Heritage (Decision About Provisional Registration for Coggan's Bakery, Braddon) Notice 2011
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Australian Capital Territory Heritage (Decision about Provisional Registration for Coggan’s Bakery, Braddon) Notice 2011 Notifiable Instrument NI 2011 -370 made under the Heritage Act 2004 section 34 Notice of Decision about Provisional Registration 1. Name of instrument This instrument is the Heritage (Decision about Provisional Registration for Coggan’s Bakery, Braddon) Notice 2011 - 2. Registration details of the place Registration details of the place are at Attachment A: Provisional Register entry for Coggan’s Bakery, Braddon 3. Reason for decision The ACT Heritage Council has decided that Coggan’s Bakery, Braddon meets one or more of the heritage significance criteria at s 10 of the Heritage Act 2004. The provisional register entry is at Attachment A. 4. Date of Provisional Registration 7 July 2011 5. Indication of council's intention The Council intends to decide whether to register the entry under Division 6.2. 6. Public consultation period The Council invites public comment by Wednesday 10 August 2011 on the provisional registration of Coggan’s Bakery to: The Secretary ACT Heritage Council GPO Box 158 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Gerhard Zatschler Secretary ACT Heritage Council 7 July 2011 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au 1 Former Coggan’s Bakery –provisional registration July 2011 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY HERITAGE REGISTER (Provisional Registration Details) Place No: For the purposes of s. 33 of the Heritage Act 2004, an entry to the heritage register has been prepared by the ACT Heritage Council for the following place: Former Coggan’s Bakery, 36 Mort Street, Braddon (Part) Block 1, Section 28, Braddon, Canberra Central DATE OF PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION Notified: 7 July 2011 Notifiable Instrument: [2011]/[370] PERIOD OF EFFECT OF PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION Start Date 7 July 2011 End Date 7 December 2011 Extended Period (if applicable) Start Date ________ End Date ________ Copies of the Register Entry are available for inspection at the ACT Heritage Unit. For further information please contact: The Secretary ACT Heritage Council GPO Box 158, Canberra, ACT 2601 Telephone: 13 22 81 Facsimile: (02) 6207 2229 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au 1 Former Coggan’s Bakery –provisional registration July 2011 IDENTIFICATION OF THE PLACE Former Coggan’s Bakery, 36 Mort Street, Braddon (Part) Block 1, Section 28, Braddon, Canberra Central STATEMENT OF HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE This statement refers to the Heritage Significance of the place as required in s12(d) of the Heritage Act 2004. The former Coggan’s Bakery building is important as evidence of a distinctive function of exceptional interest, and has a special association with a cultural phase in local ACT history. The former Coggan’s Bakery building is important as evidence of a bakery established in the Federal Capital in the 1920s which operated continuously until 1991. It has a special association with the early planning and design of Canberra. In particular, it demonstrates the intentions of the Federal Capital Committee (FCC) in planning the Braddon (formerly Ainslie) area as a light industrial zone, as part of the broader concept and overall vision for the early suburbs of Canberra. Where once there were many buildings of similar construction, it is now one of few reminders of the 1920s origins of the area, and is an important historical marker in the streetscape as the most historically distinctive structure in the Braddon light industrial area. FEATURES INTRINSIC TO THE HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLACE The features intrinsic to the heritage significance of the former Coggan's Bakery and which require conservation are: The building's historic form, which comprises elements of Inter-War Stripped Classical and Federal Capital Architecture style, including: The original windows to the upper façade and western wall; Rebated cornice with decorative element; and Division of vertical bays in the two storey section; Symmetrical proportions; and The controlled use of signage, including ongoing recognition of the historical date of the building. APPLICABLE HERITAGE GUIDELINES The Heritage Guidelines adopted under s25 of the Heritage Act 2004 are applicable to the conservation of the former Coggan’s Bakery building, 36 Mort Street, Braddon. Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au 2 Former Coggan’s Bakery –provisional registration July 2011 The guiding conservation objective is that the former Coggan’s Bakery, 36 Mort Street, Braddon, shall be conserved and appropriately managed in a manner respecting its heritage significance and the features intrinsic to that heritage significance, and consistent with a sympathetic and viable use or uses. Any works that have a potential impact on significant fabric (and / or other heritage values) shall be guided by a professionally documented assessment and conservation policy relevant to that area or component (i.e. a Statement of Heritage Effects – SHE). REASON FOR PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION The former Coggan’s Bakery, Braddon has been assessed against the heritage significance criteria and been found to have heritage significance when assessed against two criteria under the ACT Heritage Act. ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE CRITERIA Pursuant to s.10 of the Heritage Act 2004, a place or object has heritage significance if it satisfies one or more of the following criteria. Significance has been determined by research as accessed in the references below. Future research may alter the findings of this assessment. (a) it demonstrates a high degree of technical or creative achievement (or both), by showing qualities of innovation, discovery, invention or an exceptionally fine level of application of existing techniques or approaches; The former Coggan’s Bakery does not meet this criterion. (b) it exhibits outstanding design or aesthetic qualities valued by the community or a cultural group; No information has been provided to suggest that the former Coggan’s Bakery is highly valued by the community or a cultural group. (c) it is important as evidence of a distinctive way of life, taste, tradition, religion, land use, custom, process, design or function that is no longer practised, is in danger of being lost or is of exceptional interest; The former Coggan’s Bakery is important as evidence of a distinctive function of exceptional interest. Opened as a bakery in 1926, the building continued this function through until 1991, trading under various different business names. Associated with the Coggan family since the 1940s and after formally establishing the brand ‘Coggan’s’ in 1969, the name has become synonymous with fine quality bread in Canberra, and the place developed into a social institution and landmark for the ACT community. The former Coggan’s Bakery building meets this criterion. (d) it is highly valued by the community or a cultural group for reasons of strong or special religious, spiritual, cultural, educational or social associations; No information has been provided to suggest that the former Coggan’s Bakery is highly valued by the community or a cultural group. (e) it is significant to the ACT because of its importance as part of local Aboriginal tradition Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au 3 Former Coggan’s Bakery –provisional registration July 2011 not applicable (f) it is a rare or unique example of its kind, or is rare or unique in its comparative intactness The former Coggan’s Bakery is a rare example of Federal Capital Architecture and the Inter-War Stripped Classical style of architecture within its local context of Braddon, but not within the broader context of the ACT. The former Coggan’s Bakery does not meet the threshold for registration against this criterion at the State (Territory) level. (g) it is a notable example of a kind of place or object and demonstrates the main characteristics of that kind The former Coggan’s Bakery building is a notable example of the early Federal Capital and Interwar Stripped Classical styles of architecture in the Braddon area. Whilst demonstrating the main characteristics of these styles including symmetrical façade with division into vertical bays, stepped parapet, red tile roof, plain wall surfaces and general appearance of simplicity and elegance and being a notable example of these styles of architecture within its local context of Braddon, the former Coggan’s Bakery does not meet the threshold for registration against this criterion at the State (Territory) level. (h) it has strong or special associations with a person, group, event, development or cultural phase in local or national history The former Coggan’s Bakery has a special association with the cultural phase of early planning and development of the nation’s capital in the 1920s. It forms a component of the FCCs early planning and design of Canberra, including the designation of the Braddon area as a light industrial zone. There are few remaining buildings from this time in the area today. Coggan’s Bakery is an important historical marker from this period which has an ability to portray the area’s origins within the broader context of planning of the nation’s capital, including the zoning of suburbs for different purposes such as residential, shopping and light industrial. It remains as the most historically distinctive structure in the Braddon industrial area. The former Coggan’s Bakery building meets