Newtown Heritage Study Review 2008 - City of Greater Geelong

Newtown Heritage Study Review, July 2009 – Volume 1
Value Type Value National
Estate
Code
Social • is highly valued by a community for reasons of
religious, spiritual, cultural, educational or social
associations;
G.1
• is recognised by the community as having public G.1
value or is held in high esteem for its
associations with the whole or part of the
community whose history or culture is
interwoven with the history of the place;
• forms a particular and significant component of
the heritage of a local area;
G.1
• demonstrates a distinctive way of life or custom
that is no longer in use or is in danger of being
lost or is of exceptional interest;
G.1
(Burra Charter value) (According to the Criteria for the Register of the National Estate)
1.12 Precinct Evaluation Criteria
The evaluation criteria developed and utilised in this Heritage Study have been
established according to the Heritage Criteria of the Register of the National
Estate, as prescribed in the VPP Practice Note: Applying the Heritage Overlay.
The Criteria below was adopted for all precincts in this study, with particular
emphasis being placed on those features and qualities that contributed to the
overall heritage and visual character of each particular area.
The architectural qualities of the individual house, and the predominantly single
storey, weatherboard, interwar Bungalow characteristics of the houses in the
precincts are of the most significance.
The establishment of the boundaries of each of the precincts listed in the
following section was dependent upon: important visual connections of particular
heritage places within the precinct and the potential impact of these visual
connections with other buildings, landscapes, urban foci and views. In
conjunction with the Assessment Criteria for the Register of the National Estate
and the Significance & Integrity Thresholds (Sections 1.13 and 1.14), the
following approach was adopted, consistent with recent heritage studies
prepared for Council:
Guide to determining the extent of significant fabric in a permit
a. Neighbouring Buildings
• Building use, ie residential, commercial
• Building type, ie detached, semi-detached
• Number of storeys
• Scale of Buildings
• Setbacks
• Appropriate signage (where applicable)
• Roof form & pitch, ie. gabled/hipped/flat & range of pitch
• Architectural style &/or age of buildings
• Building construction/cladding
ie walls - horizontal weatherboard – brick
ie roofs - painted/unpainted, galvanised corrugated iron - terracotta
tile, cement tile, etc
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