Agenda: Urban Planning Committee

Date: Monday 7 June 2010

Time: 6.00pm

Outline of Meeting Protocol & Procedure:

• The Chairperson will call the Meeting to order and ask the Committee/Staff to present apologies or late correspondence. • The Chairperson will commence the Order of Business as shown in the Index to the Agenda. • At the beginning of each item the Chairperson will ask whether a member(s) of the public wish to address the Committee. • If person(s) wish to address the Committee, they are allowed four (4) minutes in which to do so. Please direct comments to the issues at hand. • If there are persons representing both sides of a matter (eg applicant/objector), the person(s) against the recommendation speak first. • At the conclusion of the allotted four (4) minutes, the speaker resumes his/her seat and takes no further part in the debate unless specifically called to do so by the Chairperson. • If there is more than one (1) person wishing to address the Committee from the same side of the debate, the Chairperson will request that where possible a spokesperson be nominated to represent the parties. • The Chairperson has the discretion whether to continue to accept speakers from the floor. • After considering any submissions the Committee will debate the matter (if necessary), and arrive at a recommendation (R items which proceed to Full Council) or a resolution (D items for which the Committee has delegated authority).

Recommendation only to the Full Council (“R” Items)

• Such matters as are specified in Section 377 of the Local Government Act and within the ambit of the Committee considerations. • Broad strategic matters, such as:- - Town Planning Objectives; and - major planning initiatives. • Matters not within the specified functions of the Committee. • Matters requiring supplementary votes to Budget. • Urban Design Plans and Guidelines. • Local Environment Plans. • Residential and Commercial Development Control Plans. • Rezoning applications. • Heritage Conservation Controls. • Traffic Management and Planning (Policy) and Approvals. • Commercial Centres Beautification Plans of Management. • Matters requiring the expenditure of moneys and in respect of which no Council vote has been made. • Matters reserved by individual Councillors in accordance with any Council policy on "safeguards" and substantive changes.

Delegated Authority (“D” Items)

• To require such investigations, reports or actions as considered necessary in respect of matters contained within the Business Agendas (and as may be limited by specific Council resolutions). • Confirmation of the Minutes of its Meetings. • Any other matter falling within the responsibility of the Urban Planning Committee and not restricted by the Local Government Act or required to be a Recommendation to Full Council as listed above. • Statutory reviews of Council's Delivery Program and Operational Plan.

Committee Membership: 7 Councillors Quorum: The quorum for a committee meeting is 4 Councillors.

WOOLLAHRA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

Notice of Meeting

3 June 2010

To: His Worship The Mayor, Councillor Andrew Petrie ex-officio Councillors Chris Howe (Chair) Peter Cavanagh Lucienne Edelman (Deputy) Ian Plater David Shoebridge Malcolm Young Toni Zeltzer

Dear Councillors

Urban Planning Committee Meeting – 7 June 2010

In accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act 1993, I request your attendance at a Meeting of the Council’s Urban Planning Committee to be held in the Committee Room, 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay, on Monday 7 June 2010 at 6.00pm.

Gary James General Manager

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Meeting Agenda

Item Subject Pages

1 Leave of Absence and Apologies

2 Late Correspondence 3 Declarations of Interest

Items to be Decided by this Committee using its Delegated Authority

D1 Confirmation of Minutes of Meeting held on 24 May 2010 1

Items to be Submitted to the Council for Decision with Recommendations from this Committee

R1 88-96 (-98) Newcastle Street, Rose Bay – 328.88 2

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Item No: D1 Delegated to Committee Subject: Confirmation of Minutes of Meeting held on 24 May 2010 Author: Les Windle, Manager – Governance File No: See Council Minutes Reason for Report: The Minutes of the Meeting of Monday 24 May 2010 were previously circulated. In accordance with the guidelines for Committees’ operations it is now necessary that those Minutes be formally taken as read and confirmed.

Recommendation:

That the Minutes of the Urban Planning Committee Meeting of 24 May 2010 be taken as read and confirmed.

Les Windle Manager - Governance

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Item No: R1 Recommendation to Council Subject: 88 - 96 (-98) Newcastle Street, Rose Bay Author: Sara Reilly – Heritage Officer File No: 328.88 Reason for Report: To respond to a decision of the Council requiring a heritage assessment of the buildings at 92 to 96 Newcastle St, Rose Bay.

Recommendation:

A. That the heritage assessment of the buildings at 88 to 96 Newcastle Street, Rose Bay, be received and noted.

B. That the buildings at 88 to 96 Newcastle Street, Rose Bay, not be listed as heritage items.

1.0 Introduction

The Council made the following resolution on 22 February 2010:

That Council undertake an urgent heritage assessment of the buildings at 92 to 96 Newcastle Street, Rose Bay.

This report responds to this resolution.

This report addresses Nos. 88, 90-92, 94 and 96(-98) Newcastle Street, thus going beyond the scope of the resolution. The reasons for this being that the four buildings at Nos. 88, 94 and 96(-98) are proposed for future demolition in the pre-DA documentation. This report also addresses No. 90-92 to fulfil the requirements of the resolution.

The owners of the properties, the Greek Orthodox Church of St George Rose Bay, met with Council at a pre-DA meeting on 25 August 2009 to discuss redevelopment of the site. This report does not address or respond to the existing pre-DA submission or Council’s pre-DA heritage response.

2.0 The sites

Below is a location map of the relevant properties showing the five parcels of land at the intersection of Newcastle Street and Old South Head Road, with 88 Newcastle St towards the top of the image and 96 (-98) at the lower edge of the image (see following page).

No.88 Newcastle Street is a one-storey brick and tile free-standing Federation dwelling, currently owned by the Greek Orthodox Church of St George Rose Bay, and currently tenanted.

No.90-92 Newcastle Street is the Greek Orthodox Church of St George, Rose Bay.

No.94 Newcastle Street is a one-storey brick and tile free-standing Federation dwelling, currently owned by the Greek Orthodox Church of St George Rose Bay, and currently tenanted.

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No.96 (-98) Newcastle Street is the former St Paul’s Anglican Church property including the 1918 former Church and Parish Hall and the 1927 former Church and Parish Hall. The 1918 former Church and Parish Hall building is currently being used as a pre-school facility. The 1927 former Church and Parish Hall building is currently not being used in any formal capacity.

3.0 Background

3.1 Documentation

The following documentation has been examined: • Draft Demolition Report by Rappoport Pty Ltd dated April 2009 (which was submitted as part of the pre-DA documentation) • Letter from Stuart Lockrey of Lockrey Planning and Development Solutions Pty Ltd, dated 11 June 2009 (which was submitted as part of the pre-DA documentation)

3.2 Research

The following research was undertaken in the preparation of this assessment:

• The site was inspected on Friday 19 March 2010.

Review of documents:

• Review of Councils property system to establish dates of earlier building and development applications.

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• Review of available original plans – specifically, the 1927 Church Hall by Burcham Clamp and Finch Architects, and the 1960 St Paul War Memorial Church for the Greek Orthodox Parish of St Paul Rose Bay plans by Fowell, Mansfield and Maclurcan Architects • Review of Council’s photography files relevant to immediate area • Review of Council’s inventory sheets and heritage listings • Review of Council’s aerial photography and mapping database • Review Google Maps – Street view

3.3 Limitations of this assessment

This report is based on the above documents and above research. No independent historic research was conducted, and as such, some quantitative historic and descriptive information supplied in the Pre-DA draft documentation by Rappoport Pty Ltd was taken to be accurate and relied upon in this assessment. No qualitative information such as opinions by heritage and planning consultants was relied upon.

3.4 Heritage status

• None of the subject properties are currently heritage items. • The subject properties are not within a heritage conservation area. • The subject properties are in the vicinity of the Royal Sydney Golf Club, Kent Rd, Rose Bay which is a heritage item. • The subject properties are not potential heritage items nor within the vicinity of any potential heritage items.

3.5 Definitions

For the purposes of this report the following definitions apply:

• ‘subject buildings’ or ‘subject group’ refers to the entire group of four buildings: 88, 94 and 96 (-98) Newcastle Street Rose Bay • ‘subject church buildings’ or ‘church group’ refers to the two former St Paul’s Anglican Church buildings only

4.0 Historical analysis

The Draft Demolition Report by Rappoport Pty Ltd provides an extensive overview of the local and site-specific history of Rose Bay and the subject site. It is not considered necessary for the purposes of this report to repeat those findings in full here. A general summary is excerpted below (with some minor additions/deletions and paraphrasing).

4.1 Historical notes

(Excerpts from Draft Demolition Report by Rappoport Pty Ltd)

Sir Daniel Cooper constructed and named Newcastle Street in 1875 to be a cross road to link Old South Head Road to New South Head Road.

The Rose Bay Estate was subdivided in the early 1900s.

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The dwelling at 88 Newcastle Street Rose Bay, formerly known as The Kurrajong was constructed in c.1911 by A.J. McDonald, a pharmacist with a pharmacy on New South Head Road.

The St George Church at 90-92 Newcastle Street Rose Bay was built for the Greek Orthodox Parish of St Paul’s from plans approved by Council in 1960. Council records do not indicate any prior development on the site. It seems reasonable to assume that prior to the construction of the church, there may have been two Federation dwellings on the site(s) which were similar to the two adjacent dwellings at 88 and 94.

The dwelling at 94 Newcastle Street Rose Bay, formerly known as Islington/Malvern/Redmarley, was once the rectory of St Paul’s Church, and was constructed in c.1913 by C. H. Buchanan.

The land for a church at 96(-98) Newcastle Street was purchased by the Sydney Church and Endowment & Trustees in c.1915. By 1917 the owners of the land were St Michaels Church Rose Bay and Vaucluse. By 1927 the Trustees of St Paul’s Church of England were paying the rates. The former St Paul’s Church at 96 Newcastle Street Rose Bay was constructed by the Trustees of St Paul’s Church of England in 1918. The former St Paul’s Parish Hall at 96 Newcastle Street was constructed by the Trustees of St Paul’s Church of England in 1927. (Plans are located in Council’s records).

The foundation stone of the original St Paul’s Church (now Possums Pre-school) was laid on 15 June 1918, and the church opened for services on 17 October 1918. The foundation stone for the larger church building was laid on 30 April 1927. This building was to have been a combined church and school hall, however only part of the building was constructed, creating a church hall which opened on 10 September 1927. Alterations were made to the church hall in c.1929 and it was dedicated for the purposes of church services on 1 December 1929. At this time the original church became the Parish Hall. St Paul’s Rose Bay and North Bondi was made a provisional district on 3 June 1920. Its status was raised to a parish on 1 December 1929. The dwelling at 94 Newcastle Street Rose Bay was purchased by the church in c.1933 for use as a rectory.

The parish achieved full status in 1929 which coincided with the major residential growth of Rose Bay as a suburb. Since that time, however, the church’s parishioners have dwindled. Church records of baptisms, marriages and confirmations indicate that the parish population was dwindling from at least the early 1980s. The last confirmation occurred at St Paul’s in 1981; the last baptism in 1991. Marriages throughout the 1980s were sparse with two in 1984, one in 1985, one in 1996 and one more in 1990. These statistics suggest that the parish by this time was incredibly small. Further evidence of a demographic shift is the construction of the Greek Orthodox Parish of St George Church at 90-92 Newcastle Street in c.1962, signifying the shifting population and the arrival of immigrants post-World War Two.

In c.1989 the church was downgraded to a provisional parish at which time an acting rector, Canon Lawrence Bartlett was installed. Bartlett was also the rector at St Michaels, Vaucluse and handled the management of both parishes. By this time there was only one service per month at St Paul’s, Rose Bay. It seems the congregation was probably by this time very small, and could no longer afford the administrative costs associated with the parish. The church was becoming increasingly unviable. In such circumstances the Sydney Anglican Diocese administration would manage the gradual closure of the parish over about a five year period. Considering the last parish minutes for St Paul’s were in 1986, this appears to be the case in Rose Bay. The church closed and the buildings were de-licensed in 1991 at which time they were sold to the Greek Orthodox Parish of St George.

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4.2 Burcham Clamp and Finch Architects

(from the Australian Dictionary of Biography online):

CLAMP, JOHN BURCHAM (1869-1931), architect, was born on 30 November 1869 at 743 George Street, Sydney, son of John Clamp, a London-born hairdresser, and his wife Sophia, née Hunt, from Dublin. Known as Burcham, he was educated at Christ Church St Laurence School, and won the Mort scholarship in 1882. Next year he was articled to H. C. Kent, a leading Sydney architect, and attended evening classes at the University of Sydney and the Sydney Technical College. In 1886 he received honourable mention in the student design competition of the Institute of Architects of New South Wales, and in 1889 was awarded its gold medal; that May he was the first student admitted to its membership. On 22 June 1893 he married Susie Young at Auburn; they later lived at Cremorne and, from about 1914, at Greenoaks Avenue, Darling Point.

Clamp worked for Kent until he joined T. M. Smith in partnership in 1899. In 1901 he set up on his own and became known for efficient planning, competent design and secure construction. By 1910 he had been responsible for St James's Hall, Phillip Street; Victoria Hall, Manly; Lister Private Hospital and nurses' home, Darlinghurst; and such major projects as the enlargement of Winchcombe, Carson Ltd's Pyrmont wool store, and Wyoming and Castlereagh chambers in the city. His most controversial commission was to rebuild Farmer & Co. Ltd's Victoria House in Pitt Street—obliterating J. Horbury Hunt's 1874 building which had been acclaimed as 'our finest example of street architecture'. Clamp's meeting with Walter Burley Griffin in the United States of America led to a brief partnership with him in Sydney in 1914. Later he was joined by C. H. Mackellar and they designed several factories and other buildings in 1918-24.

An active Anglican and prominent Freemason, Clamp was building surveyor for the diocese of Sydney, and exercised considerable influence in ecclesiastical architecture: among other projects he designed the Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) chapel, North Sydney, St Matthew's Church, Manly (with Wright and Apperly) and converted a two-storey house at Rushcutters Bay into St Luke's Hospital. He was also a founder and councillor of Cranbrook School, altering the house after its use as the residence of the State governor in 1901-15, designing new buildings and landscaping its grounds. Clamp and (C. H.) Finch were the architects between 1927 and 1930 of Tattersall's Club, Castlereagh Street, the Buckland Memorial Church of England Boys' Home, Carlingford, Canberra Grammar School and the Ainslie Hotel in Canberra. Early in 1930 Clamp's son John replaced Finch.

An active and outspoken member of the local Institute of Architects, Clamp urged the federation of the separate State bodies and in 1907 had strongly backed the admission of Florence Parsons as an associate. He had a forthright but tactful manner, self-reliance and boundless energy. He was a member of the Town Planning Association of New South Wales, the Martin Place extension committee and of Tattersall's, the Millions and the National clubs. Fortunate to practice during two boom periods in 1901-14 and 1920-28, Clamp provided a bridge between the nineteenth-century romantic and twentieth-century functionalist styles, presenting an originality of design which combined character with sound commercial possibilities.

Survived by his wife, son and three daughters, Clamp died of acute broncho-pneumonia on 7 July 1931 at his Cremorne home and was buried in the Anglican section of South Head cemetery.

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5.0 Physical analysis

5.1 Location and streetscape of the group

The subject group of buildings forms the gateway to Newcastle Street and the area of Rose Bay behind the Royal Sydney Golf Club grounds at the approach from Old South Head Road. The corner of Newcastle Street and Old South Head Road is a visually prominent corner heading north to Vaucluse and South Head along Old South Head Road.

Newcastle Street is an important and historic thoroughfare which joins Old South Head Road to New South Head Road north through Rose Bay. It is characterised by amply-proportioned free- standing brick residential dwellings mostly of a traditional style dating from the Federation era, plus several institutional and ecclesiastical buildings. The street is tree-lined, and of open and generous proportions.

Nos. 80-86 Newcastle St, directly north along Newcastle Street from the subject buildings, are the Rose Bay Gardens Nursing Centre, and a neighbour to the subject site.

To the east and rear of the site, along Old South Head Road, the subject site adjoins the rear of a row of free-standing residential dwellings. On the opposite side of Old South Head Road, across from the side of the 1918 church building fronting Old South Head Road, is a mixture of residences, modern residential flat buildings and a corner shop building.

Opposite the subject group to the north is the Royal Sydney Golf Club, characterised by green open space bounded by steel mesh fencing. The club house is some distance away, and out of immediate view.

5.2 Physical descriptions

(Excerpts from Draft Demolition Report by Rappoport Pty Ltd)

5.2.1 88 Newcastle Street Rose Bay

The dwelling at 88 Newcastle Street Rose Bay was constructed in c.1911 and was originally known as The Kurrajong. The cottage is a simple but good example of the Federation Arts and Crafts style of architecture.

The cottage is of masonry construction with a hipped, terracotta tiled roof with exposed rafter eaves; there are three rough-cast render chimneys with face brick cap and detailing. The cottage sits on a sandstone base course. The façade is rendered and painted and the gable ends are timber clad. There is a rear, skillion-roof addition. The front verandah has an iron lace balustrade and bracket with brick piers topped with square timber posts. The verandah soffit is lined and the original tessellated floor tiles remain. There is an original three-casement timber bay window to the façade and other timber framed sash windows.

The dwelling is somewhat screened from the street by landscaping, timber entry gates, a garage and fencing.

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5.2.2 90-92 Newcastle Street Rose Bay (not from Rappoport Pty Ltd report)

The St Paul War Memorial Church for the Greek Orthodox Parish of St Paul Rose Bay was approved for construction in 1960, and built c.1963-4. It is a large modern building based on traditional form. It is constructed from yellow face brick, with concrete detailing. The façade consists of a large face brick wall with an entry triptych of three large concrete classical arches painted white surrounding the front entrance doors. The building appears raised above street level, and is accessed by two flights of brown-tiled steps with metal railings. The entrance doors are large panelled timber doors in a natural stained finish. Religious phrases and symbols appear on the concrete transom above the entry doors and in the top components of the entry arches. The building has a simple pitched and tiled roof, with small pitched-roof irregular transepts to the rear. There is a large square bell tower in brick to the front eastern corner of the façade, topped by an off-form white concrete vault housing the bell. The building appears simple and monolithic in style and form with a traditional form and detailing typical of 1960’s construction such as face brickwork and free- form concrete elements.

5.2.3 94 Newcastle Street Rose Bay

The dwelling at 94 Newcastle Street Rose Bay was constructed in c.1913 and was originally known as Islington. Later it was renamed Redmarley, and then was known as ‘The Rectory’ after acquisition by the church. The cottage is a modest and plain expression of the Federation Arts and Crafts style.

The cottage is of masonry construction with a hipped, terracotta tiled roof; there are two tall roughcast rendered chimneys with face brick detailing and terracotta chimney pots. The primary gable end has render detail and the verandah gable end is shingled. The cottage sits on a sandstone base course with face brick walls incorporating simple terracotta air bricks. The front verandah has a face brick balustrade with square timber posts; the verandah soffit is timber-lined. The original timber windows remain, notably the four-casement bay window to the façade and other timber framed sash windows. The original tiles to the front steps have been replaced with intrusive tiles and a tubular metal handrail has been added.

5.2.4 96 (-98) Newcastle St Rose Bay – former 1927 St Paul’s Anglican Church/Hall

The former St Paul’s Church of England Parish Church was built in 1927 and was designed by architects Burcham Clamp and Finch. It superceded the original 1918 church to the south as the primary church building, and both buildings remain adjacent and at unusual angles to each other in the triangular corner of the site, at the junction of Old South Head Road and Newcastle Street. The building is of face brick construction with a parapeted gable and roof ventilators. The gabled roof is terracotta tiled and has exposed rafter eaves. There are small buttresses along each façade which alternate with the original pointed arch stained glass windows. The pointed arch double doors remain on the primary entry on the western façade. There are sandstone steps up to this entry and the pointed arch doorway has a sandstone keystone and voussoirs. A face brick toilet is located at the rear of the building and there is a face brick batter retaining wall with brick steps cut in to it allowing access from the rear, denoting a historical entrance point.

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Internally the building has a basic cruciform footprint. The original timber floorboards remain, but have been carpeted in the chancel, transepts, crossing and sanctuary. The roof is timber lined with exposed timber roof trusses, except for the sanctuary which has a battened fibro-lined roof. The face brickwork still remains largely intact except for a couple of white-painted sections in the eastern end of the transept. A kitchenette has been added to the western end of the north transept. A secondary entry on the western façade provides access to a timber panelled enclosure with a crenellated top at the western end of the south transept. There is a timber battened dado in the sanctuary. The vestry retains the original timber flooring, built-in cupboard and panelled door. The original timber windows remain throughout. Intrusive air-conditioning units have been added over windows and unsympathetic fluorescent lights have been installed.

5.2.5 96 (-98) Newcastle St Rose Bay – former 1918 St Paul’s Anglican Church/Hall

The former St Paul’s Church of England Parish Church was built in 1918. The architect is not known. This structure was the original Anglican Church which was superceded by the neighbouring building in 1927 at which time it became the Parish Hall.

The building is a single-storey structure of masonry construction with a tiled, gabled roof with spire and exposed rafter eaves. There is a small gabled wing on the eastern corner of the building and a flat roofed addition attached to the eastern façade. The original facades are rendered and there are buttresses alternating with pointed arch windows. It appears that the original windows have been replaced with the existing poorly fitting timber framed windows. There are simple terracotta vents in all facades. A foundation stone is located on the lower part of the western façade (laid 15 June 1918). The exterior of the small entry vestibule is timber battened; the original arched double doors remain. Other exterior timber doors appear to have replaced the originals.

Internally, the brickwork walls have been painted. In the majority of the building the timber lined ceiling and roof trusses remain intact and unpainted. The original timber floorboards remain in the main body as well as the original tessellated tiles in the small entry vestibule. Intrusive fans, lights and heaters have been attached to the walls, ceiling and roof trusses. Mesh screens and blinds have been attached to the internal reveals of the windows. The fit-out to the toilets and kitchen are not original. Cost racks and pigeon holes have been installed on either side of the entry vestibule. The walls and ceilings of the rear addition are lined with fibrous plaster. The original layout has been modified over time to accommodate the new uses, from church to hall to pre-school.

The 1927 former church hall and the original church are built at angles to each other, creating an unusual alignment. The 1927 former church hall faces Newcastle Street, whereas the 1918 building is oriented to the approach along Old South Head Road.

There are various fencing materials used along the perimeter of the site. A sandstone retaining wall bounds the northern portion of the site adjacent the 1918 church, topped by a brick fence. The remainder is a miscellany of timber paling, modern metal and face brickwork fencing.

Behind the subject buildings are a row of residential free-standing brick residences aligned with and fronting Old South Head Road.

6.0 Assessment of significance

The following tables assess significance using the generally recognised NSW Heritage Branch State Heritage Register heritage assessment criteria.

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6.1 Assessment of heritage criteria – 88 and 94 Newcastle St Rose Bay – two Federation dwellings

An item is important in the course, or pattern, of Woollahra’s cultural or natural history Historical significance The two Federation Arts and Crafts buildings have some local significance as SHR criterion (a) part of the development of the suburb of Rose Bay at the beginning of the twentieth century.

This attribute by itself is of low-moderate significance at a local level.

An item has strong or special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of Historical importance in Woollahra’s cultural or natural history. association significance The two Federation Arts and Crafts buildings have no particular association with SHR criterion (b) any important persons or groups. No. 94 Newcastle Street was once associated with the Anglican Church in its role as the rectory for the adjacent church but this association has been lost.

This attribute by itself is of low significance at a local level.

An item is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or Aesthetic technical achievement in Woollahra. significance SHR criterion (c) The two Federation Arts and Crafts buildings are modest examples of the Federation Arts and Crafts style, containing typical, but not exemplary, detailing such as prominent eaves with exposed rafters, gable infill, roughcast walling, stone base, tall chimneys, projecting verandahs and bays.

This attribute by itself is of low significance at a local level.

An item has strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in Social significance Woollahra for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. SHR criterion (d) The two Federation Arts and Crafts buildings have no known social significance. An item has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding Woollahra’s Technical/research cultural or natural history. significance SHR criterion (e) The archaeological potential of the place is low.

This attribute by itself is of low significance at a local level.

An item possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Woollahra’s cultural or natural Rarity history. SHR criterion (f) The two Federation Arts and Crafts buildings are typical examples of their style which are common in the local area.

This attribute by itself is of low significance at a local level.

An item is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of Woollahra’s Representativeness cultural or natural places or cultural or natural environments. SHR criterion (g) The two Federation Arts and Crafts buildings are simple and modest representative examples of their housing type.

This attribute by itself is of low significance at a local level.

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The degree to which the item retains the aspects which make it significant under the criteria above. Integrity The buildings are generally in good condition and are intact. There have been some additions, intrusions and alterations, but generally the buildings retain their original form and character.

6.2 Assessment of heritage criteria – 90-92 Newcastle St Rose Bay – St George Church

An item is important in the course, or pattern, of Woollahra’s cultural or natural history Historical significance St George Church is a recent building that has low levels of historic SHR criterion (a) significance.

This attribute by itself is of low-moderate significance at a local level.

An item has strong or special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of Historical importance in Woollahra’s cultural or natural history. association significance St George Church is associated with the Greek Orthodox Church and its parishioners SHR criterion (b) in the Rose Bay area. This association dates from c.1964 so cannot be said to be historically significant.

This attribute by itself is of low significance at a local level.

An item is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or Aesthetic technical achievement in Woollahra. significance SHR criterion (c) St George Church does not demonstrate a high level of aesthetic significance or a high degree of creative or technical achievement.

This attribute by itself is of low significance at a local level.

An item has strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in Woollahra for Social social, cultural or spiritual reasons. significance SHR criterion (d) St George Church is associated with the local Greek Orthodox Church and its parishioners.

This attribute should be considered to be of moderate significance at a local level. An item has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding Woollahra’s cultural Technical/resear or natural history. ch significance SHR criterion (e) The archaeological potential of the place is low.

This attribute by itself is of low significance at a local level.

An item possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Woollahra’s cultural or natural history. Rarity SHR criterion (f) St George Church is not a rare example of a particular architect’s work or a particular historic style.

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An item is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of Woollahra’s cultural Representativeness or natural places or cultural or natural environments. SHR criterion (g) St George Church is not representative of church architecture in the Woollahra Municipality, nor is it representative of a style or period of architecture at a local, state or regional level.

The degree to which the item retains the aspects which make it significant under the criteria above. Integrity St George Church is generally in good condition and is intact. There have been some additions and alterations, but generally the building retains its original form and character.

6.3 Assessment of heritage criteria – Former St Paul’s Anglican Church and Parish Hall – two church buildings

An item is important in the course, or pattern, of Woollahra’s cultural or natural history Historical significance The former St Paul’s Anglican Church of 1927 and 1918 Parish Hall represent an SHR criterion (a) aspect of the growth of Rose Bay into a suburb following the subdivision of the early 1900s. They reflect the inherent religious beliefs of some of the local residents. Thus the church buildings were an important part of the growing sense of community and spirituality of the Rose Bay area.

This attribute by itself is of moderate significance at a local level.

An item has strong or special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of Historical importance in Woollahra’s cultural or natural history. association significance The former St Paul’s Anglican Church of 1927 was designed by the architects SHR criterion (b) Burcham Clamp and Finch. John Burcham Clamp appears in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, as a successful and fairly prolific architect of the early twentieth century. The building is one a number of works by Burcham Clamp Finch, and forms part of the architect’s body of work. Another church in the Woollahra Municipality, at Bellevue Park Road, Bellevue Hill, also by Burcham Clamp and Finch, is listed as a heritage item.

This attribute by itself is of moderate significance at a local level. An item is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or Aesthetic technical achievement in Woollahra. significance SHR criterion (c) The former St Pauls Anglican Church of 1927 and 1918 Parish Hall exhibit a suburban siting, some degree of character combined with functionalist ecclesiastical architecture.

This attribute by itself is of low significance at a local level.

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An item has strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in Woollahra Social significance for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. SHR criterion (d) As a place of continuing Anglican worship from 1918 to 1991, these two buildings are important to the Anglican community of the parish of Rose Bay and the wider Anglican community. (However, they have not been used as church premises since 1991, and the Anglican community have divested themselves of the buildings).

This attribute should be considered to be of moderate significance at a local level.

An item has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding Woollahra’s Technical/research cultural or natural history. significance SHR criterion (e) The archaeological potential of the place is low.

This attribute by itself is of low significance at a local level.

An item possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Woollahra’s cultural or natural history. Rarity SHR criterion (f) The former St Paul’s Anglican Church of 1927 and 1918 Parish Hall are not uncommon building types within the municipality or the Rose Bay area, and are not considered rare.

This attribute by itself is of low significance at a local level.

An item is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of Woollahra’s cultural Representativeness or natural places or cultural or natural environments. SHR criterion (g) The former St Paul’s Anglican Church of 1927 and 1918 Parish Hall have some representative value in demonstrating the principal characteristics of the church type. The buildings have attributes typical of this particular type of building.

This attribute by itself is of moderate significance at a local level.

The degree to which the item retains the aspects which make it significant under the criteria above. Integrity The shells of the buildings are generally in good condition and intact. The relics and other movable items associated with church premises have been removed.

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6.4 Comparative study - Comparison with other churches in the Woollahra Municipality listed as heritage items

6.4.1 Survey table

Item Item Name Address Dates Distguishing Features and No. Characteristcs 1 All Saints Anglican 85 Ocean St 1876-1882 Architect Edmund Blacket Church Woollahra 2 Wentworth Memorial 32B Fitzwilliam 1965 Only grounds and native vegetation Anglican Church Road Vaucluse listed at this time. Church is a potential heritage item under the Draft Woollahra LEP 1995 (Amendment No. 66) – Heritage Items. Associated with Wentworth family; Architect Don Gazzard 3 Holy Cross Catholic 17 Adelaide Street, 1940 Architect Austin Mackay; listing Church Woollahra described as ‘a unique Art Deco church’; Woollahra Heritage Conservation Area 4 Mary Magdalene 835 New South 1890-1920? Early 20th Century Gothic. Listing Catholic Church Head Road Rose described as ‘dominates vista Bay through commercial precinct’ (no details on inventory listing as to reasons for listing); prominent address in Rose Bay shopping precinct; ornate façade and ornate stone entry detailing and statuary 5 St Marks Church 53 Darling Point See Item 8 Rectory Road 6 Former St Anthonys 341 Old South Head First Catholic Church in Sydney; Roman Catholic Road, Rose Bay Aesthetic and Historic State Church Significance 7 St Georges Anglican 245 Glenmore Road 1889 Wayside Chapel association; Church Paddington Paddington Heritage Conservation Area; Victorian Free Gothic style; Historic, Aesthetic and Social Local Significance 8 St Marks Anglican 57A Darling Point One of earliest examples of Academic Church Road Gothic Revival style; see also Rectory; Architect Edmund Blacket 9 St Marys Our Lady Old South Head Part of Watsons Bay Church Group Star of the Sea Road, Watsons Bay with three other buildings; all sandstone and incl. surrounding vegetation; Watsons Bay Heritage Conservation Area 10 St Michaels Anglican St Michaels Place, To a design by Architect Edmund Church Vaucluse Blacket, enlarged and completed in 1930’s by Leslie Wilkinson 11 St Peters Anglican 331 Old South Head One of earliest surviving churches in Church Road, Watsons Bay Sydney – 1864; Architect Edmund Blacket; Watsons Bay Heritage Conservation Area 12 St Stephens Anglican Bellevue Park Road, 1927 Architects: Burcham, Finch and Church Bellevue Hill Clamp (no details on inventory listing as to reasons for listing); near heritage items and public school; in prominent location; still operating as church

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13 St Columba Uniting 53 Ocean Street cnr Sir John Sulman; Woollahra Heritage Church Forth St, Woollahra Conservation Area 14 Uniting Church Jersey Road cnr Stone church; no longer operating as Moncur St, church; Woollahra Heritage Woollahra Conservation Area

6.4.2 Consideration of survey results

All church buildings currently listed as heritage items in the Woollahra Municipality are listed in the survey above. The following can be concluded from the comparison: • Items in the table above having standard (non bold) font have been assessed as having a level of aesthetic merit, an association with eminent person/s, a rare historic association, or some exemplary or rare feature or style that merits their listing as heritage items well above and beyond comparison with the subject church buildings. • Two items appearing in bold are suitable for comparison with the subject church buildings because they have similar characteristics to the subject church buildings. • In the case of the Mary Magdalene Church on New South Head Road, Rose Bay, the building itself is in a location of higher importance than the subject building, being adjacent to a busy shopping precinct on a major road. The building has more aesthetic merit, having a substantially more ornate façade, with grand formal stone entry steps and statuary all addressing the main road. Its listing describes it as ‘dominating vistas through the commercial precinct’. As such, it forms an important component of a community streetscape on a major road. Furthermore, and importantly, it is still operating as a church. • In the second case, St Stephen’s Anglican Church in Bellevue Hill, the architects for this church are the same architects as for the subject church buildings. However, this church is also on a busier road in a more prominent location than the subject church buildings, and is of greater aesthetic significance than the subject buildings. It also has propinquity to Bellevue Hill Public School and Bellevue Park. Furthermore, and most importantly, it is also still operating as a church. • Thus, after consideration of other heritage-listed churches in the Woollahra Municipality, it is concluded that the subject church buildings do not embody similar characteristics, associations, features, location or other particulars that makes them commensurate with the currently listed church items. They have less aesthetic significance than the above listed buildings. They have less historic association with prominent persons historic or architectural. The subject church buildings have a less favourable location, which although prominent, does not address the main road, and thus do not contain the same level of community streetscape value. And most importantly, they are no longer operating as church premises.

7.0 Statements of significance

7.1 88 Newcastle St Rose Bay

The dwelling at 88 Newcastle Street Rose Bay has some local historic significance as an original dwelling on the site which reflects the growth and development of the Rose Bay suburb. It has some aesthetic significance as a typical but modest example of the Federation Arts and Crafts style of residential dwelling.

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7.2 90-92 Newcastle St Rose Bay

St George Church has little historic, social or other significance that would make it culturally valuable to the local community in general, although it has some historic and social value for the Greek Orthodox Church community. It has little aesthetic, technical or other significance.

7.3 94 Newcastle St Rose Bay

The dwelling at 94 Newcastle Street Rose Bay has some local historic significance as an original dwelling on the site which reflects the growth and development of the Rose Bay suburb. It has some aesthetic significance as a typical but modest example of the Federation Arts and Crafts style of residential dwelling. It has some social significance for its association with the St Paul’s Anglican Church Rose Bay and its former use as the associated rectory. This significance has, however, been lost with the termination of the use of the adjacent church building as a parish building.

7.4 96 Newcastle St Rose Bay – Former St Paul’s Anglican Church (1927)

The former St Paul’s Anglican Church /Parish Hall from 1927 has some local historic significance as an original ecclesiastical building on the site which reflects the growth and development of the Rose Bay suburb. The building reflects the growth and development of the Anglican Diocese in the Rose Bay area. It has some historic association with John Burcham Clamp, a successful and fairly prolific Sydney architect of the early twentieth century. It has some aesthetic significance as a modest representative ecclesiastical building of its type, style and period.

7.5 96 Newcastle St Rose Bay – Former St Paul’s Anglican Parish Hall (1918)

The former St Paul’s Anglican Church/Parish Hall from 1918 has some local historic significance as an original ecclesiastical building on the site which reflects the growth and development of the Rose Bay suburb. The building reflects the growth and development of the Anglican Diocese in the Rose Bay area. It has some aesthetic significance as a modest representative ecclesiastical building of its type, style and period.

8.0 Consideration

The two Federation dwellings have little significance worthy of them being considered appropriate for heritage listing.

St George Church has little significance worthy of consideration for heritage listing.

As the Anglican Church has sold, decommissioned and otherwise divested itself of the subject church buildings, it is considered that the church is unable to maintain a continuing interest in the church buildings due to the dwindling numbers of local parishioners. This is not to obscure the fact that for local members of the community, from the Anglican Church or otherwise, the former church site and its existing buildings may have significance in meaning and association.

The loss of significance of the subject buildings is inherent in the procession of time and change within the Anglican Church itself. It seems the buildings no longer are required to fulfil the functions for which they were constructed, and that the most important characteristic of significance – the use of a place – has been irredeemably degraded.

Some consolation can be drawn from the fact that the site is still owned by a Christian Church body, who are planning to continue to use the site for community-related purposes.

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9.0 Conclusion

After consideration of the significance of the subject buildings, it is the conclusion of this report that the buildings at 88-96 Newcastle Street, Rose Bay, are not suitable for listing as heritage items.

Sara Reilly Chris Bluett Heritage Officer Manager Strategic Planning

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