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HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT ST PETER’S EASTERN HILL PRECINCT

453-479 Albert Street and 13-19 Gisborne Street,

East Melbourne

VHR H0009

Prepared for

St Peter’s Eastern Hill Melbourne

Charitable Foundation and Tract

May 2017

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1.0 Introduction

This Heritage Impact Statement (HIS) has been prepared on behalf of St Peter’s Eastern Hill Melbourne

Charitable Foundation and Tract to accompany a heritage permit application to Heritage Victoria for

works at St Peter’s Eastern Hill (Figure 1). The proposed works include the construction of a hard and

soft landscaped plaza in the north-eastern corner of the site.

This HIS makes reference to landscape drawings prepared by Tract dated 5 April 2017 and numbered as

follows:

Context Site Plan, 0315-0182 LD MP02A Rev 02

Entry Plaza Masterplan, 0135-0182 LD MP026 Rev 03

Details & benchmarking Images, 0315-0182 LD MP0C Rev 02

Figure 1 Locality Plan with St Peter’s Eastern Hill indicated by red line

Source: www.street-directory.com.au

2.0 Statutory heritage controls

2.1 Victorian Heritage Register

The St Peter’s Eastern Hill Precinct is included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) as part of place

no. VHR H0009. The extent of registration is described as follows and mapped at Figure 2:

1. All the buildings including St Peters Church (B-1), the Vicarage (B-2), the former

School house (now Keble House) (B-3) and the Hall (B-4) as shown on Diagram

602453A held by the Executive Director.

2. All the land marked L-1 on Diagram 602453A held by the Executive Director

being all of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 2505 Folio 925.

3. The following object:

The Canon's lectern, Prenzel.

http://www.street-directory.com.au/

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Figure 2 Extent of registration, St Peter’s Eastern Hill

Source: Victorian Heritage Database

The statement of significance provided for the place is as follows:

What is significant?

The first Anglican services in East Melbourne were held in 1842 by the Revd John

Yelverton Wilson in a workshop at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street. Charles

Laing was appointed architect for a new church following the submission of sketch

proposals at the invitation of the Trustees by five local architects. An initial

proposal by Sydney architect Thomas Edmund Blackett did not proceed. The

foundation stone was laid on 18 June 1846 by Charles Joseph La Trobe,

Superintendent of the Port Phillip District. The initial church constructed of brick

with stone facings had a shingled roof. It was formally opened on 6 August 1848.

The church was enlarged in 1854 to designs by architect Charles Vickers with the

nave increased in length, the transepts with galleries and a chancel added, and the

shingles roof replaced with slate. Leonard Terry carried out alterations including an

enlarged chancel, an added vestry, and a Baptistery, with the new chancel opened

on 29 June 1876. Work continued with five stained glass windows by Ferguson and

Urie added to the chancel in December 1876. Repairs and alterations were carried

out by Walter Butler of Butler and Inskip in 1897 which included installation of gas

lines and Tobin tubes for ventilation, removal of the transept galleries, and a new

layout of pews to include a central and two side aisles. Further alterations took


place during 1927-29 including installation of timber panelling in the transepts and

chancel, and installation of a choir screen by Louis Williams. In 1945 a stained glass

window was installed in the north transept designed by Napier Waller to

commemorate the New Guinea mission, and eleven Anglican martyrs and to mark

the centenary. A second Waller window in the south transept was subsequently

added. The current organ is the third organ in the church and was constructed by

George Fincham and Son Pty Ltd and completed in March 1974.

Known originally as the Melbourne Diocesan School, St Peters School was opened

on 11 April 1849. The original school, as well as the sexton's house and parsonage

were constructed in the late 1840's and were designed by Charles Laing. By 1886

part of this site had been transferred to the Parliament of Victoria and the building

demolished. A new vicarage and school were erected in 1886 to the designs of

William Pitt. St Peters Hall, designed by Alexander North was erected in 1913 as

part of St Peters School and contained a large hall and 2 classrooms. The school

suffered economic difficulties during the Depression and was closed at the end of

1935. Since that time the hall has been mainly used by theatrical and music

groups.

How is it significant?

St Peters Eastern Hill Precinct is of historical, architectural, and social significance

to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant?

St Peters Church is of historical significance as the oldest Anglican church in Victoria

on its original site and as the focus of Tractarian or Anglo Catholic tradition in

Victoria. The tradition is one of full liturgical practice combined with an active

interest in social justice issues and was particularly promoted by Canon Ernest

Selwyn Hughes (Vicar 1900-1926), one of the greatest pioneers of Catholic Revival

in Australia. St Peters Church also has an historical association with the granting of

Melbourne's status as a city, with the letters patent of Queen Victoria having been

read in St Peters on 13 February 1848. St Peters is of historical and social

significance for its association with the Revd Canon Farnham Maynard (Vicar 1926-

1964), vicar during the Great Depression who initiated the introduction of the

Brotherhood of St Laurence into Victoria with its development of social work

programmes and fostering of awareness in Melbourne of social justice issues. Revd

Farnham Maynard was also responsible for the installation of the transept windows

by Napier Waller. The New Guinea windows in the north transept are of historical

significance for the representation of the eleven Anglican martyrs and the south

transept windows for their anti-war theme. St Peters Hall has continued

associations with the musical life of Melbourne. St Peters Eastern Hill precinct is of

architectural significance for its association with a successive number of prominent

Melbourne architects who contributed to the development of the church precinct:

Charles Laing, Charles Vickers, Leonard Terry, William Pitt, Walter Butler, Louis

Williams, and Alexander North. The group of buildings forms a picturesque

precinct. The vicarage and school are early examples of William Pitt's work and are

substantially intact. St Peters Hall is the first work in Victoria of Tasmanian emigre

architect Alexander North who specialised in church architecture.


2.2 Melbourne Planning Scheme

2.2.1 Heritage Overlay

The property is included in St Peters Eastern Hill Precinct identified as HO142 in the Schedule to the

Heritage Overlay of the Melbourne Planning Scheme (Figure 3). The property (including all buildings

except St Peters Hall in Gisborne Street) was identified as an A grade building in a Level 1 Streetscape in

the East Melbourne Conservation Study (Gould, 1985). The heritage overlay mapping matches the

extent of the VHR registration. In accordance with Clause 43.01 - Heritage Overlay, no planning permit

is required from the City of Melbourne under the Heritage Overlay provisions for places included in the

VHR. However, Heritage Victoria will refer an application for works on the site to the City of Melbourne

for comment.

Figure 3 [part] Map no 08HO with location of subject site identified

Source: Melbourne Planning Scheme

3.0 History and description

The St Peter’s complex is located on the corner of Albert and Gisborne streets, East Melbourne. It

comprises a church, vicarage and a former school (Figure 4 and Figure 5) set in landscaped grounds. The

church is one of the oldest buildings in Melbourne dating from 1848. It was extended over a number of

building programmes to designs by architects Charles Laing, Charles Vickers and Terry & Oakden and

Louis Williams. Constructed as is a simple brick and stucco church, it has subsequently been enlarged

and enriched by interior features such as fine stained glass, a marble font and its hammer beam roof.

The church has been the focus of the Anglican High Church since 1854. The picturesque vicarage and

school were built in 1886 to a design by William Pitt.

The proposed works are centred on landscaped areas to the north of the church. Through the

nineteenth and into the early twentieth century, the church was set in open grounds with minimal

landscaping. Images from c. 1870 show no landscaping apart from young trees planted around the

street frontages of the site (Figure 6). The MMBW plan of 1895, likewise, shows an open area to the

northeast of the church and an entry from the intersection of Gisborne and Albert Streets (Figure 7).

This situation continued until at least 1913 (Figure 8). An oblique aerial photograph (incorrectly dated

to 1933 by the State Library of Victoria) shows the church site after the construction of the church hall in


1913 but before the erection of the Wayside Cross in 1924 (Figure 9). While the creation date ascribed

to this photo is inaccurate, it provides an understanding of the landscaping to Albert Street in the period

around WWI.

Substantial changes occurred when a Cross of Sacrifice was erected at the intersection of Albert and

Gisborne streets in 1924 (Figure 10 to Figure 12). This memorial takes the form of a bronze statue of a

crucified Christ on a sandstone pedestal. It was unveiled by the Governor General and blessed by the

Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne. It commemorates the 366 young men and women from the

Anglican Church of St Peter who served in World War One. This is known today as the Wayside Cross.

Landscaping works were undertaken in conjunction with the construction of the cross. In addition to

the construction of a raised plinth to the intersection, a heavy steel chain fence on decorative steel

bollards was constructed along the frontages adjacent to the memorial. This substantially altered the

circulation patterns around the church. Through the later twentieth century, landscaping in this section

of the church grounds became more lush with additional plantings. Aerial photographs from c. 1945

show lawn areas to the north of the church with a number of mature trees (Figure 13). By the 1980s, a

hedge enclosing the front setback had been planted along with plantings adjacent to the church building

known today as the memorial garden (Figure 14). This arrangement survives today, along with

advertising signage along the Albert Street boundary providing information about activities sponsored

or endorsed by the church (Figure 15 and Figure 16).

Figure 4 Recent aerial photograph of the subject site and surrounds with extent of the VHR

registration indicated

Source: Nearmap


Figure 5 The Wayside Cross viewed from Albert Street

Figure 6 St Peter’s Church, Eastern Hill, Charles Nettleton, photographer, c. 1862-1879

Source: State Library of Victoria, accession no H88.22/5


Figure 7 Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works detail plan, nos. 1020, 1028 and 1040, City

of Melbourne, 1895, shows an open entry from the intersection

Source: State Library of Victoria

Figure 8 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne, looking south, c. 1913-14

Source: State Library of Victoria, accession no. H89.106/22


Figure 9 St Peter’s Church of England, East Melbourne, c. 1914 - 1924

Source: State Library of Victoria, accession no. H20738

Figure 10 Unveiling of the Cross of Sacrifice, 1924

Source: St Peters Eastern Hill website, http://web.stpeters.org.au/


Figure 11 Cross of Sacrifice, the image is understood to date from the unveiling in 1924


Figure 12 St Peters Eastern Hill, shortly after the Cross of Sacrifice was unveiled, c. 1924; associated

landscaping arrangement include bollards, chain fencing and pavement treatments


http://web.stpeters.org.au/

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Figure 13 [Part] 1945 aerial photograph with the subject site indicated

Source: Land Victoria

Figure 14 ‘Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne’, Rennie Ellis, photographer, c. 1980s (left) and

detail showing subject site (right)

Source: State Library of Victoria, accession no. H2011.150/3480

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Figure 15 View to the corner of Albert and Gisborne streets from within the church complex

Figure 16 View of landscaping along northern frontage of St Peter’s Eastern Hill; note existing

signage to Albert Street


4.0 Proposed works

It is proposed to introduce a new hard and soft landscaped plaza to the corner of the St Peter’s Eastern

Hill site. This area will support the St Peter’s Coffee Cart, a social enterprise endeavour being

undertaken by the church in conjunction with several non-for-profit organisations. The plaza is to

incorporate new seating and signage to accommodate the venture.

The construction of the plaza will require some changes to the existing landscaped arrangement.

Existing elements to be removed include:

1. Removal of some bollards and chains to the fences to the west and south of the Wayside Cross.

Works to concrete plinth beneath bollards to provide disabled access from Albert Street.

2. Lawn areas and informal plantings in north-western sections of the site to be removed including

hedges to northern and much of the eastern boundary of the site (post WWII). The existing

juvenile peppercorn tree located to the north east of the St Peters Church (c. 2010) is also to be

removed.

3. An existing brick path on western side of the church is to be removed.

4. Existing modern signage along the northern boundary (c. 2000s) to be removed

5. Church identification signage to eastern boundary (likely to date from c. 2000s) to be removed

6. Existing fence arrangement adjacent to eastern transept (likely to date from c. 2000s) to be

removed

New works include the following:

7. Creation of a plaza paved with sawn bluestone pavers to the intersection of Albert and Gisborne

streets. With space reserved for a potential coffee cart location including provision for services

8. Reconstruction and adaptation of the existing circular plinth to the Wayside Cross.

9. Creation of 1500 mm wide path of sawn bluestone pavers with flush bluestone edge around the

perimeter of the church, and another connecting the driveway to the principal Albert Street entry

to the west of the church building.

10. Construction of two new security fences and gates to the west and south of the church building

in a style to match the existing arrangements

11. The existing memorial garden is to be retained and sensitively replanted as required. A new

formal low hedge is to be planted adjacent to the memorial garden.

12. Bluestone plinth with timber seating to be installed the in eastern section of the memorial

garden, measuring 1.2 metres high and 4.5 metres long (2.5 metre seat)

13. Two LCD signs (one to Gisborne Street and one to Albert Street) measuring less than 2 sqm

14. New signage to Albert Street placed on 0.3 - 0.5 metres high bluestone plinth, steel text reading

‘St Peters Eastern Hill’. Text on bluestone plinth to read ‘Anglican Parish of the city since 1848’

15. Up-lighting to church façade

16. Provide ramp and step for disabled access to the side (eastern) door of the church.

4.1 Proposed St Peter’s Coffee Cart

The key motivation for the current works is the provision of space to install the St Peter’s Coffee Cart.

This is a social enterprise being created by the church in conjunction with several non-for-profit

organisations. The coffee cart project aims to provide training and to create employment pathways for

people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or in long-term unemployment. It commenced in July

2015 with the provision of coffee to parishioners on Sundays. Training of baristas - stage 2 of the

project - began in 2016. The provision of a coffee cart at a location near to the Wayside Cross and the

works to the plaza, currently proposed, represent phases three and four of the project. The project is

discussed in greater detail in the progress report included at Appendix A to this HIS.


5.0 Assessment of heritage impacts

5.1 VHR citation

No comprehensive permit policy is included in the VHR documentation for the St Peter’s Eastern Hill

Precinct. A number of permit exemptions are included, however these relate to minor internal works to

the buildings on the site (not including the church) and are not relevant to the current proposal.

It is noted that the Wayside Cross (formerly the Cross of Sacrifice) and associated fencing and

landscaping treatments are not identified in Heritage Victoria’s citation for the church. This

notwithstanding, it is an element of some value to the church and the most significant fabric in this

area, including the Wayside Cross and some fence bollards (with chain removed) is to be retained.

5.2 Assessment

The proposed works aim to provide greater public access to the grounds of St Peter’s Eastern Hill and to

allow the provision of a social enterprise in this location. The works will result in a degree of visual

change to the intersection of Albert and Gisborne streets. However, the works will not affect the

identified significance of St Peter’s Anglican Church.

The individual works are discussed in detail below. The numbering system (1-17) used to describe the

proposed works at 4.0 above is used again below.

5.2.1 Demolition/removal

The following table (Table 1) details the proposed demolition/removal works and provides a comment in

relation to heritage impacts.

Table 1 Proposed demolition/removal works at St Peter’s Eastern Hill

Proposed works Assessment of heritage impact

1. Removal of some bollards

and chains to the fences to the

west and south of the Wayside

Cross. Works to concrete plinth

beneath bollards to provide

disabled access from Albert

Street are also proposed.

The existing post and chain fence forms part of the broad suite of

works associated with the construction of the Cross of Sacrifice in

1924. It is not identified as a significant element in Heritage

Victoria’s statement of significance for the place.

It is intended to retain three of seven existing steel bollards and

associated square concrete plinths to the Albert Street frontage

and all of the bollards to Gisborne Street. The existing chain fence

will be removed along Albert Street and in the most northerly bay

of the Gisborne Street frontage to facilitate access into plaza. No

changes to the balance of the fence along Gisborne Street is

proposed.

It is also proposed to saw cut raised concrete edges between

bollards where required to facilitate access into plaza. The

existing nosings would form a trip hazard and do not provide

compliant access into the site as required at AS 1428.1-2009,

Design for Access and Mobility,.

The proposed works would not affect any fabric of identified

significance. They are modest in terms of their extent and would

be limited to the minimum required to provide compliant access

into the proposed plaza. The works would not affect the context

or setting of the church.


It is intended that chains and bollards will be stored on site to

permit their future reinstatement in the event that future

opportunities allow.

On this basis, the works are seen to raise no heritage issues.

2. Lawn areas and informal

post-WWII plantings in the

north-western sections of the

site are to be removed including

hedges to the northern and

much of the eastern boundary

of the site. An existing juvenile

peppercorn tree is also to be

removed.

The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works detail plan of

1895 (Figure 7) shows an asphalted area around the church.

Images of the unveiling of the Cross of Sacrifice in 1924 (Figure 10)

show a lawn around the cross and the planting of the lawn may

have been associated with the construction of the cross. As noted

above, aerial photographs from c. 1945 show lawned areas to the

north of the church with a number of mature trees (Figure 13). By

the 1980s, a hedge enclosing the front setback had been planted

along the street frontages. This arrangement survives today.

On this basis, it is evident that the relatively lush landscaping

arrangements currently on site date from the relatively recent

past. Areas to the north of the church have traditionally adopted

a more sparsely-vegetated appearance. Removal of existing lawn

areas and hedges will go some way towards reinstating the earlier

setting of the church and raise no heritage issues.

An existing juvenile peppercorn tree located to the north east of

the St Peters Church (c. 2010) is to be removed. This is an

element of no significance and its removal raises no heritage

issues.

3. An existing brick path on

western side of church is to be

removed.

This path is not evident in the image at Figure 13 dating from

1945. It is a post-war element of no significance and its removal

and replacement with lawn raises no heritage issues.

4. Existing modern signage

along the northern boundary

(c. 2000s) is to be removed

Advertising signage along the Albert Street boundary provides

information about activities sponsored or endorsed by the church

(Figure 15 and Figure 16). The existing signage has been

constructed in an ad hoc manner in the relatively recent past and

does not contribute to the setting of the church. The removal of

this signage raises no heritage issues.


5. Church identification signage

to eastern boundary (likely to

date from c. 2000s) is to be

removed

The Church identification signage to eastern boundary is likely to

date from c. 2000s. It is not a significant element and its removal

raises no heritage issues.

Identification signage to Gisborne Street

6. Existing fence arrangement

adjacent to eastern transept

(likely to date from c. 2000s?) to

be removed

The existing fence adjacent to the transept is likely to date from

c. 2000s. It is not a significant element and its removal raises no

heritage issues.

5.2.2 New works

A broad range of landscape and other works are proposed as detailed in Table 2.

Table 2 Proposed new works at St Peter’s Eastern Hill

Proposed works Assessment of heritage impact

7. Creation of a plaza to the

intersection of Albert and

Gisborne streets providing

space for a coffee cart. Works

include the including provision

for services for the cart such as

water and electricity.

A new bluestone-paved plaza to the intersection of Albert and

Gisborne streets is proposed. This will facilitate the operations of

the St Peter’s Coffee Cart and encourage greater public interaction

with the church, more generally.

As discussed above, the coffee cart aims to provide training and

work experience for people who are homeless or at risk of

homelessness or long-term unemployment. This is consistent with

the church’s commitment to social justice, which has traditionally

formed part of its mission. This aspect of the church’s traditional

activities is identified in Heritage Victoria’s statement of

significance for the church. The cart would be a non-

permanent/removable fixture in the plaza.

Broadly speaking, the construction of a more open environment

will go some way towards the reinstatement of the conditions on

the site evident in early photographs. Historically, an entry and

asphalted forecourt was located on this corner. This was removed

to allow the erection of the cross and the post and chain fence. As

noted above, the existing environment of hedges, lush laws and

mature plantings dates from the post-WWII period. While the

works will affect the current presentation of the church, the

changes will go some way towards restoring an earlier valued

setting for the church.


The proposed bluestone paving responds to the bluestone

construction of the church and is consistent with the historic

character of the St Peter’s Eastern Hill site.

The provision of underground services will be undertaken in a

discrete manner. New services will have no substantial presence

in the plaza and will not diminish the setting or context of the

church building. The plaza will produce no heritage impacts.

It is again noted that part of St Peters historical and social

significance derives from its association with the Reverend Canon

Farnham Maynard who initiated the introduction of the

Brotherhood of St Laurence into Victoria with its development of

social work programmes and fostering of awareness in Melbourne

of social justice issues. Activities of this type will be perpetuated

by the construction of the plaza and the introduction of the coffee

cart.

8. Reconstruction and

adaptation of the existing

circular plinth to the Wayside

Cross.

Plinth

The plinth to the cross has been altered on a number of occasions.

Early images (Figure 10, Figure 11) show a small concrete upstand

forming a ‘kerb’ around the cross. The images suggest that the

plinth was topped in gravel or light-coloured cobblestones or

similar. This early topping has been replaced in irregular

flagstones which have been altered and repaired on a number of

occasions. The concrete kerb survives in poor condition.

It is proposed to re-lay and make good these existing flagstones

and to install up-lighting to the cross.

Relaying the flagstones is a maintenance action which raises no

heritage issues. The proposed up lights will be integrated into the

re-laid modern flagstones. They will not affect any of the heritage

fabric at the church. The lights will enhance the legibility of the

cross at night. These works raise no heritage issues.

9. New bluestone path around

the perimeter of the church,

and another connecting the

driveway to the church entry to

the west of the church building.

The proposed bluestone path will allow movement through the

landscaped areas around the site. A pathway of this kind has

traditionally provided access around the church. A similar path

(albeit finished in asphalt) is visible in the MMBW Detail Plan of

1895. On this basis, the path will go some way towards reinstating

an earlier condition on the site. These works raise no heritage

issues.


10. Construction of two new

security fences and gates to the

west and south of the church

building in a style to match the

existing arrangements.

Two new gates will be installed to the west and south in order to

secure the rest of the church grounds. These gates will be

permeable with little impact on views to the church and will match

the design of existing gates on the site. The gates will not impact

on the significance of the place (Error! Reference source not

found.).

Existing gate to Albert Road

11. The existing memorial

garden is to be retained and

replanted as required. A new

formal low hedge is to be

planted adjacent to the

memorial garden.

It is understood that the memorial garden has developed in a

reasonably ad hoc manner. From time to time, the church has

permitted ashes to be scattered in this location. Although the

garden is not a planned or designed element it is valued by the

church community. The retention and sensitive replanting of this

garden raises no heritage impacts.

12. Bluestone plinth with

timber seating to be installed in

the eastern section of the

memorial garden,

The proposed seat and plinth will measure 1.2 metres high and 4.5

metres long with a 2.5 metre long seat. It will provide a space for

visitors to St Peter’s Eastern Hill to rest and contemplate the

memorial garden and church grounds and for patrons of the coffee

cart. The plinth will incorporate signage, providing an

interpretation of the memorial garden and the history of the

church. The plinth and associated seat will introduce a new

element in to this section of the church grounds, however the

proposed 1.2 metre height and bluestone materiality will produce

a sympathetic element with no impact on the heritage context.

13. Two LCD signs (one to

Gisborne Street and one to

Albert Street)

Existing signage

The proposed LCD signs will consolidate the signage at the site by

providing a more flexible signage options. They are not to be used

for commercial advertising purposes. The signs will each be less

than 2 sqm in area and will be located at the existing entry to

Albert Street and adjacent to the soup kitchen on Gisborne Street.

The signs are to provide information for church events and to

contribute to the operations of the church

The proposed signs are modest in extent, each being less than 2

sqm in area – much smaller than the existing non-illuminated

signage to Albert Street. While they are an atypical element

within church grounds, they would be similar to illuminated

signage installed in the Swanston Street frontage of St Pauls

Cathedral in recent years. These works have not diminished the

character of significance of the cathedral. Likewise, the proposed

signage on the subject site will not diminish the setting or

significance of the church. The signs will, however, facilitate the

ongoing social and spiritual mission of church.


14. New seating to Albert Street The seating would largely comprise a bluestone plinth of 0.3 - 0.5

metres in height surmounted by steel text reading ‘St Peters

Eastern Hill’. Text on bluestone plinth is to read ‘Anglican Parish of

the city since 1848’

The seating is proposed both as an adjunct to the coffee cart and

as a way of identifying the church to pedestrians and vehicles

travelling along Albert Street. While it will form a visible new

intervention, it is of a low scale and suitable materiality and will

not affect views to or the context of the church.

15. Up-lighting to church façade

The proposed up-lights will be located within the memorial garden

and will not be attached to any of the heritage fabric at the

church. The lights will enhance the legibility of the church at night

without impact on its character or significance. These works raise

no heritage issues.

16. Provide ramp and step for

disabled access to the side

(eastern) door of the church.

The ramp will be located on the eastern side of the church

allowing the existing entry to be used for disabled access to the

building. The disabled access arrangement are necessary for the

ongoing functioning of the church.

The ramp would be constructed as an extension to the bluestone

path discussed at 9 above. While no detail has been provided it is

understood that the ramp will sit on the lower bluestone step to

the entry allowing access from the new ramp across the existing

threshold. In this area, the ramp is to take to form of a permeable

steel grate situated on the lower step. No fixings to the step are

proposed and the grate could be removed without impact on

original fabric. As with the path more broadly, the works raise no

heritage issues. The proposed disabled access arrangements will

not affect the context of the building.

6.0 Conclusion

Broadly speaking, the current works are to be undertaken to provide a location for the St Peter’s Coffee

Cart. This enterprise is consistent with the pursuit of social justice traditionally associated with the

church. The works will affect no fabric of identified heritage significance. While the works will result in

some changes these will be modest and will, in some instances, help reinstate an earlier, more open

landscape to the north of the church. Nonetheless, the context of St Peter’s Anglican Church will not be

affected by the works.

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