HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT UNSW Health Translation Hub 23 February 2021 Cover Image: Artist Impression of the Health Translational Hub site (Source: UNSW) NBRS & PARTNERS Pty Ltd Level 3, 4 Glen Street Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Telephone +61 2 9922 2344 - Facsimile +61 2 9922 1308 ABN: 16 002 247 565 Nominated Architects Andrew Duffin: Reg No. 5602 This report has been prepared under the guidance of the Expert Witness Code of Conduct in the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules and the provisions relating to expert evidence This document remains the property of NBRS & PARTNERS Pty Ltd. The document may only be used for the purposes for which it was produced. Unauthorised use of the document in any form whatsoever is prohibited. ISSUED REVIEW ISSUED BY 08 February 2021 Draft for Review Christiane Moodie 23 February 2021 Final for SSDA submission to DPIE Christiane Moodie CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Site Description and Location ............................................................................................. 2 1.4 Heritage Management Framework .................................................................................... 3 1.5 Authorship ............................................................................................................................ 4 1.6 Limitations ............................................................................................................................ 4 1.7 Copyright ............................................................................................................................... 4 2.0 DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE ................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Pre-European History........................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Development of the Suburb ................................................................................................ 5 2.3 Brief History of the Subject Site ......................................................................................... 6 2.4 Summary History of the Prince of Wales Hospital ......................................................... 10 2.5 Summary History of the University of New South Wales, Kensington Campus ......... 11 3.0 PHYSICAL EVIDENCE .......................................................................................................................... 14 3.1 Site Context and Description ............................................................................................ 14 3.2 Views ................................................................................................................................... 14 4.0 ESTABLISHED HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE ............................................................................................ 17 4.1 Heritage Status .................................................................................................................. 17 4.2 Significance of Corana and Hygeia .................................................................................. 17 4.3 Significance of Sandgate .................................................................................................. 18 4.4 Significance of the Ritz Theatre ....................................................................................... 19 4.5 Significance of Big Stable Newmarket ............................................................................ 19 4.6 Significance of Nugal Hall ................................................................................................. 20 5.0 THE PROPOSAL .................................................................................................................................. 21 5.1 Documentation Evaluated................................................................................................. 22 6.0 ASSESSMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT ................................................................................................. 26 6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 26 6.2 Overview of Potential Heritage Impacts .......................................................................... 26 6.3 Evaluation of the Guidelines of the NSW Heritage Division .......................................... 26 6.4 Heritage Objectives of the Randwick LEP 2012 ............................................................... 30 7.0 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Heritage Impact Statement – Health Translation Hub, UNSW https://nbrsarchitecture.sharepoint.com/PROJECTS/21/21011/05_DOC/02_Reports/05_Heritage/UNSW_Health Translation Hub_HIS.docx iii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Site Context. (Source: Google Maps and Ethos Urban). ......................................................................... 3 Figure 2: Site aerial (Source: Nearmaps and Ethos Urban). ..................................................................................... 3 Figure 3: The Coach and Horses Hotel, corner Avoca and Albion Streets, Randwick, 1870-1875. (Source: State Library of NSW, Call No. ON 4 Box 56 No 24, Digital Order No a2824983)................................................. 5 Figure 4: Randwick Post Office, c1910. (Source: NSW State Archives & Records, File 4346_a020_a020000005)............................................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 5: Detail from 1859 map showing the location of the subject site at the corner of High and Botany Streets (circled red), adjacent to the Asylum for Destitute Children. (Source: State Library of NSW, ‘Randwick Waverley & Coogee 1859’, c00704) ........................................................................................................... 7 Figure 6: 1914 – Deposited Plan 7745, dated 8 July 1914, showing lots transferred to Frederick Curry shaded grey. The approximate extent of the subject site is outlined in red. The allotments to the south, facing Magill Street, were not part of that subdivision. (Source: NSW LRS, DP7745) ........................................ 8 Figure 7: 1943 – Aerial photograph with the approximate extent of the subject site outlined in red. (Source: NSW LRS, SIX Maps, 1943 aerial imagery) ................................................................................................. 9 Figure 8: 1955 – Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, photographed by Max Dupain. (Source: State Library of NSW, ‘File 016: Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, December 1955’, ON 559/Box 19/no. 384) ............. 10 Figure 9: Kensington Racecourse, c1900-1910, showing the betting rings, with the racecourses and saddling paddocks visible in the background. (Source: State Library of NSW, Call No. PXE 711/295, IE No. 1669207, Digital ID a116295h) .................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 10: 1964 – The main walkway at UNSW as seen from Anzac Parade. (Source: UNSW Records & Archives, UNSW: A Portrait. Looking back over 60 years, https://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/documents/60anniversary_slide_14Sept.pdf (accessed February 2021) ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 13: View of the subject site looking east along High Street. The subject site is indicated by the red arrow. (Source: Architectus + ASPECT Studios) ...................................................................................................... 15 Figure 13: View towards the subject site looking west along High Street. The subject site is indicated by the red arrow. (Source: Architectus + ASPECT Studios) ........................................................................................ 15 Figure 13: View of the subject site at the intersection of Magill Street and Hospital Road. The subject site is located at the northwest corner of this block, and indicated by the red arrow. (Source: Google Streetview)....................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 14: View looking north along Botany Street, close to the intersection of Botany Street and Magill Street. The subject site is located at the northwest corner of this block and is indicated by the red arrow. (Source: Architectus + ASPECT Studios)................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 15: View of the northwest corner of subject site from High Street, indicated by the red arrow. (Source: Architectus + ASPECT Studios)................................................................................................................... 16 Heritage Impact Statement – Health Translation