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The Ashes Farm, Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire Heritage Impact Assessment Project Reference: 21-020 Produced for Robert Winter August 2021 WWW.LOCUSCONSULTING.CO.UK Heritage Impact Assessment – The Ashes Farm, Fenny Bentley Locus Consulting Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 5 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 6 1.1 Project Background ....................................................................................................... 6 1.2 The Site ......................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Proposed Works ............................................................................................................ 8 1.4 Scope of Study .............................................................................................................. 9 1.5 Planning Context ......................................................................................................... 10 1.6 Planning History .......................................................................................................... 11 SITE CONTEXT .............................................................................................................. 12 2.1 Historical Development ............................................................................................... 12 2.3 LiDAR Analysis ............................................................................................................ 22 IMPACT ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................... 23 3.1 Scope of Assessment ................................................................................................... 23 3.2 Direct Impacts ............................................................................................................. 23 3.3 Indirect Impacts .......................................................................................................... 42 CONCLUSIONS & POSITION ............................................................................................. 44 REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................... 46 APPENDIXES....................................................................................................................... 48 Appendix 1: Assessment Methodology ................................................................................... 48 Appendix 2: Planning Policy .................................................................................................... 50 Appendix 3: Historic Environment Resource ............................................................................ 57 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This survey was commissioned by Robert Winter and thanks are due in this regard. The report was written by Brixie Payne, Thomas Linington and Adam Partington and verified by Adam Partington of Locus Consulting Ltd. 2 Heritage Impact Assessment – The Ashes Farm, Fenny Bentley Locus Consulting Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS Figure 1: Approximate Site location........................................................................................................ 6 Figure 2: Proposed Site block plan .......................................................................................................... 8 Figure 3: Floor plans for stable conversion ............................................................................................. 9 Figure 4 Linear earthworks associated with a former trackway looking south .................................... 14 Figure 5: Extract from Ordnance Survey (OS) map Derbyshire XXXVIII.SW (Ashbourne; Fenny Bentley; Mapleton; Okeover) published 1900 .................................................................................................... 15 Figure 6: Photograph showing the decorative date stone set into the gable of the farmhouse ......... 16 Figure 7: Extract from Tithe map of 1841 showing Ashes Farm in red with outfarm to the west ....... 17 Figure 8: Extract from Ordnance Survey (OS) map Derbyshire XXXVIII 9 (Fenny Bentley; Mapleton; Okeover; Thorpe) published 1880 ........................................................................................................ 18 Figure 9: Extract from Ordnance Survey (OS) map Derbyshire XXXVIII 9 (Fenny Bentley; Mapleton; Okeover; Thorpe) published 1900 ........................................................................................................ 19 Figure 10: Photograph showing The Ashes Farm in the 1930s © http://www.fennybentley.org.uk/fenny-bentley-places/4591849873 ................................................ 19 Figure 11: Photograph showing The Ashes Farm in 1957 © http://www.fennybentley.org.uk/fenny- bentley-places/4591849873 ................................................................................................................. 20 Figure 12: 2020 Satellite imagery © Google Earth, approximate Site location in red ......................... 21 Figure 13: Lidar data showing ridge and furrow within a network of small enclosures (examples indicated in yellow) to the north and east of the farm and the route of a trackway (blue) ................ 22 Figure 14 Southern frontage of combination barn ............................................................................... 25 Figure 15 Primary southern elevation of the farmhouse ..................................................................... 26 Figure 16 Western elevation of the farmhouse at The Ashes Farm ..................................................... 27 Figure 17 Eastern eleavtion of the U-shaped courtyard range............................................................. 28 Figure 18 View of thr U-shaped courtyard range from the southwest ................................................ 28 Figure 19 Southern end of the western stable range with reconfigured front and stabling in active use (left) ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 Figure 20 Example interior of stable with modern roof structure, rubber matting to floor and modern built up wall to south (left) ................................................................................................................... 29 Figure 21: Aerial photograph showing the original roof on northern range, May 1965 (Source: Matthew Montague Architects)) .......................................................................................................................... 30 Figure 22 Northern elevation of U-shaped courtyard range ................................................................ 31 Figure 23 Massive masonry in the western end of the combination barn ........................................... 32 Figure 24 Limestone and pink granite sets to floor .............................................................................. 32 Figure 25 Westernmost room of the combination barn looking west. ................................................ 33 Figure 26 Westernmost room of the combination barn looking east .................................................. 33 Figure 27 Northern (left) and southern (right) entrances into and out of the courtyard at The Ashes Farm ...................................................................................................................................................... 34 Figure 28 Hatch in floor to archway ..................................................................................................... 34 Figure 29 Eastern room to combination barn looking southeast ........................................................ 35 Figure 30 Easternmost corner room of the combination barn ............................................................. 35 Figure 31 Courtyard elevation of the eastern range ............................................................................ 36 Figure 32 View up towards the eastern elevation of the U shaped range from the east .................... 37 Figure 33 Principal southern elevation of The Ashes Farm .................................................................. 37 3 Heritage Impact Assessment – The Ashes Farm, Fenny Bentley Locus Consulting Ltd. Figure 34: Map of Heritage Assets considered for assessment ............................................................ 43 Figure 35: Designated Heritage Assets ................................................................................................. 58 Figure 36: Monuments .......................................................................................................................... 66 Figure 37: Events ................................................................................................................................... 68 4 Heritage Impact Assessment – The Ashes Farm, Fenny Bentley Locus Consulting Ltd. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In June 2021 Locus Consulting Ltd. were commissioned to compile a Heritage Impact Assessment to accompany an application for planning permission for the development of a site at The Ashes Farm, Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire. This assessment considers the known and potential historic environment resources within the Site and its environs and any potential impacts which may be imposed