Shardlow Conservation Area

Character Statement

2013 CONSULTATION DRAFT

SOUTH DERBYSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement

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Appendix 1 Distinctive architectural details Appendix 2 Shardlow Conservation Area: Phases of Designation Conservation Area Map  Conservation Area Description Loss and Damage    Area of Archaeological Potential Area of Archaeological Potential Conservation Ar  Introduction Summary Shardlow LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement at thetownofStourport-on-Severn in Worces Shardlow isoneofonly tworecognisableinlandcanalportsinthecountry, theother being canal, importantopenspaces thatprovidevisu the parkland setting to ShardlowHall,and is the stragglingdevelopmentalongLondonRoad The spacebetween the separateeast and westpa along theedgeofconservationarea. approaching Shardlowfromtheeast,whereit visitor toShardlowcouldremainwhollyunawa appears tohavehadlittlebearingon thedevelo development ofacanalport,thereislittlesens Despite the importanceoftheearlyindustries reason behinditsgrowth. and itsproximitytothe RiverTrent; theintersection ofroad,riverandcanalbeingthe is fairlyquietbut its historic development was closely relatedto its lo which runsthroughShardlow,wasoneofthebu Until the construction of the A50southern Derby by-pass,the former(LondonRoad) A6, buildings survive andareabletoilluminate thestory ofits importanceasacanalport. housing andthebrewhousesinnsneeded warehouses, officesand ancillarywharfbuildin the river barges ofthe Trent andthe narr the newcanal,toeast oftheold settlemen of theTrentandMerseyCanalin1760s,a grounds (ShardlowHall)atitseastern perimete Shardlow wasonlyahamletintheearly18 Summary Council on9thJuly1992(seeAppendix2). South DerbyshireDistrict Councilon8thAu The Shardlow Conservation Areawas designat judgements onthemerits of enhancement. Thisdocumentwillbeused the degree ofdamagetothatspecialinterest and thusopportunities for future ofShar that makesthecharacterandappearance South DerbyshireDistrictCouncil. This statement hasbeenproducedbyMelMorris Conservationfor,andinassociationwith, Introduction Shardlow Conservation Area Conservation developmentapplications.

It sets outthespecialhistor 1 the meadowoppositebetween theroad and al relieffromtheotherwise built-upfrontage. ow boatsof the canal.Buildingscomprised th ed jointlybyDerbyshireCountyCounciland runs alongsideLondonRoadandCanalbank by theCouncilwhen makingprofessional r. WhenShardlowbecametheterminalport new focuswascreatedalong thebordersof gs, aswell workerscottages,merchants associatedwiththe rivernavigationinthe pment of the medieval settlement. Acasual tosupportthecomm century,witha smallcountryhouse and e ofthepresence ofthe RiverTrent andit t. Here,transhipmenttookplacebetween dlow worthyofprotection.Italsoassesses gust 1975andextendedbytheDistrict tershire, also designedandengineered by siest roads inthe county. Nowthe village re ofit.Theonlyviewstheriverare rts ofthe villagewasinfilled over time,and theresult.Theonlyexceptiontothisis ic andarchitecturalinterest unity. Mostofthese cation on this road cation onthisroad

LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement a bustling place. a bustling

ing and chandlery, which have residential use, strategically placed residential use, strategically placed their way around the eastern side of the the side of way around the eastern their continuity between past and present uses e canal waterfront is e canal waterfront 2 ing focal points in views. ing focal points ardlow can be summarised as follows: can be summarised as follows: ardlow century canal port Stevens No. 2c1820 Store of th the local trades of boat-build the local trades te since the 1770s a living canal wharf environment. There is the Derby - Loughborough road and the a principally linear settlement following wind that canal and river of long stretches a small country house set in landscaped parkland workers cottages mingled with managers’ and merchants’ houses slate roofs and cast-iron canal warehouses with shallow pitched wide red brick a number of public houses, some converted to provid and within the settlement a self-contained distinct 18 of the canal, particularly the si continued on banks of the canal settlement windows “lunette”        of Sh characteristics The distinctive  port of Shardlow was not unique, it contains unique, it contains Shardlow was not port of inland whilst the Therefore, James Brindley. enjoys a It now Britain. architecture in of canal examples the best-preserved some of and th boating reputation for pleasure regional LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement Navigation, andShardlow had,therefore,a the second halfof the 17 there is asharp U-shapedbendin theriver,which falls outsidetheconservation area.By The RiverTrentpassesclosetoLondon Roadattheeastern end ofthe settlement. Here, east andsouth east,outside theconservation area,whichhavesurviving ridge andfurrow. Vestiges of earlyagricultural practicescanbe s route fromLondontoDerby. although ithadsomerivertradeandpassing tradefromitslocationonthemain Shardlow Wharf.Shardlow’searlyeconomywaslargelydependentuponagriculture Cavendish Bridge,aboutaquarter-of-a-milefur crossing pointofthe River TrentatWilneFe settlement in the medieval period. It is lik Although Shardlowisreferredto intheDome occupation, althoughthesefall periods. Cropmarks inthefields surrounding Sh activity in theareasurrounding Shardlow Trent Valley.Asa resultof detailed investigation,weknowthatth mile ofShardlow, haveinvolved extensivear The excavationofgravelpitsintheTrentVa Historic Development Conservation AreaAnalysis conservation area. an areaofarchaeologicalpotentialneednot Over the centuries, assettlem below ground. evidencerelatingtothemediev archaeological potential Within theareaofarchaeological medieval periods. probable extentofsettlementandindustrial statutory siteinformationfromtheDerbyshi Scheduled Ancient Monumentsand RegisteredHistoric Parks andGardens) andother non- potentialmayencomp An areaofarchaeological Record OfficeratDerbyshire County Council. theSitesandMonuments theDevelopmentControlArchaeologist and Archaeologist, out aspartoftherevieweachconser documentaryandplan-formevidence archaeological, potentialhasbeen An areaofarchaeological Area ofArchaeologicalPotential th centuryWilneFerry had beco outside the conservation area. ents growanddevelop,their strategic rolefor communication and trade. 3 vation areainconsultation with the County definedthroughanassessmentoftheknown re Sites and Monuments Record. Itshows the necessarily coincide with the boundaryofthe lley andtheconstruction of theA50,withina ely to havedeveloped in associationwith a from the Neolithic tothe Romano-British rry, which was inthe vicinity ofthepresent chaeological assessment of this area of the chaeological assessmentofthisareathe al and/orpostmedievalperiods maysurvive activity during themedieval and/orpost- there maybereasonableexpectationthat sday Book(1086),littleisknownaboutthe een inthearablefieldstonorth,north ardlow aretheonlyvisibleremainsofearly ass bothstatutorydesignations(including ther alongthemainA6toeastof ofthe settlement. Ithasbeencarried focus mayshift.Consequently, me the head oftheTrent ere was occupation and ere wasoccupationand LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement ation and disguised by later ation and disguised by later wing which projected at the warehouse) serving the river warehouse) serving g several maps; a map of 1766 g several maps; each other - The Shakespeare - The other each s also unloaded here. Salt was here. Salt was s also unloaded The oldest area (Area 1) was The oldest area (Area 1) was the original hamlet, at the side of the western conservation area around the Dog and Duck pub, at the junction of London Road and Aston Lane. The Dog and Duck appears to be the oldest building in Shardlow, although this is not immediately apparent, with a dated cruck frame of 1482of and evidence It was further timber-framing. situated on an area of land that remained dry during floods. Located on the main highway from London to Derby, it is edition OS map, both on London edition OS map, nd the Trent and Mersey Canal (British Canal (British the Trent and Mersey continual use for many generations. generations. use for many continual Map evidence suggests that these had ed following the construction of the Trent ed following the construction probably provided stabling, although there probably provided stabling, although there d one near the Salt Warehouse (both g in local goods, particularly Derbyshire particularly Derbyshire g in local goods, rdable near Shardlow, Wilne Ferry (also (also Wilne Ferry Shardlow, rdable near metimes called Saltways, were created from Saltways, metimes called be established along this route. Within the the route. Within along this be established possible that the A6 that the A6 It is possible s across country. London. In fact, as many as 58 London In fact, London. eese from the Midland Counties via the Trent Trent Counties via the from the Midland eese ling was an important provision in the port as w known as Cavendish Bridge, which opened in opened which Bridge, as Cavendish w known uction slightly further downstream. further downstream. uction slightly 4 edition Ordnance Survey map (c1880). edition Ordnance Survey map (c1880). (1880 OS). The stableblock - Stroud, 2001) by comparin two inns, almost alongside velopment of the village has been plotted by the County the by plotted been the village has of velopment now part of the pub accommod early warehouse (possibly a salt (possibly a early warehouse century (Stroud, 2001). Salt wa (Stroud, 2001). century th The Dog and Duck, Aston Lane - rear wing with cruck frame almost inevitable that a number of inns should centre of Shardlow there were Inn and The Rose and Crown (demolished). extensive stabling between them back of the Shakespeare Inn is was one such “Saltway”. An was one such “Saltway”. demolished). The Dog and Duck at the western end of the village was complemented by The Navigation Inn (c1780), at the eastern end. The latter appear is no longer surviving evidence for this. Stab an important commodity and drovers’ ways, so an important commodity to transport salt long distance medieval times Lock. of 1766, slightly upstream of Shardlow appears on a plan in this described to the three areas closely linked three areas, developed in The village appraisal. The growth and de Council (Extensive Urban Survey of the 1816 map (John Whyman map - DRO), the first Waterways), a map of 1852 and extensions. There were two smithies indicated on the 2 Road; one opposite the Shakespeare Inn an both public houses and Mersey Canal. In practice Although at certain times the Trent was fo was the Trent at certain times Although sometimes known as “Wilden Ferry”) was in “Wilden Ferry”) known as sometimes no bridge, with a replaced it was Eventually, a 1957 reconstr is present bridge 1761. The a small river port tradin Shardlow had been far as exported as were which cheeses, were active in purchasing ch cheesemongers at the beginning of the 18 at the beginning LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement change was probably madetoavoid Cavend downstream waschosen, atDerwentmouth,wheretheDerwentmeets the Trent. The choice fortheconnectionbetween the canal “spit”, nowthelanecalled Cana Centre takenin1956,which showsthatthetw The relationship ofRiverandcanalisbestse completed in1770anditwasfullyopened in1777. eastern end oftheTrent andMerseyCanal. as TheGrandTrunkCanalandlatertheTrent between the eastandwest coastusing the Tren tradesmen andmanufacturerstoconstructa Shortly afterenclosure,in1766,a petitionwasputtoParlia ment byvariouslandowners, close toShardlowHall. 1758 theremayhavebeen another roadbetwee wasturnpikedin1738.BeforetheenclosureofShardlow1757- The mainLondonRoad was awealthymerchantclassliving in the these houses andthefactthattheyseemto predate thecanal-Shardlow House(1726)an There aretwootherdatedpropertiesonLo and furthercommercialactivity along theriver. above Wilden Ferry,on behalf oftheCokefa boats wereused.Hevigorouslydefendedhi Fosbrooke hadawharfatWilneFerryandhewo widened atthesametime. elevation wasre-frontedc1720infashionabl enlarged andalteredseveraltimesasthefa small -thecentralstone part Shardlow Hallwasbuiltin1684forLeonardFo (2001, 10)therewasstabling formorethan100horses. identified in eithertheportareaoralon established theywerepulledby men.There werepulledbyhorses,althoughwhenthecanalsfirst the canalnarrow boats Shardlow Hall - the north west elevation elevation west north -the Hall Shardlow re-fronted in 1720 re-fronted in of the housethat lookstowards theA6.ShardlowHallwas l Bank. ShardlowLock atthis pointhad been the original area beforethecanalcameintobeing. g London Road,although,accordingtoStroud g London ish Bridge,which had acentral pier,and 5 beunconnectedtofarmssuggeststhatthere en on an aerial photograph in the Heritage en onanaerialphotographintheHeritage s riverrightsandcontrolledthenavigation e brickandthesoutheastelevation was o are only separated by a narrow man-made o areonlyseparatedby a narrowman-made mily of MelbourneHall,stiflingcompetition sbrooke (datestone). This building was quite sbrooke (datestone).Thisbuilding wasquite mily’s wealthincrease TheShardlow stretchofthecanal was t andMerseyrivers.Th is no surviving stabling thatcanbeeasily canal toprovideanavigabletraderoute d ShardlowManor(17 ndon Roadintheoriginal village,which and MerseyCanal.Shardlowisatthefar n theoldvillageandGreat Wilne,passing and river,buteventually a site further uld onlyallowaccess tohis wharf ifhis Shardlow Hall - the stone front of1684 Hall -thestone Shardlow d. Thenorthwest is wasatfirst known 46). Thequalityof LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement the settlement started started the settlement unloaded and re-loaded , on the north west side of t was then prone to massive prone to massive t was then The Clock Warehouse f, now dominated by housing but e of the 1770s, built in English Garden e of the 1770s, No. 3 Store and Dobson’s Chandlery and Dobson’s Chandlery Store 3 No. oast to coast in one operation. Shardlow Shardlow coast in one operation. oast to dential use as 14-23 Mill Green (also the width of the canal was too restrictive too restrictive was of the canal the width 2011 (known as “D” Warehouse or No. 1 2011 (known as “D” of the canal, once used as salt warehouses. at the eastern end of end the eastern at re and also known as “A” Warehouse), and always one operation and warehouses were and warehouses were always one operation by Donfabs and Consillia Ltd in 2011 in 2011 Ltd by Donfabs and Consillia ge, which combined the greatest number and were to the south of London Road on Londonwere to the south ere goods could be unloaded. Here the main 6 wharves (marked on the map) include: wharves Wharf. The canal basin remains intact. , on the far north-west bank of the canal, now in Road have been demolished. ble water supply, as the Tren supply, as the ble water , to the north of The Great Whar Old Salt Warehouse . These comprised the Old Salt Warehous . These comprised the warehouse of 1816 in use as offices in the warehouse the warehouse known as “C” Warehouse, known as “E” Warehouse or No. 3 Mill) Iron Warehouse, occupied the late C18 the warehouse of 1792 which is now in resi the warehouse Trent Corn Mill) Corn Trent warehouse residential use as nos. 52 and 52a The as nos. 52 residential use Other areas developed around the historic Other buildings facing London The Great Wharf (also known as the Canal Company Wharf) the canal above the London Road canal brid wh or “cuts”, largest of the canal basins buildings were:    formerly serving Ivy Mill Soresby’s Warehouse and Dockyard the Clock Warehouse of 1780 (also known as “B” Warehouse or Trentthe Clock Warehouse of 1780 (also Mills No. 2) Corn the east bank as well as a couple of buildings on  Soresby’s Wharf fluctuations in level. fluctuations the canal, could use river barges Whilst some from c whole journey to make the above Burton were Goods obvious place for transhipment. was chosen as the although this was not onto smaller barges, temporary storage. needed to provide buildings and its canal the of The development begun in 1766. after the canal was of buildings to be erected The earliest group Heritage Cent Wall bond brickwork (now the Wharf because of the lack of a relia of the lack of because LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement Although mostofthelargemerchants’hous walked alongthepath controllingtheyarnandmovementof “sledge”. the “sledge”. Whilsttheropewastwisted,th and then fixed both tothe “twisting machine” multiple strands usingcotton,flax,coiror This length wasneeded to accommodatethe suitable lengths ofrope.InthecaseShardl does notappearonthe1816map.Rope-walks of manufacture.TheShardlowrope-walkwas establishedby1815(Stroud)althoughit Ropery (thebrickbuilding)andtheadjacent the settlement, offWilne Lane,forming alinea Shardlow hasitsownrope-walk, another Shardlowtrade,wasaby-productofb Boat building becamealocalindustry asaspin-offfromthecanalport. Ropemaking,   warehouses: bridge. Theoriginalbasinarmhasbeenfi Sutton’s Wharf separate basin. Soresby’s Wharf (The Maltings). Trent Brewery buildings have buildings associatedwiththefirstphaseofde The CoalWharf former granary/cornwarehouse,now long basinserving the mill,but theonlysurviv The churchofSt.James was builtin1838,toaccompany the crea the Wharfinanold-fashioned stylefor 4-18 TheWharfand2-8 Millfield were built atthe end ofthe19 the 1816map. TherowonWilneLane, nos.19- are morerefinedandwerebuiltinthelate18 Sanderson Countymapof1835.However,thes andsquatchimneystacks,appearonthe simple segmentalarchedwindowsanddoors was builtin the1830sbyalocalfamily, th There arefive rows ofworkerscottagesthatst of theport,sodemand forlocallabour location forthefamilies whohadbuiltuptheirwealthfromth Soresby and Flack’s Wharf workers cottageswerebuiltinthe 19 the oldpartof village accommodatedsome cottages that canbepositivelyidentifieddating century, atthis stagetherewere few wor The warehouseofc1820(alsoknown asStevensNo.2Store) The longwarehouse ofthe1780s(alsoknownasNo.1Store) – the buildings on the east canal bank just north of the London Road canal –thebuildingsoneastcanalbankjustnorthofLondonRoad belowtheCoalWharf.Thisranal on the eastcanal onthe banksouthofWilneBridge,isno longerevident.The , tothe eastofWilne Bridge.ThiscontainedaFlourMill anda all beendemolished &replaced withahousing development a well-defined straightstretch th in residential use-3-5 Millfield. the time incorporatingwedgelintels. century. The area appears to have been a desirable century.Theareaappearstohavebeenadesirable roseandtheneedforworkers’cottages. hemp. Thesewerefedand raked intoposition kers cottages.Thereareonlytwelve workers 7 lled in. Heretherear e Cowlishaws.Thesebrickhouses,withtheir rope-walk wereusedtogetherinoneprocess ow, therope-walkisexactly300metres long. velopment (a CornWarehouse)andthelater th e yarnsbegantoshrinkandtherope-maker centurybythecanalcompany, appearingon es werebuiltduringthemidtolate18 from before 1800. It is likely, therefore, that from before1800.Itislikely,therefore,that oat buildingandothercanal-relatedtrades. ing buildingfromtheindustrial usesis the and, attheopposite could beupto 300metr of thecanalworkers.Manysurviving 25, wereinexistenceby1816.Lastly,Nos. r tentacle totheconservationarea.The and out.Thelongestofthese, Long Row, lengths ofyarn,which weretwistedinto e werenottheearliest.9-17TheWharf, ongside the canalanddidnot havea e canalsbutwiththe growth th of path, on the outskirts of of path,ontheoutskirts century, ca.1890,thoseat tion oftheseparateparish e two important canal e twoimportantcanal end oftherope-walk, es longto provide th

LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement ilt in recent years, ilt in century houses, e.g. century houses, e.g. Trent Brewery (1860 use as a caravan sales th the start of the conservation area is less area is less conservation of the start the r petrol station, in ide the conservation area, The Maltings of Shardlow and Great Wilne out of the Wilne out of the and Great of Shardlow Aston on Trent. parish of in the 1840s with to decline Trade began and in railways from the the competition was purchased by the 1847 the canal Railway Company. North Staffordshire trading ceased carriers canal Most of the in the late 1850s. trades associated Although the traditional port declined, several of with the canal the warehouses were taken over by taken over were the warehouses Corn Merchants, an Messrs F.E. Stevens 20-22 The Wharf, Trent Villa 45 The 45 Villa Wharf, Trent 20-22 The adjunct to the corn milling business and adjunct to the corn milling business “D” Warehouse into a was adapted of the base (only the mill steam corn however, survives). chimney, the in little development There was Wharf the 1840s. Within the village after area were built the Mill at steam Flour - demolished) and a are demolished). There Millfield (also also a few later 19 d, on the opposite side of the road, a long Wharf and 4-18 The Wharf. However, Wharf and 4-18 The Wharf. not end of the village did the western on Road (the former A6), the canal area of (1990-1992), characterise most of the later characterise most of (1990-1992), first building within the conservation area ish Bridge, spanning the River Trent. To the the River Trent. Bridge, spanning ish 8 century, when Shardlow became a commuter village village became a commuter when Shardlow century, th dd to the character of the village. dd to the character of the village. uth of the road, which is outside the conservation area. corn mill chimney Church of St James The Dower House, London Road - - London Road House, Dower The Surviving base of houses have been bu detached Some discreet, development. century th develop further until late into the 20 until late into develop further The Navigation Inn, the area, before reaching the and it faces valley, the prominent landmark visible from afar, across boundary. This is a River Trent running to the so From the west, approaching Shardlow from Derby, along both sides of the A6 for a mile or so before reaching distinct. Development continues House Dower the west of north the to the field of hedge line The the Dog and Duck. conservation area an the into marks the entrance expanse of rendered wall at the Dog and Duck. 20 a forme Marina and one passes north is Shardlow for Derby and there was a considerable amount of infilling. for Derby and there was a considerable Road (1963), Cavendish Close on London as Wakelyn Housing estate developments, such Close (approved 1958) off The Wharf and outs (1975) off Wilne Lane, Mill Green at The Wharf generally a which as infill plots, Approaches From the east, approaching Shardlow along Lond Cavend after crossing reached is the settlement

LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement In manyinstancesviewsinthecanal port   key vistas: within thebasins. Theforeground ontheeast some ofthemostmemorable viewsofShardlow.Tothenorth,boats jostleforspace From thecanalbridge(at LondonRoad)look the flatexpanses ofwater. concrete strips ofthebulwarks andthe bright the “cuts”.Herejuxtapositionofhorizontal bandsofbrightcolour,thelongstoneand alongs multi-coloured narrowboats,moored Road Along London these still softenandenhance manyviews. of Stevens No.2Storeandin alongside the canalin recent yearsin the gr parkland ofShardlowHall.There arethreelargeweepingwillows,whichwere planted The ClockWarehousecarparkareimposingand plantations areallimportant. Forexample,the two19 and formingadramaticelementofmanyvi and hasovertheyearsbeena Although thesettlementwasapredominantlyin conservation area. Shardlow hasmanydefiningviews,whicharean As aresultofthecanalnetworkandrela specimen trees. church tower andThe ClockWarehouse) and tosmallclumpsoftreesorindividual or themoreintimate viewsbetween buildings, frombridges, to landmarks (such as the such astheopenaspectacrossmeadowlo Along thelow-lying Trent Valleyviewsaregene document. viewpoints referredto areincluded inthe themselves moststronglyin a section describesaselectionofgeneralandmo expansive, toonumeroustocover comprehensivelyinadocumentofthisscope. This Every conservation areahasamultitudeofchanging views,bothclose-range andmore Views which formsapinchpointatthe a taperingviewandframethestartofco The brickboundary wallsofTheDower theroadsideelevationofpubform Houseand The NavigationInnand,totheso from ShardlowHall,thelongdistance Hall andthepart-renderedfarmbuilding,Home FarmBarn from the canal area,the longdistance view

, whichhasonelongstraightstretc dded to,softening theimpactof visitor’s experience of the conservationarea.Some ofthe the gardenof14 Millfield.Althoughrecentintroductions, junction withAstonLane. uth east,theClockWarehouse ounds of The Clock Warehouse, in the grounds ounds ofTheClockWarehouse,inthegrounds 9 areaareenhanced bythepresenceof nservation area,withawell-definedenclosure, ide thewharvesandstaggeredinrowswithin ing northandsouthtowards thewharves are view lookingtowardsBroughtonHouseand oking from Shardlow Hall towards the Trent, oking fromShardlowHalltowardstheTrent, tionship ofthistotheroadsandfootpaths ews. Singlespecimens, veterantrees and canal bankisdominated bytheformer F.E. orange buildingspresentvividreflectionsin re specificviewsthatare likely toimpress looking towardstheentranceto Shardlow conservation areamapincluded inthis importantpartofthesignificance rally limited totheoccasional panorama, dustrial area,theplantingwasquitelush once defined partof h nearShardlowHall,therearetwo th centurypinesattheentranceto the strong orange brickwork thestrongorangebrickwork the perimeter of the the perimeterof LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement nal with the back lanes. In the back lanes. nal with ews of buildings behind each ews, some incorporating three- principal views are those towards the those towards the are views principal e canal as the eye is led south around the e canal as the eye is led south around which formerly led to the canalside. This to the canalside. This led which formerly ssion of activity. Sometimes, the difference the difference Sometimes, ssion of activity. up at a later date, such as the space at the Along this length of canal, the width of the the of width the of canal, Along this length een) from here. In contrast, the east bank of contrast, In een) from here. e frequently moored alongside the buildings, moored alongside the buildings, e frequently edged by a row of leylandii, forming a large row of leylandii, forming edged by a uth, there are wide views of London Wharf, of London uth, there are wide views h of the moorings along the Great Wharf formerly linked Wilne Lane with the towpath, Wilne Lane with formerly linked ooking both north from the towpath and west ooking both north from the towpath 10 ), on Wilne Lane, the view towards The Wharf is The towards ), on Wilne Lane, the view ce in this hard-edged environment. this ce in canal bridge at London Road e is difficult to gauge, with vi difficult to gauge, with e is by tall brick boundary walls, some modern fencing and by tall brick boundary walls, some modern way or route connecting the ca route connecting the way or there are a number of long vi there are a number View of the Great Wharf looking north from north of London Road bridge, the between public and private spac Cottage, Tree front of Beech in yard and the now is canal former open space fronting the dominated by the broad shimmering sweep of th dominated by the broad shimmering brickwork at the generous curve of the also, the bend in the canal. Here curve of the l views, point of former Malthouse is a focal landmark. a major is from Wilne Bridge, and alongside moorings the pubs, contributing to the colourfulwaterfront permits temporary scene. towpath From the of the canal. Here the Great Wharf and the industrial buildings that line the west bank width of the canal means that narrow boats ar The dept foreground. forming an attractive bank. There west site on the the buildings deep within views of stimulating provides visually Mill Gr No.3 Mill (14-23 is a prominent view of mainly defined the towpath is restricted. views are conifer planting, and the area of The Wharf Within the impre to the tangled storey buildings, which add other, suggesting a public path blocked most cases these reflect historic links, back of Nos. 9-17 Wilne Lane, a yard that out-of-pla that is rather evergreen block looking towards the lock and The Clock Warehouse. looking towards the lock and The Bridge (Wilne From the next canal bridge athered patinated brickwork exhibiting with its weathered patinated brickwork exhibiting Stevens Warehouse (No.2 Store), To the so in use and fortune. several changes LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement     of newspacesbetweenbuildings: north west sideof the canal,the views change As aresultofnumbersharpchangesdire Glimpsed views the occasionalthree-storeyelementin buildings atTheLady-in-GreyandNos.19-29 uses, thelackofdefinition betweenpublic As aresultofthechange ofusemanyindustrialandcommercialbuildings toresidential boatyards, enablingmultiple mooringsandlargeturningareas. off-setbasinsand created bythecombination ofwidesectionscanalandbroad within thecanalportthereare In general,thecharacter ofthe conservation Spaces landmark fromthispoint. Hall, there aregrandviewsof thenorthwest From thepublicfootpath,running roughlynort important framedviewof4Asto clipped hedgerowsandBottomWoodbeyond.L there isanattractiveframed viewthroug memorable viewin this partofthesettlement. The westsideofWilneLane the glimpseunderWilneBridgelo the glimpseofIvyHousefromtowpath the glimpseofLongRowfromMillfield the glimpsedownpublic passagewayalongsideNo.40TheWharf View of Canal Bank and Canal Bridge from from Bridge BankandCanal View ofCanal

Shardlow Lock hassomeofthemostpicturesqueviews.Smallgroups of n Lane fromthepublicfootpath. large pockets ofopenspaceal theroofline addsvarietyandmovement. oking towardsTheMaltShovel h the farmyard of No. 83 to the fields, broad h thefarmyardofNo.83tofields,broad 11 and privatespacewithin TheWharfareais are interspersed withtreesand shrubs, and facing gardenfrontand thechurch tower,a regularlyandthereareoccasionalglimpses Thisisfromtheend ofAstonLane,where area isspacious.LondonRoad wideand h east/ south west at the back of Shardlow h east/southwestatthebackofShardlow ction in the backlanes, particularlytothe ooking in the other direction, there is an ooking intheotherdirection,thereisan There is oneparticularly the conservationareaboundary. south oftheroadandoutside From CanalBank along London Road along London In theoldpartofvillage, Bank asfarthenextbridge. of LondonWharfandCanal Lock there is animportantview very attractive.FromShardlow inparticular,is Warehouse, The view oftheOldSalt between the buildingsandtrees. occasional glimpsesofthecanal incorporate buildingstothe although thesemainly creating long sweeping vistas, bends inabroadshallowcurve ong thelengthof canal , there are , theroad LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement e spaces, such as the e spaces, 1 lists the special and 1 lists the special of 44 the Wharf (the former of 44 the Wharf the road and canal network. network. the road and canal rds and moorings, used by the rds and moorings, snapshot of the local vernacular details. eate private residential space is epitomised epitomised is space residential eate private Georgian period. Many of its buildings were ddle class merchants are each individually e quality of the views within the settlement. e quality of the views on. Some of the privat on. Some of buildings and an essential component of component and an essential of buildings ed within the conservation area, and is ed within the wharf and the large gardens of merchant gardens of merchant and the large the wharf als and the way in which they were used in ve been the main location for public events ve been the eets the canal, in front of the New Inn, is is Inn, New the of front canal, in eets the oric space but it still serves to reinforce the local identity. Appendix materials directly influenced the form and Landmark trees in Shardlow Hall parkland rnacular buildings. Render, brick and stone are dern housing development opposite. dern housing development opposite. ilding forms within a small area in keeping with forms within a small area in keeping ilding 12 cation where these two networks meet. These are two networks cation where these appeared throughout the wharf area. appeared throughout of the network of historic ya of the network the Malt Shovel and in front the Malt Shovel of the need for easy access to for easy access need the of the variety of bu Shardlow is distinctive for aspirations during the its commercial status and deliberately designed to make an impact. houses of the wealthy and mi The substantial Building Materials and Details Local geology and availability of building appearance of Shardlow. The range of materi with intricately linked details is local building details encounter building typical traditional supplemented by photographs, which provides a designed to a high standard; they are not ve the The largest open space is of parkland to Shardlow Hall, part and a foil of the Hall the setting distinct two other the between old areas, the canal port and the village. Many of the larger merchants’ houses had large gardens in keeping with their status, The e.g. which have been retained, and The Firs Lady-in-Grey, The Dower House. These private mature their garden spaces, with the quality trees, also contribute to and variety of the views. only The Village Green is the within open space strictly public of loss the with trees, with planted recently has been Shardlow conservation area. This the space. Historically, it may ha views across former yards of warehouses and extensions of and extensions of warehouses former yards groups the setting of are important to houses, cr desire to The pattern. settlement the historic and the Lock at Shardlow house keeper’s the lock surrounding fencing extensive by the hedging that have blocks of leylandii as a result Some spaces exist area in front of the as the open such of buildings, large yards in front some There are still east of the south New Inn, to the road m which at The point Ship Inn). lo the only as it is particularly important, but are part not formal spaces, and contribute to th trades, various canal-linked and activities. It has lost the sense of an hist the mo cottages and the separation between confusing and possibly an area of local contenti of local area and possibly an confusing LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement clay tiles areextremelydurableandfromthelate18 imported intotheareaafterTrentandMerseycanalwa However, Staffordshireblueclaytilespredomin 18a TheWharf,9-17WharfandOl slope of roofing tiles,ofwhichtherearesurvivingexamplesat4AstonLane,therearroof Until thelate18 Roof Materials are, therefore, distinctly Georgianbuildin perhaps oftheOldSaltWarehouseandIronWarehouse.The19 roofing. Slateroofsrequireashallowerr although somemayhaveoriginallystartedou construction ofthe canal. Mostofthe roof Slate, bothWelshslateandCumbrianslatewasalsoreadilyavailablefollowingthe today, soitisequallyimport in colour,whicharenotfoundthenewSt the localredclaytiles. Originalhandmadeblueclaytilesalso having simplyevolved asaresu bright orangecolour.Mostoftheindustri Agricultural andcanalbuildings,bycontrast,ar House. cheapest combination,usedatHolden House. Stuccowith stone lintelswasthe at ShardlowManorandTheDower brickwork withgauged lintels was used houses standout.Finequality House andShardlowHallthese Grey. Stone was used atBroughton House, TheDowerLady In Manor, Broughton House,Holden hidden behindaparapet,i.e.Shardlow cornice andahippedroof,sometimes have incommonalargestoneortimber elevation, some extended later,andalso in symmetrical They aregenerally used, brickbeingtheprincipal material. clay ridgetilesatalater date, e.g. originally finishedwithlead cladrolls.Manyof theseleadrollshavebeenreplaced withblue The hipped roofswere mainlycovered in slat may havebeenaconscious decision, inspired merchant housesandthetwoStevenswarehouses Hipped slateroofsarequiteafeatureofShar Wharf. Burlingtonslate,moreblue/blackthan green inhue,canbe (7 TheWharf), TheCottage(139London Road slate,traditionallylaidin graduatedcourses,canbefoundatDerwentHouse Westmorland degrees, andwereideal for thewider-span warehousebuildings. th century localclayswouldhavealso ant topreserve these examples. lt ofnecessityor availability TheDowerHouseand TheNavigationInn. gs, ratherthanutilitarianstructures. 13 d SaltWarehouse(HeritageCentre). oof pitchthantile,wh al warehouseswere“designed”,ratherthan affordshire blueclaytilesbeingmanufactured s ofthecanal warehousesareWelshslate, t asWestmorlandslate, by the more classically designed neighbours. by themoreclassically designed neighbours. e universallybuiltfromlocalbrick,a warm, dlow and can be found on both the large dlow andcanbefoundonboththelarge ), 47TheWharfandMalthouseat ate ontheroofsofvillage,beingeasily e, a fewweretiled,andthehips were onthenorthsideofLondonRoad.This The Dower House from Aston The DowerHousefrom Lane Aston th been usedtoproducehandmadered century onthey tendedtoreplace of materials,with theexception incorporate subtlefluctuations s fullyopenedin1777.Blue found at48TheWharf. th ich istypically35-45 century warehouses centurywarehouses replacedduringre-

LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement houses, such as The rehouses, with doors Heritage Centre (the to protect the lower part of Road, and a corbelled verge, as at 9 Road, and a corbelled verge, as secure way of getting natural light into secure nlights of classical Georgian architecture. on more substantial ne at Shardlow Manor and The Clock on hinge-pins. It is a detail often used in on hinge-pins. It is a detail often These are synonymous with Shardlow but ance doors to the wa r settlements that have become associated that have become associated r settlements details such for structural Brickwork is used several with plain some eaves, as corbelled projecting one above the courses of brick Wilne Lane) or dentilled other (19-25 Lane and The Aston (4 brickwork, where the alternating Shakespeare Inn), to create a decorative project header bricks the where brickwork or sawtoothed effect, i.e. Soresby’s 1820 diagonally, bricks are laid WarehouseRoad at 139 London and the Road. barn at 83 London is settlement the found in Another detail verge, used to brick a stepped of the use found at the Shardlow d a riot of pots, with no common patterns. with no common riot of pots, d a arch used above the windows and doors in be found on most of the warehouses be found on most of the warehouses 14 at high level on a corner e a distinct warm orangee a distinct colour. century Salt Warehouse) on London century Salt Warehouse) on London on London Road th the use of corbelled-out bricks entr cart the use of rebated brickwork for the broad arch spanning individual canal basins, which enabled unloading within the the broad arch spanning individual canal basins, which enabled arched opening incorporating a cast-iron window. The “lunette” is the semi-circular architecture. Roman from classical derived the design was “borrowed” from the door fa Being cast-iron, these would have been a very have been these would Being cast-iron, a dark interior. the segmental brick arch, used on most cottages and the simplest and easiest to easiest and the simplest and most cottages used on brick arch, the segmental taper was accommodated wholly in the mortar joints, without the construct as the need to cut the bricks, e.g. 1-20 Long Row and 9-17 The Wharf the gauged brick arch, with a flat soffit, used Warehouse Dower House and 47 The Wharf, and the more architectural warehouses. It required warehouses. It required Dower House and 47 The Wharf, and the more architectural and can be seen special bricks and a skilled bricklayer to “rub” the bricks together, keysto a stone combination with used in Warm orange bricks of a Farm Building grain store at Millfield from possible by wagons, i.e. the former damage the building Wharf malthouse at The and the former hinges onto ir and shutters held with strap These can farm building construction. building The Wharf. found in othe There are also brickwork details with Shardlow:     There are a wide variety of chimney stacks an of chimney stacks a wide variety There are and Stonework Brickwork ar bricks within Shardlow The local building, the help throw rainwater away from former late 18 There are three types of traditional brick Shardlow:   LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement the brickwork. Thiswasparticularlythecase forthelate18 In someinstancesstonecillswerenot used,rely of thewindow frametocarrythe brick eaves, the supportrequired.Sometimes therewasnoex be carriedoverthewindow,sometimessupplem On the uppermost floortherewas often noneed      were anumber ofpermutations; half ofthe19 ashlar walls. render wasoften“lined-out” supply or prohibitivelyexpe create arefinedappearance wherestonewasinshort brickwork, whichwas never exposed. Itwasusedto covered up rubblestonewalling orpoorquality Georgian townhousesofBa introduction inthe Regency period,influenced bythe the render isplainsmoothstucco,afashionable Shardlow HallandHouse.Inthese instances House, Field House, TheDogand Duck,and parts of The Firs(48Wharf),139London Road,Holden pebbledash orwet-dash.Thereareafewexceptions, i.e. practice incorporating atexturedrendersuch as rendered. In almosteveryinstance, thisisamodern There area numberofplaces wherebrickworkhasbeen Render andPaintedBrick improve theweatheringofcill,but manyaremodernreproductions. red orbluetoformawindowcill.Thes Wharf. Thereareanumber ofexamplesth most ofthehousesbeingbuilthaddeepston Wilne LaneandNo.1Mill,the 1816 wareho thecontemporarymerchanthousing on of bricksandcanbefoundat1-20LongRow, thin stonewindowcillin theearly19 properties at this time had warehouses, e.g.CanalBankcottagesand11-17theWharf.Themoresubstantial lintels. These werecommonplaceduring the18 Most ofthesmallestdomesticbuildingsinShardlowcanbedatedby useofsegmental  Lane wedge lintelswithamoulded panelat49 plain wedgelintels with raised keystones –HoldenHouse,London Road The LadyinGrey rusticated wedgelintelswithraisedkeyst rusticated wedgelintelsat21-24and30-33Long Row the 1890s plain wedgelintels atTheVillageHalland found onthemoresubstantialGeorgian ho the semi-circular arch,used onthe ware the barns th century wedgelintels werecommonly stone windowcills. Anotherloca th andLondon.Thisoften (incised) toimitatedressed nsive. Duringthisperiod, th century. These were the sameheight asone course e were usuallyintroducedinthe19 15 e cills, e.g. 4-18 The Wharf, 20-22 and 45 The e cills,e.g.4-18TheWharf,20-22and45 as at1-20LongRowand19-27WilneLane. house “lunette”windowsanddoorways,also use. Bythesecondhalfof19 e useofbrick-on-edge andshapedbricksin ones -7TheWharf(DerwentHouse)and 4-18 TheWharf,anoldfashionedstylefor th ing onthesimpleweatheringpropertiesof Wilne LaneandDovecoteHouse,Wilne andearly19 ented byasimpletimber lintel,providing uses suchasShardlowHallandsomeof ternal lintelatall,relyingonthestrength fora brick lintelas used inShardlow,ofwhichthere Shardlow House, London Road Shardlow House, th l variationwastheuse ofa centuries.During thefirst th century cottagesand the wall-platecould th century, to th century LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement , iron strap hinges. , iron strap century addition), addition), century pitch, as a means of pitch, as th sense of place. These sense century additions). The century additions). The ic practice of limewashing of limewashing ic practice th ly the long period of use of the trance to Shardlow Hall, which has has trance to Shardlow Hall, which e conservation area, is the oldest known e conservation catches, metal wall ties catches, se) and the historic buildings running e Trent, but is not common in Shardlow. in Shardlow. not common is but e Trent, ovel and The Loft, the Baptist Chapel, 45 The only exception to this was Shardlow was to this The only exception brickwork has been painted, e.g. 49 Wilne e.g. 49 been painted, has brickwork ands out as quite different from the other from the ands out as quite different ow Lock was treated in in treated was ow Lock this practice, although other examples may this practice, although ple of traditional railings in Shardlow. There There ple of traditional railings in Shardlow. at can be found throughout Shardlow, which Shardlow, throughout at can be found to have brick boundary walls with flat stone to have brick boundary (see appendix 1) - the brick wall with half- brick 1) - the appendix (see at all contribute to the at all contribute to the the junction with Aston Lane, a group of the junction with Aston ntribution to the canal port - The Clockntribution to akespeare Inn, 2-8 Millfield and The Old Salt and The Old Inn, 2-8 Millfield akespeare , particularly within the canal port area. canal the within , particularly 16 ere are only a few instances of stone boundaryere are only a few instances of atures and the more transient ephemera such as such as ephemera atures and the more transient wall to Shardlow Grange (a 20

may be a relic from the histor the from relic a be may Shardlow House (probably 20 ings at the junction of Aston Lane and London Road Aston Lane at the junction of ings – evidence of former uses, particular century ashlar wall at the main en century ashlar wall at the main been removed. th – mileposts, cranes, sack hoists, and stone bollards for moorings. – mileposts, cranes, sack hoists, - these are prevalent in Shardlow and appear on numerous buildings, as - lantern holders, bootscrapers, shutter shutter - lantern holders, bootscrapers, short section of 19 short section fe include street furniture, canalside this category fall the following: hand-painted signs on walls. Under Canal features Ironwork Datestones co individual their pride in owners took Warehouse, the 1816 Warehouse, The Malt Sh The Wharf. Signs written on walls warehouses by the local corn merchants. Conservation Area Description AREA 1 - The original settlement This area includes the build (The Dog & Duck pub and The Dower Hou along the north side of the A6. The Dog and Duck pub, at the western end of th building in the conservation area. Here, at to the mainly restricted buildings once formed the heart of the village. The village was road.north side of the Derby-Loughborough copings or triangular red brick copings. Th copings or triangular red brick copings. weatherproofing, the only known example of weatherproofing, come to light. and Railings Boundary Walls boundary treatment th vernacular one There is local characteristic has become a distinctive This is a unifying pattern round brick coping. facing London Road tend The grander houses rubblestone boundary walls, e.g. a sections of rubblestone wall to gatepiers, st carved copings and massive stone houses. exam wall is the sole surviving The churchyard Broughton front of and the Wharf 4-18 The terrace brick were once other examples at the House but they have Miscellaneous Artefacts th of artefacts Shardlow has a large collection There are several historic buildings where the where the buildings historic several There are Lane (Holly Villa), The Malt Shovel, The Sh Shovel, The Malt Villa), The Lane (Holly Warehouse Bank. This on Canal which was commonplacebrickwork, south of th at Shardl House the Lock of elevation The back LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement Although therehasbeen someinfill development inthe 20 lengths, originallydetermined front LondonRoad.Althoughthewallsvaryin This partofthe conservation areaisdomi this stretch ofroad.Acompleteterrace of6 Wakelyn Closewasdevelopedinthe1960s.Th former boundaryoftheManorasindicatedon1766plan. lies apaddockinwhichthereissubstantial are indicatedonthefirst editionOrdnanceSurv and The maturepinesbehindWakelynClosewerepartofthegroundsShardlowManor the 1930s. brick, havesimilaritiestothoseattheLond andmottled blue darkred House andShardlowGrange.ThewallsofManor, Within thegroundswerebuilt103Mano of whichare characteristic panels andconcreteposts ononesideanda grass vergesatthesplayed roadjunctionwi created aweak pointin the street frontage in ordertofulfilmodern standardsofvisibili lost, asatWakelynClose,thespacesleak. of theoriginalboundarieshave The Dower House The DowerHouse The Dog and Dog of the conservationarea. been preserved. Wherethe historicboundarieshavebeen by thesizeablegardensofth Here, thehousing development, builtonasplay r Bungalow,113aManorLodge,113b 17 nated bylongstretches ty for trafficemerging fromthecul-de-sac, has on Roadcanalbridgeandmayalsodatefrom low stoneboundary wallon theother,neither formerly stood onthe site ofWakelynClose. tree-covered embankment. Thisrelates tothe , withthe loss ofenclosure.Thereare wide th abackdropofclose-boarded timberfence colour andfinish,they ey map(c1880).Atth ere wereoncemanymorecottagesalong mid 18 20 interwovenwith Shardlow Manor,are historic buildings,TheDowerHouseand of thesepredate the canal.Theprincipal rather grandmerchants’houses.Several Along thenorthsideofA6aresome cottage. (Milford Lea)isthemainsurviving than ahandfulofbuildings,whichNo.4 20 particular, havebeensubdividedinthe in ofShardlowManor, and grounds street but wascalledLimepit Lane inthe Aston Laneisnowaresidentialside the streetfrontageandbuildingline. built behind aboundarywall,whichforms most oftheotherhist the roadfrontage,liningbothstreets,as London Roadtobebuiltimmediatelyon east. It is theonlybuilding in this part of and isafocalpointin viewsfrom the although itactuallyfrontsAstonLane, The DogandDuckstillstandsouttoday, Lane junction, which facesLondonRoad. House, ontheeastside oftheAston th th century development.Thegardens century forhousingdevelopment. th centuryandcomprisedno more th centuryinthesegardens,many e largemerchants’houses. ofboundarywallthat all continueforlong oric properties are e backofthisarea LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement the Hall within an , it ran north east rtrayed on the map. rtrayed on the map. now the straight link century flood defense century flood defense th ientation of Shardlow Hall, ientation area, although it significantly woodland, called Bottom Wood. woodland, called Bottom Wood. the north west of the north to London Road, at No. 83 and Home Road, at No. to London this long linear form. The inn, however, form. The inn, however, this long linear tip of the conservation area, may be a tip of the conservation Deer are actually po on area, emphasising the distinctiveness of on area, emphasising the conservation area boundary, although the and Crown, also fronting the road (since and Crown, also 2 is formed by the canal and the northern 2 is formed by the canal and the the site of Home Farm g form along this stretch of road. The 1766 of road. The 1766 this stretch g form along the street much later. The 1766 map clearly the street much later. The 1766 farms. This type of alignment is more typical is more typical type of alignment farms. This St. James’s Church, and the parkland and the St. James’s Church, npiked in 1738. This is ace to the park form a clear divide between between divide park form a clear ace to the now physically separated from the rest of the physically separated from the rest of the now nt to visitors approaching from the east. 18 as was more common fora property of this century, although the oldest trees appear to be appear trees oldest the although century, edition OS), which is now the site of Shardlow site of Shardlow is now the edition OS), which th st ea (see statement on Loss and Damage). on Loss and Damage). ea (see statement century it had been adapted into the wider parkland, century it had been adapted into th village and the canal area. As a result, the presence of of the presence result, village and the canal area. As a ent is outside the conservation conservation ent is outside the close to Shardlow Hall. The or close to Shardlow Hall. The The road was later moved to moved road was later of the earlier road. The e presence then takes in a small area of a small takes in then century or earlier and the current buildings may be rebuilds of may be rebuilds current buildings earlier and the or century th century barns that sit gable-end on barns that sit century th century. The 1766 map shows a deer park to th intervention. Between the current garden boundary to the Hall, marked by a chainlink garden boundary to the Hall, marked Between the current intervention. In 1766 this was part of the boundary fence, and the ditch is a flat expanse of grazing land. garden of the Hall and by the 19 physical evidence of either phase. although there is no longer enclosed empaled area described as “Paddock”. enclosed empaled area described as Most of the paddock lay beyond the current wood known as Bottom Wood, at the northern remnant of this early deer park. The wood is conservation area by a large bank and drainage ditch, a 20 of buildings of the 17 of buildings setting to the Hall. and Area boundary of the park The southern the canal port. the 18 The park was probably laid out in map of Shardlow shows this pattern with several long thin buildings, probably similar similar buildings, probably long thin several pattern with this Shardlow shows map of more time serving buildings at that agricultural Rose the adjacent inn, the and Service Station, walled enclosure lined by hedges, as distinct from the the road shows the south side of opposite. Most of this developm ar conservation of the affects the setting AREA 2 Hall and This area includes Shardlow a bank, footpath, which runs along encompassing the boundary is formed by a public associated drainage ditch, and Shardlow, which bisects the park, once took through It is likely that the main road running Adjacent to another course (Stroud, 2001). towards Great Wilne, passing true south, facing south east, rather than stature, can be explained by th its current location, possibly when it was tur of the older part the between appare is only landscape Shardlow Hall in the conservati parts of the and western the eastern 19 Farm, are remnants of a once common buildin once common remnants of a Farm, are was once part of a group of isolated although it It is now rather the road. was built facing a Smithy opposite (1 buildings including demolished). side of developed on the south The settlement The straight stretch of road and the open sp The two 18 The two runs gable-endon the same spot. The barn that earlier buildings is visible on onto the road (since demolished). building, possibly the farmhouse and another the 1766 map, at The Shakespeare Inn also has The rear range LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement have grownquicklyandprovide fast-growing conifers.Manyoftheperimeterconifertreesarerecentintroductions, which There hasbeenwidespread andintensiverecent blocking outanyviewsofHomeFarm. no connectionbetweenthetwogroupsofbuildings.Instead, thereisawallofcypresses Ordnance Surveymapshows apathconnectin house, surmounted by railings, overlookingthis “lawn”, simplylaid outwithspecimen trees. portakabins, hasbeenlost.Itappearsfromma The earlier structureofthegarden,whic main viewof theHall. attached outbuilding attheentrance tothe site damaging tothe setting ofthe Hall. The flat by theMinistryofAgriculturewhenitoccupied about alargenumberoftemporarybuildings,ma basic shapeofwhichis stillpreserved. Toth buildings. Beyondthis wasakitchengarden, brick-built single-storeyrangetothenorthea Within thegroundsofShardlowHalltherearealargenumbermodernbuildings.The grown topartiallyobscurethevista. map), althoughthiswas removedinthe19 by asemi-circularshapedboundary,dividing although nowservingasacarpark.TheaspectfromtheHallwasatonetimeemphasised broad andwhereitmeetsthefrontof level beingwithinthefield,possiblylinesh changes inlevelbetweenthehouseandr the site ofthecarparkexte ponds sweepingaroundtheeasternperimeterof A lawnusuallyreferstoalargeflatareaofgra In 1852theparklandtosouth footpath. landscape beyond,althoughtherearelevation Beyond this, there is nolo This isprobablyanearly19 edged withclipped goldenyew,inthestyleof frontofShardlowHallimmediatelyoverlooksasunkengarden, The northern,orgarden, composition ofthe19 The degreeofrecent tree planting plantings. beech trees, manyofthe broadleavedtrees to meadow knownasthe“lawn”,andareaof understorey wasplantedwithye there aregroupsofconifersforming exot looking fromtheHalltowardsperimeterof th century coniferousplanting;yew,Wellingtonia th centuryparkland. nger anyapparentrelationsh th nsion atTheClock Warehouse. century alteration totheea a thick darkedge to thepark. Thereis alsoextensive 19 w, nowmostlyovergrown. meansthatthereis a danger of theHallwasdescribedas“TheLawn”(1852Survey). 19 the wallsof whichhave th -roofed brick-builtelectricitysub-stationand e westandsouth west oftheHallaredotted ssland. Atthistimeitwasedgedbyaseriesof ssland. The remains of a scalloped platform near the The remainsofascallopedplatformnearthe the southeastfrontage h is now occupied by the nursing home h isnowoccupiedbythenursinghome own onthe1766map.Theentrancedriveis centuryandtheshrubshavesubsequently p evidencetohavebeen anextension ofthe oad runningacrossthislawn,amoresubtle g theHallwithHomeFa andpines,whichformdramaticsilhouettes areparticularlyinvasive,encroachingonthe Hall itbecomesanimportantopenspace, ic lush stands. Nearertothe Hall,the thesunkengarden,wh WilliamBarronatnearby the site.The resultingclutterofbuildingsis theeastandnorthofHallarerecent st of the Hall replaced a range of service st oftheHallreplacedarange area canstillbemade of theHallisanimportantviewfrom thepark.Thesouthernmost pondisnow ny inpoor condition. Mostwere erected tree planting, particularlysilverbirch and e park. To the east east e park.Tothe ip betweenthe Hall and the rlier compartmented garden. With the exception ofthe Thereisevidence oftwo of losingtheoriginaldesign beenremovedbutthe fromthepark(1766 and northoftheHall out. Thefirstedition ich hasseverallarge rm. Todaythereis ElvastonCastle. th

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Canal Bank. The scale scale The Canal Bank. vista in a continuous sweep in a continuous vista London Road Impressive gateway to St James’ Church, the north, there are further mature trees are further the north, there rated on the first edition Ordnance Survey first edition the rated on inues both north and south as the presentinues both north and south as . The character of this hedge, with its broad of this hedge, with . The character stricted by the overgrown hawthorn hedges overgrown hawthorn the by stricted e central part of the conservation area. The conservation area. central part of the e d other large specimens. The surviving trees trees The surviving d other large specimens. Hall. Hence, there is a strong physical physical a strong there is Hence, Hall. to the north and south across the parkland parkland across the south and north the to landscape was probably designed with long with long probably designed was landscape 20 defined by a broad, clipped hedge, which winds defined by a broad, A small group of buildings huddle together at the London Road end of There are two main areas to the canal port, north and south of London Road. To the south of London Road, the developed area is quite small and semi-rural in character of the impact softening the trees with mature strong orange brickwork, such as the large weeping willow in the grounds of The Clock Warehouse and smaller trees along Canal Bank. towpath, wharves and all associated the canal bank closes the the canal bank hedgerows may be recent may be recent (the hedgerows the river ll towards in 1838 on land donated by the owner of Shardlow Hall, is of Shardlow Hall, is the owner by donated on land 1838 in century. century. 2 Canal Bank th AREA 3 and Mersey canal basin, The Trent development. From the A6 there are occasional glimpses occasional glimpses A6 there are From the landscape of Shardlow Hall. These views are re views These Shardlow Hall. of landscape end of the meadow. To around the southern parkland, a horse chestnut an from the former illust former parkland, the of are just fragments on either side of the road. The parkland the road. The of side on either the Ha views from distance by a is interrupted meadow the A6, the flat to the south of At present, introductions). bund forming solitary tree. The limit of the parkland is map. The western its way around the perimeter of the churchyard of the perimeter its way around the Road (Area 1). No. 83 London hedge behind reappears in another sinuous curves, James, built of St. The church to Shardlow entrance the placed opposite in th two buildings these relationship between cont wall of the churchyard western boundary boundary of the park. and to Shardlow Hall entrance Both the by of St. James are framed the Church The impressive entrance gateways. ofchurch has the only surviving example and Shardlow, a tall railings left in panel impressive length of cast-iron and stays bracketed railings, with scrolled framed by fleur-de-lys finials. Each end is to pillars. The entrance carved stone inwards,Shardlow Hall curves elegantly self, but is sadly a shadow of its former gates and having lost its robust entrance gatepiers. one of the caps of the stone are gatepiers, these churchyard Like the carved stone and probably date from the 19 mid to late LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement conscious incorporating Georgiandesign their appearanceand moreself- London Roadwereless utilitarianin warehouse buildingsto thenorth of farmbuilding. Conversely, thelater distinguishes itaboveanordinary size, onlythe corbelled verge Shardlow. Apartfromitsconsiderable probably theoldestwarehousein althoughit is appears unremarkable which sitsalongsideLondonRoad, By contrast, The Old SaltWarehouse, standing outforsomedistance. unloading undercover.Itsdualfacessuggestth removed. Abroadexpansivear slightly more decorative andifthere wasacl the baseand,toeast, astoneroundel inwh of brickwork. Thishasapedimenttobotheast best-known landmarkinShardlow.Itisfour warehouses. the 19 wash-house” in1852andNos.3-7appeartohave as smallwarehouses.Nos.2and4aredescribed“saltwarehouse,butcher’sshop& The palepainted brickwork softenstheelevatio within thestructureofbuildingsandfromth changes ingroundlevelbetween therive of thesebuildingsissmall–atroadleveltheyareonlysingleandtwo-storey.Thesharp Shardlow LockandRiverside th century,perhapsinresponseto thedemandformoreworkershousingandlarger ch traverses a separate armof to thesouthofLondonRoad,andarguably standsastheprincipalbuilding as “B”Warehouse, The ClockWarehouseof1780,alsoonceknown an importantfocalpointofthe conservation area. associated spillwayatthe rearofthecottageare linked groupofcanal,lo with the lock keeper’s cottageopposite.The butchery andbakery.Thisbuildingformsagroup services for thecanal workers includinga had anumber ofoutbuildings,whichprovided originally builtasaninn“TheCanalTavern”and floor planandterracotta is Riverside,abuilding with anunusually deep Much furtheralongCanalBankatShardlowLock replaced an earlierbuildingonthe samesite. place inthisconservationarea.TheMoorings row oftreesbutitstile partly disguisedfromthe wharf andtowpath bya although dominantinviewsalongCanalBank.Itis The Moorings,isoutsidetheconservationarea, The modern, flat-roofedhouseonCanalBank, r, canalandembankmentsareaccommodated 21 ock tothe west pediment, it hasbeen long ago London Road but is probably the oldest warehouse warehouse theoldest London Roadbutisprobably storeys highwithacentral projecting section The Old Warehouse appears unremarkable from unremarkable appears Warehouse Old The andwestfacingsides,witha stonebandat at itwasrecognisedasamajorlandmark, ich sitstheclockface.Theeastelevationis e respectivewaterfrontstheyarequite tall. ns. These brick buildings mayhaveorigins beenconvertedtodo thecanal basintoenable -hung wallsareoutof ck house, weir and ck house,weirand mouldings. It was mouldings.Itwas mestic useearlyin LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement e Lady in Grey and of the original wharf layout “carpenter’s shop, blacksmith’s Trent Corn Mill on the Great Wharf ws. Perhaps this was as a result of the as a result this was ws. Perhaps , gig house, boatwright’s shop and glaziers w serving simply as a screen. These still as a screen. These w serving simply abutting the Iron Warehouse, is another the garden wall of Th ance, with straight joints and blocked-up ance, with straight joints dened and the old Idle Bridge (the formerBridge (the the old Idle dened and in 1936. The brick boundary walls lining the in 1936. The brick 0 had achieved some fame. Indeed, it was Indeed, it some fame. 0 had achieved s’ houses, described in 1852 as “pleasure London Road face the River Trent, rather Trent, River the London Road face presented to the visitor as the streetscape streetscape the as to the visitor presented the surviving wall of the former warehouse at surviving wall of the former the 22 century. th as a reminder of the complexity century buildings such as the the such as buildings century th focus of activity. The The focus of activity. north-east of the canal century travel diarist Lord Torrington. travel diarist Lord century uses, they contribute to th further along the towpath small fragments of brick wall are the only standing remains offurther along the towpath small fragments of brick wall are the former warehouses, reduced in height and no doors. On the opposite bank, windows and Soresby’s Wharf, a wedge-shaped building built doorways has arched and rebated brick of “lunette” windows example where the evidence been preserved for all to see. Although this is only a fragment, a façade without a building, evocative and serves still it is incorporate evidence of their former appear of their former incorporate evidence shop, shoeing shed, nailshop, paint and tar shed shop” (1852 Survey). of the towpath is dominated by The east bank and the importance of obtaining a canal frontage. deciduous trees, most large and impressive To the north of London Road, there are some planted within the gardens of the merchant 18 grounds”. They may date from the late rapid growth of the canal port, which by 180 port, which rapid growth canal of the wi the A6, was of London Road, This stretch with the present bridge canal bridge) replaced date from this time. and flared blue headers, probably roadside, red brick side of on the north The principal properties alignment, and each one is than the road unfolds. London Road the canal and To the north of the central towpath forms 1816, occupied Great Wharf, as it was called in area to the most of the influences, such as the cast-iron “lunette” windo cast-iron “lunette” such as the influences, bridge. are either Whilst many of the warehouses the industrial redundant or have changed use, maintained has been character of the settlement of small through the continuous presence fabrication and iron boating-related industries the Great main part of and these occupy the pre-fabricated Wharf. Modern sheds and a large part corrugated structures characterise Whilst Boatyard. of the canalside at Dobson’s of character and presence the have these do not brick wareho the historic visited in 1789 by the 18 visited in have a gritty, a working port and the sense of of the at the heart character semi-industrial The in that has been lost elsewhere settlement Wharf area. Evidence has gone for the small scale and more mundane 19 LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement side werecreated. straight-sided plotson either enclosure, whenthe large Lane waslaidoutatthe timeof The straight alignmentofWilne landmarks. Wilne Lanearetheprincipal Navigation Innatthemouthof rendered façadeofThe Broughton Houseandthe of elevation sandstone From theA50by-pass,warm Wilne Lane presence ofIvyHousecanbes A goodexampleofthisistheviewfrom roofscapes andmanyglimpsedbetweenbuildings road, orsouth-facing,isthattherearea The resultofallthis variety,in placingbuild street (19-27 WilneLane and2-8 Millfield). (38, 39and40TheWharf)orfacetheroad&lineroute,formingenclosure tothe workers cottageswithinthebackstreetsand residential buildings havebeensqueezedinto With access tothe waterfrontbeing import road astheyhadaprominentpublicrole. Offices, like thecanalcompany offices atDerwen from bothroadandcanal. strategically placedtofront se inns, TheNewInnandNavigationInn,theseappeartobelargeestablishments, rear access roadandbytree planting tothe ca from publicviewwithinits matureprivategar and 47TheWharfallfacesouthratherthanthe aspect. Hence, TheLadyin Grey, TheLa advantage ofthelight,ascanalwasco The majorhouses,ontheotherhand,tendto be orientatedtofacesouth,takebest back lanesare constrainedbyta the canalwarehousescanonlybeperceivedfr obscured byfillinginwaterchannels. Theoverwhelming presenceandinter-relationship of around them. In manyinstances the relationsh alongside theoriginal“cuts”(individualcanalbasins)andthisdictatedwhathappened buildings werepositionedrandomly.Infact As thereisnoprincipalstreet an industrial core.Here, therehas 20 At thebackofTheGreatWharf,around th centuryhousingdevelopmentcalledMillGreen

veral publicroutes,to catchas frontage withintheportarea,th een behindno.40TheWharf. ll brickwalls andlimited access. been agreatchangeincharacter. wn, DovecoteHouse(WilneLane)andNos.45 23 ings orientatedtowardseither thecanalor ant forthecommercialbuildings,smallest great numberofinterestingviews,many village greentowardsth tight spaces,withthe result thatthesmallest , thewarehouses weredeliberatelylocated om thecanaltowpathasviews fromthe nal. In thecase oftheoriginal purpose-built village green,thecharacterisdominatedby ip ofthe warehouses to the canalhas been den, maskedbyatall alleys aresometimessetatunusualangles urse anindustrialzone,andnotthebest lookingtowardsothergroupsofbuildings. t House, were alsobuilt directly facing the road alignment.TheFirsislargelyhidden , even though this area washistorically Broughton House Broughton much passing trade as possible much passingtradeaspossible e firstimpression isthatthe boundarywalltothe e canalwherethetall LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement have been dictated have been dictated nal by a separate basin. separate basin. nal by a row of 20 cottages has a row of 20 cottages has century. The stock bricks The century. th it was intended to continue continue to it was intended th the development of the contrast between the stone stone the contrast between ea on the canal plan of 1816. By ea r properties. The opposite Wilne side of ese buildings line the back of the pavement pavement of the line the back ese buildings nment. This appears to t there is no public access to this area, the public access to this area, t there is no e long distant view, which terminates with with terminates view, which e long distant garages, formerly stables, and the adjacent garages, formerly stables, and the iding a largely rural setting. The far end of of end setting. The far largely rural iding a of which the south-east side of the canal, minated by a flour mill, the site of which is of which is minated by a flour mill, the site of a purpose-built canal building - rebated canal building - rebated a purpose-built of de of Wilne Lane, between the towpath and de of Wilne Lane, between the area, is more houses loosely developed, with No.7, formerly a terrace of three houses. No.7, formerly a terrace of three houses. oorings, still exists in the garden of Old Mill oorings, still exists in the garden r two groups of buildings clustered together, clustered together, of buildings r two groups d Dovecote House), not following the road d Dovecote House), rhythm of the chimney stacks, despite many chimney stacks, despite rhythm of the 24 corporate several colours and tones and are e available space and the south-facing aspect. and the south-facing e available space century brickwork. th haw’s Row. The main haw’s t back from the original building line. t back from the original in the second half of the 19 of the half second the in off Wilne Lane, has a separate picturesque identity. The off Wilne Lane, has a separate picturesque same time and it is likely that same time and The mill was connected to the ca to the connected was mill The become mainly residential wi wharf, which is now occupied edge of the canal had a wharf, which is now occupied hern wpath where there is a strong wpath where there is a streetscene - The Lady-in-Grey and associated outbuildings outbuildings and associated Lady-in-Grey - The streetscene and early 19 th street. The modern housing between these terraces naturally naturally terraces these The modern housing between street. fiable as the only house in this ar was originally named Cowlis was originally named , a small residential street , a small residential street terrace Nos. 2-8 and The Old Mill House and Old The terrace Nos. 2-8 and built Millfield, was The Granary, 3-5 in stand out as they English bond laid in the orange 18 different from regular strong identity maintained by the and 30- street, nos. 21-24 east side of the changes in detail. The two short terraces on the 33, were built more-or-less at the of the this side to develop although se follows the historic layout, the site of the Trent Brewery. of the 1970s, built on is a housing development The Maltings conifer planting lines the Back gardens and a low brick boundary wall topped by fencing and canal towpath, a contrast from the built-up character of the wharf buildings that once dominated views along this stretch. set back from the road (49 Holly Villa an set back from to are from the views prettiest Long Row Wilne Lane, where it leaves the conservation it leaves the conservation Wilne Lane, where making best use of th alignment, and instead condition, appears onives, albeit in a poor to the north of no. 27 that surv The outbuilding has all the characteristics the 1816 plan and strap hinges. and large doors with arched brickwork for shutters si the north-west The cottages set back from building alig the road follow an unusual tapered a Wharf on by the presence of a yard serving Today, whils there is no longer much evidence. of a row of in the form preserved alignment is cottages. Millfield and the soft planting within the gardens that back onto bulwarks of the former canal wharf of no. 14. garden the canal. A large weeping willow skirts the water in the character, do in In 1880 Millfield was industrial now occupied by 1 The Cottage. private m arm, with A small fragment of this evident as the southern garden boundary to No. 1 The House but it was reduced in length, The sout 7 Millfield. Cottage and and Nos. 2-8, No. 10 Oakwood House, No. 12 Redbrook by the gardens of several houses; No.14. No. 14 is identi to had started 1900, the area Lane is mainly edged by hedgerows, a foil prov hedgerows, a by mainly edged Lane is Looking up Wilne Lane from London Road, th from London Road, up Wilne Lane Looking the deck of the canal bridge, is distinctive fo is distinctive the canal bridge, of the deck in the focal points which form Th Wilne Lane. formed by 19-29 group and the of othe walled gardens separated by the and are LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement   conservation areaandsomekeyviewsapproaches.Inparticular: The villagehassufferedfromdevelopmentthatisdetrimentaltothesettingof Setting oftheconservation mistakes in thefuture. planning authorityto reverse someofthe this character. Itishoped thatidentifying these will help householders, designers andthe village hassufferedalterations orlossesthateith In definingthecharacter oftheconservationar this couldbeachievedbytheneedforplanningpermission. designation wasputinplaceas changes describedbelow predatethedesignationofconservationareain1975.The reflects and strengthens their special chara should be prevented, but rather that settleme accelerated changefollowingthe Second World acknowledgement oftheneed to conserveth The concept ofconservation areaswasintroduc Loss andDamage Modern buildings damage the setting of the conservation area and views of the Church tower tower Church the of views areaand conservation ofthe setting the damage buildings Modern and unsympatheticboundaries. views of the church tower, introducing distracting garageparaphernalia,largesigns large plots.Theyareparticularlydamaging and TandooriNightsaremodernbuildingswithsprawlingdevelopmentoccupying conservation area,ShardlowServiceStatio thanthenorthern.Althoughthisstretchofroadisoutside more dominant looking botheastand westinto thisspace, the curveofagenerousbendinroad. the southern sideofLondonRoadbetween garage nowusedasadisplayareaservin some unsympatheticdevelopmentfronting the settingofconservation areainth a safeguardagainstfurther harmfuldevelopment,sofaras area and historic buildings historicbuildings and area 25 cter. AtShardlow, someoftheundesirable g thecaravansiteatShardlowMarina. damaging alterationsan nts shoulddevelopovertime in away that ea wecanalso identifyinstances where the e approachfromtheeastisdominatedby War. Itwasnotintended thatdevelopment Thismeansthattherearecontinual views n, ShardlowBoardingKennelsandCattery to thesettingofconservationareaand e “cherished localscene” inthefaceof er individuallyorcumu ed by the Civic Amenities Act1967, asan London Road,particularlytheformer the churchand ShardlowHouselieson andthe southernsideof the streetis d toavoidthe same latively havediluted LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement the conservation area, the ng Row no longer has an and replacement in concrete Loss of original boundary walls adapted or altered with either loss of adapted or altered fence to the towpath side of the canal canal towpath side of the to the fence original slate roof has been replaced with le-storey brick and “temporary” timber timber brick and “temporary” le-storey od building details. This has affected the features that strike a jarring note within the a features that strike is compromisedmodern by extensive for EcoChemistry and Nursing Home. and Nursing for EcoChemistry , although when built as a terrace common e northern perimeter of Shardlow Hall e northern perimeter of Shardlow ct on the character of ct on 26 boundaries have been unsympathetic: boundaries have been unsympathetic: at 15-17 Wilne Lane (The Clock Warehouse) th face a major road: Holden House Holden House wing to The Lady-in-Grey The roadside two-storey Concrete window cills Row, 1 and 4 (The Navigation Inn, 30 and 33 Long Modern render over brickwork Long Row) the historic setting of Shardlow Hall setting of the historic development, mainly comprising the sing mainly comprising development, Centre at the former Cranfield buildings Holden House 4-18 The Wharf Broughton House chainlink Sections of concrete block and to th fence and chainlink post Concrete walls boundary Concrete embankment uniform character and rhythm of terraces. In particular, Lo identifiable original window or door pattern the cottages. windows and doors would have unified properties where the There are two traditional tiles. This has a damaging effe concrete roof particularly as they bo   Other alterations include:   Loss of building details The village has suffered from the loss of peri Boundary treatments instances boundaries have been In a number of  or the introduction of new architectural details conservation area. frontages The following have lost their historic railings:    along Boundaries to modern properties variety of London Road incorporate a stark in with little consistency, treatments, uniformity of historic the contrast to boundaries. The following alterations to historic    LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement neutral effectonthe conservation area. a resultofcarefullydisguised alterations the originalbuilding,although thedetailofitsor The conversion ofNo.3Mill (now14-23 Mill Green) has preserved theshapeand scale of    windows: each casethecharacter hasbeencompromise successful in retaining thehistoric character. Loft (nowin residential use).However,there areseveral conversions thatareless formerly Soresby’sWarehouse),No. 1Mill(now such asTheClockWarehouse(now apub)No cases, this has beencarriedoutwithout majo A largenumberofformercanalbuildingsha buildings Alterations tocanal extension atthefront. chamfered stonequoins,andtheadditionofaflat-roofed and theoriginal“rusti original mellowbrickwork, removalofthesashwindows oftexturedrenderoverthe adding anamorphouscoat or ofits stripped hasbeen east, public facesto thesouthwest,north westandsouth The NavigationInn,whichisaprominent landmarkwith distracting jumble,whichpepperthe smallelevations. cluster ofpubsignsandparaphernalia,avisually modern diamond-latticeleadingtothewindows,anda elevations, hasbeenalteredwithflat-roofed extensions, The MaltShovel,whichhas added tothe south. altered andamodernflat-roofedextensionhasbeen the melloworangebrickwork,windowshave been east, southandwest,has beenrendered, with thelossof The NewInn,whichhasprominentpublicfaces tothe character oftheconservationareaaseach lost, in varying degrees,theirhist The threemainpubstothenorthofLondonRoadhavehadextensivealterationsand Alterations topublichouses damaged itsoriginalcharacter 3 and5Millfield(formerlyaGranary)–th Ivy Mill–the canalsideelevation,in elevation character. Over-sized mode The Ropery–thefront, south-facingel cated basement”withits prominent eastand south iginal classicalidentityby oric design integrity. This is rn domesticwindows havebeen inserted intotheplain particular, is domesticin character of these buildings hasseveralpublicfaces. using matchingdetails. This conversion hasa 27 ve been converted to other uses. In some ve beenconvertedtoother uses.Insome These havebeen residential conversions. In r lossofthehistoricarchitecturalfeatures, iginal appearance is nolongeridentifiableas iginal appearance . 52 The Wharf (now in residential use and . 52TheWharf(nowinresidentialuseand d bythedomesticscaleanddetailof inofficeuse) andThe MalthouseandThe evation ofthebuildingis domesticin e introduction ofdomesticwindowshas particularly damaging to the particularlydamagingtothe Loss of sash windows Loss ofsash and textured render and textured LullingtonShardlow Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement stry has been lost. In stry has e long warehouse on been removed. These These been removed. lly filled in, or truncated, or lly filled in, or truncated, gh this has been converted to residential 28 Mill Green all impinge on the setting of 28 Mill Green all impinge on the setting e there are no examples of this practice. practice. no examples of this e there are -28 Long Row have a neutral effect on the As a result of their prominence, they are em out from other bridges, and contributes and contributes other bridges, em out from red corn mill has been partially demolished been partially demolished red corn mill has had a detrimental effect on the character of had the cut that served th the cut of the building look strange without an of the building look strange the warehouses and the canal is sometimes the warehouses and the canal is e cladding. Both were designed without any e cladding. Both were designed without e first edition Ordnance Survey map shows map Survey Ordnance first edition e The brickwork is exposed and vulnerable to The brickwork is exposed and vulnerable nal. These structures are usually a distinct are nal. These structures ated with the canal indu the ated with the canal, which was its principal focus. The focus. canal, which was its principal the 12, 13 and 24 also share the same modern 12, 13 and 24 the canal basins have the canal basins removed; “Idle Bridge” to the A6 and “Wilne A6 the to Bridge” “Idle removed; conservation area. “The Moorings” on Canal in. These arms of the canal were transhipment of the canal were transhipment in. These arms that has reduced the impact of this important important this of impact the has reduced that 28 ed within the former farmyard of No. 83 hased within the former farmyard

dded to the sense of a working port. dded to the sense basins) have been either partia of a canal development. of a canal development. use, it is the proximity of the new housing the conservation area. Numbers 12, 13, 24 and 24 13, the conservation area. Numbers 12, the original 1792 warehouse (No.3 Mill). Althou area. Numbers building in the conservation coastal waterfront associated with “ship-lap” weatherboarding, a feature that is commonly locations but is out-of-place in Shardlow, wher Numbers 63 and 65 The Wharf are with large dormers and No. modern chalet bungalows 29 Long Row is a bungalow with artificial ston regard for the local vernacular building form. of the character historic detrimental to the area. New the conservation of the setting of Bank is also out of place to the detriment and 25 houses at The Maltings, 1-11 Mill Green historic settlement and respect the brick houses are simple conservation area. They pattern. New development There are a number of new buildings that have Loss of agricultural buildings buildings along London Road are redundantMany of the surviving agricultural and in poor sh a large cow recent years, condition. In particular, most of the cranes that flanked particular, most considerably a have features would canal bridges have been Two of the original character distinct to the once served the steam-powe The chimney that and landmark within Shardlow a major would have been This a stump. and is now only across the floodplain. Several of the “cuts” (or canal troughs. the cattle feeding collapsed, exposing further losses. that a large amount of the paraphernalia associ paraphernalia amount of the that a large the ca Lane, both crossing Bridge” at Wilne shape, which marks th hump-back or horseshoe Loss of canal structures Loss of th with canal port of the current Comparison removed entirely. In particular the cuts serving the 1792 No. 3 Mill, the 1816 No. 1 Mill and the 1792 No. 3 Mill, the 1816 serving cuts the In particular removed entirely. and truncated the Iron Warehouse have been the opposite side of the canal has been filled been the opposite side of the canal has and activities within the buildings between the the relationship loading areas and illustrated between relationship port. Without them, the and be at the heart of a residential area appears to now particular, No. 3 Mill obscured. In towards north west rather than looks to the at the base arched covered loading areas relationship to the water. their and function explanation of their former LullingtonShardlow ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement impact. Shakespeare Inn,TheNewInnan detrimental tothecharacter oftheconser being bothontheedgeof These arenottruegap-sites astheydono presence in theconservation area. arenoteffe Duck andTheClockWarehouse frontages, introduceplantingandsympatheti dominate someofthehistoricstreetfront a largehouse called The Limes. Large expanses The ClockWarehousecarparkwaspartiallybuilt There arenotrue“gap-sites”withinShardlo Gap sites Wilne Bridge andtheseweragepipestraddlingcanal. Views towardsTheWharffromthetowpath are Manor. e.g. ShardlowGrangeandManorHouse(both20 confusion byadoptinghistoric-soundingnamesalongsidetheoriginalhistoricproperties, andoutbuildings.Thenamesch manor house loss ofthedistinctiveidentityitsgarde New housesbuiltwithinthegardensofShardl the builtframework,butth d TheNavigationInnhaveasimilar, iflessdominant, n settingandits relationshipwiththeformer 29 c boundary walls,thecar w, where a replacement building is desirable. w, whereareplacementbuildingisdesirable. t necessarily warrantareplacementbuilding ages. Despitebesteffortstolandscapethe ow ManoronLondonRoadhaveledtothe vation area.SmallercarparksatThe osen fornewhouseshaveaddedtothe th ofpubcarparkingin onthesite ofseveralbuildings,including centuryhouses)sitadjacenttoShardlow ctively screened and haveadominant spoilt bythe concretebridge deck to e carparksarenevertheless parks to The Dog and parks toTheDogand Shardlow tend to ea arf D cks Wh arf rf MIL LFI ELD rf ion Ar rf Wh Wha

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Distinctive Architectural Details

SHARDLOW

Checklist of details

The details in this appendix illustrate those building elements that help to define Shardlow’s particular character. These may be common everyday vernacular details found repeatedly throughout the conservation area or may be more exceptional, consciously designed features.

This appendix may prove useful in providing inspiration for new development, whether traditional or contemporary, if used with care. Paradoxically, the outstanding architectural details of a conservation area may not be the ones that are most typical of the area. They often belong to the important key buildings of a village and may look out of place on smaller buildings in subordinate locations. The majority of buildings in the conservation areas of South Derbyshire are plainly and simply detailed.

Boundary treatments • red brick boundary walls with half-round red or blue clay or triangular copings • red brick boundary walls with stone ashlar coping

Chimney stacks and pots • octagonal and round buff clay pots • “Bishop” pots in red and buff clay • red clay round “ribbed” pots (e.g. Long Row)

Doors • 4 and 6-panel doors with bead mouldings/ raised and fielded panels • simple decorative pilastered doorcases • warehouse doors with large strap hinges

Lintels and cills • segmental brick lintels • timber first-floor lintels • stone wedge lintels with incised and channelled blocks (some with dropped keystones) • plain stone wedge lintels and stone wedge lintels with moulded decorative panels • fine gauged brick lintels (some with stone keystones)

Roof types and details • hipped roofs in graduated Westmoreland or Burlington slate • broad hipped roofs in Welsh slate, with lead covered rolls • Staffordshire blue clay tiled roofs/ hand-made red clay tiles • triangular pediments

Walls • “sawtooth” or “dentilled” brick eaves • corbelled brickwork - multiple courses of corbelled brick at corners - stepped or decorative corbelled verges • rebated brickwork to warehouse doorways • moulded timber/ stone cornice • brick roundels/ pitching holes Checklist of details (cont’d)

Windows • timber two-paned and multi-paned casements • cill details – thin stone cills, plain brickwork (no cill), ashlar stone and shaped red or blue brick • 3-light and multi-paned horizontally sliding sashes • vertically sliding sashes with two-panes per sash, margin lights or multi-paned • cast-iron lunette/ sunburst windows

Historic paving • blue brick paving • square limestone setts • gritstone slabs

Ephemera • Bootscrapers, cranes, datestones, hand-painted signs, iron tie-bars and pattress plates, shutters

Street Furniture • Cast iron bobbin milepost • Pressed steel sign BOUNDARY TREATMENTS Walls and copings

The majority of old walls within the village are built from brick, with half-round copings in red or blue brick (right). Some of the largest properties have copings in stone or triangular red bricks, as at The Dower House, Shardlow House and Shardlow Manor.

There are few exceptions - the red brick walls with blue “flared” headers were introduced in 1936 (bottom right) during the re-alignment of the main road.

Half-round and triangular coping details (above).

Red brick walls with triangular coping (left) and stone coping (below). BOUNDARY TREATMENTS Gates and railings

In Shardlow railings were reserved for the finer buildings, such as the fine set of late 19th century cast iron railings in front of the local church (above, details right).

Left - slender, spear-headed 18th century wrought-iron railings, serving the earlier paddock within the grounds of Shardlow Hall, adjacent to the churchyard.

In keeping with the status of the church and its physical relationship with Shardlow Hall, the gatepiers to the churchyard are heavily modelled (below middle). Ashlar stone boundary walls and heavily moulded copings of the Hall entrance gateway (below left).

Wrought iron was also used for lantern holders, good examples being at the church and Broughton House (below right). CHIMNEY STACKS AND POTS

Plain chimneys - red brick sometimes rendered later, with several oversailing courses of brick and simple red or buff clay pots. Blue bricks were occasionally used where a stronger and more durable brick was required (above and right). Pots vary from plain red or blue, to octagonal, to the “Bishop” (right).

A few stacks were more decorative, such as that at The Dower House (below), incorporating sawtooth brickwork, and the 19th century stack at Shardlow House (bottom right). DOORS AND DOORCASES

Six-panelled door with bolection mouldings (right). Five-panelled door (below).

Simple classical doorcase with moulded cornice, frieze rail and narrow pilasters (The Dower House - above).

Cast iron door canopy - Trent Villa, the Wharf (below)

Six-panelled door with raised and fielded panels (right).

Panelled doors with simple bead mouldings found on simple artisan cottages and agricultural buildings (below).

A few original boarded doors with strap-hinges and reinforced doors can be found on the wharf buildings (right). WINDOWS - Lintels and cills

In the 18th century, where wealth permitted in the finer houses, “hand- rubbed” bricks or “gauged” bricks were used. The result was a precise, thinly-jointed, wedge-shaped lintel. These bricks were sandwiched together using lime putty (above).

Where economy was important, lintels were simpler in form; a segmental arch formed by a course of “stretcher & header” bricks (below).

By the first half of the 19th century, the use of stone was much more widespread, partly due to improvements in the transportation of heavy goods (by canal and later rail). Wedge-shaped stone lintels, sometimes incised to look like separate pieces of stone, and sometimes carved, echoed the wedge form of the gauged brick lintel (above).

Many of the smaller cottages had no cill (bottom left). Elsewhere some of the cottages had a brick cill added at a later date in the 19th century (bottom middle). The larger, grander buildings had stone cills (bottom right). ROOF TYPES AND DETAILS

The canal brought Staffordshire blue clay tiles into the area (top). Before the arrival of these tiles, handmade red clay tiles were prevalent Triangular pediments - a simplified version (above left). Welsh slate was favoured for with horizontal stone band, found at The shallow pitches, seen particularly on the wharf Clock Warehouse (top) and the full-blown buildings. The example above right classical version with moulded stone cornice incorporates long purpose-made rooflights. at The Lady in Grey (above).

Hipped roofs are a distinctive feature of some of the large merchant houses in Shardlow. Welsh slate (left) with blue clay, capped angle ridge tiles. Staffordshire blue clay tiles (below) with lead flashings. Graduated Westmoreland slate (bottom left), with hips of half-round red clay tiles. WALLS - Brickwork details

Brick arches (above) - shallow segmental arches and semicircular arches were used to span the canal basin to enable under-cover loading and unloading of goods.

Corbelled brickwork is a distinctive detail (right) found on the utilitarian wharf buildings where space was at a premium.

Rebated brickwork (below) was a commonly used detail found on doorways at the wharf buildings. The large doors would be located flush with the external brickwork, providing a secure and weathertight finish.

Rounded, moulded brickwork, is occasionally found on the wharf buildings, in locations where there was considerable activity and potential wear (left). WALLS - Eaves details

There are several types of decorative brick eaves. The earliest used brick corbelled out in a “dentilled” (right) or “sawtooth” pattern (above), and sometimes combined half-round cast-iron gutters on metal brackets, fixed to the brickwork. A plain corbelled eaves was used on the most utilitarian buildings (top right), although this example at The Wharf is in very poor condition.

In the 19th century the eaves became even more decorative, some with a moulded timber cornice (right), shaped or moulded brick (below), or carved stone with complex mouldings (below right). This created a distinctive decorative eaves line. In many cases, gutters were of cast-iron ogee form and had a square base which sat on top of the projecting eaves, avoiding the need for any visible brackets (bottom right). The gutter profile thus became an integral part of the architecture of the building. WALLS - Verge details

The most common roof type used for the majority of small cottages is the pitched roof with a plain verge (above).

Pitched roofs with decorative verge details (above and right) -

• a raised brick band on the gable end of brick houses follows the verge, to provide a drip moulding (above)

• a stepped verge (right above) is unusual, found at Shardlow Heritage Centre

• a corbelled verge with dentil moulding (right) WINDOWS

Windows in wharf buildings vary from multi-paned cast iron windows, once fully glazed (above left) to simple openings with iron security bars (above right), which would have incorporated shutters. The cast iron “lunette” or sunburst windows (right) are a particular Shardlow feature, combining utility with decorative effect.

Pitching holes found in agricultural buildings (right)

Side-hinged timber casements, with flush fitting opening casements and frames. The casements themselves can be simple, with perhaps one horizontal glazing bar (as at Milford Lea - above) or with quirky three panes (right) or multi-paned (not illustrated). Most of the large, formal houses in Georgian England had large sash windows.

As glass production evolved and the size of panels of glass increased, the small-paned sash windows of Georgian England (above) gave way to larger panes of glass, separated by single vertical glazing bars (top right). Many of these had “horns” added to increase the strength and rigidity of the sash frame (middle right). The six-over-six sash windows with horns (middle right) at Derwent House are replacements of the original sashes.

Horizontally sliding sash windows are a common feature of the Midlands, often reserved for the less important elevations or small vernacular buildings as at Canal Bank and Wilne Lane (below). PATHS AND PAVING

Limestone setts in squared blocks form an apron to the Dog and Duck (above).

Left - blue clay bricks are laid in a brick bond as an apron to the cottages at 2-8 Millfield. The same type of blue clay bricks are used as a gutter and apron outside 2-4 Canal Bank (second left).

Large Yorkstone paving flags are laid in front of the large doors between the canal, towpath and 139 London Road, an area of constant wear (right).

19th century additions to private spaces - red and black quarry tiles form a front path (right) and pretty, moulded blue clay edging (left). EPHEMERA

Lifting cranes (above and left). Hand-painted signs (below). Datestones (bottom left). Shutters, shutter catches and boot scrapers. Weather vanes (bottom right).

On this page are examples of the kinds of ephemera that are all too easily lost, which make a place like Shardlow distinctive. STREET FURNITURE

Right - Cast iron bobbin milepost, 1819, produced by Rangeley and Dixon for the Trent and Mersey canal

(grid ref. N 444, 345 / E 330, 366)

Right - Shardlow Lock pressed steel sign

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