Orielton Park Homestead Estate Landscape Conservation Management Plan Prepared by Tropman & Tropman Architects
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Orielton Park Homestead Estate 183 The Northern Road, Harrington Park, NSW Landscape Conservation Management Plan prepared for Dandaloo Developments Pty Ltd NSW SEPTEMBER 2017 REF: 1321: LCMP Issue 06 Tropman & Tropman Architects Architecture Conservation Landscape Interiors Urban Design Interpretation 55 Lower Fort Street Sydney NSW 2000 Phone: (02) 9251 3250 Fax: (02) 9251 6109 Website: www.tropmanarchitects.com.au Email: [email protected] TROPMAN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ABN 71 088 542 885 INCORPORATED IN NEW SOUTH WALES Lester Tropman Architects Registration: 3786 John Tropman Architects Registration: 5152 Tropman & Tropman Architects i Orielton Park Homestead Estate Ref: 1321: LCMP Landscape Conservation Management Plan SEPTEMBER 2017 Report Register The following table is a report register tracking the issues of the Orielton Park Homestead Estate Landscape Conservation Management Plan prepared by Tropman & Tropman Architects. Tropman & Tropman Architects operate under a quality management system, and this register is in compliance with this system. Project Issue Description Prepared Checked Issued To Issue Date Ref No. No. by by 1321:LCMP 01 Draft Orielton Park Lester Lester Terry Goldacre 16.01.14 Homestead Estate Tropman Tropman Trevor Jensen Landscape Conservation Joanne By Email Management Plan Lloyd Draft Orielton Park Lester Lester Terry Goldacre November 1321:LCMP 02 Homestead Estate Tropman Tropman Trevor Jensen 2014 Landscape Conservation Linda By Email Management Plan Storey Orielton Park Homestead Lester Lester Terry Goldacre 15.05.15 1321:LCMP 03 Estate Landscape Tropman Tropman Trevor Jensen Conservation Management Scott By Email Plan Murray Orielton Park Homestead Lester Lester Terry Goldacre 1321:LCMP 04 Estate Landscape Tropman Tropman Trevor Jensen April Conservation Management Joanne By Email 2016 Plan Lloyd Nica Javadi Orielton Park Homestead Lester Lester David Lazzaro 25.05.17 1321:LCMP 05 Estate Landscape Tropman Tropman & Office of Conservation Management Joanne Environment and Plan Rogers Heritage NSW Nica By Email Javadi Orielton Park Homestead Lester Lester David Lazzaro 15.09.17 1321:LCMP 06 Estate Landscape Tropman Tropman & Office of Conservation Management Joanne Environment and Plan Rogers Heritage NSW Nica By Email Javadi Tropman & Tropman Architects ii Orielton Park Homestead Estate Ref: 1321: LCMP Landscape Conservation Management Plan SEPTEMBER 2017 Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Brief ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Author Identification ............................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Study Area ........................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Heritage Listings .................................................................................................................. 5 1.5 Methodology ........................................................................................................................ 5 1.6 Limitations ............................................................................................................................ 5 1.7 Previous reports, available information and background material ...................................... 5 2.0 HISTORICAL EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONTEXT ................................................................ 13 2.1 Orielton Park Estate .......................................................................................................... 13 3.0 PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ............................................................................................................... 22 3.1 Landscape Context ............................................................................................................ 22 3.2 Landscape of the Orielton Park Homestead Lot ............................................................... 29 3.3 Landscape Periods. Refer Appendix A for a history of the site. ........................................ 38 3.4 Archaeology Physical Evidence ........................................................................................ 49 4.0 ANALYSIS OF THE ORIELTON PARK LANDSCAPE .............................................................. 53 4.1 Analysis of Documentary Evidence ................................................................................... 53 4.2 Analysis of Aerial Photographs .......................................................................................... 53 4.3 Analysis of Current Survey of Plantings ............................................................................ 64 4.4 Analysis of Built Fabric ...................................................................................................... 64 4.5 Analysis of Spatial Relationships....................................................................................... 64 4.6 Archaeology ....................................................................................................................... 66 4.7 Comparative Analysis ........................................................................................................ 76 5.0 ASSESSMENT OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE ...................................................................... 79 5.1 NSW Heritage Assessment Criteria .................................................................................. 79 5.2 Statement of Heritage Significance ................................................................................... 86 5.3 Items of Significance ......................................................................................................... 88 5.4 Grading of Significance ..................................................................................................... 89 5.5 Curtilage ............................................................................................................................ 95 6.0 CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.................................................................................. 100 6.1 Physical constraints and requirements arising from the statement of significance ......... 100 6.2 Procedural requirements (conservation methodology).................................................... 100 6.3 Constraints and requirements arising from the physical and documentary evidence ..... 101 6.4 External constraints ......................................................................................................... 101 6.6 Constraints Arising From Current Use and Client Requirements .................................... 102 6.7 Opportunities for future development .............................................................................. 103 6.8 Archaeological Constraints .............................................................................................. 103 6.9 Current subdivision proposal ........................................................................................... 103 7.0 CONSERVATION POLICY ....................................................................................................... 105 7.1 Conservation procedures at the site ................................................................................ 105 7.2 Archaeology ..................................................................................................................... 106 7.3 Interpretation .................................................................................................................... 107 7.4 Land Adjoining Narellan Creek ........................................................................................ 108 7.5 New Work, Future Development and Use ....................................................................... 108 7.6 Homestead Lot Landscape Management ....................................................................... 109 7.7 Views and Vistas ............................................................................................................. 111 7.8 General ............................................................................................................................ 111 8.0 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY .............................................................................................. 112 8.1 Strategies for Conservation Management ....................................................................... 112 8.2 Strategies for Future Works ............................................................................................. 113 8.3 Strategies for Maintenance .............................................................................................. 113 Tropman & Tropman Architects iii Orielton Park Homestead Estate Ref: 1321: LCMP Landscape Conservation Management Plan SEPTEMBER 2017 8.4 Strategies for Management of Future Development ....................................................... 113 8.5 Strategies for Interpretation ............................................................................................. 113 Appendices Appendix A: Historical Background Appendix B: Excerpt from “Colonial Landscapes of the Cumberland Plain” Appendix C: Early Photographs Appendix D: Current Photographs 2017 Appendix E: Archaeological Impact Assessment and Research Design Non Indigenous Archaeology Orielton Homestead,