Heritage Cases

1. Original date of construction/date of first approved plan: Estimated date of construction : 1909 2. Historical Significance : Original owner and first residence : Mrs.Eliza Rutherford (1909) 1944 : House converted to nursing home with a new wing added on Lambert road. 3. Architectural Significance: Original house was a 2-storey brick and plaster with a facebrick plinth and double-storey timber veranda. Roof tiles. Built in the “Berea style” or “Union Period”. Architects : Anderson. A tiled roof extension to the rear of similar materials links a 3-storey block on the Lambert road boundary. The block is plastered brick with timber frame windows and a parapet wall to the road facades. A ground floor veranda/ deck has been added to the corner. Garages on the Florida road boundary have been converted to shops. 4. Urban Setting & Adjoining Properties: The group of properties is in the central commercial zone of the Florida road precinct, in close proximity to Spar and First National bank. 258 is on the corner of Lambert and Florida roads, 264 and 268 are on the upper side of the intersection. The most prominent buildings on the intersection is “Cecile and Boyd’s” at no.764 diagonally across from no.258. The adjoining property on Lambert road is a double-storey house set back from the road with a garage and boundary wall on lambert road boundary. Many historic buildings in Florida road have been restored or converted to restaurants and B&B’s. They are interspersed with blocks of flats, churches – old and modern – and new office buildings. The street is wide with pavements both sides. Florida road is intersected by smaller residential streets at regular intervals. Socially the area has become a destination for eating out and for tourists, therefore having high vehicular and pedestrian traffic. D. PROPOSED WORK 1. Purpose of Application: DEMOLITION CONSOLIDATION (3 sites) REZONING 2. Motivation for proposed work: The property is to proposed to be consolidated with 264 and 268 Florida road. Commercial and mixed-use development has been encouraged in the Florida road development, listed and protected buildings have been identified for preservation and for adaptation. This group does not fall into any of the significant or aesthetically attractive groups in Florida road. Alterations and additions have not been sensitive to the existing and surrounding buildings. The integrity of the original houses have been lost through the replacement of materials with modern materials, the loss of front gardens and the placement of the “nursing home” addition on the corner of Lambert and Florida roads. The individual properties are currently used as businesses/restaurants and boarding houses all of which require off-street parking, single vehicle access and service areas. All houses and structures or part thereof are over 100years old and the fabric of the buildings have deteriorated substantially. The conversion of the individual buildings to a viable and compliant commercial development is difficult and it is more beneficial to the area to redevelop the 3 sites with compact services and parking. 3. Detail the work to be carried out: Proposed demolition of existing structures. Refer to Preliminary design drawings of the proposed development attached