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Parwich Hall, Derbyshire, DE6 1QD: heritage assessment for proposed extension at the rear. 18.v.2017 Page 1 Parwich Hall near Ashbourne, Derbyshire Heritage Assessment Fig. 1: Parwich Hall: South Front in 2017 Jeremy Milln FSA 18th May, 2017 10,944 words Jeremy Milln FSA with Clare Henshaw for Robert Shields DL of Parwich Hall Parwich Hall, Derbyshire, DE6 1QD: heritage assessment for proposed extension at the rear. 18.v.2017 Page 2 CONTENTS page 1. Brief for this Report 3 2. Planning Framework and Designations 4 2.1 Planing policy 2.2 Designation of Parwich Hall 2.3 Designation of Parwich Hall garden terraces, walls & entrance gates 2.4 Designation of Parwich Hall summerhouse 3. Family History 6 4. Development of the House 9 4.1 Phase 1, c.1600 (yellow) 4.2 Phase 2a, c.1730? (pink) 4.3 Parwich Hall roof and phase 2b, c. 1770? 4.4 Sub-phase 2c, undateable, but before 1844 4.5 Phase 3, c.1870 (or c.1900?) (green) 4.6 Phase 4, c.1905 (darK blue) 4.7 Phase 5, c.1935 (red) 4.8 Phase 6, c.2000 (pale blue) 5. Gardens and Grounds 24 5.1 Summary description 5.2 Map evidence for garden development 5.3 Brief History of the Gardens 6. Impact Assessment 31 6.1 For the fabric of the house 6.2 For the fabric and setting of the garden 6.3 For buried archaeological evidence 7. General References 37 8. Appendix: Phase Plans basement, ground, first & second floors 39 Jeremy Milln FSA with Clare Henshaw for Robert Shields DL of Parwich Hall Parwich Hall, Derbyshire, DE6 1QD: heritage assessment for proposed extension at the rear. 18.v.2017 Page 3 1. Brief for this report This heritage assessment report was commissioned to accompany a proposal to modestly extend Parwich Hall, Derbyshire. It was researched, written and illustrated by Jeremy Milln. The proposal would be to introduce a new room, to be used as a library, under the bottom or first garden terrace at the rear of the house. This room would be accessed via an underground link coming from the basement via a lift. A glazed link is also proposed at ground level above this underground link. A further underground link would be made from the new library, via a second lift, to a new Garden Room, a detached summer house structure a short distance to the north-west. From here there would be external access both from the level of the dog kennel yard and, via the Garden Room, direct to the level of the third garden terrace. Implementation of the proposal is likely to be technically challenging in view of the restricted nature of the site with its various levels dramatically expressed by terraces. It also calls for sensitivity of design and execution in view of the historic importance of Parwich Hall and the potential for archaeological discovery. The purpose of the report is to set out, using archaeological, architectural and historical evidence, an account of the development of Parwich Hall so that is significances may be better understood and so that decisions affecting the fabric of the Hall and is grounds may be made in the light of best information available. The author is asked to assess the likely impact of the proposal on the heritage assets at Parwich Hall, weighing the relative merits of two options for the connection of the new build to the old at basement and ground levels.1 1 Darren Archer of Channel Design outlines the brief in an e-mail to Clare Henshaw dated 13th October 2016, following his meeting with Historic England's Inspector and PeaK Park's Conservation officer Jeremy Milln FSA with Clare Henshaw for Robert Shields DL of Parwich Hall Parwich Hall, Derbyshire, DE6 1QD: heritage assessment for proposed extension at the rear. 18.v.2017 Page 4 2. Planning framework and designations 2.1 Planning Policy Core Strategy policy LD4 and Paragraph 128 of the National Planning Policy Framework requires that applicants describe the significance of any heritage assets that may be affected by the development including the contribution made by their setting. There is a also a statutory duty under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas Act 1990 to preserve a heritage asset, its setting or any features of special architectural or historical interest. Three designated heritage assets are recognised at or within the curtilege of the application site, namely Parwich Hall (grade I* listed, no. 1281585), Parwich Hall garden terraces, walls and entrance gates (listed grade II, no.1109298) and Parwich Hall summerhouse (grade II, no. 1203681). Structures within the curtilege of the listed buildings or area of the garden are included in the designations. Undesignated structures adjoining the site may be deemed to be within the setting of the protected assets and, if affected, also merit consideration. The NPPF defines the setting of a heritage asset as meaning: the surroundings in which a heritage asset is experienced. Its extent is not fixed and may change as the asset and its surroundings evolve. Elements of a setting may make a positive or negative contribution to the significance of an asset, may affect the ability to appreciate that significance or may be neutral Paragraph 10 of the NPGG chapter titled 'Conserving and enhancing the historic environment' explains: heritage assets may be affected by direct physical change or by change in their setting. Being able to properly assess the nature, extent and importance of the significance of a heritage asset, and the contribution of its setting, is very important to understanding the potential impact and acceptability of development proposals. 2.2 Designation of Parwich Hall Listed grade II* on 5th February 1952, Parwich Hall was one of the first to be so recognised under the original post-War Town & Country Planning Act. It is now protected under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The descriptor, which greatly simplifies the complex architectural history of the house, is given here in full2: House. c1747, incorporating earlier fragments, c1910 and 1931. Rubble limestone and red brick with sandstone dressings. Hipped slate roofs, gabled to the north. Two brick ridge stacks, two gable end stacks and a brick external stack. Three storeys plus a basement. South elevation - brick with stone dressings, the main block above a stone basement. Main block of five bays, the centre bay advanced. Projecting quoins to central bay and to outer bays. Moulded stone eaves cornice. Basement with four 2-light square section flush mullion windows. Ground floor with central doorway with moulded stone surround, coving and rusticated pilasters and cornice. Six-panelled door, the top four panels raised and fielded. Rectangular overlight with fanlight tracery. Curved flight of nine stone steps with wrought iron railings. Flanked on each side by two windows with segmental heads and moulded stone surrounds. C19 casement. Five similar, but smaller, windows above and above again. The central first floor window with a pediment. Central pedimented gable 2 Historic England list entry number 1281585 for the Hall at OS grid reference SK 1863 5460, for the garden structures 1109298 at SK 1871 5464 and for the summerhouse 1203681 at SK 1871 5467 Jeremy Milln FSA with Clare Henshaw for Robert Shields DL of Parwich Hall Parwich Hall, Derbyshire, DE6 1QD: heritage assessment for proposed extension at the rear. 18.v.2017 Page 5 flush with the main wall surface and slightly wider than the centre bay. Service wing to the west, of three bays. Ground and first floor c1905, three plain sashes to ground floor, segmental arched casement windows above. Top floor added in 1931 with three windows with flat heads, with stone lintels and sills. East elevation of four bays with windows similar to those on the south side. The windows to the two left hand bays are all blocked. North elevation - rubble limestone with two brick gables of low pitch. Irregular fenestration, including a tall round-arched glazing bar sash with moulded stone surround. Above, a glazing bar sash with stone surround, of which the upper half is the remains of a C17 2-light recessed chamfer mullion window. In the basement in what are now internal walls, are two 2-light recessed chamfer mullion windows; also a chimney lintel dated TS 1792. Interior mainly late C18 and early C19. Late C18 chimney-piece in the dining room. Very fine mid-C18 chimney-piece in hall, and a good contemporary staircase. 2.3 Designation of Parwich Hall Garden Terraces, Walls and Entrance Gates Listed grade II on 14th June 1984 the short descriptor reads: Terraces, walls and entrance gates c.1905 by Sir Walter Tapper. Rubble limestone with gritstone dressings. Drystone retaining walls with flat copings, to terraces and to road. Gate piers with ball finials. Cross walls. Wrought iron C18 style entrance gates 2.4 Designation of Parwich Hall Garden Summerhouse Listed grade II on 14th June 1984 the short descriptor reads: Summerhouse. c.1905 by Sir Walter Tapper. Rubble limestone with grit-stone dressings. Plain tile pyramidal roof. Single storey. West elevation with a doorway on the right and a 6-light square section flush mullion window with a major mullion. Jeremy Milln FSA with Clare Henshaw for Robert Shields DL of Parwich Hall Parwich Hall, Derbyshire, DE6 1QD: heritage assessment for proposed extension at the rear. 18.v.2017 Page 6 3. Family History 3.1 The family and architectural histories of Parwich Hall are by no means completely understood, but a brave attempt to bring together what is known about the place was made by the Parwich and District Local History Society in 20033.