6. Questions


The conservation action as espoused raises some questions, inter alia:

• Should the Blacket south porch have been removed (as it was), should it have been kept in situ, or should it have been kept, but moved out to conform with the new alignment of the church nave?

• Should the tracery of the east window have ben restored, should it have been replaced by a new tracery of the same design, or is the current design modification acceptable?

• Is it acceptable to incorporate into a new window design the only stained glass window which not only survived the 1991 fire, but survived it in situ ?

• Which values were used in the conservation process, and whose values prevailed. Should they have prevailed or are the issues which need to be raised?

• How does the conservation process and the values expressed in it relate to the principles set out in the Burra Charter? and how does it fit the stipulation of the local environmental plans and the state legislation?