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Blue Mountains Conversion LEP Attachment 15 – Review of Heritage

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO HERITAGE SCHEDULE

Over time, Council has undertaken a number of heritage studies, both city-wide and area specific, which has resulted in the listing of over 900 items and areas of significance. These items and areas are listed in schedules in LEP 1991 and LEP 2005.

This Planning Proposal seeks to consolidate Council’s existing principal LEP’s and create a single planning instrument that is compliant with the Standard Instrument LEP. Accordingly, it is proposed to combine the heritage schedules of LEP 1991 and LEP 2005 and in doing so, address any errors or inconsistencies that Council are aware of.

The following tabulation identifies where adjustments to the heritage schedule and corresponding maps are proposed. 121 items are subject to the proposed adjustments. Adjustments are generally very minor and procedural in nature. Where a more significant change is proposed, such as removal of an item from the schedule, a brief justification is provided.

Items to be removed

The Planning Proposal seeks to remove 9 current listings from the schedule.

• 5 of these items will be absorbed by related items and as such will maintain heritage status.

• 2 of these items are duplicate listings and as such will maintain heritage status. • 2 of these items no longer have heritage significance as they have been demolished and

the site redeveloped.

Suburb Local Id Item Name Comment

Blackheath BH184 Gallipoli Steps, Blackheath Memorial Park

Item absorbed by Memorial Garden (BH023)

Blackheath BH185 Gates, Blackheath Memorial Park


Blackheath BH186 Pool Pavilion, Blackheath Memorial Park


Katoomba K005 Six Foot Track Item erroneously listed twice in schedule, duplicate removed.

Katoomba K111 Former ice factory Item demolished circa 2003 and replaced with fire station. No evidence surviving to illustrate former use.

Katoomba K117 Site of “Froma” Site redeveloped circa 2011 (cultural centre). Heritage impact study found no significant evidence of previous use.


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Suburb Local Id Item Name Comment

Lawson LN002 “Lyttleton”, residence Item erroneously listed twice in schedule, duplicate removed.

Mount Victoria

MV059 Wilson Memorial Gates to Memorial Park

Item absorbed by Mount Victoria Memorial Park (MV044)

Mount Victoria

MV060 Memorial Park structures: War Memorial and open fronted timber Pavilion

Item absorbed by Mount Victoria Memorial Park (MV044)

Wentworth Falls

WF006 McMahon’s Lookout

Item falls outside of Blue Mountains LGA

Wentworth Falls

WF089 Old Road to Picton

Item falls outside of Blue Mountains LGA

New item

The Planning Proposal seeks to include a new item on the heritage schedule.

Suburb Local ID Item name Comment

Blackheath BH206 Blackheath Memorial Gardens

Blackheath Memorial Gardens is currently mapped as an item in the LEP however is not included in the schedule. The Planning Proposal seeks to insert Blackheath Memorial Gardens as an item in the schedule to reflect the heritage mapping.

Items listed in schedule with no associated mapping

The Planning Proposal seeks to map a series of items that are currently listed in the heritage schedule however, by omission, have not previously been mapped.

Suburb Local ID Item name

Katoomba K105 Stone retaining walls

Katoomba K115 Exclusive Brethren Church


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Wentworth Falls WF110 Anderson Buildings

Wentworth Falls WF111 Federation shops and residences

Wentworth Falls WF112 “Il Postino”

Wentworth Falls WF113 Federation shops and residences

Items omitted inadvertently, to be reinstated

The Planning Proposal seeks to reinstate a number of items that were erroneously omitted from the heritage schedule when Local Environmental Plan 2005 was introduced. These items fall within the road/rail corridor or public land (reserves, cemetery).


Bell BELL007 Bell Railway Station and Residence

Glenbrook G001 Elizabeth’s Lookout

Glenbrook G002 Marge’s Lookout

Glenbrook G027 Lennox Bridge

Linden LD003 Toll Bar House (site only)

Linden LD004 Toll Bar Inn (site only)

Linden LD007 Linden Railway Station


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Linden LD014 Railway Overpass

Linden LD020 Parapet Wall

Linden LD021 Road/Rail—Cuttings/Overpasses

Mount Victoria MV031 Mount Victoria Cemetery

Mapping adjusted so curtilage relates to property boundary

In general, heritage mapping relates to the boundary of the property on which the heritage items is located. The Planning Proposal seeks to make minor mapping adjustments to the following items so that the mapping relates to the whole of the relevant parcel rather than part.


Blackheath BH054 Minhaven

Glenbrook G022 “Bonnie Doone”

Katoomba K003 Scenic Railway and Environs

Katoomba K041 “Archipelago”

Katoomba K118 “Homesdale”

Leura LA017 “Waters Meet”

Springwood SP016 Buckland Convalescent Home and Garden


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Wentworth Falls WF082 “Verna”

Mapping adjusted to correctly reflect curtilage of item

Over time, Council has become aware of a number of errors and inconsistencies associated with the heritage mapping. The Planning Proposal seeks to address these mapping errors.


Blackheath BH030 Macquarie Monument

Blackheath BH057 Balquhain and garden

Blackheath BH070 Paul Harris Lookout

Blackheath BH088 Heatherton

Blackheath BH098 Shipley Tea Rooms

Blackheath BH123 The Gardens War Memorial

Blackheath BH134 Horse Trough

Blackheath BH173 Shops adjacent to the station

Blackheath BH205 Group of houses

Blaxland BX001 Pilgrim Inn (site only)


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Blaxland BX003 Old Bathurst Road

Blaxland BX004 Mile post indicator

Faulconbridge FB001 Victory Track

Faulconbridge FB003 “Coomassie”

Glenbrook G007 Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson Memorial

Glenbrook G010 Former Station Master’s house

Glenbrook G011 Glenbrook Railway Station

Glenbrook G013 GateKeeper’s Cottage No 1

Glenbrook G020 Original Glenbrook Railway Sign and Monument

Glenbrook G023 Knapsack Gully Viaduct, 1865

Glenbrook G029 Lucasville Station

Glenbrook G041 “Kalamunda”

Glenbrook G046 Former Howlett’s Store

Glenbrook G049 Horse trough


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Hawkesbury Heights HH001 Hawkesbury Lookout Fault Zone

Hawkesbury Heights HH002 Hawkesbury Panorama Lookout

Hazelbrook H001 Rainbow Lodge and grounds

Hazelbrook H013 Horseshoe Falls

Katoomba K002 Echo Point Park

Katoomba K018 Lilianfels Park

Katoomba K023 “Balmoral House”

Katoomba K026 The Crushers

Katoomba K031 Explorers Tree and Environs

Katoomba K044 Katoomba Railway Station

Katoomba K047 Showground and Stand

Katoomba K058 “Palais Royale”

Katoomba K059 Katoomba Falls Kiosk

Katoomba K063 “Hillcrest” and garden


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Katoomba K064 Former Electric Power House

Katoomba K084 Retaining wall

Katoomba K090 Savoy

Katoomba K091 Group of Two Commercial Buildings

Katoomba K093 Crazy Prices

Lawson LN009 Sydney Rock

Lawson LN010 Lawson Railway Station

Lawson LN024 Grotto and Brick Fence

Lawson LN027 Former Blue Mountains Shire Office

Lawson LN031 Former Blue Mountains Shire Electricity Sub Station

Lawson LN077 Staples Store group

Leura LA007 Gladstone Colliery

Leura LA018 Central Leura—Urban Conservation Area

Leura LA020 Wascoe Street retaining wall


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Leura LA024 “Kanowna” group

Leura LA060 Lone Pine Avenue and Park

Leura LA078 Two-storey commercial building

Leura LA080 Hillcrest Coachman

Linden LD005 Caley’s Repulse

Linden LD010 Bull’s Camp

Linden LD012 Lady Martin’s Bath

Linden LD013 Rockcorry Cottages

Linden LD019 Remnants of Cox’s Road

Medlow Bath MB002 “Hydro Majestic”

Medlow Bath MB003 Medlow Bath Railway Station

Medlow Bath MB013 Horse Trough

Mount Tomah MT007 “Sunrise”

Mount Victoria MV008 Toll house


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Mount Victoria MV010 “Old Vic Post Office” Gallery

Mount Victoria MV012 “Exeter”

Mount Victoria MV025 “The Foyle”, “Lough Swilly”, “Bank House”

Mount Victoria MV027 Mount Victoria Railway Station

Mount Victoria MV034 Station Master’s cottage site

Mount Victoria MV035 Mount Victoria Railway Rest House

Mount Victoria MV040 “Rossmoyne” (“Sunny View”)

Mount Victoria MV044 Mount Victoria Memorial Park

Mount Victoria MV058 “Cherished Belongings” Arts and Crafts Gallery

Mount Victoria MV061 Brick house

Mount Victoria MV084 Police Station and Lock-up

Mount Wilson MW023 Du Faur’s Rocks

Springwood SP032 Cottage

Valley Heights VH008 House


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Warrimoo WM002 Horse Trough

Warrimoo WM003 Quarry

Wentworth Falls WF010 Kings Table

Wentworth Falls WF014 Horse Trough

Wentworth Falls WF018 Grand View Hotel and garages

Wentworth Falls WF020 “Rhondda Valley” grounds and Railway sign

Wentworth Falls WF022 Wentworth Falls Railway Station

Wentworth Falls WF036 Arched stone culvert

Wentworth Falls WF052 House and garden

Wentworth Falls WF064 Fence and trees

Wentworth Falls WF070 Wilson Park

Winmalee WL002 “Heatherbrae” and garden

Winmalee WL003 Group of Bunya Pines

Winmalee WL005 Mountains Fiesta Restaurant


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Woodford WD002 Woodford Railway Station

REVIEW OF THE PERIOD HOUSING AREAS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: AREAS RECOMMENDED FOR REMOVAL. August 2013

P a u l D a v i e s H e r i t a g e A r c h i t e c t s P t y L t d . B a l m a i n 1 |

REVIEW OF PERIOD HOUSING AREAS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS:

AREAS RECOMMENDED FOR REMOVAL

BACKGROUND

One of the unique features of the existing Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 2005 is that it includes precincts identified as ‘period housing areas’ (PHAs) in addition to the more commonly used ‘heritage conservation areas’. The

designation of PHA was given to areas within the towns and villages of the Blue Mountains that have a high proportion of early (19th and early 20th Century) housing with streetscapes that had a traditional character.

Paul Davies Heritage Architects Pty Ltd has undertaken a Review of all of the Period Housing Areas which is nearing completion. Some of the PHAs areas investigated as part of this study were found to not contain a critical mass of early

(i.e. ‘period’) houses and/or are not residential in character, nor do they demonstrate the historic, cultural, aesthetic, social or scientific values required to satisfy the NSW Heritage Council’s criteria for heritage conservation areas.

This report was commissioned by Blue Mountains City Council to provide further information about the qualities and values

of these areas to aid in the preparation of the forthcoming local environmental plan.

The Areas are:

Springwood: Lomatia Lane/Park Avenue

Springwood: Ferguson Road

Warrimoo: Florabella/Arthur/The Avenue

This report was prepared by Robyn Conroy, BTP, M.Blt Envt (Conservation) in August 2013.



SPRINGWOOD: LOMATIA LANE/PARK AVENUE PRECINCT

This precinct consists of the row of houses between Lomantia Lane and Park Avenue. It is not known why the precinct was identified as a Period Housing Area since only one modest cottage existed in the area in 1943, and aerial photographs show that it has now been demolished and a new house built on the site (NSW Department of Lands SIX viewer, 1943 and

2012 images (http://maps.six.nsw.gov.au)).

The precinct does not contain any individually listed heritage items, nor is it known to have European or Aboriginal archaeological potential (although it should be noted that the brief for the study did not include targeted historical

research).

Site inspection of the precinct revealed that it has a pleasant streetscape character, with the southern boundary

overlooking Lomatia Park across Lomatia Lane. The two areas are visually and physically separated by a tall woven wire fence erected along the park’s boundary with Lomatia Lane to prevent stray balls leaving the park.

The adjacent Lomatia Park is a locally significant heritage item, an area of 2.8 hectares (7 acres) north of the Great

Western Highway and west of Bland Road being proclaimed a recreation reserve in 1887 and formally gazetted as Lomatia Park in 1895 ‘for the purpose of a public park’. The name reflects the two rare native shrubs that were found in the area, Lomatia myricoides and Lomatia silaifolia. The park also has local significance both historically and socially through this

evidence of Victorian-era recognition of two native shrub colonies and also for its use as a landscaped cricket ground throughout the entire twentieth century. The setting of the cricket oval almost surrounded by bush is also noted as being

aesthetically significant. In 1985 the Heritage Council requested the City Council ‘to give consideration to the landscape setting of Lomatia Park and its historic association with cricket in the Blue Mountains in any future proposals for the area’.

This advice remains sound, and although the reference to landscape setting is likely to have referred to the surrounding bushland, may have been the reason that the properties abutting the park were identified as a ‘Period Housing Area’.

The lack of houses built prior to 1943 mean that the area should not be designated a Period Housing Area. The original bushland in this area (including any Lomatia plants) has been overwritten by gardens and buildings and, although it forms

the visual edge to the Park, the houses and gardens read as part of the suburban landscape and do not demonstrate the heritage values required for the precinct to be included within the curtilage of the heritage item.

The precinct has a relaxed quality due to its narrow streets and dominance of gardens in local views (together with the

views over the Park) and both Park Avenue and Lomatia Lane read as pleasant streetscapes. It does not however demonstrate the historic, aesthetic, social or research values required for listing as a heritage conservation area in its own right.

It is recommended that the Heritage Council’s comments about the need to protect the landscape setting of the Park in

any future development proposal would best be managed through the main planning controls, and in particular the DCP. An environmentally-focused zone may be appropriate, and retaining existing minimum lot sizes, single storey building

heights and the inclusion of a planted strip (possibly encouraging the planting of Lomantia) should be encouraged in the DCP.



(left) Location of the Lomatia Lane/Park Avenue Period Housing Area in Springwood.

(right) This photograph of the area taken in 1943 reveals that most of the precinct was undeveloped bushland at that time with the

oval dominating the area. Only one small cottage/shed had been built within the PHA (which has since been demolished). (Properties

highlighted green have retained their original roof form, or if additions have been carried out, these are in a form that is traditional for that style of house; those highlighted orange have retained the core of the original house but have had extensive additions which are

of a form not traditional for that style of house; and those highlighted red have been demolished.)

(below) detail in 1943 (http://maps.six.nsw.gov.au)

(over page) detail in 2012 (http://maps.six.nsw.gov.au)



The streetscape qualities of Park Avenue and Lomatia Lane are

quite different. Park Avenue has a very wide road reservation and

narrow carriageway, allowing generous verges and a spacious

streetscape character due to the very wide setbacks of buildings,

which is emphasised by the siting of most of the houses within the precinct close to Lomatia Lane. The streetscape character of

Lomatia Lane is intimate, with a narrow carriageway and minimal

verge, being a narrow footway on the northern side and a grassed

embankment on the southern. The character is enclosed further by

the tall steel wire mesh fence that has been erected to protect the

residents from stray cricket balls, but which also serves to separate

the residential area from the park.

The photograph above also shows the carefully manicured

character of the oval area today, with little sense of the original

bushland reserve evident except through the surrounding bushland

to the east and south.

Lomatia Lane is a narrow lane which is abutted on the northern

side by mostly modest cottage and on the southern by a tall steel mesh fence that acts as an abrupt edge to the park.

(looking east)

The houses that line Lomatia Lane extend to Park Avenue (above,

looking east). This elevation is dominated by the rear gardens of

the properties and has a pleasant character.



(below)Most houses in the precinct address Lomatia Park. They are modest in scale and set back varying distances from the property

boundary. The narrow road reservation creates a relaxed, intimate streetscape character, although this is affected negatively by the

tall steel mesh fence intended to protect the houses from cricket balls from the adjacent Lomatia Park.

The following photos show the Park Avenue elevation of the houses in the PHA. Most of the houses are set close to Lomatia Lane with

generous gardens to Park Avenue. The road reservation is wide and allows the planted verges and private gardens to dominate

streetscape views, with many houses barely visible.



SPRINGWOOD: WESTERN END OF FERGUSON ROAD

One of the period housing areas considered was the very small group of three modest cottages at the western end of Ferguson Road near where it turns to meet the Great Western Highway. Although the overall form of these buildings as residential cottages is still readable, and two in particular have good streetscape qualities, each has been significantly

adapted for commercial uses and the group does not read as a Period Housing Area.

The changes associated with the adaptive re use have varied for each property, with the eastern two retaining much of their original form and detailing, together with an indicative garden (a plain grassed area) that provides clear evidence of

the original residential forms and use. The western property has retained much of its original built form, but it has undergone extensive gentrification and cosmetic alteration that does not sit well with the image of a traditional Blue Mountains cottage.

Other changes to each property have included the replacement of garden areas with concreted carparks, which when at

the rear of the property (ie hidden by the building) may be difficult to see from the street, although the extent of paving has meant that the garden areas are largely bare of the trees and plantings that characterise the traditional residential

areas in the towns of the Blue Mountains. Each property has a visually prominent free-standing signboard at the street alignment. This has helped to minimise the impact of commercial signage on the fabric of the houses, but has a significant

impact on the character of the streetscape. The signs are however readily reversible. The western cottage is occupied by a sign company and includes extensive advertising on its façade.

The cumulative impact of the physical changes associated with the adaptive re-uses has been significant and has compromised the potential of the area to ‘read’, or be appreciated, as an early residential, or Period Housing, area. The

small number of properties (a total of three) in the existing PHA also lacks the critical mass and streetscape qualities required of an ‘Area’.

The cottages are therefore not recommended for listing as a Period Housing Area. They are clearly commercial in land use, with extensive changes to the fabric of each (including varying degrees of aesthetic and fabric intrusion) to

accommodate these new uses. They are sited within a commercial area on the main access to the town centre from the Great Western Highway and are surrounded by carparking areas etc. They are unlikely ever to return to residential use.

Although they do not demonstrate the qualities of a Period Housing Area, they do provide an aesthetically appealing

entrance to the town centre, particularly through their modest footprints and some semblance of a front garden, with mature trees etc. The retention of traditional residential detailing to two of the properties (at 332 Great Western Highway and 16 Ferguson Street) also makes a pleasing contribution to the streetscape and the retention of this quality in any

future development is encouraged if possible.

Several early houses situated slightly further east along Ferguson Road have been identified as local heritage items, and the cottages in the PHA in some ways ‘bookend’ these properties. Their individual heritage value was not investigated as

part of this study, but the properties at 332 Great Western Highway and 16 Ferguson Street continue to demonstrate positive, if modest, aesthetic qualities as individual cottages that may possibly be supported by other values, such as historic, or historic association, if investigated further.



Location of the Ferguson Road Period Housing Area in Springwood. The group is situated at one of the main entrances

to the Springwood town centre from the Great Western Highway

and has a commercial character, although the built forms are

residential.

This photograph of the area taken in 1943 reveals that all three cottages existed at that time and that they had a traditional

residential character with domestic gardens that extended to the

north into the area now occupied by the Great Western Highway.

Two have retained their original form (with some additions) and

the eastern-most has undergone extensive additions to the rear.

The streetscape character of the Highway (along the northern

boundary of the PHA) is utilitarian and although the rear of the

properties can be seen between the trees, particularly where the

rear yards have been paved, their streetscape character is not

particularly notable from this direction. The streetscape

character along Ferguson Road is of a higher quality, even

though the three cottages play a minor role in the group as a

whole.



The Ferguson Street PHA is a very small group of three former cottages that have been adapted for re-use as commercial premises.

Their overall form has retained a residential character, particularly as in the case (left) above where a small grassed area has been retained in front of the cottage; but the streetscape character is clearly a non-residential one, with most of the former garden areas

replaced by concreted carparking areas and the inclusion of access ramps etc to the front elevations. The buildings have retained

their single storey built forms, and two of the three have retained traditional residential detailing. The third has been heavily gentrified.

Although this cottage has been extended and altered for its new

commerical use it has retained its original residential character.

The intact cottage and the adjacent house make an aesthetically

appealing pair when viewed from Ferguson Road even though the easternmost of the two (above) has undergone substantial

additions and alterations at the rear.



(above) Looking to the PHA from the entrance to Ferguson Road. The property in the foreground has a traditional residential built

form and is aesthetically consistent with the PHA but it is not included in the Area. The reason for this is not known.



WARRIMOO PERIOD HOUSING AREA

The Warrimoo Period Housing Area is a small precinct of 49 houses that follows the alignment of a ridge that extends south from the Great Western Highway and includes The Avenue, Arthur Street and Florabella Street. Florabella Street terminates in the Florabella Reserves and Walking Track which leads to Glenbrook, and which was an important local

walking track promoted by real estate developer Sir Arthur Rickard in the sale of his subdivisions in the area.

The precinct does not contain any individually listed heritage items, nor is it known to have European or Aboriginal archaeological potential (although it should be noted that the brief for the study did not include targeted historical

research).

The character of the area is intimate and relaxed, with the very narrow streets lined by a variety of housing styles and

periods. Much of the eastern side of Florabella Street is occupied by Warrimoo Public School which is modest in scale and generally consistent with the streetscape character of the residential precinct (it is not included in the PHA). The

streetscape of The Avenue is wider and more typically ‘bushland suburban’ in its character, with the houses set under mature trees and views available over roofs and between buildings to the bushland beyond.

Most of the houses are mid-20th Century vernacular cottages and are mainly constructed of brick and tile or asbestos cement sheeting. Few have been gentrified. Several houses appear to have been owner-built, being of very basic,

functional design. Gardens are generally very simple, with a wide variety of native and exotic plantings evident. Fences are generally low and constructed of timber, although the many examples of aluminium fences in light coloured

powdercoat finishes are prominent in Florabella Street in particular.

The PHA is within the area of Rickard’s Station Gates development at Warrimoo, which included design features such as the combination of residential-scaled lots along the street frontage and larger blocks to the rear, which Rickard promoted as a feature of his subdivision:

About every fourth lot has attached at the rear a large area, which in the hands of a man of taste can be made a romantic adjunct to the home site proper. These additional areas vary from 1½ to 3 acres. (The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 27 October 1923, page 8, accessed via Trove (http://trove.nla.gov.au)

This does not appear to have been a successful promotion, with only two of these large lots being occupied in 1943. One was a chicken farm and the other (on the site now occupied by the school) was a house and garden that the aerial

photographs suggest may have included garden areas that took advantage of Rickard’s suggestions.

Given that the houses in the area do not demonstrate notable ‘period’ qualities and that the documentary and physical evidence has confirmed that only nine of the houses built prior to 1943 have survived (and five of these have been heavily

altered to an extent that they are difficult to still perceive as early 20th Century cottages) it is considered that the precinct, although it demonstrates pleasant environmental qualities, cannot be considered a ‘period housing area’. The intimate streetscape qualities would best be managed through the main planning controls, and in particular the DCP. An

environmentally-focused zone may be appropriate, and retaining existing subdivision patterns, single storey built forms and generous natural garden areas should be encouraged through the DCP.

Further research may reveal that the subdivision pattern (the street layout and lot boundaries) of this area may have

heritage significance through its links to Rickard and his innovative approach to subdivision and development across NSW in the early 20th Century. The lack of a ‘foundation layer’ of original Rickard-era residential development (ie early houses)

scattered throughout the area means that the subdivision has minimal connection with the current building stock and therefore that the houses seen today are not a significant layer in understanding and appreciating the heritage values of Rickard’s work. In particular, most of the houses could be replaced by similarly scaled and sited (sympathetically

designed) contemporary dwellings with negligible adverse impact on Rickard’s development principles.



(Left) Location of the Warrimoo Period Housing Area. The Area extends along one of the prominent narrow plateaus that extend south

from the transport corridor.

(Right) This photograph of the area taken in 1943 reveals that that precinct had been settled by a mix of residential-sized and small

productive lots, with 16 of the 49 properties that exist today developed. The precinct was then, and remains, surrounded by dense

bushland. Of the houses that existed in 1943, only 25% have survived intact or substantially intact (shaded green), and a further 31% have survived but have undergone extensive additions and alterations (orange). The remainder, or 43%, of the properties that

existed in 1943, have been demolished (red).

(below) The area today remains surrounded by bushland and has retained most of its original edges, the steep topography limiting potential for further urban development. This has played an important role in defining the streetscape character of the precinct, with

bushland visible in the distance of many local views.



The streetscape qualities of the area are generally reasonable,

being dominated by the narrow, intimate scale of Florabella

Street which reads as a country laneway. Building setbacks vary

from negligible to generous, with consequent variety in the scale of the front garden area and aesthetic qualities of the

streetscapes.

The narrow road reservation has also limited the potential for street tree planting, which, together with the modest setbacks of

many properties, has led to a surprisingly developed streetscape

character in places.

The Avenue

Florabella Street



Florabella Street looking north

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