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St Thomas Rest Park Conservation Management Plan ITEM CLS08 REPORTS 15/12/14 NORTH SYDNEY COUNCIL REPORTS Report to General Manager Attachments: 1. St Thomas Rest Park CMP October 2014 SUBJECT: St Thomas Rest Park Conservation Management Plan AUTHOR: Ian Hoskins, Council Historian ENDORSED BY: Martin Ellis, Director Community and Library Services EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The need for a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) was identified in the North Sydney Council Plan of Management (PoM) for St Thomas’ Rest Park. The primary objective of the CMP is to guide the conservation of St Thomas’ Rest Park and its ability to act as a source of information for visitors interested in the history of the North Sydney area, St Thomas’ Church and the former Cemetery itself. The CMP investigates the potential state significance of the cemetery based on the people interred there and its historical significance, including the use of the cemetery as an unofficial naval/maritime cemetery. The CMP recommends North Sydney Council carry out the assessment of individual monuments and headstones in accordance with the National Trust “Guidelines for Cemetery Conservation”. This will provide better guidance for the ongoing restoration, general maintenance and management of the Rest Park. The CMP identifies the circumstances in which the relocation and restanding of monuments and headstones will be acceptable and possible compatible uses within the Rest Park including anastylosis, a memorial wall and columbarium. It also considers additional educational opportunities within the Rest Park and potential research opportunities. 8 FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: A request for funds to begin implementing the recommendations of the CMP in both 2015/16 and 2016/17 has been submitted to the upcoming estimates process. RECOMMENDATION: 1. THAT Council adopts the St Thomas Rest Park Conservation Plan of Management (CMP). 2. THAT the St Thomas Rest Park CMP be placed on public exhibition. Report of Ian Hoskins, Council Historian Re: St Thomas Rest Park Conservation Management Plan (2) LINK TO DELIVERY PROGRAM The relationship with the Delivery Program is as follows: Direction: 4. Our Social Vitality Outcome: 4.4 North Sydney's history is preserved and recognised 4.7 Community is active and healthy BACKGROUND St Thomas Rest Park, at 250 West Street, Crows Nest, originally St Thomas’ Cemetery, was the first official European burial ground on the North Shore. The Sexton’s Cottage, which is located within the Park, includes the original mid 19th century “laying out” room. It is now used as the Museum and research area. The conversion of the Cemetery into a public park was facilitated by the St Thomas’ Church of England, North Sydney, Cemetery Act 1967. In accordance with the Act the grounds were handed over to North Sydney Council. Conversion work from a cemetery to a rest park commenced in the early 1970s and continued until 1974. The Rest Park contains recently formed historic precincts with the remaining headstones and monuments, an interpretive history trail, extensively landscaped grounds, a children’s playground and a public amenities building. Landscaping consists of native species and some remnant cemetery vegetation, including the Bermuda Cypress, known as the Commemorative Tree. The land for the Cemetery was donated to the Anglican Parish of St Leonards in 1845 by Alexander Berry, a prominent merchant and landholder. His wife Elizabeth was the first person buried at the cemetery in 1845. The last burial occurred in 1950. CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS Community engagement will be undertaken in accordance with Council’s Community Engagement Protocol. SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT The sustainability implications were considered and reported on during the initiation phase of this project. DETAIL St Thomas Rest Park is the biggest public reserve west of Cammeray Park and the Warringah Expressway. It is both an important historical site as the first European burial ground on the North Shore, still accommodating several hundred monuments, and a passive recreation park well patronised by local residents, many of whom use the lawned areas as off-leash dog runs. North Sydney Council’s Plan of Management (PoM) for the Park comments upon both landscaping and the maintenance of heritage items. Larger more significant structures such as the Bent/Ovens monument, conserved in 2010, have been the subject of individual conservation plans prepared when repairs were deemed necessary. Report of Ian Hoskins, Council Historian Re: St Thomas Rest Park Conservation Management Plan (3) However, there has never been a Conservation Management Plan drafted for the whole Park, including the Sexton’s Cottage Museum that sits within it, as a place of intrinsic historical significance containing an important collection of historical monuments. In 2009 the PoM stipulated that a Conservation Management Plan for the heritage items in the Park be prepared. This CMP seeks to understand the Park’s heritage items through investigation of its historical and geographical context, its history, fabric, research potential, and importance to the community. It is a policy that guides Council on the appropriate uses of the Park and the ongoing maintenance of the elements within it. It examines the constraints and opportunities in the context of current uses. The CMP provides: a strategy for the maintenance of monuments including the relocation of fallen and displaced monuments; a review of the use of the Park with particular reference to the construction of a columbarium, should requests for such an addition be received again; guidance on the significance of the site and its elements, the Berry monument in particular, for future heritage listings, including the State Heritage Inventory; guidance on managing competing demands for the use of the Park as both a recreational and educational heritage site; a review of the use of Sexton’s Cottage and a strategy for the management and maintenance of building fabric and the provision of a healthy and safe work environment. ATTACHMENT TO CLS08 - 15/12/14 Page 4 GRA}TAMBROOKS AND ASSOCI,ATES ARCHITECTS HERITAGE CONSULTANTS St Thomas Rest Park, 250 West Street, Crows Nest Conservation Management Plan October 2014 ATTACHMENT TO CLS08 - 15/12/14 Page 5 Graham Brooks & Associates Pty Ltd lncorporated in NSW Architects, Planners & Heritage Consultants 71 York St, Level 1 Sydney 2000 Australia Tel: (61)2 9299 8600 Fax: (61) 292998711 Email: [email protected] wwl.gbaheritage.com A Draft for Review 29t05t2014 sc ABN: 56 073 802730 B Revised Draft for Review 28t08t20't4 sc ACN:073 802730 Nominated Architect: Graham Leslie Brooks c Final 03t10t20't4 sc NSW Architects Registration: 3836 D Revised Final 24t10t2014 sc o ATTACHMENT TO CLS08 - 15/12/14 Page 6 Graham Brooks & Associates Pty Ltd lncorporated in NSW Architects, Planners & Heritage Consultants 7lYorkSt, Level 1 Sydney 2000 Australia Tel: (61) 2 9299 8600 Fax: (61) 292998711 Email: [email protected] www.gbaheritage.com ABN:56 073802730 ACN: 073 802730 Nominated Architect: Graham Leslie Brooks NSW Architects Registration: 3836 o ATTACHMENT TO CLS08 - 15/12/14 Page 7 Terminology Below are definitions of terminologies and practices referred to throughout this document applicable to cemeteries and the use of St Thomas' Rest Park. Word Meaning Active Forms of organised ball games and sports Recreation events, including physical contact sports (defined as Organised Sport in the Plan of Management). Anastylosis Anastylosis is an archaeological term for a reconstruction technique whereby a ruined building or monument is restored using the original architectural elements to the greatest degree possible. Passive Passive recreation means uses such as Recreation walking, picnics, outdoor exercise and the quiet enjoyment of an area (defined as lnformal Sport and Games in the Plan of Management (PoM)). Rest Park An area of land, formerly a cemetery, which has been modified for the purpose of better catering for the recreational needs of the community whilst retaining the basic features of the cemetery. St Thomas' Rest Park 250 West Street, Crows Nest DRAFT Conservation l\4anagement Plan o October 2014 Graham Brooks & Associates Pty Ltd ATTACHMENT TO CLS08 - 15/12/14 Page 8 Contents Terminology 4 Executive Summary 7 1.0 lntroduction............... 8 1.1 Background I 1.2 Report Objectives I 1.3 Report Structure I 1.4 Site ldentification ........... 1.5 Heritage Management Framework 1.6 Authorship 1.7 Report Limitations 2.0 Historical Summary ...... 1 3 2.1 Brief History of the Locality ................ ..........1 3 2.2 St Thomas' Church ..........1 3 2.3 Early Ownership of the Site .,,..'''..14 2.4 Establishment of St Thomas Cemetery ..........16 2.5 Development of Cemeteries around Sydney ...18 2.7 Expansion (1867) 22 2.8 An Unoffìcial Maritime Cemetery ..................... 25 2.9 I nterments of Si9nificance................ ................27 2.10 Early Twentieth Century lnterments ................. 3 1 2.'t1 The Last Burials .......31 2.12 The Conversion of Cemeteries ........... .............32 2.13 Conversion to St Thomas' Rest Park, Circa 1970s.......... .............33 2.14 Removal and Relocation of Headstones..........42 2.15 Photographic Record of St Thomas' Cemetery43 2.16 Current Use ............. ....................46 3.0 Physical Evidence ,.......... 3.1 lntroduction 3.2 UrbanContext................. 3.3 Description of St Thomas' Rest Park.. 3.4 Condition and lntegrity 4.0 Assessment of Cultural Significance 79 4.1 lntroduction 4.2 ComparativeAnalysis 4.3 ComparativeAssessment
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