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• Recognise and retain Angaston Railway Station’s heritage value
• Preserve key rail assets and their interpretation and identification to both protect, explain and display them
• Enable self guided tours• Confirm location and design of storage/display
facilities for Barossa Valley Machine Preservation Society (BVMPS)
• Upgrade of public toilets and review of location• Upgrade of car parking facilities• Upgrade entry to site from Murray Street
MASTERPLAN PRINCIPLES:
• Design and layout of landscape• Locate and develop mixed use opportunities of
all site buildings• Review of site access and on site road
configuration• Consider links to key facilities outside the Station
Precinct boundary (Main Street – Murray street, Angaston, cycle track, Angaston Farmers Market and Village Green)
• Consider the future use of site and potential staging of development
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
VISION:
History: Value and recognise the railway precinct’s role in the town’s history and cultural heritage.
Community: Supporting Angaston’s potential tourism, recreation and event opportunities. Create a place with a strong sense of community where people can meet, linger and have fun.
Environment: Rehabilitate and enhance the environmental setting of the precinct in a way that pays respect to the historical rail infrastructure and character of the site as well as the future use. 1
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ANGASTON RAILWAY PRECINCT DRAFT CONCEPT PLAN - OCTOBER 2016
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01 Open Space02 Mounded Walkway03 Amphitheater/Breakout Space 04 Outdoor Cinema05 Shared Use Pathway06 Adaptive Reuse07 Sunken Garden08 Landscape09 Formalised Landscape10 Compacted Gravel Path11 Adaptive Reuse12 Nature/Rope Play13 Markets
CONSERVE
To recognise the historical significance of the Angaston Railway Precinct and conserve existing features and infrastructure.
ADAPTTo acknowledge the historic importance of the site while ensuring that it will respond to current and future community needs.
REPAIRTo rehabilitate and nurture the precinct’s landscape and surrounds
DEVELOPTo celebrate the site’s history and redefine the precinct and its contribution to the town of Angaston
Site Boundary
Shared use pathway
Pedestrian pathway
Lookout
Buildings
Station platforms
Car parking
Public realm upgrades
Future development site
Long term development site
Breakout space for station building
Picnic/congregation space
Potential play area
Open space spine - at a single consistent grade. A combination of grass and compacted gravel pathways within train tracks
Mounded pathway
Turntable
Crane
LEGEND
Angaston Penrice Historical Society
Barossa Valley Machine Preservation Society
KEY POINTS1. Conserve Railway station building and encourage
adaptive reuse. 2. Formalise landscape treatment of station entrance
along Kent Street and repair original stair entrance to station building
3. Improve surface of entrance road and provide car parking to support adaptive reuse of station building
4. Demolish 1960s toilet block. Re-establish toilets (for public use) within the station building (in accordance with original plans) and provide disabled access
5. Reduce station platform to original length, replace retaining wall and limit access to platform edge to manage safety issues
6. Re-establish historic tree within tiered grassed or paved area on eastern side of station building
7. Retain historic palms8. Accessible pathway from station platform to main
pathway9. Demolish 1960s barracks building. Establish main
entrance and pathway in line with South Terrace10. Provide signage, wayfinding and landscape treatment
at entrances to create a trail-head for the precinct and wider region
11. Improve public realm along South Terrace, Kent Street and Sturt Street including - pedestrian and cycle pathways and street trees
12. One way traffic along Kent street from South Terrace towards Sturt Street to provide public realm opportunities
13. Pedestrian crossing along Murray Street to provide connection between Memorial Park and Railway Station Precinct
14. Picnic area adjacent to turntable include shade trees, formal landscape, picnic tables and BBQs. Remove tin fence and develop boundary.
15. Turntable to be repaired and enhanced as a bridge. Establish a sunken garden in the turntable circle
16. Retain hotel car parking. Re-establish track lines and engine running shed within surface details. Potential to use space for market or similar.
17. Establish new car park entrance off Kent Street18. Realign shared use pathway to run through railway
cutting and connect to Washington Street19. Modify existing shared used path to create secondary
access point
20. Potential nature/rope play area utilising existing embankments - connected with adjacent picnic area
21. Potential youth area with connection to adjacent play area
22. Car and bicycle parking area with shade and landscape23. Repair and conserve original stone wall24. Informal car parking along Fife Street25. Manage vegetation and increase native vegetation and
biodiversity value - include an informal walking track26. Establish lookout areas to capitalise on views - include
benches27. Establish landscape buffers to adjacent development
areas28. Continue preservation of Goods Shed29. Barossa Valley Machine Preservation Society shed (15m
x 60m) - set back from Good Shed, retain track legibility. Provide windows for passive activation of facade (in line with mounded walkway)
30. Establish a landscape mounded walkway - providing screening and visual interaction with machinery shed and connection to look out
31. Potential future residential development (two allotments) dependent on feasibility study
32. Potential future mixed use development (heritage centre, community facility, tourism/commercial, education) with strong links to Murray Street. One to two storey, 4 to 6 metre wide articulated development with active frontages which address both the street and the precinct
33. Potential future development site, incorporate original features (engine running shed) in surface treatment and/or landscape to retain legibility of site and provide transition to adjacent development
34. Long term development opportunity dependent on feasbility study. Landscape area in short term.
35. Establish outdoor dining for adjacent development with strong visual connection to precinct, with landscape
36. Re-establish track lines with appropriate surface treatment