PLANNING PANELS VICTORIA
Boroondara Amendment C266
Heritage Overlay HO 700 Griffin Estate & Environs Precinct
Subject site: 8 Chaucer Crescent Canterbury
Expert Heritage Report
Prepared for
Max Findlay
By
Robyn Riddett Director
Anthemion Consultancies
POB18183 Collins Street East
Melbourne 8003
Tel. +61 3 9495 6389
Email: [email protected]
April 2018
8 Chaucer Crescent, Canterbury
1.0 Introduction
1. I have been asked by Max Findlay, the owner of the above property, to prepare a statement of expert evidence which addresses the heritage merits relating to the proposed grading of the above s as “Contributory” and its inclusion in a Heritage Overlay i.e. HO 700, Griffin Estate & Environs as a consequence of Amendment C266. Otherwise there is no objection to the application of the Heritage Overlay as proposed.
2. Amendment C264, gazetted on 8 February 2018, introduced interim Heritage Overlays to all affected properties in Canterbury, identified in the adopted Canterbury Heritage Gap Assessment and as recommended in Amendment C266. Amendment C264 has an expiry date of 30 November 2018. Amendment C266 seeks to introduce permanent Heritage Overlays as identified in the Canterbury Heritage Gap Study.
3. I understand that part of the proposed precinct i.e. Chaucer Crescent, was identified in the Draft Canterbury Heritage Gap Study and that a response to the preliminary consultation, Council recommended the “the merging of the Griffin Estate and Chaucer Crescent Precincts to create an expanded precinct known as the Griffin Estate & Environs Residential Precinct;” (Maddocks. Submission. P. 4.) 1.2 Reference Materials
4. I have read:
Planning Panels Victoria. Guide to Expert Evidence.
Victoria. Department of Environment. Land, Water and Planning. Applying the Heritage Overlay. Planning Practice Note 1. January, 2018.
Context Pty Ltd. City of Boroondara. Municipal-wide Gap Study. Vol. 1 Canterbury. Expanded report, 25 May, 2017.
Maddocks. Submission on behalf of the Planning Authority Amendment C266 to the Boroondara Planning Scheme Council’s submission: Part A. 5 April, 2015.
5. I have perused:
City of Boroondara. Amendment C266 - Canterbury Heritage Gap Assessment
https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/planning-building/planning-scheme-and- amendments/current-planning-scheme-amendments/amendment-c266-canterbury- heritage-gap-assessment (Accessed on 10 April, 2018 and other dates)
6. I have undertaken an inspection of the precinct on two occasions. 1.3 Qualifications and Expertise
7. I am a director of Anthemion Consultancies and am also an architectural historian, an interior designer and a heritage consultant. I am a graduate architect member of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, was a Deputy Chair of the Institute’s (Victorian Chapter) Heritage Committee and a member of the AIA Awards Jury in the Conservation Section for the years 2000-01. I was at Lovell Chen, architects and heritage consultants for approximately 18 years and most of that time as an associate director. Within that practice and presently my responsibilities include the co-ordination and preparation of conservation management plans, heritage assessments, preparation of expert evidence, development of site interpretation and the restoration of historic interiors.
8. I am also a Past President of Australia ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites), previously the Secretary, of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Risk
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Preparedness (ICORP) and presently the Treasurer; past Secretary-General of the ICOMOS Scientific Council; inaugural convenor of Blue Shield Australia and past member of the Board, and past Board member of Blue Shield (The Hague) and current Board member (Secretary) of AusHeritage. I am also a member of the Local Government Advisory Committee which is a committee of the Victorian Heritage Council. I have been a heritage adviser in Monash and Bayside and am presently a member of the Yarra Heritage Panel. In the past I have been a long-standing councillor of the National Trust of Australia (Vic.).
9. I have provided expert witness statements on similar matters on numerous occasions at Heritage Victoria, VCAT, the Building Appeals Board, independent panels and other similar forums on behalf of councils, objectors and developers. My Curriculum vitæ is appended.
1.3 Summary of Opinions
10. My primary focus has been on No. 8 Chaucer Crescent and its context and contribution to the precinct.
11. Overall the precinct citation is generally satisfactory in regard to the Victorian and Edwardian buildings but in my opinion it fails to identify adequately or substantiate the reasons as to why the inter-and post-War dwellings make a contribution to the historical and aesthetic significance of the precinct.
12. No. 8 Chaucer Crescent, it is located in part of the street where there is a diminished heritage presence compared with further to the east e.g. from the abutting ROW. It is visually and spatially separated from any Contributory building.
13. The precinct citation correctly notes that “The precinct is particularly rich in Edwardian-era architecture, built between 1903 and 1915”. By way of comparison, in relation to inter-War dwellings the only indication of their significance is outlined in the statement “The precinct was completed during the interwar years, when the remaining pockets in the precinct were developed”. However, there is nothing in the citation which indicates why buildings from the inter-and post-War eras are significant or sets out how they contribute other than filling in the precinct which is overwhelmingly of a different era.
14. While No. 8 Chaucer Crescent is quite visible and distinctively different from all of the dwellings in the precinct it is not a unique example of this type of dwelling.
15. After examining the precinct citation and undertaking a survey on two occasion I am unable to find any justification for the grading of Contributory for No. 8 Chaucer Crescent not can I find any supported reason as to exactly what its contribution to the precinct is beyond the fact that it exists and filled in the precinct. 2.0 My Response to the Proposed Grading of Contributory
2.1 Gradings and Definitions
16. I have considered the merits, or otherwise, of the proposed grading against several criteria which are discussed below. The relevant definitions to consider are:
Contributory-‘Contributory’ heritage places contribute to the cultural heritage significance of a precinct. Contributory heritage places are not considered to be individually important places of State, municipal or local cultural heritage significance in their own right, however when combined with other ‘significant’ and/or ‘contributory’ heritage places, they play an integral role in demonstrating the cultural heritage significance of a precinct.
Non-contributory-‘Non-contributory’ places are those within a heritage precinct that have no identifiable cultural heritage significance. They are included within a Heritage Overlay because any development of the
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place may impact on the cultural heritage significance of the precinct or adjacent ‘significant’ or ‘contributory’ heritage places
2.2 Contribution of the inter-War Dwellings to the Cultural Heritage Significance of the Griffin Estate & Environs Precinct.
Figure 1 Precinct gradings map included in the citation for the Griffin Estate & Environs precinct.
17. The precinct citation draws a distinction between Chaucer Crescent west of Marlowe Street and Chaucer Crescent west of Marlowe Street. In Chaucer Crescent, west of Marlowe Street there are 18 Contributory properties and 10 Non-contributory properties according to the precinct gradings map.
18. The following data highlights the salient points contained within the citation for the Griffin Estate and Environs insofar as Chaucer Crescent is concerned:
Address Architectural Date of Other comments comments construction
No. 1 Chaucer Building site Under construction Crescent
No. 2 Chaucer Edwardian timber 1910 and 1915 Crescent
Contributory
No. 3/3AChaucer Single storey brick c. 1950s? Crescent with garage
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No. 4 Chaucer Edwardian timber 1905-06 Another relatively Crescent early house is the wooden villa built by Contributory builder L R Griffin
No. 5 Chaucer full transition to the 1918-19 (p. 54) Crescent California Bungalow style, with a cross- Contributory gabled roof featuring a wide and flat front gable, and an almost complete absence of applied ornament. Instead, visual interest relies on a variety of cladding materials (p. 62)
No. 6 Chaucer Villa Units c. 1970s Crescent
Not contributory
No. 7 Chaucer Double-strorey brick c. 1970s Crescent dwelling
Not contributory
No. 8 Chaucer 1933 (p. 54) “Later development Crescent includes 8 Chaucer Crescent, built in Contributory 1933”
“The Georgian Revival house of 1934 at 8 Chaucer Crescent. Note the herringbone brick pattern of the front fence”. (p. 62)
“Another common house type of the late 1920s and early 1930s is Georgian Revival, with a dominant hipped roof, symmetrical façade and simple classical details. A fine example is seen at 8 Chaucer Crescent, with has Ionic columns supporting the central porch, and also retains an original low brick
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front fence with a herringbone pattern. The legacy of the hipped-roof Georgian Revival houses was a generic hipped-roof house form reproduced in a symmetrical or asymmetrical form, devoid of any stylistic detail. An example is seen at 36 Dudley Parade, built in the late 1940s.” (p. 63)
No. 9 Chaucer highly ornamented 1888-89 Crescent with brackets below the chimney Glenlossie cornices, and alternating with cast Contributory roundels below the eaves…(p. 56)
No. 10, Chaucer unusual as this By 1905 (p. 46) “among the very first Crescent timber house (p. 58) houses built on the south side of the The Manse street.” Contributory MMBW Plan No. 1972.
No. 11, Chaucer dominant bungalow 1918 (p. 54) John Watson, Crescent influence, though 11 previously of Chaucer Crescent of ‘Glenlossie’ Contributory 1918 is a transitional example. (p. 61)
upper-level dormer additions (p. 63)
No. 12 Chaucer Edwardian brick villa. 1915 (p. 15) Joseph Jefferies Crescent The majority of the Contributory Contributory and Significant houses in the precinct were built in the Edwardian period, in this case, between 1903 and 1915 (with a transitional example of 1918). They are scattered around the western half of Chaucer Crescent and the eastern part of Dudley Parade, with
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very imposing rows along Canterbury Road, the eastern half of Chaucer Crescent (north side), and the junction of Myrtle Road and Dudley Parade (north side). (p. 57)
No. 13 Chaucer Reproduction By 1905 MMBW Plan No. 1972 Crescent mansion
Not contributory
Nos. 14 Chaucer Edwardian brick villa 1910 and 1915 Crescent
Caring
Contributory
No. 15 Chaucer 1888-89 Demolished Crescent
Not contributory
No. 16, 16A 20th century – c. Chaucer Crescent 1980s
Not contributory
No. 17, 17A Chaucer Crescent
Not contributory
No. 18, 18A 1888-92 (p. 49) Wooden. Demolished. Chaucer Crescent 20th century – c. Not contributory 1970s?
Nos. 19 Chaucer standard bi-chrome By 1905 MMBW Plan No. 1972 Crescent brickwork (p. 55) 1889-90, (p. 49) Allandale
Contributory
No. 20 Chaucer Flats 1955 (p. 54) “The only example of Crescent the Moderne style in the precinct is a very Contributory late example at 20 Chaucer Crescent: a block of four cream- brick flats built in 1955.” (p. 63)
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Nos. 21 Chaucer standard bi-chrome 1891-92 (p. 49) MMBW Plan No. 1972 Crescent brickwork (p. 55)
Warrana
Contributory
No. 22 Heyford 1907-08 The grandest of the villas are architect Heyford designed (p. 54)
Contributory
No. 23 Chaucer rendered brick (p. By 1905 MMBW Plan No. 1972 Crescent 55) 1889 (p. 49) Les Erne new garage appended to one Contributory side, the roofline has been raised slightly and reclad in new slates, and the render of the façade may have been renewed (p. 56)
No. 24 Chaucer 1904-05 (p. 50) built by local builder Crescent James Currie.
Ospringe MMBW Plan No. 1972
Significant
No. 25 Chaucer 1905-10 (p. 49) a fine six-roomed brick Crescent villa. Builder John (Cf. By 1905 p. 46) Jordan Contributory
No. 26 Chaucer added front dormer 1904-05. MMBW Plan No. 1972 Crescent (p. 60) Similar time to No. Cleeve 24 Chaucer Crescent. (p. 50) Contributory
No. 27 Chaucer Reproduction “several others are Crescent mansion. 21 st builders’ designs” (p. century 54), Not contributory
No. 28 Chaucer overpainted brick (p. 1920 and 1927 (p. Difficult to ascertain Crescent 63) 54) any date (RR)
Contributory
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No. 29 Chaucer Single storey Recent 21st century Crescent dwelling
Not contributory
East of Marlowe Street – the northern side of Chaucer Crescent was developed between 1903 and 1912 (p. 52)
No. 31 Chaucer Edwardian Significantly altered Crescent
Not contributory
No. 33 Chaucer verandah replaced 1909-10 Builder John Jordan Crescent (p. 60)
Tintagel
Contributory
No. 35 Chaucer 1909 “several others are Crescent builders’ designs” (p. 54), Glen Watts
Noted as Bellwood p. 70
Contributory
No. 37 Chaucer verandah replaced 1903 Built by John Allen of Crescent (p. 60) ‘Blencathra’, 144 Canterbury Road Deloraine
Contributory
No. 39 Chaucer Completed by “several others are Crescent 1905 (p. 52) builders’ designs” (p. 54)
Built by John Allen of ‘Blencathra’, 144 Canterbury Road
No. 41Chaucer verandah replaced Completed by “several others are Crescent (p. 60) 1905 (p. 52 builders’ designs” (p. 54) St Filian Built by John Allen of Contributory ‘Blencathra’, 144 Canterbury Road
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No. 43 Chaucer Completed by “several others are Crescent 1905 (p. 52 builders’ designs” (p. 54) Contributory Built by John Allen of ‘Blencathra’, 144 Canterbury Road
No. 45 Chaucer verandah replaced Completed by “several others are Crescent (p. 60) 1905 (p. 52 builders’ designs” (p. 54) Contributory Built by John Allen of ‘Blencathra’, 144 Canterbury Road
No. 49 Chaucer Completed 1911 Crescent
Dunvegan
Contributory
No. 51 Chaucer 1912 Crescent
Stieber
Contributory
19. The Statement of Significance notes, inter alia that:
What is significant?
Griffin Estate & Environs Precinct, comprising residential properties at 126-144 Canterbury Road, 5-51 & 2-28 Chaucer Crescent, 2-44 Dudley Parade, 4-6 Keats Street, 4-12 Marlowe Street and 9-25 Myrtle Road, Canterbury, is significant. Griffin Estate was originally subdivided in 1885, but less than half of the blocks sold at that time. The central section, along the south side of Chaucer Crescent and the east/north side of Myrtle Road and Dudley Parade, was marketed for a second time in 1904, marking the beginning of a rapid period of residential development. …
There was limited development in the precinct prior to 1901, with a small cluster of houses on Chaucer Crescent. The majority of the houses were constructed during the Edwardian period, between 1906 and 1918, leaving a handful of lots to be developed during the interwar period and just after World War II.
The following properties are Significant to the precinct: 136 Canterbury Road (HO375), 138 Canterbury Road (HO376), 140 Canterbury Road, and 24 Chaucer Crescent (HO380). The following properties are Non-contributory to the precinct: 6, 7, 13, 15-15A, 16-16A, 17, 18, 27, 29 & 31 Chaucer Crescent; 12 Dudley Parade; 6 Keats Street; 4-4A, 8, 10 & 12 Marlowe Street; and 11 Myrtle Road. The remaining properties are Contributory to the precinct.
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How is it significant?
Griffin Estate & Environs Precinct is of local historical, architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Boroondara.
Why is it significant?
There was little nineteenth-century development in the locality, so the small group of houses built between 1888 and 1901 are significant for illustrating the characteristic features of the Italianate style. …
The precinct is particularly rich in Edwardian-era architecture, built between 1903 and 1915, ranging from smaller middle-class dwellings to substantial residences. Most are Federation Queen Anne in style,…
The Griffin Estate & Environs Precinct is of aesthetic significance thanks to its picturesque streetscapes of fine suburban houses, many of them architect designed. Appreciation of the dwellings, individually and as a group, is enhanced by the curved plan of Chaucer Crescent and Myrtle Road/Dudley Parade, the elevated siting of houses on the north sides of these streets, the consistent garden setbacks, and the presence of mature street trees (alternating Plane trees and Melaleucas along Chaucer Crescent). (Criterion E) [Emphasis added.]
20. Chaucer Crescent is bisected by Marlowe Street and the crank in the road effectively separates the two sections visually and spatially. Between Canterbury Road and Marlowe Street there are 29 allotments. Of these 10 frontages are considered to be not significant.
21. In Chaucer Crescent 4 houses have been identified as being of the Victorian era but 2 have been demolished. They are now the only representatives of the first phase of development and individually they are good or fine, but not necessarily architecturally distinguished, examples.
22. The Statement of Significance also acknowledges correctly that “The precinct is particularly rich in Edwardian-era architecture, built between 1903 and 1915”. In Chaucer Crescent there are 23 houses of this era now, 14 being between Canterbury Road and Marlowe Street.
23. In Chaucer Crescent there are two inter-War dwellings i.e. No. 8 and No. 28 and a post-War block of fats at No. 20.
24. Why are these 3 dwellings significant in the Chaucer Crescent context? Historically and aesthetically Chaucer Crescent predominantly Edwardian and as it exists, has approximately 1/3 of its building stock being of recent origins and therefore are not contributory or significant.
25. Under ” What is significant?”, the Statement of Significance acknowledges correctly that “a handful of lots [were] to be developed during the interwar period and just after World War II. However, in the “Why is it significant?” inter-War and post-War dwellings are not mentioned at all. In the Assessment Against Criteria, dwellings of this era are also not mentioned. In the Comparative Analysis Section the only points of any interest are:
HO536 Canterbury Hill Estate, Canterbury & Surrey Hills - The precinct predominantly comprises dwellings dating from the Federation and interwar periods. A large number of these dwellings are constructed of timber, which is a building material more commonly found in Surrey Hills than in other areas of Boroondara. In comparison, the Griffin Estate & Environs Precinct also demonstrates the less common use of timber for a range of both standard and more unusual Federation villas. [Emphasis added.]
26. There are only 2 timber villas in Chaucer Crescent. They are of the Edwardian era.
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HO264 Balwyn Road Residential Precinct, Canterbury - All periods of development are nearly equally represented in this precinct. It is of aesthetic significance for the many high quality buildings, a high proportion of which were architect designed. The relative consistency in the allotment width and/or size across the different phases of development serves to unify the precinct. In comparison, the Griffin Estate & Environs Precinct was developed over a somewhat shorter period of time, but is more varied in containing both grand and more modest middle-class dwellings. [Emphasis added.]
27. Other than by implication, there is nothing mentioned specifically about inter- and post-War dwellings which might be of relevance to the broader Griffin Estate and Environs Precinct or to Chaucer Crescent.
28. In the “History” section of the precinct citation inter-War development is mentioned, inter alia, viz.:
The precinct was completed during the interwar years, when the remaining pockets in the precinct were developed. …
5 Chaucer Crescent was built in 1918-19 and the dwellings at 22 & 24 Dudley Parade and 28 Chaucer Crescent were constructed between 1920 and 1927.
17 Myrtle Road, [was] constructed
In 1933, 132 Canterbury Road was built,
Later development includes 8 Chaucer Crescent, built in 1933, the brick semi- detached pair at 14-14A Dudley Parade, built in 1937, and a 1940s house at 36 Dudley Parade
In 1955, the precinct’s latest building [flats] was completed at 20 Chaucer Crescent.
29. In summary 8 buildings are mentioned and of these 2 dwellings and a block of flats were built in Chaucer Crescent. Other than for the fact that “The precinct was completed during the interwar years, when the remaining pockets in the precinct were developed” and which is repeated in the “Description” section, this sections simply describes, correctly, a few examples including No. 8 Chaucer Crescent. However there is nothing in the citation which indicates why buildings from the inter-and post-War eras are significant or sets out how they contribute other than filling in the precinct which is overwhelmingly of a different era.
30. The “Description” section also states:
Another common house type of the late 1920s and early 1930s is Georgian Revival, with a dominant hipped roof, symmetrical façade and simple classical details. A fine example is seen at 8 Chaucer Crescent, with has Ionic columns supporting the central porch, and also retains an original low brick front fence with a herringbone pattern. The legacy of the hipped-roof Georgian Revival houses was a generic hipped-roof house form reproduced in a symmetrical or asymmetrical form, devoid of any stylistic detail. An example is seen at 36 Dudley Parade, built in the late 1940s. [Emphasis added.]
31. No. 8 Chaucer Crescent is quite visible and distinctively different from all of the dwellings in the precinct. While unique in the precinct it is not a unique example as another house at 3 Vauxhall Road Northcote is identical. Vauxhall Road is not covered by a Heritage Overlay but is probably worthy one. It contains a cohesive groups of reasonable to modest Edwardian villas and inter-War dwellings in various styles. Both types of dwellings have a strong visual relationship to each other, a characteristic which is less evident in the Griffin Estate and Environs Precinct insofar as inter-and post-War and Edwardian dwellings are concerned.
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Figure 2 No. 8 Chaucer Crescent, Canterbury. Note that the ridge is not flat but pointed. The difference in tile colour indicates where it has been raised.
Figure 3 No. 3 Vauxhall Road, Northcote. Note that the ridge is flat.
32. The “Description” section also mentions roof forms, although it is not clear if this is ascribing some degree of significance or importance. It is evident in the comparative photographs above that the roof form of No. 8 Chaucer Crescent is pitched higher than that of no. 3 Vauxhall Road. I am advised that the front roof was altered, i.e. raised by approximately 1
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metre, when a family room was added at the rear in 1988. A part of the endorsed plan is shown below.
Figure 5 Part of the endorsed plans for works carried out in 1988 and which affected part of the roof as viewed from the street.
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Figure 5 Part of the endorsed plans for works carried out in 1988 and which affected part of the roof as viewed from the street.
33. Last in relation to No. 8 Chaucer Crescent, it is located in part of the street where there is a diminished heritage presence compared with further to the east e.g. from the abutting ROW. The abutting site to the west is a large block with villa units. This physically, spatially and visually separates it from the Edwardian timber villa at No. 4 Chaucer Crescent which is Contributory. On the opposite side of Chaucer Crescent the precinct commences at No. 5 Chaucer Crescent. Nos 1 and 3 are however in the visual catchment. No. 1 is a building site and No. 3 Chaucer Crescent appears to be a single storey brick c.1950s villa. No. 7 Chaucer Crescent, diagonally opposite is a double-storey brick c. 1970s dwelling. In the immediate context No. 8 Chaucer Crescent makes a minimal visual contribution, if any, to the significance of the precinct.
34. The only other inter-War dwellings mentioned in Chaucer Crescent are the flats at No. 20 Chaucer Crescent and the double-storey dwelling at No. 28 Chaucer Crescent. They, like No. 8 Chaucer Crescent, they, while visually pleasant, are completely different from anything in
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the streetscape and apart from existing there is nothing which indicates what their contribution to the precinct is.
Figure 6 The flats at No. 20 Chaucer Crescent.
35. No 28 Chaucer Crescent is the only other inter-War dwelling in Chaucer Crescent. While it has some bungalesque overtones, its contribution is mainly in the terracotta tiled roof which blends in in the streetscape. The overpainted brick has been acknowledged in the citation and otherwise it appears to have had other alterations such as the dormer. From the street
Figure 7 The dwelling at No. 28 Chaucer Crescent.
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it does not immediately stand out as being of any particular era. It is also at the other end of Chaucer Crescent, near Marlowe Street, and as such it offers no contextual support to No. 8 Chaucer Crescent. In my opinion other than as a general street filler it makes no particular contribution although it generally blends into the streetscape. 3.0 Conclusions
36. My primary focus has been on No. 8 Chaucer Crescent and its context and contribution to the precinct. For this reason I have not commented further in regard to any other place other than as is relevant. Overall the precinct citation is generally satisfactory in regard to the Victorian and Edwardian buildings but in my opinion it fails to identify adequately or substantiate the reasons as to why the inter-and post-War dwellings make a contribution to the historical and aesthetic significance of the precinct.
37. Between Canterbury Road and Marlowe Street there are 29 allotments. Of these 10 frontages, approximately 1.3, are considered to be not significant. In relation to No. 8 Chaucer Crescent, it is located in part of the street where there is a diminished heritage presence compared with further to the east e.g. from the abutting ROW. It is visually and spatially separated from any Contributory building and in fact abuts a large block with villa units on one side. On the opposite side of Chaucer Crescent the precinct are dwellings outside the precinct boundary and within the precinct curtilage are some non-contributory buildings in proximity. In this immediate context No. 8 Chaucer Crescent makes a minimal visual contribution, if any, to the significance of the precinct.
38. The precinct citation correctly notes that “The precinct is particularly rich in Edwardian-era architecture, built between 1903 and 1915”. By way of comparison, in relation to inter-War dwellings the only indication of their significance is outlined in the statement “The precinct was completed during the interwar years, when the remaining pockets in the precinct were developed”. This suggests that because they exist and were the last developments in the precinct they are significant. This does not sit well with the ascribed era of significance nor the fact that there are a number of recent buildings, on the sites of demolished heritage buildings, and which also fill out the precinct. Several are in Chaucer Crescent, which also has the highest number of non-contributory sites. In any event there is nothing in the citation which indicates why buildings from the inter-and post-War eras are significant or sets out how they contribute other than filling in the precinct which is overwhelmingly of a different era.
39. While No. 8 Chaucer Crescent is quite visible and distinctively different from all of the dwellings in the precinct it is not a unique example of this type of dwelling. Further, its roof form has been altered, although I do not consider this to be a major issue.
40. After examining the precinct citation and undertaking a survey on two occasion I am unable to find any justification for the grading of Contributory for No. 8 Chaucer Crescent not can I find any supported reason as to exactly what its contribution to the precinct is beyond the fact that it exists and filled in the precinct.
41. It is my recommendation that it be re-graded as Non-contributory. 4.0 Declaration
42. I have made all the inquiries that I believe are desirable and appropriate and no matters of significance which I regard as relevant have to my knowledge been withheld from the Panel.
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Curriculum Vitæ
Robyn Riddett
ROBYN RIDDETT
QUALIFICATIONS: BA (Hons.), (Melb); Grad. Dip. (Int. Des.) (Distinction) (RMIT); M. Arch. (RMIT), M. Proj. Man. (in progress RMIT), ALAA, M. ICOMOS.
EXPERIENCE: Lovell Chen (formerly Allom Lovell & Associates) Architects and Heritage Consultants - 1988- to May 2007 (Associate Director) University of Melbourne, Department of Architecture and Building: Tutor in History of European Architecture for Prof. Miles Lewis - 1990. Sessional lecturer Deakin University in Risk Preparedness and Cultural Heritage – 2002-
CURRENT POSITION: Director, Anthemion Consultancies (Heritage, Conservation, History, Museums)
RESPONSIBILITIES: Project Co-ordination and Management Development of Conservation and Management Policy Heritage Assessments Advocacy Restoration, Investigation and Design of Decorative Finishes and Interiors Client Liaison Heritage Panel – City of Yarra
MAJOR PROJECTS INVOLVEMENT (AT LOVELL CHEN)
CONSERVATION ANALYSES AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLANNING, HERITAGE ASSESSMENTS, URBAN CONSERVATION
Flemington Racecourse Hotel Windsor, Melbourne (Updated 2007) Janet Clark Hall, University of Canberra: Nomination to the Melbourne National Heritage List Myer, Melbourne St Aidan’s Orphanage, Bendigo Inner Circle Railway Linear Park Government House, Yarralumla (Update 2007) Richmond Park and Caretaker’s Herald & Weekly Times Building Cottage, Richmond Victorian College of the Arts Richmond Maltings & Nylex Sign Grainger Museum, (Melb. University) Burnley Horticultural Campus, (Melb. University) Essendon Airport Umina, Lansell Rd, Toorak Hepburn Springs Lincoln Mills, Coburg The Rialto Dookie Agricultural Campus Eta Factory, Braybrook Genazzano and Grange Hill, Kew Melbourne Customs House Melbourne GPO (Updated 2006) Lowther Hall, Essendon Denton’s Hat Mill Rosaville (Melb. University) Benvenuta (Melb. University) St Kilda Library Black Rock House Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy Kinnears, Footscray Mercy Hospital Bendigo Abbatoirs St Mary of the Angels, Geelong Jolimont Square, East Melbourne Rivoli Theatre, Camberwell Stamford Park, Rowville
1 Scots Church Car Park Vaughan Springs Veterinary Precinct, University of Royal Victorian Institute for the Melbourne Blind Preston Tram Workshops Mutual Stores and Empire Building Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Lowther Hall, Essendon Bee Hive Building, Bendigo Mount Buffalo Chalet Sale Swing Bridge Ballarat Railway Station Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne The Domain, Melbourne 420 Spencer St, Melbourne St Francis Church, Melbourne Werribee Railway Station St Johns Church, Toorak Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Anselm, Caulfield Aged, Northcote Carlton Gardens Bendigo Mining Exchange Adelaide Gaol Princes Bridge, Melbourne Lyndhurst Hall, Pascoe Vale Richmond Maltings Rupertswood, Sunbury Alexandra Fountain, Bendigo 3 Treasury Place, Melbourne Cranlana, Toorak Beechworth Heritage Precinct Sandridge Rail Bridge St Kilda Synagogue East Melbourne Synagogue Assembly Hall, Melbourne Charter House, Melbourne Mayfield, Moorabbin Lithgow Small Arms Factory Henderson Fountain, North Melbourne Alfred Hospital Clunes Uniting Church and Manse Bendigo Ordnance Factory Gill Memorial Home, Melbourne Melbourne Telephone Exchange Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Albury Training Depot Lyceum Club, Melbourne Holy Trinity, Williamstown Bishopscourt, East Melbourne Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Split Point Lighthouse, Airey's Inlet Bontharambo, Wangaratta Ballarat Tram Feasibility Study Powlett Street Drill Hall Alma Park, St Kilda Villa Alba, Kew Parliament House, Melbourne Coolart, Somers Victory Park, Castlemaine Aradale, Ararat Fitzroy, Collingwood and Richmond Lake Wartook Reservoir Town Halls Contents Survey Historic Water Features in South-West Fitzroy Town Hall Victoria Perth Town Hall Pentridge Prison, Coburg Pre-1851 Buildings in Victoria Survey Former Tramways Building, Melbourne Victoria Street Drill Hall, Melbourne St Marys Monastery, Ballarat St Kilda Botanic Gardens Charsfield, Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl Victorian Arts Centre Ballarat Town Hall City of Melbourne Building Society Building Central Government Precinct, Perth Williamstown Rifle Range Pavilion Jacksons Hill (Caloola), Sunbury Rubicon Hydro Electric Scheme, Victoria Ardoch Village, St Kilda Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum, Beechworth Convent of the Good Shepherd, South Willsmere, Kew Melbourne Ballarat Brewery Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford Grace Park House, Hawthorn National Gallery of Victoria Emily MacPherson College Mosspennock, East Melbourne
2 1881 Building, Melbourne University WWII Sites and Events in East Gippsland Victorian Railways Administration Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong Building, Melbourne Royal Society, Melbourne Royal Arcade, Melbourne Stonnington - Buildings and Garden Wattle Park, Burwood Studies Storey Hall (RMIT), Melbourne Cameron House, Armadale Victoria Barracks, Melbourne Glenara, Bulla RAAF Williams (Point Cook and Colonial Sugar Refinery, Yarraville Laverton) Australian Defence Industries: Old Observatory Site and Director's Ammunition Factory at Footscray, Residence, Royal Botanic Gardens, Ordnance Factory at Maribyrnong, Melbourne Ammunition and Bomb Filling Factory, St Marys’ NSW. Chateau Yering, Yering Windsor Hotel , Melbourne Holeproof Factory, Deepdene Laurel Lodge, Dandenong Government House, Canberra Collingwood Town Hall Hawthorn and Malvern Tram Depots Army Drill Halls Study (Victoria) Port Phillip Bay Fortifications Regent Theatre (Melbourne) 380 Collins Street Melbourne (Gothic Princess Theatre (Melbourne) Bank, Former Stock Exchange and Former Safe Deposit Building)
URBAN CONSERVATION, DESIGN AND PLANNING
Municipal Heritage Reviews: Bayside, Yarra, Moreland, Banyule, Darebin, Port Melbourne, Fitzroy, Whitehorse, Melbourne, Swan Hill, Bass Coast Shire, Greater Shepparton Heritage Advisor: Monash, Bayside (with Lovell Chen) Wilsons Promontory National Park Urban Land Authority Estates Design Guidelines Fitzroy Heritage Development Guidelines Ballarat Urban Design Framework Glenrowan Masterplan Port Albert Masterplan High Street, Echuca Footscray Park and Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre Maribyrnong Open Space Study City of Moreland Advisory Panel (Heritage) Review of Local Government Guidelines, Victoria Ballarat Hospital and Railway Precincts
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EXPERT WITNESS AND HEARINGS (Heritage Victoria, Australian Heritage Commission, VCAT, Panel Hearings, Building Appeals Board)
285 Punt Road, Richmond 237-243 New St, Brighton 624-8 Queensberry St, North Melbourne 11-19 Bank Place, Melbourne 398 Glenferrie Rd, Kooyong 4 James St, Richmond 287 Station St, North Carlton 424 Bridge Rd, Richmond 61 Lygon St, Brunswick 72 Orr St, Shepparton Preston Tram Depot, Preston 40 Glenard Drv, Eaglemont 380 Russell St, Melbounre 245 Scotchmer St, North Fitzroy 72 Westgarth St, Fitzroy 717 Toorak Rd, Toorak 864 Swanston St, Carlton 284 Smith St, Collingwood 21 Salisbury St, Balwyn 152 Park Drive, Parkville 28-32 Pinoak Cres, Newmarket 185-189 Hotham St, East Melbourne 375 Canning St, Carlton Stockade Ave, Coburg (Pentridge) South Community Stables, Flemington Racecourse Kal Kallo Park, Kal Kallo Westmeadows Tavern, Westmeadows St Anne’s Church, Westmeadows Bayside Panel Hearing Amendment C37-38 Kinnears, Ballarat Rd, Footscray 3-5 Day St, Daylesford 284 Smith St, Collingwood 1452 Dandenong Rd, Oakleigh 152 Park Drv, Parkville 36 Moore St, Footscray Woodlands Hotel 84-92 Sydney Rd, Moutafis Statue, Warrawee Park, Coburg Oakleigh 47 Richmond Terrace, Richmond 681 Orrong Rd, Toorak 137-9 Palmerston St, Carlton 38 Park St, South Yarra 109-111 Addison St, Elwood Bradmill Site, Footscray 4-6 Ferguson St, Williamstown Wingrove Cottage, Eltham 71-75 Leicester St, Fitzroy 715 Toorak Rd, Toorak Armytage Stables, Geelong 15 Alta Street, Canterbury 257 Station St, Carlton St Vincents Hospital (Druids Bld) 15 Mona Place, South Yarra Glen Park, Selby 308 Albert St, East Melbourne 609 Lygon St, Carlton Bendigo Abattoirs 26 Queens Parade, North Fitzroy St Kilda Synagogue Melbourne Omnibus Stables and Gas Regulator Buildings Royal Hotel, Clifton Hill Victorian Arts Centre Royal Botanic Gardens 70 Queens Rd, Melbourne 146 Nott St, Port Melbourne 30 Claude St, Northcote 342 Napier St, Fitzroy 14 Uvadale Grove, Kew Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the 42 David St, Brunswick Aged, Northcote Tolarnos Hotel, St Kilda White Swan Hotel, Swan Hill Fox Hay, Port Melbourne Samdy Site, Port Melbourne George/Gore St , Fitzroy Waverley Park 382 Barkly St. Elwood 11 Stevedore St, Williamstown Convent, Beaconsfield Pde, Sth Melb 33 Howe Cresc. Sth Melbourne Larundel, Plenty Road, Bundoora 6 Stirling Street, Kew The Edward Wilson Trust Cottage, 320 33 Docker Street, Richmond Elgar Road, Box Hill Pran Central, 325 Chapel St, Prahran 32 Lesney Street, Richmond 32 Grosvenor St, Brighton 10 Power Avenue, Toorak
4 40 Normanby St, Brighton 80-110 Trenerry Cres, Abbotsford Bishopscourt, East Melbourne 9 Dunn St, Richmond 744 Canterbury Rd, Surrey Hills 1 Hannaslea St, Box Hill 10 Carlisle St, St Kilda 102-128 Bay St, Port Melbourne Bayside Panel (L15) 28 Grosvenor St, Brighton Berwick Primary School Harkaway Primary School 20A&B Logan Street, Canterbury 23 Foster Street, St Kilda East Doncaster Primary School The Mansion, 83 Queens Road 456-460 Mitcham Road, Mitcham 9 Green Street, Richmond 94 Hodgkinson Street, Clifton Hill 1 Sussex Street, Pascoe Vale (House of the Gentle Bunyip) (McDonalds) 2 Lyell Street, South Melbourne 62 The Esplanade, Brighton 226 Napier Street, Fitzroy 36 Napier Street, Fitzroy 2 Monkstadt St, East St Kilda Williamstown Rifle Range Pavilion Caloola (Jacksons Hill), Sunbury Rubicon Hydro -Electric Scheme Old Observatory Site, Melbourne Victorian Arts Centre Victoria Brewery, East Melbourne Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum, Beechworth Sunshine-Harvester Massey-Ferguson Ardoch Village, St Kilda Site, Sunshine Bell Street State School, Fitzroy Royal Arcade, Melbourne Yorkshire Brewery, Collingwood Wattle Park, Burwood Government House, Canberra Storey Hall (RMIT) Holeproof Factory, Deepdene Laurel Lodge, Dandenong Collingwood Town Hall ADI Footscray and Maribyrnong Darebin Conservation Study Copelen Street Babies Home, South (Northland, Howe Leather and former Yarra Salvation Army Barracks) Hawthorn and Malvern Tram Depots Australian Defence Industries: Ammunition Factory at Footscray, Ordnance Factory at Maribyrnong,
SITE INTERPRETATION Melbourne GPO Kinnears, Footscray Kelly Siege Site, Glenrowan Docklands Victoria Brewery Museum Willsmere, Kew H V McKay Sunshine-Harvester Site, Yarraville Railway Station Sunshine Interlocking Gates - Video Dight’s Mill, Collingwood Windsor Hotel Jones Bond Store, South Melbourne Australian Defence Industries: Former Ammunition Factory at Footscray, Ordnance Factory at Maribyrnong - Video
INVESTIGATION, ANALYSIS AND RESTORATION OF DECORATIVE FINISHES AND INTERIOR SCHEMES Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Princes Bridge, Melbourne Former Tramways Building, Melbourne Court of Appeal, Melbourne Storey Hall (RMIT), Melbourne Richmond Town Hall Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Ardoch Village, St Kilda Melbourne University Graduate School Melbourne Town Hall ANZ Gothic Bank, Former Stock State Library of Victoria (Queen's, Exchange and Safe Deposit Building Palmer and Monash Halls) Lirrewa House, Caulfield Wardlow, Parkville
5 Pearce House, Hawthorn Laurel Lodge, Dandenong Royal Arcade, Melbourne Princess Theatre, Melbourne Collingwood Town Hall
INTERIOR DESIGN AND BUILDING REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS
Myer Mural Hall, Melbourne Royal Australasian College of Surgeons St Kilda Library Melbourne City Synagogue Cullymont, Canterbury State Library LaTrobe Reading Room Flinders Street Station Royal Mint, Melbourne Talma Building,, Melbourne Century Building, Melbourne Clarke House, Hawthorn Government House, Perth Sidwell House, Hawthorn Parkin House, Fitzroy Melbourne Cricket Club Former Tramways Building, Melbourne Stonnington, Malvern Regent Theatre, Melbourne Melbourne Town Hall Public Areas Government House, Canberra Admiralty House, Kirribilli RAAF Williams Officers’ Mess Dennerstein House, Fitzroy Lirrewa House, Caulfield Kostka Hall (Xavier College), Brighton Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne The Australian Club, Melbourne Princess Theatre, Melbourne (President’s Room) Laurel Lodge, Dandenong
Professional Affiliations, Memberships etc.
Australia ICOMOS. President 1996-97 Australia ICOMOS. Executive Committee, 1993-98 Australia ICOMOS. Member Australian Heritage Commission. Reference Group on National Heritage Listing. Member. 1996-98 Australian National Committee of the Blue Shield: Inaugural Convenor and Australia ICOMOS pillar member Association for Preservation Technology (US) Cook's Cottage Management Committee - with the City of Melbourne Historic Environment Editorial Committee, 1996-2002 ICOM (International Council on Museums) ICORP - ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness. Secretary-General 1999-2009, Treasurer 2010- ICOMOS (international Council on Monuments and Sites) Scientific Council – Secretary-General 2006-2010. La Trobe Society Inc. – Latrobeana Technical Editor Museums Australia Inc. National Cultural Heritage Forum – Inaugural Member, 1996 - 97 National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Past Councillor (15 years), Past Chairman of many committees Australian Institute of Architects. Heritage Committee – including term as Deputy Chair Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association Royal Society of Victoria Inc. Society Art Deco Inc. SAHANZ (Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand) Victorian Society (UK) – Life member
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Publications
‘Three Sides of a Square: The Influence of the London Squares on the Development of Jolimont Square’. La Trobeana, 2003
‘Risk Preparedness: Beware! Prepare!’ Paper presented at ICOMOS 13th Triennial General Assembly, Madrid, Dec. 2002 and publ. In Conference Proceedings.
‘Critique: Cultural Landscapes and the Burra Charter’, in Landscape Australia, Vol. 23, No. 4, Nov.-Jan., 2001.
‘Melbourne’s Monuments: Conservation Issues and Approaches’, in Monuments and the Millenium: Proceedings of a Joint Conference Organised by English Heritage and the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation. London, James & James, 2001.
‘A Fine Tradition of Exhibitions’, Fookes, Ronnie, Hobbs, Sue and Riddett, Robyn. Antipodes: Antiques and Fine Art. Vol. 2, No. 2, July, 1998.
‘Carpe Diem and the Exhibition of Enterprise!’ The Australian Antique & Fine Art Dealers Fair. [Catalogue for 1995.] James A Johnson, Melbourne, 1995.
‘Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building: an Historic Interior Restored’. The Australian Antique Collector. 50th ed. July-December, 1995.
Historic Environment ‘‘Creating a Window on the Past: Interpreting Industrial History’. Vol. 11, no. 4, 1995. ‘Monuments and Meanings’. Editor: Vol. 12, no. 2, 1996.
Trust News ‘Restoration is Affordable!‘' (June, 1995) ‘Ardoch Village - A Successful Blend of Heritage Conservation and ‘New Residential Development’. (June, 1995) ‘Exterior Colour Schemes: The Victorian Home’ (Apr. 1994) ‘Colour Schemes for Painted Victorian Interiors’ (June 1994) Editor: Restoration News (Aug. 1994- ) 'How we Lived ... Two Centuries of Domestic Interiors (Aug. 1993) ‘Restoration Needed at Villa Alba’. (Aug. 1987).
‘In Defence of Heritage: Capturing the Living History of Australia's Wartime Industry’. Benson, John et al., eds. Screening the Past: The Sixth Australian History and Film Conference Papers. Media Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 1993.
'Investigation of Building Interiors'. Sagazio, C (ed). The National Trust Research Manual: Investigating Buildings, Gardens and Cultural Landscapes.Allen & Unwin, Melbourne, 1992 .
Down, G and Riddett, R. The Old Melbourne Gaol. National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Melbourne, 1991.
Walking Melbourne Chairman of Editorial Committee for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Melbourne, 1988-91.
7 Papers: Conferences, Seminars, etc.
Three Sides of a Square: The Influence of the London Squares on the Development of Jolimont Square. La Trobe Society, 20 Aug., 2003.
‘Beware! Prepare! Stay Alert!’ ICOMOS 13th General Assembly, Madrid, December, 2003.
'A Building Worthy of the City’ - Sir George Verdon, William Wardell and Melbourne's Gothic Bank'. Wardell Centenary Symposium, organised by Deakin University and held at the State Library of Victoria, November, 1999.
Sessional Lecturer (Heritage Risk Preparedness), Cultural Heritage Program, Deakin University, 2000 – present.
'Conservation of Public Monuments in Melbourne, Australia'. Public Monuments and the Millennium. Joint Conference organised by the Stone and Metals Sections of UKIC and English Heritage, with the support of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association and held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 20-22 May, 1998.
'Victorian by Nature - Victorian by Design'. Keynote address.Architectural Decoration 1900.Conference organised by the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, Department of Archaeology, Centre for Conservation, University of York and held at the University of York, 18 and 23 May, 1998.
'Looking Through the Leadlight: An Interior View'. The Middle Class Dream: Interwar House & Suburb Seminar. Symposium organised by the National Trust of Australia (NSW) and held at Parliament House, Sydney 26-27 March, 1998.
Looking Forward with Hindsight. Environment Institute of Australia. 10th Anniversary Conference. Melbourne 1997. Professional Institutes and the Environment Panel Member.
Guest Lecturer: University of Melbourne Summer School, Dept. of Architecture and Planning, 1997.
'Sir Walter Scott and the Renewal of Scottish Pride: a Melbourne Example'. SAHANZ Conference, Auckland, October, 1996.
'William Morris: the Lingering Interior'. William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary, 1834-1896’: Symposium organised by the University of Melbourne Fine Arts Department and held at the University of Melbourne Museum of Art, 14 September, 1996.
'Victorian, Edwardian and Inter-War Colour Schemes'. The Home Show and National Trust Traditional Home Show, 1994-96.
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