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Penrith Station Upgrade Project Statement of Heritage Impact Transport for New South Wales 09-Nov-2015 Penrith Station Upgrade Project Statement of Heritage Impact \\ausyd1fp001\projects\604X\60438668\8. Issued Docs\8.1 Reports\60438668_Penrith SOHI_v3.1.docx Revision 1 – 09-Nov-2015 Prepared for – Transport for New South Wales – ABN: 18 804 239 602 AECOM Penrith Station Upgrade Project – Statement of Heritage Impact Penrith Station Upgrade Project Statement of Heritage Impact Client: Transport for New South Wales ABN: 18 804 239 602 Prepared by AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Level 21, 420 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000, PO Box Q410, QVB Post Office NSW 1230, Australia T +61 2 8934 0000 F +61 2 8934 0001 www.aecom.com ABN 20 093 846 925 09-Nov-2015 Job No.: 60438668 AECOM in Australia and New Zealand is certified to the latest version of ISO9001, ISO14001, AS/NZS4801 and OHSAS18001. © AECOM Australia Pty Ltd (AECOM). All rights reserved. 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Issued Docs\8.1 Reports\60438668_Penrith SOHI_v3.1.docx Revision 1 – 09-Nov-2015 Prepared for – Transport for New South Wales – ABN: 18 804 239 602 AECOM Penrith Station Upgrade Project – Statement of Heritage Impact Quality Information Document Penrith Station Upgrade Project Ref 60438668 Date 09-Nov-2015 Prepared by Dr Susan Lampard Reviewed by Luke Kirkwood Revision History Authorised Revision Revision Details Date Name/Position Signature 1 12-Oct-2015 for internal QA Review Luke Kirkwood Principal Heritage Specialist 2 13-Oct-2015 Draft for Client review Luke Kirkwood Principal Heritage Specialist 3 19-Oct-2015 Final Luke Kirkwood Principal Heritage Specialist 4 9-Nov-2015 Response to Heritage Division Luke Kirkwood comments Principal Heritage Specialist \\ausyd1fp001\projects\604X\60438668\8. Issued Docs\8.1 Reports\60438668_Penrith SOHI_v3.1.docx Revision 1 – 09-Nov-2015 Prepared for – Transport for New South Wales – ABN: 18 804 239 602 AECOM Penrith Station Upgrade Project – Statement of Heritage Impact Table of Contents Executive Summary i 1.0 Introduction 3 1.1 Proposal Background 3 1.2 Site Identification 3 1.3 Proposal Methodology 5 1.4 Report Limitations 5 1.5 Authorship and Acknowledgements 5 2.0 Statutory Context 6 2.1 Introduction 6 2.2 Commonwealth Legislation 6 2.2.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) 6 2.2.2 Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cwlth) 6 2.3 State Legislation 6 2.3.1 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) 6 2.3.2 Infrastructure SEPP State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 (NSW) 6 2.3.3 Heritage Act 1977 (NSW) 6 2.4 Local Government 7 2.4.1 Penrith Local Environmental Plan 2010 7 2.5 Other Considerations 7 2.6 Summary of statutory controls 10 3.0 Historical Context 11 3.1 Introduction 11 3.2 Indigenous History 11 3.3 Early Settlement 11 3.4 Development of Rail 11 3.5 Early Development of Penrith Railway Station 12 3.6 Station alterations 14 3.7 Later alterations 16 4.0 Physical Description 17 4.1 Introduction 17 4.2 Penrith Railway Station 17 4.2.1 General Overview 17 4.2.2 Platform 3 Heritage Building 17 4.2.3 Platform 1/2 Station Building 20 4.2.4 Existing Pedestrian Footbridge and Canopies (1999) 20 4.2.5 Water Column and Filler Spout (1956) 22 4.2.6 Water Tank (1921) 23 4.2.7 Turntable (1896) 23 4.2.8 Signal Box (1956) 23 4.2.9 Station Master’s Residence (1878) 24 4.2.10 Moveable Items 24 4.2.11 Archaeological Potential 25 4.2.12 Grading of Significant Elements 29 4.3 Red Cow Hotel 30 4.4 TAFE Building 30 5.0 Significance Assessment 31 5.1 Introduction 31 5.2 Penrith Railway Station 33 5.2.1 Statement of Significance 34 5.3 Other Heritage Items 35 5.4 Discussion 35 6.0 Proposal Outline 36 6.1 Introduction 36 6.2 Proposal Drivers 36 6.3 Proposal Description and Heritage Impacts 36 6.3.1 Demolition 36 6.3.2 Construction 37 \\ausyd1fp001\projects\604X\60438668\8. Issued Docs\8.1 Reports\60438668_Penrith SOHI_v3.1.docx Revision 1 – 09-Nov-2015 Prepared for – Transport for New South Wales – ABN: 18 804 239 602 AECOM Penrith Station Upgrade Project – Statement of Heritage Impact 6.3.3 Temporary Enabling Works 40 6.3.4 Services and Landscaping 40 6.4 Design Options 44 6.4.1 Justification for the preferred option 44 6.4.2 Design refinements based on heritage considerations 45 6.5 Materials and Finishes 46 6.6 Impacts to Heritage Significance 51 7.0 Statement of Heritage Impact 62 7.1 Introduction 62 7.2 Demolition – Process Questions 62 7.3 Major Additions – Process Questions 63 8.0 Recommendations and Conclusions 65 9.0 References 67 List of Plates Plate 1 Southern plaza/bus interchange from Belmore Street. View north. 17 Plate 2 Southern plaza/bus interchange from Station entrance. View east. Note Station Master’s Residence behind truck. 17 Plate 3 Platform 3 Station Building from the Southern Plaza/bus interchange. View north west. 18 Plate 4 Platform 3 Station Building eastern elevation. View west. 18 Plate 5 Platform 3 Station Building from Platform 3. View south-south east. 18 Plate 6 Platform 3 Station Building western elevation. View east. 18 Plate 7 Platform 3 Heritage Building Foyer. View east. 19 Plate 8 Platform 3 Heritage Building Foyer. View west. 19 Plate 9 Platform 3 Heritage Building Foyer detail showing 1895 feature stub wall. View north. 19 Plate 10 Platform 3 Station Building indicating poor placement of platform furniture in front of openings. 19 Plate 11 Indicative interior of Platform 3 Station Building showing modifications. 19 Plate 12 Original ceiling in Control Room Platform 3 Station Building. 19 Plate 13 Platform 1/2 Station building eastern elevation. View west. 20 Plate 14 Platform 1/2 Station building showing original awning on Platform 2. View east. 20 Plate 15 Platform 1/2 Station building showing Platform 1 side. View east. 20 Plate 16 Platform 1/2 Station building indicative interior. 20 Plate 17 Station entrance and concourse façade. View north east. 21 Plate 18 Platform 3 stairs to concourse. 21 Plate 19 Northern existing stairs showing tiered canopy. View north west. 21 Plate 20 Concessional spaces under the Existing Pedestrian Footbridge. 21 Plate 21 Indicative of mailroom and customer luggage room within existing Pedestrian Footbridge. 22 Plate 22 Existing Pedestrian Footbridge concourse. 22 Plate 23 View west towards the Blue Mountains and across heritage buildings from the Existing Pedestrian Footbridge concourse. 22 Plate 24 Existing Pedestrian Footbridge, view west from Platform 3. 22 Plate 25 Platform 1/2 showing canopy. 22 Plate 26 View of Existing Pedestrian Footbridge and canopy from Platform 1. 22 Plate 27 Water column and filler spout. View north. 23 Plate 28 Water tank. View south-south east. 23 Plate 29 Signal Box on Platform 1/2. View north west. 24 Plate 30 Weatherboard signal box. 24 Plate 31 Scales in Platform 3 customer luggage room. 24 Plate 32 Indicator boards (covered) in ticketing area in 2009. Source: Sydney Trains. 24 List of Tables Table 1 Conservation Strategy conservation policies of relevance to the Proposal 9 Table 2 Listed heritage items within the Proposal Area 10 Table 3 Grading of significance criteria (from NSW Heritage Office, 2001:11) 30 Table 4 Penrith Railway Station grading of fabric 30 \\ausyd1fp001\projects\604X\60438668\8. Issued Docs\8.1 Reports\60438668_Penrith SOHI_v3.1.docx Revision 1 – 09-Nov-2015 Prepared for – Transport for New South Wales – ABN: 18 804 239 602 AECOM Penrith Station Upgrade Project – Statement of Heritage Impact Table 5 Significance assessment criteria 32 Table 6 Significance assessment – Penrith Railway Station Group 33 Table 7 Indicative materials and finishes. Source: GHD Westonwilliamson, 2015:Appendix B 47 Table 8 Proposal heritage impact assessment 52 Table 9 Assessment of impacts to the heritage significance of the Penrith Railway Station Group 56 Table 10 Conservation strategy conservation policies of relevance to the Proposal 60 List of Figures Figure 1 Proposal location context 4 Figure 2 Excerpt from an undated Parish of Castlereagh plan. Partial date reads 18_3. (Source: NSW Property & Information). Approximate location of Penrith Railway Station marked. 12 Figure 3 Penrith Railway Station, c. 1862. Source: State Records of NSW Digital ID 17420_a014_a01400763 13 Figure 4 Class Z2508 (B205) locomotive at Penrith Railway Station (NSW), No date, post 1860. Source: State Records of NSW Digital ID 17420_a014_a01400531 13 Figure 5 Penrith Railway Station, c.1950. Source: State Records of NSW Digital ID 17420_a014_a01400766 14 Figure 6 Penrith Railway Station, c.1950. Source: State Records of NSW Digital ID 17420_a014_a01400765 15 Figure 7 Penrith Railway Station, c.1950. Source: State Records of NSW Digital ID 17420_a014_a01400764 15 Figure 8 Excerpt from March 1912 plan “Penrith: Drainage in Station Yard”.
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