Heritage buildings receive funding

Three heritage buildings in the Peninsula area have received funding as part of this year's Heritage Small Grants Program.

Noonan Building in Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy, received $1410 to repaint the exterior front facade as visible from Blackwall Rd.

The Old Killcare Store in Araluen Dr received $5000 to replace roofing and repair rafters and battens to the main roof.

St Peters Church in Wagstaffe received $2642.50 for restoration works to its brick piers.

Patonga Beach Progress Association also received $4968.50 for a heritage engineering report to be produced for Patonga War Memorial which would provide advice and a management strategy for restoration works.

The completed works will be inspected by Council Officers to ensure that all grants have financed work of the highest integrity and that they conserve the heritage significance of the individual items.

The program aims to provide financial assistance to property owners and managers to conserve identified heritage items within the Gosford LGA.

It aims to encourage the retention and conservation of heritage items through the provision of funds for non-routine conservation works.

As part of the application assessment process, Council's Heritage Program coordinator and architect inspected the proposed conservation works to ensure the works would conserve the heritage significance of the individual items.

A heritage listed item in Booker Bay was not recommended for approval.

The grant application was for the repainting of the side of the Kings Store building but Council's assessment concluded that the works did not constitute "conservation or restoration of original heritage features" as prescribed in the grant guidelines.

Gosford Council agenda COM.28, 23 Oct 2012