Technical Paper 2 – Heritage Assessment - Transport for NSW ...

ItemSchool building “Lincoln Building”280–282 Pitt Street(Map Reference 23)Heritage Listings • Sydney LEP 2005, Schedule 8 Part 1• Draft Sydney LEP 2011Statement ofSignifi canceThe Lincoln Building is an L shaped ten storey building of Inter War Commercial Palazzo Style withfacades facing Pitt Street and Bathurst Street. The Lincoln Building, together with the 1908 cornerbuilding ‘Speedwell House’, has historic signifi cance for its former long association with the fi rm ofBennett & Wood. It is an important building in the professional work of the noted architectural partnershipof Spain and Cosh. The building is aesthetically signifi cance as an excellent example of a highly intactoriginal commercial exterior with outstanding potential, due to its degree of integrity, to continue in itsoriginal state. The building is well resolved in its detailing in its exterior and is particularly noted for itsuse of classical imagery. The L shaped building plan, is with Culwulla, unusual and one of only two inthe city with facades fronting two streets.Proposed works • No physical works are proposed for this item.• Columns, rail beams and concrete pedestals to be removed on the opposite side of the street.Heritage Impact • Improvement to setting and views.MitigationMeasures• No mitigation measures considered necessary.57Monorail Removal ProjectStatement of Heritage ImpactNovember 2012Graham Brooks & Associates Pty Ltd