Heritage Item Review, Hornsby Shire
The project
Location: Hornsby Shire, NSW on Guringai and Dharug Country
Artefact partnered with Hornsby Shire Council to undertake a comprehensive review of the area's built heritage, assessing more than 260 places to inform future heritage listings and conservation priorities for generations to come.
Hornsby Shire Council engaged Artefact to prepare a Heritage Item Review to guide the identification, conservation, management and enhancement of built heritage across the Hornsby Shire.
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Hornsby Shire Council
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Heritage Item Review
Assessment of 260 places for State Heritage Register listing
“The Hornsby Shire is a treasure trove of heritage sites, some dating back to the mid-1800s and associations with convicts and the first settlers in the area. There are some wonderful examples of built heritage, particularly dating from the inter-war period of the 1920s and 1930s which is strongly linked to the development of the railway in the area.”
Sarah-Jane Zammit, Senior Associate
Heritage solution
260 places were assessed against heritage criteria to determine their inclusion or de-listing from the Local Environment Plan (LEP) and the promotion of existing heritage items which were listed on the now defunct Regional Significance Register onto the State Heritage Register (SHR).
To ascertain whether the places would meet the criteria threshold for inclusion on the LEP, de-listing from the LEP or inclusion on the SHR, Artefact undertook a multi-staged approach to the assessment of these places which included:
Physical surveys of each place (externally)
Historical research about the Hornsby Local Government Area, including historical development, subdivision and detailed property history
Determination whether each place met the criteria threshold based on their significance and integrity
Community consultation with the Hornsby Heritage Committee
Preparation of report which clearly outlines our findings and recommendations
Preparation of inventories for places which were shortlisted for LEP local heritage listing
Outcomes
Recommendation for 98 places for inclusion as heritage items on the LEP, 80 of which were shortlisted for inventories, recommendation for 4 items to be de-listed from the LEP, and recommendation that 24 items meet the threshold for State Heritage significance and should be included on the SHR.