Rosemount

Item details


Name of item:	Rosemount
Type of item:	Built
Group/Collection:	Residential buildings (private)
Category:	House
Location:	Lat: -33.4758298835 Long: 151.3512909190
Primary address:	36 Village Road, Saratoga, NSW 2251
Parish:	Kincumber
County:	Northumberland
Local govt. area:	Central Coast
Local Aboriginal Land Council:	Darkinjung

Property description

Lot/Volume Code	Lot/Volume Number	Section Number	Plan/Folio Code	Plan/Folio Number
LOT	52		DP	236445

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
36 Village Road	Saratoga	Central Coast	Kincumber	Northumberland	Primary Address
36 Bay Street	Saratoga	Central Coast			Alternate Address

Owner/s

Organisation Name	Owner Category	Date Ownership Updated
	Private	29 Mar 99

Statement of significance:


	Rosemount is rare and intact late Federation style residence located on a corner block of approximately 0.5 heactares in area at Saratoga. Set in landscaped grounds that are integral to its setting, it has features of Californian bungalow style including its weatherboard construction, single gables and squat brick columns in its verandah. Rosemount is a historical landmark in the Saratoga area and is associated with the Callen and Bourke families who were two pioneering land-owning families of the Davistown/Saratoga area. (Heritage Office file)
	Date significance updated: 04 Dec 07
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Description


Construction years:	1917-1917
Physical description:	Rosemount is an imposing late Federation style residence located on a corner block of approximately 0.5 heactares in area at Saratoga. Set in landscaped grounds it has features of Californian bungalow style including its weatherboard construction, single gables and squat brick columns in its verandah. Part of Rosemount's landscaping consists of small sandstone block walls. The stone were originally hewn by convicts to build a house for the officer-in-charge of the area and were later moved to this site. Some citrus trees survive on the property. (Heritage Office file)
Physical condition and/or Archaeological potential:	The building is in good condition.
	Date condition updated:04 Dec 07


Current use:	Residence
Former use:	Residence

History

Historical notes:

Like most settlements on Brisbane Water, Saratoga had been subdivided as a holiday resort after the coming of the railway. This particular subdivision, New Brighton Estate made provision not only for the usual small allotments on the waterfront but, midful of the nature of the soil and thr interest of an adjoining landowner, several orchard and farm blocks.

John Bourke had settled in the area in the area in 1863 and became a pioneer of commercial citrus-growing on the Central Coast. Most if not all of the orchard and farm blocks were purchased by the Bourke family to extend their citrus activities.

Rosemount was built in about 1917 on a 16 acre (6.5 hectare) parcel of land owned by Martin and Mary Bourke (nee Callen) which was part of the New Brighton Estate. The material for the house was supplied by Mary Bourke's father Peter Callen as a wedding present to his daughter.

Peter Callen left the Saratoga area as a young man and settled in the Newcastle area of Stockton where he established a very successful boat building business. Most of the tradesman who built Rosemount were employees of his.

Mr Martin Bourke gave a portion of his land to the Council for use as a road (now known as Steyne Road East) and also donared an area of land on the corner of High Street and Brooklyn Road for the erection of a Catholic Church. Unfortunately due to a lack of parking facilities the land was deemed unsuitable and was subsequently sold. The money was then used to purchase a site in Davistown Road where the Catholic Church now stands.

In March 1983 the owners of Rosemount, Mrs (Molly) Broad (Mrs. Broad's maternal grandfather was Peter Callen) applied for a Permanent Conservation Order. At the time Rosemount was under considerable pressure for subdivision because of its zoning and consequent local rates and State land taxes incumbent upon it. A Permanent Conservation Order was placed over the property on 2 December 1983 and it was transferred to the State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. (Heritage Office file)

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal	(none)-

Assessment of significance


SHR Criteria b) [Associative significance]	Rosemount is a historical landmark in the Saratoga area and is associated with the Callen and Bourke families who were two pioneering land-owning families of the Davistown/Saratoga area.
SHR Criteria c) [Aesthetic significance]	Rosemount is rare and intact late Federation style residence located on a corner block of approximately 0.5 heactares in area at Saratoga. Set in landscaped grounds that are integral to its setting, it has features of Californian bungalow style including its weatherboard construction, single gables and squat brick columns in its verandah. Rosemount is a historical landmark in the Saratoga area
SHR Criteria f) [Rarity]	Rosemount is rare and intact late Federation style residence on the Central Coast.
Assessment criteria:	Items are assessed against the State Heritage Register (SHR) Criteria to determine the level of significance. Refer to the Listings below for the level of statutory protection.

Procedures /Exemptions

Section of act	Description	Title	Comments	Action date
57(2)	Exemption to allow work	Standard Exemptions	ORDER UNDER SECTION 57(2) OF THE HERITAGE ACT 1977 Standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977. I, the Hon James Griffin MP, Minister for Environment and Heritage, pursuant to subsection 57(2) of the Heritage Act 1977, on the recommendation of the Heritage Council of New South Wales do by this Order, effective at the time of publication in the New South Wales Government Gazette: 1. revoke the order made on 9 November 2020 and published in the Government Gazette Number 318 of 13 November 2020; and 2. grant the exemptions from subsection 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977 that are described in the attached Schedule. The Hon James Griffin MP Minister for Environment and Heritage Signed this 2nd day of June 2022. To view the standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977 click on the link below.	Jun 17 2022

Standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Heritage Act - State Heritage Register		00286	02 Apr 99	27	1546
Heritage Act - Permanent Conservation Order - former		00286	02 Dec 83	167	5450

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Heritage NSW
Database number:	5045148
File number:	S90/04842 & HC 33035

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