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SINNAMON FARM PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

SINNAMON FARM HERITAGE LANDSCAPE

RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST

20 December 2011

C A T H E R I N E B R O U W E R L a n d s c a p e A r c h i t e c t s

250 Harcourt Street Teneriffe Q 4005

p 07 3254 1817 e [email protected]

SINNAMON FARM PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT • HERITAGE LANDSCAPE


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CATHERINE BROUWER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS 1

Contents page

1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background for this Consultancy 2 1.2 History & Information Sources 2 1.3 Site Assessments 2 1.4 Associated Reference Drawings & Reports 3 1.5 Heritage Register Information 3 1.6 Study Area of this Report 3 2.0 Heritage Assessment 2.1 Cultural Heritage Significance 4 2.2 Place on the Brisbane City Plan Heritage Register 4 2.3 Place on the Queensland Heritage Register 4 2.4 Assessment of Relative Heritage Significance 6 3.0 Heritage Design Guidelines 3.1 The Proposal Landscape in General 10 3.2 Conservation Design Guidelines & Proposal Design Changes 10 3.3 Information Request Response & Impacts 14 3.4 Summary Statement of Impact 15 Appendix A Plant Schedules 16 Plans Existing Tree And Tree Removal Part A DA0119F 17 Existing Tree And Tree Removal Part B DA0120G





1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background for this Consultancy The engagement of Catherine Brouwer Landscape Architects for this consultancy is with Jamieson Projects. Jamieson Projects propose a residential development on the part of the original Sinnamon Farm which is not developed. Generally the development proposal comprises residential units; reconstruction of the severely fire damaged Glen Ross farm house as a single residence with gardens; retention of the existing orchard as part of the private open space; reconstruction of the small house, Beechwood, and with a garden setting, as a heritage recreation precinct; and restoration and retention as private open space of the fields between Seventeen Mile Rocks Road and the proposed residential units.

The brief for this consultancy was to address the points in the Information Requests received earlier which related to parts of the heritage landscape, as below:-

DERM Info Request Point 1 “As noted above the plantings on the site are important remnants of the occupation of the site. In particular the row of hoop pines and the orchard are significant elements of the site. The development proposes to remove one of the hoop pines and a large number of the orchard trees, most of which are noted as being in good condition. There is no assessment of the heritage significance of these and other groupings of trees nor has it been demonstrated that there is no prudent and feasible alternative option to their removal. • Identify the extent of the original orchard and remaining trees and provide an assessment of its heritage significance. • An amendment to the proposal is required that acknowledges the significance of the orchard and the row of hoop pines and minimises the effect on significant plantings.” Point 6 Beechwood • “Planting between Beechwood and Seventeen Mile Rocks Road is to be based on historic precedent in keeping with the simple rural character.” BCC Info Request Point 14 “The avenue of existing trees traversing the property (probably a paddock boundary windbreak originally) are supposedly being retained as a landscape feature of the former farm site. However, a more detailed analysis of the site plan reveals that the two largest trees towards the rear are both being removed to allow for the passage of the internal road and to accommodate Unit Block B1. Both of these trees could and should be retained as part of the revised development layout.”

1.2 History & Information Sources Original historical research on the place which is the subject of this report, and investigation of documentary sources (including JOL, BCC and state archives), such as would be undertaken to prepare a Conservation Management Plan, was not included in the consultancy scope for this report. The information received from Jamieson Projects and ERM, including historical aerial photos, and the Queensland Heritage Register entry, were used to inform this assessment study. 1.3 Site Assessments The site was visited on 8 and 27 September 2011 for the necessary assessments.





1.4 Associated Reference Drawings & Reports The following drawings and reports were received and reviewed:- • Drawings of June 2011, prepared by CCN Group • Drawings of 30 May 2011, and Plant Palette received 16 November, and revised Master Plan documents received 16 December - prepared by Form Landscape Architects • Arborist Reports of the 15 October 2008, Addendum 2 of 29 June 2011, & 11 November 2011 prepared by Arbor Operations • Sinnamon Farm Heritage Impact Assessment Report June 2011 by ERM. • CCN Group - Existing Tree and Tree Removal Plan Part A DA0119F & Existing Tree and Tree Removal Plan Part B DA0120G 1.5 Heritage Register Information Sinnamon Farm is on the Queensland Heritage Register (QHR) Reference No 600233 Information from the QHR citation:

Name Sinnamon Farm (incorporating 600234, 600236, 600237) Alternative Name Avondale and Macleod aviation site Beechwood, Glen Ross and Seventeen Mile Rocks School Address Seventeen Mile Rocks Road – Sinnamon Park Queensland 4073 LGA Brisbane City Council Place Classification Built Archaeological Place Type Farm Category Farming - Agriculture/Dairying/Grazing/Horticulture Themes 5 Moving goods, people and information / 5.6 Using air transport 9 Educating Queenslanders / 9.1 Providing primary schooling 2 Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land / 2.4 Agricultural activities 6 Building settlements, towns, cities and dwellings / 6.4 Dwellings Principal Period of Significance 1869-1890s (fabric) 1860s-1960s, 1910 (Historical)

1.6 Study Area of this Report

The site subject to the development proposal is on the north eastern side of Seventeen Mile Rocks Road in the suburb of Sinnamon Park. The area of the place on the Queensland Heritage Register extends from that road north to the rear of the adjacent residential lots there. The assessments in this report, as briefed, do not cover the whole of the place on the Heritage Register. They address the landscape along Seventeen Mile Rocks Road from the former farmhouse, Glen Ross, to the former house, Beechwood.





2.0 HERITAGE ASSESSMENT 2.1 Cultural Heritage Significance

Cultural heritage significance is defined by The Burra Charter, the Australia ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) Charter for Places of Cultural Significance, 1999, the standard for best practice in heritage, as follows:- “Cultural significance means aesthetic, historic, scientific, social or spiritual value for past, present or future generations. Cultural significance is embodied in the place itself, its fabric, setting, use, associations, meanings, records, related places and related objects.” Article 1.2

Similarly, as defined by the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 (amended 2007), “cultural heritage significance”, of a place or object, means its aesthetic, architectural, historical, scientific, social or other significance, to the present generation or past or future generations. These aspects of significance are expressed under section 35 of the Act as the criteria for entry of places onto the Heritage Register.

"Cultural significance is a concept which helps in estimating the value of places. The places that are likely to be of significance are those which help an understanding of the past or enrich the present, and which will be of value to future generations." Marquis-Kyle & Walker, 1992

The approach to assessing the nature and extent of the significance of a place is based upon an assessment of - the existing and past fabric of the place, which provides evidence of the origin, use and value of place, - the associations of the community with the place, and - the physical qualities and relationships of the elements of the place and its setting. 2.2 Place on the Brisbane City Plan Heritage Register

Sinnamon Farm is included in the BCC Heritage Register. 2.3 Place on the Queensland Heritage Register

Sinnamon Farm is on the Queensland Heritage Register (QHR) –place ID 600233.

The criteria for which Sinnamon Farm is entered on the QHR and which relate to the landscape are: (a) the place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history; (b) the place demonstrates rare, uncommon, or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage; (h) the place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history."





Beechwood and the conifer (3023) at the front The frangipani (1302) east of Beechwood

View of part of the line of hoop pines View to the north edge of the orchard, past the beyond the orchard extension area persimmon (29) to the Macadamias 13 & 14

At the east edge of the orchard looking south to Part of the Orchard the Bribie Island pine - Callitris (23)





2.4 Assessment of Relative Heritage Significance

The place on the QHR has heritage significance as a whole area. This report and assessment covers only the landscape surrounds of Glen Ross and Beechwood, the orchard and the field alongside Seventeen Mile Rocks Road between Glen Ross and Beechwood.

Within the Register bounds of the place there are varying degrees of heritage significance according to:- the role of the space in Sinnamon Farm history; the condition and intactness of the historical fabric; and relationship between the parts. Assessment of relative heritage significance informs assessment of the degrees of impact of proposed change to the place. As an example: the grass field with no trees, located east of the line of hoop pines between Glen Ross and Beechwood, and north of a line beyond the rear of Beechwood, I assess as having less heritage significance than the remainder of the place. It is away from the buildings and plantings, which are tangible evidence of the Sinnamon family farming history. While that open grass was part of their farm, its loss would not bring as substantial a loss of significance as the loss of the buildings and the significant planted trees in their immediate setting.

The historical aerial photos of the site reveal part of the history and changes to the farm buildings, the orchard, and the paddocks along Seventeen Mile Rocks Road.

part 1946 aerial photo Seventeen Mile Rocks Road is seen clearly on an angle across this photo. The Glen Ross farmhouse is the second, and separate building from the left. The dark tree patches to the right of the house are the mango trees. Two apparently fence lines can be seen at right angles to the road. Beechwood is seen further south-east along the Road beyond a grassed paddock.

part 1970 aerial photo Glen Ross and the orchard are still seen, much as in 1946. A track runs from the paddock corner at the north of Glen Ross up to Beechwood and crossing the fence line south of the





two large trees. This fence line is the line of the current hoop pines, and the track appears to pass just north of their location, much where the proposed drive is located.

part 1978 aerial photo There are no trees in the paddock south east of the orchard. The hoop pines may have been planted along the fence line, however they must be small if they have been planted.

part 1987 aerial photo There are a few shrubs or young trees in the paddock south east of the orchard. The hoop pines appear to have been planted along the fence line as there are now shadows from them. Beechwood has no plantings to its sides or rear.

part 1994 aerial photo The line of hoop pines are now grown and forming shadows. The trees in the space south east of the orchard has plantings. These are the existing fruit trees and shrubs. Beechwood has no plantings to its west side or rear, however the frangipani to the east appears to have been planted by this time.





part 2002 aerial photo The line of hoop pines are now advanced.

The review of the aerial photos and the arborist’s reports indicate that:- - the hoop pines planted along a fence line are approximately 30 – 35 years old; - the plantings in the area between the orchard and the line of hoop pines are approximately 20 years old (my assessment is possibly 25 years).

The assessment of relative heritage significance of the landscape covered by this report is set out in Schedule A below. This assessment was submitted to Jamieson Projects to inform the design landscape architects. The assessment is made on a 4 level scale: High, Moderate, Low or None, and negative. The tree numbers are those assigned by the surveyor and as used by the arborist in their reports. Existing Tree and Tree Removal Plan Part A & Part B plans DA 0119F & DA0120G. Schedule A Heritage Significance of the Subject Landscape Spaces and Elements

Glen Ross Garden / Setting

area or component

heritage significance

notes

The Glen Gross Garden / Setting: Garden/ grounds south, west, & southeast of house - southeast to approx. 5 metres from house

High

Trees & shrubs in this area 2264 Jacaranda, 2257 macadamia, 3022 mango on west boundary, 68 mango, 69 Syzygium francisii, 3005 & 3007 crepe myrtles at house SE & SW corners.

High

2262 guava, 2263 loquat

Moderate

2, 70 mangoes, 3008 dead mango, 3006 loquat

None

2268 chinese elm

Negative

Grounds north-northeast of house from rear of building

Moderate

Trees & shrubs in this area 1946 mango, 1948 & 2022 macadamias,.

Moderate?-Low

3004 young leopard tree, 3024 custard apple, 3025 macadamia, 67 leopard tree

Low or None

1947, 1950, 3017, & 3018 Chinese elms

Negative

Are close together –may be self sown

All young, could be self-sown

Weed trees





Schedule A Heritage Significance of the Subject Landscape Spaces and Elements continued

area or component

heritage significance

notes

Orchard

Grounds from Road to north boundary, from Glen Ross ‘garden’ east to 23 Bribie pine & line of shrubs

High

Trees in Orchard 1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 19, & 20 mangoes 13, 14, 17, 18, & 21 macadamias 9 & 10 persimmons, 23 Callitris (Bribie pine)

High

16 crepe myrtle,

Moderate

22 Acacia at Road boundary, 2, 7, 3012 young mangoes,

None

3 & 8 Chinese elms

Negative

The Orchard Extension Area

Grounds east of Orchard to edge of line of hoop pines

Moderate

Trees & shrubs in Orchard Extension Area 50 & 51 hoop pines, 26 loquat, 27 & 28 cherry guavas, 34 citrus, 29, 33, 35 persimmon, 3013, 3014, 3015 Hibiscus & Tecoma, 32 crepe myrtle, oleander at Road edge

Moderate - Low

25, 36 & 37 hoop pines,

None

52 poinciana

None

The hoop pines are young /self-sown

Line of Hoop Pines

Trees 31, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49 & 1531

High

The hoop pines

30 mango

Moderate Mango is not in orchard and may have self-sown

Hibiscus at Road, lantana, privet at road, 32 crepe myrtle

Low

49 Jacaranda

None

Grounds Between Line of Hoop Pines & Beechwood

Grass field

Moderate

Relative to significance of buildings and planting

1525, 1526, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1530 pines

High

4 trees are alongside road

Beechwood & its Landscape Setting

Grounds west, south to Road, and east of house 12 – 15 metres

High

Views from Road, & Landscape between Glen Ross - Beechwood – School are significant

Trees & shrubs in this area 1302 frangipani, 2 x Cape jasmine (Jasminum mesnyi), 3023 conifer

High

2387 Jacaranda

Moderate

Conifer is at front of house Jacaranda is at footpath edge

Grounds north of Beechwood

Moderate -Low

No trees or shrubs in this area





3.0 INFORMATION REQUEST RESPONSE & IMPACT ASSESSMENT 3.1 The Proposal Landscape in General

The development proposal is for 28 residential units located along an internal roadway, generally parallel to Seventeen Mile Rocks Road and along the north-east part of the property. Glenn Ross, the former farmhouse, is to be reconstructed as a family home. The cottage, Beechwood, will be restored and used as a residents’ communal facility associated with the swimming pool complex. The former school building will be a residence. The Proposed Site Plan A and other drawings by the CCN Group show the development proposal. Reference should be made to those documents.

The former garden setting of Glenn Ross, about half the orchard, and part of the fields, all for approximately 15 metres wide, and all along the Seventeen Mile Rocks Road frontage, are proposed to be retained as a garden at Glen Ross and Beechwood, and communal open space for the remainder. The landmark line of mature hoop pines along the roadside, and the line of hoop pines once along a fence line in the farm, are proposed to be retained. A timber post and rail fence is proposed along the road frontage. It is understood the former semi-rural farm character and the landmark and heritage landscape qualities as seen from the road are intended to be retained to a noticeable extent, while including the new buildings into that landscape. The proposed landscape design for the residential development and the associated private open space is set out on the drawings and report documents by Form Landscape Architects. Reference should be made to those documents. 3.2 Conservation Design Guidelines & Proposal Design Changes

Following the Brisbane City Council’s Information Request, as received from Jamieson Projects, the preliminary site layout and landscape design drawings were viewed by this author. Advice on the heritage significance of the spaces and vegetation, and design guidelines were prepared and submitted to Jamieson Projects on 22 and 28 September 2011. Subsequently, the architect and design landscape architect revised the residential development layout and design details. I received those revised landscape plans on 16 December.

The heritage, conservation design guidelines submitted to Jamieson Projects by this author for them to revise the proposal are set out in the following table. They are on the left. A simplified assessment of how the revised landscape proposals of December 2011 addressed those conservation guidelines is on the right.

A GLEN ROSS GARDENS

Conservation Guidelines of September 2011

Form L A Landscape Design of December 2011

West, South, North • The existing trees and shrubs generally to be retained. Trees which have low or none heritage significance can be removed. – The loquat (3006) next to the southern entry steps can be removed. • The small mango tree (2257) and Syzygium species (3010) -inner west grounds, can be removed. • The mango 68 is likely an old planted tree, however, its proximity to the house and on the north east corner may be detrimental to the adaptation. • Trees 3024 custard apple and 3025 Macadamia could be retained if possible, however as they are not part of the main orchard they could be removed without substantial loss of heritage significance.

To be removed To be retained To be retained To be removed





• The five Chinese elms to be removed: - trees 2268, 1947, 1950, 3017, 3018.

• The three mature trees on the west boundary preferably to be retained. Trees: 2264 Jacaranda; 2257 macadamia; & 3022 Mangifera.

• The eastern side old garden trees preferably to be retained: 69 identified by the arborist as Syzygium francisii and 3005 crepe myrtle at south east corner. The young mango tree 70 could be removed.

• Tree 67 leopard tree is a fine specimen and could be retained.

• Trees 1946 mango and macadamia 1948 and if possible 2022 macadamia, could be retained. They would provide some amenity and shade from the western sun.

• The Master Plan A has a hedge or garden all along the south, west and north boundary. – This extent is not an appropriate character for Glen Ross; - The three large existing trees along the boundary are not accommodated, and - A hedge would not grow uniformly under their canopy or on their root zone.

• Lawns around the house are appropriate.

• A visitor pedestrian entry from 17 Mile Rocks Road should be included - even if it is rarely used.

• The existing old garden shrubs should be retained – the cherry guava 2262, the loquat 2263, and the crepe myrtle 3007 (in the south west).

East Side • Tree 69 Syzygium francisii, is a beautiful, uncommon tree and part of the historic planting. It could be retained with a narrowing / moving the entry road. The crepe myrtle 3005 at the house south east corner should also be retained. Note: Though the old shrubs have some damage to their trunks and are not ‘perfect’ young specimens, they are the authentic Sinnamon Farm plantings and add character, the patina of age, and are part of the story of the grounds.

South East Area – Orchard Edge • There are four large old mango trees south east of Glen Ross which appear in good health and assessed OK by the Arborist – Trees 1, 4, and 5 & 6. (Trees 2 & 7 are younger mangos, and the Chinese elm 3 and should be removed.) These trees individually and together are a major part of Glen Ross and its orchard history and potential rejuvenated character, and should be retained. • The car reversing space should be moved several metres away from the mango tree 1 root and canopy zones.

To be removed

To be retained

To be retained Tree 70 to be removed

To be removed

2022 to be retained

Hedge is now changed to a garden, the trees are now retained and included.

Lawns are proposed

This entry is now to be included

All to be retained

Tree 69 to be retained The entry road was narrowed and moved. Crepe myrtle 3005 to be retained

All the large, old mango trees are retained The elms are to be removed

This area was moved and the mango tree 1 is to be retained.

B PROPOSED ENTRY DRIVE & PATHS



The Pedestrian Entry Path Formal/ structured style/ character makes little reference to its history orchard / heritage house setting.

The walls and formal gardens under mango trees 1, 4, 5 & 6, do not respect the heritage significance and character of the historic orchard, and are likely to cause detrimental health impacts on the trees.

The Entry Drive The concrete pavement and cobbles (?), the edge banding and the cross bands – all treatments the same as within the new housing area, together present a character perhaps appropriate for within the residential units but do not support or reflect the historic Glen Ross homestead and the

That early design was deleted /changed and a simple path system through the orchard designed.





orchard though which it passes. The drive as styled diminishes the house and orchard heritage significance. • A simple, unobtrusive, homogenous gravel or gravel-look surface, without kerb and channel, would be much more appropriate. Think of an old carriage drive. It could curve between / around the trees, and be part of the orchard and Glen Ross gardens, rather than a divide and harsh contrast.

The four car parks at tree 6 would be:- - visually intrusive on the Glen Ross presentation; - visually intrusive on the views of the orchard; - highly damaging to tree 6 • Highly recommended to remove/ relocate these.

The drive with its patterns was deleted and a narrower, homogenous, simpler drive designed. It now curves ‘around’ the protected trees

The visitor car parks were relocated /redesigned, and made reinforced grass to visually integrate into the orchard.

B THE ORCHARD



The orchard has high heritage significance. This is a place, not just individual trees. The orchard comprises:- - the trees, their full canopies and root zones required to maintain their healthy growth; - the ground under and around the trees, grass or leaf littered areas, with no fences, paths or buildings, as in usual for an orchard; - the space amongst and around the trees to enable them to be viewed and experienced on walking through, as a irregularly planted group. At the northernmost part there are two large old mango trees and two old Macadamia nut trees. The orchard extended north to include these.

The assessment is that there is the same level of heritage significance over the whole orchard, nevertheless, the open areas or gaps would accommodate some change such as drives or paths, with less loss of heritage significance than tree removal. Younger Trees At the west edge of the orchard there are some mangoes, smaller and younger than the mature trees. These could be self sown. They have a low or no heritage significance. trees 2, 7, 70 Orchard Extension The orchard extension is a name given to the grounds from 17 Mile Rocks Road and east of the Orchard to include the line of two hibiscus and Tecoma shrubs. It appears these garden plants were likely along a fence there.

Available air photo review has indicated that the orchard trees east of a line north from the Bribie Island pine tree 23 were planted about the 1980s. This area has a line of old orchard planting though likely only about 30 years old: - two cherry guava 27 & 28; a citrus 34; persimmon trees 33, 35 and persimmon tree 29 to the north;

The two hoop pines (trees 36 & 37) appear not the same age as the line of hoop pines to their east.

• 17 Mile Rocks Road Edge: - the hoop pines trees 50 & 51 are of high significance and should be retained; • There are two old shrubs, a hibiscus and an oleander: These should be retained as old plantings and for their old traditional heritage character.

These trees are to be retained These young trees are to be removed. The hoop pines are young /no significance These trees to be retained These are to be retained

C LINE OF HOOP PINES



• All the trees, their trunk size and branch spread should be indicated on the landscape plans.

• The existing grades / RLs of the trees’ root zones should be retained.

Driveway Between Hoop Pines

All the existing trees to be retained are on the landscape plans. All the existing trees are now recorded on plans.





Pedestrian paths and a driveway could be accommodated subject to strictly enforced construction design and implementation controls. For example: • No excavation into root zone. Removal of top 50mm of ground surface of leaf litter, grass and little soil only to grade the area of gravel surface fairly even. - Fully permeable pavement, or reinforced grass, or gravel drive; - no kerb and channel; - no concrete paths or roadway; - products: a bitumen gravel surface such as Bushmates may be acceptable only if base is permeable crushed rock on geofabric on top of existing ground, and subject to Arborist’s report and construction guidelines.

Services through Trees • No underground service trenches should be designed or installed south of tree 38 due to the proximity to each other of the line of trees. A route between tree 30 and tree 31 would be the preferred route in order to minimise protection of the trees.

The Arborist has prepared additional reports including regarding the trees retention measures.

D OPEN FIELD Conservation Guidelines

Landscape Proposal of December 2011

• The open grassed field character should be retained along the 17 Mile Rocks Road edge, for a depth at least of the line of the front of Glen Ross and Beechwood • A few shading trees in the future lawns could be added.

This open grass area is to be retained.

E BEECHWOD GARDENS & SETTING Conservation Guidelines

Landscape Proposal of December 2011

• Entry & Street Frontage - maintain entry to front on verandah; - garden along edge of house; - simple lawns; - path could circle around pine plant island; - retain cape jasmine clumps if possible.

• East Side Garden - frangipani to be retained, protect, mulch a zone at base - hedge or shrubbery enclosure / or separation from front garden

• West Side - traditionally a narrow garden at base of house, or a deco gravel path - a shade and wind buffer usual on the west – south west: plant a ‘hedge’ or high shrubbery between the line of hoop pines and house along west side.

• The space between the footpath and the house should be presented with traditional street frontage garden character. • The old trees should be retained – the frangipani 1302, and conifer 3023 and jacaranda 2387. • Gardens should be established of the house edge at the verandahs with low flowering shrubs in a traditional (early 20th century) character. Lawns should complete the garden development. A natives or fully mulched garden is not appropriate.

The frangipani is to be retained. Appropriate, traditionally styled gardens are now designed. This is now re-designed. These trees are now retained. Gardens now designed. Lawns are included.





3.3 Information Request Response & Impacts

Following the Information Requests and the additional tree survey, identification and heritage assessments, and re-design, I assess that the changes to the proposal design have:-

- conserved essentially all the trees of heritage significance, including the orchard and the line of hoop pines; - formed a layout of the proposed drive, car parks, pedestrian paths, and buildings in the environs of the historic buildings and the orchard that conserves the significant trees and spaces; and - incorporated revised landscape design details and planting that better reflect the former farmhouse and orchard character, and present an appropriate setting for the heritage buildings.

A more detailed explanation and assessments are set out here according to the heritage buildings and spaces.

Glen Ross Refer to Form Landscape Architects drawings Master Plan A sheet 3, & Detail Plan – Primary Entry sheet 5. The restored Glen Ross house is proposed to have a fenced garden on the west, south and east sides of the house. The garden is to be extensive lawns with perimeter gardens at the fences and garden beds at the verandah base in the traditional squared style. This is appropriate for the heritage value of the former farmhouse. The rear north and northwest is to have a drive and carport. It appears from the historical air photos available that this farmhouse rear had working links to the out buildings and paddocks. Existing tees are to be retained in the gardens around Glen Ross. A Chinese elm is to be removed (tree 2268) and a self-sown small loquat tree (tree 3006) very close to the front verandah.

The Drive and Orchard Refer to Form Landscape Architects drawing Detail Plan – Primary Entry sheet 5. The major trees of the orchard are to be retained. Only two Chinese elms (trees 3 & 8), three very young mangoes (trees 2, 7, & 70), and two persimmons (trees 9 & 10) are to be removed. (Refer to Existing Tree and Tree Removal Plan Part A DA0119F) The new drive, shared for both Glen Ross and the residential units, is a simple, homogenous gravel-look drive without kerb and channel to present a simple farm like carriageway or drive. The four visitor car parks are to be grassed to better visually integrate into the orchard. The drive car parks and paths were located carefully to retain the trees. The orchard has pedestrian paths through it and minimal plantings, – sufficient to semi-screen parked visitor cars and guide people on the paths. It is understood that the orchard open space character is to be very simple in detail, so the heritage value and original orchard character is retained and understood as a farmhouse orchard.

The Line of Hoop Pines & Driveway Through Refer to Form Landscape Architects drawing Master Plan A sheet 3. The line of hoop pines planted along a former north-south fence line are all to be retained. At the north end a mango tree (tree 30) is proposed to be removed as it is very close to a proposed building. Refer to Existing Tree and Tree Removal Plan Part A DA0119F. The new driveway is proposed to be constructed with particular pavement treatment, guided by the Arborist, to protect the tree roots to ensure the hoop pines (trees 31 & 38) are retained.

Beechwood Refer to Form Landscape Architects drawings Master Plan B sheet 4, Detail Plan – Recreation / Heritage Precinct sheet 7, & Section B sheet 8.





All the existing mature trees in the vicinity of Beechwood are proposed to be retained, - trees 1302 frangipani, tree 2387 Jacaranda, tree 3023 conifer. Refer to Existing Tree and Tree Removal Plan Part B DA0120G. A formal or squared cottage garden is proposed for the front and front sides of Beechwood, as appropriate for this small former residence. While Beechwood is to be a community building, the garden is to have a residential character in order to present the heritage values of the place. There was no evidence of detailed gardens at the rear of Beechwood. Both east and west of Beechwood, along the Seventeen Mile Rocks Road frontage, the grounds will be open lawns, as existing now and essentially as it was when a farm paddock. This will extend to the depth of the rear of Beechwood, and allow views to the cottage in its field setting from a wide section of the road.

The Orchard Extension Area Refer to Form Landscape Architects drawing Detail Plan – Primary Entry sheet 5 This area is east of the orchard. Historical air photos indicate it was planted after 1978. Four residential unit buildings are proposed in this section of the place. The trees along and near Seventeen Mile Rocks Road are retained, however the smaller fruit trees in the central part of this area, and the shrubs along a former fence line to the west, would be removed for the development proposal. Refer to Existing Tree and Tree Removal Plan Part A DA0119F. The front of the site, the Seventeen Mile Rocks Road frontage, to a depth to the front of Glen Ross, will be open lawns, as existing now, and as it was when a farm paddock. This will allow views into the orchard from a wide section of the road.

Proposed Planting Refer to Form Landscape Architects’ Heritage Plant Palettes sheets 10, 11 & 12. Refer to Appendix A for the Plant Schedules I proposed to the design landscape architect. The plant palettes proposed for the gardens of Glen Ross and Beechwood, and for the orchard, are garden plants traditionally used in Brisbane gardens in the late 19th and 20th Century. They are “old fashioned” plants not commonly used or available now, however, they would present the appropriate scale and character for the gardens and planting at the heritage buildings and their environs.

The Seventeen Mile Rocks Road Frontage Refer to Form Landscape Architects drawings Masterplan A & B sheets 3 & 4 The former Sinnamon Farm property had paddocks alongside the road. This character is to be retained. There will be no driveways, paths or structures all along the site between the entry near Glen Ross and that at the former school building. The open grassed area, with the retained heritage trees, will present a character very similar to that now and of the earlier landscape when the place was a farm. The proposed buildings will be seen deeper into the site, however, there is some planting proposed at their south aspect to soften that view. 3.4 Summary Statement of Impact

The changes necessitated by the contemporary residential development over the place will cause some detrimental impact on the heritage significance of the place on the Queensland Heritage Register. However, this proposal includes:- - the reconstruction of Glen Ross; - the restoration of Beechwood; the establishment of appropriate residential garden character around those heritage buildings (and the former school house); and the conservation and careful arborist management of the orchard trees, as well as the significant line of hoop pines, both along Seventeen Mile Rocks Road and that along a former internal fence line. The landscape design proposals, including appropriate traditional planting, around the heritage buildings and the orchard will have the positive effect of aiding understanding of the history and cultural heritage significance of this remainder of the former Sinnamon Farm.





APPENDIX A PLANT SCHEDULES These are the preliminary plant palettes referred to Form Landscape Architects as appropriate for the heritage landscapes.

Beechwood

Garden at Front & Sides of Beechwood (applicable to Glenn Ross gardens at verandahs)

botanical name common name Abelia grandiflora glossy abelia Azalea indica azalea Camellia japonica camellia - east side Chrysanthemum frutescens marguerite daisy Dietes grandiflora day iris Epidendrum ibaguense crucifix orchid Erigeron karvinskianus seaside daisy Gerbera jamesonii gerbera Hippeastrum hippeastrum Malphigia coccinea Singapore holly Nandina domestica sacred bamboo Rosa sp hybrid tea rose Zantedeschia peace lily Zepheranthes candida crocus

Trees & Shrubs in Setting of Beechwood botanical name common name Amaryllis belladonna belladonna lily Brachychiton rupestre bottle tree Hibiscus schizopetalus skeleton hibiscus Hibiscus syriacus Rose of Sharon Lagerstroemia indica crepe myrtle Spiraea cantonensis may bush Stenocarpus sinuatus wheel of fire tree Zepheranthes grandiflora - in lawns Tall, Narrow Trees to Semi Screen Buildings botanical name common name Grevillea baileyana white oak Hymeosporum flavum native frangipani Syzygium australe lillypilly Stenocarpus sinuatus wheel of fire tree

Glen Ross

Glen Ross & Orchard Entry botanical name common name Epidendrum ibaguense crucifix orchid Zepheranthes candida crocus Zepheranthes grandiflora pink storm lily

Hedges to Glen Ross Private Garden botanical name common name Abelia grandiflora glossy abelia Buxus sempervirens box Hibiscus rosa-sinensis hibiscus (single red) Photinia glabra NOTE: Not Syzygium, or traditional plants privet and lantana

Trees & Shrubs in Setting of Glen Ross botanical name common name Amaryllis belladonna belladonna lily Beloperone guttata shrimp plant Hibiscus schizopetalus skeleton hibiscus Hibiscus syriacus Rose of Sharon Hypericum patulum St John’s wort Jasminum mesneyi Cape jasmine Spiraea cantonensis may bush Zepheranthes grandiflora - in lawns Orchard

Under / Around Tree Canopies botanical name common name Agave attenuata agave Beloperone guttata shrimp plant Bromeliads bromeliads Clivia miniata caffre lily Cordyline rubra palm lily (red leaves) Cordyline stricta palm lily (not newer purple/ stripey varieties) Ctenanthe lubbersiana bamburanta Hippeastrum sp a bulb Monstera deliciosa monstera Phyla nodiflora Condamine couch

NOTE: Ground covers traditionally used, such as ivy & Vinca, may not wish to be used due to their spreading habit and higher maintenance to remove. Substitute: Cissus Ellen Danica native ivy

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