Yeadon Is a Place of Special Character and Historic Interest
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Yeadon is a place of special character and historic interest. This appraisal and management plan sets out the features that contribute to its distinctiveness and identifies opportunities for its protection and enhancement Yeadon CONSERVATION AREA AP PRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN Approved as a material consideration in the determination of planning decisions - 16 January 2012 Summary Traditional stone surfaces are a New development must respond particular feature of the public realm sensitively and creatively to the of the town and add to its special historic environment. Summary of special interest character. Ensure that future public realm and Yeadon has been shaped by its long Green spaces such as Yeadon Tarn, traffic management measures and interesting history and its special Nunroyd Park and the Engine Fields respect and enhance the special character today relates to its past are important. As is the strong character of the conservation area. development from rural medieval village connection of the town to its to industrial mill town. countryside setting. Protect the important contribution trees make to the special character The contrast between the traces of the of the conservation area. early settlement and the industrial mill Summary of issues and The impressive Town Hall is a town contribute to the special character Development should have regard to opportunities landmark for miles around and the of the conservation area. the archaeological record and where heart of the town centre necessary include an element of Key characteristics: The protection and enhancement of the archaeological investigation and The hill-top location and the steep special character of the conservation mitigation. scarp add drama to the townscape area depends on the positive and impressive views in and out of conservation management of the town. Ensure the historic environment the town. In addition to the existing national plays a positive role in addressing statutory legislation and local planning climate change. The surviving medieval form of the policy controls the following maze of winding lanes in Town Gate opportunities for protection and Ensure the introduction of and Ivegate area contrasts strongly enhancement have been identified: microgeneration equipment does not with the planned order of the grid- harm the special character and form terraces and large footprints of Respect the character of historic appearance of the conservation area. buildings by maintaining and the mills of the industrial town. The industrial legacy of the 19th sympathetically repairing surviving Promote and celebrate the special century textile town continues to The plain simplicity of the early historic features. The replacement of architectural and historic interest of shape Yeadon today, as at Kirk surviving 18th century buildings inappropriate fixtures, fittings and the conservation area. Lane Mill (1868) contrasts with the increasingly adaptations is encouraged. ornate buildings of the 19th century. Explore the potential for future The use of sandstone strongly unifies Retain historic boundary treatments enhancements and interpretation of the built environment. The Town Hall and ensure new boundary the town’s parks and green spaces. is the unrivalled principal landmark treatments preserve and enhance R e s i s t inappropriate infill building. The surviving mill the special character of the area. development and loss of garden complexes and their associated Historic shopfronts should be settings. industrial workers terraces form retained and maintained. New shop defining architectural groups. The fronts should preserve or enhance Ensure that the setting of the surviving Victorian shopfronts form the special character of the area. conservation area is considered as a an impressive feature of the town. material consideration within the planning process. 19th century stone terraces define much of the townscape 2 This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey Extent of the on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office © Crown copyright. Unaut horised reproduction infringes Crown copy- conservation area right and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. (100019567) 2012 Yeadon conservation area was originally designated in 1973. It was modified to its current extent in January 2012. As part of this appraisal the boundary of the conservation area was reviewed and the following changes were made to ensure that the special architectural and B H historic interest of Yeadon is best E represented. C The extensions made were substantial A and illustrate how views of what is of special interest have changed since 1973. Each proposed extension to the G area is justified by an assessment of its special architectural and historic interest F and reflects the long development of D Yeadon. A - Extension to include the New Scarborough area, featuring a good group of late 19th century, impressive Existing conservation area stone terraces and villa-type residences. boundary (designated 2012) B - Extension to include Nunroyd Park Former conservation area due to its medieval connections with Boundary (designated 1973) Esholt Priory and associated Nunnery and its special character as a substantial Proposed changes to the conservation area house and landscaped grounds of a branch of the Peate family, mill owners, recognise the importance of the vicarage and a number of distinctive workers’ terraces and the ribbon and its subsequent use as a public park. industrial heritage of the town, stone terraces. development along High Street which including Old Mill, Westfield Mill, Kirk includes a number of earlier 18th C - Extension to include stone-built F - Small extension to include a typical Lane Mill and Green Lane Mill / century buildings. terrace development along Kirk Lane 19th century stone terrace and a group Dyeworks to the far south. part of the 19th century industrial of positive historic buildings on the H - Extension to include 19th century expansion of the town. E - Extension to include a mixed area of junction of Harper Lane and Henshaw stone-built terrace developments along D - Extension to include a concentration townscape to the north of the town Lane. Cemetery Road, Yeadon Tarn, Yeadon centre including the late 19th century Cemetery and the Cricket Ground. of surviving mill complexes dating from G - Extension to include the distinctive Church of St Andrews and associated the 18th and 19th centuries to grid-form of 19th century industrial 3 Location and context Leeds Bradford International Yeadon is located 13km (8 miles) to the Guiseley Airpo rt north west of Leeds and 10km (6 miles) St Andrews to the north east of Bradford. The town Yeadon has good transport links being located Nunroyd Park Tarn on the A65 Leeds - Otley road and close to the A658 Harrogate - Bradford road. Leeds Bradford International Airport is Town immediately to the east. The nearest Kirk Lane New Centre railway station is at Guiseley 2km (1 Scarborough Yeadon in its wider setting mile) to the north west providing access to the mainline between Leeds and Line of disused Ilkley. Mill ponds of Green Lane railway Dyeworks Yeadon forms part of the area known as Aireborough that also includes Guiseley Harrogate and Rawdon and is named after the Road urban district council that was superseded by Leeds City Council in 1974. Despite extensive urbanisation and growth since the 19th century, Originating as an agricultural village, Yeadon retains a sense of its agricultural origins and has strong Yeadon became a mill town specialising connections with the surrounding countryside The hilltop location and dramatic in the production of woollen cloth south facing scarp are important during the 19th century. It is now a of the town centre the sandstone gives Valley and has commanding views over to the character of the town small residential town offering a range way to impervious shales overlain by the surrounding countryside. of local independent shops and large boulder clay, which has allowed the The immediate setting of the superstores. It is a popular town with formation of Yeadon Tarn; a large conservation area is dominated by a convenient commuting links to Leeds reservoir also known as Yeadon Dam. mixture of 20th and 21st century and Bradford and enjoys a strong This is thought to originate as a natural residential development and open fields connection to the surrounding feature but has been enlarged and with further dispersed rural engineered for industrial and now countryside. development. leisure uses. The cliff face above the industrial site in Milner’s Lane is a Guiseley is located 2 km (1 mile) to the Geology, topography and designated geological Site of Special north west and development between setting Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to its these two settlements is now nearly Yeadonian Stage deposits of the continuous. Nunroyd Park provides an Yeadon is located on a geology of Namurian Series. important green break between the two sandstone and millstone grit. This towns. geology has been exploited with local The town is located high up on a steep, Yeadon is located on a geology of quarrying providing much of the south-facing slope overlooking the Aire sandstone (yellow) and millstone building stone for the town. Just north grit (green) 4 Forestry, sandstone quarrying and the Historic development domestic production of woollen cloth are likely to have been other significant Prehistoric and Roman activity activities. Evidence of the medieval strip Little evidence for prehistoric activity field system is clear on 19th century has been recovered in the conservation maps of the area and has informed the area and its close proximity. A flint core pattern of 20th century residential was found at Yeadon Brow in 1955 and development to the north of the town a cremation urn of probable late Bronze centre. A number of former strips Age date was discovered in the 18th remain as fields at Yeadon Banks. century recorded as being found in The irregular settlement form shown on ‘Town Side’. No Iron Age or Roman the historic map sequence suggests that material has yet been recorded.