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New The Town's Heritage Services have recently prepared a series of Housing Style Information Brochures based on the common housing styles in the Town. The brochures provide detail on the origins and distinct features of local housing types and can be downloaded below:
On this page you will find a number of resources that you can consult and use in your efforts to conserve your important heritage resource.
Town Planning Scheme and Heritage Policies Heritage provisions are included in the Town Planning Scheme to promote and safeguard the cultural heritage of the Town by -
Current policies relating to heritage conservation can be found in the policy manual for planning and building. Heritage Management - Development Guidelines Policy No. 3.6.1 - Download PDF Heritage Management - Assessment Policy No. 3.6.2 - Download PDF Heritage Management - Interpretive Signage Policy No. 3.6.4 - Download PDF Heritage Management - Adding/Deleting/Amending Places Listed on the Municipal Heritage Inventory (MHI) Policy No. 3.6.5 - Download PDF
Heritage Management - The Heritage List (Municipal Heritage Inventory) Policy No. 3.6.6 - Download PDF Heritage Management - Municipal Heritage Inventory (MHI) Incentives and Development Bonuses Policy 3.6.7 - Download PDF Heritage Management - Dealing with Enquiries Regarding the Heritage Status of Properties Policy No.3.6.8 Download PDF
Town of Vincent information Brochures
Looking After Heritage Places: The Basics of Heritage Planning for Managers, Landowners and Administrators, Pearson and Sullivan, Melbourne University Press (1995) A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture: Styles and Terms from 1788 to the Present, Apperly, Irving and Reynolds, Angus & Robertson (1989) Australian Houses of the Forties and Fifties and Australian Houses of the Twenties and Thirties, Cuffley, The Five Mile Press (1993) How to Restore the Old Aussie House, Stapleton, The Flannel Flower Press (1983) Caring for Old Houses, Evans, The Flannel Flower Press (1988) Australian House Styles, Stapleton and Stapleton, The Flannel Flower Press (1997) *Remember: many texts are written in the Eastern States. Western Australian architecture and building styles can date differently from the Eastern States and, in some cases can be as much as two decades after the style first appeared in Melbourne or Sydney. This is one reason why West Australia's built heritage is so valuable and interesting.
The Heritage Council of Western Australia produces and stocks many brochures and guides to help people understand their heritage places and to undertake maintenance and renovation works that will respect the age of the building. Some of the brochures and guides are free and others are available for purchase. Brochures that are available free of charge from the Heritage Council at 108 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth or that can be downloaded from their website at www.heritage.wa.gov.au include:
Brochures and guides that are available for purchase from the Heritage Council include: For a full list of publications produced and stocked by the Heritage Council, visit their publication website at www.heritage.wa.gov.au/e_pub_list.html or call into the Heritage Council offices at 108 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth.
The web is a tremendous resource for locating information on heritage places and how to care for and manage them. A simple web search using the terms cultural heritage or built heritage can produce thousands of results. Some of the best and most applicable websites to consult are:
Directory of Heritage-related Consultants and Professionals The Heritage Council of Western Australia has compiled a list of professionals who are involved with heritage assessment, architecture, planning and trades in Western Australia. This list can be accessed via the Heritage Council website here. (PDF Document) The list is currently in review and an updated list should be available soon. Because the current list is a number of years old it is advised that you check the White Pages for current phone number and address details.
Conservation Plans & Heritage Assessments Conservation Plans and Heritage Assessments are essential documents for identifying and managing heritage places. Conservation Plans A Conservation Plan is a comprehensive document that contains:
The Heritage Council of Western Australia has developed a Conservation Plan Study Brief. This Brief outlines the accepted professional standards of a Conservation Plan. The Heritage Council's Conservation Plan Study Brief can be viewed at: www.heritage.wa.gov.au/pdfs/pubList/section2/conservationBrief0210.pdf Town of Vincent Conservation Plans
Heritage Assessments have the exact same format as Conservation Plans except they do not contain a 'Conservation Policy'. The role of the Heritage Assessment is to identify why a place is important and what parts of the place have the most significance. Like the Conservation Plan, the Heritage Assessment contains:
The Town of Vincent has developed a Heritage Assessment Pro-forma. This Pro-forma outlines the accepted professional standards of a Heritage Assessment and is the desired format for presentation to the Town of Vincent. The Heritage Assessment Pro-forma can be viewed here.
This now forms the backbone to the management of historic places across Australia and indeed many other countries worldwide. The principles in the Burra Charter have been adopted by the Town and are used to formulate the policies relating to the conservation of our heritage places within Vincent.
Chronology of Subdivision within the Town Subdivision patterns within the Town of Vincent developed incrementally dating from the 1880's in the areas of Perth, Northbridge, Highgate, Leederville and North Perth, extending north to Mount Hawthorn and Mount Lawley during the 1920's - 1950's. Within the Town of Vincent subdivisions were generally small in scale and quite consistent in lot sizes, frontages, depths and vehicle access. The 'patterning' of the subdivision was usually designed to accommodate the pattern book housing of the Federation and Inter-War periods.Patterns of subdivision assist in our understanding of development patterns within a given area. To view these subdivision patterns within the Town of Vincent a series of maps have been compiled by Precinct group and are listed below. Hard copies of the maps can be obtained from the Town of Vincent Local Studies Collection.
Local Studies and History Collection The Collection is located in the Vincent Library at 99 Loftus Street, Leederville. Our aim is to ensure that the history, development and culture of the Town of Vincent is documented and preserved and to provide access to that information. This is a reference only collection, ensuring that the information is in the library and available to researchers at all times. Information may be photocopied. The collection includes:
Town of Vincent Suburb History Brochures Access the library catalogue at Library Online Can you help? The success of creating this collection depends very much on contributions from past and current residents, businesses, groups and organisations. Any donations of photographs, yearbooks, programmes, diaries, letters or memorabillia would be greatly appreciated. If you do not wish to part with items we would be happy for the opportunity to copy them and return your originals. Each year the Local History Awards are run to encourage the collection and entry of historical information relating to the Town. |
 
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