Fort Scratchley Historic Site Heritage Management Plan
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D A W B I N Fort Scratchley Historic Site Heritage Management Plan Australian Government Department of Finance and Deregulation Fort Scratchley Newcastle, NSW Cnr Nobbys Road and Fort Drive Newcastle East 27 May 2008 SUTERS Architects In association with DAWBIN Architects HERITAGE CONSULTANTS Fort Scratchley Historic Site , Newcastle – Heritage Management Plan Contacts For further information or clarification of information contained within this document please contact the following: Mark Fenwick- Senior Associate Registered Architect - NSW ARBN 7348 Email: [email protected] Suters Architects Pty Ltd 16 Telford Street, Newcastle NSW 2300, PO Box 1109 Newcastle NSW 2300 DX 7933 Newcastle NSW T 02 4926 5222 - F 02 4926 5251 CEO - Robert Macindoe [NSW ARBN 4699] www.sutersarchitects.com.au Bruce Dawbin- Director NSW Registered Architect #3723 Dawbin Architects Pty Ltd PO Box 5101 Turramurra NSW 2074 www.dawbinarchitects.com.au Other Contributors: Laila Ellmoos, Historian, NSW Government Architects Office and Rod Caldwell, Historical Comparative Analysis Client Contact: Lauren Gray, Department of Finance and Deregulation Control Form: AF-15n Issue C File: AF-15n Report Format-Newcastle Issue Description Date Check Authorised A prelim B Draft C Draft 27March08 D Final Draft 2 May 2008 E Final Draft 4 May 2008 F Submission for review 19 May 2008 G Final Review 21 May 2008 H Final Submission 27 May 2008 Suters Architects In association with Dawbin Architects Heritage Consultants 27 May 2008 1 Fort Scratchley Historic Site , Newcastle – Heritage Management Plan Contents PART 1: INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 8 1.1 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................... 8 1.2 CURTILAGE FOR THIS HMP........................................................................... 8 1.3 STUDY TEAM ................................................................................................. 10 1.4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................... 10 1.5 CLIENT AND STAKEHOLDERS..................................................................... 10 1.6 DEFINITIONS.................................................................................................. 11 1.7 NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS........................................................................ 12 1.8 RELATED STUDIES ....................................................................................... 12 PART 2: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................ 13 PART 3: INVESTIGATE SIGNIFICANCE..................................................................... 15 3.1 Historical Overview.......................................................................................... 15 3.2 Pictorial history ................................................................................................ 34 3.3 Conservation : 1978 – 1985......................................................................... 47 PART 4: UNDERSTANDING THE SITE - PHYSICAL EVIDENCE............................... 51 4.1 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF SITE FABRIC ............................................... 51 4.2 LAYOUT OF BUILDINGS............................................................................... 59 4.3 Topography ..................................................................................................... 59 4.4 The Battery Emplacement 1878-82 ................................................................ 60 4.5 The Barracks Complex of buildings 1885-86.................................................. 60 4.6 The Battery complex and Gun Emplacements ............................................... 67 4.7 Modifications to structures .............................................................................. 70 4.8 The Outer Fort................................................................................................. 73 4.9 Existing conditions 2008 ................................................................................. 76 4.10 PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF THE SITE 30 APRIL 2008............................ 86 The Barbettes ................................................................................................. 88 The parade ground and Depression Range Finders...................................... 89 Battery Observation Post................................................................................ 90 The tunnels..................................................................................................... 92 The tunnels..................................................................................................... 93 Barracks Building group – Canteen and Stores B20..................................... 94 Suters Architects In association with Dawbin Architects Heritage Consultants 27 May 2008 2 Fort Scratchley Historic Site , Newcastle – Heritage Management Plan Barracks Building group – Kitchen Block B22................................................ 95 Barracks Building group - Barracks B21 ........................................................ 96 Buildings – Commandant’s Cottage, B23....................................................... 97 Driveway, and Artillery Store .......................................................................... 98 Buildings – Ancillary ....................................................................................... 99 Buildings – Ancillary ..................................................................................... 100 Buildings – Ancillary ..................................................................................... 101 PART 5: BACKGROUND TO SIGNIFICANCE, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: ........... 107 5.1 Background ................................................................................................... 107 5.2 Fort Scratchley Method for comparison ........................................................ 107 PART 6: ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE............................................................ 127 6.1 General Approach ......................................................................................... 127 Basis of Assessment ..................................................................................... 127 6.2 Aspects of Significance that arise out of the Comparative Analysis............. 127 6.3 Citations and Existing Listings ...................................................................... 130 PART 7: STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE.............................................................. 132 7.1 Commonwealth Heritage LIST Criteria ........................................................ 132 National Heritage List Criteria........................................................................ 132 7.2 ASSESSMENT OF FORT SCRATCHLEY UNDER NATIONAL HERITAGE LIST CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 133 Criterion A - Historic Value............................................................................ 133 Criterion B - Rarity......................................................................................... 134 Criterion C – Scientific................................................................................... 134 Criterion D – Representative......................................................................... 134 Criterion E – Aesthetic................................................................................... 135 Criterion F - Creative/ Technical ................................................................... 135 Criterion G – Social ....................................................................................... 136 Criterion H - Associative................................................................................ 137 Criterion I – Indigenous ................................................................................. 137 7.3 Statement of Cultural Significance................................................................ 138 7.4 Significance of the Setting............................................................................. 139 7.5 View Analysis ................................................................................................ 139 7.6 Significant curtilage ....................................................................................... 139 7.7 Individual statements of significance............................................................. 140 The inner fort precinct – the battery complex............................................... 140 Suters Architects In association with Dawbin Architects Heritage Consultants 27 May 2008 3 Fort Scratchley Historic Site , Newcastle – Heritage Management Plan The Gun Emplacements............................................................................... 140 Battery Observation Post (BOP, Building 25) Code 3210........................... 142 Parade Ground Code 3110 ....................................................................... 142 Flagstaff Code 3330 ................................................................................... 142 The inner fort precinct – the buildings .......................................................... 142 The Barracks group of buildings................................................................... 143 The Commandant's Cottage (Building 23) Code 1310 ...........................