STATEMENT of HERITAGE IMPACT 301-305 Kent St & 35-39 Erskine St, Sydney

DRAFT STATEMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT 301-305 Kent St & 35-39 Erskine St, Sydney March 2019 - ISSUE B 301-305 KENT ST & 35-39 ERSKINE ST KENT ST, SYDNEY ISSUE DESCRIPTION DATE ISSUED BY A Draft for Review 07/02/19 KB B Issued for Submission 08/03/19 KB GBA Heritage Pty Ltd Level 1, 71 York Street Sydney NSW 2000, Australia T: (61) 2 9299 8600 F: (61) 2 9299 8711 E: [email protected] W: www.gbaheritage.com ABN: 56 073 802 730 ACN: 073 802 730 Nominated Architect: Graham Leslie Brooks - NSW Architects Registration 3836 CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 REPORT OVERVIEW 5 1.2 REPORT OBJECTIVES 6 1.3 METHODOLOGY AND STRUCTURE 6 1.4 SITE IDENTIFICATION 6 1.5 HERITAGE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 6 1.6 AUTHORSHIP 7 1.7 REPORT LIMITATIONS 7 1.8 COPYRIGHT 7 2.0 HISTORICAL SUMMARY 8 2.1 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LOCALITY 8 2.2 EARLY OWNERSHIP OF THE SITE 8 2.3 EARLY USE OF THE SITE 9 2.4 INITIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDINGS 10 2.5 SUBSEQUENT CHANGES AND USE 13 3.0 SITE DESCRIPTION 16 3.1 URBAN CONTEXT 16 3.2 301 KENT STREET 16 3.3 305 KENT STREET 17 3.4 35-39 ERSKINE STREET 18 4.0 ASSESSMENT OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE 24 4.1 INTRODUCTION 24 4.2 301-305 KENT STREET 24 4.3 35-39 ERSKINE STREET 31 4.4 ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL 32 4.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF HERITAGE ITEMS IN THE VICINITY 32 5.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSAL 35 6.0 ASSESSMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT 36 6.1 INTRODUCTION 36 6.2 OVERVIEW OF THE POTENTIAL HERITAGE IMPACTS 36 6.3 CONSIDERATION OF THE GUIDELINES OF THE NSW HERITAGE DIVISION 36 6.4 HERITAGE OBJECTIVES OF THE SYDNEY LEP 2012 37 6.5 HERITAGE GUIDELINES OF THE SYDNEY DCP 2012 38 6.6 RECOMMENDED MITIGATION MEASURE 38 301-305 Kent St & 35-39 Erskine St, Sydney Statement of Heritage Impact March 2019 7.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 39 7.1 CONCLUSIONS 39 7.2 RECOMMENDATION 39 8.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY 40 301-305 Kent St & 35-39 Erskine St, Sydney Statement of Heritage Impact March 2019 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 REPORT OVERVIEW This report has been prepared as part of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for State Significant Development (SSD) application number SSD 18_9694, the redevelopment of 301-305 Kent Street and 35-39 Erskine Street, Sydney. The Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) for this project note the following in relation to European heritage: The EIS shall: • include a Statement of Heritage Impact (SOHI) prepared by a suitably qualified heritage consultant in accordance with the guidelines in the NSW Heritage Manual and best practice conservation principles. N The SOHI is to address the impacts of the proposal on any heritage significance of the Figure 1.1 site and adjacent areas and is to identify the Location map showing the approximate location of the subject site following: marked with a blue circle. - all heritage items (state and local) and Source: NSW LPI SIX Maps Website heritage conservation areas and buildings older than 50 years on and within the vicinity of the site including built heritage, landscapes and archaeology, detailed mapping of these items, and assessment of why the items and site(s) are of heritage significance - the impacts of the proposal on heritage ERSKINE ST items and heritage conservation areas including visual impacts - compliance with any relevant Conservation Management Plan - the attempts to avoid and/or mitigate the impact on the heritage significance or cultural heritage values of the site and the surrounding heritage items heritage KENT ST KENT conservation areas - demonstrate engagement with appropriate ST SUSSEX local stakeholders. N Figure 1.2 Aerial view showing the subject site outlined in blue. Source: Nearmap, 2018 301-305 Kent St & 35-39 Erskine 5 St, Sydney Statement of Heritage Impact March 2019 This report evaluates the Stage 1 Concept Proposal, 2 and 3 of DP 443974, Lot 1 of DP 76374 and Lot 305 prepared by DBI Design. The Concept Proposal is to of DP 669166. demolish the existing buildings and construct a 29 storey hotel building with five basement levels. 1.5 HERITAGE MANAGEMENT Please note that this report does not address a defined FRAMEWORK future development, only the proposed demolition of the subject buildings and an indicative building NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment envelope. Act 1979 (EP&A Act) The Secretary’s Environmental Assessment The detailed design resolution process will form part Requirements (SEARs) for SSD 18_ 9694 note the EIS of a later development application process for the is to be consistent with the requirements of clauses 6 site, and will require additional review from a heritage and 7 of Schedule 2 of the Environmental Planning perspective, once finalised. and Assessment Regulation 2000 (the Regulation). This report concludes that, subject to the The Sydney Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2012 is recommendations made, the proposal will have an the only EPI specified that includes heritage provisions. acceptable heritage impact. The subject properties are not listed as items of heritage significance in Schedule 5 of theSydney LEP 2012, nor are they located within the boundaries of a 1.2 REPORT OBJECTIVES heritage conservation area. The main objective of this Statement of Heritage The site is located in the vicinity of several heritage Impact is to analyse the overall heritage impact of the items listed in Schedule 5 of the Sydney Local proposed development in relation to the Environmental Environmental Plan (LEP) 2012, the closest being: Planning Instruments (EPIs) specified in the Director General Requirements (DGRs) and the guidelines Heritage Address SHR LEP endorsed by the NSW Heritage Council. Item Commercial 62-66A I1756 Terrace Erskine 1.3 METHODOLOGY AND STRUCTURE group Street including This Statement of Heritage Impact has been prepared interiors in accordance with guidelines outlined in the Australia Former “CW 52-54 I1755 ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance, Foley & Co” Erskine 2013, known as The Burra Charter, and the New South commercial Street Wales Heritage Office (now the Heritage Division of the terrace pair NSW Office of Environment and Heritage) publication, including interiors NSW Heritage Manual. “Watch 68-80 00223 I1757 The Burra Charter provides definitions for terms used House Erskine Terrace” Street in heritage conservation and proposes conservation including processes and principles for the conservation of an interiors item. The terminology used, particularly the words Former 123-129 I2274 place, cultural significance, fabric, and conservation, Edwards Clarence is as defined in Article 1 of The Burra Charter. The Dunlop & Co Street (and NSW Heritage Manual explains and promotes the warehouses 252-258 standardisation of heritage investigation, assessment including Kent Street) and management practices in NSW. interiors Former 82 Erskine 00501 I1758 “Watch Street 1.4 SITE IDENTIFICATION House” including The subject site at 301-305 Kent St and 35-39 Erskine interiors St, Sydney, is located on the south-western corner of Erskine and Kent Street (see Figure 1.2). It is described by NSW Land Registry Services as Lots 1, 301-305 Kent St & 35-39 Erskine 6 St, Sydney Statement of Heritage Impact March 2019 Commercial 42-50 I1754 Terrace Erskine group Street including interiors The other listed heritage items in the wider locality are physically and visually separated from the subject site by distance, intervening development and roadways. Consequently, the proposal will have no direct or specific impact on the heritage significance of these items and this report will focus on the proximate items that require more detailed consideration of impact. The Sydney Development Control Plan (DCP) 2012 has also been included in the SEARs list of guidelines to be considered. Section 3.9 of the Sydney DCP 2012 contains the applicable heritage provisions. N 1.6 AUTHORSHIP Figure 1.3 Detail from heritage map showing heritage items shaded brown and the subject site outlined blue. This report has been prepared by Kaylie Beasley, Source: City of Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012, Sheet Senior Heritage Consultant, of GBA Heritage and HER_014 has been reviewed by the Director, Graham Brooks. Unless otherwise noted, all of the photographs and drawings in this report are by GBA Heritage. 1.7 REPORT LIMITATIONS While this report is limited to the analysis of European cultural heritage values, GBA Heritage recognises that for over forty thousand years or more Aboriginal people occupied the land that was later to be claimed as a European settlement. Recommendations have been made on the basis of documentary evidence viewed and inspection of the existing fabric. Access to the second floor of 35-39 Erskine Street was not available. Archaeological assessment of the subject site is outside the scope of this report. This report only addresses the relevant heritage planning provisions and does not address general planning or environmental management considerations. 1.8 COPYRIGHT Copyright of this report remains with the author, GBA Heritage. 301-305 Kent St & 35-39 Erskine 7 St, Sydney Statement of Heritage Impact March 2019 2.0 HISTORICAL SUMMARY 2.1 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE Streets, and included the following allotments:5 LOCALITY 301 Kent Street: The area of the subject site forms part of the land of • Part of Allotment 22, granted to William Ternen on the Gadigal people of the Eora nation who are the 23 September 1839. traditional custodians of the land within the City of Sydney. The area around the harbour was an important 305 Kent Street: hunting, fishing and camping ground for Aboriginal • Part of Allotment 21, granted to George Wheeler people prior to the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 and on 14 May 1836 beyond.

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