Parsonage Farmhouse Watchet Heritage Assessment
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making sense of heritage Parsonage Farmhouse, Parsonage Farm Watchet, Somerset Heritage Assessment Ref: 110190.01 August 2015 Parsonage Farmhouse Parsonage Farm Watchet, Somerset Heritage Assessment Prepared for: West Somerset Council, West Somerset House, Killick Way, Williton, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 4QA Prepared by: Wessex Archaeology Portway House Old Sarum Park Salisbury Wiltshire SP4 6EB www.wessexarch.co.uk August 2015 110190.01 © Wessex Archaeology Ltd 2015, all rights reserved Wessex Archaeology Ltd is a Registered Charity No. 287786 (England & Wales) and SC042630 (Scotland) Parsonage Farmhouse, Parsonage Farm, Watchet, Somerset Heritage Assessment Quality Assurance Project Code 110190 Accession Client Policy WA2 Code Ref. Planning Ordnance Survey 406804, 142589 Application (OS) national grid Ref. reference (NGR) Versi Status* Prepared by Checked and Approver’s Signature Date on Approved By v01 I GRF C Budd 30/07/15 File: X:\PROJECTS\110190\_Reports\110190_ParsonageFarmhouseWatchet_Assessment_v01 _GRF_20150729.docx V02 F GRF C Budd 20/08/15 File: X:\PROJECTS\110190\_Reports\Submitted\110190_ParsonageFarmhouseWatchet_Asses sment_v02_GRF_CB_20150818.docx File: File: File: * I = Internal Draft; E = External Draft; F = Final DISCLAIMER THE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT WAS DESIGNED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A REPORT TO AN INDIVIDUAL CLIENT AND WAS PREPARED SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THAT CLIENT. THE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT DOES NOT NECESSARILY STAND ON ITS OWN AND IS NOT INTENDED TO NOR SHOULD IT BE RELIED UPON BY ANY THIRD PARTY. 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Parsonage Farmhouse, Parsonage Farm, Watchet, Somerset Heritage Assessment Parsonage Farmhouse Parsonage Farm Watchet, Somerset Heritage Assessment Contents Summary ........................................................................................................................................iv Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... v 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project background ........................................................................................................... 1 1.2 The Site ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Development proposals ..................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Scope of document ........................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Aims .................................................................................................................................. 2 2 METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................. 3 2.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Documentary research ...................................................................................................... 3 2.3 Site visit ............................................................................................................................. 3 2.4 Assessment criteria- Significance ...................................................................................... 3 2.5 Setting assessment ........................................................................................................... 4 2.6 Assumptions and limitations .............................................................................................. 5 2.7 Copyright ........................................................................................................................... 6 3 BASELINE RESOURCE ................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Designated heritage assets ............................................................................................... 6 Site ........................................................................................................................... 6 3.3 Previous studies ................................................................................................................ 6 Site ........................................................................................................................... 6 3.4 Archaeological and historical context ................................................................................ 6 4 HERITAGE ASSET SIGNIFICANCE AND SETTING ........................................................ 8 4.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 8 The asset ................................................................................................................. 8 Heritage values ........................................................................................................ 8 Setting ...................................................................................................................... 8 Significance and the contribution of the setting to the significance of the asset ........ 9 i WA Document Reference. 110190.01 Parsonage Farmhouse, Parsonage Farm, Watchet, Somerset Heritage Assessment 5 POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ......................................... 9 6 APPROPRIATE MITIGATION......................................................................................... 10 7 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................ 12 7.1 Bibliography .................................................................................................................... 12 7.2 Cartographic and Documentary Sources ......................................................................... 12 7.3 Online resources ............................................................................................................. 13 8 APPENDICES ................................................................................................................. 14 8.1 Appendix 1: Terminology ................................................................................................. 14 Glossary ................................................................................................................. 14 Chronology ............................................................................................................. 14 ii WA Document Reference. 110190.01 Parsonage Farmhouse, Parsonage Farm, Watchet, Somerset Heritage Assessment Parsonage Farmhouse Parsonage Farm Watchet, Somerset Heritage Assessment List of Tables Table 1: Categories of heritage assets classified according to significance ................................ 4 List of Illustrations Figure 1: Site, location Figure 2: Cartographic sources Figure 3A: Proposed development that would potentially cause significant harm to the heritage asset Figure 3B: Proposed development that would potentially cause less than significant harm to the heritage asset Figure 4: Potential mitigation measures Plates Plate 1: Parsonage Farmhouse as viewed from the northeast from the public footpath Plate 2: Parsonage Farmhouse as viewed from the east from the public footpath. The mature trees that screen views to and from the east are just visible on the left of the image. Plate 3: Parsonage Farmhouse screened by mature trees as viewed from the east Plate 4: Parsonage Farmhouse screened by mature trees and associated farm complex as viewed from the southwest Plate 5: Parsonage Farmhouse viewed from the north, across the north field Plate 6: Parsonage Farmhouse viewed from the west. The farmhouse is in the background with farm buildings, vegetation and public footpath in the foreground Front Cover Parsonage Farmhouse as viewed from the west from the public footpath iii WA Document Reference. 110190.01 Parsonage Farmhouse, Parsonage Farm, Watchet, Somerset Heritage Assessment Parsonage Farmhouse Parsonage Farm Watchet, Somerset Heritage Assessment Summary Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by West Somerset Council to prepare a Heritage Assessment of Parsonage Farmhouse, Parsonage Farm, Watchet centred on National Grid Reference 306804 142589. The farmhouse is a Grade II listed building. This study is intended to inform the proposal for allocation of a strategic proposed development