The Range, Land off A350, Chippenham, Wilts. APPENDIX A11.1: Heritage Assessment Client: First Chippenham LLP Local Planning Authority: Wiltshire Council Planning Reference: N/a NGR: ST 90477 75165 Date of Report: November 2014 revised March 2015 Author: Naomi Field Report No.: LPA-68 Prospect Archaeology Ltd 25 West Parade Lincoln LN1 1NW www.prospectarc.com Registered Office Prospect House, Garden Lane, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, LS25 6AT First Chippenham LLP The Range, Land off A350, Chippenham, Wilts. Heritage Assessment CONTENTS PLANNING SUMMARY ................................................................................................................. IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................. 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 4 2.0 SITE DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................. 4 3.0 STATUTORY AND PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT ................................................................... 5 4.0 CASE LAW ....................................................................................................................... 12 5.0 MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................................... 13 6.0 ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND SIGNIFICANCE CRITERIA ............................................. 13 7.0 BASELINE CONDITIONS .................................................................................................... 15 8.0 MAP REGRESSION ........................................................................................................... 26 9.0 ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................... 27 10.0 MITIGATION .................................................................................................................... 33 11.0 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................... 34 12.0 APPENDIX A: LISTED BUILDINGS (DESIGNATED ASSETS) .................................................... 37 13.0 APPENDIX B: MONUMENTS ............................................................................................. 41 14.0 FIGURES .......................................................................................................................... 45 15.0 PLATES ............................................................................................................................ 64 i First Chippenham LLP The Range, Land off A350, Chippenham, Wilts. Heritage Assessment FIGURES Fig. 1 Land off the A350 Chippenham. Site location Fig. 2 Indicative site layout ( Drawing P002 rev. 1 Stephen George & Partners LLP) Fig. 3 Conservation Areas, within 1 km, 1.5km and 2km of the site, hatched blue.(Based on plan by Wiltshire Council) Fig. 4 Listed buildings in Allington (Chippenham Without) Fig. 5 Listed buildings in Chippenham (a) and Kington St Michael (b). Fig. 6 Monuments within the study area. © Wiltshire and Swindon Environment Record Fig. 7 Events within the study area. © Wiltshire and Swindon Environment Record Fig. 8 A plan of the manor of Allington in the parish of Chippenham, 1777 Fig. 9 Chippenham tithe map 1847 Fig. 10 OS 1:2500 scale map 1885-6 Fig. 11 OS 1:2500 scale map 1900 Fig. 12 OS 1:2500 scale map 1924 Fig. 13 OS 1:10,560 scale map 1949 Fig. 14 OS 1:2500 scale map 1976-79 Fig. 15 OS 1:1,250 scale map 1995 Fig. 16 Geophysical survey results with overlay of warehouse and retail unit positions. Based on Fig. 3 of geophysical survey report (©Archaeological Surveys Ltd) Fig. 17 Interpretation of features revealed in the geophysical survey (© Archaeological Surveys Ltd) Fig. 18 Indicative site modelling showing surrounding bunds and proposed areas of cut and fill. PLATES Pl. 1 View west along the track forming the northern site boundary. Pl. 2 Field 1 Panoramic view north and north-east, towards the golf course Pl. 3 Field 5 looking north along eastern site boundary Pl. 4 Field 2 view east, with A350 to the right, and parish boundary to the left Pl. 5 Field 3 View east, with parish boundary to right Pl. 6 Field 4 panoramic view south-east and south-west ii First Chippenham LLP The Range, Land off A350, Chippenham, Wilts. Heritage Assessment Pl. 7 Bolehyde Manor looking north-west from footpath CHIW3 through tree-lined hedgerow Pl. 8 Modern barns and outbuildings to the north of Bolehyde Manor, looking south-east from footpath CHW19 Pl. 9 View south-east from footpath CHWI9 to the east of Bolehyde Manor looking towards the proposed development site Pl. 10 Entrance to Allington House from The Lane, looking NW, showing trees which obscure the view from the house over the valley to the south-east Pl. 11 The Pitts. Front elevation facing south-west. Pl. 12 View of The Pitts from bridleway CWI2 showing the south-east gable that overlooks the Site from a single small ground-floor window. Pl. 13 View from bridleway CHIW2 in front of The Pitts looking south through the gap in the hedgerow Pl. 14 Foxhill House from CHIW2 looking south over the rear elevation. Trees beyond partially obscure the roofs of Chippenham and Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate (middle horizon, right) Pl. 15 View from bridleway CHIW2 looking SE towards Cepen Park North and Chippenham, and the Site. Note steeple of St Paul’s church adjacent to an electricity pylon. Pl. 16 Ivy Cottage from footpath CHIW3, looking south Pl. 17 View from Ivy Cottage looking south-east towards the Golf Club and the Site from footpath CHIW3, to the east of Ivy Cottage Pl. 18 View north-west towards Allington Manor house from footpath CHIW12 showing partial screening of property by walls and trees and the first-floor window of the southwest gable Pl. 19 The Cottage gable end looking west from footpath CHIW12 Pl. 20 Eastern curtilage boundary of The Cottage and adjacent property The White Cottage, looking north- west. iii First Chippenham LLP The Range, Land off A350, Chippenham, Wilts. Heritage Assessment Planning Summary LPA Wiltshire Council Application No. N/a Case Officer Relevant Policies NPPF 17 126-141 169 Paragraphs N. Wilts. Local HE6, 8 Plan Curator Melanie Pomeroy-Killinger Curator consulted Yes No Date Work undertaken to Geophys DBA Eval Other date survey Known Heritage Assets National Regional Local None Potential Heritage National Regional Local None Assets Potential impact on High Medium Low None heritage assets Further information Yes No required Condition required Yes No Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of reporting and appropriateness of recommendations. This report is based on information available at the time of writing, from the sources cited. It does not preclude the potential for future discoveries to be made, or for other unidentified sources of information to exist that alter the potential for archaeological impact. Any opinions expressed within this document reflect the honest opinion of Prospect Archaeology. However, the final decision on the need for further work rests with the relevant planning authority. © Prospect Archaeology 2014/5 iv First Chippenham LLP The Range, Land off A350, Chippenham, Wilts. Heritage Assessment Executive Summary First Chippenham are submitting a full planning application to Wiltshire Council for development of land to the west of the A350 at Chippenham for a storage and distribution centre (Use Class B8) and service yards, parking, landscaping and associated development, and retail unit (Use Class A1), with mezzanine floor and outside garden centre area, including service yards, parking, landscaping, access and associated development. The distribution warehouse comprises a total floorspace of 72,070 sq. m (GIA). The proposed retail unit will comprise 3,782 sq. m of floorspace, with an additional 1,858 sq. m mezzanine floor, and additional 556 sq. m for outside garden centre area. The Site currently comprises agricultural land extending over parts of five fields and measures c.17ha in extent. This report is updated, and supersedes Technical Appendix 11.1 (December 2014) to reflect the change in baseline conditions at the site. Archaeological remains within the site were added to the list of scheduled monuments (NHL 1425267) on the 3 March 2015. It has been prepared to consider the archaeological and historical implications of the proposed development in support of the planning application. A map regression exercise and documentary search have provided background information about the history of the site and a site visit was made to assess existing ground conditions and archaeological potential. Additional assessment work has been undertaken since the December 2014 ES was prepared, in light of comments received from the Wiltshire Council Conservation Officer and English Heritage. This has included an intensive site walkover and review of new material considerations. There are no Listed Buildings within the Site. There are six Grade II Listed buildings within 500m of the application site, four of which lie within the Allington Conservation Area. There are a further 24 Listed buildings between 0.5km and 1.5km of the site. Most of the Allington Conservation Area, lies within 1km of the application site but is buffered from the site by open fields. The proposed development scheme has made provision for screening