minutes - City of Stirling

MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL
18 SEPTEMBER 2012
Comment
As required by Order 1 of the SAT dated, 26 July 2012, the City’s heritage consultant in
consultation with the City’s Administration provided the Applicant with a ‘marked up plan
which identifies the original fabric which the respondent believes should be retained and
notes which sets out the parameters for conservation.’ The marked up plan is contained as
an attachment to this report and the proposed parameters for conservation are set out
below:-
“Should partial demolition be approved, it is recommended that the following parameters be
put in place:-
1. The extent of fabric retained should be no less than that which encompasses the
original corner store, and one structural bay back from the Beaufort Street frontage of
the three shops facing Beaufort Street (refer to attached drawing).
2. The existing non-original awning should be removed and a verandah be reinstated
from photographic evidence (with non-structural posts).
3. Original door and window openings to the Beaufort Street façade should be reinstated
to reflect the original configuration. It is not necessary that the doors to Beaufort Street
are operable, subject to tenant requirements. Further investigation, both archival and
of the existing fabric, should be undertaken to ascertain whether the doors were
recessed. If it is found that the doors were originally recessed (as is common in the
area), they should be reinstated as such.
4. The main entrance should be from the original entrance at the corner truncation. The
existing (non-original) entrance doors on Second Avenue may be retained or replaced
with window openings to reflect the original configuration.
5. Non-original render to the façades should be removed. The façade should be repointed,
to reflect the original treatment (as is evident in the historical photograph of
the corner store, c. 1912).
6. Any original timber flooring should be restored. Original timber flooring should be
salvaged from the demolition of the remaining building and reused in the conservation
works, where the original flooring is no longer extant.
7. Any original ceiling treatments should be retained and restored. As with flooring,
original pressed tin should be salvaged from the demolition of the remaining building
and reused in the conservation works, where the original ceiling is no longer extant.
In addition to the above, the Applicant should consider the following:
1. Reinstating a portion of weatherboard to the Second Avenue façade, as is evident in
the historical photograph (c. 1912). It is noted that a panel of weatherboard is still
extant at the rear of the place, which may have been moved from the original place
seen in the historical photograph, or may otherwise date from the early development of
the site. The reuse of this fabric would be beneficial to the conservation of the place.“
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