Restoration and conservation projects which preserve and protect our Wingecarribee Shire’s heritage and history were celebrated 2018 Wingecarribee Heritage Awards.
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Ten projects were recognised across eight categories at the evening ceremony held in the Henrietta Rose Room in the Old Bowral Town Hall on May 21.
Council’s Strategic Land Use Planner - Heritage, Fiona Mann said the awards were “an opportunity to celebrate our Shire’s heritage and history.”
“The Wingecarribee Heritage Awards are a showcase for design solutions and heritage projects that incorporate innovative heritage architecture and emphasise our Shire’s rich history,” she said.
“They encourage and recognise those residents and businesses that have done something really special to protect and preserve our local heritage.”
Ms Mann said this year’s nominees had displayed a high degree of innovation, workmanship and understanding of heritage principles.
“This year we included additional categories to better capture the vast diversity of heritage projects that are carried out across our Shire,” she said.
Categories on offer this year covered a range of budgets and project types including conservation works, building additions and heritage trades.
This year’s Wingecarribee Heritage Award recipients were:
- Best conservation of a heritage place - under $300,000 ‘Oldbury Cottage’ Berrima
- Best sympathetic addition to a heritage place - $300,000 and over 19 Shepherd Street Bowral Highly Commended: ‘Burradoo House’ Bowral
- Best creative adaption to a heritage place - over $300,000 Old Bank Hotel Mittagong Highly Commended: ‘Karrara House’ Bowral
- Excellence in urban design ‘The Acre’ Bowral
- Best heritage precinct 1-47 Shepherd Street Bowral
- Best heritage trade David Feld Builder for the Old Bank Hotel, Mittagong
- Significant achievement in heritage by an individual/organisation Bowral Trachyte boulder display recognising Wingecarribee heritage quarrying industry Mount Gibraltar Heritage Reserve, Bowral
- Best contribution to an understanding of heritage in the Wingecarribee Shire ‘Glimpses of Wingello’ – book
The Wingecarribee Heritage Awards are held every two years and are coordinated through the Wingecarribee Heritage Advisory Committee with the next Awards to be held in 2020.
