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HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT 42 Myall Street Concord West HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT 42 Myall Street Concord West No. 42 Myall Street in July 2014. WEIR PHILLIPS HERITAGE Level 19 100 William Street Sydney NSW 2011 Ph. 9310 1010 December 2014 CONTENTS PAGE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Preamble 1 1.2 Authorship 2 1.3 Limitations 2 1.4 Guiding Methodologies 2 1.5 Physical Evidence 2 1.6 Documentary References 2 1.6.1 General References 2 1.6.2 Historic Maps, Plans and Photographs 2 1.6.3 Planning Documents 2 1.6.4 Heritage Inventory Sheets 3 1.7 Site Location 3 2.0 HISTORY OF THE SITE 3 2.1 Original Occupation 3 2.2 Early European Associations and Land Use 3 2.3 Concord 1820-1912 5 2.4 Subdivision of the Yaralla Estate 7 2.5 No. 42 Myall Street 7 3.0 SITE ASSESSMENT 8 3.1 The Site 8 3.2 The Dwelling - Exterior 9 3.3 The Dwelling - Interior 12 3.4 The Surrounding Area 14 4.0 ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFANCE 17 4.1 Existing Heritage Listings 17 4.1.1 The Site 17 4.1.2 Heritage Items in the Vicinity of the Site 18 4.2 Integrity 21 4.3 Significance 22 4.3.1 Criterion (a) 22 4.2.2 Criterion (b) 22 4.2.3 Criterion (c) 22 4.2.4 Criterion (d) 22 4.2.5 Criterion (e) 22 4.2.6 Criterion (f) 23 4.2.7 Criterion (g) 23 4.3 Statement of Significance 23 5.0 HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT 23 5.1 The Proposal 23 5.2 Methodology 24 5.3 Effect of Work 24 5.3.1 Assessment under the DCP 24 5.3.2 NSW Heritage Division questions 34 6.0 CONCLUSIONS 35 7.0 APPENDIX 1 37 No. 42 Myall Street, Concord West 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Preamble This Heritage Impact Statement has been prepared to accompany a Development Application for the demolition of an existing dwelling at No. 42 Myall Street, Concord West, New South Wales and the construction of a new dwelling, with associated landscaping. The site is located within the City of Canada Bay. The principal planning control for the site is the Canada Bay Local Environmental Plan 2013 (LEP 2013). The site is not listed as a heritage item by Schedule 5 Part 1 of the LEP 2013. It is, however, located adjacent to an item listed by this Schedule, being the street trees in Myall Street, and within the Yaralla Estate Conservation Area, as defined by Schedule 5 Part 2 of this plan. Under Part 5.10 of the LEP 2013: (2) Requirement for consent Development consent is required for any of the following: (a) demolishing or moving any of the following or altering the exterior of any of the following (including, in the case of a building, making changes to its detail, fabric, finish or appearance): (i) a heritage item, (iii) a building, work, relic or tree within a heritage conservation area (4) Effect of proposed development on heritage significance The consent authority must, before granting consent under this clause in respect of a heritage item or heritage conservation area, consider the effect of the proposed development on the heritage significance of the item or area concerned. This sub clause applies regardless of whether a heritage management document is prepared under sub clause (5) or a heritage conservation management plan is submitted under sub clause (6). (5) Heritage assessment The consent authority may, before granting consent to any development: (a) on land on which a heritage item is located, or (b) on land that is within a heritage conservation area, or (c) on land that is within the vicinity of land referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), require a heritage management document to be prepared that assesses the extent to which the carrying out of the proposed development would affect the heritage significance of the heritage item or heritage conservation area concerned. The appropriate heritage management document in this instance is a Heritage Impact Statement (HIS). This HIS has been prepared at the request of Dvyne Design and on behalf of the owners. It accompanies plans prepared by Dvyne Design. Demolition of the existing dwelling on the site is being sought on the basis of structural unsoundness. This statement should be read in conjunction with the structural engineering report, prepared by D’Ambrosio Consulting Pty Ltd (S6390), which accompanies this application. A copy of this report is included in Appendix 1 of this statement. It is noted that there is a lapsed approval for the substantial demolition of the existing dwelling on the site (DA394/2007) and that there is an existing approval to remove trees within the site, dated January 2014 (DA486/2013). No. 42 Myall Street, Concord West 1 1.2 Authorship This statement was prepared by Michelle Lynch, B.Sc. (Arch.), and James Phillips, B.Sc. (Arch.), B. Arch., M.Herit.Cons. (Hons), of Weir Phillips Heritage. 1.3 Limitations No historical archaeology was carried out on the site. Photographs of the interior of the building were provided by the structural report prepared by D’Ambrosio Consulting Pty. Ltd (Ref. S6390) and by online advertisements from the recent sale of the property. 1.4 Guiding Methodologies This statement has been prepared with an understanding of the NSW Heritage Office (now Division) publication Statements of Heritage Impact (2002 update) and with reference to the Council documents listed under Section 1.6. The publication ‘Design in Context: Guidelines for Infill Development in the Historic Environment’ produced by the NSW Heritage Office (now Division) was also used as a guide. 1.5 Physical Evidence An inspection of the front of the property and the surrounding area took place in July 2014. Unless otherwise indicated, the photographs contained in this statement were taken on this occasion. 1.6 Documentary References The following references were consulted for the preparation of this statement: 1.6.1 General References • Coupe, Sheena, Concord – A Centenary History, NSW, Council of the Municipality of Concord, NSW, Municipality of Concord Council, 1983. • Campbell, J.E., ‘Dawn of Rural Settlement in Australia’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Volume XI/II, 1925, pp. 83-133. • Fox and Associates, Marrickville Heritage Study. Unpublished report prepared for Marrickville Council, 1986. • John Sands Ltd, John Sands Sydney and Suburban Directories, Sydney, John Sands Ltd, various dates. • Kennedy, Brian and Kennedy, Barbara, Sydney and Suburbs: A Description, Frenchs Forest, NSW, Reed, 1982. • Shaw, Geo. M., Concord Jubilee 1883-1933: A History of the Municipaity of Concord, Sydney, Canberra Press, 1933. 1.6.2 Historic Maps, Plans and Photographs • (Aerial Photograph over Concord West), 1943. Six Maps. • (Maps of the area of Concord West, part of the Parish Map Preservation Project), c.1896 and undated, Department of Lands. • Yaralla Park Concord: First Subdivision, 1920. National Library of Australia, ID 41894999. 1.6.3 Planning Documents • Canada Bay Local Environmental Plan 2013. • Canada Bay Development Control Plan. No. 42 Myall Street, Concord West 2 1.6.4 Heritage Inventory Sheets • NSW Heritage Division Website – Online Database – Local Government – Street Trees, Myall Street, Concord West, Database number 2890357. • NSW Heritage Division Website – Online Database – Local Government - Yaralla Estate Conservation Area, Concord West, Database number 2890489. 1.7 Site Location No. 42 Myall Street, Concord West is located on the southern side of Myall Street, between Quandong Street and Nullawarra Avenue (Figure 1). The site is identified as Lot 34, D.P.10188E. Figure 1: Site Location, red arrow points to 42 Myall Street. Google Maps; annotation W.P. 2.0 HISTORY OF THE SITE 2.1 Original Occupation While an Aboriginal history has not been provided for, it is acknowledged that Concord West is located within the traditional lands of the Wangal people of the Dharug language group. 2.2 Early European Associations and Land Use European association with the present day City of Canada Bay began when Captain Hunter lead an exploration party westward up what became known as the Parramatta River in early February 1788. Ten days later, a second party, lead by Governor Phillip, landed near Homebush Bay. Lieutenant William Bradley, a member of this exploration party, provides the first description of the area: No. 42 Myall Street, Concord West 3 ‘…(we) found the trees a considerable distance apart, and the soil in general good-grass very long and no understorey.’1 While it was a magnificent site for a maritime city, Sydney did not possess the rich soils for the crop raising required to ensure the immediate survival of the Colony. Subsequent explorations inland lead to the discovery of Rose Hill (renamed Parramatta in 1791), where a second settlement was established in November 1788. Within three years, Parramatta had superseded Sydney as the most important settlement in the infant Colony. By 1791, the two settlements were linked by a rough track known as ‘The Path’ and later as Parramatta Road.2 Early Concord residents contributed to the formation and upkeep of this road. From 16 January 1793, successive colonial governors granted land outside the declared boundaries of the Township of Sydney in order to further the purposes of settlement. The first land grants in present day Concord were made by Lieutenant- Governor Grose in 1793. David Collins, the Colony’s Judge Advocate, remarked: ‘…on the 24th of the month (December 1793), ten grants of land received the Lieutenant-Governor’s signature. Five allotments of twenty-five acres each and one of thirty acres were given to six non-commissioned officers of the New South Wales Corps, who had chosen an eligible situation nearly midway between Sydney and Parramatta, and who, in conjunction with four other settlers, occupied a district to be distinguished in future by the name of Concord.’3 This is the first recorded use of the name ‘Concord’ to distinguish the district.
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