Drayton Conservation Area Appraisal

Drayton Conservation Area

Appraisal

Consultation Draft February 2018

J Drayton Conservation Area Appraisal

Contents

1. Introduction 6. Spatial Analysis 11. References and Useful Information 2. Planning Policy Framework 7. Character Analysis 12. Listed Buildings 3. Summary of Special Interest 8. Boundary Changes 9. Community Involvement 13. Historic Maps 4. Assessment of Special Interest

10. Key Points: Future Management 14. Heritage assets of local interest 5. Historic Development and of the Conservation Area Archaeology

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1. Introduction  Local authorities have additional and to assess the heritage significance control over some minor of the area; A conservation area is an area of special development;  Review the conservation area architectural or historic interest, the  Special provision is made to protect boundaries; character or appearance of which it is trees within conservation areas.  Increase public awareness and desirable to preserve or enhance involvement in the preservation and (Planning [Listed Buildings and When assessing planning applications, enhancement of the area; Conservation Areas] Act 1990, Section 69). local authorities must pay careful  Provide a framework for informed The responsibility for designating attention to the desirability of preserving planning decisions; conservation areas lies with the Local or enhancing the character and  Guide controlled and positive Planning Authority. appearance of the conservation area and management of change within the its setting. conservation area to minimise harm Local Authorities have a statutory duty to and encourage high quality, review their Conservation Areas from In addition to statutory controls and contextually responsive design. time-to-time. The Drayton Conservation national policy, the local authority can Area was designated on 1969 include policies in the local plan to help preserve the special character and What does Conservation Area appearance of conservation areas. designation mean? What is the purpose of a conservation Conservation area designation provides area appraisal? extra protection in the following ways: The aim of this appraisal is to:  Local authorities have general control over most complete  Identify the special architectural and demolition of buildings within historic interest which contributes to conservation areas; the character of the conservation area

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2. Planning Policy Framework

The development plan currently comprises the Vale of White Horse Local Plan 2031 Part 1 adopted December 2016 and the Draft Local Plan Part 2 October 2017. The Drayton Neighbourhood Plan was made in July 2015 and forms part of this development plan. Other material planning considerations include the National Planning Policy Framework 2012 (NPPF), Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) and the Vale of White Horse Design Guide, 2015.

Full details of the enabling legislation, local development management policies and effects of conservation area designation can be found on the Council’s website.

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3. Summary of Special Interest

The special interest of the area can be articulated through a description of its key features and in terms of its heritage significance. This involves analysing the heritage values that make up significance. This assessment is based on the methodology set put in Conservation Principles, Historic England, 2008. Some of the key features of special interest are summarised on the map below.

Evidential value is the archaeological potential of an area. There is potential for prehistoric and Anglo-Saxon remains in the village as a whole. Further evidential value lies in the multiphase buildings which can yield information on the earlier building forms. Overall evidential value is low-medium

The history of the village can be read in its layout and detailing of its buildings. The surviving farmsteads, albeit now mostly Conservation Area - summary of some key converted to residential use, illustrate the features of special interest

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agricultural past of the village. The range recent expansion of the village. Overall of traditional buildings contain aesthetic value is medium-high. information about how ordinary people in the village lived in the past, indicating the The extensive network of footpaths wealth and status of inhabitants over throughout the village and large areas of time. Many houses illustrate changes in public open space mean that the village housing technology and fashion. Overall and surrounding area are very publicly historical value is high accessible and designed to foster communal interaction. Overall communal Aesthetically, the village retains its value is high. attractive semi-rural character with mature trees lining the main streets and lanes. In places the open countryside enters the village along the footpaths, in fields and paddocks, and in the Millennium Green and there are glimpsed views out to open countryside from many parts of the area. There are key views towards The Green, along Church Lane and towards the Church from the eastern edge of the parish where there are also expansive views of open countryside. The range and quality of traditional buildings types, styles, materials and detailing creates an interesting built form which, very importantly for the character of the village, is largely retained in the more

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4. Assessment of Special links to London and the West. Abingdon is through the conservation area, connecting Interest the nearest market town and Oxford is 12 the village with Sutton Courtney, about 2 miles to the north. miles to the east. A mix of buildings, mostly historic, front onto High Street of This discussion includes the hamlet of Having originally been an agricultural varying dates, size, materials and detailing Sutton Wick which it is considered should community, Drayton had a population of providing interesting views in both be included in the conservation area. 2,353 in 2011 and is now mostly a directions, see figure 1. To the rear of the dormitory village for those working locally south side are the former burgage plots 4.1 Location and Geography as well as for London and Reading extending back to Drayton East Way. commuters Church Lane leading off High Street to the Drayton is situated in the Vale of White north, is much narrower, see figure 2, as is Horse, just two miles south of Abingdon. It 4.2 General Character and Plan Form Gravel Lane and these, too, have a range is in flat, low lying countryside with the of buildings types, size, materials and River Thames to the east and the River The conservation area boundary is quite dates. These are the main areas of Ock, a tributary to the Thames, to the tightly drawn around the historic core of settlement in the conservation area. north west. It occupies a site on an ancient the village which includes the field to the gravel terrace slightly higher than the north of Manor Farm, now being surrounding land meaning most of the developed for housing and open plots in village is free from flooding. The subsoil is the centre. It is clearly bounded to the Kimmeridge Clay and gravel with alluvium west by Abingdon Road, the original by the River Ock. The soils are loam and turnpike road between Abingdon and clay. Steventon, which later became the old A34 trunk road (now the B4017 Abingdon To the west is the A34 trunk road which Road). Sutton Wick lies to the north, takes much of the through traffic out of separated by the Millennium Green and the village. This gives good access to the connected by footpaths to Drayton village. M40 and M4 and just to the south is The High Street is the principal road Didcot Parkway station providing rapid rail Figure 1 High Street looking west

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informal footpaths linking different parts of burgage plots. the village and connecting to the open countryside beyond, reinforces this The burgage plots are bounded to the character, see figure 5. south by the back lane of Drayton East Way. This is partly made up, at its western 4.3 Landscape Setting end, where it gives access to a number of properties and a mobile home park. For The Drayton Conservation Area includes the rest of the way it is an informal rural the heart of the old village, which track with farmland to the south. Views of developed along the main roads through the open land of the former burgage plots the village. Approaching from the east, the are restricted by mature hedging. road leads directly from open countryside into the conservation area. However, the To the north and west of the conservation approaches both north and south are area is predominantly twentieth century lined by twentieth century housing which housing development and beyond the screens views of the open countryside houses is open farmland, the former open surrounding the village, and the extensive fields of the village. To the east the land is areas of open space within the village. largely undeveloped, comprising These include paddocks, allotments, the allotments and paddocks up to the parish burial grounds on Church Lane and the boundary and large arable fields beyond, Figure 2 Church Lane looking north Millennium Green. former open fields belonging to the parish of Sutton Courtney. Mature trees in both public and private To the south of High Street, the former spaces, stone boundary walls, hedges, burgage plots are still largely undeveloped Immediately to the north is the grass verges, paddocks and open green and used as paddocks or closes. However, Millennium Green, which separates the areas which occupy the land in between there has been some development on village of Drayton from the hamlet of the roads contribute to its rural character, former farmsteads fronting High Street Sutton Wick. Historically, this hamlet was see figure 4. The extraordinary network of which has encroached onto these historic part of Sutton Courtney parish, although it

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is separated from it by open countryside. generally follow ancient routes which The layout of the village remains more or would have linked the settlement by the less the same as that shown on the most convenient routes to its open fields. enclosure map of 1815, see Historic Maps in Section 13, though the farmland to the west has been developed for housing. Some farm buildings and closes to the east side of Sutton Wick Lane have been developed in the twentieth century. The farmland abutting Sutton Wick to the south now forms the large open space of the Millennium Green. The heart of the hamlet remains relatively unchanged. A small pond and open green, surrounded by a number of traditional buildings, form Figure 3 Sutton Wick pond its nucleus, see figure 3.

The surrounding farmland is mainly used

for arable cultivation with paddocks closer to the village used for keeping horses and some cattle. Some of these paddocks are pockets of land within the built form of the village, which adds to the rural quality of the environment. To the east of Church Lane are allotment gardens. A network of footpaths links Drayton to Sutton Wick and links both settlements to their Figure 4 Important trees and hedgerows farming hinterland. The footpaths

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5. Historic Development and There is no comprehensive history of the Archaeology village published. There are accounts of the owners of the manor and of the church but the evidence for the history of Just outside the village to the south west the ordinary people in the village lies in and south east, there is archaeological the physical form of the village and details evidence for substantial and significant of the buildings. prehistoric settlement and early to mid High Street probably developed early as Anglo-Saxon remains, including a large timber hall. The Drayton Cursus runs to an important east-west route and it is no Figure 5 Footpaths crossing the village and connecting to the east of the village and there are a coincidence that the earliest secular adjoining settlements number of Bronze Age ring ditches and buildings are found along its route. The Church of St Peter, just off the High Street enclosures near here. Other likely Bronze on Church Lane, is the earliest surviving Age activity can be found around Barrow Road, where there is also possible building in the village. It dates from the

evidence of Roman field patterns. To the early thirteenth century with additions in North West, near Stonehill House is the the fifteenth century and major works in scheduled ancient monument of Sutton the second half of the nineteenth century. Wick Settlement. Given its importance in Despite the church dating back to 1200, Anglo-Saxon times, it is surprising that the area was a dependency of St Helen’s only a small settlement is recorded here in in Abingdon until 1867. the Domesday survey. It is, nevertheless, an area that has had early and continued 69 High Street, at its eastern end, is of settlement so it is reasonable to consider cruck construction and is the earliest secular building in the village, dating to that there may be some archaeological potential within the conservation area the fourteenth century, see figure 6. The itself. Manor House, just opposite, is recorded to be of fifteenth century origin, see figure 7.

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This is a large and high status house. The The hamlet of Sutton Wick adjoins the manor belonged to the abbot and convent village of Drayton being separated only by of Abingdon and was granted, together a couple of fields, now the Millennium with the lucrative rectory and advowson, Green. It was enclosed by act of by King Henry VIII to Sir Anthony St. Leger. parliament in 1801, when an allotment of It was subsequently sold in 1561 to John land was given to the impropriator, a lay Southcote Esq, a recusant and sergeant at person owning church land, in lieu of law. Philip Southcote, the last male heir of tithes, though Sutton Courtney was still this family, died in 1758. The manor, subject to tithes. At the time of enclosure rectory and advowson then passed to Sir it consisted of a few farms and cottages William Jerningham bart. The Jernighams surrounding the pond and along the lane remained major landowners into the leading to Drayton.

nineteenth century. According to the 1815 Enclosure Map, Sir George Jerningham Figure 6 The cruck-framed 69 High Street Drayton suffered a great fire in 1780 and appears to have had substantial this, no doubt, destroyed some of the landholdings in the parish and in the medieval buildings one would have adjoining hamlet of Sutton Wick. expected to find near the centre of the However, there is no evidence that he village. This event is marked by a plaque lived in the village. The primary residence on the alms-houses on High Street, rebuilt in the village, the Manor House is in 1980, which records the original fire: recorded as belonging to New College, These houses were erected with part of Oxford and leased to William Cauldwell in the charitable contributions raised for the 1815. relief of the unhappy sufferers hurt by the dreadful fire on the sixteenth April 1780, see figure 8.

Figure 7 Manor House, High Street The western end of High Street joins a principal north-south route, formerly the

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turnpike road, which became the main tile works which operated into the The layout of the old village generally A34. Three other lanes join the road near twentieth century. The first records of this changed very little between 1815 and this point, creating the wide, open space date back to the mid-sixteenth century. By 1875 and even less between 1875 and of the village green, see figure 9. A cross, the mid-nineteenth century there were 6 1933, see the historic maps in section 13. on an ancient base, stands here brick makers and 2 kiln men recorded here The Methodist Chapel was built in the commemorating Queen Victoria’s Golden and the site included clay pits, a kiln and a mid-nineteenth century on a previously Jubilee. In 1978, the current A34 dual shed. This would most likely have been undeveloped plot and some new farm carriageway was opened bypassing the the source of the orange-red bricks and buildings were constructed, but plots village leaving the area over-engineered tiles found in many buildings in the village generally remained the same. The main for its current function. today. changes in the late-nineteenth century were the construction of a large vicarage on a previously vacant plot on High Street and the school near the village green. Between 1912 and 1933 there was development along Henleys Lane (then called Church Lane or possibly Church Street) towards its junction with Abingdon Road and some development fronting onto Abingdon Road adjacent to this. A Women’s Institute was built during the same period on Church Lane but otherwise, only modest changes appeared.

Figure 8 The Almshouses High Street

Just west of The Green, outside the conservation area, is the site of a brick and Figure 9 The Green viewed from the north

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 Traditional buildings in a range of sizes, dates and styles front on to 6. Spatial Analysis the principal routes.  Twentieth century development surrounds most of the historic core and beyond this lies flat agricultural Summary Key Features: land, formerly the open fields of the village.  There is a roughly triangular historic  To the rear of built up frontages are core based on High Street, Abingdon large areas of open space reflecting

Rd and the footpath skirting the former farms and allotments within parish boundary from High Street to the village. Sutton Wick.  Views along principal routes are  Historic plot boundaries still mainly closed but there are some dominate the layout of the village. views out to open countryside in the  The narrow width of Church Lane gaps between buildings and along contrasts with the wider principal the footpath forming the eastern routes of High St and Abingdon Rd. boundary of the parish.  Focal points are The Green at the junction of Abingdon Rd and High St; 6.1 Street pattern and layout around the church and around the duck pond and green in Sutton Wick. The historic core is roughly triangular in  An extensive network of footpaths shape, with Abingdon Road, the former cuts across the historic core and turnpike road, and High Street forming links to Sutton Wick and the open two sides of the triangle and a footpath to fields. the east running along the parish  Boundary walls are predominantly boundary to Sutton Wick forming the stone. third. Church Lane/Henleys Lane and

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Gravel Lane cut across this. A secondary A network of footpaths cuts across the Almost all buildings front onto the core forms the centre of the hamlet of village linking Sutton Wick and Drayton principal roads and lanes through the Sutton Wick, with its traditional buildings and connecting to the former open fields village with only a few, more modern set around a small green and duck pond. beyond the historic core and adjoining developments leading off them. These settlements, see figure 4. Of these generally reflect the piecemeal Drayton East Way marks the southern Drayton East Way is a particularly well- development of individual plots and boundary of the settlement. It is the defined and well-used track linking to historic plot boundaries can usually be former back lane delineating the extent of Sutton Courtney. This intricate network of discerned. Major twentieth-century the burgage plots fronting on the High routes adds significantly to the character development lies to the west of the Street. Some of the burgage plots can still of each settlement, showing their historic village. be discerned. interrelationship and connections with the wider landscape and nearby villages and 6.2 Views and vistas Large areas of open green space lie within towns. the historic core, which gives the village a There are key views of The Green when distinctive rural character. To the south of The main village green lies at the junction approaching from all directions, with High Street, much of the land comprising of the main roads, Abingdon Road and views changing as The Green comes in to former burgage plots remains open; to the High Street, and the minor roads Gravel view. There is no single key view. The east of the properties on Church Lane is Lane and Marcham Road. Whilst this Church is a landmark feature which can be the large open area of paddocks and creates a green open area, it is a busy area seen in several views. It is most noticeable allotments; land belonging to Manor crossed by the roads and footpaths and along Church Lane but also features in Farm, now being developed for housing; used for car parking. Traffic signs, street views from the allotments and along the The Grange occupies the central part of lighting and tarmac dominate, reflecting eastern boundary footpath. In common the village and former farmland, now the the former trunk road status of Abingdon with many other villages, it provides a Millennium Green, separates Sutton Wick Road. Mature trees provide an attractive landmark dominating views as, from Drayton. Open countryside can be element mitigating the more functional historically, it dominated lives of villagers. seen from several points within the village elements of the space. where there is a gap in the buildings. Views from the principal roads within the village are generally closed, with just

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limited views in gaps between buildings of rural setting of the village is reinforced by a recreation area. Similarly, the the countryside beyond. The views along views along the footpaths leading to juxtaposition of pond, mature trees and to the west along High Street terminate in surrounding fields. informal green in Sutton Wick contributes the buildings fronting the village green the attractive rural character of the and, most noticeable, the Wheatsheaf Juxtaposed elements of open countryside, hamlet but it has visual amenity rather Public House. Those to the east offer paddocks, trees, hedgerows, footpaths than functional amenity. views of open countryside. and building create a series of interesting, intimate views. It is the cumulative impact There are expansive views to the east of these views which makes a positive from the footpath on the parish boundary contribution to the character of the area. over the fields towards Sutton Courtney. These include Didcot power station rising 6.3 Trees and green landscape above the surrounding countryside and dominating views. The Millennium Green is the prime public open space serving both Drayton and Footpaths across the core of the village Sutton Wick, see figure 10. It comprises offer more enticing and intimate views grassland with wild flowers, trees, a invariably opening out into one of the wildlife pond and woodland. Footpaths large open spaces which characterise the cross the area linking the two parts of the Figure 10 The Millennium Green village – the Millennium Green, allotments settlement. It provides an important recreation area as well as being a major or open countryside. Key groups of trees include those along attractive semi-rural feature serving the Abingdon Road approaching The Green, In Sutton Wick, there are attractive views surrounding area. those on The Green itself and those lining approaching the village pond and green High Street. The groups of trees planted from the north and the south. There are The village green, at the junction of on the Millennium Green also make an glimpsed views of open countryside from Abingdon Rd and High Street is an important positive contribution to the the existing boundary of the conservation important open green space with its village. Mature hedges and trees along area between the modern houses. The mature trees but it no longer functions as Abingdon Road, High Street and along

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Henleys Road relieve the quite densely In both Drayton and Sutton Wick, grass built up frontages. Many of the footpaths verges can be found along most of the are bounded by mature hedges and highways, mostly quite informal. These overhanging trees which create quite contribute to the semi-rural character of dark, enclosed spaces. These open out the settlements. either onto the Millennium Green, the allotments or open countryside where, by 6.4 Biodiversity Value contrast, they offer distant views to the landscape beyond. Figure 4 shows Both Drayton and Sutton Wick have important groups of trees and hedgerows extensive areas which offer excellent which contribute to the character and wildlife habitats. Mature hedgerows, appearance of the village and figure 11 private gardens, ancient farmland, illustrates those on The Green. allotments and the graveyard are all important habitats. The greatest asset There is a burial ground on Church Lane however, is the Millennium Green which opposite the church as well as the includes the wildlife pond and woodland graveyard adjacent to the church. Both of which provides good conditions for Figure 11 Important trees on The Green these are attractive and important open protected species. When the Manor Farm spaces in the village. development is completed, there will be 6.5 Public Realm an additional village green providing extra Many private gardens also have mature amenity and public open space. Apart from signage and street lighting trees and hedges which make a positive around the village green, public realm contribution to the appearance of the works are relatively low key and area. The clipped yews in the grounds of appropriate for a rural village. Roads and the Manor House are particularly associated footways are generally tarmac interesting. with concrete kerbing, and fairly discrete. Informal footpaths are either grass or unbound aggregate.

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Of particular historic interest are the For much of the area, houses front directly standpipes which survive on Church Lane on to the footway and boundary walls do and High Street. not feature as a significant element.

6.6 Boundary Treatments

Where houses are set back from the footway edge, the front garden is most

often defined by a stone wall, low enough to see the front garden over it. In Sutton Wick Lane there are both brick and stone boundary walls which help to integrate the range of twentieth century housing into their historic context. Brick boundary walls are less common, with The Grange having the most prominent of these. This

high wall forms a dominant feature along

Gravel Lane, terminating views looking eastwards. Continuous boundary walls

create a strong sense of enclosure. Mature hedges feature on a number of boundaries, making a valuable contribution to the streetscape. A couple of houses have railings but these are not common.

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7. Character Analysis mix of houses, the area is not considered to be of any special or architectural interest and so is not considered further in 7.1. Character areas this analysis.

There are 4 main character areas for the Sutton Wick is a small hamlet historically area including Sutton Wick. These are comprising a number of farms with shown on figure 12. The character areas outlying fields. It is separated from identify visually and physically distinct Drayton by the Millennium Green, an area parts of the conservation area. Key of public open space, and connected to influences in shaping the distinctive Drayton by the main road and a number of character are set out in each section footpaths, both modern and historic. The including activities and uses, plan form, ancient parish boundary cuts across the size and type of buildings, materials and Millennium Green, and this line is still detailing. The heritage values which make expressed as the rear boundary of the

up significance are summarised at the end plots fronting onto Henleys Lane in of each section. Drayton. It is also the current conservation Figure 12 Map of Drayton showing character areas area boundary. Area 1 – Sutton Wick and the Millennium The focal point and centre of the hamlet is Green the very attractive village pond surrounded by historic buildings and the The land to the north of the conservation open green at the junction of two lanes in area includes the Millennium Green, the the hamlet, see figure 13. The hamlet was hamlet of Sutton Wick and twentieth the site of an RAF plane crash in 1957, century development in residential side involving the loss of 17 lives, including two roads off Abingdon Rd. Whilst the latter civilians. The victims are commemorated have been constructed on former with a memorial on the green. farmland and now comprise an interesting

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The farm buildings of Sutton Wick Farm technology in a small farming hamlet. leading out into open fields, see figure 15. have been converted to residential use These make a considerable contribution to Depending on the time of day, birdsong and they are now overly domestic in the character of the hamlet. Of particular can be the predominant sound here character. However, the basic form of the note at this northern end of the hamlet, though the distant noise of the A34 is buildings is still legible, as is their function clustered around the short western arm of constant. Historically, this would have as agricultural buildings and, as such, they Sutton Wick Lane, are Sutton Wick House, been an important route for farm workers contribute to the rural character of the listed grade II, dated 1712, see figure 14; accessing the fields. hamlet. The farm opposite retains its The Cottage, listed grade II; Sutton Wick agricultural character, though it does not Farmhouse and the row of nineteenth appear to be a working farm. century cottages adjoining the Millennium Green.

Figure 13 Sutton Wick village green viewed from the south

The traditional buildings, including houses, Figure 15 Green lane leading out to open countryside cottages and farm buildings demonstrate Figure 14 Sutton Wick House a mix of styles, sizes and dates illustrating The eastern arm of Sutton Wick Lane leads typical characteristics and changing Just opposite the pond is a green lane on southwards, as an informal highway,

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through the rest of the hamlet with an architectural or historic interest. The pond overgrown hedge and grass verge on the near the middle of the park has wild west side, bordering the Millennium vegetation and is a very attractive feature Green. On the east side is unremarkable marking the transition to the more residential development. In themselves, densely wooded part of the green, see the bungalows and houses are not locally figure 17. distinctive nor of any special architectural or historic interest, though the scale is appropriate for the hamlet setting. However, they are set back from the lane and almost all have stone or brick boundary walls or native hedging fronting Figure 16 Haywards Farmhouse the lane. This mitigates the slightly alien character of the development and There is access to the Millennium Green provides some visual unity with the more here and at several other points along traditional parts of the hamlet. Sutton Wick Lane including the short arm of the lane. Formal and informal paths The lane ends as it forks into footpaths criss-cross this open grassed area and leading out into the open countryside. connect it to the main village. There are

Situated at the fork is the grade II listed trees dotted about, including walnut trees, Figure 17 The Millennium Green pond Haywards Farmhouse, see figure 16. This serving as a reminder of this widely grown lobby entry house dates from around the crop in the hamlet in the nineteenth There are attractive views looking south turn of the seventeenth century and had a century. Houses backing on to the open down Sutton Wick Lane towards the pond significant land holding at the time of the space generally have stone boundary and the green; looking down the enclosure in 1801. walls, continuing a traditional feature of footpaths into open countryside and both village and hamlet. Those to the west looking towards the Millennium Green are twentieth century developments, from the village pond. generally low rise and not really of any

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Negative features include the prominent development of the settlement can be were used can also be seen, expressed roof lights and solar panels on some of the read in the buildings. The type and size of well in the position of the chimney stack, a houses, the poor condition of some of the surviving farm buildings can indicate the key element in the plan form. For example structures at Sherwood Farm and use of nature of farming practices in the past, the lobby entry house of Haywards Farm, fields for storage. The waste bins in the change over time and the size of holdings. with its central stack denoting a centrally Millennium Green are eye-catchingly Details are still just about discernible in positioned hearth contrasts with Sutton utilitarian. some of the converted farm buildings. The Wick House with its end stacks. footpath network linking the farmsteads Significance to the fields and to the adjacent village Historical value is high with its essential facilities, is also part of Evidential value the story. The line of the ancient parish Aesthetic value boundary is still preserved in the south The hamlet is close to the scheduled The picturesque composition of traditional west boundary of the Millennium Green. monument off Barrow Rd and there are houses around the pond and the green, other important prehistoric sites nearby. It Changing technology and fashions in with attractive mature trees featuring in is reasonable to consider that there may housing can be read in the traditional the view has considerable aesthetic value. be some archaeological potential within buildings. Local brick, sometimes A different but equally attractive character the area, though there is no evidence to rendered, began to replace timber framing is embodied in the Millennium Green. The suggest that this is high. Early maps show at the vernacular level by the eighteenth contrast between open meadow and some development on the west side of century although stone remained the denser woodland character adds further Sutton Wick Lane which is no longer there. higher status building material. Symmetry to its aesthetic value. There will be some evidential value in elevational treatment assumed more The lane through the hamlet has an associated with these sites. importance during the eighteenth century. attractive rural character and the The Cottage and Sutton Wick House are Evidential value is medium footpaths leading off this offer unfolding good examples of this, although the 1712 views of open countryside. The twentieth date stone for the latter is, unusually, Historical value century housing generally observes completely off-centre. Changes in plan traditional forms of development and the form, illustrating changes in how houses Historical value lies in how the agricultural stone and brick boundary walls serve to

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integrate the development into the Although some of the land has been house on Church Lane, see figure 18. hamlet. developed in the twentieth century, a Many houses date from the twentieth large open area remains to the rear of the century, though there are several survivals Aesthetic value is medium-high plots. Earlier maps suggest this was from the nineteenth century. Some may covered in orchards, possibly the walnuts be earlier but, if so, their origins are Communal value which were widely grown locally. obscured by later alterations. There is a terrace of nineteenth-century cottages Almost the whole hamlet is open to view The disposition of plots on the east side is although these have lost their traditional by the public and the Millennium Green is not dissimilar to that of today, see historic windows, see figure 19, and the Engine an extraordinarily well-used public open maps section 13. Similarly, the paddocks House, which has also lost its original space. The main lane, the footpath and allotment gardens, for the most part, windows, is dated 1894. Overall, there is a network and the Millennium Green give follow the boundaries of the old mix of styles, materials and dates though access all around the hamlet, linking it allotments, marked on the enclosure map all are of a traditional form and generally with open countryside for recreational as in the ownership of New College. Close set back from the lane. Houses on the purposes and also connecting the hamlet scrutiny of the enclosure map suggests west side are all detached and plots are to the adjacent village. that land ownership and tenure was a very generally bigger than those on the east complicated arrangement and there is Communal value is high side. Many plots have stone boundary much that can be learnt about the lives of walls giving a traditional character to the Area 2 Church Lane/Henleys Lane the ordinary people in the village from lane. The under-engineered highway more detailed examination of this in together with the grass verge on the west Only the west side of Church Lane is in the relation to what survives on the ground side give the lane its semi-rural character. conservation area, yet it was the east side today. Oldenholme, a grade II listed brick that was developed first. Historically there and timber-framed house dating from the appears to have been close links in land sixteenth century, and its associated use and ownership between both sides of landholding are one example of this. the lane and with the plots to the east, currently in use as allotment gardens and Today, houses line both sides of the paddocks. street. Oldenholme is by far the oldest

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figure 21. Although it is not designated, it tells an important story in the history of the village, as does its conversion to residential use.

The character changes along Henleys Lane as the road becomes much wider and there are fewer houses, set in much larger plots and for the most part screened by high stone walls. An old standpipe, listed grade II, is situated at this bend on the lane where the footpath to the Figure 18 Oldenholme Millennium Green joins the lane. Several St Peter’s Church is the dominant building of the houses at the east end of the lane

in the lane with the Methodist Chapel on date back to the seventeenth century and can be identified on the 1815 enclosure the corner with Henleys Lane now Figure 19 Nineteenth-century cottages on Church Lane converted to residential use, being the map. These are grade II listed. At the west

next most prominent building. The West St Peter’s Church dominates views looking end of the lane is early twentieth century Door of St Peter’s gives directly onto the south down Church Lane and this view is housing on the site of former allotment street bringing the church right into the closed by the attractive timber-framed gardens. Henleys Lane is separated from community. The graveyard across the road building of 44 High Street. The church also the large former field of Manor Farm to provides a welcome open space as does features in views from the allotments and the south by a mature hedge, giving the extension to the churchyard to the from the eastern boundary footpath, see glimpsed views of the site in summer but rear where it abuts the allotments and figure 20. The view is closed in the having a stronger visual connection the paddocks on the edge of the village. The northerly direction by the bend in the lane rest of the year. footpath through the churchyard connects as it becomes Henleys Lane. The former to that running along the eastern Methodist Church is prominently situated boundary of the village. here in a slightly elevated position, see

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Significance changes in housing fashion and technology, changes which are also Evidential value evident in the nineteenth century housing surviving along Church Lane. The loss of The archaeological potential for farms from within the centre of the village prehistoric and Anglo-Saxon settlement is and their conversion to residential use, similar throughout the parish, i.e. it is low, indicates changes in the economic base of as no evidence has come to light to date the village. However, the continuity of plot for this. However, as the wider area is boundaries and the survival of the known to have had substantial settlement, allotments to the east side of Church Lane, the possibility of there being important tell a story of complex land ownership and archaeology within the village should not Figure 20 View of the Church from the allotments indicate the continued importance of be discounted. allotments and paddocks to householders of modest standing within the village. The There is some evidential value in the changing fortunes of the village are also survival of plot boundaries and in the expressed in the physical fabric of the allotments and paddocks to the east of church and church yard. Church Lane, in the ownership of New

College in the early nineteenth century. Historical value is high Also the east side of Church Lane has the potential to yield information about the Aesthetic value early settlement of the village. This lies in the semi-rural character of the Evidential value is medium village lane and is strongest along Henleys

Figure 21 The former Methodist Church Lane. Some prominently-sited historic Historical Value buildings, including the ancient church tower, together with the Victorian The multiphase houses dating originally standpipe give it an air of antiquity. The from the seventeenth century illustrate

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view southwards down Church Lane takes countryside. The area is very open to of the village, is now dominated by traffic in the historic buildings and is closed by public view. and the over-engineered junction. It is cut another important and attractive timber- through by a number of footpaths and framed building on High Street. Unfolding Communal value is high today lacks coherence because of traffic, views northwards along Henleys Lane highways signs and car parking. The reveal the historic listed buildings dating Area 3 High Street. character of the village could be enhanced from the seventeenth century. In common by redressing the balance between This covers the historic main street of the with other parts of the village, enticing pedestrians and vehicles here, including village and the former burgage plots to footpaths lead off into attractive open removing some of the car parking. the south. The street is lined on both sides countryside. with houses, many of which are historic, For the most part, this linear area of The twentieth century developments are, creating an attractive, traditional village development is just one plot deep, apart for the most part, unremarkable, but of an character. It feels much more open than from on the south side where there has appropriate scale and form. Some Church Lane. Not only is the road wider been fairly recent development on two alterations to traditional buildings are but houses are set back from the highway former farmsteads. Much of the north side insensitive and detract from their edge and are generally only one-and–a- is bounded by a high stone wall, a locally character. half or two storeys high, giving a generous distinctive characteristic found throughout ratio of building height to road width. The the village. There are attractive unfolding Aesthetic value is medium road runs in a west-east direction with a views in both directions, that to the west slight curve which closes views in each terminating in the Wheatsheaf Public Communal Value direction. This, together with the mature House which fronts on to The Green, see trees in the verge and in private gardens, figure 22. This looks to be of historic The church is a major focus of village life encloses the space. interest, probably dating to the and has high communal value. Church seventeenth century and its setting could Lane is a major pedestrian route At its western end the street opens out to be much enhanced by the rationalisation connecting the High Street to the create a village green at the junction with of some traffic signs. Didcot power station important public open space of the the main north-south road through the can be seen rising above the roofs in some Millennium Green. Other footpaths village, formerly the A34. This open space, places. running through the area connect open The Green, which was once a focal point

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over the centuries. The Manor House and its associated ancillary buildings is the prime residence in the village, dating back to the late medieval period and the entrance to The Grange, another high status residence, also fronts onto High Street. In both cases, status is announced by imposing entrance gateways, see figure 24.

Figure 22 View across The Green

The High Street is not continuously built up and there are gaps leading to the former burgage plots that run behind the Figure 24 Entrance to the Manor House, High Street houses, some now used as paddocks. These are ancient plots and can be seen Small houses and cottages make up the on the 1815 enclosure map and are majority of the houses. Many of the historically linked to the properties traditional buildings show typical signs of fronting onto High Street. There are views alteration reflecting changes in out to open countryside through these technology. For example 69 High Street, gaps. The mature trees overhanging the Figure 23 View along High Street from the west mentioned above (figure 6), is an early, road and footpath reinforce the semi-rural Some timber-framed houses dating from timber-framed, cruck cottage with a character, see figure 23. the sixteenth-seventeenth century would thatched roof. A chimney stack, has been inserted in the cross passage probably have been houses of the well-to-do, such There is an interesting and attractive mix sometime in the late sixteenth century. of housing types, dates, styles, materials as 44 High Street, see figure 25, and there are eighteenth century houses, again of Around the same time a floor was inserted and detailing, which tells something of the to create an upper storey which is lit by history of the inhabitants of the village middling status.

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dormers. A century or so later, some of and a smaller, probably later, end stack to framing visible on the gable. Similarly, the wattle and daub panels have been the right heating the parlour. Constructed Walnut Tree Cottage has some timber replaced by brick, once this became a of brick in Flemish bond, it has burnt framing in the gable and also a projecting cheap, readily available material. headers and plat band. bread oven, probably dating from the seventeenth century, see figure 28.

Figure 26 Pond House, High Street

By the eighteenth century brick was the most fashionable building material.

Figure 25 Attractive seventeenth-century timber framing Timber framing was regarded as an at 44 High Street inferior construction, generally only used for interior walls and agricultural Figure 27 Weather boarded and thatched barn at Manor Also typical is Pond House (18/20 High buildings, and weatherboarding, such as House, High Street Street), see figure 26, an attractive one- the barns found adjacent to Manor House, and-a-half storey cottage, listed as see figure 27. Many houses were re- eighteenth century but possibly earlier. It fronted in brick, for example 7 High Street, has a large end stack to the left hand side, ostensibly a brick house, which has timber heating what would have been the hall,

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onwards, windows became progressively mature trees along the street. Whilst most larger. Side hung casements are are in the public realm, private gardens commonly found in cottages but where make a positive contribution to the height permitted, vertical sliding sashes character of the street. Cottage gardens were the style of choice during the and mature trees reinforce the rural eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. character of the village. The large yew tree Several houses have evidence of roofs in Yew Tree House and the topiary in the being raised, as storey height was another front of Manor House are notable indicator of status, which some sought examples. through upgrading their homes. Replacement windows and doors are Whilst High Street is a main road through mostly sensitive and appropriate although the village, traffic is steady but, on the there are some poor examples. whole, not intrusive. Figure 28 Walnut Tree Cottage showing timber-framed gable and bread oven Other historical connections can be found Significance The use of brick continued throughout the in houses along the street. The disastrous eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, fire in 1780 which destroyed many houses Evidential value much probably produced in the local along High Street is recorded in the plaque As with the other areas, there is some brickworks, and it is still the most on the alms-houses, mentioned above. archaeological potential relating to the commonly found material along High The agricultural past of the village is early settlement of the wider area. There Street. expressed in the interesting collection of is some evidential value in the multiphase farm implements attractively displayed on historic buildings, such as Manor House Whilst much original detailing survives on the gable wall of a former agricultural and 69 High Street which detailed traditional houses, most have had some workers dwelling, the farm having been recording would reveal. details altered. Windows and doors in lost in the construction of the A34. particular date from all periods. As glass Evidential value is medium became cheaper and more readily The village character is enhanced by the

available from the late sixteenth century contribution of green open spaces and Historical value

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The traditional buildings along High Street character and private gardens make a Grange, from where it continues as a all contain information about the lives of positive contribution to the quality of the footpath. The farm buildings of Manor ordinary people who lived in the village street scene. Some insensitive alterations Farm remain the dominant feature in the over the centuries. Alterations over time and additions to buildings have a negative lane, see figure 29. These, together with a illustrate changes in fashion and value. couple of houses and The Grange, are the technology. The importance of agriculture only pre-enclosure buildings on the lane. to the economy of the village is expressed Aesthetic value is high The other development is all twentieth in the farmsteads whose layout is still century housing, for the most part large legible and in surviving farm buildings. A Communal value detached or semi-detached houses set historical link with the great fire of 1780 back from the road. The exception is As the principal street through the village, survives in the rebuilt alms-houses. Caudwell Close, a tightly-knit, sheltered there is inevitably high communal value. housing development of small terraces This is a main pedestrian and vehicle route The survival of good documentary records opposite The Grange. enhances the historical value. through the village and a major point of social interaction. Most houses face onto Historical value is high the street, albeit with front gardens. The boundary walls typically found along the Aesthetic value street do not restrict views and therefore most of the built environment is publically Aesthetic value lies in the openness of the visible. High Street creating a generous space that is nevertheless contained by closed views Communal value is high in both directions. The high quality of traditional buildings, individually and Area 4 Manor Farm and Gravel Lane collectively and the mix of styles and materials further contribute to the Gravel Lane was once the main route from

aesthetic value. the village green to Church Lane, skirting around the land of Manor Farm. It is now Figure 29 View of the former farmyard of Manor The mature trees reinforce its rural only accessible to vehicles as far as The Farmhouse from the Green

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Manor Farmhouse is grade II listed, seventeenth century and all appear on the described as early nineteenth century, first edition of the OS map. Whilst no though the rear range looks earlier. It longer in agricultural use, they retain their fronts on to The Green and its agricultural character. A semi-agricultural symmetrical, high status front elevation is character is created with the saw mill and very prominent in the public view, see associated buildings, on an adjacent plot. figure 30. It is located immediately The buildings here are single storey and adjacent to the farmstead at the entrance visually low key. The land adjacent is to the lane. Earlier farmhouses were currently being developed for residential usually sited within the farmstead but use which further diminishes the over time, higher status farmhouses agricultural character of the group. tended to be located some distance away from the noise and business of the farmyard.

Figure 30 Manor Farmhouse

The farmyard buildings have now all been converted to residential use, including the stone barn on the opposite side of the lane. Apart from the threshing barn, their original function is difficult to determine. However, some farm buildings remain Figure 31 gravel Lane with attached barn and attached to the adjoining farmhouse, all outbuilding grade II listed, see figure 31. These are The Grange occupies a central position in either weather-boarded or covered in the village and has access from Gravel corrugated sheets, most with steeply Lane, High Street and Church Lane. Whilst pitched roofs. Some may date from the

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its main entrance is from High Street it is view, as do the mature trees overhanging revealed evidence of Iron Age settlement barely visible from there. The principal the lane. The wide informal verge and the and 11th century settlement. There may public view is from the service entrance on under-engineered highway and footway remain evidence of the early agricultural Gravel Lane where the long, red-tiled contribute to the semi-rural character of practices in the converted farm buildings catslide roof is the dominant feature, see the lane. Passing by the farm buildings and in the vestigial remains of Manor figure 32. It remains surrounded by open associated with The Grange, the footpath Farm. land. then appears to be in deep countryside until it emerges onto Church Lane with Evidential value is medium hedgerows bounding the path and fields beyond. As with other footpaths through Historical value the village, this is an important survival As one of the main farms in the village, from its agricultural past connecting farms Manor Farm illustrates the history of to outlying fields and today, providing an typical mixed farming in the area. There is attractive contrast to the built form of the historical value in the layout of the lane village. and footpaths illustrating the links The development for housing of the last between the farmstead and surrounding remaining field belonging to Manor Farm fields. The survival of The Grange in its diminishes the links between the village historic curtilage with associated and its agricultural past. outbuildings provides a good example of a principal residence. As with other areas, Significance the survival of documentary records enhances historical value. Figure 32 The Grange Evidential value Views along Gravel Lane from The Green Historical value is high are closed by the bend in the lane. The There is some archaeological potential Aesthetic value high brick wall surrounding The Grange relating to the early settlement of the and its garden features prominently in this wider area. Recent excavations of the Manor Farm development site have This lies in the attractive rural setting to

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the area, enhanced by the survival of farm are referred to in this appraisal as buildings and undeveloped land. The Buildings of Local Interest. These buildings traditional buildings are of aesthetic meet the criteria for such identification as interest although the twentieth century outlined in the Historic England document: housing generally has a neutral impact. Local Heritage Listing: Historic England Private gardens make an attractive and Advice Note 7 (May 2016). They are positive contribution to the appearance of identified in Section 14. the area. The native wild vegetation bordering the footpaths has a different, 7.3 Local details but equally important aesthetic value. Village pond in Sutton Wick Examples of these details are illustrated Aesthetic value is medium below:

Communal value

In common with other areas of the village, much of this area is open to public view. Gravel Lane remains a principal pedestrian route from The Green through to Church Lane and on to the Millennium Green and Sutton Wick.

Communal value is medium

7.2 Buildings of local interest Standpipe listed Grade II in Sutton Wick, Entrance gate piers to the Manor House, Some buildings are not listed but add one of three listed village standpipes High Street, listed grade II considerably to the special historic character of the conservation area. These

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Manor Farmhouse, listed grade II with Timber framing with brick infill original railings. Woodland path through the Millennium Green

Brick, render and weatherboarding with Paddock in the heart of the conservation corrugated iron and plain tile roofs and area stone boundary wall Tree-lined approach to the Green along Abingdon Road

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Stone boundary wall with brick gate piers

Cruck framing (exposed on gable) with

thatched roof Render with plain tile roof

Flemish bond brickwork

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8. Boundary Changes houses surrounding them. The history of several of these have had insensitive the hamlet is still legible in the range of alterations which diminish their aesthetic Following a comprehensive review of the building types and styles. Whilst the value. However, there is the potential to conservation area boundary in June- setting to the west has been compromised reinstate historically correct detailing September 2016, it is proposed that the by twentieth century development, the which would enhance this value. following areas should be included within historic core of the hamlet and the Notwithstanding this, the area has the designated conservation area as they farmland to the east remain as an heritage values similar to, and arguably are considered to meet the criteria for attractive expression of its rural character. greater than, the west side of the lane, inclusion as ‘areas of special architectural which is included within the current or historic interest, the character or Area 2 Church Lane conservation area boundary. The appearance of which it is desirable to communal value is certainly greater as the preserve or enhance’. These are shown on The area east of Church Lane has an area contains the allotment gardens, the figure 34. interesting documented history and was extended churchyard and public footpaths settled earlier than the west side of across and adjacent to the site. Its historic Area 1 Sutton Wick Church Lane. The public footpath running value is enhanced by reference to the approximately north west/south east 1815 Enclosure Map. Whilst originally in a separate parish, this forms a strong boundary to the east edge hamlet is now an integral part of the of the village. It divides the plots running There are important views along the village of Drayton with the Millennium back from Church Lane, comprising footpath and towards Drayton and Sutton Green acting as a central public open allotments, paddocks and garden areas Wick, looking back from the footpath space. The character of the hamlet is within the village, from the open fields of towards the church spire, village edge and notably different from that of Drayton, as the wider agricultural landscape. These up towards Sutton Wick. it is much more tranquil, largely devoid of plots have illustrative and associative traffic and connected to its rural historical value as plots worked by Area 3 High St surroundings. The memorial and village villagers living in adjacent properties or pond contribute significantly to the sharing the communal use of allotments. The west side of Abingdon Rd which fronts ambience and meaning of the area and At least half the houses date from the on to The Green contains buildings of local

provide a focal point and setting to the nineteenth century or earlier, though interest which make a positive

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contribution to the character and appearance of the conservation area. These include The Red Lion, the Baptist Chapel, The Wheatsheaf and the Old Post Office. The buildings feature on the 1815 enclosure map and they have heritage

values very similar to the adjacent conservation area.

Figure

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FigureFig 34 Proposed 34 Proposed extensions to the extensions Drayton Conservation to the Area Drayton Conservation Area

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9. Community Involvement To engage the villagers further an article “Drayton and its Conservation Area “ appeared in the October 2016 This Appraisal draws upon the records Drayton Chronicle – Drayton’s monthly and information held by the former magazine, which is delivered to every Drayton History Society. household. This asked for information and photographs to be submitted for In the period 2012-2015 Drayton the study. formulated its neighbourhood development plan (NDP), during which On 27th November 2016 Dr Kathy Davies extensive formal and informal public presented her preliminary findings to an consultation took place with residents open public meeting in the Village Hall and about what they valued in the buildings then led a walking tour of the village with about 25 villagers who were able to and the environment of the village. As identify and photograph buildings and part of this a Drayton Design Guide was other features of interest which now form drawn up by a working group of the Local List included in this study. villagers and this forms a part of the adopted Drayton Neighbourhood Plan Discussions about the Conservation Area (2015). and this report have continued to feature in the Parish Council’s monthly meetings During the formation of the NDP the papers and correspondence, on the village Parish Council received advice from website and in the Drayton Chronicle over English Heritage which encouraged the the period 2016-2018. Parish Council to engage a specialist to study the Conservation Area and produce this Appraisal.

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10. Key Points: Future detailing. Management of the Conservation Area • the imposition of an Article 4 direction should be considered so that traditional detailing might be retained and In order to preserve and enhance the insensitive domestic alterations and character and appearance of the additions avoided. conservation area the following issues should be addressed: • important characteristic views within the village as well as out of and into the Issues: village should be retained.

• any new development should respect • solar panels should be sited away from the historic layout of the village public view

• open areas, green spaces and the • The Green offers an opportunity for footpath network throughout the village enhancement through the re-engineering and the surrounding area should be of the road junction giving greater retained and enhanced priority to pedestrians, rationalising car parking and landscaping to create a • any new development should seek to greater sense of a public open space secure informal road layouts rather than adopting standard highway solutions.

• any new development should respect traditional building layout, scale, form and materials including techniques and

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11. References and Useful A History of the County of Berkshire: Information Volume 4. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1924 Historic England, Practical Building Vale of the White Horse District Council, Conservation, 10 volumes, Historic Local Plan 2032, Part 1 and draft Part 2 England, 2012-2015 Vale of the White Horse District Council, Historic England, Conservation Area Design Guide, 2015 Designation, Appraisal and Management: www.historicengland.org.uk Historic England Advice Note 1, 2016 www.buildingconservation.com Historic England, Conservation Principles, www.planningportal.gov.uk 2008 www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk Historic England, Local Heritage Listing: Historic England Advice Note 7, 2016 Legislation Historic England, Understanding Place: Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Historic Area Assessments: Principles and Areas Act 1979 Practice, 2010 Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act Historic England, Understanding Place: 2013 Historic Area Assessments in a Planning Planning (Listed Buildings and and Development Context, 2012 Conservation Areas) Act 1990 Historic England, Valuing Places, Good Town and Country Planning Act 1990 practice in Conservation Areas, 2011 IHBC/SPAB, A Stitch in Time National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2012 Pevsner, Nicholas, Buildings of England, The Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest via https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/

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12. Listed Buildings Drayton, SUTTON WICK, Vale of List Entry Number: 1052740 White Horse, Oxfordshire Heritage Category: Listing BARN APPROXIMATELY 55 METRES NORTH FORECOURT WALLS APPROXIMATELY 20 Grade: II WEST OF THE MANOR HOUSE METRES NORTH OF THE MANOR HOUSE Location: SUMMERHOUSE List Entry Number: 1052739 WITH CENTRAL GATES AND GATEPIERS APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES Heritage Category: Listing List Entry Number: 1368068 NORTH OF THE MANOR HOUSE, Grade: II Heritage Category: Listing HIGH STREET, Drayton, Vale of Location: BARN Grade: II White Horse, Oxfordshire APPROXIMATELY 55 METRES Location: FORECOURT TWO BARNS APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES NORTH WEST OF THE MANOR WALLS APPROXIMATELY 20 SOUTH WEST OF STONEHILL HOUSE HOUSE, HIGH STREET, Drayton, METRES NORTH OF THE MANOR List Entry Number: 1181929 Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire HOUSE WITH CENTRAL GATES AND Heritage Category: Listing BARN APPROXIMATELY 35 METRES WEST GATEPIERS, HIGH STREET, Drayton, Grade: II SOUTH WEST OF THE MANOR HOUSE Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire Location: TWO BARNS List Entry Number: 1052738 CHURCHYARD CROSS APPROXIMATELY 3 APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES Heritage Category: Listing METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH TRANSEPT OF SOUTH WEST OF STONEHILL Grade: II CHURCH OF ST PETER HOUSE, STONEHILL LANE, Drayton, Location: BARN List Entry Number: 1284789 Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire APPROXIMATELY 35 METRES WEST Heritage Category: Listing HAYWARDS FARMHOUSE SOUTH WEST OF THE MANOR Grade: II List Entry Number: 1368071 HOUSE, HIGH STREET, Drayton, Location: CHURCHYARD Heritage Category: Listing Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire CROSS APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES Grade: II MILESTONE AT SU 4791 9487 SOUTH OF SOUTH TRANSEPT OF Location: HAYWARDS List Entry Number: 1284821 CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHURCH FARMHOUSE, 53, SUTTON WICK Heritage Category: Listing LANE, Drayton, Vale of White LANE, Drayton, SUTTON WICK, Grade: II Horse, Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire Location: MILESTONE AT SU SUMMERHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 15 CHURCH OF SAINT PETER 4791 9487, ABINGDON ROAD, METRES NORTH OF THE MANOR HOUSE List Entry Number: 1052771

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Heritage Category: Listing List Entry Number: 1052742 White Horse, Oxfordshire Grade: II* Heritage Category: Listing 56 AND 58, HIGH STREET Location: CHURCH OF Grade: II List Entry Number: 1368069 SAINT PETER, CHURCH LANE, Location: MAGPIE Heritage Category: Listing Drayton, Vale of White Horse, COTTAGE, 30, HIGH STREET, Grade: II Oxfordshire Drayton, Vale of White Horse, Location: 56 AND 58, HIGH 44, HIGH STREET Oxfordshire STREET, Drayton, Vale of White List Entry Number: 1052741 POND HOUSE Horse, Oxfordshire Heritage Category: Listing List Entry Number: 1284769 Sutton Wick settlement site Grade: II Heritage Category: Listing List Entry Number: 1003671 Location: 44, HIGH STREET, Grade: II Heritage Category: Drayton, Vale of White Horse, Location: POND HOUSE, 20, Scheduling Oxfordshire HIGH STREET, Drayton, Vale of Location: Drayton, Vale of 38, HENLEYS LANE White Horse, Oxfordshire White Horse, Oxfordshire List Entry Number: 1284795 MANOR FARMHOUSE Settlement site Heritage Category: Listing List Entry Number: 1284779 List Entry Number: 1004852 Grade: II Heritage Category: Listing Heritage Category: Location: 38, HENLEYS Grade: II Scheduling LANE, Drayton, Vale of White Location: MANOR Location: Drayton, Vale of Horse, Oxfordshire FARMHOUSE, 12, THE GREEN, White Horse, Oxfordshire OLD LODGE Drayton, Vale of White Horse, WATER STANDPIPE List Entry Number: 1181893 Oxfordshire List Entry Number: 1052152 Heritage Category: Listing THE OLD POUND Heritage Category: Listing Grade: II List Entry Number: 1052736 Grade: II Location: OLD LODGE, 31, Heritage Category: Listing Location: WATER HENLEYS LANE, Drayton, Vale of Grade: II STANDPIPE, SUTTON WICK LANE, White Horse, Oxfordshire Location: THE OLD POUND, Drayton, Vale of White Horse, MAGPIE COTTAGE 3, HIGH STREET, Drayton, Vale of Oxfordshire

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WATER STANDPIPE OUTBUILDING, 1, GRAVEL LANE, Oxfordshire List Entry Number: 1253340 Drayton, Vale of White Horse, SUTTON WICK HOUSE AND ATTACHED Heritage Category: Listing Oxfordshire FRONT FORECOURT WALLS AND Grade: II GILBOURNS FARMHOUSE GATEWAY Location: WATER List Entry Number: 1368087 List Entry Number: 1052744 STANDPIPE, HIGH STREET, Drayton, Heritage Category: Listing Heritage Category: Listing Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire Grade: II Grade: II 69, HIGH STREET Location: GILBOURNS Location: SUTTON WICK List Entry Number: 1052735 FARMHOUSE, DRAYTON ROAD, HOUSE AND ATTACHED FRONT Heritage Category: Listing Drayton, Vale of White Horse, FORECOURT WALLS AND Grade: II Oxfordshire GATEWAY, SUTTON WICK LANE, Location: 69, HIGH STREET, THE COTTAGE Drayton, SUTTON WICK, Vale of Drayton, Vale of White Horse, List Entry Number: 1181935 White Horse, Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Heritage Category: Listing NUMBER 15 AND ATTACHED STABLE PUSEY COTTAGE Grade: II BLOCK List Entry Number: 1052773 Location: THE COTTAGE, 16, List Entry Number: 1052745 Heritage Category: Listing SUTTON WICK LANE, Drayton, Heritage Category: Listing Grade: II SUTTON WICK, Vale of White Grade: II Location: PUSEY COTTAGE, Horse, Oxfordshire Location: NUMBER 15 AND 15, HENLEYS LANE, Drayton, Vale STONEHILL HOUSE AND ATTACHED ATTACHED STABLE BLOCK, 15, THE of White Horse, Oxfordshire OUTBUILDINGS GREEN, Drayton, Vale of White NUMBER 1 AND ATTACHED BARN AND List Entry Number: 1052743 Horse, Oxfordshire OUTBUILDING Heritage Category: Listing OLDENHOLME List Entry Number: 1284792 Grade: II List Entry Number: 1052772 Heritage Category: Listing Location: STONEHILL Heritage Category: Listing Grade: II HOUSE AND ATTACHED Grade: II Location: NUMBER 1 AND OUTBUILDINGS, STONEHILL LANE, Location: OLDENHOLME, 3, ATTACHED BARN AND Drayton, Vale of White Horse, CHURCH LANE, Drayton, Vale of

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White Horse, Oxfordshire 24, HIGH STREET List Entry Number: 1368070 Heritage Category: Listing Grade: II Location: 24, HIGH STREET, Drayton, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire LIME CLOSE List Entry Number: 1368047 Heritage Category: Listing Grade: II Location: LIME CLOSE, 35, HENLEYS LANE, Drayton, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire THE MANOR HOUSE List Entry Number: 1052737 Heritage Category: Listing Grade: II* Location: THE MANOR HOUSE, HIGH STREET, Drayton, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire

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13. Historic Maps

Figure 37 1875 OS map for Drayton Figure 39 1933 OS map for Drayton

Figure 35 Enclosure Map for Drayton, 1815

Figure 40 !875 OS map for Sutton Wick Figure 38 1912 OS map for Drayton Figure 36 Detail of enclosure map rotated with north at the top

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Figure 41 1912 OS map for Sutton Wick

Figure 42 1933 OS map for Sutton Wick

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14 Local List – Heritage Assets of Local Interest

The Green Jubilee Cross,. Erected 1897 for The Green. Brick built cottage on Two- The Green Wheatsheaf Public House,. Queen Victoria’s 60th year, probably not storey house, double fronted with end Two-and-a-half storeys with gables fronting originally on this site. Older base? Renovated stacks. Probably late eighteenth the street. Rendered finish, possibly over 2013 and extra inscription added for Queen century in origin. timber frame. Probably seventeenth Elizabeth’s 60th year century in origin.