Conservation Area

Character Statement

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SOUTH DISTRICT COUNCIL LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement

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Appendix 1 Distinctive architectural details Appendix 2 Smisby Conservation Area: Phases of Designation Conservation Area Map  Conservation Area Description Loss and Damage    Area of Archaeological Potential Area of Archaeological Potential Conservation Ar  Introduction Summary Smisby LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement   The distinctive characteristics ofSmisbycanbe summarised asfollows: road frontage,andanumberofgroupsterraced cottages. imposing farmhouses,oflate17 atthewestendofvillage. The high ground The villageisdominatedbyitsparishchurch of self-consciousestatedesignand evolution, reconstruction andredevelopmentov estate villagesinSouthDerbyshire, thebuild Its identity, however,is notthatofanesta gradually fromthe1950s onwards.Onlyahandful ofbuildings arestillinestateownership. The majorityof thevillagewasownedby th location forearlysettlers. advantage inheightoverthe“AshbyWolds” ”highly permeable”sandstoneandwasgood,prod Ashby anditcanbeseenwithin fine-grained character. Therearebandsofsa The villagesitsonabandofBromsgroveSan featureless enclosureroads,which makeSmisby feel cut off. viaapproached thinly-populatedformer common on asouth-facinghillsideoverlooking the Smisby lies insouth-eastDerbyshire, onlyhalf Summary 13th July1978. The Smisby Conservation Areawasdesignated judgements onthemerits of enhancement. Thisdocumentwillbeused the degree ofdamagetothatspecialinterest and thusopportunities for future that makesthecharacterandappearanceofSmisbyworthyprotection.Italsoassesses South DerbyshireDistrictCouncil. This statement hasbeenproducedbyMelMorris Conservationfor,andinassociationwith, Introduction Smisby (Chapel Street), which meet atthe parish church a nucleatedmedievalplan formwithawindi quiet andpeacefulwithlittle throughtraffic Conservation Area Conservation

developmentapplications. th Smisby assmalloutcropsonFort century andearly 18 It sets outthespecialhistor building featuresarege te village.Aswithmany 1 dstone, distinguished byitsreddishcolourand provided agoodvantagepointanddefensive and adjacent manor house, which sit on the whichsiton the andadjacentmanorhouse, e HarpurEstatefrom1660andwassoldoff akilometrefromtheLeicestershireborder, market townofAshby-de-la-Zouch. Itis by theCouncilwhen makingprofessional ndstone outcroppingin bySouthDerbyshireDistrictCouncil on ings frequentlyexhibitevidenceoftheir er thecenturies.There islittle in theway main streetischaracterisedbyaseriesof ng MainStreet andanarrow backstreet land, which istraversed by straight and uctive landforagriculture.Thesubtle th century design, setbackfrom the ic andarchitecturalinterest nerally quitesubtle. ies Lane. It is classified as oftheHarpur-Crewe this area northof

LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement ic Parks and Gardens) and other ic Parks and Gardens) and other of the settlement. It has been carried settlement. of the ass both statutory designations (including k elevations of buildings and tall, simple buildings k elevations of age around the church of St. James, where St. James, where the church of age around often both occurring in the same building same building in the both occurring often ating with a few large farmhouses set within large farmhouses set within ating with a few defined through an assessment of the known vation area in consultation with the County the with area in consultation vation 2 ees, wide verges and grassed embankments embankments and grassed verges ees, wide back of the pavement back of the pavement there is a concentration of mature tr of mature a concentration there is rural setting, with leafy rural approaches west leafy rural the from with rural setting, of the vill west end at the character verdant tight-knit development of cottages altern development tight-knit spacious plots running parallel with the in rows where buildings are built core a densely developed advantage of a south-facing aspect contours taking of enclosure with plain bric a strong sense the boundary walls lining small groups terraced labourers cottages of three or more boundary walls of rubble sandstone soft red brick, sandstone and a mixture of An area of archaeological potential has been Area of Archaeological Potential archaeological, documentary and plan-form evidence out as part of the review of each conser Archaeologist, and the Development Control Archaeologist the Sites and Monuments Council. County Record Officer at Derbyshire An area of archaeological potential may encomp Ancient Monuments and Registered Histor Scheduled         LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement only a handfulof freeholders The familymaintainedafirmgriponownership oftheland inthe parish and there were was soldin1978. whilst itwas atenanted farm.It remainedin became atenantedfarm.Manyofthesurro house oftheHarpurfamily wascloseathand an outcropofsandstone,andcommandinggood viewsofAshbytothesouth.Themain It isahandsome,tall,tower-like building,ofthreestoreys plusanatticstorey, situatedon It isfirstdocumented inthe11 having excellent“purespringwater”. squeezed between Chapel Streetand MainStr development withintheconfines ofthevillage,as change orexpansion of thevillageorit Enclosure Awardlistsfour mainfreeholders. In practicethismeantthattherewas little origins ofthestandingbuilding,lying totheimmediate west ofthechurch,are16 onthissitefromthe14 There wasprobablyamanorhouse Sir JohnHarpur ofCalke. 1560 anditremainedwiththeKendallfamilyun George KendallboughtthemanorofSmisbyfrom theseniorbranchoffamilyinabout remained untiltheearly1500swhenmanorpassed,bymarriage,toKendallfamily. In themid13 over 1square mile. its largeareaofwoodlandpasture,½leaguelong and6furlongswide,whichequatesto just under thelordship ofNigelStafford.It “Smidesbi” areOldNorse, meaning“thesmith’sfarm”.AtDomesday(1086)thelandwas Smisby as asettlement mayhave existedbe A springlinewasinthe villageand thetown wellwasmentionedinthe19 providing fuelfor themanufacture ofironprodu circumstances; itslocal mineraldeposits,inpart The development of Smisbyseems to havearisen largelyasa result ofa combination of Historic Development Conservation AreaAnalysis conservation area. an areaofarchaeologicalpotentialneednot Over the centuries, assettlem below ground. evidencerelatingtothemediev archaeological potential Within theareaofarchaeological post-medieval periods. the probableextentofsettlementandindustrialactivityduringmedievaland/or non-statutory siteinformationfromtheDerb th centurythemanorwasheldby ents growanddevelop,their th within thevillage untilthe20 century inthe DomesdayBook was a small farming settlementmostnotablefor was asmallfarming 3 unding buildingswouldhavebeenconstructed , sofrom1660,theKend necessarily coincide with the boundaryofthe the handsofHarpur-Crewefamilyuntilit yshire Sites and MonumentsRecord. It shows s farmsandquiteconsiderable tight-knit eet. A commonoccurrence isthatbuildings al and/orpostmedievalperiods maysurvive there maybereasonableexpectationthat icular ironore,itswooded hillsidelocation, fore thistime.Theoriginsofthe name cts, anditsrelativelyri smallcottagesandancillary buildingswere til itwassoldin1660totheancestorsof Shepey family,inwhosehands it focus mayshift.Consequently, th century.The1827Draft th but itisquite century buttheearliest all's old manor house all's oldmanorhouse ch agriculturalsoils. possiblethat th centuryas th century. LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement some time to steps, which remains steps, which this eastern garden land The manor house is situated alongside the Manor present church. house and chapel were probably initially closely until the chapel and linked its endowments were given to the of to thereafter Calke, and . After that time, of the the development manor house and the church site were independent. as late as 1900, very little of 1900, very little as late as traditionally the area devoted area devoted the traditionally the Methodist Chapel of 1845, Chapel of the Methodist the passage was taken into the into the passage was taken St. James Church at Smisby ns that appear to have belonged to the ns that appear pproached from the south via a narrow farm to its south-east, now Myrtle Lodge farm to its south-east, now Myrtle y, open churchyard that we see today. An y, open churchyard ce, up a wide flight of crown and sold on. At ism and burial of people living in the village the ism and burial of people living in church in the background. These walls have in the background. These walls church century, the whole of whole the century, th 4 d both behind and between the farmhouses. the farmhouses. between and d both behind century, th of the garden to the east of had been developed. This was This was developed. had been footprint, a good example being being good example a footprint, lt on the site of the lt on the site of Smisby Manor the chapel became a a the chapel became century, the church had been a th century, probably by the lord of the century, probably th buttresses and a small building with typical Elizabethan or Jacobean stonework, no longer buttresses and the garden shows that was small and self-contained (see 1827 present. This engraving engraving of Smisby Church of 1790 shows quite clearly the tall walls surrounding the quite clearly the engraving of Smisby Church of 1790 shows manor in the foreground with a view of the was taken into the churchyard, to create the loft to create the churchyard, was taken into stone walled passage between two separate garde stone walled passage between two manor house. Eventually, part but it may have been bui but it may have 1271 earlier chapel. In one of eight dependent on “chapel of ease”, at Repton. A “chapel of the mother church where parishioners could ease” was one to travel having worship to save them from The Augustinian church. to the parish have taken would canons of as it each chapel. However, services for the from Repton, was the furthest chapel rights of bapt Smisby chapel acquired separate a parochialand it was generally regarded as chapelry. At the time of the dissolution of the the by monasteries the chapel was confiscated churchyard and was developed as a new entran manor. The earliest standing part of the manor. The earliest is 13 James of St. present church were rebuilt on an identical on an identical were rebuilt a barn and stackyard. Even stackyard. Even of a barn and built on the footprint which was side of Main Street the south by the Hastings family and a plan of was acquired 1780 the chapel with its endowments a separate and 1735 survives showing the chapel parsonage. the original the site of may have been Farm, which Up until the 19 during the 20 Later, grade II). today (listed to the villagers’ crofts, which were locate crofts, which to the villagers’ before the mid in Smisby A chapel was built 12 LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement and aroundSmisby,with“ridgefurrow”, before the19 Award in1827,althoughlargeareashadbeen land. TheEnclosureActandAwardforSmisbywerequitelate,thein1820 were graduallyenclosedasthestrips Between themedievalperiodand1820Encl evidence that theygrew separatelyunder thedifferent parishes. parish until1883whenitwasofficiallyjoined in Smisby,at theeast endofthevillageincluding HillsideFarm, remainedwithinHartshorn afragmentofland partoftheparishHartshornand The lordshipofSmisbywasoriginally with aseparate courtyard enclosure map) andthepavilionappears tohave developed toavoidthe wet groundoftheroadbelow.Theitself musthavebeena running throughtheadjacent fieldtotheea This roadisskirted by afootpath be seen,athighpoints alongthelane. ancient route.Occasionaloutcropscan over passageoftime,althoughitisan bedrock, rather than wornthrough channelled straightthroughthe banks, andappears tohave been cutting betweenpart-wooded,steep sunken lane(ahollo Lane” in1825.Thisroad isadeep, “The FortyLane”in1830and“Hollow west endofthevillage,wasknownas Forties Lane (pictured right), atthe churchyard alongMainStreet, Fo The planformofthevillageis“nucleated”, Ashby- road.Beyondthese, tothe were situatedonthesouthside important spacesthatwereintegraltotheme were distinct fromtheoutlyingmoors,commo livestock. Theywereoriginally laid outas land usedbytheoccupierofhomesteadasanenclosedsmallholdingforcontaining within the village. The“toft”wasthehomestead Medieval villageshadareasof had beenenclosed, theland intheownershipofSirGeorgeCrewe. 1825 draftEnclosureAward alargeswatheof had been dwellings built on the edges, such as area butovertimelandhadbeenappropri east of thevillagewas the Common,wherelocals to thenorthof church asfar theHart Ashby–Ticknall road(ParkField),2)totheso were 1)totheimmediatenorthofChapelStreet and tothe eastofthemain surviving in thefields both tothe northand th century. Thereisplenty ofevidence w-way), setwithin a relatedtothefarm. land, known ascrofts,associated with theprincipal houses rties LaneandAnnwellLane. ofMainStreetwitha“tongu south, werethevillagers’haymeadows. ated from the Common and enclosed and there ated fromtheCommonandenclosedthere amalgamated intogroupsthroughexchangesof 5 part oftheplannedme with a series of roads radiating out from the with aseriesofroadsradiatingoutfromthe uth west ofthechurch(WindmillField) and3) shorne road (BroomhillField).To the north- south ofthevillage.The threeopenfields dieval settlement.WithinSmisbythecrofts st, probablyahigh-level pedestrian route thoseatTheForties.Bythetime of the enclosedinprivateenclosureagreements land onthesouthern ns, wasteand openfields. The“crofts”are toSmisby.Visuallythereisnophysical and the“croft”waslong,thinparcelof the ploughlinesof formedthe cornerof theoriginalgarden, had grazing rights.Itstartedoffasalarge hadgrazing osure Act small parts of the open fields osure Actsmallpartsoftheopenfields of the medievalopenfield system in e” tothe south-eastofthe dieval settlement, and sideoftheCommon the medieval plough, the medievalplough, LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement fields. The medieval Nelson Place they were able to invest they were able h side of Chapel Street has Street Chapel of h side Cottage, Chapel Street. Cottage, Chapel Street. century, on the very edge of View looking down ginnel at th network and took the focus of represent an earlier building line, and represent an earlier building line, and ting evidence of these larger farmhouses larger of these ting evidence and early 18 of Chapel Street were located on old located were Street of Chapel th e was described in the 1825 draft Enclosure in the 1825 e was described century, probably shortly after the Harpur after the Harpur probably shortly century, it. It has a stone chamfered plinth and is stone chamfered plinth has a it. It e buildings, The Cottage, is set back from thee buildings, The Cottage, current buildings that line the pavement may current buildings that line the pavement may e it reached the edge of Smisby Common. Smisby Common. the edge of e it reached on the Main Street frontage although many of survives as Truro Truro as survives -passed the village and Forties Lane became the village and Forties -passed s and the neighbouring th in road running east-west through Smisbyin road running east-west through had parallel with the road. These probably started immediately obvious because the main Ashby- immediately obvious 6 century origins. The sout century origins. th laid onto the existing road the manor and its lands and when the manor and its te an easy route to the an easy route te village are a large group of ne (now Chapel Street), Street), Chapel ne (now 5006) was the principal new 5006) was or early 18 th century in origin. The alignment may origin. The in century th century. century. th led, via Forties Lane, up to Smisby Common. never been a significant thoroughfare Common. it had led, via Forties Lane, up to Smisby road effectively by The creation of the new cottage few to a road principally an access nucleated plan form of the village is not Ticknall road (1820-25) was over the village away from the church. The small buildings that hug the north side 17 from the late encroachments, built probably to be of any great age the open field (Park Field). None of the standing buildings appear ack and sawtooth brick st central chimney although Rose Dene, Chapel Street, retains its eaves suggesting late 17 of narrow buildings running distinctive ranges main farms to the buildings ancillary off life as are now cottages. One of thes these buildings road frontage, although it runs parallel with road and several roads were created to the east and road and several created to the east roads were the ma west, just north of Smisby. Although probably 17 laid out between road structure had been The present Enclosure of the open 1820 and 1825 as part of the leading from Ashby fields and commons. The main road to Ticknall (the present B estate took over ownership of estate took over village. in the fabric of the the rear of the and to Street Parallel with Main a back la properties was two streets these Between church. terminating at the is still alley or “ginnel”, which access was at least one as may have originated This Place. Nelson preserved as of properties occupiers by the created an access path crea to fronting Main Street back lane. open field (Park Field) beyond the Street and and Chapel Street Main Clustered between the roughly in the centre of Arms. to The Smisby buildings, built near cottages and terrace a developed; densely more even once This was the area in Arms, Smisby the cottages behind of three pulled down in the that now forms its car park, was 20 land, the shortage of available building with a onto the road. A large rang be encroachments award as a “Cart Hovel”. One of these ranges drove road, which originally petered out wher which originally drove road, a Main Street had east-west. running roughly of two routes Street was one The Main of large propertiesnumber it. The da fronting 17 late built in the that most were suggests LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement However, thesmallsizeof Other interesting buildingsinthe19 up. Itisusedasawarehouse.TheTownwell The WesleyanMethodistserecteda chapelin1845,whichisnowredundantandboarded the current VillageHall. In 1979afragmentoftheoldbuildingwasbuiltinto was convertedtoaparish Council for 120pupilsandSi a privateDayNursery).ItwasbuiltbytheCounty been rebuiltonthesouth held 60children.By1 century farmhouse intotheschoolbuildings,which Crewe spentover £100 Crewe c1845 andshortlyafterhis deathSirJohn A NationalSchoolwasfoundedbySirGeorge memorial, atallfirtreeand alamppost. feature, denotedonthe1827map,whichhastodaybeenreplaced witha20 At thejunctionofFortiesLa within theparish. reminder oftheimportancestockrearing be temporarilypenned-inbythe“pounder”. the locationofvillagepinfoldby1880,a map, althoughithaddisappearedbythedate located atthejunctionofChapelStreetand where thereisasmallgreen.Atonetimeduringthe19 Chapel StreetandthenopensoutagainwhereitmeetsMainintoalargerspace More minorruralroutes intothevillagerunalongFortiesLaneand AnnwellLane.The stone andbrick walls,continueinto MainStreet. immediate landscape. On enteringthevillagethickhollyhedges, supplemented by setting. Largefields with thick, mature hedg seems to slice pastthe village. Along thisroad, the characteris dominated byitsrural The mainapproachintoSmisbyisalongthe Approaches to sustaineithertheschoolorch brought beforetheproper authorities,andfo required toprovidetemporary meansofconfine and ittherefore neededtheseservices. In pa and achapel.Duringthepreviouscenturies These included alock-up, apinfold,severalpubs, managed tosustainbuildingsduringthe19 Although Smisbyhasonlythenumbersofpr to thewestofvillageandknownas which still standonthesouth sideofMainSt Descending thehillsouthwards downFortie 905 the village school had 905 thevillageschoolhad side of Main Street (now side ofMainStreet(now hall and Sunday School. hallandSundaySchool. on transforminga17 r John Crewe’s school r JohnCrewe’sschool ne and MainStreet there was al village hasmeantthatinthe20 th apel, andnomorethanonevillagepub. century includeasteam mill,andthemiller’s house, Wonder Mill Mill Wonder th century that are more typical of larger villages. centurythataremoretypicaloflargervillages. walled enclosurewherest 7 Forties Lane, whichappearedontheEnclosure erows ofhollyandhawt reet. This wasseparate and thelimitedavailabilityofcommonpasture ofthe1880OrdnanceSurveymap.Thiswas rticular, themore isolatedvillageswereoften s Lane,theroadopen Ticknall to Ashby road (B5006),although it Ticknall toAshbyroad r thisreasonthelock Theformerexistenceofapinfoldis wassituated inthe centre ofthe village. operties associatedwith ahamletithad ment forlaw-breakers, the villageschoolandpostoffice,achurch village wasconsidered th

in 1857. th remain onthisold The Harpur Crewe coat The HarpurCrewe of arms still century there wasasmallcottage property has changed hands hands property haschanged th centuryithasnotbeenable so avillagecrossorsimilar from thelocalwindmill -up wasbuiltin1790. s outwhereitmeets horn characterise the raying livestockcould until they could be untiltheycouldbe to befairlyremote sign, although the th century war LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement oad rises to the brow of the hill, just in oad rises to the brow of the hill, the conservation area, and wide grassy the conservation conservation area map included in this in conservation area map included re specific views that are likely to impress to impress likely re specific views that are sharp contrast with the red brick buildings brick buildings with the red sharp contrast gs on the rising land. The main views of views of gs on the rising land. The main across the settlement. As a result, there are approach road along Forties Lane plunges for Lane plunges road along Forties approach a hollow-way, its length down most of of a tunnel banks, through high-sided between James, where of St. far as the church trees, as This was a principal opens out. it immediately the new road was created approach, before gives the greatest sense of circa 1825, and by several road junctions,arrival, marked and by the church, front of which meet in the war memorial and the features such as Round House.

8 visitor’s experience of the conservation area. Some of the area. Some conservation the of experience visitor’s View from the churchyard looking down Main Street & to Ashby-de-la-Zouch in the distance Approach into Smisby along Lane Forties frequent glimpses of the rooftops of buildin frequent glimpses of the rooftops front of Smisby Manor. Views and Landmarks and more views, both close-range of changing area has a multitude Every conservation This comprehensively in a document of this scope. expansive, too numerous to cover general and mo section describes a selection of a themselves most strongly in in the are included referred to viewpoints document. to south The landform falls away from north verges and plump native hedgerows provide a verges and plump native hedgerows and stone boundary walls of Manor Farm as the r wider where it enters Annwell Lane becomes LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement only prominentfromshort rangeonMainStreet. lock-up (picturedright) is animportantlocallandmark, but roads changedirection,sharplyonoccasion. Thevillage sections withpinchpoints.Picturesqueviewsunfold asthe the shallowwindingcurveof streetsandnarrow Along MainStreetandChapel views areconfined by immediate east. Zouch and,inthewinter, acrossthevillage tothe to the southfromthe churchyard towardsAshby-de-la- the roadandelevationofchurchenables goodviews The south part ofthe churchyard Chapel Street. be glimpsedthroughthetrees the footpath offthe B5 locations within the village; atthe east end of the densesettlement pattern,andvisiblefrom afewkey the villageandtowerisalocallandmarkprominentamidst The church ofSt.Jamessitselev emphasises theruralsettingofvillage. long, narrowgardenand croftpl (pictured right). Theclosephysical connection between the agricultural buildingsthatrunat90degreestothestreet channelled by thelongrowsofbuildings,cottagesandformer crofts andtothefields beyond. Theseviewsareoften side ofMainStreetlooking downhilltogardensandformer Views canbeglimpsedbetwee the churchyard acrossthevillage to theeast. lookingfrom Streetlookingnorthand fromMain rooftops are 006 near Hillside Lodge. Whenthereisno leafcoverthetower can from ChapelStreetand n thebuildingsonsouth ated onabanktothewestof liesonahighbankabove ots andthefieldsbeyond visible from the public footpath above Chapel Street Street aboveChapel footpath public from the visible more prominent, is tower church the winter the Above -in DerbyRoad from tower the church view of Left - 9 MainStreet, near Iv the publicfootpathnorthof anhoe House,andfrom LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement e conservation area, conservation e pinkish brown colour where it pinkish brown a snapshot of the local vernacular details. sandstone. The area has a series of bands of found in the village and the way in which they ils encountered within th e and create informal, informal, village merge and create end of the materials directly influenced the form and 10 ary walls of the churchyard, ary walls of the ich altogether create a striking ich altogether create ce the site of the village cross. cross. village ce the site of the is now located at the centre of at the centre of is now located ervation area. A large copper large A ervation area. cipal open space within the village. within cipal open space tts Farm, supplemented with tall tts Farm, supplemented outcrops. This is classified as highly permeable Stone Bromsgrove Sandstone, a pale of a band on built Smisby is The main open space in Smisby where Main Street meets Annwell Lane, Chapel Street & Forties Lane Building Materials and Details Local geology and availability of building appearance of Smisby. The range of materials lists local identity. The appendix intricately linked with is details in local building were used building deta the special and typical traditional and is supplemented by photographs, to provide enclosure. This is one of the most memorable spaces with the with memorable spaces of the most one is enclosure. This cons the within strongest identity Lane and and Forties Street of Chapel junction the beech dominates grassy wide by the is enhanced character of the space the green churchyard. of the grassed verges and the rising land can of the village the elevated position space where is a semi-public open The churchyard be appreciated. Spaces Spaces at the west the lanes of junctions The wide semi-rural spaces. Together with the churchyard on the bank nearby, the junction of Main of Main the junction nearby, on the bank the churchyard with spaces. Together semi-rural Lane is the prin Street and Annwell (pictured right) The war memorial probably on was this space, but this the Cottage, walls of Hasbury tall the are space Defining this walls of Pi rubblestone boundary rubblestone bound hedges, and the bank above and wh which retain the LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement In the18 Hasbury Cottage andFirtree Cottage. Cottage, Chapel Street, thefarmbuildings at has oftenresulted,illustrating thearchaeologica buildings ofrubblestonewere It appearstobe anestate responsetoth was quiteprolificin Smisby andnearby Tick buildings onthesiteisadistinctive characteristicofthisregion ofSouthDerbyshire and The useofbrickcombinedwithlargesection occasionally indicatethe formerpres no surviving examplesoftimber-framing. Rubblestone plinths can still beseen and may The earliestbuildingswouldhavebeentimber Smisby werebuiltfrombrick. walls stillretainsections part ofDerbyshirefrom thelate18 as theywere lessdurablethanthe blue claytiles,whichwerebroughtintothis produce clayroofingtiles, althoughtheinstance would havebeenmadein temporaryclampkilns. material forbrick-makingsupplementedbymo The local clay pitsatTickna marl pitand brickkilnnearby. Forties Lane,wasnamed“BrickKiln Road”in Brick is now the dominantmaterialinthe vi Brickwork very limited inSmisby. dressings canbeseen atbothRotherwood andHillsideFarmhouse. Itsuse,however,is imported stonewasreservedfordressingswindowsanddoors.Stonewindow building materialthanrubblestone.Theearly18 extensive, displaced by the incorporated forquoins.Theuseofrubblestoneinthevillagemayhavebeenmore Many ofthesmaller,oldercottageswerebuilt in thelate18 century. There arenosigns thatstone wasbeing quarriedlocally were probablythesourcesof localstone uptothe 18 Abbey 1701-4)nearDaniel HayesFarmandSouthwood.These village atPisternHill(thiswas there weresmallquarries to th to buff.Thereisno sign ofstonequarrying within thevillagebut coursed sandstonewith awidevariat places. Thechurch andManor of thelargeblocks softpinksandstone,heavilyeroded in stone. TheboundarywallssurroundingManorFarmaretypical oldest standing propertieswithin the villagewere builtfrom local Sandstonealongthe160-170metrecontour.The Bromsgrove th and19 th or19

th th centuries, when transportation centuries. of rubblestone.Bythe18 ll, ownedbytheHarpur-Crewe fashion forbrickinthe18 heightened orenlarged,apatch e northandnorth-eastofthe used in thebuilding of Calke Farm werebuiltfrom evenly th century. ence ofatimber-framedbuilding. ion incolourfromdarkpink 11 nall, whichwasalso ownedby thesameestate. e desiretobuildecon ManorFarm,No.2SchoolRow,ThePoplars, -framed onrubblestone from rubblestone,withlarger regularblocks llage. Asmalllane,anorthernextension of re localisedbrick manufa 1825,indicatingthattherewasprobablya s ofredclayplaintilessurviving arelimited, l developmentofthebuildings e.g.1 Rose Localclays wouldhave alsobeenused to th s ofrubblestoneretainedfromearlier th centurybrickwasmore prestigiousasa centuryandGeorgianhouseswithin of heavygoodsradicallyimproved, th century. Many of the boundary century.Manyoftheboundary estate, providedahigh-quality work ofdifferentmaterials th

omically. Whereold plinths butthereare cture, wherebricks LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement century wedge lintels were century wedge th and Pitts Farm. It is generally found in in generally found Farm. It is Pitts and Pitts Farm, Ivanhoe House and Hillside House and Farm, Ivanhoe Pitts they had generally died out by around century for structural details such as details such as for structural century of properties, a decorative detail that is detail decorative of properties, a ughout the village on buildings such as 3 th th several courses of brick projecting one projecting one courses of brick th several ttern. There are examples of each of these these of each of are examples ttern. There “dentilled” brickwork, where each alternate where each brickwork, “dentilled” r was accommodated wholly in the mortar the in accommodated wholly was r effect. In a number of cases the header bricks bricks the header of cases number In a effect. 12 veloped by the Harpur by the Harpur developed found in other villages and 19 th , such as the swept copings in swept as the such , also examples of copings dating ies within the conservation area conservation ies within the seen on the chimney stacks at seen on the chimney stacks at in brick. Although random e.g. nos. 1-3 Main Street. Traces Main Street. e.g. nos. 1-3 have been introduced into the the into introduced have been ed rounded moulded bricks in ed rounded moulded bricks in ng has now died out and many ng has now died out and many disguised by later render). disguised by later century on the smaller domestic buildings. This was the simplest century on the smaller domestic buildings. This was the simplest th century onwards. Several of the old brick brick old of the Several onwards. century te frequently used. th

century. There are examples at are examples There century. th century, which are generally moulded and triangular, century, which are generally th and early 19 th commonly used in although Main Street, Myrtle Lodge Farm, Firtree Cottage Lodge Farm, Firtree Myrtle Main Street, as the tape construct to and easiest lintel brick. to cut the need the joints, without During the first half of the 19 the wedge stone lintel. the segmental brick arch. This is found thro the segmental brick arch. This is found the 18  walls have a moulded stone coping House. There are front of Ivanhoe from the 19 Lintels and cills The most common types of lintel are:  Boundaries boundar The majority of traditional walls and on occasion these have are formed from rubblestone or repaired been heightened material there are examples of rubblestone is the main building Orchard. of The perimeter walls around the coursed stone walls appear to Brick boundary village from the late 17 in red or blue brick. Farm (both the latter partially partially Farm (both the latter to provide a instances brickwork was limewashed In a number of “sacrificial” weatherproof coating, as under such places, sheltered in seen be of limewash can still eaves. The practice of limewashi such as Nos.1 and 2 Main cottages that were once limewashed, Street, have been rendered. us The Harpur estate frequently can be and these their buildings as Nelson Square (pictured known School Row and the terrace square in combination with used right). At Nelson Square they are buff pots which the esta Brickwork was used in the early 18 was used in Brickwork corbelled eaves. Sometimes, these are plain wi these Sometimes, eaves. corbelled they incorporate other. Sometimes above the create a decorative projects to header brick pa a “sawtooth” diagonally to produce are laid the dentilled brick eaves where incorporate Smisby. Several properties fashions within a detail that is edge, on bricks were laid estate. can be found on a number Raised brick bands found in the 18 LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement were used ontheVillageSchool. were beingbuiltwithmachine-maderedRose houses andfarmhousesofthe19 properties (e.g.PittsFarm andIvanhoeHouse) on thesimpleweathering propertiesofthebrickwork, evenonthemoresubstantial In combinationwith the segmentalbrick arches, Row). window frame.Thereareseveralexamplesof brickwork wascarrieddirectly on thewindow supplemented either bya simpletimberlint On theuppermostfloortherewasoftennon altogether more rural incharacter,withgrassverges altogether morerural following the rising ground,into Annwell Lane,which is visible fromthestreet. Theeye is led upMainStreet, is ahard-edgedenvironment with fewprivategardens Main Streetis wide,witha pa are sharpbendswhereitjoinsAnnwellLane. towards the church.The roadtwistsandturnsthere The old contributes tothe picturesquecharacter ofthe street. of the pavement. The intermittent patternof enclosure Tall brickboundary wallsandbrickbuildingsline theedge croftsbetweennarrowranges ofbuildings. passages and gaps, suchastheschoolplaygroundfrontage, and wide privatespaces.Thesealternatewithlarge gardens and contrasting elements;long sect Main Streethasastrongcharacterdominatedby Conservation Area Description of the19 Rotherwood. The use ofWelsh slatewithin Smisby roofs andthosethatneededashallower Welsh slateappearedinthesecondquarterof19 close verge”. House. Elsewhere thegabledroofshavepredom added ateachgable-endandfinishedwithston During the17 typical pitchof45degrees.Ingeneral the associated withthatchandclaytiles vary The earliest roofsinSmisbywould havebeen either thatched ortiled. Theroofpitches Roofs Hillside Farm). Rotherwood, which incorporatearaisedkeystone. 1860. ThereareplainexamplesatHillsideFarmandmoredecorative at Lock-Up th centuryplain claytiled roofscameba th century thepitchedroofsoftenhad isakeybuilding inviewslooking west vement on both sides,and ions ofhighwallsenclose th centuryhavedressedstonecills(e.g.Rotherwoodand older theroof,steeperroofpitch. between aminimumof35degreesandmore 13 eed for a brick linteland thebrickworkwas el, providing thesupport required,orthe pitch. There isonesurviving example at e. Examplesofthis detailsurviveat Ivanhoe maries, which werereadilyavailable.These thesepractices(e.g.TheMillandSchool . Generally, in Smisby the more substantial substantial more the inSmisby . Generally, stone cills werenotnormallyused,relying frame,relyinguponthestrengthof inantly a simple detail known as a “plain inantly asimpledetailknownas“plain ck intofashionandmostnewbuildings wasfairlyshort-lived “coped gables”,whereaparapetwas th centuryandwasidealfor hipped . Inthelastquarter LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement

and rred so late and the llside Farmhouse Hi , which survive more-or-less in their Ivanhoe Farm, Hillside Farm Ivanhoe Farm, Hillside Farm , were built with the gable end abutting , were built with ultural use, which is adjacent to Poolcroft. to Poolcroft. is adjacent ultural use, which one of the most memorable views, Hillside parallel with the road, but also for its plain, Street. There is one surviving agricultural Street. There is one surviving

e Farm. The smaller farms have generally lost farms have generally e Farm. The smaller s because enclosure occu illage, not only because it is a strong and illage, not only because it is a strong rrace of cottages on the street frontage. altered by conversion to dwellings. The former to dwellings. The altered by conversion eet are the former farmhouses. Unlike many Unlike eet are the former farmhouses. running at 90 degrees to the road can be seen een the farmhouses and their former ancillary the farmhouses and their een 14 , an important historic historic , an important located away from the road, located away from re, there seems to have been little expansion of the farms of the expansion to have been little re, there seems 1-3 School Row ing Ashby to the south. The ing Ashby to the ootings and walls supplemented ootings and walls and its farm stand farm stand and its Manor Smisby and Annwell Lane Annwell , had large courtyards of farm buildings , had Ivanhoe Farmhouse This is particularly important within the v This is particularly important Manor Farm agricultural character at original configuration, although there has been some loss of Hillside Farm and, to a lesser extent, at Ivanho farmbuildings are less easy to spot on Chapel in semi-agric building on Main Street that is still prominent element of the streetscape, running which is now a comparatively unusual sight. utilitarian character, scale betw a marked contrast in There is buildings and the terraced workers cottages. In the te Main Street, Farm rises above Nos.1-3 A number of buildings, such as their farm buildings or they have been much Main Street. As well as these, outbuildings lining the road. Tall stone boundary walls beyond the vergeboundary walls Tall stone road. lining the from general view. of Smisby Manor mask some Church St. James virtually alone on virtually group, set apart from the remainder of the village, with few from the remainder of the village, group, set apart Both the influence. century first twenty or signs of twentieth house are church and the manor overlook on the high ground, within two are largely contained manor farm buildings early stone f courtyards, with are red brick. The walls building in soft of by later phases round, relief from high-level, occasional mostly plain, with (now glazed). ventilation openings Main Str The largest properties that front other villages in South Derbyshi perhap fields, of the open after the enclosure largest farms, The agricultural boom had slowed. LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement part oftherow, hasastonechamfered plinthandmaybe17 Trafalgar (1805),andmay datefromaroundth Square enabled eachsouth-facing cottagetoha tight-knit patternofdevelopment is notclear. represented bySmisbyArms,TheCottageandBlueCottage. Thereasonforthisdense, accessed offtheginnelnowknown of housing,runningalongthecontours be development hasresulted inahiggledy-piggledych There is acoreofbuildingsbetween MainStr an olderbuilding. may beearly18 and isafocalpointinviewsalongthestreet.Thebuildings row ofcottagesat narrow croftandmayincorporate17 which predates theschool, appearstohavebeenbuiltona arches andcasementwindows. features -dentilled orsawtooth Rows ofcottagesareconspicuousandsharecommon Terraces of cottageshave astrong presence inthe village. a distinctcharacteristicofmanythesmallestcottageswithinvillage. Cottage, ThePoplarsandCottageallabutth access totherearofeachcroftfrom the sometimes beseen.Thisalignmentmaximised footprint ofearlierbuildingsonthesameaxis behind Poolcroft,atIvanhoe Farmandtheformermill.Thesebuildings maytracethe may havebeennamed afterAdmiralLord 1-3 School Row 1-3 SchoolRow 1-3 Main Street th century inorigin,orsitonthefootprintof has a strong character 1-3 MainStreethasastrongcharacter imposing. from theroadsothatitismore appears tohavebeenpositionedback Pitts Farm more thought.A goodexampleis properties wereclearly locatedwith use oftheavailablespace,larger to havebeen located tomakebest Whilst thesmallestcottagesappear brick eaves, segmental brick brick eaves,segmental Nos. 1-3SchoolRow th as NelsonPlace.Ofthese, centuryremains. The (pictured left),which ve areasonableamount ofdaylight. 15 frontage. TheMillhouse,Poolcroft,Hasbury eet andChapelStreetwherethetightgrainof tween ChapelStreetand MainStreet,and and thestonefootingsof the amountofsquarefootagewhilstenabling Itwasassistedbythe risingland,which at time,although“The Cottage”, whichis e roadwithoutaprivatefrontage.Thisis aracter. Therewereoriginallyfourrows Nelson’svictory attheBattleof th , centuryin origin. earlier stone wall preserved wall preserved stone earlier threerows stillsurvive, Poolcroft withremainsof Former farm building at Former farm earlierbuildings can at thebase Nelson LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement century alterations alterations century of the street share ttlements that they they that ttlements th ction of verge, with a century may have encroached encroached may have century th an pines in other se different in character. Chapel Street is Street Chapel character. in different ern part of the conservation area. At the area. At the ern part of the conservation further long “barn” range was replaced by further long “barn” ed by the Civic Amenities Act 1967, as an Amenities Act 1967, ed by the Civic road on Forties Lane creating a dramatic War. It was not intended that development that development War. It was not intended distinctive features in views towards the towards views features in distinctive line the street more emphatically, creating a more emphatically, the street line meter of Pitts Farm where it joins Chapel At Smisby, some of the undesirable changes of some Smisby, At nts should develop over time in a way that nts should develop over time in , dominated by hedgerows, continues in part in part , dominated by hedgerows, continues situated on a wide se arkestone. They may well have planted these pine sits between the Lock-up and Hasbury pine sits between the Lock-up rs contributing to the present narrow built-up to the rs contributing . Self-seeded trees and overgrown hedgerow . Self-seeded trees 16 has a much straighter alignment Street has a much Chapel , Main Street, where modern 20 where modern , Main Street, Views along Views Chapel Street of the buildings of the 19 of the buildings The Cottage and acknowledgement of the need to conserve the “cherished local scene” in the face of local scene” conserve the “cherished acknowledgement of the need to accelerated change following the Second World settleme rather that but should be prevented, character. their special strengthens and reflects Loss and Damage of conservation areas was introduc The concept may be concealing their historic origins. their may be concealing in importance, it was secondary Although of the propertiesalong Chapel Street, where many on the northern side grassy verge, a wide golden privet hedges and The character of the rural setting of the village the of rural setting The character of the than Main Street and the two streets are quite the two streets and Street than Main are smaller in scale and narrower, the buildings church. Trees are particularly important within the west tighter visual framework. Some framework. tighter visual than their predecesso onto the road further of buildingsdensely packed; a long range was once even more frontage. The frontage behind Fir Tree Cottage and a fronted the road Street. 7 and 8 Chapel large Corsican of Main Street a west end peri Cottage. Further pines line the northern planted Corsic estate Harpur-Crewe Street. The The evolution of the village is difficult to unravel and there are other examples, such as such as are other examples, unravel and there is difficult to of the village The evolution Cottage Channel owned, most notably Ticknall, but also in Sw owned, most notably Ticknall, but also end of picturesque effect. The large copper beech tree at the west trees in Smisby for their landmark tree, impressive an is Chapel Street great canopy that stretches over the road over the bank crowd top of the trees at the tunnel. LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement New development New development Lock-up, arealsooutofplace. compared withthe rest ofthe village. Close-b and ChapelStreethascreatedaweakcorner,withverypoorsenseofenclosure park toSmisby Arms.Theuseoftimber palisadefencingalong thecorner ofMainStreet gaps inthefrontage,suchascar damaged wherethereareobvious The pattern ofenclosure hasbeen more traditionalformsofenclosure. occasion supplementedorreplaced Concrete boundarywallshaveon walls weregenerallytreatedplainly. Smisby wherethebrick boundary the village.Thisis outofplacein niches, detract fromthe character of scalloped parapets andsemi-circular of undulatingredbrickwallswith personalised designs,such astheuse where boundary wallsandgates There areseveraluncharacteristic walls toboundary Loss ofandalteration mistakes in thefuture. planning authoritytoreverse some ofthe this character.Itishoped thatidentifying village hassufferedalterations orlossesthateith In definingthecharacter oftheconservationar achieved bytheneedforplanningpermission. furtherha was putinplaceasasafeguardagainst described belowpredatethedesignationofth Garages to 17-21 Chapel Street detract from the the from detract ChapelStreet Garages to17-21 setting of the conservation area conservation ofthe setting Smisby Arms create a hole in the frontage of Main Street ofMainStreet frontage in the create ahole Smisby Arms The lowered boundary wall and car park fronting the boundary wallandcarparkfrontingthe lowered The these willhelp householders, designersandthe 17 damaging alterations andtoavoidthesame damaging alterations e conservationareain1978.Thedesignation ea wecanalsoidenti oarded fences,such as er individuallyorcumulativelyhavediluted rmful development,sofarasthiscouldbe row of garages, with off-streetrow ofgarages, properties onChapelStreet. The higher landthantherestof because theyareseton slightly prominentare particularly at streetlevel(below left).They are frontedbyarowofgarages are setbackfromtheroadand area. Nos.17-21Chapel Street, character oftheconservation relate tothepredominant new developmentdoesnot There areafewinstanceswhere of formalenclosureand looks poorly designed,robsthe street parking infront,isparticularly fy instances where the that adjacenttothe LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement bution, although in ne and Main Street is is ne and Main Street eet, a cottage that has creating a tight framework.creating of St. James Church, which was of of Chapel Street are partially hidden by of Chapel Street conservation area, these have largely conservation y, they have a significant impact on the on the impact a significant have y, they or pavement. This is out of place along or pavement. This is out of place of the cottages have occasionally been cottages have occasionally been of the the village were traditionally either painted painted the village were traditionally either stalled as part of an approved scheme has is a tall fir tree which has grown to such an which has is a tall fir tree separated from the public domain by a set by a separated from the public domain traditional paint colours, achieved originally colours, achieved traditional paint have been introduced to define the edge of have been introduced to define The tree is of no amenity or wildlife value. value. The tree is of no amenity or wildlife series of timber posts with a linked chain. At linked a with posts timber of series ny instances stained hardwood or uPVC had stance on Chapel Str ures is a cluttered environment that detracts detracts that environment ures is a cluttered ned hardwood windows is the single most the single hardwood windows is ned d make a positive contri d make a positive oric window and door joinery within Smisby, e junction of Annwell La e junction of Annwell earing, negative impact on the street. More the street. earing, negative impact on ional settlement pattern along Chapel Street Chapel Street pattern along ional settlement 18 umber and blood, are more appropriate and in Street. No. 3 Main Street and Rotherwood are good ose to the edge of the road, edge of the ose to the e of the most important views most important views of the e galvanised metal, it now doubles galvanised metal, in repair a om concrete with l character of the space. space. l character of the century buildings along the north side century buildings th some instances the traditional timber joinery in some instances the traditional timber been subsequently replaced in uPVC. The original proportions of windows on some at The Cottage, Nelson as such windows, of long “picture” creation the altered with Square and Hasbury Cottage, Ma and sash windows survive. casement the historic examples where most of stai and of replacement uPVC The plethora except on the handful of listed buildings. In ma joinery. timber replaced traditional the within Where there are new buildings of joinery an styles incorporated traditional Loss of building details of hist an overwhelming loss There has been Colour of buildings buildings within Whilst a number of the historic in one particular or rendered, in in limewash particularly unsightly, built fr particularly unsightly, lighting column up as a signpost. Alongside this extent that it now blocks on Main Street. once in direct line of sight from a by defined triangle is The whole of the green further is which memorial war the is the centre feat separate of railings. The result of all these from the simple, open, rura kerbs At the west end of the village concrete no kerbs there were previously the road, where largely rural lanes. over-b an been painted bright blue creates of more representative muted colours that are ochre, as by mixing natural pigments such character of Smisby. with the more in keeping Public realm at th column on the green The street lighting out of place. They do not follow the tradit not follow the They do out of place. where buildings were placed cl were placed where buildings boundar area outside the conservation Although Chapel Street. and setting of character Other 20 of the have less impact on the character and mature gardens, and tall walls and hedges street. LullingtonSmisby Conservation Conservation Area Area Character Character Statement Statement buildings toHillsideFarm). cases thedistincthistoric agricultural usesar lost, as the majorityoffarm buildingshave has been depleted. 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Distinctive Architectural Details

SMISBY Checklist of details

The details in this appendix illustrate those building elements that help to define Smisby’s particular character. These may be common everyday vernacular details found repeatedly throughout the conservation area or may be more exceptional, consciously designed features.

This appendix may prove useful in providing inspiration for new development, whether traditional or contemporary, if used with care. Paradoxically, the outstanding architectural details of a conservation area may not be the ones that are most typical of the area. They often belong to the important key buildings of a village and may look out of place on smaller buildings in subordinate locations. The majority of buildings in the conservation areas of South Derbyshire are plainly and simply detailed.

Boundary treatments • Tall, red brick walls with triangular and half-round red clay copings, and more formal walls with shaped stone copings • Random rubble sandstone walls • Coursed sandstone walls with chamfered triangular copings

Roof types and details • Pitched roofs with raised moulded stone-coped gables • Pitched roof with corbelled and dentilled verges • Staffordshire blue clay tiles • Pitched roofs with plain close verges • Hipped tiled roofs with bonnet clay tiles to the hips

Chimney stacks and pots • Square brick chimneys with moulded brick corners • Two oversailing courses of red brick • Buff-coloured square pots, favoured by the Harpur Crewe estate • Brick chimneys with engaged flues

Walls • Plain raised brick bands • Combination of brick and older patches of stone • Corbelled brick eaves, sometimes embellished with “sawtooth”, or dentilled or moulded brickwork • Dentilled brick eaves with bricks laid on edge • Brickwork with roundels • Large blocks of rubble sandstone with remnants of chamfered plinths

Windows • Two-pane casement windows • Multi-paned timber casements, some within chamfered frames • Small-paned vertically sliding sash windows

Lintels and cills • Segmental brick arched windows in red brick • Moulded stone window surrounds (formerly mullioned and transomed windows) • Brickwork without cills • Stone wedge lintels and stone cills • Timber lintels, painted white Checklist of details (cont’d)

Doors • • •

Street Furniture • • • BOUNDARY TREATMENTS Walls and railings

Brick walls - moulded triangular brick copings at 4 Main Street (above left) and tall brick wall with moulded triangular brick copings at Rotherwood (above right). Salt-glazed terracotta copings to gatepiers at Poolcroft (top left).

Below - stepped brick wall with swept, moulded, stone copings at Ivanhoe House, Main Street. Above left and top right - cast iron railings and gates with spear-headed finials at St. James Church. Above right - hooped steel railings with finials at Hamilton House, Chapel Lane.

Below left - coursed sandstone boundary to Smisby Manor, with chamfered double-course stone coping. Below right and bottom - rubble sandstone walls, one mortared, the other laid semi-dry. ROOF TYPES AND DETAILS

The majority of roofs within Smisby are steeply pitched and finished with a plain close verge, where the tiles simple overlap the brickwork or render (see example on the left).

The raised gable at Ivanhoe House (above) is finished with a moulded stone coped parapet, a common detail in the outlying villages, but this is the Below - gable-fronted elevation of the former chapel only surviving example of this roof type on Chapel Lane. The corbelled and dentilled brick within the village. verge continues part way along the front elevation. Above and top - a number of the former farmsteads of the 18th and 19th centuries are grouped around courtyards. The adjoining hipped, tiled roofs have special clay bonnet tiles at the hips (4 Main Street and Manor Farm).

Right - the octagonal roof of the Lock Up, built entirely in brick, and surmounted by a large ball finial, is a distinctive feature of the village. It was one of several lock-ups of this pattern in the locality. CHIMNEY STACKS & POTS

Many of the chimneys within Smisby were built or adapted in the 19th century by the Harpur Crewe estate.

Above - moulded brick chimneys with two oversailing courses at School Row. Top right - corbelled chimney with rounded moulded brickwork at a Harpur Crewe property on Nelson Square.

Right and far right - chimneys with engaged brick flues at Smisby Manor.

The Harpur Crewe estate favoured square buff pots, as found at The Poplars (right).

Plain stacks also occasionally have a strong presence - such as the large square stack at Pitts Farm (far right). WALLS

Brick buildings within Smisby have few embellishments.

Above - raised horizontal brick band at Pitts Farm.

Left - high-level roundels at Manor Farm were probably added for ventilation and to enable barn owls to roost, rather than as pitching eyes. They are now glazed.

There are few surviving stone buildings. Where they do survive, there are sometimes original 17th century details, such as moulded window surrounds and mullions (below left - Hasbury Cottage) or chamfered stone plinths (below right - The Cottage, Nelson Square). WALLS - Eaves details

Left - brick-on-edge, laid as a dentilled and corbelled brick eaves at Firtree Cottage, Chapel Lane and Ivanhoe House (below left).

Each alternate brick projects to create a decorative effect.

Below - sawtooth brick eaves at 1 Main Street. “Sawtooth” brickwork is another decorative detail found in several places within the village. The remnants of faded yellow limewash can still be seen clinging to the brickwork.

Above left and right - dentilled brick eaves at The Poplars and the barn on Main Street.

Left - moulded brick eaves laid in a dentilled pattern at Rotherwood. WINDOWS

Above left - side-hinged casement windows, recessed within a chamfered frame (Firtree Cottage, Chapel Street). Above right - multi-paned casement at Smisby Manor.

Right - modern casement window based on an historic style (Rotherwood House).

Bottom left and right - multi-paned casement windows with flush-fitting frames (3 Main Street and Ivanhoe House). The larger houses, such as Rotherwood (left) and Hillside Farm (bottom left) had multi-paned vertically sliding sash windows in the Georgian period. The sash window boxes in both houses are hidden, set within a rebate behind the rendered brickwork, enabling as much light as possible to flood the room beyond.

Below and bottom - high-level, four- light and two-light casements within chamfered frames. In each case the window has a painted timber lintel. LINTELS AND CILLS

Where economy was important, and for utilitarian buildings, lintels were simple in form - a segmental arch (left), formed by a single course of “header” bricks.

Stone wedge-lintel with raised keystone used at Rotherwood (left). Wedge-shaped stone lintels were very popular in the first half of the 19th century.

Cills Most of the buildings that incorporate wedge stone lintels also have stone cills (illustrated on the previous page).

Many of the smaller brick cottages, with segmental brick arches, had no cill, such as that at 3 Main Street (right).

DOORS

Above - early 19th century doorcase with narrow pilasters and cornice (Ivanhoe House). The boarded and battened door is 20th century. Boarded doors with scratch mouldings, within garden walls, are a feature of Main Street (left). Below - heavy-duty, old, boarded, cross battened and studded door at the Lock Up. STREET FURNITURE

Right - ER wall-mounted post box, c 1960s

Below: K6 telephone box (designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott), unlisted