Heritage Buildings and Items Review
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New Plymouth District Plan Heritage Buildings and Items Review Prepared by: Michael Kelly, 21 Myrtle Cres., Mt Cook, Wellington Russell Murray, R & D Architects, 7 Lytton Street, Wadestown, Wellington 1 | New Plymouth District Plan Review HERITAGE BUILDINGS AND ITEMS Table of Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Recommended Changes to the Current Management Approach .................................................. 4 Criteria Used to Assess Heritage Buildings and Items ................................................................... 7 Current criteria used to assess heritage buildings and items .......................................................... 8 Recommended criteria used to assess heritage buildings and items ............................................ 10 Heritage Buildings and Items Assessments .................................................................................. 12 Post Office ...................................................................................................................................... 13 James Lane Rest Rooms and First Hospital Plaque ..................................................................... 17 State Fire Insurance Building ......................................................................................................... 21 Egmont Chambers ......................................................................................................................... 25 Pantechnicon ................................................................................................................................. 29 Victoria Building ............................................................................................................................. 33 Former Salvation Army Citadel ...................................................................................................... 37 Chatsworth House ......................................................................................................................... 41 YWCA/YMCA Community House .................................................................................................. 45 Government Life Insurance Building .............................................................................................. 49 Abram’s Building ............................................................................................................................ 53 Bacon’s Building............................................................................................................................. 57 The State Hotel .............................................................................................................................. 60 Darby and Hannan Building ........................................................................................................... 65 Sole Bros Buildings ........................................................................................................................ 68 Public Trust Building ...................................................................................................................... 72 Red Post Building........................................................................................................................... 76 Johnson’s Motors Building ............................................................................................................. 80 State Theatre ................................................................................................................................. 83 Websters Building .......................................................................................................................... 87 Barry’s Building .............................................................................................................................. 91 Morey and Son Building ................................................................................................................. 94 Veale’s Building.............................................................................................................................. 97 Arizona Takeaways ...................................................................................................................... 100 First Taranaki Club Building ......................................................................................................... 104 Kelsey’s Building .......................................................................................................................... 108 St Paul’s Anglican Church, Urenui ............................................................................................... 111 Urenui Abattoir ............................................................................................................................. 115 Exchange Chambers ................................................................................................................... 118 Salvation Army Young Peoples Hall ............................................................................................ 122 East End Building ......................................................................................................................... 125 Boon Bros Building ...................................................................................................................... 129 New Plymouth Friendly Societies Dispensary ............................................................................. 133 St Mary’s Church Peace Hall ....................................................................................................... 136 St Mary’s Community Centre ....................................................................................................... 140 War Memorial Hall, Library and Museum .................................................................................... 144 Heritage Buildings and Items Risk Assessments ....................................................................... 148 Heritage Character Area ................................................................................................................. 152 Contributory Buildings ................................................................................................................... 157 2 | New Plymouth District Plan Review HERITAGE BUILDINGS AND ITEMS Introduction Overview Historic heritage within the New Plymouth District includes heritage buildings and items, and waahi taonga/sites of significance to Maori and archaeological sites. District-wide, there are approximately 800 heritage buildings and items listed in the District Plan. These have been classified into three categories: A, B and C. In addition, 17 heritage character areas are identified. The loss of heritage within the New Plymouth CBD became a key matter of focus for the review of the New Plymouth District Plan following the demolition of three buildings in 2016/17 that did not have rules to manage their demolition. Given heritage buildings and items are a precious and finite resource and the public interest in how the Council is managing heritage within the New Plymouth CBD, the Council wishes to understand which Category B heritage buildings and items located in the New Plymouth CBD might be considered a priority for retention and/or stronger regulation in the District Plan. At the same time it wants to examine resilience issues, especially in relation to public safety and the economics of maintaining earthquake-prone buildings. This review also looks at the general approach for managing heritage buildings and items in the district. Review Objectives We were contracted by the Council to carry out the following: 1. To confirm the criteria used to assess buildings and items; 2. To reassess Category B heritage buildings and items in the New Plymouth CBD using the existing inventory information as a starting point; 3. To assess other buildings and items in the district arising from public nominations; 4. To identify any general resilience issues; and 5. To make recommendations on any changes that need to be made to the current management approach. New Plymouth District Plan Review HERITAGE BUILDINGS AND ITEMS | 3 Recommended Changes to the Current Management Approach Current District Plan Management Of the approximately 800 category A, B and C heritage buildings and items listed in the District Plan, only those that are Category A are regulated by rules. Demolition or removal of a Category A heritage building or item requires resource consent as a non-complying activity. The remaining Category B and C heritage buildings and items are managed though non-regulatory methods such as recognition and advice. There are no rules in place requiring resource consent for demolition or removal. Of the 17 heritage character areas identified, seven are residential, five are commercial (including the New Plymouth Heritage Special Character Area) and five are bach settlements. These areas are not regulated. Recommended Category Changes: Heritage Buildings and Items The principal reasons for modifying the current District Plan regime are to improve protection and simplify management. At present the District Plan has three categories of listed heritage, only one of which, those listed ‘A’ are subject to regulation. We recommend that this be reduced to one well- founded list that is subject to regulation; the present