Townscape Guidelines

townscape design guidelines
macquarie street cascade road
for private development
working with contextual cues
Development and Environmental Services Division
november 2002

contents
introduction
urban Design Principles
1 scope
Purpose of Guidelines 4
Landscape Setting
Built Heritage
Community
Future Development
Sustainability
Relevant studies
7
2 context
Sense of Place
Urban development
Heritage Area 7
Character Statement
Statement of
Significance
12
Townscape patterns
New patterns
A thriving
neighbourhood
3 townscape elements
16
Views
18
Streetspace
Siting
Building Form
Materials
Awnings
Signs
Fences and walls
72
4 summary guidelines
28
40
50
66
68
70
S1
Views
S2
Streetspace
Siting
Building Form
S11
Materials
S13
S7
S9
introduction
There is nowhere quite
like Macquarie Street anywhere else in Hobart, and

yet it is quintessentially
Hobartian with its historic
buildings and defining
landscape
Megan Baynes
Macquarie Street Townscape Project Stage 1 2001
What is it that forms our

attachment to a place like this
street?
How can we preserve that
quality?
What kind of development will
meet our changing needs,
without destroying what we
value, which has taken
generations to develop?
What opportunities are there to
make good, as intrusive
development falls out of use?
How can we weigh the uses
and meanings of the street that
are in conflict?
How do we create today a
sense of place that will be
treasured in the future?
Our attachment to a place

that we know well, over many
years or for a short but
important time in our lives, is a
soulful need.
To appreciate what we are
looking at, when a new
development is proposed,
requires a reflective enquiry,
beyond the rigorous analysis
but before finding solutions to
constraints.
We are dealing with our
attachment to the land. While
that may often be a remote
awareness in a city, a dreaming
buried below concrete, it is
ever present in a street with a
mountain as a backdrop.
Development may present a
threat to the townscape, but it
is also an opportunity to
enhance and reinforce the
sense of place that has come
about through many diverse
developments over a long
The challenge is in the

paradoxes and contradictions,
for instance, between
appreciation of a place for our
collective being, and the
practical needs of moving
traffic.
Rather than seeking to
balance diverse intentions
when the balance of power is
uneven, the guidelines aim for
recognition in the unfolding
debate of the multiplicity of
uses and meanings that the
street holds .
Looking at the bigger picture,
searching out origins and
considering the finer detail are
all capable of taking appraisal
beyond the limitations of
pragmatic considerations and
to the heart of the matter.
For a sense of place to
endure, we must respect those
qualities, quintessential to
Hobart, yet distinctive, that are
identified and valued by the
community.
urban design principles

using urban design principles
a city with a unique urban

identity, of regional and
national significance
a city with an intrinsic relationship to its mountain

and river setting
a city for people: visitors

and residents alike
Preserving and enhancing

Hobarts unique townscape
qualities relies on urban design
principles.
An urban design strategy for
the city is being developed.
The guidelines for Macquarie
Street and Cascade Road
provide a case study, which is
place specific. This informs the
principles, which can be seen
to apply to wider areas of the
city.
With this reflexive approach,
the guidelines use these
principles, which aim to
revitalise the city while
preserving historic and place
specific townscape values.
urban design principles

community
form
sustainability
A street that is more than a

traffic route, promoting
conviviality and social
exchange
A sense of place, preserving

heritage values and using
existing, improved and new
buildings, along with public art
and design, trees and plants, to
create landmarks, vistas and
focal points with interest,
excitement and character
A street that helps to minimise

environmental harm by making
the use of public transport
more attractive.
A critical mass of activity to

animate the street and to
support services and public
transport
urban structure
A high street which is
recognisable as the focus of
the local area
A rich variety of uses, buildings
and tenures within a common
street pattern
Strong links with other
neighbourhoods and the city
centre
A sense of connection and
enjoyment of powerful natural
elements; the mountain, the
Hobart Rivulet and the views to
the Derwent and the Eastern
Shore hills
A quality street created

through quality of design, with
well proportioned buildings and
attractive street space, human
in scale but urban in character
A livable street which is safe,
comfortable and accessible to
all, with alternating shade and
sun, shelter from the wind and
places to rest
A permeable framework of
routes through the blocks
created by ownership and
traffic movement
A street which provides direct,

secure and attractive
pedestrian routes which enjoy
the natural environment
A sense of history, both
Aboriginal and post European
settlement. A continuing
cultural expression that
represents diverse values and
lifestyles of the neighbourhood
A street that can adapt to
future change while keeping its
integrity and the continuity of its
sense of place
An successful street where the
mix of uses sustain each other
economically
Macquarie Street Townscape

Project Stage 1 documented
the key elements in the
townscape
features of contextual
significance
elements in the public domain
elements in the private domain
Community input was sought
During April and May 2001 and
positive community comment
was received.
These design guidelines address
development on public and
private land. They will be used
in appraisal of developments
to assess impact on townscape
values.
Future guidelines are envisaged
for the public reserve; the road
surface, footpaths, street trees
power poles and the range of
smaller elements that are
needed to service the street.
Traffic management also

requires separate consideration,
which is outside the scope of
these guidelines.
Further work is planned to

address the public domain.

section one
scope
purpose
landscape setting
built heritage
community
future development
sustainability
relevant studies

scope
purpose
landscape setting
built heritage
The Design Guidelines have

been developed
At the larger scale, the special

character of Cascade Road,
together with Macquarie Street
west of the Southern Outlet, is
predominantly given by its
setting in the landscape.
Significant built heritage giving

the street its character is
identified in
to promote the urban design

values of Macquarie Street and
Cascade Road, which give the
street its distinctive sense of
place
to preserve and enhance the
townscape values identified in
Macquarie Street Townscape
Project Stage 1, through
guidance to developers for
sites that border and contain
the street
to illustrate desirable design
approaches and establish
criteria for evaluating the
effect on the streetscape of
proposals for new
development
to inform measures to be
introduced into the Planning
Scheme
These guidelines highlight

specific design considerations
to preserve and enhance the
landscape setting.
The impact of development
proposals on landscape values
is currently assessed through
planning scheme provisions
and State legislation.
Assessment is informed by more
broadly significant studies,
including
Planning Guidelines, Urban
Skylines and Hillfaces ;
Guidelines for landscape and
Visual Impact Assessment
South Hobart Heritage Review 2000
This recommends an extension

of Heritage Area status further
to the West, from Darcy Street
to Congress Street, as well as
identifying further individual
buildings that merit listing under
the heritage Register.
An understanding of the
significance of the street relies
on its urban history, which has
been researched and made
accessible as part of the
review in the thematic history
by Ian Terry.
This street is central to the
identity to the local area; here
people know they have
arrived in South Hobart.

scope
community
future development
sustainability
sustainablility
Community consultation on
the Stage 1 Study raised a
number of concerns, which
mainly relate to the public
domain, not covered by these
guidelines.
Most plots of land in the study

area have already been built
on, over an extended period of
time.
The sustainability of the local

area depends on how this
street develops;
environmentally, socially,
culturally and economically.
However they should be borne

in mind in development
proposals for the street:
traffic noise
views of Keens Curry Sign
community artwork
themed bus stops
street trees
In general, these concerns
point to the meaning that the
street has for the community; it
is more than a traffic route.
New development should
enhance the streets capacity
to support the life of a thriving
community.
The guidelines aim to promote

an organic and incremental
enhancement of the area.
reinforce the established
townscape values of the area.
The scope for enhancing the
townscape comes with
change, especially to the
larger buildings and sites, such
as Vaucluse Gardens as it
expands, St Johns Hospital,
performance Automobiles and
other non-conforming uses.
If designed with the street and
community in mind, such uses
can add life and interest to the
street.
The guidelines mean to
promote positive
contemporary urban design
values that contribute to the
vitality and amenity of the
area.
Considerations for
environmentally sustainable
development should be
applied, to any proposals for
new development. The
statement of desired future
character for precinct 24a
across the Rivulet, provide a
model.
In addition, townscape issues
require consideration of how a
proposal contributes to the
social, cultural and economic
sustainability of the street.
In this regard, a more subtle
appraisal of acceptable uses is
needed; some nonconforming uses may in fact
be vital to the areas
sustainability. A review of nonconforming uses is
recommended.

scope
relevant studies
Previous studies and guidelines concerning the street are relevant to a recognition of its significance,
As townscape, in its setting in the landscape, and as built heritage.
Macquarie Street Townscape Study 2001 Megan Baynes , Development and Environmental Services,
Hobart City Council
Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Institute of Environmental Assessment and the
Landscape Institute (UK) 1995 pub E & FN Spon (London)
South Hobart Heritage Review 2000 Paul Davies Pty Ltd & Ian Terry, prepared for Hobart City Council
A Favourable Progression, A Thematic History of South Hobart, Ian Terry ( Part 1 of the South Hobart
Heritage Review)

section two
context
sense of place
urban development
heritage area 7
character statement
statement of significance
townscape patterns
new patterns
a thriving neighbourhood
context
sense of place
Cascades and the Hobart Rivulet
Hobart is a city whose special

character is given as much by
its natural elements as by its
historic built fabric. This special
character, or genius loci
gives Hobart its identity in our
hearts and minds, as well as
enabling us to navigate and
orient ourselves through all our
daily activities, in business and in
leisure.
Macquarie Street, together with
its extension, Cascade Road,
manifests the relationship
between city and nature in
Hobart, as it runs from the Town
Hall to Cascade Brewery and
its mountain backdrop.
The stretch which is the subject
of these guidelines, from Gore
Street to Cascade Gardens,
displays the many layers of
pattern that make up the
transition, from the thundering
traffic of the Southern Outlet
gateway, to the misty remains
of the Female Factory site.
Dennison Heritage Collection
The development of this stretch

of street has been slow and
incremental, adapting the
patterns of street and built form,
so that much of the townscape
today is clearly related to its
original pattern.
Historically, Macquarie Street and
Cascade Road represent early
traces of the European
settlement of Australia. Although
these traces are fragmented,
they are predated only in the
settlement of New South Wales.
school crossing Anglesea Street
View to the city and Eastern Shore

context
urban development
The urban history of the area is
explored in Ian Terrys study
A Thematic History of South Hobart
which forms part of the
South Hobart Heritage Review 2000
bur.nang.ye
go.nun.ye
gur.nang.ye
unghanyahletta
mount wellington
le.bra.la.wag.ge.na
hobart town
nib.ber.loon.ne
nib.ber.ling.he
country around hobart
The recorded knowledge of

the former inhabitants of some
8,000 years is scanty, although it
is known that Palawa,
particularly the Mouheneenner,
visited Hobart itself and it is
highly likely that
archaeological sites do exist
along the Hobart Rivulet.
Recorded names for Mount
Wellington exist, as well as for
the country around Hobart
Town, but no names of features
within South Hobart have been
recorded.
By 1826 a rough track led
through Birchs farm to Peter
Degravess industrial complex
at the Cascades. This track was
upgraded from 1827 when
Lowes distillery was converted
into the Female Factory.
The Hobart Rivulet was key to
the selection of Hobart for
settlement. It was also the
reason for the development of

industry in the area, followed
by houses, and the shops and
pubs, schools and hospitals,
which they supported and
needed.
In South Hobart, whereas
Davey Street quickly became
Hobarts most prestigious
residential street, Macquarie
Street became the home of
working class families.
The street up to the city
boundary at Elboden Street
Cascades and the Mountain

had been largely built on by

1840, while the first of several of
its hotels and taverns, the
Fortune of War, was licensed in
1836.
Subsequently, Macquarie Street
became the main commercial
and retail strip of the suburb.
With its striking backdrop of
Mount Wellington it acquired a
distinctive quality.
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context heritage

character statement
South Hobart Heritage Study 2000
Future development of
the street should
concentrate on
appropriately scaled and
sited infill development
that reinforces the
established character
Demolition of existing
buildings, unless identified
as intrusive, should not be
permitted as most
buildings contribute to the
quality of the streetscape
establishes a character
statement for the Macquarie
Street Conservation Area,
which includes the lower
section of Cascade Road and
forms the main spine of South
Hobart.
The area has a mix of early
residential development,
commercial and retail
development from a range of
periods and some institutional
buildings.
The road has maintained its
early alignment with a number
of early elements, such as
retaining walls, surviving from its
earliest use.
It retains a high number of its
early buildings and provides
one of the best groups of
mixed development in Hobart.
Paul Davies Pty Ltd + Ian Terry
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It also contains a number of

fine individual and significant
buildings.
The streetscape is of very high

significance with the majority of
buildings and elements making
a positive contribution to the
character of the area. Of
particular value, apart from the
identified heritage items, are:
views along the street in both
directions, reinforced by the
gentle curving form of the
road
views to the residential slopes,
particularly seen in Washington,
Darcy and Anglesea Streets
views across the rivulet
precinct and down the short
streets leading to the rivulet
and the slopes beyond
changes in level of the street
with a number of the earlier
houses located well below
street level
diversity of building forms that
combine to provide a
coherent and homogenous
heritage streetscape
context heritage
statement of significance
The Macquarie Street
Conservation Area is significant
for :
the intact early streetscape
elements and buildings that
form the basis for the
conservation area
the quality and variety of the
built forms from a range of
periods that make up the
homogenous streetscape
View of South Hobart with Macquarie Street/ Weld Street 1950

the large number of heritage

items and contributory buildings
the pivotal role of the street in
defining the commercial, retail
and many of the social
functions of the South Hobart
area
the large number of views and
vistas both to and from the
street that are characteristic of
the South Hobart streetscape
and landscape
Paul Davies Pty Ltd + Ian Terry
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HERITAGE AREA 7
Extension of Heritage Area 7 as proposed in South Hobart Heritage Review 2000

Proposed extension
context
townscape patterns
new patterns
threats
The townscape today

maintains strong patterns, in
the consistent grain of single
houses, with commercial and
community buildings making
landmarks along the street.
Connections to the Hobart

Rivulet Park can enhance the
street and the neighbourhood
opportunities
Scandinavian models for

housing the elderly show how
shared benefits can strengthen
a community such as South
Hobart.
Hobart Rivulet
demolition of street
frontages interrupts the
commercial street edge
combining lots changes
the scale of the street
new development set
back from the street edge
removes the animation of
the street
car ports, garages, and
forecourt car parking jar
with the sense of
enclosure or open view
unrelieved high fences or
retaining walls make a
harsh street edge
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The sense of enclosure and the

specific qualities of this streets
townscape are given as much
by the shape of the land as by
the buildings, as the street
winds along the contour, the
hillside steepens and house
roofs drop below the footpath.
However, the streets
coherence is fragile and it has
recently been threatened by
development that fails to
respect townscape values.
The challenge for the street is
to preserve and enhance its
historic strengths while finding
appropriate responses for
development which is
sustainable, environmentally,
socially, culturally and
economically.
New development may be

seen as an opportunity to
mend scars in the townscape, if
new proposals consider their
response to the context.
Larger developments in the
street such as the Hospital and
Vaucluse Gardens present the
opportunity to reinforce the
amenity and quality of the
townscape.
Carefully considered tree
planting can enhance the
street
Initiatives to enhance the
journey to Cascade Brewery
can benefit residents and
visitors alike.
housing for elderly

new development
St Johns hospital
tree planting
tourism and Cascades

context
challenges
traffic noise
traffic speed
dust
tannery
low density
challenges
Traffic noise and speed present
the greatest challenge to the
enjoyment of the street. Noise
levels make conversation in
audible even inside some
shops, and dust is a problem
especially at the east end of
the street.
Non-conforming uses from an
early industrial history present
particular challenges to the
amenity of a neighbourhood
that has grown to by primarily
residential.
Slow and incremental changes
should seek to substitute more
compatible uses for those that
are noxious, while preserving
the mixed use, work/rest/play
environment which is seen in
recent urban design thought to
promote a sustainable
neighbourhood.
The challenge is to maintain
the positive aspects of this mix,
a thriving neighbourhood
while finding the solutions to
allow diverse activities to
co-exist, without undermining
each other.
The 21st century urban

neighbourhood of South
Hobart will be recognised by its
high street of Macquarie/
Cascade Road.
The sustainability of the street
and the area depend on
development demonstrating a
responsive approach, which
acknowledges the context, its
history and heritage.
It must represent also the
diverse cultural associations,
perspectives and lifestyles of
the contemporary community.
Appropriate development is to
be encouraged, as it is needed
to create the critical mass of
density and activity to sustain
the area, economically and
socially.
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The guidelines address key townscape elements

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see the summary at the end of the document

section three
townscape elements
views
streetspace
siting
building Form
materials
awnings
signs
fences and walls
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townscape elements
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views
views
vistas
landmarks
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views and vistas
Views of the landscape
dominate Cascade Road and
Macquarie Street. A number of
viewpoints along the route are
particularly significant:
the view of the mountain
where it opens up from the
containment of the street. This
occurs as the roof levels of
houses to the north drop below
the street, after St Johns
Hospital
the view of the eastern shore
as it is revealed travelling
towards the city. This occurs
where the street curves round
the rocky spur beyond the
rivulet
vistas closed by the steep
hillside beyond the rivulet
Other significant public views
will be identified over time, and
seen as important by the
community to the area.
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views and vistas
mountain views to the west
vista to the eastern shore
vistas closed by green hillside
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element
views
the mountain
Views of the mountain are the
most significant element giving
Cascade Road, and South
Hobart as a whole, its
character. This iconic view is
also key to the identity of
Hobart.
It makes a point of orientation
for the suburb to the Eastern
shore and indeed the wider
region. its significance in the
identity of South Hobart is
primary
The drama of this view is

emphasised in the contrast
between the contained view
and the opening of the view.
This occurs dramatically, after St
Johns Hospital, where roofs
drop below street level on the
North side of Cascade Road.
mountain view contained by

the street
An open view of the mountain

ridges is suddenly revealed.
mountain view opening up after St Johns Hospital
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element
views
the eastern shore

Travelling into the city along
Cascade Road, a view of the
Eastern Shore opens as the
houses sink below street level.
This occurs at the junction with
Apsley Street, where the hillside
steepens and the view opens
behind the cliffs beyond the
rivulet.
This is most striking on foot , from

the northern side of the street.
Walking towards the city as the
sun rises, or to the bus stop (No
14), this view makes a
memorable impression. It is an
important element in the
townscape.
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element
views
the rivulet
Throughout the area of South
Hobart, the course of the
Rivulet is identifiable by the
deciduous trees which contrast
with the backdrop of native
trees on the steep slopes to the
North and West.
This line of vegetation reveals
how Cascade Road and
Macquarie Street follow the
Glen Street looking towards the

rivulet
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line of the Rivulet.

This awareness is renewed at
each of the short side streets
that run back from Macquarie
Street and Cascade Road to
the steep bank of the Rivulet.
element
views
knocklofty lower slopes

The steep slopes to the north of
Cascade Road that run
roughly parallel provide
containment and dramatic
vegetated backdrops to the
townscape.
These views become dominant
from Glen Street onwards
travelling away from the city.
The backdrop is appreciated
from the steep side streets to
the South of Cascade Road,
particularly Congress Street.
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element
views
landmarks
Two principle landmarks mark
the beginning and end of this
stretch of street with its
particular townscape values.
The church at the traffic
junction where the Southern
Outlet enters Macquarie Street
(and the city) marks the
change from the city to the
suburb of South Hobart.
The church struggles to hold its
presence against the
thickening traffic at the lights,
and through the forest of
power poles that obscure it in
vistas along the street to the
east.
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element
views
landmarks
Cascade Brewery is sited and

aligned so that it closes the
street at the western end. It is
revealed through a series of
glimpses, obscured and then
opens to full view around the
sweep of the road.
It is an image that identifies the
area, as well as one that visitors
recognise and carry away.
Control of traffic signage,
careful location of street trees
to frame the view, further
undergrounding of cables and
poles could all maximise the
effect.
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element
views
landmarks
Further secondary landmarks
identify the area and have a
place in the characteristics of
the townscape.
detail of the facade and treat

the building as a billboard.
Corner sites with commercial

uses are particularly prominent
and command attention.
Murals where side walls of two
storey buildings stand out from
the cottages are prominent in
the street. Murals designed to
work with the architecture of
the building facade are to be
encouraged. They do have a
negative impact, however,
if they disregard the form and
Hanging signs silhouetted

against the wide sky views
make landmarks of corner
buildings.
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Even the visually intrusive

cables and poles can be
interpreted as having a
poignancy and nostalgia.

townscape elements

streetspace
caf street
urban garden
picket fence cottage
valley slopes
hill slopes
leafy suburbs
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streetspace
These guidelines concern the
streetspace envelope in
Macquarie Street and Cascade
Road, from the Southern Outlet
to the Cascade Brewery.
The guidelines aim to promote

an organic and incremental
enhancement of the area.
The streetscape envelope is

defined by the street itself and
gardens between the buildings
on opposite sides of the street,
the vertical facades of the
buildings, and the skyline. Views
up and down the street,
entrances and windows, side
streets and corners, make the
connections with what is
beyond.
Any development with impact
on this envelope should be
assessed for its impact on the
townscape, following the
urban design principles at the
beginning of this document.
Most plots of land in the study
area have already been built
on, over an extended period of
time.
The streetspace is significant

beyond its physical
characteristics, because it is the
place where community life
happens. It is the place of our
collective being.
The guidelines aim to guide
development to promote
conviviality and social
exchange.
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elements streetspace
caf street
The streetspace is defined by a

caf or shop window, sheltered by
an awning, with a recessed
doorway, making a place to linger
and meet people.
New development should reinforce

the character and form of the
traditional local caf and shops,
with a well articulated building
edge to the pavement.
356-365 macquarie street

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streetspace dimensions

caf street
The street character is given by

the awnings, the recessed
doorways, the seat height
panel below the shop window,
signs directed at pedestrians.
The social space is created
below the awning.
Activity spills out onto the street.
Small signs, below the awning
and on the footpath, add to
the animation of the street., so
long as they are not repetitive
To the point of confusion.
At present the need for car

parking dominates the street
space. A better balance is
needed between the traffic,
the parking zone and the
footpath.
Street trees and low planting
around car parking spaces
would help to screen people
on the pavement from the
intrusion of traffic noise.
With this buffer, the street can
become part of the caf and
shopping space, a place to
meet and greet people.
awnings shelter the footpath

and are significant to the use of
the streetspace as well as
having heritage value
shop doorways like this

animate the streetspace
358 macquarie street
street space
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urban garden
Where the streetspace is
divided by a high fence, wall or
planting, which is higher than
eyelevel in the street, the
effect is to separate the house
from the street.
This is a new pattern which has

occurred in the last ten years, in
some cases a response to the
traffic volume or speed
increases, to screen the house
from the intrusion of traffic noise
A high brick or solid timber
fence gives a harsh street
edge and takes away passive
supervision so that the street
becomes a more hostile place.
An open fence, with planting,
can give a more subtle filter
between public and private
space as well as providing
shade and shelter to the street.

A solid fence higher than eyelevel, which divides the street
space, should be resisted. A
low fence is preferable.
reinforce the character of an
urban street, where low open
fences and planting filter the
intrusion of traffic while still
allowing the buildings to define
the streetspace
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street space dimensions

The streetspace is given by the

single storey hipped roofed
cottage, screened by a low
picket fence, a childs drawing
image of a house. The scale is
intimate.
Off-street parking is not feasible
because the building line is too

close to the street edge and
the houses are close together.
The traditional planting forming
the street edge is an English
cottage garden.
With the gate open, the street
itself becomes the space to
welcome visitors entering the
house.
Throughout the 20th century
the cottage and fence has
adapted to the period. New
fences should interpret the
style of their house.
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The streetspace is defined by a low
picket fence close to a single
storey weatherboard faade,
sometimes with an open verandah
or porch
New development should reinforce
the character of a heritage
residential area, which is given by
cottages close to the street edge
with cottage gardens
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hill and valley slopes
The space enjoyed in the street
reaches to the hills beyond the
Rivulet. This happens where the
steep slope means that roof lev els
are below eyelevel from the
footpath. This occurs on the north
side of the street, from St Johns
Hospital to Apsley Street

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86,87 cascade road

Height above or below
footpath level is as
significant as building
height above ground
level
The streets enjoyment of
borrowed landscape
should be protected
Framing of views, or other
emphasis on the
experience of the
landscape from the street
is to be encouraged
hill and valley slopes

Where the land falls away
from the road, it is not the
height of the building alone
that is critical to the
townscape.
This is necessary to preserve the

character of the place as
space contained by the
landscape.
The most significant dimension is

the height of the building
above or below the footpath.
The concept of borrowed

landscape is helpful in
defining this character.
To preserve the townscape as it

is , the height above or below
pavement level of new
development should be
consistent with neighbouring
houses.
This is the notion that a place

depends on and makes the
most of a certain available
view; borrowed landscapes are
then something to be created
rather than preserved.
borrowed landscape gives

the street its special character
a building with a greater height

above footpath level would
be visually intrusive
86-87 cascade road

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valley slopes to the north
Cascade Road, like many
other roads in Hobart, runs
along a contour line, with the
land sloping steeply either side.
There are points where the
steep slope means that houses
are below eye level from the
footpath.
This occurs beyond St Johns
Hospital, from 41 87 Cascade
Road and again from 119-129
Cascade Road.
The streetspace, here, opens
to the hills beyond the rivulet.
The space is contained by the
landscape as much as by the
buildings.
the streetspace extends to the landscape

carports at street level interrupt this pattern
Car ports or garages on decks

at the road level interrupt this
patten and should not be
approved.
Street trees on the north side of
the road between 41-87 or
between 119-129 Cascade
Road, would also interrupt this
pattern and lower vegetation
would be preferable,
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The drama of the street can be

enhanced by emphasising the
contrast between the
contained and the open
stretches of streetscape. Street
trees in the carriageway
between 87 and 119 Cascade
Road would have this effect.
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hill slopes to the south
As Macquarie Street follows its
contour line towards the west,
the height of the hillside above
the street to the south
becomes apparent. This is
particularly notable at the
Darcy Street junction where
Cascade Road begins.
backed by a retaining wall.

Here, the street pattern will be
undermined by parking spaces
cut into the hillside, and these
should be avoided. Street trees
here would reinforce the
containment of the street.
As the hill becomes steeper,

moving West, taller buildings
and trees on the upper side of
the road reinforce the
containment given by the
hillside above.
On the higher side of the road
from Congress Street
westwards, the footpath is
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the streetspace is contained by the hillside behind the houses
street trees and planting over retaining walls soften the street edge
car spaces cut into the hill slope interrupt the pattern of the street
86 cascade road
114 cascade road
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elements

leafy suburb
streetspace
Cascade Road makes the

transition from the mountain
landscape of the outer
residential areas of Fern Tree
and Strickland Avenue, to the
suburb of Cascade.
Close to Cascade Gardens the

street character is formed as
much by the trees as by the
built forms.
On the lower, North side of the
street, the houses are well
below street level. On the
upper side, the houses are set
well back and trees make the
street enclosure creating a
leafy suburb.
Off street parking is unlikely to
be feasible without disrupting
the streetscape. On street
parking is more than adequate.
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14m
The character of the street is

given by trees; a green corridor
5m
The steep slope means that the

built elements are less
dominant than the landscape
elements.
1m

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7m
2m

siting
residential buildings
shops and restaurants
offices and consulting rooms
community buildings
mixed uses
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elements
siting
houses
Lot sizes and layout for
residential use are well
established along the street,
with a typical proportion of
narrow frontage to depth of
lot, giving a consistent and
recognisable grain.
Both where earlier houses
survive, and in blocks that are
predominantly post war ,the
width of house lots is strikingly
consistent, typically in the
range of 18-25m. Larger plots
often occur on street corners.
To maintain this pattern, the
combining of lots should be

resisted, and if it is necessary,
the form of the development
should reflect the grain of the
prevailing lot and building
width. The consistency in space
between houses should also
be acknowledged.
However, the shape of the
land is the dominant factor that
affects the enclosure or
openness of this street.
While houses may conform to
the same pattern for eaves
height and roof pitch, the slope
of the hill can mean that the
roof of one house is below

street level. The next house
may be above street level.
In this street most of the land is
developed. The contours of
the land have had a major
effect on the way that houses
define the street. Alignment is
often skewed to address the
contours.
The street pattern can be
preserved and reinforced by
observing the setback in the
adjacent buildings, since this
determines the contour level
of the building , and the
relative height of adjacent
buildings.
The Planning Scheme requires
new development to conform
to the established setback, but
the shape of the land also
needs to be considered.
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elements siting
shops and restaurants, offices and consulting rooms

Shops typically are built to the
back edge of the footpath
and often occur on the street
corners.
Lot proportions for shops and
other commercial uses are less
consistent but still follow the
pattern of the residential lots,
with a typical proportion of
narrow frontage to depth of
lot, so that the scale and
consistent grain of the street is
continued.
To maintain this pattern, the
combining of lots to
accommodate larger scale
commercial activities should
be resisted, and if it is necessary,
the form of the development
should reflect the grain of the
prevailing lot and building
width.
Most significantly the
commercial activities address

the street, they do not retire
from it behind parking or
landscaping.
Historically, public houses
marked the street and would
have identified progress along
it, particularly by forming strong
corners to the street blocks.
Commercial development
should preferably consolidate
corners where shops already
exist to increase the focus of
activity there.
The Planning Scheme requires
new development to conform
to the established setback. In
the case of commercial uses
this needs to be modified to
reflect the pattern in the street,
where these uses front directly
onto the street, forward of the
houses around.
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elements siting
shops and restaurants, offices and consulting rooms

Callaghans Gallery at 433
Macquarie Street demonstrates
the patterns for shops, which
are commonly seen in
terraces, even though it stands
alone.
shops hard up to street

edge
social, commercial, or
public uses focused at the
corners of residential
blocks
Doctors consulting rooms at
430 Macquarie Street occupy a
corner site that was formerly a
pub. In streetscape terms this is
an appropriate use, which
maintains the pattern of
buildings with a more social
function defining the corners of
residential blocks
lot sizes maintain the scale

and grain of the
residential lots
two storey shops with flats
over occur as if part of a
terrace even when
standing alone
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Shopfronts form the street

edge hard against the back of
the pavement
The parapet treatment, the

awning, the re-entrant
doorway and the typical
shopfront all look like they
could belong in a terrace, and
the side walls rising abruptly
above single storey cottages.

elements
siting
mixed uses
The small antique shop at 407
Macquarie Street demonstrates
the patterns for siting for both
houses and shops; the
projecting gabled bay with the
shopfront is sited hard against
the back of the pavement,
while the verandah fronted
house is set back, and skewed
to square with the side
boundaries.
pattern, where the new use

can fit within it.
In this way, uses such as
consulting rooms or restaurants
can conform to the
townscape patterns and
enhance the street by
enlivening it.
La Provenal restaurant
This is an example of a creative

departure which adds to the
diversity and charm of the
street, and contributes to its
special character.
Mixed uses are to be
encouraged within the street
where they do not
unreasonably conflict with the
amenity of the residential zone.
The different types of use may
exhibit the different patterns, for
houses, shops and community
uses. Alternatively they may
adapt the predominant
house/shop hybrid
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elements
siting
community buildings
The non-residential places in a
street are the exceptions that
contrast with the grain and
pattern, which the houses
provide.
They provide the opportunity
for social interaction and
contribute to the sense of
community of the area, by their
use.
As well, they become
landmarks that are key to
peoples orientation and a
sense of place in the area.
Buildings such as the Adult
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Education Centre, which was

formerly the school, the two
churches, and St Johns
Hospital, were traditionally sited
to make a place for people to
gather, in a space next to the
street. This would at once
animate the street, and make
a place for stopping, meeting
and lingering in the street.
More recently, this relationship
has been lost because this
forecourt space has been used
for car parking, and the
connection to the street taken
over by a vehicle crossing.
However the need for this

relationship can be recognised
in the detail planning of such
off-street spaces.
They are notably marked by
large trees with a strong form,
often columnar, such as dark
evergreen cypresses touching
a cultural memory of yew trees
at the lychgates of churches.
These trees become landmarks
in the street themselves.
The need for gathering space
connecting to the street should
be recognised in new
developments for social and
community buildings, as well as
the need for car parking.

elements

community buildings
siting
The church garden seen from

Macquarie Street
A glimpse of a hidden space

with a view into the distance
enriches the street
All Saints Church
Adult Education Centre
The traditional space for

people to gather has been
taken over by cars. A market is
held in the driveway to the
church.
The forecourt space could be

designed to welcome people
in from the street, a place for
people to meet and wait, as
well as a space for cars to
park.
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elements siting

community buildings
New development can
reinforce the containment of
the street and also offer spaces
related to new uses,
connected to the street.
Where people can gather and
linger, before and after
activities, they animate the
street, and the community.
Forecourt space can make the
street more comfortable, with
planting and seating.
St Johns Hospital
There are opportunities to

enhance the street for the
community, where larger sites
meet the footpath
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elements
siting
alignment
The alignment buildings along
Macquarie street and Cascade
Road is often skewed to square
with the side boundary rather
than the street edge.
Where this happens , the
pattern of projecting gabled
bays is used to affirm the
building line.
This can be seen particularly

between 471-481 Macquarie
Street.
This pattern should be followed
in new development, or other
devices should be found to
confirm the building line.
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It is the form of the buildings that gives the street its character. The building forms in this street are very varied,
however patterns begin to emerge when the building types are compared.
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townscape elements
building form
houses
shops
community buildings
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element building form
houses
shops
community buildings
garages
building form types
houses
shops
The two predominant building

form types that give the street
its consistent character are
houses and shops. Community
buildings stand out and are
more individual.
The pattern of 19th century

cottages and villas is well
established along Macquarie
Street. This pattern has inspired
20th century interpretations
further along the street and
into Cascade Road.
The grain of the houses is

punctuated by the shops ,
where people gather and
socialise, creating a focus.
The street has a coherent

townscape because the
building forms remain quite
close to the 19th century
originals.
Development has been slow
and incremental and while
some new forms have
developed to suit new
purposes, in many cases,
adaptation of typical building
forms has been possible.
If the townscape is to be
preserved, then this approach
is to be preferred for future
development. Extensions and
alterations, new buildings and
carparking should observe the
townscape patterns of the
existing street.
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New buildings, as well as

extensions and alterations,
should acknowledge this
pattern at the street frontage.
Variation from this pattern may
occur behind the street
element but this must take into
account the slope of the hill.
In this street, this is signified by

bringing the building line up
hard to the back edge of the
footpath.
observe the pattern of
shopfront entrances opening
directly onto the street,
animating the street as well as
maintaining the building line.

community buildings
deeper setback
Churches, schools and

hospitals were the community
buildings that occurred in the
street from the 19th century
onwards and these exist to the
present day.
larger in scale
landmarks in the street
These buildings stand out in the

street, acting as landmarks as
well as places where people
gather. They are key places for
community support.
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element form
a new type on the street
can we find a contemporary
design, which responds to its
context and is distinct for its
type?
local drive-in services

New building types in the street
that threaten the townscape
are those which involve
vehicle access, such as takeaway liquor shops or video hire
places
A type that has an interesting
history is the service station.
These building types tend to
interrupt the street pattern and
undermine townscape.
a local folly in garage design

Victoria Street Garage
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Jet Garage
Sandy Bay Road
In the inter-war period

however, the neighbourhood
service station did develop into
a design type that responded
to the context in its own distinct
way.
The challenge is to develop this
attention to design in context,
so that local services with
vehicle access can co-exist
with residential uses, as well as
the pedestrian use of high
streets, in a way that does not
detract from the townscape
values of the street.
Battery Point Service Station
these inter-war garages in other

areas of Hobart achieved a
contextual design that was
contemporary for their time
and distinct for the building
type
element form
houses
cascade of roofs
The houses along the street

largely conform to two models
of 19th century house types,
the single storey cottage with
hipped roof, and the two storey
town house.
verandah shade/shelter
entrance onto the street
filters from street to indoors
small windows in solid walls
articulated faade
hipped roofs
chimneys
overhanging eaves
recessed doorways
entrance steps
These types have been reinterpreted through the 20th

century.
The plans for the Fuller House ,
at 52 Cascade Road were
submitted in 1938. They show
how the single storey cottage
was interpreted at that time.
The roof form and pitch, the
plan with quadrant entry step,
corner fireplace and sunroom,
and the elevation with
horizontal window divisions
meant that the house was of
its time while its scale and
massing meant that it
conformed to the pattern and
contributed to the streetscape.
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element form
houses
cascade of roofs
Plans for 10 Cascade Road

submitted in 1939 show a
typical weatherboard house of
its time.
articulated faade
hipped roofs
chimneys
overhanging eaves
recessed doorways
entrance steps
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Although the entry is at the side

of the house, the roof form and
general massing and scale
mean that the house still
conforms to the pattern
sufficiently to affirm rather then
detract from the streetscape.
Although the roof pitch is quite
low, the hipped bay projecting
forward to one side relates to a
typical form occurring since the
early 20th century and
identified in the classification of
Queen Anne style.
The size of the window
openings just barely keeps the
pattern of small openings in
solid walls.
element form
cascade of roofs
houses
The plans for 108 Cascade Road submitted in
1941 show an exuberant example of the
reinterpretation of the single storey cottage

articulated facade
hipped roofs
chimneys
overhanging eaves
recessed doorway
entrance steps
The house uses the expressive detail of its time

but conforms to the patterns the characterise
the street.
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element form
cascade of roofs
articulated facade
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houses
The typical patterns for houses
in the street have been reinterpreted throughout the 20th
century to form a diverse but
coherent townscape
element form
houses
cascade of roofs
A modern interpretation of the

typical cottage, used as
offices, follows some 0f the
patterns of the house type and
is responsive to the townscape
values of the street
A classic brick cottage with an

unusual roof form adds its
quirky difference to the street
without jarring.
articulated facade
Another 20th century anomaly,

a short terrace, contributes to
the muted diversity that gives
the street its character
There is only one house like this

in the street. However, it is
familiar in Hobart, it is well
proportioned, it relates in scale to
the two storey shop terraces and
to the single storey brick
cottages in its window details. It
enhances the townscape values
of the street in its quality and its
difference.
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element form
cascade of roofs
articulated facade
projecting eaves
or
parapet
houses
The townscape character
depends on a design
approach that acknowledges
significant details.
These have an impact in the
street, particularly, to form the
edge with the sky, or to make
a connection with the street.
The profile of the eaves or

parapet against the sky, as well
as the cornice profile, is very
significant in the character of
the street.
Modern houses that follow the
pattern of projecting roofline
are more sympathetic to the
townscape.
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element form
houses
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element form
corners
flats over shops
awnings
recessed doorways
small windows above
awnings
shops
The traditional pattern for shops
was a two storey terrace with
flats over the shops.
The traditional street included
pubs on the corners. These
have often become corner
shops.
Appropriate infill development
should be encouraged, to
consolidate the focus that is
created in the street by
commercial activities, at
shopping corners such as

Elboden Street.
Here, the townscape can be
reinforced by preferring two
storey development, sensitive
in scale, on the south side of
the street.
The pattern includes awnings,
which give shelter to the street
from sun and rain, as well as
defining the shops.
Typical shopfront section

356 Macquarie Street 2002
shopfronts below awnings

Typical shopfront elevation
seat-height plinths
The original drawings for the

conversion of a house to a
shop in 1922 show the
proportions for the shopfront
and flat above
362 Macquarie Street

shopfront dimensions
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element form
flats over shops
awnings
recessed doorways
small windows above
awnings
shops
The plans for alterations to 362 Macquarie Street 1922 show how a shop
front was created by extending forward from the original walls to create
the shopwindow space. This brought
the building line forward to the back
of the pavement. The shop windows
and the pavement space were covered with an awning.
The shopfront created has the pattern
which is typical for this street and
gives it its character.
seat-height plinths
alterations to 362 Macquarie Street 1922
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element form
shops
corners
The drawings for alterations to

398-402 Macquarie Street to
create two shopfronts show
how the new building line hard
against the back of the pavement developed .
flats over shops

awnings
recessed doorways
small windows above
awnings
They also show the characteristic treatment of the corner of

the block which is important to
defining the character of the
street.
Proposal for 398-402 Macquarie Street 1922
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element form
shops
flats over shops

awnings
recessed doorways
small windows above
awnings
seat-height plinths
strong corners
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community buildings
larger scale than houses
Buildings used by the community rather than by individual

families are by their nature likely
to be larger. They will also generally need to be more visible,
and identifiable by people finding their way for the first time.
landmark buildings
connection with the street
detail from houses reinterpreted
Traditionally such buildings

would have more presence in
the townscape.
They would be larger in scale,
expressing that they were used
by groups of people. More
prominent entrances and a direct visual connection to the
street would also show that
they were public buildings.
However they would retain a
relationship to their context with
detailing that related to the
patterns for the ordinary
houses, but heightened or extended so that they might
seem special but retain familiar
aspects.
New development for uses
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that are more communal or

public can affirm and enhance
the townscape by acknowledging the familiar patterns of
the houses ion the street, while
presenting a more public face.
This can be achieved in a contemporary design language.
Contemporary design tends toward individual solutions that
may have a sculptural quality;
townscape guidelines should
not preclude exceptional designs, but rather require that
they demonstrate how they will
enhance the townscape rather
than detract from it.
Community buildings generally
require more land, and have
special significance for the
street socially.
The townscape can be enhanced by gardens, walls that
act as informal seating, shelter
and shade, which such buildings should be encouraged to

townscape elements

materials
awnings
signs
fences
walls
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element materials
materials sympathetic to those

surrounding:
painted brick
stone
soft coloured brick
hard red brick
weatherboard
iron roofs
ogee gutters
cast iron tracery
timber sash windows
tiles below shopfronts
honest use of materials:
no imitation materials
unpainted brick should not be
painted
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houses and shops

The street contains a diverse
but muted palette of materials
and colours
Proposed alterations should
follow the materials originally
used.
demonstrate a sensitivity to the
range of traditional materials
used in a block, using materials
that provide a scale and
texture that is not monolithic.
Honest use of new materials is
preferable to imitation
materials such as artificial
weatherboard or imitation brick
facing.
Many brick buildings have
been painted but where fairfaced brickwork remains, it
should not now be painted.
Removal of paint is
encouraged where possible.
element awnings
Existing awnings should be

retained
Adjacent awning
dimensions should be
followed
New awnings should
cover 80-90% of the
pavement leaving
300mm from the kerb for
cable poles or traffic signs
Lighting under awnings
should be encouraged
The height of the awning
must relate to the building
elevation
*Central North Hobart Design
Guidelines
for private
development
Leigh Woolley 1998
awning design
The awnings in Macquarie
Street and Cascade Road
follow the pattern of awnings
to be seen generally in Hobart.
The guidelines for awnings
established in the North Hobart
Design Guidelines* are readily
adaptable to South Hobart:
Commercial corners and strips
are generally identified by a
continuous awning projecting
horizontally from the building
wall. The awning provides a
location for signs, on the fascia
or below awning, avoiding
signage clutter.
Awnings offer weather
protected space providing a
more relaxed pedestrian
environment.
They provide a public amenity
of assistance to commercial
activity as they allow
customers to linger at all times
and in all weathers.
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element awnings
awning design
The awning is a commercial
signifier. It makes the
commercial corner or strip
more legible by identifying the
footway as a pedestrian
oriented space.
In the case of South Hobart,
shop buildings with awnings
occur in three types;
a typical two storey terrace
individual buildings like a slice
of a terrace
extended single storey cottages
In all these types the awnings
perform a similar role and
conform to the general
pattern.
Awning height should be
below eaves in a single storey
shop and at first floor level
where there are two storeys.
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element signs
sign types
signs should identify and

promote individual
businesses, while avoiding
clutter and overloading of
information
signs should respect the
streetscape and not
obscure architectural
detail and views
Hanging signs give scope for

artwork and can become a
landmark in the street
both traditional and

contemporary expression
should be encouraged
a high quality of design
and workmanship is
needed to project a
positive image of the
street as a whole.
The classic location for signage,

which enhances the
townscape values, is the fascia
of the awning.
Signs flush with the facade
should be made as individual
letters that relate to the
architectural detail.
Painted signs are prominent in

the street , because side walls
of shops often stand above
small cottages, or make strong
corners to blocks.
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element signs
sign locations
the preferred location for

shop signs is under the
awning or on the awning
fascia
Commercial uses that

contribute to the sense of
place as a high street of a
local neighbourhood are
generally those that are used
by the local community.
signs for local services

should also be aimed at
the pedestrian rather than
at the vehicular traffic
Secondly, there are specialist

services, which give character
by being unique and specific to
the place.
Large scale signs, roof

signs and sky signs should
not be permitted
Signage is directed at the user

of the street who is local or
specific, rather than through
traffic.
Then, signs can be subservient
to the place and its
streetscape values. They work
as secondary signals, after
landmarks and focal points.
This is preferable to over
dominant signage, which
renders different city areas
indistinguishable, by taking
attention away from what is
specific to the place.
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Local services such as doctors

consulting rooms should be
identified by hanging signs and
wall plaques
Shop signs should be

concentrated under the
awning to address the user on
foot, while the awning fascia is
the location for signs visible
from the road
element fences and walls
fences and walls
low picket fences are the

preferred solution for
preserving townscape
values in the street
Picket fences provide a subtle

screen to the street edge that
gives texture, pattern and the
play of light and shade.
welcoming space for houses

close the street edge.
They allow passive supervision

so that the street feels safer.
The streetscape depends on

the visibility of the building
faades from the street, so the
height of fences and walls is
critical.
other materials enhancing

the streetscape:
stone walls
clipped hedges
brick walls softened with
planting
retaining walls softened
with planting
They blur the transition from

private to public space.
The street feels inhabited.
The street performs as a
where traffic intrusion

provokes the need for a
higher fence, it should be
soften with trees or
climbers
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summary guidelines
S1
townscape elements
summary guidelines
New development must
demonstrate that it
acknowledges
townscape elements in its
design,
in order to preserve or
enhance the townscape
values of the street
Significant development
applications must include
site analysis to
demonstrate their
responsiveness to the
context
Any development that has

impact on the streetspace
requires assessment for its
impact on the townscape
The streetspace is the space
forward of the building line.
It is defined by the rooflines, the
front elevations, front gardens
and fences and the public
road that contain the
streetspace.
It includes the public view and
vistas from the streetspace.
The summary draws out
guidelines for the elements
which are typically significant.
However the street is diverse
and singular elements must be
considered case by case.
S2
Views
Streetspace
Siting
Building Form
Materials
Awnings
Signs
Fences and walls
summary guidelines
views
mountain views
views to the eastern shore
private development
should respect and
enhance significant
public views and
landmarks
Where the mountain view is

contained by the townscape,
new development may
continue or complete this
containment.
New development should not

interrupt significant public views
to the Eastern Shore
Where the view to the

mountain is open, new
development should not
interrupt the open view
The contrast between the
contained view and the open
view should be reinforced by
new development.
Framing the view at significant
viewpoints is encouraged.
One significant viewpoint is
after St Johns Hospital looking
west.
The eastern shore comes into

view, looking towards the city,
after the steep cliffs to the
north of Apsley Street.
This cliffy face coincides with a
steep drop in the land to the
north of the road, so that roofs
are near or below pavement
level.
observe the relationship to the
contours here and not interrupt
the view.
S3
summary guidelines
views
views of the rivulet
views to Knocklofty lower slopes
significant public views
Views of the Rivulet have

significance both as landscape
elements and as cultural
heritage
Vegetation on the steep sided

hills to the north of the street
form a significant green tendril
towards the city heart. New development should enhance
and exploit the possibilities for
orientation and connection this
offers.
Other views can be identified

which are significant to the
sense of place in the street and
the local area.
These views are significant

from the side roads descending
to Cascade Road from the
hillside above, particularly
Congress St
The view of the Rivulet is
significant from Cascade Road
and Macquarie Street, looking
down side streets to the steep
bank that terminates these side
roads:
Excell Lane
Glen Street
Anglesea Street
Weld Street
Wynyard Street
Cultural heritage is manifested
in the deciduous trees planted
along the line of the Rivulet,
which contrast with the native
vegetation behind.
S4
The views are significant from

the side roads descending to
Cascade Road from the hillside
above, particularly Congress
Street
In assessing proposals for new

development, it will be
necessary to determine
whether a view is significant
from a public viewpoint;
whether it carries meaning for
community; and whether the
development enhances or
detracts from its significance.
The cliffy slopes and vegetation

are significant from Cascade
Road and Macquarie Street,
looking down side streets to the
steep bank that terminates
these side roads:
For instance, it is possible that a

new development might
enhance a view by framing it,
or by obscuring visually intrusive
elements which currently
detract from it.
Excell Lane
Glen Street
Anglesea Street
Weld Street
Wynyard Street
summary guidelines
landmarks
reinforce and not detract from
existing landmarks
New buildings, public art and
design and strategic tree
planting are encouraged to
focal points with interest and
character
Removal of elements that
intrude and detract from
significant landmarks is
encouraged.
Cascade Brewery
All Saints Church
Contained views of the

Cascade faade can be
framed for instance by
carefully sited street tree
planting .
Future development should

not further obscure street views
of the church, which
symbolically marks the
entrance to the South Hobart
area.
Obscured views may provide a

dramatic contrast with the
open view, and be valuable to
the townscape.
The sudden opening of the
view reveals a memorable
impression that is held in the
mind of the local resident or
the visiting tourist.
This stretch of the road is the

highest priority for consideration
of undergrounding of cables in
order to reduce visual intrusion.
Measures to reduce the
intrusion of traffic also have a
high priority here and should be
developed as part of plans for
the public domain.
S5
summary guidelines
landmarks
corners
community uses
trees
The street is characterised by

shops and other commercial
buildings, which form strong
corners to the residential
blocks.
Places where people gather

become landmarks for finding
the way.
There is a pattern in the street

of columnar trees used to
distinguish community uses. This
should be reinforced in new
tree planting.
Where the lie of the land

makes one of these corners
prominent, it becomes a minor
landmark, which is significant
for orientation and marking the
way along the street.
New development should not
compete with or obscure
existing prominent corner
buildings.
New development on corners
should be encouraged to use
design, art and associations to
place that act as minor
landmarks.
S6
Visual elements that identify

these uses should be
preserved, for example the
cypress trees at the Adult
Education Centre.
New buildings, public art and
design and strategic tree
planting are encouraged to
focal points with interest and
character related to
community uses.
A traditional use of dark

evergreen trees as landmarks
should be referenced when
new planting is proposed.
This is echoed in recent planting
of metasequoia at St Johns
Hospital and could equally be
interpreted with native planting
of a deep colour, density and
columnar form.
summary guidelines
streetspace
caf street
urban garden

respond to the patterns of
the nearby buildings and
blocks that contribute to a
diverse but coherent
streetspace

reinforce the character of a
traditional urban shopping
street or corner, marked by
buildings fronting directly onto
the street, with awnings over
traditional shopfronts.

reinforce the character of an
urban street, where low open
fences and planting filter the
intrusion of traffic while still
allowing the buildings to define
the streetspace.

heritage residential area, with
cottages quite close to the
street edge and cottage
gardens.
Demolition of shops forming

the street edge should not be
permitted.
A solid fence higher than eyelevel, which divides the street

space, should be resisted. A
low fence is preferable.
Measures to reinforce the street

as a place to linger and
socialise should be
encouraged.
The streetspace is defined by a

low picket fence close to a
single storey weatherboard
faade, sometimes with open
verandah or porch.
Throughout the 20th century
the cottage and fence has
adapted to the period. New
fences should interpret the
style of their house.
S7
summary guidelines
streetspace
leafy suburb
hill slopes to the south
valley slopes to the north

leafy suburb.

reinforce the containment of
the street by the hillside above.
This is most marked west of
Congress street.
New development should be

no higher above the footpath
than existing adjacent houses.
In blocks where the hill slope

has meant that houses have
been built below the level of
the street, new development
should follow that pattern.
The streetspace should be
defined by a leafy boundary,
creating a green corridor.
Retaining walls onto the street
should be softened with
overhanging or climbing plants.
Two storey or single storey

buildings at a higher level than
the street can be
accommodated on the south
side of the street west of Darcy
Street.
Where retaining walls form a
sense of a building line at the
edge, car spaces which would
cut into the hillside should not
be permitted.
Street trees on the south side of
the street, where they reinforce
the containment of the
streetspace as well as
providing shade from the north
sun, are desirable.
S8
Beyond St Johns Hospital, to

Apsley Road, houses are below
eye level from the footpath.
Car ports or garages on decks
at the road level interrupt this
patten and should not be
approved.
Street trees on the north side of
the road here would also
interrupt open views and lower
vegetation would be
preferable.
By contrast, planting street trees
in the contained stretches of
streetscape can be desirable.
summary guidelines
siting
houses
shops, cafes, offices, consulting

rooms
community buildings
siting of buildings within a

lot should reinforce the
building line of the street
and following the
established patterns for
the building type
Lot sizes and proportions should

conform to the norm for the
block.
Shopfronts should be sited hard

up to the back edge of the
footpath.
Alignment should follow the

pattern of the block.
Lot sizes should remain

consistent with residential lot
sizes.
New development with a

significant community function,
such as schools, the hospital,
the churches and the
badminton
hall should be sited to be
distinct from the grain of houses
and local shops.
Setbacks should follow the

pattern of the block.
Siting must take account of the
shape of the land, to retain
consistency of height above or
below footpath level.
Shops should follow the pattern

of single storey extended
cottages, or two storey terrace
forms with flats over the shop.
Social, commercial and public
uses should be encouraged to
locate at the corners of the
residential blocks where other
commercial uses are located,
in order to reinforce the sense
of a lively community street.
Uses such as these, which

require a larger lot size, should
contribute to the amenity of
the street in the treatment of
their boundary to the street.
Opportunities should be taken
to provide places for rest,
shelter from wind and sun, and
places to linger and socialise.
Landscaping should be
encouraged, to soften the
harsh nature of the street.
S9
summary guidelines
siting
mixed uses
pocket parks
car parking
The diversity and activity that

come with a mix of different
uses is to be encouraged within
the street.
Small, street-side areas of

planting are encouraged within
the larger plots of community
facilities, such as the hospital,
the church, the school, the
adult education centre and
the badminton centre.
Development for parking,

carports and garages should
not disrupt the streetspace.
Appraisal of non-residential uses

should consider the impact of
the use on the street space
and weigh its contribution to
interest and activity against the
intrusion it may represent.
Creative departures from the
patterns of the street, can be
successful, and are to be
encouraged, if they
acknowledge the context and
respond to it sensitively.
S10
Any future development at a

plot size larger than the
residential plots, creates the
opportunity to enhance the
street space with pocket green
spaces.
Activities with a more public
function can be distinguished
with a deeper setback and
planting, which can provide
opportunities for rest and respite
from the harsher sections of
road.
Off street parking is likely to

disrupt the streetspace where
the plot slopes steeply.
Development should not result
in new elements on the street
boundary that are inconsistent
in height with the rest of the
block, for example, cutting in
behind a retaining wall line, or
building a deck above land
lower than the street.
summary guidelines

acknowledge the pattern
of building for its type in
this street, in its form and
detail
Significant elements are
materials
awnings
signs
fences and walls
form
houses
Townscape elements that
contribute to the streetspace
should be conserved and
enhanced.

demonstrate a response to the
pattern of houses in this street
Alterations to existing buildings

should recognise culturally
significant elements and follow
good conservation practice as
defined by the Burra Charter
Elements to relate new design

to its context may include:
New designs should

demonstrate a contemporary
integrity
eaves height
cascade of roofs
scale
ratio of solid to window
articulated entrances
layering of screening
Alterations to existing houses
should respect the
characteristics of the original
design
Alterations should interpret the
original but should use
contemporary materials
authentically , avoiding the
fake or historicist.
S11
summary guidelines
form
shops
community buildings

pattern of shops in this street

pattern exhibited by existing
community buildings in the
street

to its context may include:
2 storey or single storey
terraces or shopfront cottages
eaves height
roof pitch
scale
ratio of solid to window
awnings
recessed doorways
defined street corners
Alterations to existing
commercial buildings should
conserve the elements that
are culturally significant and
remove elements that are
visually intrusive.
S12

to its context include
larger scale than houses
no larger in scale than existing
landmark buildings
connection with the street
expressed in form and detail
Interpretation of the elements
that characterise the houses
Alterations should conserve
culturally significant elements,
remove intrusive elements and
apply contemporary formal
solutions that are sympathetic
to the original.
summary guidelines
materials
houses and shops
While there is no single
dominant material in the street,
there is a limited palette of
mainly brick and weatherboard
walls with iron roofs.
The grain given by a diverse but
muted palette of materials
should be respected in new
development, to preserv e the
homogeneity of the street.
Exceptions from the norm also
contribute to the character of
the street.
Exceptions of a high quality of
workmanship and design
should be allowed to stand out
provided they demonstrate a
response to their context and a
relationship to the consistent
grain of the buildings that
conform.
Common materials are used

for the houses and shops in the
street.
In some cases materials
distinguish the period of the
building, so that there is a
higher occurrence of soft, early
brick closer to Macquarie
Street, then more
weatherboard from the
beginning of Cascade Road,
mingled with the hard red brick
of the mid 20th century,
typified by art deco houses.
The choice of materials should
be sympathetic to the
surrounding buildings.
Contemporary materials should
be used honestly and avoid
fake or historicist treatments,
such as artificial weatherboard
or brick cladding.
Brick should not be painted.
S13
summary guidelines
materials
community buildings
In this street, historically, special
buildings were marked out by
using more expensive and
more imposing materials.
Special uses, requiring a larger
scale that stands out from the
consistent grain of the street,
should be required to use
special materials of good
quality that will have a
presence in the street.
Economic pragmatism and
efficiency may lead to our
contemporary community
buildings using cheaper and
less embellished treatments.
This diminishes and confuses
the townscape and should be
resisted.
S14
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awnings
The type of awning typical in

this street is well defined and
typical of Hobart.
Existing awnings should be
retained and where
appropriate reinstated.
In a terrace, dimensions of any
adjacent awnings must be
followed.
New awnings should provide
80-90% cover of the footpath,
leaving 300mm from the kerb
line for cable poles or traffic
signs.
Lighting under the awning
should be encouraged.
The height of the awning
should relate to the building
elevation.
signs
Awning height should be
below eaves in a single storey
shop , and at first floor level
where there are two storeys.
Painted wall signs and murals

are prominent in the street,
where they occur on side elevations of two storey shops
above single storey houses.
Painted wall signs should be allowed on shop buildings, where
they can demonstrate an enhancement to the form and
detail of the building.
Where a painted sign would intrude or degrade the self-finish
of the wall material they should
not be allowed.
The preferred location for shop
signs is under the awning or on
the awning fascia.
Large signs, sky signs, pole signs
and illuminated signs should
not be permitted.
S15
summary guidelines
fences and walls
retaining walls
The preferred fence that will do

most to reinforce the character
of the street is a low
permeable fence.
Since the slope of the hill

means that retaining walls
occur on the south side of the
street, they form a harsh street
edge which is exposed to the
sun.
The street will be enhanced

where planting behind and
over the fence softens the
street edge.
Solid brick walls or timber
fences over head height
should not be allowed, since
they divide the streetspace
and alienate the street from
the buildings that give it
character .
Overhanging trees that shade
the south side of the street from
the sun should be particularly
encouraged.
S16
It is very desirable that stretches

of street with retaining walls be
softened with trailing plants and
street trees.

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