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New Museum for MAAS atParramatta Final Business Case

Heritage Report

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Synopsis

The Heritage Report has been prepared by Advisian on behalf of Johnstaff Projects for the New Museum for MAAS at Parramatta (New Museum) Final Business Case.

Disclaimer

This report has been prepared on behalf of and for the exclusive use of Johnstaff Projects, and is subject to and issued in accordance with the agreement between Johnstaff Projects and Advisian.

Advisian accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for it in respect of any use of or reliance upon this report by any third party.

Copying this report without the permission of Johnstaff Projects and Advisian is not permitted.

New Museum for MAAS at Parramatta Final Business Case Heritage Report

Rev Description Authors R view Advisian Approval Date

A Final draft issued 13.10.16for client review C. Jones R. Power N/A

B Final draft issued 6.44-1.*.r 09.11.16for client review C. Jones R. P wer N/A

0 Final 044A-ti 25.11.16C Jones R. Power R. Power

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Table of ContentsExecutive Summary................................................7

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Overview8

1.1

Background 8

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The Brief 9

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Legislative and Statutory Conservation Planning Controls

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2.1

Commonwealth Environ

ment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation

Act 1999................................................10

2.2

NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 & SEPP (State

and Regional De

velopment) 2011................................................11

2.3

Heritage Act 1977

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2.4

Parramatta Local Environmental Plan 2011

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2.5

Parramatta CBD Planning proposal

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Parra

matta Development Control Plan 2011

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The Site, its Context and Setting

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3.1

Location of the Site

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3.2

Heritage Significance of the Site

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3.2.1 Aboriginal He

ritage..................................................15

3.2.2 Historic Heritage..................................................17

3.3

Composition of the Context and Setting

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3.3.1 Views to and from the View Corridor to the Site..................................................30

3.3.2 Items/Places of Significance along the way..................................................33

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Heritage Significance of the Context and Setting

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4 The Proposed Options

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Option 1

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5 Consideration of Impacts of Options 1-3.....................................................38

5.1 Options 1, 2 & 2A..................................................................................38

5.1.1 (a) Impact on the Site..................................................................38

5.1.2 (b) Impact on the Heritage Significance of Parramatta................40

5.1.3 (c) Impact on the Heritage Significance of the Context and Setting41

5.1.4 (d) Impact on the Aboriginal Heritage Significance of the Site.....41

5.1.5 (e) Impact on the Archaeological Significance of the Site............41

5.2 Option 3................................................................................................41

5.2.1 (a) Impact on the Site..................................................................41

5.2.2 (b) Impact on the Heritage Significance of Parramatta................44

5.2.3 (c) Impact on the Heritage Significance of the Context and Setting44

5.2.4 (d) Impact of Retention of "Willow Grove"...................................44

5.2.5 (e) Impact on the Aboriginal Heritage Significance of the Site.....44

5.2.6 (e) Impact on the Archaeological Significance of the Site............44

6 Conclusion..................................................................................................45

7 Recommendations......................................................................................46

8 References.................................................................................................47

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TablesTable 3-1 Heritage Listings on the site and in the vicinity of the site........................................18

Table 6-1 Summary of the Heritage Impacts of Options 1-3......................................................45

FiguresFigure 2-1 Areas of Sensitivity for Old Government House and Domain....................................10

Figure 3-1 Site Location and Connectivity..................................................................................14

Figure 3-2 Aboriginal Sensitivity Mapping of the site (marked in blue) in the DCP....................15

Figure 3-3 Site Disturbance Mapping.........................................................................................16

Figure 3-4 Heritage Map with the site marked in red.................................................................20

Figure 3-5 Parramatta AMU 3092...............................................................................................21



Figure 3-8 View looking north to the front elevation of Willow Grove........................................23

Figure 3-9 "Two Storey Residence" —42 High Street.................................................................24

Figure 3-10 "Two Storey Residence" —1 Station Street West....................................................24

Figure 3-11 "Two Storey Residence" — 41 Hunter Street..........................................................25

Figure 3-12 "Two Storey Residence" — "Currawong" 53 Sorrell Street......................................25

Figure 3-13 View looking north-west to the front elevation of "St George's Terrace"................26

Figure 3-14 View looking west to the rear of "St George's Terrace"..........................................26

Figure 3-15 "Attached Houses" — 19-21 Wentworth Street.......................................................27

Figure 3-16 "Attached Houses" — 49-51 Wentworth Street.......................................................28

Figure 3-17 Map indicating potential survival of archaeological remains..................................30

Figure 3-18 Significant views and vistas as identified in the Planisphere Technical Report (2012) withthe site marked in red................................................................................................................31

Figure 3-19 Key public domain views.........................................................................................32

Figure 3-20 Key Concepts..........................................................................................................33

Figure 4-1 Option 1 diagram......................................................................................................34

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Figure 4-3 Option 2A diagram....................................................................................................36


Figure 5-1 Site perspective from Phillip Street/Horwood Place — Option 1................................39

Figure 5-2 Site East-West Section — Option 2............................................................................39

Figure 5-3 Site North-South Section — Option 2A......................................................................40

Figure 6-4 Site perspective from Phillip Street/Horwood Place — Option 3................................42

Figure 6-5 Site East-West Section — Option 3............................................................................43

Figure 6-6 Site North-South Section — Option 3........................................................................43

AppendicesAppendix A: Heritage Inventory Sheets

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Executive SummaryAdvisian has been engaged by Johnstaff Projects to prepare a Heritage Report to accompany a Final Business Case submission to the NSW Government for the New Museum.

Advisian has considered the potential impacts to heritage items and Aboriginal and Historical Archaeological objects of the four options developed by FKM Architects for the New Museum.

The summary of heritage impacts is contained in the table below.

Options 1, 2 & 2A

Facilitates optimal site planning and internal functional relationships with a full utilisation of the site to enable a "hub and spoke circulation and planning" model that is preferable to sequentially planned spaces.

Option 3

Retention of site structures impacts upon site planning and internal functional relationships resulting in a cruciform, linear museum layout which does not meet New Museum's functional objective provided in a "hub and spoke circulation and planning" model.Creates a "heritage" development

with an optimal layout which contributes to the realisation of a landmark "heritage" development.

Creates a "heritage" development with retention and integration of the site's heritage items contributing to the realisation of a landmark "heritage" development.Facilitates key site destination/arrival

point and alignment with civic link strategy with views to the site and maximising public access to riverfront.

Retention of "Willow Grove" does not result in full, unobstructed view/access to the river; offsets the "civic link" access, reduces significantly the area of public space and optimal public use along the riverfront and reduces considerably the opportunities to view/arrive or experience/appreciate (or access) the New Museum from the riverfront.Facilitates the amalgamation of 20

lots for optimal use and development of the site.

Facilitates the amalgamation of 20 lots for optimal use and development of the site.Removes two significant heritage items

which represents a "loss" and further erosion of the heritage built fabric of the city as a whole.

Retains two heritage items with appropriate adaptive re-uses and preserves context and setting and creates spatial relationships with a form, scale and height of building envelope to create an appropriate setting and "backdrop".Involves potential disturbance of Aboriginal

and Historical Archaeological deposits.Involves potential disturbance of Aboriginal and Historical Archaeological deposits.

Recommendations that address all options are provided in Section 7.

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1 OverviewAdvisian has been engaged by Johnstaff Projects to prepare a Heritage Report to accompany a Final Business Case submission to the NSW Government for the new Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) on the Riverbank Parramatta (New Museum).

1.1 Background

MAAS is Australia's contemporary museum for excellence and innovation in applied arts and sciences and commands a unique place at the intersection of science, technology, design and the arts. MAAS is a unique institution, it is acknowledged internationally for the calibre of its collection, scholarship and exhibitions. The collection broadly spans applied arts and science disciplines and provides a comprehensive insight into Australia as a rich and diverse country. There is estimated to be well over 500,000 separate items in the Museum's collection, which is in high demand with active regional, national and international loan and touring programs.

The following endorsed project objectives have been developed as a summary of the intendedpurpose and character of the New Museum and to provide direction in decision making with respect to the project.

· Creation of an architecturally iconic, and world-leading museum for the future

o A contemporary museum that facilitates both physical and digital museum experiences through personalisation, innovation, technology, knowledge sharing and exchange platforms.

o World-class education and research facilities embedding interactive technology.

o Embed more of our world-class collection at the heart of the New Museum, while maintaining international best practice storage, safety and care for this collection.

· Enhance Accessibility and Sustainability

o Maximise audience engagement to our collections and programs, physically and digitally, by including free and low-cost access.

o Develop a sustainable MAAS operating model that increases and diversifies access to alternative revenue streams.

· Optimise our Transition

o Utilise robust delivery strategies that minimise disruption to operations at Powerhouse Museum whilst enabling a seamless transition to the New Museum.

Implement sophisticated digital, programmatic and planning strategies that will enable

obusiness continuity during the development and transition to the New Museum.

· Maximise the opportunity of our new place

o Be the anchor to a vibrant cultural hub.

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o Supports government's strategies to extend Sydney's cultural offerings to Western Sydney as described in Create in NSW: The NSW Arts & Cultural Policy Framework, the NSW State Infrastructure Strategy Update and the Rebuilding NSW Plan.

1.2 The Brief

Johnstaff were appointed by MAAS to develop a Final Business Case (FBC) for the New Museum, based on the selected Riverbank site.

The Statement of Requirements for the FBC requires the following to be

prepared: "Archaeological, Heritage and View impact analysis

Built and natural cultural heritage is an integral feature in Parramatta's city and buildings. The Project will seek to account for the urban• planning needs around preserving structures of historical value. Any works to be undertaken to or in the vicinity of the heritage items and archaeological or Aboriginal site would require an assessment and ultimately support from a consultant heritage advisor. The assessment involves an appreciation of the significance of the item or area and the appropriateness of the works proposed works to the heritage property, Aboriginal or archaeological sites."


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2 Legislative and Statutory Conservation Planning Controls

2.1 Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

The site does not contain any items that are identified on the World Heritage List, National Heritage List or Commonwealth Heritage List.

"Old Government House and Domain" is listed on the World Heritage List as part of the Australian Convict Sites serial listing. It is also on the National Heritage List. The site is located outside the World Heritage Buffer but is situated in 'sensitive' (but not 'highly sensitive') area as mapped under Planisphere's Technical Report - Development in Parramatta City and the Impact on Old Government House and Domain's World and National

Heritage Listed Values (Figure 2-1).

Figure 2-1 Areas of Sensitivity for Old Government House and Domain

Source: Planisphere, 2012

"Willow Grove" was registered as an 'Indicative Place' on the now non-statutory Register of the National Estate (RNE). There are 79 other heritage items within Parramatta and North Parramatta that are listed on the RNE.

The RNE was closed in 2007 and is no longer a statutory list. It is to be noted that listing on the RNE did not create any legislative or statutory obligations. All references to the Register of the National Estate were removed from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) on 19 February 2012. However, appropriate consideration is still given to any information about items on the RNE.

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2.2 NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 &

SEPP (State and Regional Development) 2011

The NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) established the system of environmental planning and assessment in NSW. The system provides the regime for the preparation and making of environmental planning instruments, the assessment of development proposals and granting consents with or without conditions.

Schedule 1 of the State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011 (SRD. SEPP) sets out the types, scale and required Capital Investment Value (CIV) for projects to be considered State Significant Development (SSD).

Schedule 1, Clause 13(1)(d) of the SRD SEPP provides that development for the purposes of cultural, recreational and tourist facilities includes 'information and education facilities, including museums and art galleries'. This development is deemed SSD if it has a capital investment value of more than $30 million. A SSD application is lodged with the Department of Planning and Environment under Part 4, Division 4.1 of the EP&A Act and is assessed against the provisions of Section 79C of the EP&A Act. It will be determined by the Minister for Planning and Environment.

2.3 Heritage Act 1977

The Heritage Act 1977 contains the provisions for listing sites or places on the State Heritage Register and the protection of relics. There are no sites or places listed on the State Heritage Register or covered by an Interim Heritage Order that are located within the site.

The Heritage Act defines a "relic" as follows:

"relic means any deposit, artefact, object or material evidence that:

(a) relates to the settlement of the area that comprises New South Wales, not being Aboriginal settlement, and

(b) is of State or local heritage significance."

The site contains has the potential to contain relics. Refer to Section 3.2.2.8 for a discussion on the site's archaeological potential. It is noted that the provisions of Section 89J(1)(c) of the EP&A Act state that "an approval under Part 4, or an excavation permit under section 139, of the Heritage Act 1977" does not apply to an application for SSD.

2.4 Parramatta Local Environmental Plan 2011

The Parramatta Local Environmental Plan 2011 (the LEP) is the statutory instrument that applies for planning and development for the LGA. Under the LEP, the site is zoned part B4 Mixed Use and part RE1 Public Recreation. 'Information and education facilities' are uses permitted with consent in the B4 zone and in the RE1 zone under the LEP.

The site has a maximum floor space ratio (FSR) of 6:1 and a maximum building height of 80m. It is noted that development in the Parramatta City Centre that is subject to an architectural design competition is eligible for a 15% building height and FSR bonus pursuant to Clause 7.10 of the LEP 2011. This bonus increases to 25% if the development is entirely non-residential.

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Clause 5.10 Heritage Conservation of the LEP contains the heritage provisions for the City of Parramatta Local Government Area (LGA) which includes heritage items, heritage conservation areas, archaeological sites and Aboriginal objects. Schedule 5 of the LEP contains brief details of all local and State listed heritage items, heritage conservation areas and archaeological sites in the LGA. More detailed information on items in Schedule 5 can be obtained from the NSW State Heritage Inventory.

2.5 Parramatta CBD Planning proposal

The Parramatta CBD Planning Proposal was endorsed by Council on 26 April 2016. It seeks to amend the controls for the Parramatta City Centre under the LEP. The CBD Planning Proposal is the result of ongoing planning studies and investigations in the CBD (including heritage) to determine the most appropriate suite of controls to facilitate the growth of the city centre into a metropolitan CBD.

Urbis carried out a survey of heritage items as part of the Heritage Study prepared for the Council in its review of the Planning Controls in the Parramatta CBD. "Willow Grove" and "St George's Terrace" were included in the survey. Urbis (2015, p. 44) stated the following:

"Key directions with regard to the LEP and DCP include:

· Inclusion of Heritage as a trigger for design excellence requirements on sites of or more than 3:1 FSR and adjoining heritage items.

· Provision of podium height controls for George and Church Streets to retain character and interpret the colonial town plan

· Revision to the DCP controls to include provisions to address site amalgamation and to better address heritage in the City Centre, where general provisions are more geared towards heritage in residential and low scale areas."

2.6 Parramatta Development Control Plan 2011

The Parramatta Development Control Plan 2011 (the DCP) applies to the site. It is noted that provisions in a DCP are to provide guidance only. They are not statutory requirements. Specific provisions for the site are contained within Part 4 Section 2 (City Centre). General heritage provisions are provided in Part 3 Section 3.5 (Heritage).

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3 The Site, its Context and Setting

3.1 Location of the Site

The proposed New Museum site is located in the Parramatta Central Business District (CBD) located on the southern bank of the historic Parramatta River. It is within easy walking distance to the north from the historic Parramatta Railway Station. The site is the destination point in a view cone which, as one passes through it and to the east and to the west, contains views of and to some of the earliest and most iconic sites that constitute the historic Colonial heart of Parramatta.

The site is irregular in shape and substantial in area, being approximately 2.4 hectares (24,000m2). It includes the following properties: 30B Phillip Street., 47 Wilde Avenue., 34 Phillip Street., 44-54 Phillip Street, 40 Smith Street and part of Wilde Avenue. The land is owned by the City of Parramatta Council (the Council).

The site has frontages and access (Figure 3-1) to:

· Parramatta River frontage to the north with a pedestrian river walk connecting between Church Street and Wilde Avenue (approximately 260m in length).

· Wilde Avenue frontage to the east with vehicular access.

· Phillip Street frontage to the south with vehicular access.

· Church Street to the west with pedestrian access only.

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Figure 3-1 Site Location and ConnectivitySource: Fender Katsalidis Mirams (FKM) Architects, 2016

Existing structures on the site include:

· Two storey "Willow Grove" with rear addition and landscaping.

· Former four level David Jones car park (now known as Riverbank Car Park or David Frater Car Park).

· At grade car parking adjacent to Willow Grove.

· Two storey St George's Terraces, corner Phillip and Smith Streets.

· Two storey commercial buildings on Phillip Street.

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3.2 Heritage Significance of the Site

3.2.1 Aboriginal Heritage

The word 'Parramatta' is thought to be Darug in origin with the Darug, or Dharruk, language, spoken across the Cumberland Plain, from Appin in the south to the Hawkesbury River in the north, and west of the Georges River, Parramatta and Berowra Creek (Artefact, 2014). The Aboriginal group who lived in and around Parramatta were known as the Burramatagal, or Booramedigal.

Appendix 11 of the Parramatta Development Control Plan 2011 (the DCP) identified the whole of the site as having High Aboriginal Sensitivity as coloured red in Figure 3-2.

Figure 3-2 Aboriginal Sensitivity Mapping of the site (marked in blue) in the DCP Source: Parramatta City Council, 2011

In 2011, AHMS conducted a preliminary Aboriginal archaeological due diligence assessment for the adjoining development at 330 Church Street. AHMS found the site to be located within the curtilage of the Parramatta Sand Body and to contain a portion of a low-lying Holocene (<10,000 years BP) floodplain of the Parramatta River (Artefact, 2014). Artefact (2014, p. 14) summarises AHMS' assessment to state that "despite a high level of disturbance it was found that there was potential for Aboriginal archaeological materials to exist within the northeast, east and southeast quadrants of that site".

The Parramatta Sand Body is estimated to have been deposited as a terrace four to six meters above the normal water level over a series of floods of the Parramatta River, extending from either side of the Parramatta River between Charles and Alfred Streets and in the eastern margin of Parramatta Park

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(Artefact, 2014). The deposition is understood to have taken place over a series of floods of the Parramatta River forming a terrace about four to six metres above normal water level from approximately 58,000 years ago. It is considered an important cultural landscape, in that archaeological evidence may be buried within it, may inform about the changing culture of Aboriginal people potentially over large time scales (Artefact, 2014).

AHMS was commissio

ned by Council to prepare a Historical Archaeological Assessment, Research Design and Excavation Methodology, dated October 2015 and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment for the Riverbank Square, dated 11 November 2015. AHMS identified the main site disturbance impacts including: the construction of the Leabeter and David Frater car parks which likely reduced site levels from between 300mm to 700mm, the installation of utilities across the site and two small areas of reclamation (Figure 3-3).

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AHMS (2015) recommended an archaeological testin

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3.2.2 Historic Heritage

In the preparation of this section in addition to the various cited reports and the NSW State Heritage Inventory, the following widely accepted "Guidelines" have been followed. They are:

1. The Burra Charter 2013, prepared by Australia ICOMOS — especially Article 1.2, definition of "cultural significance".

2. Assessing heritage significance, prepared by the NSW Heritage Office — especially Section 6 (Gradings of significance) and Section 7 (Using the heritage significance criteria).

3. The Conservation Plan, Seventh Edition, prepared by James Semple Kerr.

3.2.2.1 History of the site

AHMS (2015, p. 39) have investigated the history of the site and in summary, report that:

"The study area has been subject to development since c.1 792 and since that time a number of changes in land tenure occurred. These hove resulted in changes in the way in which the land was used and the manner in which it was occupied. Each phase of development was accompanied by modifications to the landscape and the creation of buildings, works, deposits and features.

The portion of the study area that was subject to the most intensive building activity during the nineteenth- and twentieth centuries was the Phillip Street frontage, Smith Street frontage and lot 9, set back behind Phillip Street."

3.2.2.2 Statutory Heritage Listings

Table 3-1 identifies the statutory heritage listings for the site and the sites located within the vicinity of the site. Refer to Figure 3-4 for heritage items and Figure 3-5 to Figure 3-7 for maps of the Parramatta Archaeological Management Units (AMU) which were developed from the Parramatta Historical Landscape Management Study (the Study). The Study identified the archaeological resources for the LGA via a series of AMUs with an inventory sheet prepared for each AMU documenting the areas of land that have archaeological potential and recommendations for management of the archaeological resource. Copies of the Heritage inventory sheets for items located on the site are in Appendix A.

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Table 3-1 Heritage Listings on the site and in the vicinity of the site

Address Item Name Listing(s) Significance

Items located on the site

34 Phillip Street, Parramatta

Willow Grove (and potential archaeological site)

LEP (Item No. I737)

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42-56 Phillip Street, Parramatta

St George's Terrace and potential archaeological site

LEP (Item No. I738)

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42-56 Phillip Street, Parramatta

Parramatta Archaeological Management Unit 2882

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Church Street, Parramatta


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Church Street, Parramatta


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Items located in the vicinity of the site include the following **

349-351 Church Street, Parramatta (adjacent)

Lennox Bridge

State Heritage Register (SHR No. 00750)

Section 170 Heritage and Conservation Register

LEP (Item No. I00750)

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2 Horwood Place, Parramatta

Redcoats' Mess House (and potential archaeological site)


LEP (Item No. 100218)

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1 Marist Place, Parramatta

St Patrick's Cathedral, presbytery and precinct (and potential archaeological site)


LEP (Item No. I00238)

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24 and 24A O'Connell Street and 3 Marist Place

Marsden Rehabilitation Centre (and potential archaeological site)

State Heritage Register (SHR No. 00836 and No. 00771)

LEP (Item No. 100836 and 100771)

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69 George Street, Parramatta

Roxy Cinema


LEP (Item No. 100711)

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27 Elizabeth Street, Parramatta

All Saints Parochial School and All Saints Hall

LEP (Item No. I469 and 1552)

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286 (rear), 288 and 290 Church Street, Parramatta

Sandstone and brick wall

LEP (Item No. I672)

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320 Church Street, Parramatta

Shop (and potential

archaeological site)

LEP (Item No. 1677)

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306 Church Street,

Former ANZ Bank (and potential

LEP (Item No. 1678)

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David Jones Department Store (Former)

LEP (Item No. I683) Local *

353D Church Street, Parramatta

Alfred Square (and potential archaeological site)

LEP (Item No. 1686) Local


St Peter's Uniting Church and studio theatre (and potential archaeological site)

LEP (Item No. I687) Local

64 and 66 Phillip Street, Parramatta

Barnaby's Restaurant (and potential archaeological site)


68A and 70 Phillip Street, Parramatta

Office (and potential archaeological site)


30 Phillip Street, Parramatta


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3.2.2.3 Willow Grove and Potential Archaeological Site

Description and Condition

According to the "Description" in the entry in the NSW State Heritage Inventory (SHI), "Willow Grove" (Figure 3-8) was built between the years 1870-1880. It was used as a private dwelling until 1919, after which it became a private hospital known as "Estella or "Nurse Davidson's Private Hospital" (HMUP, 2016). In 1952, the property was subdivided and sold with portions owned by Parramatta City Council (portion of land redeveloped for the David Frater car park) and the Department of Interior and the Post Master General's (PMG) Department (renamed the Australian Telecommunications Commission in 1975) (HMUP, 2016). The latter remained as tenant from March 1953 until 1986.

After 1986, the property was acquired by the Agostino family, who restored the original building for restaurant use and added a rear wing for use as reception facilities (HMUP, 2016). Floor space was transferred from Willow Grove to the adjoining GE building (AGC House) at 32 Phillip Street that was completed in 1990. In 1994, it was then acquired by a US-based company, "Forever Living Products" which obtained consent from the Council on 6 March 1995 for major alterations and additions to the rear of the building under DA/905/1994 (HMUP, 2016).

The Council acquired the property in June 2015 and Forever Living Products continued to operate on a short term lease.

On 6 June 2016, the Council received consent for "alterations and change of use to a public administration building (temporary use)".

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Figure 3-8 View looking north to the front elevation of Willow Grove

Source: Advisian, 2016

"Willow Grove" is described in the SHI as:

"Two storey Victorian ltalianate house of stuccoed brick with cast iron balustrading to upper verandah, set back from Phillip Street and with a fine fence of cast iron spikes and elaborate stone gate posts. Mature trees enhance the site. Slate roof is on rendered brick walls. Roof construction is hip with projecting gable front with decorative timber gable screen and finial and decorative barge boards. A pyramid slate roof is above the faceted bay. Two tall rendered brick chimneys with cornice decoration are on east side. Two storey return verandah from projecting gable to east has bullnose roof with striped paint. Verandah floor is timber with dentils on first floor, on ground floor it is tiled. Cast iron columns with cast iron frieze to both floors and cast iron lace balustrade to upper floor verandah. Windows in faceted bay have rendered corniced sills with recessed niches below (plain moulded sills on other windows), and Victorian label mould arches. Front door has transom light above late Victorian panelled door with glazed sidelights. Exterior doors have transom lights and side lights in first floor verandah. Fence is spearhead palisade iron fence set in plinth and into large rendered posts with decorative tops, with iron scroll work on decorative iron gate. A large addition to back of house is kept below original roof level. Other features include a large semi circular gravel drive."

The exterior and interior spaces of "Willow Grove" are in good condition.

Statement of Significance

The SHI Statement of Significance states:

"House at 34 Phillip Street is of significance for the local area for historical, aesthetic and representativeness reasons. Built c.1870s, it is a good example of a Victorian Italianate two-

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•storey villa, readily identifiable as part of historic building stock and strongly contributing to the streetscape in spite of its large setback, partly through its notable fence."

Comparative Examples in Parramatta CBD

"Willow Grove" is one of four examples of two storey Victorian architectural style houses located within the existing boundary of the Parramatta CBD. The other examples being:

· 42 High Street, Parramatta (c1890) — "Two Storey Residence" (Figure 3-9) described as "two storey villa of rendered brick walls, with a cornice stringline which extends across front elevation below first floor windows and above ground floor windows with dentils below" (NSW SHI, 2016). The building is a freestanding Victorian Italianate architectural style (Apperly, Irving and Reynolds, 1989).

Figure 3-9 "Two Storey Residence" — 42 High StreetSource: National Trust of Australia via State Heritage Inventory

· 1 Station Street West, Harris Park (c1890) — "Two Storey Residence" (Figure 3-10) described as "Two storey late Victorian house of rendered brick has pyramid slate roof with projecting hip front forming squat tower over stilted arch entrance with corniced string line" (NSW SHI, 2016). The building is a Victorian Italianate Filigree architectural style (Apperly, Irving and Reynolds, 1989).

Figure 3-10 "Two Storey Residence" —1 Station Street West

Source: National Trust of Australia via State Heritage Inventory

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· 41 Hunter Street, Parramatta (c1896-97) — "Two Storey Resi

dence" (Figure 3-11) described as "two storey Federation Fili

gree brick house with tuck pointed brick walls, gabled tiled r

oof with slated pyramidal turret at the splayed corner" (NSW SH

I, 2016).

Figure 3-11 "Two Storey Residence" — 41 Hunter StreetSource: National Trust of Australia

via State Heritage Inventory

One further example is the "Two Storey Residence", "Currawong" at 53 Sorrell Street (c1876) which is located within the proposed expanded CBD boundary (Figure 3-12). It is described as "a two-store

y asymmetrical double-fronted Victorian house with notable features of Filigree and Italianate styles. The facades are stuccoed brick walls with slated roof' (NSW SHI, 2002).

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3-12 "Two Storey Residence" — "Currawong" 53 Sorrell Stree

t Source: National Trust of Australia via State Heritage In

ventory

The above four mentioned examples were also included in Urbis' (2015) survey.

"Willow Grove" is the only Victorian Italianate residence situated in the "core" of the Parramatta CBD with the other example (41 Hunter Street) being a circa

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1897 Victorian house with elements of Federation Queen Anne and Gothic overtures.

It is considered that "Willow Grove and Potential Archaeologica

l Site" is of exceptional cultural significance to Parramatta because of its historical, aesthetic, research (especially

archaeological —Aboriginal and Historic) and rare/representative values.

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3.2.2.4 St George's Terrace and Potential Archaeological Site

Description and Condition

"St George's Terrace" was built in 1881 as a row of seven two storey Victorian terrace houses. Substantial intrusive alterations and additions were made to the rear of the terraces during the late Twentieth Century (Figure 3-14). Likewise, intrusive alterations were made to the Phillip Street elevations, including the removal of the original verandahs (Figure 3-13). The terraces are currently used for commercial purposes.

Figure 3-13 View looking north-west to the front elevation of "St George's Terrace" Source: Advisian, 2016

Figure 3-14 View looking west to the rear of "St George's Terrace"

Source: Advisian, 2016

"St George's Terrace" is described in the SHI as:

"Two storey Victorian terrace of seven houses built to street alignment. Original verandahs with curved corrugated iron roofs cast iron balustrading, and plaster urns that surmounted the continuous parapet have all been removed. Roof construction is with continuous corniced

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parapet across front elevation which conceals skillion to rear. Verandahs now have an aluminium awning on each terrace. Verandah floors were brick paved. Verandah supports remain, as brick privacy walls extend with recessed arches between each terrace. Windows have brick sills. Each terrace is commercial business with shop front incorporating door."

The exterior spaces of "St George's Terrace" appear to be in fair condition. The condition of the interior spaces of the terraces was not inspected and is therefore unknown.

Statement of Significance

The SHI Statement of Significance states:

"The row of terraces at 44 Phillip Street, Parramatta is of significance for Parramatta LGA for historical and aesthetic reasons and as a representative example of modest Victorian period terraces constructed during an early wave of development in the area. The group presents as having a relatively high degree of integrity when viewed from the street and strongly contributes to the Phillip Street streetscape and the character of the Parramatta townscape, additionally in unison with other historic buildings near-by."

Comparative Examples in Parramatta CBD

"St George's Terraces", as a collective group, are the only remaining examples in the Parramatta CBD of this style of attached terrace housing which were originally built for residential purposes. Other examples in the Parramatta CBD are typically single storey terraces. Two other examples of two storey terraces in the Parramatta CBD are:

· 19-21 Wentworth Street, Parramatta (c1890) — "Attached Houses" (Figure 3-15) — described as "Two storey conjoined houses are with hip cement tiled roof on rendered brick walls" (NSW SHI, 2016).

Figure 3-15 "Attached Houses" — 19-21 Wentworth Street

Source: National Trust of Australia via State Heritage Inventory

· 49-51 High Street, Parramatta (c1885) — "Attached Houses" (Figure 3-16) — described as "Two storey late Victorian attached houses are of rendered brick walls to front, painted sides and hip corrugated iron roof' (NSW SHI, 2016).

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