Chapter 4 Northern Villages Study Area
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Chapter 4 Northern Villages study area Area E Area B3 Area F Area A Area C Area B1 Area B2 Area G Area D Area B4 “Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Mapping with the permission of the controller Her Majesty’s Stationary Office Crown Copyright. Copyright. Stationary Office Crown Her Majesty’s Survey Mapping with the permission of the controller the Ordnance from “Reproduced or civil proceedings” Copyright and may lead to prosecution infringes Crown Unauthorised reproduction Licence No LA100019488 45 Structure Historic Map 3 - 1904-1939 Area A: Newell Green Area D: Winkfield Row South • This area comprises the settlement of Newell Green • The character of Winkfield Row South is similar to Character including its recreation ground; A, and consists predominately of linear development either • It consists of two smaller pockets of development, one along side of Chavey Down Road, Gorse Place and Locks Ride. Forest Road and one on Osborne Lane; However the character varies along the length of these • The Warfi eld Memorial Ground provides a central focus for roads with lower density and larger houses in the south and this village; particularly around Locks Ride. • It has a self contained settlement character and is separated from Hayley Green by the grounds of Newell Hall and Area E: Winkfield Street/Maidens Green Warfield Priory; and • Development around Winkfield Street comprises a loose • Development is concentrated on the southern side of Forest collection of individual houses set in large grounds. These Road with views across open fields to the north. houses vary in terms of architecture, period and setting. Some more historic buildings create a strong edge to the predominately rural street, while others are set back within Area B: Warfield Street (B1), Hayley Green (B2), their plots; and 3 4 Brock Hill (B ), Lovel Road (B ) • The area around Maidens Green varies slightly in that it • The above settlements are all of a similar development consists of smaller plot and house sizes and contains a structure and character. Each settlement consists of a row number of non residential uses. of houses set alongside a road. This linear development form Area G has been broken up by a small number of cul-de-sac infi ll developments. However these do not impact on the overall Area F: Winkfi eld character; and • Winkfi eld is concentrated around St. Mary’s Church and the • Most importantly each of these settlements is clearly White Hart PH; defined and approached through the surrounding landscape. • The character of the remainder of the settlement is defi ned by houses set within large plots. These are scattered Area C: Winkfield Row North throughout the area and generally do not follow a coherent structure; and • This area is of high quality character and townscape. It is based on an historic settlement structure with a number of • At the eastern end, plot sizes become smaller and houses are Historic Map 3 Victorian houses set around a dominant school building; and set closer to the street edges, creating a sense of arrival. • The tight grain of Victorian development at the junction of Winkfield Row and Chavey Down Road marks a central focal Area G: Cranbourne Area B4 point. • This character area has similar characteristics to character area B. However it is a larger settlement and it contains a significant number of other, non residential uses; • The development structure also varies more than in the smaller settlements; • In the north the development density is higher, with small cottages and some flatted blocks. This is the area where a variety of uses are located; and • Towards the southern end plot sizes become larger and houses are set back from the street. 46 Historic Map 1 1881-1912 Area E Area F Area B3 Historic Map 2-1881-1912 Area A Historic Map 2 Area C Historic Map 1 Area B1 Area B2 Area D 47 Landscape Setting Area A: Newell Green • Regular long rectangular field pattern east of the village still in hill to the south west by narrow but well-defined open gaps; • Newell Green is typical of the cluster settlements which evidence in plot pattern; and • The countryside to the north, east and west is largely free characterise this landscape. Field ponds are a feature of the • Self contained settlement enclosed by extensive parkland and of built form, except for the scattered villages, hamlets and area; fi eld system. isolated farms and houses. To the west there are larger more • Rolling landscape dissected by the Cut watercourse; industrial agricultural units; Area D: Winkfield Row South • Very narrow (250m) open rural gap between Newell Green and • The area is fl at lowland. Bracknell to the south; and • The character area lies on the transition between two landscape character areas: Winkfield Row Open clay Farmlands (Entec • Visually separated from the urban edge of Bracknell by tree Area F: Winkfi eld 2006) to the east, and Chavey Down Wooded Clay Farmlands cover. • This character area is excluded from the Entec study as it is in (Entec 2006) to the west; the Green Belt. It lies within the BLCA Maidens Green Open Clay Area B: Warfield Street B1, Hayley Green B2, Brock • In contrast Chavey Down Wooded Clay Farmlands is generally Lowlands. The area is characterised by its intact and intimate wooded with localised areas of pasture, although the planting Hill B3, Lovel Road B4 landscape which includes historic landscape features such as the pattern elsewhere is very similar to Winkfield Row Open Clay fi eld pattern; • The villages of Warfield Street and Hayley Green lie within the Farmlands. It acts as a transition between the forests and • The loose linear settlement form of Winkfield is typical of this Warfield Open Clay Farmlands (Entec 2006). The landscape heaths of south Bracknell and the clay farmlands of the north. landscape character; is characterised by parkland and ornamental planting; oak A tributary of the Cut flows north to south – parallel to the woodlands, tree cover along the watercourses and hedgerow character area; • The village is surrounded by medium to large fields with thin hedgerow boundaries but the village character edge itself is well trees; • The land rises gently southwards in the area to a high point at defined by hedgerows (with some exceptions); • The villages are typical of the dispersed linear settlements which 85m AOD; • The area is separated from Maidens Green to the west by a characterise this landscape. Field ponds are a feature of the • The settlement pattern is typical of the Chavey Down Wooded narrow but well-defined open gap; area; Clay Farmlands, with a linear form (composed of individual • Rolling landscape dissected by Bull Brook watercourse; residences) until the estate development to the west was built; • The surrounding countryside is largely free of built form, except for the scattered villages, hamlets and isolated farms and houses; • Very narrow (350 - 200m) open rural gap between the villages • The character area is barely separated from Winkfield Row North, and Bracknell to the south; except by the B3034 road, but has a very different form and • The area is flat lowland; and • Visually separated from the urban edge of Bracknell by tree character to Winkfield Row North; • Important physical and visual links with the surrounding cover; • The area is flanked in the north west by a large modern estate countryside. • The villages of Brock Hill and Lovel Road lie outside of the Entec but in the south west it retains a close relationship and contrast study. They however sit within the Maidens Green Open Clay with the wooded landscape; Area G: Cranbourne Lowland (BLCA 2003) north of the B3034 road; is characterised • The south east of the area is heavily influenced by the mixed • The character area is excluded from the Entec study as it is in the by its intimate and intact rural character with loose linear woodland which comes up to, and extends as tree lines, into the Green Belt. It lies within the Maidens Green Open Clay Lowlands. dispersed settlements as at Brock Hill and Lovel Road; and area; and The area is characterised by its intact and intimate landscape which includes the survival of historic landscape features and • The Bracknell Settled Farmlands (BLCA 2003) lie to the south • These trees separate the area from the Golf Course with the woodland; of the B3034 road and are characterised by the strong urban overall consequence that the area is orientated to the farmed influences, mitigated by the wooded shelterbelts and remaining • It adjoins the Windsor Great Park Royal Forest. It is characterised landscape to the north. farmed landscape. by extensive mixed woodland which clearly defines the north Area E: Winkfield Street/Maidens Green eastern edge of the village; Area C: Winkfield Row North • Cranbourne is a very good example of the typical loose linear • This character area is excluded from the Entec study as it is • Winkfi eld Row North is typical of the dispersed cluster villages of the Maidens Green Open Clay Lowlands with generous in the Green Belt. It lies within the Maidens Green Open Clay settlements which characterise this landscape. Field ponds are a gaps between the linear built form which extends for some Lowlands (BLCA 2003). The area is characterised by its intact feature of the area; distance along North Street; and intimate landscape which includes the survival of historic • An extensive mobile park lies between North Street and Chapel • Rolling landscape dissected by the Cut watercourse; landscape features and woodland; Hall. The layout of this park is not characteristic of the area but • Visually separated from the urban edge of Bracknell by tree • The lose linear settlement form of Winkfield Street is typical of due to its built form it is largely unobtrusive.