Conservation Area

LITTLE HORWOOD CONSERVATION AREA Designated 16th October 1991

The attractive village of Little Horwood is situated two miles north-east of Winslow, at the junction of the Winslow to Nash and to Great Horwood roads.

Unlike many other villages in the area, it has an obvious core centered around The Green and the Grade II listed properties: the Old Crown PH, Lavender Cottage, the Old Post Office, numbers 1 to 10 The Green and Water Croft. In this central area the village has an open character with large areas of undeveloped land surrounding buildings sited within spacious plots. This openness reinforces the rural feel and appearance of the village.

Path (um)

Path (um)

CHURCH 125.9m Wood End Cottage Wood End ST GP Path (um)

WOOD END

Path (um)

CHURCH Old Farm Issues 122.1m Drain STREET Playing Field

Hemmingford House Pavilion

St Nicholas

Church 20B 20A

FB Drain

BM 121.37m Path (um) Shoulder of Mutton FB (PH)

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Wood End

CHURCH

END

Vicarage STREET

WOOD

Little Horwood

FB Moat House

BM 117.38m 117.8m GP

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Hill Side

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Meadow View

The OldCrown(PH)

Scott’s Meadow

Brook HILL FARM Cott LB LANE CLAYS LANE

TCB Shelter

The Green 2 Chapel Cottage

WINSLOW ROAD Primrose

Cottage

124.6m

MURSLEY

Pond Hall House ROAD El

CattleGrid Trac k

Sub Sta

Longcroft

Green Farm

Allotment Gardens Pon d

118.1m Not to a recognised scale

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Elsewhere, development extends in ribbons along either side of Church Street, Wood End and Mursley Road. In Church Street the predominant buildings are the Shoulder of Mutton PH, the Church of St Nicholas, the Vicarage and Old Farmhouse, at the extreme north-western edge of the village. These four buildings dominate that approach into the village from Nash and Whaddon.

Whilst many of the buildings in the village are constructed of brick the Grade II* listed church has an uncommon ashlar block dressing which was a 19th century addition to an original 13th and 14th century coursed rubblestone construction. Although less impressive, many of the other older buildings in the village are attractively built of timber frame and brick construction.

Fine views are obtained from Church Street, The Green and Wood End across open farmland which is crossed by a number of public footpaths and contains a rectangular shaped earthwork and moat. The views are particularly impressive from the sports ground, beside the Crown PH and opposite Coronation Cottage in Wood End.

Although some modern infill development has taken place in recent years along Mursley Road, Wood End, Church Street and south of The Green, this has not detracted from the overall character or appearance of the village.

October 2008

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