Heritage Impact Assessment

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



3.      The proposal
3.1     The proposal
        As noted in Section 1.1 of this Report, this proposal has been initiated in order to facilitate the
        assessment of the proposed partial demolition and relocation of the early residence situated at 45
        Maple Street, Cooroy to an alternative site within the Noosa Shire. The proposed removal of the
        subject house from the Maple street streetscape and mapped Character Area will allow for the future
        redevelopment of the subject site as a medical centre for medical imaging purposes.

        In undertaking the assessment of the existing built form, materiality and detailing of this early house,
        it is evident that the building has been the subject of a series of subsequent additions made be
        previous owners with varying degrees of success in terms of being complementary to the original
        configuration of the traditional character house. Accordingly, if the subject house is to be relocated
        to an appropriate alternative site within the Shire, it follows that the relocated building should have
        its original configuration reinstated in this new situation. Consequently it is proposed to partially
        demolish the later additions made to the house – refer to red shaded areas shown in Figure 44 -
        prior to relocating the retained core of the building (as an Asymmetrical Bungalow with L-shaped
        verandah) to its new location. It is also envisaged that the unsympathetic enclosure of the front and
        side verandahs will be reversed by re-opening this structure as a traditional verandah configuration
        on the periphery of the solid core of the house.

        As noted previously, the structural condition and associated suitability of the subject house to be
        relocated to an alternative site is presently being investigated by others and will be reported on
        separately as part of the package of documents lodged for Council assessment of the relocation
        proposal.




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