MOSMAN POLICE STATION CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 09.1322 PREPARED FOR: MOSMAN COUNCIL AND NSW POLICE Architectural Projects Pty Ltd . Architects Studio 1, The Foundry, 181 Lawson Street, Darlington, NSW 2008 Ph: +61 (0) 2 9319 1122 Fax: +61 (0) 2 9319 1128 Email: [email protected] 23 December 2009 Version No 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY....................................................................................................................1 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................7 1.1 BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................................................7 1.2 SITE LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION....................................................................................................................7 1.3 AUTHORSHIP.....................................................................................................................................................7 1.4 LIMITATIONS .....................................................................................................................................................7 1.5 METHODOLOGY................................................................................................................................................7 1.6 TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS.....................................................................................................................7 1.7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.......................................................................................................................................8 1.8 EXTENT OF SEARCHES .......................................................................................................................................9 1.9 COPYRIGHT.......................................................................................................................................................9 2 HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY ANALYSIS.....................................................................................10 2.1 TIMELINE OF THE AREA ...................................................................................................................................10 2.2 HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE AREA ...............................................................................................................10 2.3 BUILDING AND SITE TIMELINE .........................................................................................................................16 2.4 HISTORY OF THE SITE AND BUILDING..............................................................................................................16 2.5 HISTORY OF THE CLIENT..................................................................................................................................17 2.6 HISTORY OF THE GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT WALTER LIBERTY VERNON..........................................................19 2.7 RELEVANT HISTORICAL THEMES ......................................................................................................................20 3 PHYSICAL ANALYSIS ..............................................................................................................21 3.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA .............................................................................................................................21 3.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE & SETTING ..............................................................................................................21 3.3 DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING ......................................................................................................................22 3.4 INTERIOR.........................................................................................................................................................22 3.5 OTHER ASPECTS OF SITE..................................................................................................................................23 3.6 PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT..............................................................................................................................23 3.7 HISTORY OF GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS & KEY FEATURES OF THE FEDERATION QUEEN ANNE STYLE ............23 3.8 A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF POLICE STATIONS 1890-1911.........................................................................24 4 CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE ............................................................25 4.1 GENERAL.........................................................................................................................................................25 4.2 THE NEW SOUTH WALES HERITAGE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA ............................................................................25 4.2.1 Criterion A – Historical Evolution.......................................................................................................25 4.2.2 Criterion B – Historical Associations...................................................................................................25 4.2.3 Criterion C – Aesthetic Values ...........................................................................................................26 4.2.4 Criterion D – Social Value..................................................................................................................26 4.2.5 Criterion E – Technical Value.............................................................................................................27 4.2.6 Criterion F – Rarity ............................................................................................................................27 4.2.7 Criterion G – Representativeness.......................................................................................................27 4.3 LEVELS OF SIGNIFICANCE ................................................................................................................................28 4.4 CURTILAGE......................................................................................................................................................28 4.4.1 Curtilage Types .................................................................................................................................28 5 ASSESSMENT OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE ................................................................................29 5.1 CRITERION A – HISTORICAL EVOLUTION..........................................................................................................29 5.2 CRITERION B – HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS.....................................................................................................29 5.3 CRITERION C – AESTHETIC VALUES..................................................................................................................29 5.4 CRITERION D – SOCIAL VALUE.........................................................................................................................29 5.5 CRITERION E – TECHNICAL/RESEARCH VALUE..................................................................................................29 5.6 CRITERION F – RARITY .....................................................................................................................................29 5.7 CRITERION G – REPRESENTATIVENESS..............................................................................................................30 5.8 INTACTNESS ....................................................................................................................................................30 5.9 LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE ..................................................................................................................................30 5.10 GRADING OF SIGNIFICANCE ...........................................................................................................................30 5.11 HERITAGE CURTILAGE.....................................................................................................................................31 5.12 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE......................................................................................................31 6 CONSTRAINTS & OPPORTUNITIES....................................................................................................33 6.1 GENERAL.........................................................................................................................................................33 6.2 CONSTRAINTS & OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLACE......................33 6.3 CONSTRAINTS & OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM THE CONDITION OF THE PLACE...........................................33 6.4 CONSTRAINTS & OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM PROPERTY OWNERSHIP .......................................................33 6.5 CONSTRAINTS & OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM HERITAGE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.................................33 6.5.1 AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COMMISSION .............................................................................................33 6.5.2 HERITAGE COUNCIL OF NSW/NSW HERITAGE ACT ...........................................................................33 6.5.3 NATIONAL TRUST (NSW)...................................................................................................................33 6.5.4 RAIA REGISTER OF