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Key Details
- About The Project
In 2007 Heritage 21 was commissioned by Liverpool city Council to prepare a conservation Management Plan of Collingwood House. Collingwood House is one of the oldest extant rural villas in Australia. It was constructed in 1810 and there is documentary evidence that Governor Macquarie visited the house at that time. Since then, Collingwood House has been turned into a museum and more recently open to the public on specific days of the year. After the Conservation Management Plan was completed, Heritage 21 engaged in physical repairs and structural bracing off the very fragile structures on the site.
- What was done
Specifically, the service wing of Collingwood House was in very poor condition and its chimney had moved out of alignment requiring it to be structurally braced. Heritage 21 worked with the well-known Sydney-based structural engineer- Hari Gohil who prepared the necessary documentation for the entire structural bracing of the service wing building. This was conducted in 2009. Heritage 21 prepared the architectural drawings.
- Time frame
- Conservation Management Plan was produced in 2007
- Service Wing was repaired in 2009
Services provided
- Conservation Management Plan
- Architectural Drawings
- Structural Drawings
- Onsite Heritage Construction Management
- Heritage Certification
Why was the work undertaken?
Since Clive Lucas, Stapleton & Partners first attended to the conservation of Collingwood House in the 1970s, little maintenance had taken place. Heritage 21 was commissioned to assess the physical dilapidation of the building and prepare a specification accompanied by architectural and structural drawings for the repair of the farmhouse buildings dating back to the early 1800s
Who was the work completed for?
Liverpool City Council
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