Jury Comments
This landscape
is a timeless and elegant setting for the heritage listed Mansion
Hotel, formerly St Joseph Seminary. The
existing landscape was carefully analysed and reused to create
attractive views and vistas and reinforce the landscape character of
open lawns and clumped mixed plantings.
Infrastructure such as
car parking and road works have been kept as discrete as possible
through their location away from the building and the selection of
softly coloured crushed rock as the surface material.
The beautifully designed linear water feature clearly separates the
heritage building from its contemporary extension at the same time
protecting the foundations of the old building. Using a restrained
palette of materials, it creates a strong and very elegant landscape
element.
The landscape is a gracious addition to the complex, clearly
reinforcing its heritage values.
| 
