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TROWSE MILLGATE CONSERVATION:Layout 1 24/7/08 11:47 Page 1 TROWSE MILLGATE CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL NUMBER 8 MARCH 2008 TROWSE MILLGATE CONSERVATION:Layout 1 24/7/08 11:47 Page 2 CONSERVATION AREAS IN NORWICH: 1. CITY CENTRE 2. BRACONDALE 3. NEWMARKET ROAD 4. HEIGHAM GROVE 5. THORPE 6. SEWELL 7. EATON 8. EARLHAM 9. OLD LAKENHAM 10.BOWTHORPE 11.MILE CROSS 12.THORPE HAMLET 13.THORPE RIDGE 14.UNTHANK & CHRISTCHURCH 15.HELLESDON VILLAGE 16.ST MATTHEW’S PAGE 2 // CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL // TROWSE MILLGATE TROWSE MILLGATE CONSERVATION:Layout 1 24/7/08 11:47 Page 3 CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION MANAGEMENT & 04 ENHANCEMENT HISTORIC 22 DEVELOPMENT FURTHER READING 06 25 URBAN DESIGN & LISTED BUILDINGS STREETSCAPE REGISTER 12 25 ARCHITECTURE LOCAL LIST REGISTER 15 25 NATURAL CHARACTER 20 PAGE 3 // CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL // TROWSE MILLGATE TROWSE MILLGATE CONSERVATION:Layout 1 24/7/08 11:47 Page 4 INTRODUCTION Trowse Millgate was first designated a conservation area on 2 January 1979. The boundary was subsequently extended on 18 September 2003 to include the former railway station and the former Pineapple Public House to the north of the railway line. The settlement lies within the floodplain of the River Yare one mile to the south east of Norwich city centre and covers an area of 3.9 ha (9.7 Acres). The appraisal provides an assessment The river, the road and the railway The conservation area can be divided of the character and appearance of are natural and man made into three sub areas, as indicated on Trowse Millgate conservation area, features that continue to define the adjacent map. The character of and includes proposals for the boundaries and context of the each area is described in more detail management and enhancement. This settlement. Although the in the following sections, followed by fulfils section 69 & 71 of the conservation area is relatively a programme of management and Planning (Listed Buildings and small, significant differences can enhancement proposals on p22. Conservation Areas) Act 1990. be found in the character and appearance of the settlement To the southeast lies the historic village The appraisal was subject to public either side of Bracondale. To the of Trowse within the neighbouring consultation in February 2008, and east the area is characterised by district of South Norfolk. For further was approved by the city council’s dereliction and the crumbling information on this area please contact executive on 19 March 2008. It should infrastructure of the 19th century South Norfolk District Council. be read in conjunction with the City of railway facilities and the sewage Norwich Local Plan 2004 (in particular works. In contrast, to the west The appraisal will be used by the city Chapter 3 ‘Heritage and the Built Brancondale Millgate has been council to help determine planning Environment’), detailed guidance regenerated with restored historic applications affecting the conservation and site specific development briefs. buildings, verdant landscaping and area, and will be taken into account new housing providing a more by the Planning Inspectorate when picturesque rural setting. considering planning appeals. PAGE 4 // CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL // TROWSE MILLGATE TROWSE MILLGATE CONSERVATION:Layout 1 24/7/08 11:47 Page 5 CONSERVATION AREA MAP ©Crown Copyright 2007 PAGE 5 // CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL // TROWSE MILLGATE TROWSE MILLGATE CONSERVATION:Layout 1 24/7/08 11:47 Page 6 HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT The settlement of Trowse Millgate originated at the bridging point over the river and the ideal location for a mill. The character of the area went through significant changes in the 19th century when firstly the railway and then the sewage works were built. In the 20th century the character and appearance of the settlement changed again when post war industrial decline set in and the area began to take on a rundown appearance. However, by the late 20th century this decline was beginning to be reversed, particularly on the west side of Bracondale, with new housing and restored historic buildings. Trowse Bridge early 19th century Collapse of bridge in 1912 © Norfolk County Council © Norfolk County Council The bridge at Trowse is first Bloomfield described the site as The earliest drawing of the bridge is a recorded in 1430 and subsequently “….the County of Norfolk and liberty Francis Stone & Son lithograph which in the Charter of 1556. of Norwich was divided by a tall stone dates from the early 19th century. This cross which stood on Trowse bridge shows a stone bridge with four small The bridge would have been an and is lately taken down. On the north spans and some early houses which important route into the city since King part of the east side of the river stood have long since been demolished. Charles II was met there by the Mayor a small round tower, made as a guard in 1671 and in October 1679. for the passage, now almost levelled.” PAGE 6 // CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL // TROWSE MILLGATE TROWSE MILLGATE CONSERVATION:Layout 1 24/7/08 11:47 Page 7 HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT Bloomfield) which states that assets seized at the Conquest (1066) by Godric, were conveyed by the king to Goodrich including a mill at Trowse. The first mention of a miller is John Fayercliffe who was in the Index of Wills of 1573. In 1768, 1784 and 1784 the Poll Books record the miller to be Daniel Bloome. The mill was one of the largest near Norwich, and was a target during the grain riots of the 18th century. On 28 September 1766 Dates and initials on Trowse House The mill in 1965 before demolition a riotous mob descended on the mill The present bridge was built in 1863 The Tithe Map of 1844 indicates that which only avoided being ransacked by J.Stanley, contractor, and the House was still owned by Phillip through the miller offering plenty of R.M.Hipson, County Surveyor, and Money, but was occupied by John beer. The mob then went on to was subsequently widened in 1886. Hawkins. The Crown Point estate attack the Money family and ransack Part of the south span still was sold to Sir Robert John Harvey in Bracondale Old Hall. Bloome was also incorporates ribs which belonged to 1861, and following Harvey’s suicide attacked in the Guildhall during the the earlier bridge. A section of the in 1870 the estate was sold to riots of 1786. In 1792 the mill burnt bridge collapsed during the floods of Jeremiah James Colman in 1872. In down causing £2000 of damage. 1912, but was rebuilt a year later by 1877 Colman also acquired Carrow Despite the setback, Bloome must the Surveyor T.H.B. Heslop. House and the Bracondale estate have continued to be prosperous upon the death of Miss F.A. since he was able to rebuild the mill The area originally fell within the Martineau, together with several to be one of the largest in the estate of Carrow Abbey, but by the properties including Trowse House county, and remodel the Mill House, early 19th century the land had and Trowse Mill. Extensive alterations the earliest surviving building in the been divided into two large estates: were carried out by the Colman settlement (a brick contains the Carrow and Bracondale to the north, Estate following the purchase of the initials D.B.). and Crown Point to the south. house, including the construction of stables and Trowse House Cottages To the southeast Parson James The Crown Point estate belonged to (dated 1885). Woodforde of Weston Longville the Money family from the late 17th (author of the famous Country Diary) century. Trowse House retains the date The Mill is first mentioned in records selling grain to Daniel Bloome 1703 and the intials C.P. and P. M. the Domesday book (and later during the years 1784 to 1801. PAGE 7 // CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL // TROWSE MILLGATE TROWSE MILLGATE CONSERVATION:Layout 1 24/7/08 11:47 Page 8 O.S. MAP 1880 - 1889 TROWSE MILLGATE HISTORIC MAP PAGE 8 // CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL // TROWSE MILLGATE TROWSE MILLGATE CONSERVATION:Layout 1 24/7/08 11:47 Page 9 O.S. MAP 1955 - 1968 TROWSE MILLGATE HISTORIC MAP PAGE 9 // CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL // TROWSE MILLGATE TROWSE MILLGATE CONSERVATION:Layout 1 24/7/08 11:47 Page 10 HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT Various trade directories refer to later The contractors for the line and the Due to its position at the junction of millers including James Bell & Co railway station were Grissel and Peto, the two lines Trowse became an (Pigot’s 1830 and White’s 1836), who were also responsible for the important marshalling yard. Goods Thomas William Read (Whites 1845 construction of the line to Yarmouth heading towards Norwich & 1852), Daniel Mear (Index of Wills and the Grade II listed railway cottages Cattlemarket came through Trowse 1852), Henry Mower (Kelly’s 1883, along Cozens and Hardy Roads. and extensive sidings, warehouses, 1896, 1900) William Henry Mower cattle and sheep pens were built (Kelly’s 1904 & 1912) and George Baker A rival company, the Eastern Union alongside the tracks during the mid & Sons (Kelly’s 1912, 1922 & 1937). Company, began the construction of to late 19th century. During the 12 an additional line from Norwich to months ending June 1867 57,058 In 1967 this impressive historic mill Ipswich. This had the advantage of Irish store cattle came by rail into was demolished despite being in good being a faster and more direct route Trowse station and 35,083 went out. condition and was replaced by a to London and thus the Eastern showroom for Anglia Office Supplies. Counties Company were reluctant to The sidings remained extensive until In 2001 the site was once again allow access to Thorpe station.