HERITAGE GAP STUDY Review of Central Richmond Stage 2 Final Report 12 November 2014 Prepared for City of Yarra Context Pty Ltd 2014 Project Team: Natica Schmeder, Associate Jessie Briggs, Heritage Consultant David Helms, David Helms Heritage Planning Report Register This report register documents the development and issue of the report entitled Heritage Gap Study: Review of Central Richmond Stage 2 Final Report undertaken by Context Pty Ltd in accordance with our internal quality management system. Project Issue Notes/description Issue Date Issued to No. No. 1874 1 Stage 2 Final Report (draft 1) 22 October 2014 Erika Russell 1874 2 Stage 2 Final Report (draft 2) 6 November 2014 Erika Russell 1874 3 Stage 2 Final Report 12 November 2014 Erika Russell Context Pty Ltd 22 Merri Street, Brunswick VIC 3056 Phone 03 9380 6933 Facsimile 03 9380 4066 Email [email protected] Web www.contextpl.com.au ii STAGE 2 FINAL REPORT CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY V Heritage precincts v Heritage places vi Review of existing HO places and precinct vii 1 INTRODUCTION 10 1.1 Purpose 10 1.2 Summary of stage 1 findings 11 1.3 Methodology 13 2 STAGE 2 FINDINGS 21 2.1 New precincts 21 2.2 Revised HO319 Elm Grove Precinct 29 2.3 Individual places 32 2.4 Review of existing HO places 38 2.5 City of Yarra Heritage Review Thematic History 42 2.6 Future work 44 3 RECOMMENDATIONS 45 3.1 Introduction 45 3.2 Statutory recommendations 45 3.3 Other actions 46 3.4 Stage 3: creation/updating of Hermes records 47 REFERENCES 48 City of Yarra Heritage Studies 48 Other 48 APPENDIX A – NEW PRECINCTS & HO319 ELM GROVE 49 A.1 Abinger Street Precinct 50 A.2 Bell Street Precinct 62 A.3 Bellevue Estate Precinct 74 A.4 Burnley Street Precinct 83 A.5 Coppin Street Precinct 93 A.6 Edinburgh Street Precinct 105 A.7 Hosie Street Precinct 114 A.8 Mitchell Street Precinct 123 A.9 Neptune Street Precinct 132 A.10 Park Avenue Precinct 141 A.11 Stawell Street Precinct 150 A.12 HO319 Elm Grove Precinct 158 APPENDIX B – INDIVIDUALLY SIGNIFICANT PLACES 167 B.1 Attached houses, 23 & 25 Abinger Street, Richmond 168 B.2 W. James & Co. Sack Merchants, 84-86 Abinger Street, Richmond 173 B.3 Flour mill & grain store complex (former), 518-24, 534 & 534A Bridge Road, Richmond 179 B.4 Terrace, 5-9 Brougham Street, Richmond 189 B.5 House, 254 Burnley Street, Richmond 195 B.6 Greek Orthodox Church, 327-29 Burnley Street, Richmond 200 iii B.7 Shop, 380 Burnley Street, Richmond 207 B.8 House, 65 Charles Street, Richmond 213 B.9 Smith house and dairy, 107 Coppin Street, Richmond 218 B.10 Opportunity Club for Girls, 8 Corsair Street, Richmond 225 B.11 House, 30 Corsair Street, Richmond 234 B.12 House, 8 Dickens Street, Richmond 239 B.13 Terrace, 32-36 Farmer Street, Richmond 245 B.14 Houses, 85-91 Lord Street, Richmond 251 B.15 Lyndhurst Terrace, 40-50 Lyndhurst Street, Richmond 257 B.16 House (Jancourt), 12 Newry Street, Richmond 263 B.17 Houses, 72-80 Stawell Street, Richmond 269 B.18 Floyd Green & Co. Glassworks (former), 69 & 89 Type Street, Richmond 275 B.19 Terrace, 33-39 Wall Street, Richmond 283 APPENDIX C – UPDATES FOR EXISTING HO PLACES 290 HO225 – House & stables, 19 Bendigo Street 290 HO235 – Burnley Presbyterian Church, 271-273 Burnley Street 290 HO236 – St Bartholomew’s Anglican Church complex, 290-300 Burnley Street 293 HO238 – Bank of Australasia (former), 377 Burnley Street 295 HO244 – Griffiths Boot Factory (former), 79 Coppin Street 297 HO255 – Terrace, 58-60 Coppin Street 297 HO299 – Richmond Park, Burnley Park & Yarra Boulevard 298 APPENDIX D – NEW HO SCHEDULE 306 APPENDIX E – UPDATES TO ‘CITY OF YARRA REVIEW OF HERITAGE OVERLAY AREAS. APPENDIX 8’ 346 APPENDIX F – THRESHOLDS AND PRECINCTS 395 F.1 Establishing a threshold of local significance 395 F.2 What constitutes a precinct? 398 iv STAGE 2 FINAL REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Heritage precincts Locally significant There are eleven (11) new precincts of local significance to the City of Yarra, as listed in Table 1. Appendix A contains the citations and maps for new precincts. Figure 1 shows the location of these new precincts in the study area. Table 1 – Locally Significant precincts Precinct HO recommendation Abinger Street Precinct Include in heritage overlay (HO) (see precinct map) and apply 11-27, 27A & 16-46 Abinger Street external paint controls to 22-28, 23 & 25 Abinger St, 40-50 & 10-50 & 19-53 Lyndhurst Street 37-45 Lyndhurst St only Bell Street Precinct Include in HO (see precinct map) and apply external paint 1-29 & 2-22 Bell Street controls to 15-21 Bell St, 204-208 Coppin St only 1A, 1-11 Benson Street 170-210 Coppin Street 139-157 Mary Street Bellevue Estate Precinct Include in HO (see precinct map) with no specific HO 1-17 & 2-16 Bellevue Street controls 1-21 & 2-24, 24A Park Street Burnley Street Precinct Include in HO (see precinct map) and apply external paint 370-404 & 345-389 Burnley Street controls to 377, 380 & 400-402 Burnley St, 413-415 Swan St 395-419 Swan Street only Delete 377 Burnley St from HO238 and add to new precinct HO Coppin Street Precinct Include in HO (see precinct map) and apply external paint 52-154 & 71-107 Coppin Street control to no. 79 only, and outbuilding control to no. 107 only Delete no. 79 from HO244 and add to new precinct HO Edinburgh Street Precinct Include in HO (see precinct map) and apply external paint 44-58 Canterbury Street controls to 42 & 58-60 Edinburgh St, 12 Newry St only 42-74 & 45-69 Edinburgh Street Delete 58-60 Edinburgh St from HO255 and add to new 31-41 Glass Street precinct HO 9-17 & 12-36 Newry Street Hosie Street Precinct Include in HO (see precinct map) with no specific HO 5-15 & 8 Hosie Street controls 14-24 Mary Street Mitchell Street Precinct Delete 1-11 & 2-12 Mitchell Street from HO277 and add to 1-11 & 2-10 Bliss Street new precinct HO (see precinct map) with no specific HO 6-28 Cutter Street controls 1-11 & 2-12 Mitchell Street Neptune Street Precinct Include in HO (see precinct map) with no specific HO 21-31 Fraser Street controls 22-46 Neptune Street Park Avenue Precinct Include in HO (see precinct map) with external paint controls 12-26 Park Avenue applied to 18 & 22-26 Park Ave only 13-45 Westbank Terrace Stawell Street Precinct Include in HO (see precinct map) with no specific HO 6-28 Stawell Street controls v HERITAGE GAP STUDY – REVIEW OF CENTRAL RICHMOND Not significant at the local level There is one (1) precinct identified as potentially significant in Stage 1 that has been assessed in Stage 2 as not significant at the local level: Burnley Edwardian Group Precinct: 283A-305 Burnley Street Heritage places Individually Significant There are nineteen (19) Individually Significant places. Eight (8) of them are also within precincts listed in Table 1 or existing HO precinct extensions. They have been assessed both individually and as part of the precinct or precinct extension. Appendix B provides the citations for Individually Significant places. As shown in Table 2, all of these places are recommended for inclusion in the HO, either individually or as part of a precinct. Figure 1 shows the location of these new individually significant places. Table 2 – Individually Significant places Place Precinct HO recommendation Terrace, Abinger Street Precinct Precinct HO, with external paint 23 & 25 Abinger St controls W. James & Co. Sack Not within precinct Individual HO. No specific HO controls Merchants (former) 84-86 Abinger Street Flour Mill & Grain HO310 Bridge Road Precinct Include in HO310 Precinct, as shown on Store (former), extension, as proposed by the map in Appendix C. No specific HO 518-524, 534 & 534A Amendment C149 (includes controls Bridge Road 534 & 534A Bridge Road only) Terrace, HO319 Elm Grove Precinct Precinct HO, with external paint 5-9 Brougham Street extension controls House, Not within precinct Individual HO, with external paint 254 Burnley Street controls Greek Orthodox Not within precinct Individual HO. No specific HO controls Church, 327-329 Burnley Street Shop, Burnley Street Precinct Precinct HO, with external paint 380 Burnley Street controls House, HO319 Elm Grove Precinct Precinct (HO319) HO. No specific HO 65 Charles Street extension controls Smith House and Dairy, Coppin Street Precinct Precinct HO, with outbuilding controls 107 Coppin Street Opportunity Club for Not within precinct Individual HO, with external paint Girls (former), controls 8 Corsair Street House, 30 Corsair Street Not within precinct Individual HO. No specific HO controls House, 8 Dickens Street Not within precinct Individual HO. No specific HO controls Terrace, Not within precinct Individual HO, with external paint 32-36 Farmer Street controls Houses, Not within precinct Individual HO, with external paint 85-91 Lord Street controls Lyndhurst Terrace, Abinger Street Precinct Precinct HO, with external paint 40-50 Lyndhurst Street controls House (Jancourt), Edinburgh Street Precinct Precinct HO, with external paint vi STAGE 2 FINAL REPORT Place Precinct HO recommendation 12 Newry Street controls Houses, Not within precinct Individual HO, with external paint 72-80 Stawell Street controls Floyd Green & Co. Not within precinct Individual HO. No specific HO controls Glassworks (former), 69 & 89 Type Street Terrace, Not within precinct Individual HO, with external paint 33-39 Wall Street controls Not significant at the local level There are eighteen (18) individual heritage places that have been assessed as not significant at the local level.