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Village Design Statement Why is a Village Design Statement needed and Who should read this Statement? what is it designed to achieve? ■ Residents: The Statement can provide guidance for This Village Design Statement has been researched ensuring that alterations and extensions to existing and prepared by a committee of residents who have buildings are in sympathy with the character of the sought to identify the principles, design features by highlighting considerations such as local and quality standards which are valued in the design features and environmental impact. Parish. When submitting planning applications, Both Waverley Borough Council and Wonersh applicants are requested to indicate that they are Parish Council have supported and approved the aware of the guidelines in the Village Design process by which the committee has been able to Statement and to state how their application has represent the views of residents. This process taken account of them. included wide public consultation through both ■ Owners, architects and builders: The Statement questionnaires and meetings. explains what the residents of the Parish value in its This Statement has been adopted by Waverley existing community and what they wish to see in Borough Council as Supplementary Planning new and altered buildings and land usage. Document and should be read in conjunction with ■ The Parish Council: The Statement can assist in the Structure and Local Plan. commenting on registered planning applications. The Statement is designed to identify the key ■ The local planning authority: Waverley Borough features that characterise the Parish and aims to Council, who have adopted this Statement as influence the way in which inevitable changes Supplementary Planning Document, may use it in should be managed in order to maintain the considering and determining local planning issues distinctiveness of the area. It is not a tacit and applications, and environmental issues. encouragement to local development and does not seek to control the allocation of development in the Credits Parish. It recognises that change and development Committee Graham Gatley (co-editor), Alison are not necessarily detrimental. The new can Harding, Michael Harding, Louise Healy, Tom complement the old and cause minimal impact on Hosking, Chris Howard, Margaret Garrett, Anne the existing environment. Powell-Evans and Carrie Travers (co-editor) Whilst acknowledging that each of the three Design and production Grantley Design, The Old villages within the Parish, Blackheath, Shamley Store, The Street, Wonersh. Tel. 01483 894282 Illustrations J Hume, M Palmer (aka Garrett) Green and Wonersh, has its own distinctive Photos M Harding, C Howard, B Laws, E Thomson character, most areas of the Village Design Contributors: Local government J Bowden, P Hartley, Statement are more effectively covered by dealing S Henderson, G Moloney, N Morris. Others with the Parish as a whole. However, there are Blackheath Village Society, B Dunce, R Hill, Brig R occasions when particular attention has been drawn Hume, B Laws, A Macleod, J Palmer, Dr C Pike, to specific aspects of each individual village and Shamley Green Village Society, Wonersh and this should be taken into consideration where Shamley Green History Societies relevant. The Village Design Statement Committee would like to thank Wonersh Parish Council, Waverley Borough Council, the residents who answered questionnaires and attended the open day, and all contributors all of whom have provided invaluable support in producing this document. Special thanks go to the office of Strutt & Parker whose generosity allowed additional copies of this document to be printed and distributed to every household in the Parish. To enquire about further copies of this document please contact The Clerk of the Parish Council.

▲ Entering Blackheath from Wonersh ▲ The pitch at the centre of ▲ The Pepperpot in the centre of

Shamley Green Wonersh Parish Council 2005 © Wonersh Blackheath · Shamley Green · Wonersh V illage Design Statement Introduction

Location 1 mill still stands. In the Domesday The sandy layers of Lower The of Wonersh, Book of 1086, the area constituted Greensands are subdivided into Shamley Green and Blackheath, part of Bishop Odo’s large Manor the Hythe, Bargate/Sandgate and hereinafter referred to as the of Bramley. In Medieval times it Folkestone Beds, and contain Parish, is located in South West was referred to as Ognersh. The ironstone or ragstone and chert some 57km (35miles) from ending -ersh is distinctive to South layers. Both were occasionally and four miles from West Surrey and is thought to be used in early buildings, though the Guildford. The Parish was formed of Saxon derivation referring to best local building material was in 1885 and is one of the 21 that small plots of cultivated land of the sandstone formerly quarried comprise the . good quality. During the late locally from the Bargate Beds. On The Parish has an area of 1,715 ha Middle Ages the area was the sandstones, the soils formed (about 7 square miles). Within its associated with the manufacture of are light, thin, dry and acidic, bounds lie three main settlements: smooth, blue woollen cloth called especially on the Folkestone Beds Wonersh, an early Saxon kersey for trade with the Canary which constitute the higher hill settlement; Shamley Green, a later Islands, Western Europe and India. and ridge tops. Elsewhere, there Saxon hamlet which developed are patches of better farmland, 1 into a 19th century village; and Geology and landscape especially on former river terrace Blackheath, a small Victorian The underlying rocks that create a gravels and alluvial deposits and hamlet bordered by heathland. varied landscape of ridges, hills, on floodplains which were valleys and floodplains, belong to important as hay meadows, the History 1 the Wealden series of Cretaceous main source of winter fodder for livestock. Throughout the Parish rocks that were deposited between The varied landscape that archeological artifacts have been 80 and 100 million years ago. The evolved on these different types of found dating from early oldest rock-type exposed in the rock is attractive and diverse. The prehistoric, through Roman, to southern part of the parish is the height of the land varies from the more recent times. The area impervious Clay, which crest of Winterfold at 222m down contains many listed buildings, forms an undulating plain with to the Wey flood plain at 38m. including Wonersh Church, of heavy soils. Resting on it is a Brooks and streams flow Saxon origin. Its present structure narrow band of Atherfield Clay. westwards into the north-flowing still contains some early Norman The upper boundary of this is an Water branch of the features, in spite of substantial important spring zone. In the past, to drain the area, refurbishment in later eras. Older clay has been used extensively for which has an average annual farms and domestic buildings date making coarse earthenware pottery rainfall of 796mm. from the 14th century onwards and is still used in Cranleigh for and an 18th century derelict water the manufacture of bricks and tiles. Climate change It could be said that climate change is one of the biggest issues facing the world today. From national plans down to a village design statement, all forms of planning need to take climate change into account. Traffic issues are considered under the section on village setting and structure and renewable energy and sustainable construction are included in the Building Design section. All these matters have a bearing on climate change.

1 Wonersh Parish ▲ See “Sources” and “Bibliography” church with Saxon origins 1

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V illage Design Statement Lostiford, Shamley Green ▲ Development

Blackheath 1 Blackheath, including the church Blackheath is a relatively new and The Chapel. Also of note are village compared with its the Queen Anne-style Barnett neighbours. Until 1810 there is Hill, built in 1905, and The no record of any habitation in the Hallams, built in 1895, by area at all. By 1833, the Rate Book another renowned architect of the shows that there were several time, R. Norman Shaw. Also of families listed as having some note are The Friary, built in an form of tenure on the “large waste impressive, ecclesiastical style and called Blackheath consisting of St John’s Seminary, both designed heath, useful only for turf cut by F.A. Walters in the 1890s. there from, or fir or larch trees.” projects were undertaken by two 1, 3 In the early days the dwellings Shamley Green local builders, A. Parsons and A. were described as “mud huts”. Shamley Green initially developed Goff. These extended the village They were single storey, faced in late Saxon times as a subsidiary footprint along Hullbrook Lane, with locally collected flints and agricultural hamlet of Wonersh. Sweetwater Lane and Stonards stones from the heath. A good Its isolated farmsteads were Brow to fill in the gap between example of this can be seen to located on sites carefully selected the Green and Lords Hill this day in the oldest of the to meet the basic needs of Common. Similar building village houses, Top Cottage (see residents for water, access, shelter, development extended housing photo on page 7), where the drainage and varied land use as along the Guildford Road to the ground floor is clearly of an the ancient forest cover was school, founded in 1842. The earlier construction than the cleared. From Elizabethan times post-war era saw two large upper floor. By 1873, 39 cottages, through to the 18th and early developments at Hullmead and one and one beer shop were 19th centuries, further Nursery Hill, effectively doubling recorded. developments polarised around the size of the village. A significant amount of the the peripheries of the open spaces Subsequently, numerous examples development of the village which formed the Village Green of plot sub-division and infilling resulted from the need to create and common grazing lands, such have increased dwelling density accommodation for the workers as Lords Hill. To sustain a fairly to a point where there are few at Chilworth’s Gunpowder Mills isolated, self-sufficient, rural potential development locations and Unwins Paper Mill. A local economy, small shops and artisan within the village envelope. building firm, Mitchells, built activities evolved, the principle Mitchells’ Cottages for the sources of employment being at Wonersh 1, 2, 3 workers, and to save money in the Lords Hill commercial The name Wonersh is of Anglo- construction they used up any complex run by members of the Saxon origin, meaning “the hamlet spare materials they had in the Society of Dependants, a low- in the winding stubble field” and yard, hence none of the window profile religious sect of great the church, built on foundations of frames, sills and doors matched. probity and reliability, and a great chalk blocks, dates from this By 1907 Charles Harrison tannery, based at Upper Lostiford Townsend, a noted Arts and water mill. All of these have now Crafts architect, had done a great closed and been converted to deal of work on new buildings in residential use. A chapel of ease built on Plonks Hill in 1863-4 became the Shamley Green Parish Church in 1881, by which time, the original hamlet had become an independent village. During the 1930s, modest, detached, rural house building

Houses overlooking the cricket ▲ pitch, Shamley Green 3

▲ St Martin’s Church, Blackheath ▲ Green Place, Wonersh

Development period. The settlement lies in a valley, surrounded by and interspersed with, commonland. The original development of farmstead estates polarised around Tangley, Northbrook and Wonersh House and spread along the road century. Great Tangley is the only and some barns have been linking Wonersh to Shamley Grade I listed building in the converted to residential use, such Green. Parish and is a fine example of a as Woodyers Farm. From the late 14th century to Tudor moated manor. the early 17th century, Wonersh Following the sale of the The villages as they are today 1, 2 had a thriving cottage industry of Grantley estate in the 1890s, land The Parish is valued for its ownership became fragmented and tranquil, rural setting and has this resulted in considerable become a popular base for city building development. The commuters. extension of the area covered by At the heart of each village lies housing increased markedly in the a Conservation Area “of special 1930s, particularly around the architectural or historic interest edges of Wonersh Common and whose character or appearance with the exclusive Wonersh Park should be preserved or enhanced.” Estate development: the latter is The Parish has 1,319 accorded Policy BE6 designation properties. There are 98 listed ▲ Great Tangley, Wonersh as a Low Density Residential Area Grade II buildings, three listed in Local Plan 2002. In the post weaving. When that declined it Grade II* and one listed Grade I 1939/45 war era, further pressure (see appendix). became a mainly agricultural on potential building sites resulted village, although there was It is a prosperous community in the construction of both where the average house price is employment to be had in Gosden Council-owned and private Tannery, which lay between one-third higher than the borough dwellings on the lower slopes of average and over two and a half Wonersh and the neighbouring Barnett Hill. A process of plot sub- village of Bramley. The Lawnsmead times higher than the national division, infilling and extension average. There is a shortage of Cottages were built in the late building began and still continues. 19th century to house the workers housing affordable to those on To retain the diverse character of lower incomes. employed there. the community there is need to The timbered houses in The Each village has its own keep a reasonable balance of two distinct character. Blackheath is a Street are particularly old and and three-bedroomed homes. much photographed. Green Place, small hamlet with a strong Some former residences, such as community spirit. It has unique on the edge of the village, has Derry’s Wood and Little Tangley parts dating back to the 14th surroundings of heaths and have been divided into apartments woods. Shamley Green seems to focus on the two open spaces, Lord’s Hill Green and the village green, but in fact there are also widely scattered properties and farmsteads along the rural lanes. Wonersh is a compact village compared to the other two but has the extensive open spaces around it of the Common, the Platt and Church Green.

1, 2, 3 See “Sources” and “Bibliography”

▲ Lawnsmead, Wonersh Blackheath · Shamley Green · Wonersh V illage Design Statement Village setting and structure

Planning categories 1, 2, 4 development (Waverley Policy is a critical factor and tends to Wonersh Parish lies in the Green BE6) will be permitted. undermine the open, rural aspect Belt and the Surrey Hills Area of The plan also designates of the Parish. Overly high Outstanding Natural Beauty Wonersh Park as a Low Density boundaries may also deprive (AONB) or Areas of Great Residential Area with specific neighbours of sunlight. Whilst Landscape Value (AGLV). restrictions on development. high fencing along footpaths Waverley Local Plan 2002 states provides some privacy and security 3, 4 that development within these Plot boundaries for adjacent properties, it requires areas “will only be acceptable for The Parish displays a variety of regular maintenance, is a target for the essential needs of agriculture, boundary styles and materials graffiti, can make pedestrians more forestry, outdoor sport and including ditches, and residents vulnerable, particularly at night, informal recreation, cemeteries, have expressed a preference for and acts as a barrier to the free mineral extraction and waste those materials, such as indigenous movement of wildlife. disposal. All development must be hedging, weald sandstone, bargate However, all boundaries require appropriate in layout, scale, form, stone, weathered brickwork and maintenance. Hedgerows need height, impact and siting.” rustic, open fencing, which are in pruning, trimming and relaying or Being within the AONB means keeping with the rural nature of infilling to maintain their density there is also a presumption against the villages and maintain their and prevent them from unsympathetic lighting and a need open aspect. Diversity is valued as overhanging highways, footpaths to preserve the distinct features of long as the villages’ characters are or neighbouring properties. Brick the area, both man-made and not compromised. The added and stone walls may require re- natural. advantage of using natural grouting or, occasionally, The most significant natural materials is that they mellow with rebuilding. Fencing may rot over feature is the large area of age and allow for the free passage time and needs replacing, and is heathland and woodland that of local wildlife, or serve as shelter perhaps the most prone to neglect adjoins the Hurtwood. belts, resting and feeding areas, or and becoming an eyesore. Ditches Parish residents believe there is even homes for birds, insects and should be cleared regularly. a case for extending the existing small mammals. Many of the 1, 3, 4 Conservation Areas. houses in the Parish have mature Roads and junctions gardens and a variety of fruit, The B2128 is a main access route Settlement areas 2 native and ornamental trees that from Cranleigh to Guildford and In the Waverley Borough Local also act as attractive boundaries. bisects Shamley Green and Plan 2002, two areas of the Parish Solid fencing, such as larchlap, Wonersh. Much of the housing in have been designated within “Rural or panel-and-board fencing, metal these two villages is ribbon Settlement Boundaries” which can fencing and non-indigenous development along this road. “accommodate limited hedging, such as leylandii, is Blackheath and the surrounding development without detriment to relatively sterile and introduces an Commons, however, are only their character”. In such areas only incongruous suburban feel, as do accessible via the narrow, sunken appropriate small-scale high, solid entrance gates. Height lanes, typical of this heathland area. These were originally cart tracks forming part of the ancient system of drove roads and merit conservation. “Rat running” through Blackheath can be a problem during peak hours, and erosion of the high banks and local flooding is a regular occurrence in all three villages. There is no street lighting and signage is, on the whole,

▲ Brickwork plot boundaries at Arthurs, Shamley Green 5 ▲ Shingle driveway and hedging

Village setting and structure

unobtrusive, in keeping with the Parish Council and the Village rural character of the Parish. There Societies are working with the are no traffic islands, traffic lights AONB office and Surrey Highways or zebra crossings. There is only a Authority to pilot a Quiet Lanes limited network of streets behind Project to develop subtle methods the main access roads and this of controlling traffic speed in rural confirms the mainly linear areas without the need for the reinforced in the AONB communication structure. urbanising influence of large metal Management Plan Insensitive road changes and traffic signs and brightly painted tarmac. management would significantly This measure will contribute in a Driveways and signage 3, 4 affect the rural character of this local way towards the control of Driveways are often shingle,

area. emissions and thereby to Narrow lanes, Blackheath ▲ hoggin or brick. Signage tends to The controlling climate change. be discreet in both size and colour, in keeping with the rural 2, 4 Telephone and other wires environment. The advent of high, Residents highlighted that automated entrance gates to some telephone and other wires were of the larger properties in the visually intrusive and should villages is not popular with many preferably be re-laid underground. locals who feel it destroys the Residents felt phone masts and open, rural aspect of the area and other such structures in this discourages neighbourly contact. sensitive area within the AONB should be resisted. This is further

Guidelines on village setting, structure, historic buildings and heritage features 2, 4 New development should ■ Encourage conservation of trees and appropriate ■ Comply with the Surrey Structure, AONB Management replacement planting particulary on public open spaces and Waverley Local Plan policies, to harmonise with the and surrounding hills rural character of the locality ■ Ensure that telephone and other wiring is located ■ Preserve rural views and the feeling of space that are underground, at least in the Conservation Area and on key characteristics of the Parish the Commons ■ Meet the objectives and constraints of all Sites of ■ Ensure that boundary hedges are conserved and new Nature Conservation Importance, Sites of Special planting with indigenous species encouraged Scientific Interest and Sites and Areas of High ■ Ensure that boundary walls and fences are of Archeological Potential traditional* material and of a height and construction to ■ Use traditional* styles and local materials where harmonise with their surroundings feasible consistent with existing or adjacent structures ■ Avoid the inappropriate use of urbanising features on ■ Ensure that driveways use traditional* materials roadways whilst meeting proper highway standards. appropriate to the level of use. Shingle, flagstone, brick Signage and additional lighting should be subject to and hoggin finishes look more in keeping than black proven need and be unobtrusive tarmac or white concrete Conservation areas ■ Conserve and protect historic buildings and heritage ■ A greater effort should be made to make people aware features to include listed properties, ponds, wells, of the existence of Conservation Areas and to ensure the milestones as specified in Heritage Features in Waverley required restrictions are observed

1, 2, 3, 4 See “Sources” and “Bibliography”

* Traditional style and material: style or material that has been widely used in south west Surrey for many generations, eg. locally 6 made red bricks and tiles, timber, cast iron, lead, and flint Blackheath · Shamley Green · Wonersh

V illage Design Statement Top Cottage, Blackheath ▲ Building design

Local style and structure 1, 3, 4 such as those that flank Wonersh There is no one single building Common Road. White rendering is style which typifies the area, a common feature in all three although many dwellings have villages and other typical features features typical of South West include hanging clay tiles, local red Surrey and, particularly in brick, flint and local Bargate stone. Blackheath, there is a strong Traditionally, most dwellings connection with the Arts and were surrounded on all sides by Crafts movement of the late 19th garden, or associated land, century. The work of Henry Peak, allowing views to be seen between Phillip Webb, Charles Harrison adjacent dwellings. In recent years, Townsend, R. Norman Shaw and infilling between properties has Edwin Lutyens is well-represented tended to impair the sense of space (see listed buildings on page 13). that is an important characteristic The architectural span of the of the area. Residents indicated the three villages ranges from the 14th need for planning policy to protect Sustainable construction against over development of sites. Century to the 21st Century Sustainable construction can be resulting in a largely harmonious defined as the use of design and 1, 3, 4 blend of housing stock from Building materials construction methods and traditional, small attached cottages The most common traditional materials that are resource efficient to large two and three-storey building material is brick, made by and that will not compromise the detached houses. Most of the post- hand of local clay at local health of the environment or the war construction consists of small brickworks. Pleasing effects have associated health of the building estates of bungalows and semi- been achieved by laying these in a occupants, builders, the general detached houses. variety of traditional bonds, often public or future generations. An The earliest houses are of with the use of a combination of example would be not using timber-framed construction headers and stretchers, together hardwoods from the South developed from units called “bays”. with variations in colour arising American rainforest. Other The infill panels between the from the manufacturing process. considerations are the impact of timber frames were often of wattle This is in sharp contrast to the development on the local and daub, generally becoming unsatisfactory effect of using environment, such as sustainable brick-filled and later, rendered. factory-made bricks laid in an drainage systems (SUDS) which is Typical examples are Malt House unrelieved stretcher bond. The an approach to surface water and Oak House in Shamley Green traditional mortar for the area is a drainage management. and the row of distinctive black- light, sand colour and lime-based, and-white cottages that line The not cement-based. Pointing tends Roofs 3 Street in Wonersh. In fact, the to reflect the colour and type of Roof lines vary, the earliest bays black-and-white theme is repeated brick. Brickwork is sometimes usually having a simple pitch with throughout succeeding centuries rendered or painted white. gable ends and later bays having and copied in mock Tudor houses The local Bargate stone was hipped or half-hipped roofs only occasionally used, often with allowing for greater head room small pieces of ironstone set in the inside, as seen at Yieldhurst, Lords joints, known as “galleting”. Good Hill, Shamley Green. Those with examples can be seen at 1 and 2 steeply pitched roofs may have Rose Cottages, Guildford Road, originally been thatched, such as Shamley Green, built of dressed Potters in Shamley Green and Bargate stone with decorative brick Woodyers Farm in Wonersh. “quoins” to the corners, also seen Roof tiles are generally of at Bargate Cottage, Wonersh and handmade local clay, which Top Cottage, Blackheath. mellows over time to an orange-

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▲ The Street, Wonersh ▲ Surrey House, Shamley Green

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Typically, these tiles are handmade building. Many porches are of local clay and similar to the constructed using a mixture of traditional roof tiles in colour. untreated oak and handmade brown colour. Ridges are usually Wonersh has a distinct local tile as bricks with a pitched roof of clay finished with handmade, hogged- seen at Tankards in The Street and tiles. Georgian and Victorian back ridge tiles and hips with this tile is still available from a porches tend to have small, flat similar bonnet tiles. local Cranleigh brickworks. roofs with lead flashing. A few slate roofs can be found on the low-pitched roofs typical of Chimneys 3 Guttering 3 Georgian and Regency times, as at Typically, properties have tall, brick On most older properties guttering Surrey House in Shamley Green chimneys, sometimes with is traditionally black-painted cast and Timbrells in Wonersh. attractive detailing within the iron, although on some new Flat roofs and roofing felts are brickwork, such as those in The extensions and more modern more common features of modern Street, Wonersh. Clay pots are housing, this has been replaced extensions – residents felt these generally added, with older with plastic. It is generally detracted from the building line. properties having larger flues positioned and of a colour not to capped with stone slabs. upset the harmony of the structure. Ground surfaces 1, 3 Village centres feature ironstone, Windows 3 Unsightly features 2, 3, 4 cobbles, brick and sandstone paved Traditionally, older dwellings, Modern technology has seen the areas. Driveways have a variety of particularly cottages, have small- proliferation of hardware such as materials from traditional cobbles paned, casement windows, aerials, phone masts and satellite to stone paving, brickwork, shingle sometimes featuring diamond dishes which can disturb the or tarmac. leaded-lights, set in iron casements character of local properties and within wooden frames as at the general vista when not 1, 3 Wall tiles Arthurs in Shamley Green and positioned to minimise their visual These are a characteristic feature of Grantley Cottage in Wonersh. impact. Suitable arrangements will the upper storeys of many Sash windows are usually only need to be made to mitigate the buildings in South West Surrey. found on 18th and 19th century environmental impact and protect Both plain rectangular and houses such as Surrey House, in the amenities of residents. decorative tiles are used, hung in Shamley Green, and the Dower Environmentally-friendly forms of either simple rows or in patterns as House in Wonersh. These are power-generation may save fossil at Gascons at Gaston Gate. generally divided by glazing bars fuels, but residents were concerned and painted white within wooden by the enduring blight on the frames. Victorian and Edwardian landscape. It is worrying that the properties display both casement and sash windows, whilst post 1950s constructions tend to feature larger expanses of plain glass, or “picture” windows although, over the last decade, new buildings have in many cases reverted to the use of a more traditional window design using sustainable materials.

Doors and porches Village properties feature a variety of styles of doors and porches, which on the whole reflect the period of architecture of the ▲ ▲ TOP: Gascons, Gaston Gate, Grantley Cottage, Wonersh Shamley Green BOTTOM: Tankards, Wonersh

Blackheath · Shamley Green · Wonersh The Dower House, Wonersh

V illage Design Statement ▲ Building design higher ground in the south-east Renewable energy has been cited as suitable for the Renewable energy is that which is construction of commercial wind obtained from sources that are farms. Similarly, security lighting inexhaustible, unlike fossil fuels can be visually intrusive and of which there is a finite supply. disturbing to neighbours if not Renewables include sources such sympathetically located. There is a as wind, wood, sun and presumption against street lighting geothermal. All types of within the AONB (see AONB development should incorporate Management Plan and WBC Local energy efficiency best practice Plan) and the majority of residents measures, including Building in the Parish support this (see Regulations, in their design layout Village Appraisals 1997). and orientation.

Guidelines on building design 2, 4 For all development ■ Aerials and satellite dishes should be positioned ■ Consideration should be given to the history of the unobtrusively and electric and telephone wiring, where building and of the site feasible, should be underground ■ Roofing should be of a pitch and height pattern to ■ All external lighting should be placed so as to cause harmonise with adjacent buildings minimum disturbance and security lighting should be on a time switch ■ All buildings should use traditional* materials ■ appropriate to the style and character of the property and Small-scale proposals for renewable energy generation its surroundings. Brickwork should be laid in a traditional* will be supported style using red stock bricks New development should also: ■ Hanging tiles should use traditional hand made red ■ Consider that scale and balance are of great clay materials importance in the design of new buildings and in subsequent extensions and site development, both in the ■ Guttering and down pipes should follow the line of the context of the area and immediate neighbours roof and walls and should be black or of a colour to ■ maintain harmony with the property Be placed sensitively on plots to maintain space from adjacent buildings ■ The style and material of garaging should be ■ Retain open views of surrounding countryside and appropriate to the dwelling and its rural setting immediate local views ■ Windows should harmonise with the style and period ■ Provide adequate and discreet off street parking of the property and the use of sustainable materials, such ■ Sustainable construction will be sought for all new as wood, is to be preferred. The aesthetic and development. environmental disadvantages of using PVC should be taken into consideration Building extensions and improvements ■ Conservatories should be of a scale and style should also: appropriate to the dwelling ■ Maintain the style, balance and character of the existing building ■ It is desirable that garden and other outbuildings ■ should be made of traditional* materials and harmonise Maintain harmony with adjacent buildings and space with their surroundings between them ■ Retain adequate off street parking ■ Existing trees and hedgerows and ancient earthwork ■ boundaries should be preserved Ensure that the conversion of traditional farm buildings maintains the character, style and as much of the internal ■ Traditional ground surface features should be retained spaciousness of the original as possible

* Traditional style and material: style or material that has been widely used in south west Surrey for many generations, eg. locally made red bricks and tiles, timber, cast iron, lead, bargate stone and flint 9 1, 2, 3, 4 See “Sources” and “Bibliography” ▲ Wonersh Common

Open spaces and woodland See bibliography for existing management plans Common open spaces 2, 3, 4 bordered by open pasture towards Each village features a significant Wonersh and Chilworth. area of open common land around Hurtwood Control manages the which housing has developed. heathland, which is highly valued However, over the years, the by its residents as a wild, attractive appearance of this land has and peaceful place to spend leisure changed. Whereas formerly village time. Many appreciate the developed a Horse Pasture greens would have been used to opportunity to walk and ride along Management programme that graze horses, goats or young cattle, the footpaths and bridleways supports and educates landowners nowadays, these recreational areas which criss-cross between pursuing this type of enterprise. at Wonersh, Shamley Green and Wonersh, Barnett Hill, Chinthurst Blackheath are more manicured. Hill and Blackheath, often 2, 3, 4 Away from the centre of the following the ancient medieval Distant views villages, other open spaces and drove roads. The need to maintain All three villages benefit from the common areas have been allowed the heath through scrub and tree Area of Outstanding Natural to remain as thriving habitats for clearance is acknowledged and Beauty and Area of Great local flora and fauna, such as important in the event of fire. Landscape Value. Views, both Norley Common, Shamley Green, Older residents remember a time distant and immediate, are highly while some, such as The Platt in when the views to and from the valued by all residents. Wonersh and Lords Hill Common, heath were much more extensive, In Wonersh, Chinthurst, are cut for hay every summer, with so in recent years, there have been Tangley and Barnett Hills, plus the the majority of residents initiatives to open up the views more distant views to the South supporting the practice of leaving again through careful tree Downs and St Martha’s Church, the grass to seed before cutting. management. Much woodland is dominate the landscape and are The feeling of space that these in private ownership. Some valuable selling points in property areas afford is highly valued ancient woodlands, eg. Cucknalls, transactions. Village views, such as although pressure from use for car are owned and managed by Surrey the vista from the Pepperpot along parking is an acknowledged Wildlife Trust. The Forestry The Street to The Church, are problem. Commission advises on and equally prized and also deserve Blackheath Common almost provides grants for the protection. entirely surrounds the village of management of several areas of Similarly, Shamley Green Blackheath. There is a mixture of land, and logging is an accepted enjoys the aspects of Wintershall, heathland, scrub pine and mixed small, local industry and method Winterfold, Reel Hall, Barnett and woodland. The Common is of land management. However, Hills, with the South there is strong opposition to the Downs in the distance. Blackheath recent trend of using large has a completely rural setting machinery and lorries to remove being almost entirely encircled by timber as they cannot be heath and woodland, a fact greatly accommodated on the narrow treasured by its residents. lanes and damage the verges. With a strong desire to retain The pastures that surround all and maintain these views and this three villages are in private rural setting, it is of paramount ownership. Many are used as horse importance that the over- pastures and care should be taken development of individual houses that the area does not become should be curtailed. fragmented and degraded through On ridge tops the trees bad land management. The AONB silhouetted against the skyline are Office acknowledges the growing an important aspect of visual horse culture in the area and has appreciation.

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Nature conservation and parking, which is technically monkey puzzles, tulip trees, and wildlife habitats 2, 3 illegal but difficult to enforce. It is redwoods. Replanting using acknowledged that verges must be indigenous specimens is to be There are five Sites of Nature maintained, particularly at road encouraged, as opposed to the use Conservation Importance (SNCI) junctions where safe sight lines of the fast-growing Leyland in the Parish. On Blackheath are an issue. Cypress (leylandii) and many there are Sites of Special Scientific residents felt the protection of Interest (SSSI) which recognise its 1, 2, 3, 4 certain trees should be extended national importance as a Trees beyond the current conservation heathland habitat. Blackheath Surrey is the most wooded county area under Tree Preservation Common is an important in and Waverley the Order protection. The great fragment of heathland which was most wooded borough in the appreciation of existing trees is once more extensive. The open county. These areas of woodland tempered with anxiety about their areas of heather support a rich are mainly of the secondary, maintenance, particularly those invertebrate fauna and there are broad-leaved variety, with oak, privately owned, manifesting healthy populations of rare ash and willow being the itself in concerns such as species such as the Dartford dominant species, although there obstruction of pavements and Warbler, Nightjar and Sand are increasing amounts of holly, views, both aesthetically and as a Lizard. Preserving the protected hawthorn and sycamore danger to pedestrians and and valued habitats of the Parish seedlings. This diversity provides motorists, and the inappropriate is of paramount importance. ideal habitats for a number of birds and the more common size of trees in certain areas. Blackheath is a heavily Verges 2, 3 species of small mammals. Other species serve to wooded area and the surrounding Surrey County Council is the characterise particular places in trees form an essential part of the Highway Authority responsibility the villages, such as the willows village character. However, since for roadside verges on public on The Platt in Wonersh, and the World War II, self-seeded species, roads (the first 2 metres), areas around the village greens particularly pines, have competed although many residents have which feature horse chestnuts, with the traditional broad-leafed assumed responsibility for the may, elderflower, walnuts, woodland varieties and the maintenance of verges in front of American scarlet oak and heather. There is concern that their properties, particularly in flowering cherries. These are more should be done to remove the village centres. With little greatly appreciated by the unwanted trees in order to public transport available and residents as are many of the maintain the heath in its residents relying heavily on their ornamental trees planted in traditional state and regain some cars, verges and the edges of village gardens, which include of the historic views in the area. commons are regularly used for Blackheath · Shamley Green · Wonersh Open spaces and woodland V illage Design Statement

Guidelines on open spaces and woodland

The Commons ■ Surrey County Council and landowners should ■ These are essential features of the Parish and therefore maintain minor routes and their verges whilst retaining it must be ensured that all areas of Common retain their their rural character. Where, exceptionally, curb stones are rural character, with the village greens continuing to be required to avoid encroachment, these should be of used for recreational and other informal pursuits, and the traditional* or high quality material blending with the commons away from the centres of the villages locality remaining as thriving habitats for local flora and fauna ■ Bridleways and footpaths should be appropriately and ■ All Common areas and their features, including ponds, carefully maintained and their use for purposes other ditches, verges, trees, etc, should be carefully maintained than those for which they were intended should be and sympathetically managed according to their usage discouraged ■ Views of and from the Common areas should be Woodland, trees and hedgerows preserved and any planting on public open spaces should ■ It should be recognised that, where new development be controlled, varied and well-managed and carried out takes place, including extensions, new planting is no in consultation with the Waverley Borough Council substitute for the loss of mature trees Ranger ■ High priority should be given to the maintenance and ■ There should be a programme of planting to ensure enhancement of existing trees and hedgerows the replacement of any trees that are dying of old age, diseased or damaged ■ Landowners should be encouraged to use indigenous species when planting new hedgerows and trees outside Open land outside the Commons gardens and existing planting should be carefully ■ Landowners encouraging alternatives to agricultural managed and maintained to preserve the rural landscape. use should ensure that they do not impinge on There should be a planned approach to the replacement neighbours as regards privacy and noise, and should of mature trees provide adequate car parking ■ Any new planting should be carried out in such a ■ Before alternative land uses are implemented, manner as to preserve views and existing woodland landowners should seek professional assistance on the should be managed to prevent views being obscured potential environmental and ecological impact. Any changes of land use adversely affecting the environment Additional guidelines for Blackheath of endangered species should not be permitted ■ As a rare area of lowland heath of ecological importance, Blackheath, although already protected Side roads, verges, footpaths and under statutory laws governing the management of the bridleways AONB, and benefiting from the Surrey Heathland Project, ■ Unmade roads should be maintained with natural is further protected by a Site of Special Scientific Interest materials appropriate for the level of traffic designation, overseen by English Nature. All residents should be aware of its value and treat it with respect to ■ Verges should be maintained, particularly at road ensure that both its beauty and character are preserved junctions to ensure sightlines are kept clear. Encroachment on verges, particularly parking, should be actively discourage

It should be noted that encroachment or infringement Dog owners should be encouraged to clean up after on Common land, including parking, is a statutory their pets so that Common areas do not become offence. unpleasant and to avoid the risk of Toxocara infection.

1, 2, 3, 4 See “Sources” and “Bibliography” 12 * Traditional style and material: style or material that has been widely used in south west Surrey for many generations, eg. locally made red bricks and tiles, timber, cast iron, lead, bargate stone and flint Listed buildings 2

Date of Grade & Name, description (dates) Date of Grade & Name, description (dates) Listing Ref. No. Listing Ref. No.

Blackheath - II 1/335 Barnett Hill Lodge (early C20) Blackheath Lane - II 1/336 Church of St. Martin (late C19) - II*1/332 Barnett Hill (early C20) Littleford Lane - II 1/333 Garden walls, Pavilion and Entrance gates to car 3/5/73 II 1/366 The Hallams (late C19) park at Barnett Hill (early C20) Sample Oak Lane - II 1/334 Stable Block at Barnett Hill (early C20) - II 1/389 Greyfriars Monastery (late C19)

Shamley Green Church Hill Green Lane 9/3/60 II 5/339 The Old Manor and Old Hall (early C16, ext C17) - II 5/343 Haldish Farm House (C16, extended C17, C19) - II 5/340 Plonks Farmhouse (C17, extended C19) - II 5/344 Granary at Haldish Farm (C19) - II 5/341 Christ Church (C18) Lords Hill Upper House Lane 13/3/86 II 5/368 Oriel Cottage (C16, extended C17 and C18) - II 5/415 Upper House, Stoke Allbrooke, Waverley Cottage - II 5/369 Lordshill Cottage (early C17) and Magnolia Cottage (C16, extended C19, C20) - II 5/370 Cherry Tree Cottage (late C17, early C18) 16/5/86 II 5/416 Upper House Farm Cottage (C17) - II 5/371 Little Tew (C17, extended C21) 16/5/86 II 5/417 Barn to south of Upper House Farm Cottage (C18) 9/3/60 II 5/372 Barnett Farm House (late C16) Stroud Lane Norley Lane - II 5/414 Wintersgrace (late C16, early C17, extended C20) 12/9/72 II 5/376 Yieldhouse (late C16, extended C17) Palmers Cross - II 5/377 Norley House (C17, extended C20) 2/7/71 II 5/382 Whipley Manor (C17 and C18, extended C19) - II 5/378 Norley Farm House (C17) 2/7/71 II 5/383 Granary at Whipley Manor (late C18) Northcote Lane 2/7/71 II 5/384 Haybarn at Whipley Manor (C18) - II 5/379 Old House (C16, extended C17) Horsham Road 9/3/60 II 5/380 Northcote Farm House (C16, extended C20) - II 5/365 Milestone and adjoining Cottage (C17, ext C20) - II 5/381 Barn south of Northcote Farm House (C16) 9/3/60 II 5/387 Nos. 1 and 2 Palmers Cross Cottages (late C14, Long Common C16 and C17) - II 5/367 Hull Hatch (C16, extended C17, C19 and C20) Run Common Guildford Road 9/3/60 II 5/388 Friendly Cottage (C16 and C17) 9/3/60 II 5/345 Timbers (late C16) Willinghurst 9/3/60 II 5/356 Hyde Farm House (C18, extended C20) 9/3/60 II 5/418 Willinghurst Farm House (early C16, ext C20) 9/3/60 II 5/357 Lake Cottage (late C16) - II 5/419 Barn to south-west of Willinghurst Farm House 12/9/72 II 5/358 Watts Cottage (late C16, altered C19) (C17) - II 5/359 Lavender Cottage and Old Well Cottage (early - II 6/420 Willinghurst House (late C19) C17, extended C19 and C20) - II 6/421 Coach House, Little Willinghurst (late C19, - II 5/360 Dods (late C17) altered C18) 9/3/60 II 5/361 Lee Crouch (early C16) - II 6/422 Willinghurst Cottage (C17) 9/3/60 II 5/362 Pound Land (late C17) - II 6/423 Smithwood Common Lodge (late C19) The Green - II 6/430 Stroud Lodge (late C19, extended C20) - II 5/346 Arthurs (C17, extended C19 and C20) Woodhill Lane - II 5/347 Arthur’s Cottage (C18) 9/3/60 II 5/424 Barn Cottage (C16, altered C19) - II 5/348 Easteds and Wedgewood Cottages (C17, refaced - II 5/425 Reelhall (C17, restored C20) and extended C18 and C19) 9/3/60 II 5/426 Woodhill Farm House and Woodhill Cottage - II 5/349 Potters (C16, extended C20) (C17, reclad C18, extended C18 and C20) 9/3/60 II 5/350 The Malthouse & Mellow House (C16, ext C17, - II 5/427 Barn to rear of Woodhill Farm House (C16, C18) C20) Madgehole Lane 9/3/60 II 5/351 The Court House (early C16, refronted C19) - II 5/373 Smarkham (C17, extended C20) 9/3/60 II 5/352 Barn adjacent to The Court House (C18) 9/3/60 II 6/374 Madgehole Farm House (late C16/C17, extended - II 5/353 The Forge (C19) C18 and C20) - II 5/354 Red Lion Cottage (C17) - II 6/375 Barn to left of Madgehole Farm House (late - II 5/355 Shamley House (late C16, refaced C19, ext C21) C17/C18)

Wonersh The Street continued Barnett Lane 9/3/60 II 1/400a Park Studio (late C18) 9/3/60 II* 1/330 The Dower House (early C18 with C19 and C20 9/3/60 II 1/401 Green Place (C15, extended C16 and late C18) extensions) 9/3/60 II* 1/402 Church of St. John the Baptist 9/3/60 II 1/331 Woodyers Farmhouse (late C16 and C17) 9/3/60 II 1/403 Wall to east of Church of St. John the Baptist (C18 Shalford Road and C19) 9/3/60 I 1/390 Great Tangley Manor and Great Tangley Manor 9/3/60 II 1/404 Gateway to The Green (C18) West (C15 and C16, restored and extended in C19 9/3/60 II 1/405 Nos. 1-8 Wonersh Court (C18) and C20) 9/3/60 II 1/406 Archway to Wonersh Court (C18) 9/3/60 II Garden wall to south-east of Manor 9/3/60 II 1/407 Court House (C18) Wonersh Common 9/3/60 II 1/408 Medd House and Medd (late C16, extended C17, 3/5/73 II 1/423 The Cottage (C17, extended C19) restored C19 and C20) 7/9/94 II 1/10004 Barhatch Cottage (C17, refronted C19, extended 9/3/60 II 1/409 The Old House and Throwsters (C16, restored and C20) extended C20) Chinthurst Lane 9/3/60 II 1/410 The Little House and Nos. 2 and 3 adjoining 3/5/73 II 1/337 Chinthurst Hill, Close House and the Gatehouse cottages (C20) (late C19) 9/3/60 II 1/411 The Shieling (C17, refaced C18) II 1/338 Chinthurst Hill Tower (late C19) 9/3/60 II 1/412 Grantley Cottage (C16, extended C19) The Street 9/3/60 II 1/413 The Grantley Arms Public House (C15, extended 9/3/60 II 1/392 Woodyers (C17) C20) 9/3/60 II 1/393 Timbrells (C18, extended C19) 28/1/88 II 1/424 K6 Telephone Kiosk (designed 1935) 9/3/60 II 1/394 Weavers (C17) The Drive 9/3/60 II 1/395 Fern Cottage and The Cottage (C17 and C18) 9/3/60 II 5/342 Markstone Moss (C17) 9/3/60 II 1/396 Hamshere (C17) Guildford Road 9/3/60 II 1/397 Tankards (C17) - II 1/364 St. John’s Seminary (late C19) 9/3/60 II 1/398 Beeleigh House (C17, extended C18) 9/3/60 II 5/363 The Mill House (C15, ext C17 and C19, restored 9/3/60 II 1/399 Primrose and Phlox Cottages (C16 and C18) C20) 9/3/60 II 1/400 Peony Cottage (late C18) 17/10/01 II Wonersh Mill (C18, additions C19)

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Blackheath, Shamley Green and Wonersh are living, breathing communities which are evolving“ all the time, and a flexible approach is to be commended to reflect this continuity. This requires a balance between the past, present and future with respect for the past, understanding for present needs and remembering that future generations should be able to benefit from and enjoy this heritage.” RON HILL, LOCAL RESIDENT Bibliography Sources 1 Victorian Country History of Surrey 1 Wonersh History Society Bill Marsh, Fraser Waverley Borough Local Plan 2002 1 The Wealden District (B.R.G.) Geological Scott and Jean Paul Manx Evans Surrey Planning Guide Survey. F. H. Edmunds 1 The papers of Wonersh Dr Bell Nichols AONB Management Plan 1 The Weald. S.W. Wooldridgee & F. Goldring 2 Heritage Features in Waverley Eastern Area G AONB Horse Pasture Management 1 SE England to AD1000. P. Drewett, D. Moloney, Waverley Borough Council Wonersh; A Guide to its Principal Buildings Rudding & M. Gardiner 2 2001 Census Office of National Statistics (2 volumes) by Wonersh History Society 1 SE England from AD1000. P. Brandon & B. 2 Planning Department documents Waverley A Jubilee Tribute. Edited by Michael Harding Short Borough Council and Village Design Statements 1 Local OS Maps, Title Maps & 1640 estate map. 2 Research Department documents Strutt & Blackheath, Shamley Green and Wonersh Shamley Green & Wonersh History Societies Parker Village Appraisals (1997) 1 History of Blackheath. Brig R. Hume 2 Planning and Highways Departments Surrey Waverley Borough Council Wonersh Parish 1 Shamley Green - A History of the Village. Ed County Council Commons Management Guide M. Harding 1 Records of Surrey Archaeological Society 3 Village surveys Wonersh Village Design 1 The History and Antiquities of the County of Statement Committee Surrey. O. Manning & W. Brig 4 Wonersh Village Design Statement 1 Village Records. J. West Questionnaire 1 Local History of England. W. G. Hoskins 4 Wonersh Village Design Statement Public 1 Portrait of Surrey. B. E. Cracknell Consultation Meetings Blackheath · Shamley Green · Wonersh Statement of process V illage Design Statement

12/00 – Parish Council discussed and confirmed the need to areas and listed buildings records. P. Hartley (WBC prepare Village Design Statements (VDS) for the three Planning) consulted on current progress and guidance villages in the Parish. on the next stage of public consultation.

01/01 – Notices placed in Parish magazines requesting volunteers 02/03 – First draft of VDS completed. for preparing VDS Date set for public consultation on first draft of VDS.

03/01 – Waverley Borough Council (WBC) Planning informed of 03/03 – Committee prepare first draft of Guidelines for VDS. decision and funding enquiries made by Parish Council. Committee comment on and edit first draft of the VDS. Notices placed on village notice boards and in parish 04/01 – Talk explaining VDS at Wonersh Parish Annual magazines circulated to all residents advertising public Assembly public meeting. consultation day. 05/01 – WBC informed Countryside Agency of commitment by Public consultation day held. Feedback forms on the Wonersh Parish to prepare VDS. draft VDS handed to all attendees. Copies of draft VDS sent for comments to Village 07/01 – Mrs G Moloney of WBC talked to volunteers from each societies, History societies, Parish Council, Age Concern village about funding and preparing the VDS. Wonersh and Blackheath, WBC Planning (P. Hartley), 09/01 – Parish Council applied to WBC for funding of £1000 to Environment (J. Boden) and G. Moloney, AONB office match funding agreed by Parish Council. and volunteer residents involved in drafting VDS. Copies of draft VDS placed in Wonersh Parish office and 10/01 - First meetings of individual village committees Bramley library and notices placed on village notice comprising small groups of local residents. The boards to encourage residents to comment on draft VDS. Committees familiarised themselves with documentation on VDS and earlier village appraisal summaries. 05/03 – Public meeting feed back forms deadline for return. All feedback and comments on draft VDS incorporated 11/01 – Committees set an informal list of topics to be included into final draft document. in the VDS and began consultations with local interested Final draft document sent to WBC Planning (P. Hartley) individuals and village groups. for approval and adoption. [Village societies; History societies; Architectural advice (Mr Willimott); Surveyor advice (Mr Venning); WBC 05/05 – Committee meeting with P. Hartley (WBC Planning) Historic Buildings officer; WBC Ranger] following new Planning Regulations to consider additional work required to enable the VDS to be 02/02 – Blackheath, Shamley Green and Wonersh VDS adopted by WBC as a Supplementary Planning committees joined to form one committee. Document under the new legislation. 03/02 – WBC Planning department Mr Peter Hartley met and 07/05 – Notices placed on all village notice boards announcing a spoke to the committee concerning the content of the public consultation to reconfirm the commitment to the VDS required by planners. final draft VDS. 05/02 – Committee prepared consultation questionnaire for all Public consultation held and draft VDS reconfirmed. residents. Article about VDS and consultation 08/05 – Statement of process prepared including a file of questionnaire put in parish magazines circulated to all committee minutes, the consultation questionnaire and residents. responses. 07/02 – Posters placed on village notice boards encouraging all Draft VDS annotated to source all statements contained residents to fill in consultation questionnaire. in the document.

11/02 – Collation and analysis of returned consultation 09/05 – Draft VDS and all relevant documentation submitted to questionnaires completed. Article on progress put in WBC Planning department for examination and parish magazines circulated to all residents. Funding of assistance with sustainability audit. £1000 granted by WBC. 01/06 – Committee meeting with WBC Planning to discuss the Committee members undertook site visits around the scope of Sustainability Approasal (SA). Parish. Map of Parish showing Parish boundaries, relief features, drainage and geological features prepared. 05/06 – SA Template provided by WBC Planning, first draft of SA prepared and sent to WBC Planning for comment. 12/02 – First draft of text for VDS written by committee and other volunteer residents based on information obtained 09/06 – Comments from WBC Planning received. from the analysis of the consultation questionnaires and 10/06 – Final draft VDS and SA sent to WBC Planning for based on the Dunsfold parish VDS format. comment. 01/03 – S. Henderson (WBC Ranger) consulted on ‘Open Spaces’ 11/06 – All documents sent to SEERA for consultation and section. G. Moloney (WBC) consulted on conservation approval.

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