Mount Pleasant Homestead, Bradfield
The project
Location: Bradfield City Centre, Western Sydney on Dharug Country
As Bradfield City Centre takes shape alongside Western Sydney International Airport, Artefact is helping ensure heritage remains part of the region's future.
Working with PSP Consult, our team provided heritage advice and constraints analysis to support new development at the heritage-listed Mount Pleasant homestead, protecting the site's historic character while supporting future growth.
Artefact was engaged by PSP Consult to assess plans for the development of the homestead in Bradfield, while maintaining its integrity and heritage significance.
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PSP Consult
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Heritage Impact Assessment
Constraints Analysis
“This area will be transformed into a thriving city centre, home to advanced manufacturing, research, science and education and we want Bradfield to be as iconic as the existing major city centres of Sydney and Parramatta. What are paddocks now will be a thriving, bustling city centre offering the best job opportunities anywhere in Australia.”
Gladys Berejiklian, NSW Premier (2017-2021)
Heritage solution
Artefact sent Heritage Consultants on site to assess the homestead, identifying intrinsic features of the structure itself and surrounding landscape in order to provide heritage guidance in the form of a Constraints Analysis of the planned warehouse construction works while maintaining the Homestead's physical and visual integrity.
To establish an understanding of the context and layout of the site, Artefact’s heritage consultants first reviewed the project designs for the new warehouse alongside heritage maps of the homestead.
Following this, a site visit was conducted to visually assess the architectural features of the homestead, evaluate the landscape, and determine potential impacts from a nearby factory on the heritage significance of the homestead.
This evaluation was then formatted into a detailed list of positive and negative outcomes associated with the site development to guide any potential adaptive reuse of the homestead.
The Constraints Analysis was delivered within the client’s timeframe so they could continue with their ongoing design plans.