Walbottle Conservation Character
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CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 Terms of reference: conservation areas evaluation 2 1.2 Walbottle Village – purpose of designation, principles of character and boundaries, the sub-division of the conservation area 3 2. CONTEXT OF WALBOTTLE VILLAGE 6 2.1 Historical development 6 2.2 Recent changes – Present situation 7 2.3 Landscape context 9 3. CHARACTER APPRAISAL 13 3.1 Sub-area A: The Green 13 3.2 Sub-area B: Dene Terrace 25 3.3 Sub-area C: The Waggonway 28 3.4 Sub-area D: The Bungalows 30 3.5 Walbottle Hall 33 4. MANAGEMENT PLAN 34 4.1 Introduction 34 4.2 Existing designations within the Conservation Area 34 4.3 Future Management 37 4.4 Design Guide by sub-area 45 APPENDIX 1 47 Planning context of the Management Plan APPENDIX 2 49 Legislative framework of the Management Plan: Planning Procedures Acknowledgements 52 Walbottle Village Conservation Area Character Statement & Management Plan 1 1. INTRODUCTION be the basis for local plan policies and development control decisions, as well as for the preservation and enhancement 1.1 Terms of Reference of the character or appearance of an This character appraisal has been area”. prepared in response to Government advice. Value of the Appraisal The value of the appraisal is two-fold. Conservation Areas First, its publication will improve the Conservation Areas were introduced by understanding of the value of the built the Civic Amenities Act 1967, and heritage. It will provide property owners defined as being “areas of special within the conservation area, and architectural or historic interest the potential developers with clearer character or appearance of which it is guidance on planning matters and the desirable to preserve or enhance”. They types of development, which are likely to depend on much more than the quality be encouraged. Secondly, it will enable of individual buildings, and take into Newcastle City Council to improve its account features such as building layout, strategies, policies and attitude towards open spaces, boundaries, thoroughfares, the conservation and development the mix of uses, use of materials and opportunities and priorities within the street furniture. It is common for a conservation area. The appraisal will conservation area to include a number of form a sound basis for establishing buildings which are designated as ‘Listed effective conservation area policies; Buildings’ because of their individual support the effective determination of architectural or historic value. planning and listed building applications, and form relevant evidence in planning appeals with specific emphasis on those Conservation Area Appraisals relating to the demolition of unlisted The approach to conservation area buildings. designation has altered dramatically in recent years and it is now recognised Evaluation criteria - buildings and that development plan policies, Development Sites development control decisions, proposals for preservation or • existence of/proximity to listed enhancement and the ‘management’ of buildings, scheduled ancient conservation areas can be best achieved monuments, protected trees, when there is a clear and sound features of interest understanding of the special interest of • grouping cohesiveness, linkage/ the conservation area. PPG 15 – relationships to other buildings “Planning and the Historic Environment” urges Local Authorities to prepare • period, style, materials, colour, detailed assessments of their detail, proportion, status conservation areas and states that “the • uniqueness, distinctiveness, more clearly the special architectural or consistency, inventiveness historic interest that justifies designation • local, regional or national is defined and recorded, the sounder will importance 2 Walbottle Village Conservation Area Character Statement & Management Plan • completeness, condition, • archaeological and industrial construction archaeological value • cultural, historical or ‘folk/popular’ • uniqueness, distinctiveness, associations consistency, inventiveness • archaeological and industrial • visual and physical activity archaeological value • traffic and access • orientation, access, form, height, • effects of differing lighting plot shape conditions • relationship to topography and urban grain • density/proximity to other 1.2 Walbottle Village buildings Conservation Area • historical or planning precedents Purpose of designation, principles of • opportunity for creative character and boundaries. contemporary solutions • threat from unsympathetic Purpose of Designation development Walbottle Village conservation area, proposed in 2008, lies approximately 6 Streetscape miles west of the City Centre. It has been suggested that the origins of Walbottle • historic pattern precede the Roman conquest. However, • effect of proportion, alignment and little of the village’s early development is topography on enclosure visible today. • street furniture, signs and features • landscaping and surfacing Historically the Village Green has been the focal point of village life. The • shopfronts and commercial importance of this area was recognised treatment during the early 1960’s when the 10th • period, style, materials, colour, Duke of Northumberland gave Newburn detail, proportion, status Urban District the land surrounding the • relationship to urban grain green. Due to the poor condition of the housing the decision was made to re- • relationship and hierarchy with develop the area (now comprising Percy connecting spaces Way, The Green, Forge Walk and • cohesiveness and relationship Bankhead Road) The retention of the with buildings original boundaries and incorporation of views of the surrounding greenbelt land, • local, regional or national along with the use of cohesive materials importance and design create a unique character • completeness, condition, (with a hidden history) worthy of construction preservation. • cultural, historical or ‘folk/popular’ associations Walbottle Village Conservation Area Character Statement & Management Plan 3 Conservation Area status was perceived Dene Terrace, sub-area B, is a prominent as a means of guiding change, to late nineteenth terrace. It has to date preserve and enhance the character and enjoyed uniform treatment that has appearance of the area. largely preserved the unity essential to the character and appearance of a terrace. It is seen as important that it be Designation is intended to control the included in the Conservation Area at this pressures from new and in fill point in the history of the village as development. private ownership starts to threaten this unity. Principles of Character The phased development of this The Waggonway, sub-area C, is included Conservation Area is such that it is because of its historic interest, as the necessary to consider it as several sub- site of Duke Pit and its importance as areas, each with its own distinctive green space to the character and character and appearance. Each sub- appearance of the village. area represents a significant aspect of the village’s development. These sub- areas have been determined by: the The bungalows south of Walbottle Bank nature of land use, historical and form sub-area D. They are standard mid architectural character and landscape twentieth developments that link the setting. Green to Dene Terrace. They do not follow the village design code –in that they have private boundaries and no The following sub-areas have been stone gables, but are of the right period identified: for this mid twentieth century model village. A: The Green - including The Village Institute, Wesleyan Chapel (Grade II), Methodist Church and Segpool Walbottle Hall is important in terms of the House, Bankhead Road, Forge history of Walbottle but it is now isolated Walk and Percy Way. Walbottle from the main village by the Queens Village Primary School, Walbottle Road development. It has not been Farm, Wood Acre, The Barn, included within the Conservation Area. Walbottle Farm House (Grade II) The Hall is, however, a Grade II listed and 16-20 The Green building. B: Dene Terrace and Bank Top House C: The Waggonway Boundaries D: Bungalows south of Walbottle Bank The boundaries for the Conservation Area are: The north western boundary follows the rear of Walbottle Primary Sub-area A, around the Village Green School and runs south along the western will form the core of the Conservation edge of the green space between the Area as it lies at the historic heart of the Paddock and Forge Walk. The boundary settlement. continues south following the line of the 4 Walbottle Village Conservation Area Character Statement & Management Plan ©Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Newcastle City Council, 100019569, 2009. • Walbottle Village Conservation Area and Sub-areas Walbottle Village Conservation Area Character Statement & Management Plan 5 footpath and western edge of the road in the grounds of Walbottle School allotment gardens incorporating Bank and the Vallum, a steep-sided flat bottom Top House. The southern most point is ditch, is visible as earthworks running formed by the old waggonway next to the parallel with the south of the road, Community Orchard. The boundary then however it is interrupted in places. The runs north including Dene Terrace, and site of Roman Milecastle number 10 is the rear of the Aingarth plot. situated along with Turret 9B within Walbottle village opposite Hawthorn Terrace. The boundary then continues along the rear of Percy Way and turns west along the south side of Queens Road, It is has been argued, due to its position including