a substantial Victorian Georgian style residence with characteristics of a spreading rural homestead.