Heritage Work

Integrated Design Associates has carried out a number of Heritage related projects including Precinct Heritage Studies, Conservation Management Plans and Heritage Impact Statements (HIS), as well as restoration and adaptation design for Heritage listed properties.

Services

Note : The needs of each project are determined in consultation with the client and may involve a combination of the services listed below.

• On Site Consultation : We are able to meet with clients to look at the issues that may relate to their heritage property and give advice regarding possibilities and processes for any ongoing management and future works.
  
  
• Heritage Reviews & Character Studies  : These are often required for properties within Heritage Conservation areas, or Period Housing Precincts. A particular property may also be identified as a Heritage Item. The owner may be interested in the heritage of a property and implications for its future use. These reports can assist at the early stages of development, to ensure a sensitive and appropriate solution.
  
  
• Heritage Impact Statement : These statements are prepared for Development Applications involving identified heritage items which require local or state heritage approval. They include initial advice to be worked into the design of the project, as well as a statement of potential impact of the development.
  
  
• Conservation & Management Plans : These documents provide a detailed assessment of the historical significance of a heritage property, including historical research, detailed recommendations for future maintenance, conservation, appropriate adaptation and recommendations for statutory listings to afford a property the appropriate level of protection in the future.
  
  
• Design : While Integrated Design Associates often works as a consultant within a design team for the services listed above, we can also bring our architectural skills to a project and assist with the design of restorations, adaptation and modifications to a heritage property.

Selected Projects include :

Adaptation and Restoration works –

• St Nicholas Anglican Church Goulburn – Hall (1884) and Rectory (1919)
• St Lukes Anglican Church (1870) Junee – Additions to Hall / Link to Church (Refer to Public and Commercial Architecture)
• Buchannan House (1870) Goulburn
• Macquarie House (c1840) Bathurst
• Carrington Place (1890), Katoomba
• St Canices Presbytery (1918) Katoomba
• Reconstruction of St Canices front wall

Heritage Studies and reports –

• Former St Johns Orphanage (c1890) Goulburn – Heritage and Building Analysis Report
• Australia Street Heritage Study, Goulburn
• Goulburn Steam Museum Conservation and Management Plan
• Linden Observatory (c 1930’s) Heritage Analysis
• Tahlee Estate (1826) Conservation and Management Plan
• Merembra Homestead (c 1842) Conservation and Management Plan
• Carrington Place (1890) – Heritage Impact Statements, monitoring and assisting with archaeological monitoring of construction.
• St Canices Catholic Church Front Garden, Katoomba HIS
• St Davids, Leura HIS
• Crystal Theatre (1927) Portland, Conservation and Management Plan
• Bourke Post Office (c 1890) – Managament of Cultural Heritage Grant for Repairs.
• Baptist Church & Tahlia (c 1908, 1896), Lawson – Relocation of buildings for Great Western Highway widening, RTA
• St Johns , Wallarawang (c 1881), Conservation and Management Plan
• The Lagoon School of Arts (1901) Bathurst
• Colless Site Redevelopment Leura

Baptist Church (c 1908) & Tahlia (c 1896), Lawson
These buildings, located at the eastern end of the Lawson town centre were moved in preparation for the imminent widening of the Great Western Highway. The works involved moving both weatherboard buildings13m and 8.5m respectively. Then each building was renovated and fully landscaped with a new access road to the south.

St Johns, Wallarawang (c 1881), CMP 2005

The church needed repair to its bell tower in order to be able to be used for public functions. This involved dismantling stone by stone and rebuilding the upper tier of the tower. The church is a fully intact Edmund Blackett designed church. The project was jointly funded by Lithgow City Council and the NSW Heritage Office together with donations from Delta Energy and in kind donations from The Friends of St Johns. Stonemason : Joe Burton

Merembra Homestead, Bathurst CMP 2001

Award of Commendation – National Trust of Australia, Bathurst & District Branch Heritage Awards 2002 for the Conservation & Management Plan for  “Merembra Homestead”, Bathurst.

Merembra Homestead is one of the earliest pubs in the Bathurst district with buildings on the site dating from 1842. The property was listed on the NSW State Heritage Register in 2001, and the CMP was endorsed by the NSW Heritage Office in 2003. Merembra Homestead was the venue for a Bathurst district Heritage Conservation Workshop in 2001.

Macquarie House, Bathurst 2001

Macquarie House, adjacent to the Bathurst Historical Society Museum, dates from the 1840’s. Our project involved the restoration of the home for modern living, including the addition of a double garage, with loft over. The work was carried out to have the look of stables attached to the house. Special features included the use of old bridge timbers to span the large garage distances, and reused 1870’s bricks from Bathurst laid in a colonial bond to match the house.

The property, in conjunction with the Bathurst Historical Society Museum achieved State Heritage Listing after the work was completed.

Before	After

Tahlee Estate, Port Stephens, CMP 1999

Tahlee is a property of National Significance listed by the Australian Heritage Commission and on the NSW State Heritage Register. Tahlee Estate, on the shores of Port Stephens was established in 1824 as the first settlement of the Australian Agricultural Company. It is also culturally important as a site of first contact with indigenous communities, and early co-habitation. The Estate has been associated with many significant Australian identities including, John Macarthur, Sir Edward Parry, Colonel Dumaresq, Captain Phillip Parker King, and Robert Hoddle Drieburg White. The grounds, with gardens dating from the 1840’s, were painted by Augustus Earle and Conrad Martens.

The Conservation Management Plan was the first full heritage analysis of the entire property, and was carried out with the assistance of landscape architect David Hazeldine.



Davisville:

Davisville built in 1881 is a typical mountains victorian weatherboard cottage that has been used as a home and guest accommodation over the years. The house had been rescued from potential demolition in the 1980s. The works were to restore the deck and to provide a sunny lounge.