City Hall Conservation Management Plan Adopted 12 August 2008
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The City of Newcastle Management Plan City Hall Conservation Management Plan Adopted 12 August 2008 PO Box 489 (282 King Street) NEWCASTLE NSW 2300 Ph 02 4974 2000 Fax 02 4974 2222 Email [email protected] www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au NEWCASTLE CITY HALL CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN Prepared for Newcastle City Council Final Draft April 2008 NEWCASTLE CITY HALL CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN Prepared for Newcastle City Council Final Draft April 2008 Mary Knaggs Government Architect’s Office, Department of Commerce McKell Building, Level 19 2-24 Rawson Place SYDNEY 2000 T: 61 2 9372 8394 F: 61 2 9372 8444 W: www.govarch.commerce.nsw.gov.au NSW Dept. of Commerce Report Number: 08042 GAO Heritage Group Revised Draft 17 April 2008 Preface Lord Mayor of Newcastle Newcastle City Hall Preface Conservation Management Plan GAO Heritage Group Revised Draft 17 April 2008 CONTENTS PART 1 THE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN PREFACE (Lord Mayor of Newcastle) 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1 1.1 AIMS OF THE STUDY..................................................................................................... 1 1.2 STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 LAYOUT OF THIS CMP .................................................................................................. 1 1.4 SITE DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................... 6 2.0 HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE.......................................................................................... 10 2.1 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR NEWCASTLE CITY HALL ................... 10 2.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF NEWCASTLE CITY HALL ............................ 11 3.0 CONSERVATION POLICIES......................................................................................... 16 3.1 USING THESE CONSERVATION POLICIES................................................................... 16 3.2 MANAGEMENT OF THE HERITAGE ASSET................................................................... 16 3.3 PLANNING MAINTENANCE & MANAGING CHANGE..................................................... 17 3.4 LEVELS OF SIGNIFICANCE & DESIGN INTEGRITY ....................................................... 24 3.5 EXCAVATION WORKS AND ARCHAEOLOGY ................................................................. 27 3.6 EXTERNAL MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES..................................................................... 28 3.7 INTERNAL MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES ..................................................................... 31 3.8 MOVABLE HERITAGE, ARTWORKS, FURNISHINGS AND PLAQUES.............................. 33 3.9 SIGNAGE..................................................................................................................... 35 3.10 NEW WORKS & USES GENERALLY .............................................................................. 36 3.11 SPECIFIC POSSIBLE NEW WORKS .............................................................................. 38 3.12 PROTECTING & PROMOTING CONSERVATION............................................................ 43 3.13 ADOPTION & MANAGEMENT OF THIS CMP ................................................................ 46 4.0 IMPLEMENTATION ..................................................................................................... 48 4.1 CHANGE PROCESS DIAGRAM ..................................................................................... 48 4.2 NEW WORKS CHECKLIST (including major maintenance works).................................. 49 4.3 MAINTENANCE CHECKLIST ........................................................................................ 50 4.4 PRELIMINARY HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROFORMA .................................... 51 5.0 CMP INFORMATION ................................................................................................... 52 5.1 PROJECT TEAM & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................. 52 5.2 TERMS & ABBREVIATIONS.......................................................................................... 53 Newcastle City Hall Contents Conservation Management Plan GAO Heritage Group Revised Draft 17 April 2008 PART 2 INVENTORY SHEETS A SIGNIFICANT MATERIALS AND ELEMENTS 1. EXTERIOR WORKS GENERALLY 2. INTERIOR WORKS GENERALLY 3. STONEWORK & RENDERWORK 4. WALL & CEILING FINISHES 5. FLOORS AND FLOOR FINISHES 6. TIMBERWORK & JOINERY 7. METALWORK INCLUDING STEEL WINDOWS 8. SERVICES & SECURITY 9. LANDSCAPING 10. LAMP POSTS 11. SYNCHRONISED CLOCK SYSTEM B SIGNIFICANT SPACES 12. PORTE COCHERE & MAIN ENTRANCE 13. ENTRANCE VESTIBULE & STAIRS 14. EASTERN & WESTERN ENTRANCES 15. BANQUET HALL 16. CONCERT HALL 17. COUNCIL CHAMBER 18. MAYOR’S OFFICE & SECRETARY 19. MAYOR’S RECEPTION ROOM PART 3 BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1. HISTORICAL OUTLINE …………………………………………………………………………………1 2. PHYSICAL ANALYSIS …………………………………………………………………………………36 3. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS …………………………………………………………………………55 4. ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (UNDER CRITERIA) ……………………………………64 5. REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………………………………………72 6. APPENDICES 1. THE WORKS OF HENRY ELI WHITE 2. LIST OF THE MAYORS OF NEWCASTLE 3. LIST OF AUSTRALIAN TOWN HALLS BUILT 1863 – 1940 4. 1929 DRAWINGS OF NEWCASTLE CITY HALL Newcastle City Hall Contents Conservation Management Plan GAO Heritage Group Revised Draft 17 April 2008 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 AIMS OF THE STUDY All property assets, including those with heritage values, need to change from time to time to suit user needs and to ensure a viable future. The aim is to manage such change so that heritage significance is conserved and ideally enhanced. Conservation Management Plans are prepared to guide the future care and use of heritage places. A draft of the Newcastle City Hall Conservation Management Plan (CMP) was completed for Newcastle City Council by the Department of Public Works and Services in 2001. In 2008 the Heritage Group within the NSW Government Architect’s Office was commissioned to review the 2001 Draft CMP to produce this updated document. This CMP takes the opportunity to reconsider how such a document can be of most use to Newcastle City Council and other stakeholders. In this case the users of the CMP are understood to be: • Asset managers of the Newcastle City Hall • Project managers and consultants planning new works to the City Hall • Builders and other tradespeople carrying out upgrades and maintenance • Development control planners assessing proposed works to the City Hall • Development control planners assessing impacts of adjacent development on the City Hall • Strategic planners considering new strategic planning documents which may impact on City Hall or its setting. • Community members interested in the history and significance of the City Hall • Councillors and other approval body representatives making decisions about appropriate changes to Newcastle City Hall on behalf of the community. 1.2 STUDY AREA The study area comprises the City Hall and its immediate curtilage. Comment is made on the larger setting of City Hall within the Newcastle Cultural and Civic Precinct. The extent of the study area (curtilage) and the Newcastle Cultural and Civic Precinct (setting) is shown on the diagram at Figure 2. 1.3 LAYOUT OF THIS CMP This CMP has been prepared in accordance with the methodology set out in “ The Conservation Plan: A Guide to the Preparation of Conservation Plans for Places of European Cultural Significance ”, by J.S. Kerr and published by the National Trust of Australia (NSW) 1991. It is also generally consistent with the guidelines to the “ Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance (The Burra Charter) ”. The process for conserving heritage items embodied in a CMP is as follows: 1. Understand the place from documentary and physical evidence. 2. Assess its significance. 3. Consider opportunities and constraints including condition and appropriate uses. 4. Prepare conservation policies to guide future use, maintenance and development while retaining important aspects of heritage significance. 5. Give guidance on implementing such policies. Newcastle City Hall Part 1 Introduction Conservation Management Plan Page 1 GAO Heritage Group Revised Draft 17 April 2008 Figure 1: The study area or curtilage for this Newcastle City Hall CMP is shown by the orange dotted line. The blue dashed line represents the curtilage of the Newcastle Civic and Cultural Precinct for which a Master Plan was prepared and adopted by Newcastle City Council in 2004. This area can be considered as an appropriate “heritage setting” for Newcastle City Hall. Newcastle City Hall Part 1 Introduction Conservation Management Plan Page 2 GAO Heritage Group Revised Draft 17 April 2008 Figure 2: The study area or curtilage for this Newcastle City Hall CMP is shown by the orange dotted line. It is the last two steps in the process – conservation policies and their implementation – which are the primary tools for asset managers, property officers, development assessors and their consultants and contractors who are charged with the care of heritage places. Therefore this CMP is presented in a format for ease of use rather than in the sequence of research and analysis. The diagram at figure x outlines the layout of this CMP. The primary Part 1 of this review of the 2001 CMP for Newcastle City Hall concentrates