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Old Boiler House,Warlies Park Gardens,Essex MARCH 7, 2017 HERITAGE STATEMENT OLD BOILER HOUSE, WARLIES PARK GARDENS, ESSEX JANICE GOOCH JANICE GOOCH HERITAGE CONSULTANCY Job No: 17/022 Heritage Statement for: The Old Boiler House, Warlies Park Gardens, Waltham Abbey Document Control Grid Project Name The Old Boiler House, Warlies Gardens Author(s) and contact details Janice Gooch MSc CHE AssocRICS IHBC ACIfA Origination date March 2017 Reviser(s) JG Date of last revision July 2017 Version B Summary of changes Confirmation of Design & Works Client Reference The Old Boiler House, Warlies Gardens Contents Document Control Grid ........................................................................................................................... 1 Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Planning Guidelines ................................................................................................................................. 2 Description .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Development of the Building ................................................................................................................... 3 Setting of heritage asset .......................................................................................................................... 5 Planning History .................................................................................................................................. 5 Significance ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Condition of the asset ......................................................................................................................... 6 Proposed Scheme .................................................................................................................................... 6 Design considerations ......................................................................................................................... 6 Materials to be used ........................................................................................................................... 6 Building Control .................................................................................................................................. 6 Impact Assessment:................................................................................................................................. 7 Impact on Listed Building .................................................................................................................... 7 Impact on Conservation Area ............................................................................................................. 8 Appendix 1 - Photographs ....................................................................................................................... 9 Appendix 2 – Listing Description ........................................................................................................... 18 Appendix 3 – Information on Architect - Samuel Teulon...................................................................... 19 Appendix 4 – Historic Environment Records (HER) – Warlies Park ...................................................... 21 Appendix 5 - Assessment of Significance Summary.............................................................................. 26 Appendix 6 – History of Warlies Park ................................................................................................... 29 1 | P a g e Janice Gooch Heritage Consultancy Heritage Statement for: The Old Boiler House, Warlies Park Gardens, Waltham Abbey Summary This is a Conservation Statement and Impact Assessment for the proposed works to the Old Boiler House. Warlies Park Gardens is within the setting of the Grade II listed building – Warlies Park House. A copy of the listing description is available at: https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the- list/list-entry/1306282 Within the grounds/ setting, there are a number of listed buildings – refer to Appendix 4. However, these are deemed remote to the setting of the proposed scheme as there are within the larger estate and located on the opposite side of the walled garden where our scheme is proposed. The proposed scale and mass of the scheme is working within the perimeters of the existing building/ footprint of previous development. The site is also located within the Upshire Conservation Area: http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/index.php/home/file-store/category/80-upshire-conservation- area Planning Guidelines To comply with National Policy Planning Framework (2012) section 12, this statement provides: • An understanding to the significance of the heritage asset • An understanding to the setting of heritage assets • An assessment of the impact of the proposed works on the heritage asset • An assessment of the impact of the proposed works on the setting of the heritage assets This statement has been undertaken with the consideration of the level and extent of the proposed works, and is not to be considered as a full historical report or conservation plan. A good history of the site (Appendix 6) has previously been undertaken which compliments a good HER (Appendix 4). Description A history of the main house has been compiled by the owner Mr Chris Relph and is attached in Appendix 6. A detailed HER exists for the estate, and a copy of the Houses HER is included within this document, Appendix 4. Therefore, within the main body of the Heritage Statement a history of the site has not been included. Background Like many estates across England, the rise and fall of estates has resulted in the loss of many. This has been due to the separation of many estates through section of land and assets being sold, especially after World War I, separated to allow children/ family to inherit among many other reasons. 2 | P a g e Janice Gooch Heritage Consultancy Heritage Statement for: The Old Boiler House, Warlies Park Gardens, Waltham Abbey Warlies Park could now be considered as one of the luckier estates as this separation was undertaken, but now is being integrated back together again. Mr Relph bought the main house, and its joining School building and stable block in the 1990s when the property was being sold off. These building had slowly been converted into office use, and Mr Relph continued the conversion. Recently Mr Relph had the opportunity to purchase Warlies Gardens, which until recently had been used as a commercial plant nursery. Warlies Gardens consists of a walled garden and to the north of the walled garden there is a collection of buildings which form the estate outbuildings. Until recently, the walled garden and the ground outside the confines of the ‘estate yard’ were large commercial greenhouses, which have now been cleared. Evidence of these can still be seen with standing pipes for watering, chimneys and small sections of hardstanding. Development of the Building Gardens and Outbuildings Estates relied on many people and many aspects to make them work. Due to the efforts of The National Trust, and other organisations, many great houses survive, however, many of the smaller estates have been lost, and even more of the estate outbuildings or the grounds associated with them, have been demolition, sold off or have been developed to allow enabling development for the protection of the main house. Within architectural and social history, gardens and outbuildings had been long forgotten, with preservation concentrating on large houses, or major country estate seats. However, gardens and the wider estates form an important part of our history, and demonstrate an important aspect of our architectural and social past. In the past few years our understanding of garden design has developed. It is now acknowledged that our idea of pleasure gardens developed in the late 17th/ early 18th century when the middle classes started to appear. This new class had more leisure time and a disposable income, which therefore enabled more time for pleasure pursuits. Garden design first appeared in the 16th century, with formal, architecturally designed room formats developing into the less formal landscaped gardens of the 18th century, such as the wonders created by Capability Brown. However, these vast gardens or the high maintenance of the formal gardens were out of the reach of most, but these styles were adapted and tweaked which resulted in the more formal, yet compact layouts often set within a walled garden. The walls also allowed for fragile or more exotic plants to be grown, allowing for solar gain and wind protection that the walls offered. Glasshouses prior to the late 17th century were for the elite due to the high cost of glass and the cost of heating them during the winter months. When England developed the technology and skills to mass produce glass, glasshouses became in the reach of the higher classes, and were seen as important item within the garden. This ‘fashion’ continued until the early Victorian era, when the idea of seeing plants propagated and over wintered was something not to be seen by ‘polite’ society, and therefore, glasshouses were moved out of sight. Gardens have changed and developed both with architectural style changes, and with demand on space, personal wishes, general development
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