hwad-330-WKR Proposed new / replacement windows to existing Hotel DESIGN + HERITAGE STATEMENT Introduction This planning application has been prepared on behalf of Mr W. + Mrs K. Reynolds, and is submitted in support of our planning application for full planning approval and listed building consent for the proposed removal of the existing windows (street side only) replacement with new sash and case windows to existing Hotel. This document should be read in conjunction with the following submitted information prepared by Hodgson + White _ Architecture + Design. • Drawing numbers hwad-330-WKR-001 to 003, including revisions where appropriate prepared by Hodgson + White _ Architecture + Design Site Allanton Inn, Allanton, Duns, Scottish Borders TD11 3JZ Client Mr W. + Mrs K. Reynolds, Three Wells, Allanton, Duns, Scottish Borders TD11 3JZ Agent Kevin White MCIAT, Chartered Architectural Technologist Hodgson + White _ Architecture + Design, 50 Hide Hill, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1AB Project Reference hwad-330-WKR Date 01st March 2021 Local Area Duns Listed Building Information – The Allanton Inn Category C Date Added 26/03/1997 Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Edrom NGR NT 86578 54311 Description 1835 with later additions and alterations. 2-storey 6-bay building. Whinstone rubble with droved ashlar dressings; harled to rear. W (STREET) ELEVATION: grouped 2-4. Corniced deep-set panelled door in bay to right of 2-bay group; window at 1st floor and to each floor of bay to left. Deep-set panelled corniced door as before in bay to inner left of 4-bay group, with window at 1st floor. Bipartite window with ashlar mullion to each floor of bay to outer left. Window to each floor of bay to inner right. Boarded door at ground in bay to outer right. E (REAR) ELEVATION: full-height half-piended projection in bay to right of 2-bay group and to inner bays of 4-bay group. Single storey modern addition at ground of intermediate bays and full-height modern lean-to addition to re-entrant angle to SE. Plate glass timber sash and case windows to W elevation; principally modern glazing to E elevation. Slate roof with ashlar coped skews, also defining 2-4 bay groups. Brick gable head stacks and mutual stack. INTERIOR: not seen, 1996. Statement of Special Interest The building is functioning as one property, although it looks as though it was formerly two. The adjacent (S) Old Fire Station is listed separately and is linked historically with the inn. The inn started as a beer house, but later became a hotel. It was formerly known as the Red Lion Hotel. The Allanton Inn + Allanton Village The Allanton Inn dates back to 1835 and comprises the main block fronting the street with piended extensions to the rear – these may have been partially rebuilt more recently. The main building has a separate ‘C’ listing from the Coach House / Fire Station / Stables building. Page | 1 50 Hide Hill, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1AB tel 01289 298090 mobile 07814 574 012 [email protected] Design + Heritage Statement hwad-330-WKR hwad-330-WKR Allanton village was originally part of the Blackadder Estate which comprised the main Blackadder House, 5000 acres comprising 12 farms, home farm with dairy, stables, Bell + clock tower (now Blackadder Mount Farm). 1925 saw the sale of the estate where it was broken up and the farms sold separately. It is recorded that each householder of Allanton was offered one acre for his cow, for six drills of potatoes and to grow feeding for his stock. No one bought the mansion house, so it was demolished. The Beer House / Inn sits on what was a junction on the main Duns to Berwick and was originally two cottages joined in 1890’s (only licenced to sell beer as estate owned, they didn’t want the workers to get too drunk on spirits) with a well in the garden, stables and a hayloft for travellers’ horses but eventually when the stables became redundant, the building became the village fire station. The estate-owned Beer House was eventually sold to Vaux Brewery in 1926 and then rented out the Allanton beer house. A condition of the rent was that the landlord could have a Wine & Spirit Licence and named it The Red Lion. The war years created much business with soldiers and airmen stationed nearby between Allanton & Chirnside. Following the wars, fishing and holiday makers allowed the business to flourish. The Allanton Inn in its previous incarnation as the Red Lion Hotel As the Red Lion hotel, the inn has always remained a popular local watering hole and meeting place changing names to The Allanton Inn in the 1980’s. The Allanton Inn is the only business left in Allanton. But fortunately, as previous hosts at The Allanton Inn have experienced over the hundreds of years, the customer base is extremely varied. There is less business from locals, military, construction and estate workers or even fishermen these days, but the owners have worked hard to create a new customer base. As well as tourists here to explore this beautiful area or passing through En route North or South, there are an increasing number of walkers and cyclists here to enjoy and explore the fantastic rolling countryside. Weekend guests at The Allanton Inn can regularly be found to be attending weddings at either of the nearby venues, Wedderburn Castle or Paxton House. The applicants have worked with local, national and international companies to offer accommodation to their travelling employees, contractors and clients, such as Greenvale, Farne of Scotland, based in Duns, the largest private sector employer in the Borders and just outside Chirnside is the Ahlstrom-Munksjo factory at the historic paper mill on the river Whiteadder. Brief / Proposal / Development Objectives The applicants have been owners of the Allanton Inn for more than 10 years and have built up an impressive award winning business in this time. The proposals are to replace the current defective timber sash and case windows with new / replacement timber sash and case windows complete with double glazed units. The new windows will match the former with no astrigals as indicated on the drawings. The new windows will replace the existing units which have been repaired and maintained to a point where it is no longer viable to do so further. The new windows will be more environmentally friendly and will be formed from hardwood. Current Land Use ‘C’ listed hotel and gardens. Planning / Background Information There have been several applications to the hotel over the years and they include the following. Most of these approvals were enacted. Previous planning approvals and applications as follows : • 05/01478/FUL - Extension to lounge and demolition of outhouses Page | 2 50 Hide Hill, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1AB tel 01289 298090 mobile 07814 574 012 [email protected] Design + Heritage Statement hwad-330-WKR hwad-330-WKR • 05/01477/LBC - Extension to lounge and demolition of outhouses • 14/00195/FUL - Formation of door from window and re-surfacing at front of property (retrospective) • 14/00185/LBCNN - Internal alterations, external redecoration and lighting (retrospective) • 14/00242/FUL - External alterations incorporating extract vent flue, re-surfacing at front of property, re-decoration and lighting (retrospective) • 14/00243/LBCNN - Internal alterations, external redecoration incorporating extract vent flue and lighting (retrospective) • 19/00999/LBC - Internal and external alterations to form an additional 6 No letting bedrooms (not yet enacted due to Covid) • 19/00998/FUL - Erection of annex to provide 4 No additional letting bedrooms, change of use of former fire station to form 2 No additional letting bedrooms and associated works (not yet enacted due to Covid) Pre-application Discussions No pre-app discussions have taken place. The Site / Location The site area (outlined in red on the drawings) is as follows : Hotel, gardens and outbuildings = 0.1020 HA (0.252 Acre) or thereby The hotel and parking are adjacent to the public road to the west main building and coach house conversion building. Design New windows to be supplied and fitted by WRM Joinery Ltd of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Existing windows are in a poor state of repair. They have been repaired and re-painted to a point where it is uneconomical to do so any further. The single glazed units are also not environmentally friendly and a huge amount of heat loss from the building is from these windows. The new windows are to be new hardwood timber sash + case windows with spiral balance operation complete with horns to top sashes as indicated. The glazing units will be 24mm thick double glazed units with low-E coating and argon filled units. The windows will be formed with traditional timber sizing. (see details provided by window manufacturer in separate document attached to application) The new windows u-value is 1.4 W/m2K The new windows are to be finished in Farrow & Ball Downpipe Lead Grey coloured paint. WINDOWS W1 TO W10 SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT Appendix A_Materials EXISTING MATERIALS WALLS : Sandstone (buff coloured) quions, lintels + sills + stone detailing over door openings with random whinstone walling to street frontage. All buildings to the rear are finished with wet dash roughcast render ROOF : Welsh slate to all pitched roofs complete with zinc / lead ridge flashings, etc. Flat roofs finished with GRP / torched roofing felt WINDOWS : Combination of timber sash + case windows to the street frontage + uPVC windows to the rear all finished white EXTERNAL DOORS : All external doors to street frontage are timber 6 panel doors finished black. White fully glazed uPVC doors to rear RAINWATER GOODS : Cast iron guttering + downpipes, painted black + uPVC fittings have been used to the rear to some later extensions PROPOSED MATERIALS WINDOWS : Timber replacement windows to openings to styles as indicated, all windows are sash + case, spiral balance, double glazed windows.