HASTINGS CBD ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE DESIGN GUIDE

OCTOBER 2012

TABLE OF Foreword 3 CONTENTS Introduction 6 Process to follow 6 hastings Map of Central Character Precinct 7 city 1. Hastings’ Architectural Heritage 8 Identify Your Building’s Style Colonial: 1870s - 1900 10 design Edwardian Commercia: 1900 - 1920 10 Stripped Classical: 1920s - 1930s 11 guide Spanish Mission: 1910s - 1930s 12 Art Deco: 1920s - 1940s 13 Modern: 1940s - 1970s 13

2. Heritage Design Guide 14 General Principles Maintenance & Repair 14 Alterations & Additions 15 Accessibility 15 Relocation & Demolition 15 New Building Development 15 Earthquake Strengthening 16

Form and Scale Context 18 Skyline 19 Street Edge 19 Outlook 19

Architectural Features Windows & Doors 20 Glazing 20 Shopfronts 21 Verandahs & Balconies 22 Entrances 22 Columns & Arches 22 Finishes & Materials 23 Lighting 23 Building Services 23 Building Names & Dates 24 Landscaping 24

Colour Facade Enhancement Scheme 25

Interiors Flooring 26 Wall & Ceiling Finishes 26 Internal Glazing 26 Hardware & Fixtures 26 TABLE OF 3. Sign Design Guide 28 CONTENTS Sign Design Context 28 continued Scale & location 28 Clutter 28 Obtrusiveness 29 Lettering Styles & Colours 29 Hazards & Safety 29

Sign Locations Verandah Fascias 30 Under Verandahs 30 On a Verandah Roof 30 Building Facad 30 Building Side Wall 30 Windows 30 Illuminated Signs 31 Multiple Tenancies 31 Signs on Movable Items 31

Further information 32 Bibliography 32 Acknowledgements 32

Appendix Glossary of Architectural Terms 34 Sign Guidelines 35 FOREWORD The Hastings District Council is Since Landmarks’ inception in use activities are managed and delighted to launch this Design 2000, it has generated numerous appropriately directed. Guide. It identifies the architectural successes. The Facade This Design Guide will sit alongside styles and features of the historic Enhancement Scheme has these plans and provide an buildings in the CBD and provides supported the upgrade of over 100 important link in the process. guidance on how alterations, buildings, numerous artworks have 1 enhancements or construction been installed, and colourful garden Council is committed to the ongoing of new buildings can contribute beds, street trees and hanging survival of the District’s rich built positively to our District. baskets now enliven the built heritage where practical, and I hope environment, bringing a sense of this Design Guide will inspire the Our historic buildings are unique pride and identity to local residents community to share in this vision. and, in an increasingly uniform and delighting visitors. world, are invaluable in telling the story of our district’s past. However, we are facing uncertain times, with earthquake In the 1990s our Mayor, the late strengthening requirements and Jeremy Dwyer, recognised the the potential impact on our heritage importance of our identity and fabric, together with a need to heritage, as well as a strong keep pace with progress and community desire to build on the development. strengths of the District in order to make Hastings a better place to The momentum of what has been live, visit and do business in. achieved cannot be lost, and today’s challenges must be faced with a 2 From this energy and vitality the much greater awareness and a Landmarks philosophy was born: an more practical commitment, not initiative between Council and the just from building owners, retailers community to promote the District’s and developers, but the whole image, identity and sense of place, community. and to foster civic pride. We need recognition and Back then, Mayor Dwyer spoke appreciation that the collective of his passion and commitment form of the CBD is just as important towards the revival of the Hastings as its individual components, and CBD. He described the city centre any incremental dilution of this as an untapped, largely ignored character, through piecemeal loss treasure, whose architectural of buildings or their details, will be heritage could be nourished back to a loss to the whole community. life to produce real dividends. The District Plan and Central City I believe that today, he would be Plan will ensure that our historical proud of our progress in working foundations are recognised and towards the achievement of this protected, and that future land vision. 3 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL Photos DESIGN 1. 2817 Shopfront with leadlights and pressed metal soffit, Westerman’s Building (E Anscombe, 1932). 2. 2799: Heretaunga Street frontage, Westerman’s Building. GUIDE 3. 1145 Bellied leadlight hood, Westerman’s Building. 2012 4. 3300: The clock tower forms part of an important urban space. 3 4 So many positive aspects emerge when a community recognises and then acknowledges all that is worthy in its heritage. Joy and pride are expressed in seeing, and hearing of, proactive preservation and regeneration of our favourite old solid structures and sharing in their past identities and tales. Our building heritage is a happy mix of Spanish mission, Art Deco and Stripped Classical styles – a streetscape balance that Landmarks admires and aims to safeguard where possible. This Design Guide allows innovative treatments to blend in and enhance revitalised public spaces as our District develops and adjusts in changing times.

Joyce Barry President Hastings Landmarks Trust

4 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012 Hastings has a diverse After the 1931 Hawke’s portfolio of heritage Bay Earthquake the people buildings dating from pre of Hastings adopted the and post 1931 earthquake slogan “Like a Phoenix, she periods. These buildings will arise from her ashes - have been undervalued from HASTINGS”. The character an architectural perspective buildings of the Hastings and the way in which we CBD are a reminder of the manage the challenges courage and determination around these buildings that rebuilt Hastings for over the next few years will future generations. determine the streetscapes Michael Fowler of our city into the future. Historian I commend the Hastings District Council and other parties involved for investing in the Heritage Inventory and the Council for preparing the Design Guide. These documents are a positive step to assist property owners and occupiers identify how to protect and enhance their buildings to ensure that we don’t lose this vital component of our built environment.t

Graham Linwood Architect, Hastings

5 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012 Purpose Structure Process to follow the Historic Places Act. Further INTRODUCTION information can be obtained on The purpose of this Design Guide The Design Guide comprises three and heritage values of the CCP, Before undertaking any work on a these buildings from the New is to assist in the recognition, sections: including new buildings, demolition, heritage building within the CBD, it Zealand Historic Places Trust. maintenance and enhancement of alterations or additions. is strongly recommended that you 1. Hastings’ Architectural Heritage the architectural heritage character discuss your proposal with planning The Hastings Heritage Inventory The District Plan also specifically of the Hastings Central Business 2. Architectural Design Guidelines staff at the Hastings District contains information about all identifies the Historic Area of District (CBD). Council, who can identify the listed heritage buildings within the Russell Street, a particularly 3. Sign Guidelines. rules in the District Plan relating CBD and is available as a resource While it has been prepared significant grouping of heritage to your building, with regard to for building owners and tenants. specifically for buildings located Section 1 identifies and provides buildings between Eastbourne and maintenance, alterations and Both the District Plan and Heritage within the CBD, its principles examples of the predominant Queen Streets. Spanish Mission, Art signage. Officers can also provide Inventory are available on the can be applied to other heritage architectural styles and era of the Deco and Stripped Classical styles free design advice and further Council website. Additional rules buildings elsewhere within the heritage buildings within the CBD. are represented there, forming a information as required. apply to registered buildings under District. Section 2 provides general advice vibrant streetscape. the Historic Places Act. Many buildings in the CBD are also It is hoped that this Design Guide on how to work with a heritage The rules included in the District registered Heritage Buildings under will be a useful resource that will: building to ensure its character is Plan are intended to protect the retained or enhanced. This section heritage and streetscape values of • help building owners and then provides guidelines on the the CBD. A hierarchy of controls 1 tenants become more aware form and scale of the CBD and applies to different activities, of the architectural styles specific architectural features. from straightforward work such and heritage characteristics Section 3 provides guidelines on as sign installation, maintenance of the buildings within the new signage within the CBD. and repairs, to proposals to alter CBD heritage buildings. • provide information on how Context In general, Council approval is to upgrade heritage buildings required for any activity which in a manner appropriate to This Design Guide relates to all changes the external appearance their character and style heritage buildings located within of a building or the streetscape, the Hastings CBD. • encourage designers of new such as: developments to respect Any alterations, extensions or • external alterations the heritage character demolition of existing buildings, of the CBD and create or construction of new buildings, • relocation or demolition new buildings which sit within the CBD are controlled • signage comfortably with their older by the provisions included in the • construction of new buildings. neighbours and add positively Hastings District Plan (the District to the area as a whole. Plan). The District Plan also Resource Consent is typically not identifies specific areas, such as required for external repairs or Enhancing the visual appeal of the Central Character Precinct general maintenance, provided the CBD will benefit the whole (CCP) and Historic Area, where they are based on the original community, by its promotion as additional rules apply. These areas design and details, and use similar a compelling place for shoppers, are shown on the map on page 5. materials. For works requiring visitors and investors alike. Resource Consent, Council will Key characteristics of the CCP assess the proposal against criteria include the number of historic to decide if the application should buildings and their consistent be approved, approved with certain height, scale and design style. conditions, or declined. The purpose of the CCP is to protect the character and values Council will also give consideration of the area, through requiring to the conservation principles of the ICOMOS New Zealand Charter, Photos that developments be considered 1. The Russell Street Historic Area in the context of the surrounding a set of guidelines for conservation includes many significant heritage 6 buildings, including Poppelwell’s HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL environment. The rules control of heritage buildings, as well as the (foreground), a survivor of the 1931 DESIGN activities that may have an adverse guidelines within this Design Guide. earthquake. 2 2. Suntrap and water feature, looking east GUIDE effect on the identified streetscape along Heretaunga Street to Te Mata Peak. 2012 MAP OF HASTINGS CBD HERITAGE FEATURES

7 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012 Photos Hastings’ 1. Grand Hotel, Heretaunga Street was a substantial Edwardian building resplendent with decorative masonry elements. It was a victim of the 1931 earthquake. Architectural 2. Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Building (Anscombe & Associates), corner Queen Street West and Market Street North, opened in 1930, was built of reinforced concrete on an innovative ‘floating’ foundation which enabled it to withstand the 1931 Heritage earthquake. Stripped Classical features include restrained decoration and windows grouped in vertical strips between columns. 1 3. Consistent building height and verandah level emphasise the horizontal and Falling cornices and masonry had ability of these panels to withstand Hastings was founded in 1873, with reflect the CBD’s setting in the Heretaunga Plains. the construction of a railway station caused many deaths, and the local earthquakes is now under question. and the auction of ‘town sections’. architects of the day, including Since the buildings were generally Laid out on a grid plan bisected the firms of Edmund Anscombe rebuilt on their original site, the obliquely by the railway line, the & Associates, and Davies, Garnett city blocks were mainly made up of town evolved as a service centre for & Phillips, wanted to rebuild the individual small buildings, although the surrounding rural communities. city in a modern style - resistant adjoining buildings were often The first buildings were mainly to earthquake and fire and without designed with a contiguous facade timber and few have survived the the dangers associated with heavy to create an integrated streetscape. impact of time, progress and fire. decoration. Financial constraints plus an 1 In the early twentieth century many The preferred construction understandable nervousness about substantial public and commercial material was reinforced concrete; safety, generally limited building buildings were constructed, Spanish Mission, Art Deco and height to no more than two storeys. often two or three storeys and Stripped Classical were selected In addition to the new architectural made taller by ornate cornices, as appropriate styles. Spanish styles, other changes were adopted statuettes, finials and chimneys. Mission was already established in to improve the rebuilt city and However, most buildings were Hawke’s Bay and could be designed ensure it had an uncluttered, constructed of unreinforced brick and built in a clean, simplified modern look, such as verandahs masonry and many were damaged manner suited to the needs of a being suspended from the building or destroyed in the earthquake of speedy reconstruction programme. facade rather than supported on 1931. Among the survivors are Art Deco was the fashionable style kerbside posts. several notable Spanish Mission world-wide and equally efficient to Much of the CBD still dates from examples, including the Municipal build with its sparse, geometrical this period. Building activity was Theatre (now the Hawke’s Bay decoration and crisp forms. rare in the Depression so Hastings Opera House), designed in 1914 by Stripped Classical, with a classical and nearby Napier are virtually Henry Eli White and substantially facade but simplified decoration, unique in being almost entire, 2 strengthened after the earthquake; suited those architects and clients planned cities in the architectural and Poppelwell’s (originally seeking a more familiar, formal styles of the 1930s. The consistent Fitzpatrick’s Building}, designed style. style, height, scale and age of the in 1924 by Albert Garnett. The 2 These styles were economical buildings contribute to the special Edwardian Commercial Municipal to build during a period of character of the CBD. Owners of buildings (also by Albert Garnett, financial hardship, suited to these buildings are heirs to a rare completed 1917) and Rainbow & concrete construction, lacked and valuable legacy. Hobbs (1914) also survived the heavy, unstable decoration and earthquake, as did the Hawke’s Bay were perceived as modern and Farmers’ Building (Anscombe and progressive, which epitomised Associates,1930). the aspirations of the rebuilt Following the devastating 1931 city. Construction was typically earthquake Hastings was rebuilt reinforced concrete columns and - a major achievement in the beams with non-structural brick Great Depression of the 1930s. infill between the columns. The

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GUIDE 3 2012 The Art Deco Trust applauds the revised Hastings Design Guide. The heritage buildings of Hastings set the city apart, contributing to a human-scale streetscape with a unique character. It is important that new buildings acknowledge that, being good examples of the architecture of their own time but complementing their heritage neighbours and helping to make the Central Character Precinct a place worth visiting.

Robert McGregor Heritage Officer Art Deco Trust

9 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012 Colonial: Edwardian Commercial: Identify 1870 – 1900 1900 – 1920 Your The earliest buildings would have In the early 1900s it was fashionable been simple cottages and shops, to incorporate a variety of Building’s soon followed by a fire station, post decorative motifs and building office, schools and churches. They styles in one building. Construction Style were mostly constructed of timber, was usually unreinforced cavity some with features designed to brick, and windows were treated resemble stone detailing, notably as ‘holes’ in the walls rather than parapets and corner details. As the being placed between structural town prospered, more substantial columns. Ornate window buildings included hotels, shops surrounds and pediments, classical and offices, villas and grand cornices and open balustraded houses. Typical features were parapets were often used. Many weatherboards, timber verandah of these heavy brick and plaster 1 2 posts with carved brackets and decorations were damaged in the turned or diagonal balustrades; 1931 earthquake, or were removed double-hung timber windows; afterwards. timber doors with side and/or top lights; corrugated iron roof (and Building features include: sometimes side walls). There are • vertical emphasis, often two few surviving examples in the CBD. or more storeys • often no verandah Building features include: • ornate decoration; pediments, • timber construction parapets and cornices • timber or wrought iron verandah • relatively large expanses posts of walls. • timber decoration: window surronds, verandah brackets and Examples include: finials. • Dominion Buildings, Queen 3 Street East Examples include: • Rainbow & Hobbs Building • St Matthew’s Church, (former Queen Street East). King Street South Photos • former Municipal Buildings, 1. St Matthew’s Church, King • Union Bank of Australia Street South. Heretaunga Street East. 2. The former Municipal Building (now Willowpark Lodge), (Albert Garnett, 1916) has many Willowpark Road. classical decorative features such as pillars beside the major entrances and the band of dentils at parapet level, but also shows a Spanish influence in the wrought iron railings, the positioning of windows and the tiled roof to the tower. 3. Union Bank of Australia, corner Heretaunga Street and Karamu Road. Relocated to Willowpark Road in 1914, hauled in two sections by a traction engine. It has several features of Colonial architecture: timber weatherboards, corrugated iron roof; double hung timber windows; timber cornice and pilasters designed to look like 10 stone. 4. Former Rainbow and Hobbs HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL Building (1914); arched DESIGN and circular windows and asymmetrical parapet, Queen GUIDE Street East. 4 2012 Stripped Classical: Photos 1. Restrained decoration typical of stripped 1920s – 1930s classical design, Queen’s Chambers (Davies, Garnett & Phillips, 1932), Queen Stripped Classical design evolved Street East. 2. Column capital detail, former Bank of from the more ornate Victorian and New South Wales, corner Heretaunga Edwardian Classical and gained Street West and Market Street. 3. Columns expressed on the facade as popularity from the mid-1920s, fluted pilasters, Heretaunga Buildings, especially for banks, government corner of Heretaunga Street and Market Street. and professional offices where its restrained but traditional decoration provided an appropriate image of respectable solidity.

Reinforced concrete was the common type of construction, with windows positioned between relatively slender structural columns. 1

Decoration was stylised and restrained, usually restricted to column capitals, spandrel panels 2a (between the bottom of one window and the top of the window below) and perhaps as a feature on the parapet to emphasise the main entrance.

Building features include: • vertical emphasis, columns expressed, often two storeys • often no verandah • simplified classical decoration

- pilasters, fluting, low-relief 2 motifs • windows placed between columns • symmetrical facade.

Examples include: • former Post Office, corner Queen Street East and Russell Street 2B • former Bank of New South Wales, corner Heretaunga Street West and Market Street • Central Building, Heretaunga Street West • former Public Trust building, 11 corner Queen Street and HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL Karamu Road. DESIGN GUIDE 3 2012 Spanish Mission: Photos 1. Hawke’s Bay Opera House (Henry Eli White, 1915): a solid and 1910s – 1930s massive appearance, relieved by timber brackets and eaves corbels, terracotta tiles and decorative plaster mouldings. What is now called the Spanish Building features include: 2. Harvey’s, Russell Street South, (Albert Garnett 1933) has an espadana-style false gable with Cordoba tiles and a flagpole Mission style developed in • simple forms and roof shapes to add a vertical element. California from the simple adobe 3. Verandah tie detail, Hawke’s Bay Opera House. • large expanses of plain wall 4. The front facade of the Westerman’s building blends other buildings of the early missions. styles of architecture: Stripped Classical pilasters, Art • plastered finish to minimise Noveau decorations and Art Deco zigzags. The Spanish In California, as in Hastings, Mission features are concentrated around the arch window, visible joints with the barley twists and wrought iron balcony. strong sunlight and landscape • terracotta tiled roof/parapet/ features favoured simple building window hoods shapes. Adobe walls were thick

and sometimes tapered, allowing • barley twist columns and flat 2 the depth of the wall to be revealed pilasters at window and door openings. This • balconies or galleries at first gave the buildings a very solid and floor massive appearance. Window • windows relatively tall and openings had to be relatively narrow, or in groups of three, narrow to minimise the lintel or sometimes with arched heads arch required to span the opening, although they could be tall, as seen • windows recessed back from on the Municipal Theatre. the surface of the wall • decorative ironwork - Spanish Mission buildings in balconies, brackets, tie rods. Hastings typically have smooth or textured plaster walls, sometimes Examples include: relieved with barley twist columns • Westerman’s Building, Russell2 or plaster detailing. Terracotta Street South tiles are common on parapets 1 and window hoods. Cordoba or • Villa d’Este, Heretaunga Street half-round tiles are traditional, West although other flatter types such as • Hawke’s Bay Opera House, Marseilles tiles are also used. Hastings Street South

Other materials typical of Spanish • Methodist Church, Hastings Mission style include bricks, Street South stonework, ornate plasterwork • Harvey’s Building, Russell (on limited areas of facade only), Street South. Spanish-inspired decorative ironwork for balustrades, verandah ties, window grilles and awning supports. Heavy timber was also used as a feature, such as brackets under eaves or supporting canopies above windows. Timber is traditionally dark stained to give a rustic appearance.

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GUIDE 3 4 2012 Art Deco: Modern: 1920s – 1940s 1940s – 1970s Popular in the 1920s and 1930s, Characterised by the design this style was used in the design principle ‘form follows function’, of buildings and also furniture, the Modern movement was the jewellery and interior décor. The predominant architectural influence term Art Deco has only been in use from the 1940s until the 1970s. since 1968 and comes from the title These buildings use the rhythm of of a major exhibition held in Paris the structure, rather than applied in 1926: International Exhibition of decoration, to provide visual Modern Industrial and Decorative interest. Spacing of structural Arts, where the style first columns is used to create an often became evident. The clean lines, repetitive facade. Hastings’ tallest streamlining and symmetry of Art buildings are Modern office towers Deco designs reflect the increasing which break the long-established importance of industrial design one or two storey scale of the rest during this period. of the CBD.

Building features include: Building features include: • simple decoration, usually • relatively large areas of glazing geometric or stylised plant forms • beam and column construction • consistent skyline (one or two • no applied decoration. 1 storeys, roofs not visible from the street, parapet may be Examples include: stepped) • Hastings Memorial Library, • windows often in pairs or groups Eastbourne Street East of three • Environment Centre, Russell • window frames dark in colour so Street North the entire window appears as an • Hastings District Council opening in the light wall surface Building, Lyndon Road East • horizontal proportions • County Club, Queen Street West. emphasised by verandahs, bands of decoration, low height, t design.

Examples include: • former Medical & Dental Chambers (Modern deco), corner King Street North & Queen Streets • R & R Building, corner Heretaunga Street West & Russell Street North 2 • Holden’s Buildings, corner Heretaunga Street East &

Karamu Road North 2 • former Dominion Restaurant, 13 Heretaunga Street East. Photos HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL 1. The R & R Building (H Davies 1927) has typical Art Deco features including window configuration, horizontal proportions and decoration created by DESIGN simple bands of plaster. Plasterwork raked to look like blocks of stone is an unusual feature. The long facade is broken up by the ziggurat (stepped) parapet and subtle changes in plane. GUIDE 2. Hastings Memorial Library (Davies, Phillips & Chapman 1956) has a symmetrical facade enlivened by the rhythm of windows and the balance of solid 2012 and void. Our heritage buildings contribute Maintenance & Repair to the character and identity of the District, and to ensure their ongoing • Keep original materials in relevance, it is important that they good condition by regular are useful and adaptable in the maintenance and repair. context of everyday life. They need • Repair plasterwork to ensure 2 to have a purpose, a use, in order to they match existing materials. be well maintained and enjoyed by • Do not paint or render Heritage our community. over existing unpainted or Design Building owners and tenants will unplastered surfaces. therefore often need to make • Use colour schemes that are guide changes in order for their heritage characteristic of the era and buildings to meet their needs, and style of the building, and avoid be fit for their purpose. Ensuring the use of bright corporate General that these changes are carried colour schemes. out sensitively and with respect to principles the original building is important, Alterations & Additions and this is what this Design • Repair rather than replace Guide will help with. Heritage (windows and decorative details). buildings are extremely vulnerable to inappropriate changes and • Retain details and unique uncharacteristic alterations, and features.

once their unique features are lost • Ensure that alterations are 1 or detracted from, they are gone compatible, and that their for good. proportion, scale, colours, materials and texture are closely If you are considering changes to related to the original. your building, think about what features contribute to its character • If using contemporary materials and value, what makes it special and detailing ensure that they and its links to the past. Then are compatible with the scale, consider whether your proposed form and massing of the heritage changes impact on these special building. features: whether they will enhance • Ensure that additions do not them or result in their loss or dominate the heritage building. diminution. Information in this • New windows and doors should Design Guide may assist with this match the proportions and scale assessment, as well as information of the existing ones. contained within the Heritage Inventory held by Council. • Retain original shopfronts and verandahs. The following general principles • Ensure that new signs do not apply to work on heritage buildings. obscure architectural details. • Distinguish new work by creating a visual break between old and new, and by dating new work. • Do not create ‘fake’ heritage details. • Make new work reversible. 14 2 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL Photos DESIGN 1. Villa d’Este, Heretaunga Street West, designed in 1929 by Albert Garnett. Spanish Mission influence shows in the arched windows and arched colonnade leading to a balcony with iron railings. The facade was rebuilt after the 1931 quake. GUIDE 2. Additions to the Hawke’s Bay Opera House use contemporary materials that do not dominate the original heritage building, the former Municipal 2012 Theatre. Accessibility New Building Development Photos 1. Contemporary materials and detailing, compatible with the original Any alteration requiring a building Applications for new building • use materials and colours heritage shopfront. 2. Suspended ceiling panels have been inserted, allowing the original consent will trigger a requirement development within the CBD will be appropriate for the style of the plastered concrete beams to remain visible, Westerman’s Building to meet accessibility codes, for considered within the context of the building 3. The new addition uses contemporary materials and detailing. Scale, form and massing are compatible with the Old Fire Station, without access to and within the building, surrounding environment, and the • avoid large areas of blank wall – endeavouring to replicate the heritage building, Hastings Street South. and for toilet facilities. An impact on the identified streetscape clear glazed windows create an accessible entry should: and heritage values. One of the active street edge and provide most important features is the • be the main entrance to the interest for shoppers and relationship of the buildings to each building wherever possible natural surveillance other, and ensuring that any new • reflect the nature of the existing • use materials that are development does not undermine buildings and be no more than sympathetic in scale, materials this integrity. and quality to the existing access two stories in height. If new In order to maintain this buildings are larger than their • involve the least possible loss of relationship, individual assessment neighbours, they should have heritage significance of the design for new buildings in a roofline and facades that • allow independent, dignified relation to existing ones will be are designed to break up their access for all required. apparent scale. • ensure that no heritage features New development must reflect the Researching the history of are obscured or damaged character of the existing buildings, the site may reveal not only • avoid the need for new openings the streetscape of the area, and the previous buildings, but aspects of in main facades. form and function of the locality. It historical, social, architectural or must also: technological significance relating Relocation & Demolition to previous occupancies. • be compatible with the heritage The possibility of uncovering values of the CBD in terms The CBD gains its character from archaeological material should of size, proportion, scale and the uniform streetscape: the always be considered when design collection of buildings of a similar earthworks or subsurface era, size and style. The loss of • enhance, not conflict with, the investigations are planned, any of these buildings, from either character and appearance of particularly if the site was occupied 1 22 relocation or demolition, is not the CBD prior to 1900. appropriate unless required by • consider the context of the site, It is strongly recommended that building condition or environmental and the form, function, size and you seek the advice of a heritage factors. The loss of these buildings style of adjoining buildings architect when planning a new will irreversibly erode the character building in the CBD. of the CBD. • not attempt to replicate historic building styles – new buildings should be clearly distinguishable as such • align to the heights of the existing buildings • not overshadow surrounding buildings or dominate their environs • set back upper storeys to preserve the continuity of the skyline when viewed from the street

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Earthquake risk and earthquake- As a general guide, earthquake prone buildings are a significant strengthening should be designed issue for the District. Council has to: specific responsibilities under • ensure the least possible loss of the Building Act 2004 to manage heritage significance earthquake-prone buildings. • not alter, obscure or remove Council will undertake a significant heritage fabric and preliminary assessment which fixtures indicates the building’s level of • retain and conserve ceiling earthquake resistance. It is then heights and surfaces and the building owner’s responsibility significant ceiling decoration to have a full assessment prepared. • retain and conserve significant Earthquake strengthening interior finishes means improving the structural • be discreetly installed performance of a building by modifying, or adding to, the • retain and strengthen elements structure of a building. The New such as parapets, towers and Zealand Historic Places Trust chimneys endorses earthquake strengthening • reflect best current technology. of historic buildings, to promote public safety and minimise the potential damage to building fabric. If you own a building within the CBD that is identified as being earthquake prone, you are encouraged to contact Council, or a heritage professional, who can assist you with the process and gathering of information.

The New Zealand Historic Places Trust has also produced a number of guidelines on earthquake strengthening, which can be found on their website.

16 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012 Heritage buildings tell the story of the city and enrich its unique identity and sense of place. Ann Galloway FNZIA A vibrant city has a coherent mix of heritage and contemporary buildings and quality urban spaces. Reigstered Architect

17 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012 Context Photos form & 1 1. Spanish Mission features on former Public Trust The form of the CBD is a response Often Hastings buildings have a building (Stanley W Fearn, 1926). 2. A long facade given the effect of several smaller scale to its location in the broad stylish street facade with a simple buildings by the spacing of windows and columns Heretaunga Plains and the grid building behind. These are usually and variations in parapet height; Westerman’s Building (Edmund Anscombe, 1932). plan of the streets. Most buildings inexpensive buildings with the 3. Consistent building height and verandah are one or two storeys high and the money spent where it is most level emphasise the horizontal and reflect the CBD’s setting in the Heretaunga Plains. streets are straight and relatively visible and has the most impact wide. on the appearance of the street. For example, the facades of many This results in good penetration Spanish Mission buildings have a of sun into pedestrian areas, few small tiled parapet, but the bulk wind flow problem areas and a of the roof is hidden and may be a human scale environment offering cheaper material. Side walls are much architectural variety within a often undecorated and have simple consistent range of building heights windows and finishes. and sizes. Street frontages tend to be relatively narrow, so that a Whether you are planning rhythm of similar sized facades alterations or a new building in the has been established. Where CBD, look at the nearby buildings older buildings do take up much on both sides of the street to of a single block, the long facade ascertain the context of your site. is often broken up into smaller You will notice: units and this effect should also be achieved by new developments. • consistent height - one or two storeys Developments of a scale larger than the established norm are • buildings abut the footpath mainly located outside the Central • small scale buildings Character Precinct and new • longer facades visually broken developments should respect this up into smaller units tradition. • emphasised entrances • consistent verandah height • fenestration (grouping of windows and doors) 2 • proportioned windows and doors

• proportions of solid and void 3 (walls and windows) • building materials: plaster finish, terrazzo, tiles • decorative elements • design of the facade.

18 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012 Photos Skyline Street Edge Outlook 1 1. The tiled octagonal turret of the former The predominance of one and two Traditionally, buildings were Setbacks to side boundaries will Colonial Mutual Life building emphasises the street corner and provides a vertical storey buildings gives the CBD a constructed with no setback to the allow natural light and ventilation, element which terminates the dynamic consistent skyline, reinforcing the footpath, enhancing the sense of particularly if the setbacks are facades of the Russell Street Historic Area (corner Russell Street and Eastbourne horizontality of the urban form. connection with the street. The coordinated on adjoining sites to Street). 2. A chimney is given Art Deco detailing, New buildings should respect exception was doorways, which maximise these benefits. Internal adding a vertical element to the skyline in this by setting back upper storeys were frequently recessed between light wells, atria and courtyards Market Street North. 3. Clear glazing creates interest for to preserve the continuity of the display windows, adding articulation provide daylight and outlook. passers-by and an active street edge in skyline as viewed from the street. to the streetscape. When there is Traditional Spanish Mission the Designated Retail Frontage Area. The original leadlight panels above eye line a high proportion of retail frontage buildings were often built around The espadana or ornamental false have been retained as an important design and entrances, people can easily colonnaded courtyards, so if feature gable is a Spanish Mission feature see into and out of buildings and heritage buildings contain light which has been adopted in some feel part of the CBD, and an ‘active wells, courtyards or atria, these Hastings buildings. The design edge’ is created. features should be retained. originally came from Holland via Spain to California and Mexico. Good visual connection with the It may be possible to adapt existing It was used to give impact to the street provides informal security for service yards at the rear or side main face of the building and pedestrians and businesses alike. of buildings to create courtyards, usually disguised a much simpler Large expanses of blank wall do not giving private outdoor seating building behind. Cordoba tiles on encourage an active edge. for cafes or as a staff amenity a simple parapet have also been for offices. Setbacks on the side In recognition of the established used in this way. False gables, boundary should not extend to the street edge, new buildings should parapets and feature chimneys add street. be built up to the footpath and avoid punctuation to the skyline and can large areas of blank wall. The use be used to conceal air conditioning of clear glazed windows can help plant, lift machinery, solar panels to create an active street edge, and other rooftop services. as well as creating interest for Flagpoles are also used to add a passers-by, and provision of natural vertical element to the skyline. surveillance. Sometimes the skyline of the 2 building is used to add emphasis to corner sites or entrances, for example a balcony above the entrance, or a turret or rotunda at a corner.

19 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 3 2012 Windows & Doors Glazing Architectural 1 Features Size and placement of window and Panes of glass were limited in size door openings reflected the method by production methods. Except for of construction. Stripped Classical leadlights, the glass was usually buildings have tall windows clear. Where obscure glass was between structural columns, required, sandblasted glass or while Art Deco and Spanish reeded, hobnail or cathedral Mission buildings often have patterns might be used. ‘Wired’ pairs or groups of three windows, glass was sometimes used for fire sometimes with the central window or impact safety. wider, placed within an expanse of Reflective glass and modern wall. Emphasis was sometimes patterned glass are not given to window and door openings appropriate. Sign writing or by intricate detailing, plaster relief manifestation film can help give work, ceramic tiles or decorative appropriate character to existing brickwork. modernised shopfronts, or make Post-earthquake commercial a reference to original detailing buildings usually used steel- which may have been lost. framed windows, which were Regulations limit the permissible the latest technology at the area and type of glass which can be time. These windows have used in certain situations. slender frames, relatively small rectangular panes and perhaps top lights or curved fanlights. Slender timber window frames were also used. Doors were timber, often using bevelled glass.

Original joinery should be retained where possible, or replacements made from the same materials.

For new buildings, carefully designed aluminium can reflect the proportions of traditional windows, 2 but aluminium is less easily adaptable for shopfronts. New precast concrete buildings could be Photos 1. Tall steel-framed windows between designed with recessed windows to structural columns, typical of the Stripped indicate the wall thickness and with Classical style, former Public Trust building at the corner of Queen Street and Karamu openings placed as they would be Road. in traditional masonry construction. 2. Carlsson House, Warren Street North; windows placed within an expanse of wall. 3. A contemporary glazed wall adapts the original leadlight design, Westerman’s.

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GUIDE 3 2012 Shopfronts

Shopfront frames were slender Windows, doors and shopfronts on steel or timber, often incorporating heritage buildings should: a band of leadlighting at the top. • retain originals where possible These leadlights were frequently simple geometric designs using • have the same materials for plain and patterned glass, with replacement features a small amount of colour. The • follow the composition of the designs were sometimes repeated original design in the doors. Doorways were • use materials and detailing set back from the footpath in an compatible with the original entrance recess, creating a large display window with a raised floor • restore damaged materials about 450 mm above the footpath. where possible 2 Between the sill and the footpath • reinstate missing detail where were solid panels, usually clad in possible Photos tiles or sometimes terrazzo. 1. Timber French doors with bevelled glass, slender astragal bars and arched top light, flanked by • use glass sizes compatible with steel framed windows, Westerman’s. Hinged timber doors were usual, the original. 2. A feast of Deco detail in the terrazzo entry of the former Dominion Restaurant, Heretaunga single or in pairs, and often with Street East. 3. Slender bronze shopfront frames and intricate leadlight, Westerman’s. bevelled or other decorative glass. Shopfronts should also be designed to have: Aluminium shopfronts are not 2 1 appropriate in heritage buildings, • slender frames particularly when a large sliding • horizontal band of leadlight door is incorporated. If a new above door height shopfront is required, careful • solid panel (stall board) below design will be necessary to achieve glazing (i.e. glazing does not compatibility with the style of the extend to footpath level). building; the advice of a design professional is recommended. Research - such as at the Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery , Council Archives or the Alexander Turnbull Library - may reveal a photo of the original shopfront of your building, or original permit drawings may be held by the Council. If not, you may be able to source a suitable design from images of a building which has since been demolished.

3 21 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012 Verandahs & Balconies Entrances Verandahs are a traditional feature Awnings are also typical of The entrance was often given of buildings within the CBD. heritage buildings in CBD. special design treatment. Pilasters Verandahs can help to make a The traditional shape is simple - or columns, small balconies or new building fit in better with its sloping canvas open at the sides a change in parapet detail are surroundings by emphasising the and with a plain or decorative architectural devices used to horizontal axis and providing a valance. Curved awnings may emphasise and identify entrances, consistent line for the eye to follow. be appropriate over arched whether situated on a corner or They also provide a welcome windows, set within the arch to along the facade of a building. shelter from the weather. allow the arch itself to be seen. Advice from a design professional In general, simple horizontal Columns & Arches is recommended as the style and verandahs are recommended. proportions of the building must Columns fall into two categories: Verandahs may be cantilevered be considered before choosing an structural and ornamental. or suspended by plain wrought awning. ‘Wet look’ and other similar Structural columns needed to be iron ties. Verandah posts are shiny materials are not appropriate. sturdy to support the weight of not permitted. Sloping or curved traditional masonry construction. verandahs are not appropriate. Window hoods are another Simple, tapered buttresses are Variations in verandah height shelter-related feature typical of another traditional structural should be avoided. Where there are some Hastings heritage buildings. approach. Ornamental columns changes in ground level, stepped Timber brackets support a small (such as the barley twist design transitions should be used rather tiled roof over the window or door. used on several Hastings buildings) than following the slope of the Balconies and small first floor were more slender and occasionally ground. galleries are another feature of showed classical origins. When a heritage building requires heritage buildings in Hastings. Arches should be full arches, repairs or alterations, this is an Some balconies are lightweight, not pointed or segmented. The ideal time to repair and restore supported on timber or wrought proportions and depth of arches mouldings and soffits and revert to iron brackets, and with delicate should be those of traditional 1 2 the original verandah design. timber or more often wrought masonry construction. Care must iron railings. Others are more The soffits (underside) of verandahs be taken to ensure the wall surface substantial features, perhaps with were traditionally pressed metal; above an arch is large enough balustrades resembling stone removal of a later ‘modernisation’ to be compatible with masonry or concrete. Iron railings are may reveal the original in good or construction; a design professional traditionally painted a dark colour, repairable condition. can advise on the appropriate while the more solid balustrades proportions of wall, column and Removal of old signs from the are usually finished to match the arch. verandah fascia may reveal the building. Small window boxes or original fascia and mouldings. ironwork window grilles are also traditional. Adding a verandah to a heritage building should be avoided unless this does not adversely affect the heritage value of the building.

Photos 1. A wealth of Spanish Mission details: window hoods above long slender windows; plaster walls and a tiled roof with wide, overhanging eaves supported on timber 22 corbels, (former Municipal Theatre, HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL Hastings Street South). DESIGN 2. A fine pressed steel verandah soffit. 3. Traditional verandahs on former Council GUIDE 3 Chambers building, corner of Queen Street 2012 and Karamu Road. Finishes & Materials Building Services When extending or refurbishing Services and car parking should be a heritage building, consider integrated with the building in a way reinstating architectural features that does not conflict with the main that have been removed or entrance or compromise the quality damaged over time. Existing of the street edge. Satellite dishes, materials that may be difficult to meters, air conditioning units and source – such as terracotta tiles or fire protection valves, for example, leadlights - could be re-used in the should not be visible from the most visible areas. street and should not interrupt the parapet line. Any outdoor storage New buildings should use or rubbish collection area should be contemporary materials, screened. If onsite parking or trade construction methods and details access is required, it should be at which are sympathetic to the the rear of the site. heritage character but do not attempt to reproduce heritage When a building is being upgraded, design elements or use fake care should be taken to conceal 1 historical details. services where possible, or at least to position them where building Lighting features and proportions will not Lighting should be considered be compromised. Air conditioning early in the design process and be and other plant can be successfully integrated with building design. concealed by rooftop features such Spotlights or small floodlights can as parapets. be used to accentuate building Building services should be: features such as plasterwork, niches or a balcony. LED lights • placed in the least visible are energy efficient, have low location heat output and can also enhance • painted to match the shadow effects on a facade. surroundings As well as energy efficiency, • screened from view look for unobtrusive fittings and installations and bear in mind that • removed if redundant. 2 the streetscape will lose impact if They should not: all the buildings are equally brightly Photos 1. Meter box discreetly concealed lit; it is variations in lighting level • obscure building features behind terrazzo panel, Harvey’s that create interest. • be visible from the street Building. 2. This untidy conglomeration • have visible cables, wiring or of electricity box, cables and Although neon lighting was conduits detracts from the available by the 1930s, it was not pipe work. appearance of the building. 3. Cinema, Heretaunga Street – widely used in Hastings. However, the sign forms a cohesive part strips of neon lend themselves to of the building design. Neon tubing accentuates the sign and the linear decoration typical of many building features at night (note Art Deco and Stripped Classical the upper level of this building is not original). buildings and can give night-time 4. Lighting integrated with building emphasis to architectural features, design, Nelson St Hall. as well as to signs, if used with discretion. 3

23 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 3 4 2012 Building Names & Landscaping Dates

It was common for the name of Urban landscaping in the 1930s was the building and/or the date of hard-edged and formal; open space construction to be included on the around a building was intended facade, either raised or incised. to provide a setting to display the This information is historically building rather than to screen it or valuable and if it has survived, provide privacy for the occupants. it should be preserved rather Opportunity for private landscaping than removed or obscured. If is limited in the CBD, but examples the lettering is not relevant to could include evergreen trees the current business, its visual and shrubs in planters to flank impact can be reduced by painting an entrance, or to define outdoor the name the same colour as the seating areas. building. Using individual pavers, rather The street number was often than asphalt or concrete surfaces, displayed on the top light over the adds a human scale to footpaths doors, which allowed customers to and paved areas and enables easily find the premises. repair work to be less obtrusive. Sculpture and water features create a dynamic energy, giving identity to 2

areas within the CBD. The paving 1 2 and street furniture commissioned 1 by the Hastings District Council for central Hastings is a good example of cohesive design.

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24 Photos 1. Formal planting is integral to the design of the former Medical & Dental Chambers (corner HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL of Queen and King Streets). Palms flank the main entry to clearly identify it. DESIGN 2. Street number above the do or and business name in individual letters on the facade. 3. & 4. Consistent building height and verandah level emphasise the horizontal and reflect the GUIDE CBD’s setting in the Heretaunga Plains. 4 5 3 2012 5. Evergreen shrubs in pots define an entrance in Queen Street East. At the time the heritage buildings Facade Colour were constructed, a very limited Enhancement Scheme palette of colours was available. The Facade Enhancement Scheme Building colours were generally is a Hastings District Council pale, with doors and windows initiative to recognise heritage value picked out in a contrasting colour. by encouraging building owners Window frames were typically dark and tenants to upgrade the exterior so the entire window appeared of their buildings. The Scheme as an opening in the light wall provides grants for painting and surface. Using a light colour on enhancement of building façades the walls gives greater emphasis of architectural and historical to the three-dimensional effect of significance. Council can also the plaster decoration. This can provide assistance with colour be enhanced by using tones of the schemes as part of the Facade same colour. Some buildings were Enhancement Scheme. finished with a tinted plaster; buff, 1 2 beige and green were typical hues. The aim of the Scheme is to provide financial assistance and Photos For pre-earthquake buildings, use 1. Lighter colour emphasises the encouragement to owners and decorative cornice and fluted pilasters. Victorian or Edwardian colours, and tenants to: Window frames are dark. Central for post-earthquake buildings, use Building, corner Heretaunga and Market Streets. Dominion Years or Interwar colours. • upgrade their facades 2. Individual tenancies within the same These are found on the Heritage building should not use different • use colour schemes that are colours. Note how the dark colour Charts provided by paint suppliers. both aesthetically pleasing and conceals the building details. sensitive to the colour schemes 3. Individual tenancies, but a unified colour Colour scheme planning: scheme for the Edwardian Commercial of adjacent buildings Dominion Building in Queen Street East. 4. A recipient of a Facade Enhancement • avoid strong colour contrasts • remove unsightly features grant; former Post Office, corner Russell Street and Queen Street. • single colour for building plus • replace conflicting signage with one or two accent colours more sympathetic versions. 3 • use corporate colours sparingly The value of assistance is based on and sympathetically (may need to the facade size, cost of restoration be toned down) or repainting, and the profile and • light wall colour emphasises significance of the building. plaster decoration • make any change in wall colour Refer to the Council website for at an internal corner details and application forms. • old photos can indicate original colours by the depth of dark and light tonal variations • individual tenancies within the same building should not use different colours. If the business operates from more than one building:

• individual buildings should be visually identifiable • the fascia of a continuous 25 verandah may be painted HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL the same colour across both DESIGN premises. GUIDE 4 2012 Many of the heritage buildings In a single storey building, or upper Interiors in the CBD were built with Art floor, the ceiling was typically Deco interiors, furnishings and panels of fibrous plaster, while in hardware, reflecting the design and buildings of more than one storey decoration trends of the day. When concrete beams and ceilings were working with a heritage building, plastered; suspended ceilings the interior should ideally be were not used. Plaster decorative sympathetic to the style and era of mouldings and friezes were the building. Research may be able popular. Many of the old moulds to source old photos showing the are still in existence, or remaining interior of your building. plaster work can have a mould taken to enable repair of damaged Flooring features. Linoleum and timber were Internal Glazing traditional floor finishes. Some 1 1930s buildings incorporated Leadlights were popular in terrazzo flooring, particularly internal as well as external in entrances. The design often windows and also as skylights, included a contrasting border and laylights or domes, used to central motif, such as the building bring natural daylight into name. internal spaces. Skylights could be incorporated in Hexagonal mosaic tiles with remodelling projects, with the a border of larger square or advantage of reducing artificial rectangular tiles were also used lighting requirements. Skylights 4 at entrances and in bathrooms. and laylights may be rediscovered Similar effects can be recreated during restoration work, concealed using welded vinyls, linoleum, by a later suspended ceiling. ceramic tiles or carpet tiles. Carpet can also be specifically designed for particular projects. Hardware & Fixtures 2 Hardware usually reflects the era Wall & Ceiling Finishes 2B in which the building was built. Timber panelling or painted plaster Your building may have purpose- were typical finishes for interior made door hardware, or other walls. Panelling was usually fittings such as ventilation grilles. rimu, matai or oak. Tiles were Some articles may still be available 5 also popular, especially in public new, could be found in second hand or utility areas and as decoration shops or demolition yards, or could around windows and doors. To be be specifically made. Compatible compatible with the originals, tile or reproduction light fittings are size and format must be carefully available but modern lighting Photos 1. Terrazzo flooring with brass inlay, considered. Terrazzo was a newly requirements may mean they are Westerman’s entry. available material for bathrooms, only suitable for display or feature 2. Interior of Hawke’s Bay Opera House. 3. The striking double-height atrium in entrances and other public areas, lighting. The essential feature once Harvey’s Building, Russell Street, showing and was applied in precast panels. again is to choose simple design ceiling laylight, top lights providing natural light, plastered concrete beams and Where original terazzzo has been and quality materials. columns, timber floor. 3 painted over, the paint can be 3 4. Newel-post lantern, Westerman’s. 5. Leaded laylight, Harvey’s building. stripped back and damaged panels 26 repaired. Exposed or painted HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL brickwork is also a suitable wall DESIGN finish. GUIDE 3 2012 27 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012 Signs are an essential component • effect on heritage values Context of the CBD and can enhance or • effect on streetscape Signs are part of the wider devalue the visual integrity of the streetscape, so coordination streetscape. Well-designed signs • design, appearance and size between the signs in any area is can add to the vitality of the street essential. Signs should not be while clearly directing or attracting • location and placement located at random on the building, the public, but poorly designed 3 • hazards, health and safety, or attempt to stand out by use of signs detract from the experience wellbeing. colour, shape or style. A well- SIGN of the CBD, obscuring building designed sign should: features and giving a cluttered, As a general guide, a well-designed disorganised impression. Design sign should: • integrate with the architectural features of the building and its Signs have the following purposes: guide • be complementary to the neighbours • identification of a site, building, proportions and design of the • form a cohesive part of the building use, building occupants building 1 building • site-related advertising to • integrate with the • integrate with neighbouring promote the goods and services architectural features of the buildings and landscape available building and its neighbours features. • be sized and located to • third party advertising, such form a cohesive part of the as a nationwide campaign or Scale & Location building acknowledging a sponsor • relate to the distance from Signs should integrate with the • direction finding, such as street which it will most likely be building where they are located. signs viewed Signs should not dominate facades, obscure windows or architectural • safety such as traffic signs. • be designed using colours features or extend beyond the and fonts that relate to the The latter two are outside the scope building (such as above the roof or architecture and style of the verandah fascia). A well-designed of this Design Guide. building sign should: • have clear and simple Sign Design • have dimensions that relate to graphic design the dimensions of the building Because signs are intended to 2 attract attention they are often • use high quality materials. facade designed, and placed in prominent A sign should not: • be located to suit the building 3 locations, where they can be seen • obscure any significant elements (windows, columns, by as many people as possible. architectural feature of a parapets, verandahs) This can cause a conflict in a heritage building heritage area, obscuring building • respect the proportions and features and dominating the • obscure any valuable composition of the building. streetscape. heritage information, such as the name or date of the Clutter The District Plan contains rules building relating to signs within the CBD, Visual clutter can occur where • exceed the height of the in either the Advertising & Signs there are multiple building building to which they are Section, or Commercial Section. occupants or a variety of signs attached There are additional rules for those unrelated in shape, size or position. buildings located within the CCP, • advertise brand names (third Signs should form a cohesive where they are limited in size and party advertising). group if there are multiple building subject to controls. All signs within occupants. Groups of signs should the CCP require Resource Consent not be randomly positioned, overlap 28 and may be assessed against the or obscure each other or duplicate HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL following criteria: information. Photos DESIGN 1. Well designed signs can add to the vitality of the street. 2. Individual letters fixed to the facade can be seen from a distance. The smaller sign contains GUIDE 3 more detailed information to be read at close range. 2012 3. Sign fitted between pilasters does not obscure building features. Obtrusiveness 1

Signs should be considered from A well-designed sign should: the full range of viewing distances, • have a lettering style compatible and be as unobtrusive as possible, with the building by fixing or applying individual letter to the building, rather than painting • be clear, simple and legible them on large backing boards. • use contrasting colours for the Signs should not: letters and sign background

• interrupt the line of the building • have corporate colours adapted (parapet, windows, verandah) to suit the heritage environment • use jarring colours, or flashing Signs should not: or overly bright lights • use fluorescent or highly • use movement to attract saturated colours attention • use inappropriate lettering • project above the roof line styles 2 • extend beyond the building or • use large areas of corporate the verandah fascia. colour to identify a building.

Lettering Styles & Colours Hazards & Safety

The style of lettering should reflect Flashing or illuminated signs can the age and design style of the be distracting to motorists and parent building. A wide variety of are subject to additional rules. lettering styles (fonts) were used Take care to ensure signs do not on Hastings’ heritage buildings; obstruct traffic sightlines, obscure 1 these are generally traditional in road signs, create headlight style with upper case lettering. reflections for road users, create 3 A selection of suggested styles safety issues for pedestrians, or 3 is illustrated opposite, but many obstruct the footpath. others are also appropriate. Your building may still have the owner’s Many people with disabilities have or building’s name visible, which limitations in movement or reduced may assist with the selection of peripheral vision, therefore signs THIS IS BROADWAY FONT an appropriate font. Alternatively should have clear and legible you can look for old photos of your lettering contrasting with the sign THIS IS BASKERVILLE OLD FACE building in the archives, or seek background. advice from Council, who can THIS IS BAUHAUS 93 provide free design advice. THIS IS CASTELLAR

THIS IS ROCKWELL

THIS IS PERPETUA

3 Photos 1. This well-designed sign reflects the forms, materials and This is GARAMOND lettering style of the heritage building. 2. The scale of the sign is appropriate to its location. 29 3. Landmarks award-winning signs: Joll Road, Havelock HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL This is Harlow North. Unity and identity - a cohesive group of signs for DESIGN multiple building occupants, demonstrating that less can 4 be more. Photo: Ann Galloway. GUIDE 4. Examples of heritage fonts. 2012 4 Sign Locations Building Side Wall The placement of a sign on a • Signs should be set back from heritage building is equally as the corner of the wall. important as good design. The • Align the sign with significant District Plan contains rules and elements on the main facade, standards relating to the location such as cornice or parapet or of signs. Please refer to the windows. Advertising and Signs section of • Refer to size controls, as these the District Plan for specific rules, apply to the whole property, however the following general including signs on side walls. principles apply. • Large areas of corporate colour Verandah Fascias are not appropriate.

• Letters should be applied Windows directly to the fascia, or painted • Window signs are useful for directly on the fascia. upper-storey businesses • Lettering should fit between or where a building has no the fascia mouldings and not verandah. obscure them. • Use individual letters, maybe • Signs must not extend above or with gold or shadow outline. below the line of the fascia. • Use film, logos, lettering, or • Signs must not extend beyond frosting to replicate an original the length of the fascia. sign or to indicate a building feature which may have been Under Verandahs destroyed.

• Ensure minimum clearance from footpath to underside of sign and set back from kerb.

On a Verandah Roof 1 • Verandah roof signs can obscure building features and should be 4

avoided. 3

Building Facade 3 • If there is no verandah it may be appropriate to hang a sign perpendicular to the facade 2 3 • Position the sign so building features are not obscured. Photos 1. Sign locations illustrated. 2. Contemporary under verandah sign compatible in style with the original sign above the doors. 3.3 An original 1930s sign: individual metal letters in a deco font, integrated with the terrazzo shop frontage. 4. Although this sign extends above the parapet and does not have discreet brackets, it has strong heritage 30 value. HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012 Illuminated Signs Signs on Movable Items

Signs might be lit externally Movable items such as umbrellas, (by spotlights or floodlights), or tables and chairs and screens internally such as neon, fluorescent provide visual interest in the or LED lights. External light street, but can also add to visual sources should be focused only clutter. These items should be on the sign, with no light spill, and well designed and of good quality. must be located where they do not Consider the following: obscure building features. Neon • the business name or logo may tubes, fluorescent lights with gel be discreetly displayed coats and LEDs with brightness controls can be used sparingly to • brand advertising on street add colour and visual impact. furniture is not appropriate • movable footpath signs are not • Coloured strip lights can be used encouraged. sparingly, to enhance building features. • Only static illumination of signs is permitted. • Illuminated signs in close proximity to traffic signals should not show red or green. • Illuminated signs must comply 1 2 with light spill controls and not obscure building features. • Use sparingly to enhance building features.

Multiple Tenancies

• Group names on a single sign, instead of having a plethora of individual signs. • Design signs to allow for easy updating. • Brass signs are a traditional solution. • Locate signs at main entry

points or in an adjacent window. 3 4

Photos 1. Signs on building facades. 31 2. Signs on building facades. HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL 3. Coloured strip lights can be effective when used DESIGN sparingly. Staples Rodway building, corner Lyndon Road East and Hastings Street South GUIDE 4. This well-designed window sign uses forms, colours 2012 and lettering styles from the heritage building. Further information Bibliography Acknowledgements The following may be useful when Fowler, Michael: From Disaster This Design Guide has been preparing Resource Consents: to Recovery: The Hastings CBD produced with the assistance and 1931-35. Michael B. Fowler advice of the following: • Hastings City Heritage Publishing, Havelock North, 2007. Inventory* Ann Galloway FNZIA, • International Council on ICOMOS New Zealand: Charter Ann Galloway Architect Limited for the Conservation of Places of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Graham Linwood ANZIA, Cultural Heritage Value. ICOMOS New Zealand: Charter for Graham Linwood Architects Limited the Conservation of Places of New Zealand (Inc) / Te Mana O Cultural Heritage Value. Nga Pouwhenua O Te Ao – The Michael B Fowler www.icomos.org.nz New Zealand National Committee Historian of the International Council on • New Zealand Historic Places Monuments and Sites, 2010. ISBN Rachel Stuart Trust Guidance Series, 978-0-473-17116-2 (PDF). Parks Planning & developed to help assess Development Manager alterations to Historic Buildings Napier City Council: Napier City Hastings District Council from a conservation viewpoint. Signage Guidelines, 2009. www.historic.org.nz Philip McKay New Zealand Historic Places Trust Policy Manager • Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Pouhere Taonga: Hastings District Council Gallery Sustainable Management of • Alexander Turnbull Library Landmarks Trust Historic Heritage Guidance Series • Local Public Libraries Information Sheet: Providing for All photographs by Brian Culy • Hastings District Council Accessibility in Heritage Places unless otherwise acknowledged. Archive* (draft), 2010.

*available from the Hastings District Council Onkaparinga City: Willunga Planning Department. Heritage Precinct Design Guidelines, 2007.

Shaw, Peter and Hallett, Peter: Spanish Mission Hastings (Second Edition). Art Deco Trust, Napier, 2006.

Wellington City District Plan 2006: Central Area Urban Design Guide.

Wright, Matthew: Town and Country: The History Of Hastings And District. Hastings District Council, 2001.

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GLOSSARY

SIGn Guidelines

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GLOSSARY OF ARCHITECTURAL TERMS

Atrium a full height open space within a building, often with a glazed roof and/or large windows

Barley twist a column with a twisting shaft like a corkscrew or olden days stick of barley sugar

Corbel a stepped, projecting support

Cornice a continuous projection at the top of a wall

Dentils square blocks used as a repeating ornament in a cornice

Espadana ornamental false gable

Facade the front face of a building

Fascia a plain horizontal surface, such as the front edge of a verandah

Finial moulded or carved ornament on the peak of a roof

Juliet balcony a very shallow balcony with a safety railing on an upper storey of a building.

Laylight panels of glazing in the ceiling

Parapet the extension of a wall above a roof line

Pediment triangular shape used above a door or window to add emphasis

Pilaster a rectangular column which is part of the wall, projecting only small distance

Relief a raised design on a surface

Soffit the exposed underside of a verandah or eaves

Spandrel the panel below a window

Splay cutting a corner on the angle

34 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012 SIGN GUIDELINES

NOTE: All signs in the CCP require resource consent and must be sympathetic to the heritage character of the building. Refer to District Plan Section 9 (Commerical Zone) and Section 13.8 (Advertising & Signs).

Building Facade (only if no verandah) • Hanging sign perpendicular to facade may be appropriate. • Locate sign so building features are not obscured. • Signs on backing boards are not appropriate.

Verandah Roof • Verandah roof signs are not appropriate.

Verandah Fascias • Individual letters should be applied directly to the fascia, or painted directly on the fascia. • Fit lettering between the fascia mouldings. • Do not extend beyond fascia (height or length).

Building Side Wall • Set the sign back from the corner of the wall. • Align the sign with features of the main facade. • Permissible area is limited, refer to size controls in the District Plan. • Large areas of corporate colour are not appropriate. • Avoid painting previously unpainted surfaces.

Under Verandah • Ensure minimum clearance from footpath to underside of sign and set back from kerb.

Windows • Individual lettersn with gilt or shadow outline are appropriate. • Window signs are useful for upper storeys where there is no verandah. • May be used to indicate building features that have been destroyed.

Multiple Tenancies • Group names on a single sign. • Use consistent lettering and/or colours. 35 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL • Design signs to allow for easy updating. DESIGN • Brass plates are a traditional solution. GUIDE 2012 36 HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE 2012