Windsor Hall has been cared for and lived in by four generations of the same family since 1937 and holds great historical and social significance locally and to the state, as recognised by its State Heritage Listing and inclusion on the City of Stirling’s Heritage List.

The residence was in a fair condition, however, required a strategy in order to guide and inform much needed future conservation and maintenance works to the place.

From this strategy, immediate works were identified to be undertaken to address water ingress and damp issues associated with the design of a reconstructed verandah and re-roofing works which caused inefficient rainwater drainage and resulting damage to other building fabric.

The required works were vital for the ongoing retention and use of Windsor Hall.

element was engaged for heritage consultancy works to deliver a CMS, to guide the future care of the place and inform the staging of priority works to support its continued use as a residence. This report outlined urgent conservation works to be undertaken to the heritage listed building.

We were then engaged further for our heritage architectural services to prepare a full set of drawings and specifications to document the works identified in the CMS which would allow the client to undertake urgent external and internal conservation works to the residence. This allowed for the preparation and submission of a Grant Application to the Heritage Grants, for which the maximum amount of funding for these works was granted.

The scope of conservation works included external masonry repairs and repointing, chimney repairs and capping's, parapet repairs, crack repairs, timber replacement, window refurbishment, drainage works and full painting of the residence. We presented initial options to the client and the Heritage Council WA (HCWA) and prepared design documentation for Development Approval. We prepared a Heritage Impact Assessment to assess the potential impact of the works on the heritage building and undertook paint investigations for approval by HCWA.

element worked to fully document the external and internal conservation works to a standard appropriate for tender and construction. We undertook the contract administration portion of the project on site, overseeing the delivery of the works for our client, to best practice conservation standards.

element developed a Conservation Management Strategy for Windsor Hall which included urgent works priorities. This scope of works formed the basis of the 2022/23 Heritage Grant Application, which the project received funding for.

We prepared Development Application drawings and an accompanying Heritage Impact Statement for approval by the City of Stirling and Heritage Council.
The conservation works drawings were developed to a stage sufficient for construction, including detailed specification. This was tendered to builders, with the element team managing the process for the client.

Once a builder was selected for the works, element issued construction drawings for Building Permit and acted as contract administrator to deliver the works program on site.

• Conservation Management Strategy
• Development Approval
• Heritage Grants Application
• Heritage Architectural Services: Documentation of Conservation Works, Tendering, Construction Drawings and Contract Administration