1 Byfield Village Design Statement Table of Contents Nature and purpose of the Village Design Statement 5 How have village residents given their opinions? 6 How will the consultation continue? 6 The geographical location of Byfield 6 Geographical and historical origins and appearance 7 Architectural History of the Village 8 Themes of development detail 9 What are the attractions of living in Byfield today? 10 How can these attractions be continued and developed? What are the challenges? 11 The effect of change 11 Some answers are suggested here 12 Cultural continuity 13 Localism 14 Sustainability 15 Sociability 16 Table of illustrations 1) A map showing Byfield parish and parts of the neighbouring parishes 3 2) A map showing roads and footpaths in the village of Byfield 4 3) Captioned groups of photographs showing points of design, both good and bad 19 4) A set of photographs showing footpaths around the village, illustrating its 38 rural setting. 5) A map showing the points where the footpath pictures were taken 42 2 R vi e r Field Farm C Farmhouse h e rw e 144m l l Fish Ponds k ac Charwelton Hall h r Park t T a P 182m Gate Radio Station 134m Path th Pa Elmers Iss Farm 174m Issues Packhorse 139m 182m Priors Hardwick Bridge T r a c k Meml Grange Farm th P a The Manor House 159m a 148m P t h Charwelton 207m PH k 148m k c c ra 170m ra T Redcap T Mill The Grange Cottage Mound London End Issues Home PW Issues Mylin Farm Stirch Pit Blackdown Spr (disused) House i n a r D Iss Sinks Tra ck Issues Path k c a r Issues 159m T 144m Blackdown Covert Sewage Works P a th Sinks 214m Hill Farm The Church k k ac Tr ac Tr k D Angles c Charwelton a 166m i s r m T a Charwelton PW P 183m n 178m t 146m a el t h ck d House Tra R a i wl a y 149m 152m Fish Blackdown Church Farm Ponds Farm 152m Hill Farm 172m Collects P Medieval Village of a t h Church Charwelton Dra in (site of) 172m Holywell 168m T Pool ra ck 176m 184m 174m Charwelton Hill T r a 206m c Issues k Tra ck Sluices 178m Blindpool Pumping 157m Fields Farm P House Spinney Rump Hall a t h Mast 152m 169m Fields Farm Blindpool Issues Spinney D r a i n The Iron Hill n k i c ra a Cottage D r Farm T Issues Tk P a 173m th 172m k R Issues 168m c Ludwell Farm ra iv T e r k h c t a a r Dodd's Barn T T r Issues P a ck C Iron h P e a t r h Cross w e 159m y l Path a l w l i a R d e k l T t n a h t m a s i P D Hollingwood T ra Collins Farm ck Charwelton House Lodge 162m Water Tower Dodds Cottage Pa Issues th R P Drain i a v 196m e t h Track r Tr ac k Butterwell Sinks Pitwell Hinton Hill Issues C h T e Farm k r r c w a a c Tr e l 166m k Kennels l c k a r T 168m Issues Oak Farm Issues Manor Spinney Issues Farm House k 158m c Midway a r D 144m T r The Bungalow a i n P Hinton House a th 159m Hintonhill Tra ck Stables Farm Spr Pat h T Hinton House k Farm T Hinton ra C ck a Hinton House House n a l F Cottages e e d e r D r a k Highlands Farm ni c Issues ra T Sinks T r a c k Issues Track Spr Townsend Farm n Issues i a r D FB Sinks Byfield T PW r a c k P Pav a Poplars t Butterwell h k Beechcroft c Farm a U pper Boddington Farm r Playing Farm Tel Ex T Field Spr k c 142m a r 127m T 1 21m C LO 118m C K M E 170m A D O 153m W PH Hinton Sheep E S Lodge Bsns Pk 153m O Pens L Westhorp C N 149m Sinks E Car V Cross N Boddington E Park T k 133m c Church End G r Industrial CE a a (remains 151m Recreation Primary r R PO c 149m k Spr T of) U Ground School th Iss Estate a C P War Hinton Meml PW PO Spr F Sta 145m Manor 159m Farm Wks W Playing Mast k Field c a r Village Hall T P 151m a Byfield t h PW Sch Farm l l e r e w Westhorp House 142m r v Recreation i e FB Farm R h Boddington Reservoir Ground C Issues Liby Club 149m Allot PW Foxhill House Gdns y Farm Ra ilwa th Landing a k P c a tled Stage r an FB T Dism 142m 144m 123m Marley Issues PO Sch Farm Sinks Hinton Mount Byfield Pol Pleasant Pa r s o n 's Spinney Reservoir Ho 143m Issues Tews Farm 163m Pa Issues Legend 149m th th PW th a Pa P Issues h in Fir Tree Pat Dra T House ra ck PWs Mast 139m Dr ain Cleveland D r ain PH Weir Farm Hinton th Sewage P a Great Ground Pool Sewage Works Manor The Farm Farm c k Spr Half Moon Works Tr a PW Manor House Allot Listed Buildings Spinney Gdns a ck Station Tr 157m Allot 159m House The Grange Gdns D r a Pit i Gravel n 116m k Brookfields (dis) k c Farm c ra a Woodford r T T Po le Halse TPO Group Sp inney Issues Spr 139m 136m Issues c k a r Sewage T Spr Works ra ck k Masts T ac Pp Ho Tr Slade Lays Lower Boddington Issues 192m r ain Farm TPO Tree D 162m PW Spr East Lodge Cedar House Spr Farm West 136m Millers Old House Lodge Close Issues Farm Spr y a ilw a R C a Golden Hill d na 122m tle 151m Parish Boundaryl n F a ee d Farm m e r Issues is Tilbrooke Farm D 123m T r D T Issues a ra in c r 118m a k 116m c Sluice k D ism Golden Hill 184m a n tle d R Paradise a il 142m Conservation Area House w ay Farm D D r 182m a Dairy Farm r Bridge i ai n n Meadow T r Farndonhill a c Footpaths/Rights Of Way Farm k 131m Mill House Cottage n i a r D in ra D The Sinks Cottage Root Spinney 151m Spr T r a ck Cross Tree Farm Sinks Issues Spr th a P Issues The k T c k Watersmeet D Reservoir ra Cottage is T R m an t Ivy i le Issues (covered) v d 113m Sinks House e The Stone House r R a Spr Farm ilw a 141m Manor y Washbrook Farm Sinks Farm C Eydonhill T h r a k e c c a k r r T w Spr e l 164m l Moors D Fish Tr is ack m West Farndon Farm a 111m Redhill n Ponds t l e The d Springfield ck Farm ra T Hovel D ra R h t in a House 133m i a wl P D ra a in Issues y Issues Weir Pit 182m (dis) Sinks Weir Spr Sewage Hall Spr k T r ac ac Works Farm Tr k Issues in ra D Fish Ponds 141m Lovell's Dr ain 173m Tr ack Issues Spr Spinney PW Lower Farm House Warden Spr Manor Cedars 141m Redhill Wood Grange House Farm S 142m ch oo l k Tra ck c T a r PW r a h c D t T k r a a in P A Village Design Statement for Byfield (For conciseness, the full expression “village design statement” will be used to open each paragraph and will then be followed by the abbreviation “VDS”) 1. The nature and purpose of the Village Design Statement (i) The village design statement is about the physical structure of the village– what the structure permits us to do, what we see now and what we wish to see in future. Future physical changes may be driven by external needs or influences placed on the village inhabitants but any changes, whether from outside or internally generated, may influence what villagers are able to do with their lives! (ii) By comparison, the earlier “Parish Plan” was a social plan of what could be done using the structures of the existing village. There is naturally a degree of overlap, and some ideas originating in the parish plan have been transferred to the VDS. By analogy, one might say that the parish plan is ongoing software and the VDS is a specification of hardware. (iii) The village design statement is a description of the nature and appearance of the village as it is now, and as it may develop in the future. It brings together, in one document, a consensus of Byfield residents’ opinions regarding the present and future shape and appearance of the village. Whilst neighbours and the Parish Council will continue to be consulted on individual planning applications, the VDS will help by providing guidance to the District Council planners on the known wishes of village residents.