Upper Castlereagh Group Conservation Management Plan Report prepared for Penrith Lakes Development Corporation June 2013 Report Register The following report register documents the development and issue of the report entitled Upper Castlereagh Group—Conservation Management Plan—undertaken by Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd in accordance with its quality management system. Godden Mackay Logan operates under a quality management system which has been certified as complying with the Australian/New Zealand Standard for quality management systems AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008. Job No. Issue No. Notes/Description Issue Date 08-0268 1 Draft Report November 2011 08-0268 2 Draft Report November 2012 08-0268 3 Final Report June 2013 Copyright Historical sources and reference material used in the preparation of this report are acknowledged and referenced at the end of each section and/or in figure captions. 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Contents Page 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Preamble ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Aims of the CMP ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Site Identification ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Planning Background ............................................................................................................................. 2 1.5 Heritage Listings ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5.1 Statutory Listings.............................................................................................................................. 3 1.5.2 Non-statutory Listings ...................................................................................................................... 3 1.6 Methodology and Terminology Used in this CMP ................................................................................ 3 1.7 Previous Studies ..................................................................................................................................... 4 1.8 Contents of this CMP.............................................................................................................................. 5 1.8 Limitations ............................................................................................................................................... 6 1.9 Author Identification ................................................................................................................................ 6 1.10 Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................................. 7 2.0 Historical Outline .................................................................................................................................... 11 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 11 2.2 Upper Castlereagh Uniting (Methodist) Church Group ....................................................................... 11 2.2.1 John Lees and the Wesleyan Church 1804 to 1839 .................................................................... 11 2.2.2 Development of the Upper Castlereagh Methodist Church 1840 to Present ............................. 13 2.2.4 The Methodist Cemetery ................................................................................................................ 17 2.3 Upper Castlereagh School & Residence ............................................................................................. 17 2.3.1 Early European Development of the land 1803 to 1878 .............................................................. 17 2.3.2 The Upper Castlereagh Primary School and Residence 1878 to 1976 ..................................... 18 2.3.3 Recent History 1975 to Present .................................................................................................... 21 2.4 (Old) Castlereagh Road ....................................................................................................................... 22 2.5 History of Education in New South Wales .......................................................................................... 23 2.6 George Allen Mansfield ........................................................................................................................ 24 2.7 Endnotes ............................................................................................................................................... 48 3.0 Analysis of Physical and Documentary Evidence ........................................................................... 51 3.1 The Setting of the Upper Castlereagh Group ..................................................................................... 51 3.1.1 The Historical Setting ..................................................................................................................... 51 3.1.2 The Current Setting ....................................................................................................................... 51 3.1.3 Key Views ....................................................................................................................................... 51 3.1.4 The Future Setting ......................................................................................................................... 52 3.2 Key Built Elements ................................................................................................................................ 56 3.2.1 Old Castlereagh Road ................................................................................................................... 58 3.2.2 Methodist Church Group ........................................................................................................... 58 3.2.3 Upper Castlereagh School Group ............................................................................................ 71 3.3 Key Landscape Elements .................................................................................................................... 77 3.4 Summary of Key Phases of Development .......................................................................................... 78 3.5 Archaeological Potential ....................................................................................................................... 82 3.5.1 Old Castlereagh Road ............................................................................................................... 82 3.5.2 Methodist Church Group ........................................................................................................... 82 Upper Castlereagh Group—Conservation Management Plan, June 2013 3.5.3 Upper Castlereagh School Group ............................................................................................ 83 3.5.4 Results of Archaeological Investigation ................................................................................... 84 3.6 Endnotes............................................................................................................................................... 86 4.0 Comparative Items ................................................................................................................................ 87 4.1 Endnotes............................................................................................................................................... 98 5.0 Significance Assessment .................................................................................................................... 99 5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 99 5.1.1 Assessment of the Heritage Significance using the NSW State Assessment Criteria ............ 99 5.2 Assessment of the Heritage Significance of the Upper Castlereagh Group using the NSW State Assessment Criteria .................................................................................................................................. 100 5.2.1 Criterion (a)—an item is important in the