Heritage Impact Assessment

Heritage Impact Assessment for relocation of Character House (Rev. C)
45 Maple Street, Cooroy
For: Medicentre No. 2 Pty Ltd



2.        The subject house and its streetscape setting
2.1       The subject house
          The early days of the township of Cooroy are well documented in a local history website:
          www.cooroy.com.au that includes a series of historical photographs of the township and its key
          buildings during the formative years of the town. The following photograph of Maple Street, Cooroy
          taken c.1914 (see Figure 6) depicts a series of pioneering buildings of traditional “timber and tin”
          construction including houses, shops and a church building set along that thoroughfare.




Figure 6: Historical photograph of Maple Street, Cooroy taken c.1914 and showing the Presbyterian Church building located at 51
Maple Street (image far right), the bend in the Maple Street road carriageway and the series of early shops located on the opposite
side of this street (image far left) where the private hospital now stands. Given the approximate location where this photograph was
taken, it is estimated the location of the subject character house was essentially behind the traditional house visible at image centre.
(Source: cooroy.com.au)

         A comparison between the earliest available historical aerial photograph of the subject site, which
         clearly depicts the subject house - taken on 13 July 1956 (refer to Figures 7 & 8), and the current
         satellite image of same (Figure 9 & 10) can assist in providing an approximate construction sequence
         for the subject house to differentiate the later alterations and additions made to the original core of
         the character house.




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