Silverton Proposed Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan

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CONTENTS

1. Introduction 1

2. Planning Policy Context 2

3. Location and Setting 3

4. Proposed Boundary Changes 4

5. Landscape Characterisation 5

6. Historic Development 6

7. Views 14

8. Trees and Open Spaces 16

9. Character Areas 18

Character Area: Fore Street and High Street 19

Character Area: Parsonage Lane and King Street 21

Character Area: Tiverton Road and Exeter Road 23

Character Area: The Square and Newcourt Road 25

Character Area: The Church and The Berry 27

10. Architecture and Key Buildings 29

Management Plan 31

Appendix 1: Listed Buildings 33

Appendix 2: Planning Controls in Conservation Areas 37

Bibliography 38

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LIST OF MAPS

1. Location of Silverton 3 2. Original and Proposed Boundary of Silverton Conservation Area 4 3. Landscape Character Types of Silverton 5 4. Historic Core of Silverton 9 5. Benjamin Donn’s 1765 Map of Devon 10 6. 1842 Tithe Map of Silverton 11 7. 1880s Ordnance Survey Map 12 8. 1946-49 Aerial Photograph of Silverton 13 9. Views Within and Out of Silverton Conservation Area 15 10. Character Areas in Silverton Conservation Area 18 11. Fore Street and High Street Character Area 19 12. Parsonage Lane and King Street Character Area 21 13. Tiverton Road and Exeter Road Character Area 23 14. The Square and Newcourt Road Character Area 25 15. The Church and The Berry Character Area 27 Grades of Listed Buildings and Unlisted Buildings of Merit in the 16. 30 Conservation Area LIST OF FIGURES

1. Silverton Parish Church 6 2. 2, 4 and 6 Fore Street 7 3. Nettleworth House 7 4. Silverton leat 8 5. Silverton War Memorial 8 6. Church Tower of St Mary the Virgin 14 7. Local view from High Street into Fore Street 14 8. Churchyard and trees around the Church 16 9. Area of green space to the east of the War Memorial 16 10. The Berry 16 11. Nettleworth House (originally Berry Villa) 16 SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 3

LIST OF FIGURES

12. 28 Fore Street 17 13. 11-41 (odd) High Street 17 14. Specimen tree within garden of 7 Tiverton Road (private garden) 17 15. Old Silverton Hall site, Fore Street 17 16. Silverton Leat 20 17. Silverton Inn, Fore Street 20 18. Lamb Inn, Fore Street 20 19. Methodist Church, Fore Street 20 20. 4-18 (even) Parsonage Lane 22 21. 3 & 5 Parsonage Lane 22 22. Gauntlet Cottage, King Street 22 23. 1 & 2 King Street 22 24. Fallen down cob wall, Parsonage Lane 22 25. Exeter Road 24 26. Cockhayes entrance, Exeter Road 24 27. 2 Tiverton Road 24 28. Three Tuns Public House & adjoining properties, Exeter Road 24 29. 1 Fore Street 26 30. Silverton War Memorial 26 31. 2-14A (even) Fore Street 26 32. 6-12 (even) Newcourt Road 26 33. Little Rec south east of War Memorial 26 34. Church of St Mary the Virgin 28 35. View of Church across The Berry 28 36. Nettleworth House 28 37. Cobbled Pathway on west side of The Berry 28 38. Cobbled Pathway outside front of the Rectory, 7 Church Street 28 39. Church 29 40. Medieval Terrace, 2-14A (even) Fore Street 29 41. 1-19 (odd) Newcourt Road 29 42. 4, 5, 7 & 8 King Street 29 SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 4

1. INTRODUCTION

A Conservation Area is an area of special In order to specifically identify and assess the architectural or historic interest the character and characteristics of the Conservation Area, the appearance of which it is desirable to preserve appraisal covers location, special architectural and enhance. They are special areas where the interest, character and appearance while the buildings and the space around them interact to management plan covers preservation & form distinctly recognisable areas of quality and enhancement. interest. Silverton conservation area was designated in In Conservation Areas additional planning controls 1973. The conservation area and boundary were apply to protect the existing street scene and surveyed in April 2012 for a University project and encourage enhancement where appropriate. a consultation on the conservation area was held These are outlined in Appendix 2. later in 2012. Unfortunately this work was not formally adopted by Mid Devon District Council at A Conservation Area appraisal (or assessment) is the time. In the spring of 2014 further survey work essentially an analysis of what makes it special. was undertaken. The surveying involved visiting Many Conservation Areas do not have Silverton and reviewing the original conservation Conservation Area appraisals, despite their area boundary, collecting photographic evidence recommendation by Government and English and surveying the built environment and Heritage. It is becoming increasingly important to associated spaces within and around the have appraisals that define each Conservation boundary of Silverton conservation area. Proposed Area's qualities in order to: changes to the boundary have been carefully considered following English Heritage guidance on understand what it is that should be conservation areas as well as assessing the protected or enhanced appropriateness and collective attributes of all buildings and features in and around the formulate effective policies conservation area. make sensible planning decisions This conservation area appraisal and be able to justify the designation when management plan document incorporated the making planning decisions and at appeal information collated at the survey and consultation in 2012 as well as the more recent help residents, traders, council members, survey in 2014. A further consultation with the potential investors and other interested public is required before this revised document will parties to understand the background to be taken with any proposed boundary changes to designation Mid Devon District Council’s Cabinet for a decision on whether the appraisal and management plan help potential developers to formulate their should be adopted and any boundary changes applications made.

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2. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT

Conservation Areas are designated under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation) Act 1990, section 69(1), by Local Planning Authorities. Conservation Area Appraisals are not normally adopted as part of the Local Plan but they are nevertheless an integral tool that guides development. They are expected to be the subject of community involvement through a public consultation. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the national guidance and policies for creating conservation areas in section 12: Conserving and enhancing the historic environment. “When considering the designation of conservation areas, local planning authorities should ensure that an area justifies such status because of its special architectural or historic interest, and that the concept of conservation is not devalued through the designation of areas that lack special

interest”

NPPF (2012) Section 12; Paragraph 127

Local policies for protecting and preserving heritage assets can be found on the Mid Devon website. “The historic environment is an asset of great cultural, social, economic and environmental value. It contributes

significantly to our quality of life and o the character of the

district, representing a non-renewable resource that once lost is gone forever” Local Plan Part 3 (2013) Policy DM27

National and Local planning policies change over time so it is important to check the up to date policy framework when considering making a planning application. At the date of publication all policies quoted were correct.

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3. LOCATION AND SETTING

Silverton is a rather large and picturesque Silverton is located in the countryside, with a village lying midway between Exeter and surrounding landscape of rolling hills and Tiverton on the upper eastern slopes of the unspoilt views of farmed areas. The A396 Exe Valley (see Map 1). Silverton is located main Exe Valley Road runs to the west of the approximately eight miles to the north of village while within the village itself Fore Exeter and within four miles south west of Street and High Street follow the route of the Cullompton. early ridge line road. This was the main coach route between Exeter and Tiverton until Silverton was by-passed in 1819.

MAP 1: LOCATION OF SILVERTON

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4. PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGES

The conservation area was designated on 6th The current conservation area includes February 1973. It is proposed that the Prispen House, a former Listed building which boundary be reviewed and adjusted to take was destroyed in a fire and had subsequently into account the historic built environment been de-listed and rebuilt. The current and associated green spaces within Silverton. conservation area also includes a large From survey work in the spring of 2014, it is swathe of open space to the south east and a converted farmstead called ‘Channons’. suggested that the conservation area boundary be altered slightly to better take It is suggested that both Prispen House and into account the architectural and/or historic Channons be removed from the conservation built environment as set out in the guidelines area as Prispen House, although set in of English Heritage on conservation areas. attractive grounds, is no longer a heritage The conservation area covers the western asset to the village, and the large open part of the village, focusing around the roads farmland to the south does not have an which radiate out from the central cross- historic association to the village apart from roads, known as ‘The Square’. being farmland. Map 2 shows the current suggested boundary of the conservation area.

MAP 2: ORIGINAL AND PROPOSED BOUNDARY OF SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA

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5. LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISATION

The local geology comprises of Thorverton The mixture of different LCTs locally creates sandstone overlain by Cadbury breccias. an interesting, varied and dramatic landscape There are distinctive rounded hills to the north that the village is situated in. east and west, providing an attractive The LCTs around Silverton and their backdrop of rising land. corresponding colours on Map 3 are: The conjunction of these rocks is thought to 3A: Upper Farmed and Wooded Valley be the reason for streams surfacing in the Slopes locality. Basalt is also present and has been used for building stone. 3B: Lower Rolling Farmed and Settled Valley Slopes The Landscape Character Assessment (2011) provides an in-depth assessment of Mid 3E: Lowland Plains Devon and the Landscape Character Types 3G: River Valley Slopes and Coombes (LCTs) within the district (see Map 3)

MAP 3: LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES OF SILVERTON

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6. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT

Silverton conservation area incorporated the Romano-British historic core of the village (see Map 4) and There are no known Romano-British sites contains over 60 statutorily protected within the conservation area. However, some heritage assets, mostly dating from the late- of the enclosures identified in the wider medieval period and includes the Parish environs as prehistoric may be of Romano- Church of St Mary, Grade I Listed (see Figure British origin. Enclosures similar in nature to 1). these which have been excavated in other The archaeological background set out below locations have proven to be Romano-British in is based on information currently held in date. Devon County council’s Historic Environment Saxon-Medieval Record (HER). New sites are added on a regular basis, so this information will be The earliest recording of the village is in the revised over time. Domesday survey of 1086 documented as Sulfretona, Suffertona. It is suggested that the Figure 1 name is derived from the Old English ‘syle- (le): ford-tun’ meaning ‘farm by the miry stream’. Silverton The village is later recorded as Seluerton in Parish 1179, Sulferton(e) in 1281, Nywesylferton in Church 1346 and the more recognisable name of Sylferton documented in 1356. Benjamin Donn’s 1765 Map of Devon recorded the village as Silferton (see Map 5). The earliest documented reference indicated that there Prehistoric was a pre-existing settlement here at the time, though deposits or features from this No archaeological sites dating to the period have not yet been identified by prehistoric period have yet been recorded archaeological investigation. The layout of the within the conservation area. Sites dating to historic core of the village is medieval in the period are recorded in the wider environs, character. The properties along Fore Street, comprising enclosures and funerary with dwellings on the street frontage and long monuments. An Iron Age hill-slope enclosure narrow plots of land to the rear, are is located approximately 750 metres to the characteristic of medieval burgage plots. north of the village. The Exe Valley to the west There were forty three burgage plots recorded of Silverton has widespread evidence of in 1321 and these property boundaries still activity dating from the Palaeolithic period survive in a recognisable form today. through to the Iron Age.

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Many structures and buildings within the Post-Medieval-Modern conservation area and nearby are subject to Post-medieval and modern heritage assets statutory protection as Listed buildings such include dwellings built within the historic core. as 2-12 Fore Street (see Figure 2). It is Many are subject to statutory protection as possible these particular dwellings were built Listed buildings such as Nettleworth House together as part of the same medieval (see Figure 3) previously recorded as Berry scheme, and that the entire row was built at Villa on the 1880s First Edition Ordnance the same time in the 15th century or earlier, Survey Map (see Map 7), Silverton Hall with numbers 8-12 representing two urban (destroyed in a fire) and the New Inn, now plan-type hall-houses. Interestingly, 6 Fore Silverton Inn. Street was reconstructed in the 19th century after a fire. The eastern extent of these A small number of finds have been recovered burgage plots has been subsumed beneath within the conservation area, during small the expansion of the village with the scale excavations. The finds include shards of construction of dwellings around Wyndham North Devon scraffito pottery (1660-1700, Road, St Mary’s View and St Ann’s Place. South Somerset coarseware pottery (17th- 18th century), and German Westerwald pottery (late 17th-early 18th century). Two probable rubbish pits have also been exposed and date from the late 18th century. The majority of the finds represent debris and refuse spread across the rear of the burgage plots throughout the post-medieval period. The Royal Air Force 1946-49 aerial Figure 2 (above): 2, 4 and 6 Fore Street photography (see Map 8) of Silverton shows a possible watermeadow, occupying the site of The Church of St Mary the Virgin contains the playing field to the west of coach road, fabric dating to the 15th century, with fed by a water course leading from the lake alterations in the 16th and 17th centuries. It near Prispen House to the north. was subject to renovation and rebuilt in the early 1860s and later in the 1880s. The Figure 3 (below) Neleworth House standing cross to the south west of the church dates to the medieval period. The 1842 Tithe Map (see Map 6) shows that the field to the north of the church was under orchard at that time, but the tithe apportionment names the field (field 393) as ‘Berry Orchard’. The berry element of the field name me be derived from the Old English word ‘burh’ and can indicate the presence of an early fortified place or of earthworks within the field. SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 7

Figure 4 (right): Mid Devon District Council Local List currently Silverton leat includes two undesignated heritage assets within Silverton conservation area comprising a leat (see Figure 4) and a War Memorial (see Figure 5). The leat runs from High Street through Fore Street and is an important feature in the streetscape. Parts of the leat have been rebuilt with new building material, including brick. In some places, traditional cobbles are evident next to the leat, and slabs of stone across the leat for access to dwellings. The War Memorial granite cross is located in a prominent location to the south east of the junction of Newcourt Road, School Road, Fore Street, Tiverton Road and Upexe Lane. On the base of the cross is the inscription ‘In memory of the men of Silverton who fought and died in the Great War 1913- Archaeological Potential 1918’. On the other sides of the base are the names of the people from Silverton who lost Archaeological evidence indicating prehistoric their lives. settlement is recorded in the wider landscape and documentary evidence suggests Silverton Historic Landscape Characterisation may have Saxon origins. The historic core has The landscape in the immediate vicinity of the highest potential for the presence of Silverton has been categorised as comprising below-ground archaeological deposits, orchard, with the larger fields further out from ranging in date from prehistoric through to the village categorised mostly as large the post-medieval period. In addition, there is ‘Barton’ fields, set out in the 15th to 18th the potential for the survival of medieval centuries, although some may respect and historic building fabric within later buildings. follow pre-existing medieval field systems. Historic maps indicate that the area may Figure 5 (le): Silverton contain evidence of former historic field War Memorial boundaries, which would survive as in-filled ditches and may provide evidence for early land division and property division. Any developments within Silverton may be subject to an archaeological investigation due to the historic nature of the village.

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MAP 4: HISTORIC CORE OF SILVERTON

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MAP 5: BENJAMIN DONNS 1765 MAP OF DEVON

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MAP 6: 1842 TITHE MAP OF SILVERTON N

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MAP 7: 1880S ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP OF SILVERTON

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MAP 8: 1946-49 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF SILVERTON

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7 . VIEWS

The village of Silverton is located on the side of a hill that has superb views across the Exe and Culm Valley. The rural backdrop and views and vistas obtained both in and out of the Conservation Area significantly contribute to its character and feel. The Square, at the centre of the village is slightly raised above the surrounding area which provides long views down primary routes in all directions. The church tower of St Mary the Virgin (see Figure 6) can be seen from the entire conservation area and is a significant landmark in Silverton. The smaller roads and lanes in the conservation area generally have no footways for pedestrians and are bounded by buildings and tall boundary walls providing a private feel to these routes and restricted views (see Figure 7). Figure 6: Church Tower of St Mary the Virgin Views of the surrounding countryside can be seen in small sections between buildings and in some areas over buildings to the north, west and east. Open swathes of farmland can be viewed to the west of Tiverton Road and to the south of Exeter Road, Newcourt Road and parts of Church Road. Map 9 shows the different types of views in and around Silverton conservation area.

Figure 7: Local view from High Street into Fore Street

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MAP 9: VIEWS WITHIN AND OUT OF SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA

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8 . TREES AND OPEN SPACES

Within the conservation area there are a number of open spaces and specimen trees which add to the character and feel of a rural village. The churchyard is the largest open space within the conservation area (see Figure 8). It contains a Listed chest tomb and Preaching Cross (which is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument) and a large Yew tree and is bounded by a Listed wall. The churchyard provides a setting for the Grade I Listed Figure 9 (above): Area of green space to the east of the War church. Memorial There is an area of open green space to the east of the War Memorial which creates a feeling of openness when entering the area known as ‘The Square’ (see Figure 9). This green space was the school upper yard for the Richard Endowed School for Boys. It is known locally as the Little Rec. The area to the south of the churchyard is known as ‘The Berry’ (see Figure 10). The Berry (of Bury) comes from the Old English ‘Burgh’ meaning defensive position. The large Figure 10 (above): The Berry Grade II Listed dwelling, now called Nettleworth House, was originally called Berry Villa and is located next to The Berry (see Figure 11 (below): Neleworth House (originally Berry Villa) Figure 11).

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Figure 13 (le): 11-41 Within the historic streetscape of Fore Street High Street and High Street there are a number of small (odd) private gardens to the front of dwellings. These add colour and interest to the street. Notable gardens are to the front of 28 and 40 Fore Street and those in front of the terrace in High Street (numbers 11-41 odd) (see Figures Figure 14 12 & 13). (below): Specimen The garden of 1 Old Butterleigh Road is an tree within 7 important larger garden with views across to Tiverton the re-built Prispen House in the east. Road private garden There are a number of large trees along Tiverton Road, with the one in the garden of number 7 being of particular note. (see Figure 14) The urban structure is broken on the eastern side of Fore Street where the Silverton Hall used to stand. This was a Grade II Listed mid- 19th century cob and stone building which was demolished. The plot of land has remained open since then (see Figure 15 and management plan).

Figure 12 (above): 28 Fore Street Figure 15 (above): Old Silverton Hall site, Fore Street

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9. CHARACTER AREAS

Throughout the Silverton Conservation Area A SWOT analysis will be used to evaluate the the character varies. For example, the leafy Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and green nature of the Church and Berry is very Threats for each area in the conservation different to the hustle and bustle of The area. Square. The conservation area can be split Strengths: Characteristic of the environment into five different character areas: which are currently a positive feature Fore Street and High Street Weaknesses: Characteristic of the Parsonage Lane and King Street environment which are currently a negative Tiverton Road and Exeter Road aspect The Square Opportunities: To possibly redevelop, alter and enhance the environment in the future The Church and The Berry Threats: Potential future threats or a limitation of the area

MAP 10: CHARACTER AREAS IN SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA

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9. CHARACTER AREA: FORE STREET AND HIGH STREET

Fore Street and High Street are characterised Many of the buildings in this part of the by their narrowness which are barely conservation area are constructed of cob and passable by two vehicles in places. Footpaths some of the listed properties still retain their run along most of the streets, as does a leat thatched roofs while many of the other (see Figure 16), which flows south through properties have slate roofs. There are some High Street and Fore Street. The leat is fed brick buildings dating from the Victorian era, from a spring in the hills to the north of most notably the Methodist Church on the Silverton. corner of Parsonage Lane and Fore Street There are a small number of commercial (see Figure 19). A number of the windows are units such as two public houses (see Figures still constructed with timber casements but 17 & 18) along Fore Street which also add to the vast majority of unlisted buildings have the character. Side lanes off the streets allow window frames which are white uPVC. glimpsed views to the rear of properties and pedestrian routes through the village.

MAP 11: FORE STREET AND HIGH STREET CHARACTER AREA

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Figure 16(le): Silverton leat A number of high quality Listed Buildings. A coherent use of building

materials and style with rendered walls, slate/thatch roofs and timber window frames.

On some of the unlisted properties white uPVC double glazed windows negatively affect the conservation area. Very busy route in mornings and evenings. A large number of parked cars and signage. Overhead power lines cause unnecessary clutter to the streetscape.

Re-development of some of the poor quality housing and former village hall Figure 17 (right): site. Remove some of the less Silverton lnn, Fore important street signs or replace with a more Street sympathetic design. Overhead wires placed underground. Reuse and conversion of existing buildings in the conservation area.

The continual replacement of timber windows with uPVC. The lack of maintenance of existing properties and rising cost of repair. Threats to key views to Figure 18 (boom open countryside caused by development on right): Lamb lnn, burgage plots. Fore Street

Figure 19 (below): Methodist Church, Fore Street

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9. CHARACTER AREA: PARSONAGE LANE AND KING STREET

Parsonage Lane and King Street are To the south east of Parsonage Lane is a characterised by being narrow and close large amount of former Local Authority together which results in them being barely housing which was constructed in the mid- passable by modern vehicles. Many of the 1980s. This development changes the buildings in this part of the conservation area character of Parsonage Lane as views to the are part of the historic village core. countryside may have been visible from this King Street and Parsonage Lane have a location before development occurred. The number of walls constructed of volcanic trap, same is true for King Street, where 1960s which create an important sense of and 1970s development to the north can be enclosure. Some of the buildings, especially seen with green hills behind. in Parsonage Lane, front directly onto the Rendered walls and slate roofs are the roadway (see Figure 20), as there are no dominant building materials, with the few footpaths on either road. exceptions of a small red-brick terrace along Parsonage Lane (see Figure 21) and a few

thatched dwellings along King Street (see Figures 22 & 23). MAP 12: PARSONAGE LANE AND KING STREET CHARACTER AREA

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Figure 20 (right): 4-18 (even) Parsonage Lane A coherent use of building materials and style, mainly rendered walls with slate roofs. Restricted views due to narrow streets and dwellings fronting onto the highway. Wide views to the west of King Street of the open countryside. No footpaths and very few vehicles create a tranquil area.

Figure 21 (below): 1, Views of unsympathetic development 3 & 5 Parsonage Lane to the north of King Street and to the south east of Parsonage Lane. Lack of maintenance of walls and some of the original timber framed windows.

Retain the remaining garden walls along King Street. Monitor the maintenance of walls to reduce risk of historic walls being lost (see Figure 23). Screen views to unsympathetic development with planting.

Threats to views caused by development on the periphery of the village. Threat to front gardens and walls through the creation of hard standing for car parking. Retention of large gardens to the rear of properties, especially along King Street to restrict ‘garden grabbing’.

Figure 22 (above): Gauntlet Coage, Grade II Listed, King Street

Figure 23 (far le): 1 & 2 King Street

Figure 24 (le): Fallen down cob wall, Parsonage Lane SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 22

9. CHARACTER AREA: TIVERTON ROAD AND EXETER ROAD

This part of the conservation area contains a The Three Tuns Public House (see Figure 29) number of large dwellings with large gardens. is in a prominent position along Exeter Road. Views to the north, west and south of the It is part of a row of historic buildings which surrounding countryside provide a rural feel. make an attractive contribution to Silverton. This area is also characterised by hedges and boundary walls to properties (see Figures 26 & 27). Although a large portion of this character area is within the historic core of the village, there has been a lot of development since the 1900s which is generally set back from the road in contrast with more historic dwellings fronting onto the street (see Figure 28).

MAP 13: TIVERTON ROAD AND EXETER ROAD CHARACTER AREA

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Tranquil and rural nature of the area. Some traditional agricultural buildings. High hedges enclose public space and form a green and leafy area. Many of the gardens are well cared for and contribute positively to the street-scene.

There are a few walls which are in need of repair. Unsympathetic modern development on the east of Exeter Road.

Very little opportunity for future Figure 26 (above) Cockhayes entrance, Exeter Road development but possible areas of improvement or enhancement.

Unsympathetic conversion of agricultural buildings to dwellings and other uses may harm character. Removal of hedgerows would impact greatly on the street scene. Removal of historic walls.

Figure 25 (below) Exeter Road

Figure 27 (above) 2 Tiverton Road

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9. CHARACTER AREA: THE SQUARE AND NEWCOURT ROAD

All of the primary routes within the village The buildings on the western side of The lead to The Square. It is relatively busy and Square are possibly from the Victorian or noisy with vehicular traffic, as there is a shop Edwardian period (see Figure 32). They are which serves the rural hinterland and a bus constructed of red brick, with slate roofs and stop in this area. The route east to west of timber windows. They are not listed, however the square is a main route from the A396 to their uniform and picturesque appearance the neighbouring village of Bradninch. contributes positively to this part of the A number of the buildings in The Square are conservation area. landmarks in the village, such as 1 Fore The Little Rec is a valuable play area and Street (see Figure 29), the War Memorial (see meeting space (see Figure 33). The War Figure 30), the former British Legion Hall with Memorial is located in front of the green Little its remaining bellcote and 2-14A (even) Fore Rec in the north western corner. There is an Street (see Figure 31). old firehouse located in the south western corner of the green space, adjacent to a path

leading to the Church.

MAP 14: THE SQUARE AND NEWCOURT ROAD CHARACTER AREA

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Busy commercial heart of the village with a diversity of uses. Excellent views to the surrounding countryside due to its elevated position and some exemplary listed and unlisted buildings. An interesting mix of materials, walls and cobbled surfaces.

Figure 29 (above): 1 Fore Street Large volumes of traffic pass through this space daily. Traffic markings and signs detract from the unique setting. Parked cars in front of landmark buildings.

Limited opportunities for future development. Possible chances to convert existing premises into mixed uses. Public realm improvements in the Little Rec, behind the War Memorial, may provide better facilities for residents of Silverton.

Figure 30 (above): Silverton War Memorial Loss or decline of existing services and shops would severely harm the setting and the character of the area. Removal of historic walls and paving would detrimentally impact the conservation areas character. Replacement uPVC windows in unlisted properties can greatly impact on the character of the conservation area.

Figure 31 (above): 2-14A (even) Fore Street

Figure 32 (le): 6-12 (even) Newcourt Figure 33 (above): Lile Rec south east of War Memorial Road SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 26

9. CHARACTER AREA: THE CHURCH AND THE BERRY

This is historically the oldest part of the Like other parts of the conservation area, settlement with the Grade I Listed Church there are some cobbled surfaces. These dating to the 13th Century (see Figure 34). St cobbled areas add historical interest and are Mary the Virgin Church commands a worthy of retention where possible (see prominent position in the highest ground Figures 37 & 38). above The Berry (see Figure 35). The church hall, although outside the There are a number of cob and rendered conservation area, is of poor design and properties with slate roofs that contribute very materials, and negatively affects the setting positively to the setting of the church (see of the Church. The development to the east of Figure 36). The trees in this area have a high the church also impacts on what was amenity value, many of which are protected probably the very rural setting of the Church by Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs). and The Berry. The 20th Century development of the two dwellings to the north of the church has a neutral impact due to screening provided by trees. MAP 15: THE CHURCH AND THE BERRY CHARACTER AREA

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The 13th Century Church and surrounding Listed buildings provide an impressive setting for this part of the conservation area. Cobbled surfaces add interest. Wall and terraces of buildings provide important enclosure. The trees in The Berry contribute positively to the setting of the Church.

Modern development to the east Figure 35 (above): View of Church across The Berry particularly has negatively affected the rural setting of the Church. The parking of cars around the Church also causes visual harm to the area. The lack of repair for some of the buildings and walls. The appearance and proximity of the church hall is not complimentary to the Church or The Berry.

Very little opportunity for development. Maintenance of the Church and trees. Potential Figure 36 (above): Neleworth House redevelopment of the church hall site. The planting of trees to reduce the impact of the new development to the east of the Church.

Replacement uPVC windows in unlisted Figure 37 (le): Cobbled properties. pathway on the west side of The Berry leading north to the Church

Figure 34 Figure 38 (right): (right): Cobbled pathway Church of outside front of The St Mary Rectory, 7 Church the Virgin Road SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 28

10. ARCHITECTURE AND KEY BUILDINGS

Figure 39 (right): There are 64 Listed Buildings within the Church Silverton conservation area consisting mainly of 15th to 18th century buildings. In addition to these listed buildings, there are numerous unlisted buildings that add interest and make a positive contribution to the character and appearance of the conservation area (see Map 16). The only Grade I Listed building within the Conservation Area is the Church of St Mary the Virgin (see Figure 39). The late medieval terrace on Fore Street (numbers 2-14a even) comprise both Grade II* and Grade II Listed buildings (see Figure 40). The terrace is thought to have been built in the 15th century or earlier with a late or rebuilt wing possibly dating to the 16th century. Part of the row may have been reconstructed in the 19th century after a fire which mainly affected number 6 Fore Street. Numbers 1-19 (odd) Newcourt Road form a 19th century terrace of Grade II Listed buildings on the east side of the road (see Figure 41). The terrace leads onto a raised pavement Figure 40 (above): Medieval terrace, Fore Street (2-14a even) 4, 5, 7 and 8 King Street are a row of cottages with slate roofs and rendered walls (see Figure 42). They have long front gardens, which for two of the dwellings have partly been converted into hard standing for car parking. Figure 42 (below): 4, 5, 7 and 8 King Street

Figure 41 (above): 1-19 (odd) Newcourt Road

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MAP 16: GRADES OF LISTED BUILDINGS AND UNLISTED BUILDINGS OF MERIT IN THE CONSERVATION AREA

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MANAGEMENT PLAN

In accordance with the Planning (Listed The large gardens of properties such as Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act, 1990, Nettleworth House and open space and trees Mid Devon District Council will pay special provide valuable green space and are attention to the desirability of preserving or important to the setting of many listed enhancing the character or appearance of the buildings and unlisted buildings of merit. Silverton Conservation Area. Development on these green spaces should A Conservation Area Management Plan draws be resisted due to the value they contribute to on the appraisal to identify ways of ensuring the individual parts of the conservation area that the special qualities of the conservation and to Silverton as a whole. Loss of front area are preserved, to identify opportunities gardens to hard standing for cars should be and put forward proposals for the avoided where possible as this can degrade enhancement of the area. the visual amenity and street scene of parts of the conservation area. Similarly, loss of A management plan can: burgage plots will also be resisted as it would Make sympathetic proposals for the erode the historic settlement pattern. preservation and enhancement of the Development within the conservation area area’s character and appearance will most likely need an archaeological survey including the identification of as this area is historically sensitive. development opportunities; and The Silverton conservation area has a number Obtain funds and encourage inward of historic features and historic fabric in the investment. street scene. Appropriate maintenance and protection of the remaining historic fabric is The appraisal has identified the architectural important. Other Parish Councils in Mid Devon and historic interest of the area and the other have been able to secure funding for upkeep special qualities that define the character and and cleaning schemes for historic fabric and appearance of the Silverton conservation street furniture which can ensure retention area. In order to protect and enhance the and longevity. aspects that make the area worthy of designation, active management may be The leat is an attractive feature in the needed. conservation area along part of High Street and Fore Street. Some of the original channel For the most part, effective future has been replaced by red brick. Where management of the conservation area can be possible, retention of the original materials is achieved through existing conservation area preferred but if not possible should be policies, good development control decisions replaced with like-for-like materials. As and enforcement powers. New developments mentioned above there is some funding and changes within the conservation area are available for the upkeep of such historic by no means prohibited, but should be to a features and may help to preserve this rare high standard of design. New development feature. should also aim to preserve and/or enhance the character of the conservation area.

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Silverton was previously located along a There are a number of overhead lines which popular coaching route and had a number of detract from the visual impact of the shops and services, though many have now conservation area. These overhead lines been converted into residential dwellings. should be removed and replaced with Historic shop fronts should be retained, as underground and surface mounted cables some already have, to ensure the street scene where possible. However this may be possible is no dramatically altered. The reinstatement only when other road works are taking place of shops in the future would then be possible and will require the coordination of Mid Devon without major renovation works or impacts on District Council, Devon County Council, the historic fabric of Silverton. As policy on Silverton Parish Council and funding. external changes to buildings in conservation There are a large number of parked cars in areas and change of use policies are not The Square and along Fore Street which can always straightforward, please contact Mid cause congestion and conflict with visual Devon District Council for information and amenity. Traffic signs which are designed with advice when considering any changes. the conservation area in mind would lower Boundaries within the conservation area are traffic speeds, may formalise parking often defined by walls of a mixture of arrangements and add to the amenity value materials: random rubble; volcanic trap; and character of the conservation area. Road stone; cob; and red brick. Where possible, signs, if replaced, could be fixed onto walls boundaries should be retained to preserve the and not mounted on low poles as this gives a character and appearance of the suburban appearance. Discussions between conservation area. Boundaries can be under Mid Devon District Council, Devon County threat from the formation of new accesses, Council and Silverton Parish Council may poor maintenance (such as the cob wall along result in a suitable solution. Parsonage Lane) or from new development. To ensure the Silverton conservation area Mid Devon District Council will seek to retain retains its character and is enhanced where historic boundaries where new development possible, Mid Devon District Council is able to occurs through the conditions of planning issue Untidy Land Notices under Section 215. permissions. The modern development on These notices would be for areas of land Newcourt Road was able to incorporate the which detract from the conservation area due boundary wall in the design to retain the to their continual poor upkeep. There are a historic fabric. two sites in Silverton which may benefit from such a notice being issued, the former Silverton Hall site on Fore Street and the collection of agricultural buildings on the southern edge of the proposed new conservation area boundary.

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APPENDIX 1: LISTED BUILDINGS

Name Reference Grade Descripon 3 & 5 Church 7/224 II A pair of houses forming part of a row. Early C19. Roughcast Road cob with stone foongs. Axial and end stacks, brick shas. 2- storeys. 7 Church Road 7/225 II End house of a row. Mid C19. Random rubble. Gable-ended (The Rectory) roof .End stacks with brick shas. 2-storeys. 6 & 8 Church 7/226 II 2 dwellings, formerly a farmhouse. C17, perhaps earlier, much Road altered. Cob, stone foongs, some brick, all plastered. Slate gable-ended roof. 2-storeys. Gate piers in 7/227 II Gate piers. Late C17 or early C18. Volcanic trap ashlar. Square front of 6 Church profiled with moulded capitals, tented caps supporng stone Road ball (1 ball now missing). Moulded plinth. Neleworth 7/228 II Detached house. Early C19. Stone and cob, partly plastered, House (Formerly under hipped slate roof, with overhanging eaves and moulded Berry Villa) guer box. Double-depth plan with large room on either side of central entrance hall. 2-storeys. 10 Exeter Road 7/229 II House, formerly part of a row. Possible C17 in part, much altered. Roughcast cob with stone foongs; thatched roof. 2- storeys. 12 Exeter Road 7/230 II House, formerly part of a row. Possible C17, much altered. Roughcast cob with stone foongs and brick front wall to first floor, corrugated asbestos roof. 2-storeys. 14 Exeter Road 7/231 II Public house. Possible C17 or C18 in part. Roughcast cob with (The Three Tuns stone foongs, hipped roof, thatched to front only. 2-storeys. Public House) 1 Fore Street 7/232 II House and shop, reputedly once the Church House. Late C16 (The Old Church with later alteraons. Mostly cob, with some rubble, stone House) foongs all roughcast. 2-storey. 3 Fore Street 7/233 II Detached house. Mid C19. Probably cob with stone foongs, plastered. 2-storey. 5 Fore Street 7/234 II Public house. Mid C19. Rendered and with painted brick front. (The New Inn) Gabled end panled roof. 3-storey. 7 Fore Street 7/235 II Detached house. Mid C19. Plastered cob with stone foongs. Hipped thatched roof. 2-storey. 21, 23 & 25 Fore 7/237 II 3 dwellings, originally a single house. C15 or early C16 with Street later alteraons. Plastered cob with stone foongs. Gabled-end thatched roof. 2-storeys. SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 33

Name Reference Grade Descripon

27 Fore Street 7/238 II Large house. C18 or early C19 with some C17 work visible in rear wing. Probably plastered cob with stone foongs. Hipped thatched roof. 2-storeys with ac dormers.

29, 31 & 33 Fore 7/239 II Group of 3 coages. Early C19. Plastered cob, with stone Street foongs. Gabled-end roof with crested roof les. 3 axial stacks with brick shas. 2-storey.

35 Fore Street 7/240 II House. Mid C19. The main range to right brick fronted, with hipped slate roof, the side range, possibly a lile earlier, plastered cob, with gabled end slate roof; both the ranges of 2 -storeys, the brick one being considerably the taller of the 2.

46 & 48 Fore Street 7/241 II Pair of coages. Early C19. Roughcast cob with stone foongs. Gabled end slate roof. 2-storeys.

44 Fore Street 7/242 II House. Late C18. Plastered cob with stone foongs. Hipped (Willow Coage) thatched roof. 2-storeys.

40 Fore Street 7/243 II Detached house. Circa 1830s. Brick (Flemish bond). Gabled end slate roof. End stacks with brick shas. 2-storeys.

34, 36 & 38 Fore 7/244 II 3 dwellings. Late C17 or early C18. Cob, on stone plinth, with Street some brick patching, roughcast, under gabled end thatched roof. 2-storey.

28 Fore Street (Ivy 7/245 II Detached house. C15 or early C16 with later alteraons. Coage) Roughcast cob, with some stone, stone foongs. Half-hipped thatch roof. 2-storeys.

16 & 16A Fore 7/247 II 2 dwellings. C17, possibly with an earlier core. Plastered cob Street with stone foongs. Half-hipped thatch roof. Truncated external lateral stack with bake-oven bulge to inner face of wing; external rear lateral stack with 2 slate set-oﬀs and brick sha. 2-storeys.

14 & 14A Fore 7/248 II 2 dwellings at the end of a row that is possibly all of medieval Street build. Although No. 12 appears to have no proper end wall, Nos. 14 and 14A retain no early features and furthermore do not appear on the 1842 Tithe Map. Plastered cob with stone foongs. Thatched roof, gabled end to the le hand end. A truncated rear lateral stack heats one room. 2-storeys.

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Name Reference Grade Descripon

10 & 12 Fore 7/249 II* House forming part of a row. John R L Thorp has established that nos. 6- Street 12 Fore Street were built together as part of the same medieval scheme, and it is likely that the enre row (Nos. 2-12) was built at the same me. C15 or earlier. Plastered cob with stone foongs, under thatched roof. 2- storeys.

8 Fore Street 7/250 II* House forming part of a row. John R L Thorp has established that nos. 6- 12 Fore Street were built together as part of the same medieval scheme, and it is likely that the enre row (Nos. 2-12) was built at the same me. C15 or earlier, with a later (or rebuilt) rear wing, possible late C16. Plastered cob with stone foongs. 2-storey.

6 Fore Street 7/251 II House forming part of a row hat is possibly all of late medieval build which includes Nos. 2-12. C15 or earlier, but reconstructed in the C19 aer a ﬁre. Stone rubble. Thatched roof. 2-storeys.

4 Fore Street 7/252 II* House forming part of a row that is possibly all of one late medieval build which includes Nos. 2-12. C15 or earlier. Plastered cob with stone foongs. Thatched roof. 2-storeys.

2 Fore Street 7/253 II* House forming part of a row that is possibly all of 1 late medieval build which includes Nos. 1-12. C15 or earlier. Plastered cob with stone foongs. Thatched roof, half-hipped to right-hand end. 2-storeys.

1 & 3 High Street 7/254 II Pair of coages. Probably late C18, and certainly pre-1842. Roughcast cob with stone foongs. Hipped thatched roof. Right hand end stack and axial stack, both with brick shas. 2-storeys.

Arden House, 7/255 II Detached coage. Possibly late C17 or early C18. Roughcast cob with King Street stone foongs. Gabled-end thatched roof. 2-storeys.

Applegarth, King 7/256 II Detached coage. Mid C19. Plastered cob with stone foongs. Gable-end Street thatched roof. End stacks with brick sha. 2-storeys.

The Coage, King 7/257 II Detached coage. C17. Plastered cob with stone foongs. Thatched roof, Street hipped to le, half-hipped to right. 2-storeys.

Brish Legion 7/258 II Brish Legion hall, formerly a charity school. 1734, but much altered and Hall, Newcourt enlarged. Random rubble volcanic trap. Hipped, half-hipped and gabled Road end roofs. 2 single storeyed schoolroom blocks.

K6 Telephone 7/268 II Telephone kiosk. Type K6. Designed 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Sco. Made Kiosk, Newcourt by various contractors. Cast iron. Square kiosk with domed roof. Road Unperforated crowns to top panels and margin glazing to windows and door. SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 35

Name Reference Grade Descripon

Nos. 1, 3, 5, 9, 7/259 II A row of coages. Early C19. Plastered and roughcast cob with 11, 15, 17 & 19 some foongs. Gabled-end slate roofs with deeply overhanging Newcourt Road eaves. 5 axial stacks with brick shas.

4 & 6 Parsonage 7/260 II Pair of coages. C17. Roughcast cob with stone foongs. Gabled- Lane end slate roof. 2-storeys, with large external stacks.

House adjoining 7/261 II House adjoining, and possible once forming a rear wing to No. 2 No. 2 Fore Fore Street. The house may incorporate C16 and C17 work. Street. Plastered cob with stone foongs. Gables-end thatched roof. 2- storeys.

Parish Church of 7/262 I Parish church. C15, C16 and C17; north aisle added circa 1478 (its St Mary the erecon menoned in the will of John Suﬀmore, the rector); north Virgin chancel chapel early C16 rebus of Lawrence Dobel, (rector 1519-31) carved in 1 of the capitals; the church was restored and the chancel and the 2 westernmost bays rebuilt; 1860-3. by Edward Ashworth; restored in 1880, again by Ashworth. Coursed rubble volcanic trap, with Bath stone.

Browne tomb 7/263 II Tomb chest. 1833. Volcanic trap and limestone. To T L Browne; chest 5 metres moulded plinth and slab, ﬁelded inscripon panel to each side and west of Parish each end, with corner clasping pilasters with moulded capitals. Church

Preaching Cross 7/264 II Preaching cross, the upper part of the sha and lantern head 7 metres south missing. C15. Volcanic trap. Plinth with hollow chamfer; 2 tall steps of Parish Church above, all octagonal. Square socket stone, shouldered, with a quatrefoil to each face. Sha, square, in a canopied niche, survives on the west side.

Churchyard wall, 7/265 II Churchyard wall, gate piers and overthrow. Probably early 1860s. gate piers and Dressed volcanic trap stone, some of it possibly re-used medieval overthrow to the material. Triangular secon coping stones, the wall stepped down south of the to east to descend the hill. Simple wrought-iron overthrow lacking Parish church its lamp.

Huntley Lodge 7/267 II House. C18, but very likely possessing a much older core. Cob, stone foongs, roughcast under hipped and gabled end thatched roof. 2- storeys. SILVERTON CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 36

APPENDIX 2: PLANNING CONTROLS IN

CONSERVATION AREAS

A tree is defined in the Town and Country

Planning Act as having a diameter more than 75mm at 1.5m above the ground level. Works to trees or hedging with a diameter less than 75mm at 1.5m above ground level do not require a notification to Mid Devon District Council. Unlisted buildings or structures inside conservation areas have some restrictions on Please visit the Mid Devon District Council demolition, e.g. total or substantial demolition of website for more information: any building over 115 cubic metres requires www.middevon.gov.uk planning permission as does demolition of any wall over 1 metre high facing a highway, Or telephone the planning department to speak waterway or open space or any wall over 2 to a duty officer on: metres high elsewhere. Any pre 1914 agricultural 01884 255 255 building in a conservation area is protected against demolition. Further information can be found on the Planning Listed building consent is required for demolition Portal: of a listed building and most works to the exterior or interior and major repair schemes. www.planningportal.gov.uk

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Author Title

Devon County Council Historic Environment Team Historic Environment Record

English Heritage Understanding Place: Conservation Area Designation, Appraisal and Management

English Heritage Valuing Places: Good Practice in conservation Areas

Local History Society A Walk Around Silverton: A short guide to the village for the resident and visitor

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Morchard Bishop Proposed Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan

2014

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CONTENTS

1. Introduction 1

2. Planning Policy Context 2

3. Location and Setting 3

4. Proposed Boundary Changes 4

5. Landscape Characterisation 6

6. Historic Development 7

7. Views, Trees and Open Spaces 12

8. Character 15

9. Architecture and Key Buildings 16

Management Plan 19

Appendix 1: Listed Buildings 20

Appendix 2: Planning Controls in Conservation Areas 25

Bibliography 26 LIST OF MAPS

1. Locaon of Morchard Bishop 3 2. Proposed Boundary Changes to Morchard Bishop Conservaon Area 5 3. Landscape Character Types around Morchard Bishop 6 4. Historic Core of Morchard Bishop 9 5. 1830s-40s Tithe Map of Morchard Bishop 10 6. 1880s Ordnance Survey Map 11 7. Views In and Out of the Proposed Conservaon Area 13 8. Important Trees and Open Spaces 14 9. Listed Buildings, Unlisted Buildings and Special Features 18 MORCHARD BISHOP CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 2

LIST OF FIGURES

1. Parish Church 3

2. 1-13 Fore Street 3

3. Frost Coages, Frost 4

4. Tradional working forge 4

5. Inside the tradional working forge 4

6. Listed Milestone at Frost 4

7. Corner Close 8

8. View from village green to the north down Fore Street 12

9. View of Church and surrounding trees from the east 12

10 View from Frost of Church of St Mahew 12

11. Coles Park, Fore Street 15

12. The Nook, east of the War Memorial 15

13. Whitehaven, High Haven and Horseshoe Coage, Church Street 15

14. Part of the row of coages on Fore Street 16

15. Glebe House, Church Street 16

16. Frost Coage, Frost 16

17. The Old Rectory 16

18. Cobbles outside London Inn 17

19. Morchard Bishop War Memorial and village green 17

20. Water pump on Church Street 17

21. Water pump on Footpath 50 17

22. K6 Telephone Kiosk 17

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1. INTRODUCTION

A Conservation Area is an area of special In order to specifically identify and assess the architectural or historic interest the character and characteristics of the Conservation Area, the appearance of which it is desirable to preserve appraisal covers location, special architectural and enhance. They are special areas where the interest, character and appearance while the buildings and the space around them interact to management plan covers preservation & form distinctly recognisable areas of quality and enhancement. interest. The Morchard Bishop conservation area was In Conservation Areas additional planning designated on 2nd October 1985. The controls apply to protect the existing street scene conservation area and boundary were surveyed in and encourage enhancement where appropriate. the late spring of 2014. Visits to Morchard Bishop These are outlined in Appendix 2. involved the reviewing od the original A Conservation Area appraisal (or assessment) is conservation area boundary, collecting essentially an analysis of what makes it special. photographic evidence and surveying the built Many Conservation Areas do not have environment and associated spaces within and Conservation Area appraisals, despite their outside of the boundary. Proposed changes to the boundary have been carefully considered, recommendation by Government and English Heritage. It is becoming increasingly important to following English Heritage guidance on have appraisals that define each Conservation conservation areas as well as assessing the Area's qualities in order to: appropriateness and collective attributes of all buildings and features in and around the understand what it is that should be conservation area. protected or enhanced A consultation with the public is to ensure that formulate effective policies any proposed boundary changes reflect the local make sensible planning decisions communities views and suggestions. Following the public consultation, another version of this be able to justify the designation when document incorporating the public consultation making planning decisions and at appeal responses will be created. This revised document help residents, traders, council members, and proposed boundary changes will then be potential investors and other interested taken to Mid Devon District Council’s Cabinet for parties to understand the background to a decision on whether the appraisal and designation management plan document should be adopted help potential developers to formulate their and any boundary changes made. applications

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2. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT

“When considering the designation of conservation areas, local planning authorities should ensure that an area justifies such status because of its special architectural or historic interest, and that the concept of conservation is not devalued through the designation of areas that lack special interest”

NPPF (2012) Section 12; Paragraph 127 Local policies for protecting and preserving heritage assets can be found on the Mid Devon website. “The historic environment is an asset of great cultural, social, economic and environmental value. It contributes significantly to our quality of life and of the character of the district, representing a non-renewable resource that once lost is gone forever”

Local Plan Part 3 (2013) Policy DM27 National and Local planning policies change over time so it is important to check the up to date policy framework when considering making a planning application. At the date of publication all policies quoted were correct.

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3. LOCATION AND SETTING

Morchard Bishop is an attractive village set deep The village contains a number of thatched cob within the Devon countryside. Morchard Bishop is cottages dating from the 17th and 18th situated approximately 6 miles north-west of centuries, many of which are listed buildings. Crediton and 2 miles east of the main A377 Morchard Bishop has a fine church dating from Exeter to Barnstaple road (see Map 1). The village the 15th Century (see Figure 1) and the longest is on the old Crediton to Barnstaple turnpike road continuous terrace of thatched cottages in Devon, and at the midpoint and possibly in England (see Figure 2). of the Two Moors Way, a long distance Figure 2 (below): 1-13 Fore Street public footpath joining Dartmoor and Exmoor.

Figure 1 (le): Parish Church MAP 1: LOCATION OF MORCHARD BISHOP

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4. PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGES

The Morchard Bishop conservation area was As well as six Grade II listed houses, Frost designated on the 2nd October 1985. It is features an intact traditional working forge proposed that the boundary be reviewed and complete with original tools and machinery adjusted to take into account the historic built (see Figure 4 & 5) and a listed milestone (see environment and associated green spaces within Figure 6). The forge is not listed but has Morchard Bishop. considerable historic interest that it would be From survey work in the late spring of 2014, it is desirable to keep intact. suggested that the boundary be altered to better The character of Frost is similar to that of the take into account the architectural and/or main conservation area being a mix of cottages historic built environment as set out in guidance hard to the road and detached houses in large for conservation areas produced by English plots. However, the density is lower and the Heritage (see Map 2). area has a much more rural feel. The conservation area currently covers the heart Other proposed changes to the conservation of the village and follows the linear pattern of early development along the three main roads. A area boundary are for a few minor adjustments high proportion of buildings within the to follow property boundaries. conservation area are Listed and collectively, along with important unlisted buildings create a picturesque and unique area. It is proposed that an additional area be added to the Morchard Bishop conservation area. Frost is located to the south of the current conservation area, but is part of the historic core of the village and has considerable historic interest and a high quality street scene (see Figure 3). Figure 4 (above): Tradional working Forge

Figure 5 (below): Inside the tradional working Forge Figure 3 (below): Frost Coages, Frost

Figure 6 (le): Listed Milestone at Frost MORCHARD BISHOP CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 4

MAP 2: PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGES TO MORCHARD BISHOP CONSERVATION AREA

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5. LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISATION

Morchard Bishop is set amongst undulating Lower rolling farmed and settled valley countryside. Most of the land is improved slopes: Gently rolling and strongly grassland with some arable and some undulating landscape often intensively woodland. The underlying geology is farmed; sedimentary rock of the Carboniferous Period Secluded valleys: Small to medium scale comprising mainly mudstones, shales and narrow valleys that extend from the sandstones, known as the Culm Measures. plateaux down over steep valley sides The Landscape Character Assessment (2011) towards the low lying valley bottoms; provides an in-depth assessment of Mid Devon Sparsely settled farmed valley floors: and the Landscape Character Types (LCTs) Rivers and streams and related flat or within the district (see Map 3). gently sloping valley bottoms found within The mixture of different LCTs locally create an the low-lying area of the District; and interesting, varied and dramatic landscape that Farmed lowland moorland and Culm the village is situated in. grassland: Distinctive Culm grasslands The landscape characterisation around provide high quality habitats and textural Morchard Bishop are identified as: variety to land cover. MAP 3: LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES AROUND MORCHARD BISHOP

Legend Lower rolling farmland and seled valley slopes Secluded valleys Sparsely seled farmed valley ﬂoors Farmed lowland moorland and Culm grassland

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6. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT

The rural village of Morchard Bishop on the old turnpike road from Crediton to Barnstaple is Prehistoric nestled between the north and south coast and located between the two great moors, Dartmoor No archaeological sites dating to the prehistoric and Exmoor. It is surrounded by a landscape of period have yet been recorded within the colourful patchwork of fields, thick hedgerows conservation area. Sites dating to the period are and distinctive red soils. It is within easy reach of recorded within the parish, comprising Crediton, Tiverton and the cathedral city of enclosures, funerary monuments and occasional Exeter. The earliest documentary reference to flint finds. Morchard Bishop is in the Domesday Survey of Romano-British 1086, indicating a pre Conquest origin. There are no known Romano-British sites within The conservation area, which extends over an the conservation area, although a chance find of area of approximately eight hectares, Roman coins found during repair works to a incorporates the historic core of the main village hedge in Morchard Bishop, may indicate Romano (see Map 4), as well as an area surrounding St -British activity in the area. The coins date to the Mary’s Church and two areas located around the late 1st/early 2nd century AD. Some of the primary school and Ridge House. Two small enclosures identified through aerial photography additions are proposed to the main conservation in the parish as prehistoric may be of Romano- area which will incorporate the rear of 1-10 British origin. Chulmleigh Road, and the parcel of land to Saxon-Medieval Linhay House. A further larger addition is also proposed to the south of the main conservation The earliest recording of the village is in the area, also within the historic core which Domesday survey of 1086 documented as incorporates a number of listed buildings at Frost. ‘Morchet’ or ‘Morcheta’ and as ‘Morchet’ in 1165. The conservation area contains over 60 The earliest documented reference indicates that statutorily protected heritage assets, the earliest there was a pre-existing settlement here at that dating from the late-medieval period and time, although deposits or features from this includes the Parish Church of St Mary’s, Grade I period have not yet been identified by listed. archaeological investigation. The Morchard element of the place-name is likely to be derived The archaeological background set out below is from the Celtic words ‘mawr’ meaning great or based on information currently held in Devon big and ‘coed’ meaning wood. After Domesday County Council’s Historic Environment Record the land was later sold to the Bishop of Exeter, (HER). New sites are added on a regular basis, so resulting in the settlement changing in name to this information will be revised over time. ‘Morchard Epscopi’, Bishop’s Morchard and later Morchard Bishop. The manor was one of 12 owned by the Bishop of Exeter in the 14th century. In 1548 the manor was passed to Sir Thomas Darcy.

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The Parish church of St Mary’s (Grade I) lies on The village lies on the old coaching route from the east side of the village and dates to the Crediton through to Barnstaple, Exeter and then medieval period, with early records showing it on to London. The route contributed towards the was rebuilt in the mid-15th century. Ridge village’s success and development, and one of Cottage (Grade II) is an early 16th century the local drinking houses was named the London building, converted in the 20th century to stables Inn in recognition. The construction of the new and garage. It is also possible that some of the road, the modern A377, in the early 19th century early post-medieval buildings retain medieval had a significant impact on the settlement with fabric in their structures. the population dramatically falling from 1,854 in The possible site of a mill is suggested by the 1851 to a low of 750 in 1961. fieldname ‘Millstead’ to the south-east of the Modern development has taken place on the village. No earthworks or other remains have fringes of the village in the area of the Old been identified to confirm this. Rectory Gardens (the site of the former Rectory), Post Medieval-Modern Bishops Meadow, and Greenaway. Much of the historic housing in Church Street was replaced Post-medieval and modern heritage assets with modern council housing in the 1960s. include dwellings built within the historic core Several former commercial premises and and indeed the parish as a whole. Many are outbuildings are now residential properties, and a subject to statutory protection as listed buildings new development of terraced properties was and mainly date from the 17th-early 19th more recently completed at Corner Close within century, attesting to the growth and development the conservation area (see Figure 7). of the settlement during this period. These listed Historic Landscape Characterisation buildings include 1-13 Fore Street and can be seen on the 1830s-40s Tithe Map of Cheriton The landscape that surrounds the village of Fitzpaine (see Map 5). This group form the Morchard Bishop has been categorised as a longest continuous run of thatch roofed buildings mixture of medieval and post-medieval fields. in Devon, and probably the longest run in The historic core incorporates Church Street, Old England. Other listed buildings include the Rectory Gardens, part of Fore Street, Polson Hill Christian Chapel established in 1846, now a and the listed buildings located at Frost. Methodist Chapel (Grade II), the Church of England Primary School, 1872, (Grade II) and a 1935 K6 type telephone box (Grade II). The 1880s Ordnance Survey Map shows the few changes between 1830 and 1880. The most significant of which is the reduction in the village green (see Map 6).

Figure 7 (le): Corner Close

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Archaeological Potential As such, the impact on the archaeological Archaeological evidence indicating prehistoric resource or historic building fabric of any settlement is recorded within the parish of development within the historic core should be Morchard Bishop and documentary evidence adequately considered and the appropriate suggests the core of the village may have Saxon mitigation implemented. origins. The area of the historic core has the The settings and therefore significance of highest potential for the presence of below- designated and undesignated heritage assets ground archaeological deposits, ranging in date located within the Morchard Bishop Conservation from the prehistoric through to the post-medieval Area and its surrounding environs may be period. In addition, there is the potential for the affected by any development within its survival of medieval historic building fabric within boundaries. This should be considered at an early apparently later structures. Historic maps stage in the design and layout of any new indicate that the area may contain evidence for development within the conservation area. former historic field boundaries, which would survive as infilled ditches and may provide evidence for early land and property division.

MAP 4: HISTORIC CORE OF MORCHARD BISHOP

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MAP 5: 1830S-40S TITHE MAP OF MORCHARD BISHOP

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MAP 6: 1880S ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP

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7. VIEWS, TREES AND OPEN SPACES

Morchard Bishop conservation area contains a number of views along roadways and out towards the surrounding countryside (see Map 6). St Mary the Virgin church tower is clearly visible from distant high points in most directions, including from Forches Cross near Lapford, Beacon Cross near Newbuildings, and Down St Mary. Fine panoramic views can be achieved from the churchyard where it is possible to see both Dartmoor and Exmoor in the distance. From the village green open vistas are available across the roof tops of the conservation area to the rising countryside beyond (see Figure 8). Spaces between buildings give glimpses of open Figure 9 (above): View of Church and surrounding countryside, rooftops or other parts of the trees from the east conservation area.

The churchyard is an attractive enclosed green area containing many trees and in particular a row of lime trees leading from the church through the field to the east towards the lane (Figure 9). The trees and field are important for the setting of the church, which can be viewed from a number of different locations within and outside the village (see Figure 10). Several trees at Ridge House are protected by Tree Preservation Orders and these include a Copper Beech, 2 Sycamores, a Monteray Cyprus, a Horse Chestnut and a Common Ash. Locations of important trees and open spaces are shown on Figure 8 (above): View from village green to the Map 7. north down Fore Street Many houses within the Conservation Area have large front gardens, often bordered by hedges or stone walls colonised by plants, and these add to the green character of the village and should be retained where possible.

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MAP 7: VIEWS IN AND OUT OF THE PROPOSED CONSERVATION AREA

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MAP 8: IMPORTANT TREES AND OPEN SPACES

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8. CHARACTER

Morchard Bishop’s character is influenced by the Away from Fore Street, building densities tend to surrounding topography with rooflines rising in be lower but the vernacular style of architecture steps up the hill towards the London Inn at the is consistent throughout the conservation area highest point. The conservation area follows the providing an overall sense of harmony (see linear shape of the village’s central historic core. Figures 12 & 13). A high proportion of the The historic core also extends southwards to cottages within the conservation area are Grade Frost and includes a small area at Lower Town. II listed. Although currently outside the conservation area the area at Frost is of significant interest with several large listed houses, a listed milestone and a traditional working forge. These attributes suggest the conservation are should be extended. The village is organised around a central green where roads from the north, south, east and west meet. The green is almost at the highest point within the village and there are long views north along Fore Street and Wood Street to the open countryside beyond. These views, combined with Figure 12 (above): The Nook, east of the War the tranquillity of the village create a rural feel. Memorial Fore Street, the main road running through the There are few more formal buildings within the village, is characterised by vernacular cottages conservation area. These are either public constructed from cob and stone with thatched or buildings: the school and village hall, or places of slate roofs, fronting directly onto the road (see worship: St Mary the Virgin Church and the Figure 11) or behind long, enclosed, front Methodist chapel in Fore Street. gardens. Many of the cottages in Fore Street are The overall feel of Morchard Bishop is that of a small and terraced but there are also several quiet village. Farming is still important in the larger cottages, particularly along the western area and although many people work within the side of the road. The layout is linear and village, often self-employed, others leave the informal but overall building density is relatively village for work. There is very little litter and the high. public realm is clean and tidy. Gardens are green and well kept and the village appears to be a Figure 11 (below): Coles Park, Fore Street rural idyll.

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9. ARCHITECTURE AND KEY BUILDINGS

Within the proposed new conservation are boundary, there are a large number of Listed buildings and unlisted buildings of merit. What makes an area special is not just its buildings but also the public realm, its street surfaces, street furniture, and boundary features. Features of special importance, listed buildings and unlisted buildings of merit are shown on Map 8. Perhaps the most important architectural feature of Morchard Bishop is the 18th Century listed terrace of 13 thatched cottages, the longest Figure 14 (above): Part of the row of coages on continuous terrace of thatched cottages in Devon, Fore Street possibly in England (Figure 14). It is important to retain the thatch on these cottages and maintain the quality of their setting, particularly as a tourist attraction. Each cottage still has a long, enclosed front garden which adds to the overall quality of the street scene. There are many cob and thatch dwellings within Morchard Bishop which add to the character of the village. Glebe House, on Church Street, is a rather large cob, rubble and thatch dwelling and Figure 15 (above): Glebe House, Church Street is quite prominent in the street scene, fronting partly onto the road (see Figure 15). There are a number of cob and thatch buildings within the proposed new addition to the conservation area. Frost Cottage is Grade II Listed and has a picturesque thatched porch (see Figure 16). The Old Rectory, on Church Street, is an important unlisted building (see Figure 17). It has tall and striking chimneys which are visible and rather distinctive. Figure 16 (above): Frost Coage, Frost

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Although the main roads through the village are tarmacked, some mud and cobbled roads remain and some cobbles remain outside the London Inn (see Figure 22). The London Inn itself is an important unlisted building, both for its community value and for its appearance. Traditional boundary treatments within the Conservation Area tend to be walls and hedges. Figure 18 (above): Cobbles outside London Inn Walls are stone or unrendered cob topped with pantiles and often vary in heights. The War Memorial and small triangular village green are located in a prominent position in Morchard Bishop and greatly contribute to the conservation area (see Figure 23). Interesting street furniture to be found within the Conservation Area include old water pumps (Figures 24 & 25), wrought iron benches and the wrought iron gates in the churchyard wall. The Grade II Listed K6 Telephone Kiosk is also an important feature in the streetscape (see Figure 26). Figure 19 (above): Morchard Bishop War Memorial and village green

Figure 20 (right): Water pump on footpath 50 Figure 21 (far right): Water pump on Church Street Figure 22 (le): K6 Telephone Kiosk

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MAP 9: LISTED BUILDINGS, UNLISTED BUILDINGS AND SPECIAL FEATURES

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MANAGEMENT PLAN

In accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings Morchard Bishop conservation area contains and Conservation Areas) Act, 1990, Mid Devon some historic fabric in the street scene which District Council will pay special attention to the should be retained wherever possible. Features desirability of preserving or enhancing the such as the cobbles to the front of London Inn character or appearance of the Morchard Bishop and old water pumps should be retained as they conservation area. add character to Morchard Bishop. Other Parish A Conservation Area Management Plan draws on Councils in Mid Devon have been able to obtain the appraisal to identify ways of ensuring that the funding for upkeep and cleaning schemes for special qualities of the conservation area are historic fabric, which can ensure retention and preserved, to identify opportunities and put longevity. forward proposals for the enhancement of the Boundaries within the conservation area are area. often defined by stone walls or hedging. Where A management plan can: possible boundaries should be retained to preserve the character and appearance of the Make sympathetic proposals for the conservation area. Boundaries can be under preservation and enhancement of the threat from the formation of new accesses, poor area’s character and appearance including maintenance or from new development. Mid the identification of development Devon District Council will seek to retain historic opportunities; and boundaries where new development occurs by Obtain funds and encourage inward making retention part of the conditions of investment. planning permission The appraisal has identified the architectural and To ensure that the conservation area retains its historic interest of the area and the other special character and is enhanced where possible, Mid qualities that define the character and Devon District Council is able to issue Untidy appearance of the Morchard Bishop conservation Land Notices under Section 215. These notices area. In order to protect and enhance the aspects would be for areas of land which detract from the that make the area worthy of designation, active conservation area due to their continual poor management may be needed. upkeep. There are currently no sites which could have potential notices attached to them, but if in For the most part, effective future management the future such sites emerge, the conservation of the Conservation Area can be achieved area would benefit from such measures. through existing Conservation Area policies, good development control decisions and enforcement As policy on external changes to buildings in powers. conservation areas and change of use policies are not always straightforward, please contact Mid Devon District Council have the duty to Mid Devon District Council for information and ensure that proposals for development within the advice when considering any changes . conservation area either preserve or enhance its character. New developments and changes within a conservation area are by no means prohibited, but should be to a high standard of design.

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APPENDIX 1: LISTED BUILDINGS

Reference Grade Name Descripon 11/134 I Church of St Mary the Virgin Large Parish church, medieval origins, rebuilt in mid 15th C, extensive restoraon late 19th C. Roughly coursed ashlar, predominantly volcanic trap, some mudstone, some granite quoins and plinth, original granite and Beerstone detail, Bathstone restoraon detail, slate roofs. Impos- ing 30m high west tower with mostly 15th C fabric, nave, chancel, north and south aisles, south porch. Interior of interest.

11/135 II Davey chest tomb, 10m north c.1835, Portland stone and white marble. west of Church tower 11/136 II 2 Comyns chest tombs, 15m Northern tomb c.1837, Portland stone and white south of south porch of Church marble. Southern tomb c.1770, volcanic ashlar and grey basalt. 11/137 II Mander chest tomb, 25m north c.1827, Portland stone and white marble. of west tower of Church 11/138 II Cast iron headstone, 12m north- Mid 19th C, Gothic, upright headstone comprising west of west tower of Church a central Tudor arch-headed panel surmounted by a plain cross. 11/139 II School House, Church Street Former schoolmaster’s house, probably 1872. Gothic style L-shaped building. Snecked volcanic stone with Hamstone dressings, red le roof. 11/140 II C of E Primary School, including Primary school, 1872. Gothic style L-shaped playground boundary wall to building, single storey, also low mudstone rubble south boundary wall. Snecked volcanic stone with Hamstone dressings, red le roof. 11/141 II Ridge Coage, Church Street House, originally row of 3 coages, someme stables and garage. Early 16th C Converted to house in mid 20th C. Partly plastered cob on rubble foongs, slate roof, 3 room plan house. 11/142 II Mellow Thatch, Mellow Thatch Three coages, early-mid 17th C and 19th C. Plas- Coage (now Hoopers) and tered cob and rubble, rubble stacks, thatch roof Pines, Church Street on Mellow Thatch with eyebrows, Irregular front fenestraon.

11/143 II Glebe House, Church Street House, mid 19th C. Plastered cob and rubble, thatched roof. An unusually large house to be built in coage ornee style. MORCHARD BISHOP CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 20

Refer- Grade Name Descripon ence 11/144 II High Haven and Horseshoe Two coages, probably mid 19th C. Plastered cob and Coage, Church Street rubble, thatched roof. Service outshoots to rear, thatched roof porches. 11/145 II Whitehaven, Church Street Coage, probably 18th C. Plastered cob and rubble, thatched roof. 2 room plan coage with large projecng east end stack 11/146 II Woodstock, Church Street House, former Post Oﬃce. Late 17th C—early 18th C, extended probably in 19th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. L-plan shape. 11/147 II No 1 Fore Street Coage, 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 2 room plan coage, service outshots to rear. 11/148 II No 2 Fore Street Coage, 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. Small 2 room plan coage. 11/149 II No 3 Fore Street Coage, 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 2 room plan coage with central entrance. 11/150 II No 4 Fore Street Coage, 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 2 room plan coage. 11/151 II No 5 Fore Street Coage, 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 2 room plan coage. 11/152 II No 6 Fore Street Coage, 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 1 room plan coage. 11/153 II No 7 Fore Street Coage, 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 2 room plan coage. 11/154 II No's 8 and 9 Fore Street Coage, formerly 2 coages, 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. Now 2 room plan coage. 11/155 II No 10 Fore Street Coage, 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 2 room plan coage. 11/156 II No 11 Fore Street Coage, formerly 2 coages, 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. Now 3 room plan coage. 11/157 II No 12 Fore Street Coage, formerly 2 coages, 18th C and early 19th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. Now 2 room plan coage. MORCHARD BISHOP CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 21

Referenc Grade Name Descripon e 11/158 II No 13 Fore Street Coage, probably early 19th C . Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. Small 1 room plan coage. 11/147— II As Above (1-13 Fore Street) 1-13 Fore Street form a terrace of thatched 11/158 coages which is the longest in Devon, and probably in England. 11/159 II Mr Rice’s Coage, Fore Street House, formerly 2 coages, probably mid 19th C. Plastered cob and rubble, slate roof. Double depth plan house. 11/160 II Methodist Chapel, including Methodist Chapel, former Bible Chrisan Chapel, area walls and railings to front, 1846. Snecked purple mudstone front with Fore Street mudstone rubble to sides and rear, with small amount of granite dressing, slate roof. Late 19th C cast iron railings.

11/161 II Coles Park, Fore Street House, probably 18th C with 19th C extension. Plastered rubble with cob wall tops, thatch roof. 3 room plan main range. 11/162 II Park House and Park Coage, House and adjoining coage, early 19th C. Fore Street Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatch roof. L- shaped building, 2 room main range with rear block at right angles behind. 11/163 II Grasshopper Lodge, Fore Street House, probably mid 19th C. Plastered cob on rubble, thatched roof. 3 room plan house, irregular 4 window front. 11/164 II Beggar’s Roost, Fore Street House, probably 18th C, refurbished late 19th C. Plastered cob on rubble, including some brickwork, thatched roof. Irregular 3 room plan. 11/165 II Park Villa and Park House, Fore Two coages, formerly single house, 17th C, most Street rebuilt in 19th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 11/166 II April Coage and Park View, Two coages, formerly at least 3 coages, Fore Street probably 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 2 room plan house. 11/167 II Fairview, The Green House, 17th C, extended late 18th C—early 19th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 2 room plan house. MORCHARD BISHOP CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 22

Reference Grade Name Descripon

11/168 II The Nook, The Green Coage, probably 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 2 room plan coage.

11/169 II Sunnyside Coage, The Coage, possibly formerly 2 coages, late 17th C— Green early 18th C, enlarged or 2nd coage added in late 19th C–early 20th C. Plastered cob on rubble, thatched roof.

11/170 II Meadowbank, the Green House, mid 17th C with 19th C addion. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 3 room plan house, outshots to rear.

11/171 II No's 1 & 2, The Forge, The Two small houses, formerly 3 coages, probably late Green 18th C—early 19th C and 19th C extension. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, corrugated asbestos roof. Now two 2 room plan coages.

11/172 II No's 1, 2 & 3 Whites Three small coages, probably late 18th C—early 19th Coage, The Green C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, slate and corrugated iron roof. Three 1 room coages.

11/173 II No 1 Chapel Lane Coages Coage, probably mid 19th C, possibly earlier core. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. L- shaped building.

11/174 II No's 2, 3 and 5 Chapel Lane Three coages, mid 19th C possibly earlier core. Coages Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. L- shaped building.

11/193 II No's 4 (Rookery Coage), 5 Three coages, probably one house originally, late & 6 Wood Lane 17th C and 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof (No 6 replaced with asbestos slate).

11/10000 II Telephone Kiosk, Fore Street Type K6, designed 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Sco. Cast iron square kiosk with domed roof.

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Reference Grade Name Descripon

5/181 II Frost House and Frost House and adjoining coage, early 19th C. Plastered House Coage, Frost rubble, brick chimney shas, some rebuilt with 20th C brick, slate roof with glazed ridge les. L-shaped, double depth plan, 2 room coage to rear. Symmetrical fenestraon to front, original 3 light casements to rear.

5/182 II Spring Coage, Frost House, formerly 2 coages, mid 17th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 3 room range. Regular fenestraon to front. 5/183 II Fernside, Frost House, 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, 19th C brick chimney shas, thatched roof. 2 room with central through passage plan 5/184 II Frost Coage, Frost Coage, mid-late 17th C extended in mid 20th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. A coage containing surprisingly high quality detail. 5/185 II Wayside, Frost Small house, late 17th C—early 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, thatched roof. 2 room plan. Roughly symmetrical 3 window front. 5/186 II Frost Coages, Frost Pair of coages, late 17th C—early 18th C. Plastered cob on rubble foongs . Slate roof to le coage, corrugated iron to the right, formerly thatch. 5/187 II Milestone 7m south-west of Wayside milestone, probably early 19th C. Granite, Wayside upright rectangular slab inscribed in demi-bold Roman serif leers ‘XI Miles From Exon’.

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APPENDIX 2: PLANNING CONTROLS IN CONSERVATION AREAS

Conservation Areas are areas of special Planning permission is required to position a architectural or historical interest, the character satellite dish on a chimney, wall or roof slope or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve which faces onto, and is visible from, a road or or enhance. Building or landscape features public path. including trees also contribute to the special There are additional limitations on the character of the Conservation Area. construction of extensions to dwellings within Trees in Conservation areas that are already conservation areas. In particular planning subject to a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) are permission would be required for side extensions. subject to the standard TPO Regulations. Extensions to the rear of a property may only be The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 makes single storey. special provision for trees in a Conservation Area, and as such, under section 211, anyone proposing to cut down or carry out work on a tree in a Conservation Area is required to give the Local Authority six weeks’ prior notice (a ‘section 211 notice’). This gives the Local Authority an This is a general guide to additional opportunity to consider whether the tree(s) in question is suitable for a TPO. controls applicable to conservation areas. Advice on alterations and extensions A tree is defined in the Town and Country Planning Act as having a diameter more than should be obtained before carrying out 75mm at 1.5m above the ground level. Works to any development. trees or hedging with a diameter less than 75mm at 1.5m above ground level do not require a notification to Mid Devon District Council. Unlisted buildings or structures inside conservation areas have some restrictions on demolition, e.g. total or substantial demolition of Please visit the Mid Devon District Council any building over 115 cubic metres requires website for more information: planning permission as does demolition of any wall over 1 metre high facing a highway, www.middevon.gov.uk waterway or open space or any wall over 2 Or telephone the planning department to speak metres high elsewhere. Any pre 1914 agricultural to a duty officer on: building in a conservation area is protected 01884 255 255 against demolition.

Listed building consent is required for demolition of a listed building and most works to the exterior Further information can be found on the Planning or interior and major repair schemes. Portal: www.planningportal.gov.uk

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Author Title

B. Cherry & N Pevsner The Buildings of England: Devon

Devon County Council Historic Environment team Historic Environment Record

English Heritage Understanding Place: Conservation Area Designation, Appraisal and Management

English Heritage Valuing Places: Good Practice in conservation Areas

J. Kingaby The Book of Morchard Bishop: A Devonshire Heartland Parish

Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Landscape Character Assessment

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CHERITON FITZPAINE PROPOSED CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN

2014 CHERITON FITZPAINE CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 1

CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1 2. Planning Policy Context 2 3. Location and Setting 3 4. Proposed Boundary Changes 5 5. Landscape Character 6 6. Historic Development 7 7. Character 15 8. Views 16 9. Trees and Open Spaces 18 10. Key Buildings and Features 19 Management Plan 23 Appendix 1: Listed Buildings 25 Appendix 2: Planning Controls in Conservation Areas 27 Bibliography 28 LIST OF MAPS 1. Location of Cheriton Fitzpaine 4 Boundary of Cheriton Fitzpaine conservation area original and 2. 5 proposed 3. Landscape Character Types around Cheriton Fitzpaine 6 4. Historic Core of Cheriton Fitzpaine 12 5. 1830s-40s Tithe Map 13 6. 1880s Ordnance Survey Map of Cheriton Fitzpaine 14 7. Map of Listed Buildings in the conservation area 15 8. Views in and around the Conservation Area 17 Map of Listed Buildings, unlisted buildings of merit and special 9. 22 features CHERITON FITZPAINE CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 2

LIST OF FIGURES 1. Honeysuckle Cottage 3

2. Higher Saunders 3

3. Old Primary School 3

4. Wreylands Cottage 3

5. Barnshill and Barnshill Cottage 3

6. Church of St Matthew 7

7. Almshouses 7

8. Poole Barton 8

9. Lower Saunders 9

10. Manor House 9

11. Half Moon Inn 10

12. Higher Saunders 10

13. Ring O’ Bells 10

14. Former Cheriton Primary School 10

15. Barnshill and Barnshill Cottage 11

View from the Methodist Church to the church tower of St Mat- 16. 16 thew

17. View from The Nunns to the east, towards the crossroads 16

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LIST OF FIGURES

18. Row of trees to the south west of St Mathews 18

19. Chestnut Tree outside Ring O’ Bells 18

20. Church yard of St Matthew 18

21. Private open spaces maintained by residents 18

22. St Matthews Church 19

23. First floor arcade, south side of former Cheriton Primary School 19

24. The Old Almshouses 19

25. Poole Barton 20

26. The Manor House 20

27. Methodist Church 20

28. Scutts Almshouses 20

29. Gate to garden of Arden House 21

30. Gate to the Manor House 21

31. Gate to Wreylands Cottage 21

32. Stone and cob boundary wall 21

33. Cobbled area south west of the church 21

34. Cobbled area south west of the church 21

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1. INTRODUCTION

A Conservation Area is an area of special In order to specifically identify and assess the architectural or historic interest the character characteristics of the Conservation Area, the and appearance of which it is desirable to appraisal covers location, special preserve and enhance. They are special architectural interest, character and areas where the buildings and the space appearance while the management plan around them interact to form distinctly covers preservation & enhancement. recognisable areas of quality and interest. Cheriton Fitzpaine conservation area was In Conservation Areas additional planning designated in 1985. The conservation area controls apply to protect the existing street and boundary were surveyed in the spring of scene and encourage enhancement where 2014. Visits to the Cheriton Fitzpaine appropriate. These are outlined in Appendix involved the reviewing of the original 3. conservation area boundary, collecting photographic evidence and surveying the A Conservation Area appraisal (or built environment and associate spaces assessment) is essentially an analysis of within and outside of the boundary. what makes it special. Many Conservation Proposed changes to the boundary have Areas do not have Conservation Area been carefully considered, following English appraisals, despite their recommendation Heritage guidance on conservation areas as by Government and English Heritage. It is well as assessing the appropriateness and becoming increasingly important to have collective attributes of all buildings and appraisals that define each Conservation features in and around the conservation Area's qualities in order to: area.

understand what it is that should be A consultation with the public is to ensure protected or enhanced that any proposed changes to the conservation area boundary reflect the local formulate effective policies communities views and suggestions. Following the public consultation, another make sensible planning decisions version of this document incorporating the be able to justify the designation when public consultation responses will be making planning decisions and at appeal created. This revised document will then be taken, with any proposed boundary changes, help residents, traders, council members, to Mid Devon District Council’s Cabinet for a potential investors and other interested decision on whether the appraisal and parties to understand the background to management plan should be adopted and designation any boundary changes approved.

help potential developers to formulate their applications

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2. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT

Conservation Areas are designated under National and Local planning policies change the Planning (Listed Building and over time so it is important to check the up Conservation) Act 1990, section 69(1), by to date policy framework when considering Local Planning Authorities. making a planning application. At the date of publication all policies quoted were correct. Conservation Area Appraisals are not The Cheriton Fitzpaine conservation area normally adopted as part of the Local Plan but they are nevertheless an integral tool was designated on 2 October 1985. that guides development. They are expected to be the subject of community involvement through a public consultation.

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the national guidance and policies for creating conservation areas in section 12: Conserving and enhancing the historic environment.

Local policies for protecting and preserving heritage assets can be found on the Mid Devon website.

“The historic environment is an asset of great cultural, social, economic and environmental value. It contributes

significantly to our quality of life and o the character of the district, representing a non-renewable resource that once lost is gone forever”

Local Plan Part 3 (2013) Policy DM27

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3. LOCATION AND SETTING

The village of Cheriton Fitzpaine is situated in an area of countryside near one of the tributary streams of the river Creedy, 5 miles north-east of Crediton (see Map 1).

The historic core of the village was designated a conservation area in October 1985 and it is proposed that the boundary Figure 2 (above): Higher Saunders be altered to take into account the ages and quality of buildings as well as any associated green space.

The Cheriton Fitzpaine conservation area contains a variety of listed buildings, which date between the 15th and 19th century. Many of the Grade II listed buildings consist of rendered and thatched cob cottages (see Figures 1– 5). Figure 3 (above): Old Primary School The village is located in a dip, which is emphasised by six of the seven approach roads to Cheriton Fitzpaine curving steeply up and out.

Figure 1 (below): Honeysuckle Cottage

Figure 4 (above): Wreylands Cottage

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MAP 1: LOCATION OF CHERITON FITZPAINE

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4. PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGES

The conservation area was designated The conservation area covers most of on 2nd October 1985. It is proposed that the western and central part of the the boundary be reviewed and adjusted village. The current conservation area to take into account the historic built includes a number of exceptional environment and associated green buildings including the Parish Church, spaces within Cheriton Fitzpaine (see Pool Barton and the Almshouses in the east. Map 2).

From surveying work in the late spring of It is suggested the conservation area be 2014, it is suggested that the boundary extended to the south to include Manor be slightly altered to better take into House Barn, an early 16th century Grade account the architectural and/or historic II* Listed building and the later 17th built environment as set out in the century Manor House. Other proposed guidelines and advice on conservation changes include the removal of areas by English Heritage. agricultural land to the north of the village and minor adjustments around property boundaries.

MAP 2: BOUNDARY OF CHERITON FITZPAINE CONSERVATION AREA ORIGINAL AND PROPOSED

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5. LANDSCAPE CHARACTER

The character of Cheriton Fitzpaine is Cheriton Fitzpaine nestles in the folds of the influenced by the shape and form of the wave formation running in an east-west surrounding hills and their underlying direction. The hills rise to 146 metres to the geology, which is formed of sandstone, north and 142 metres to the south. greywackes and shaly mudstones of the Surrounding the village, fields are irregular carboniferous period. Map 3 shows the patchworks of pasture and a small amount diversity of Landscape Character Types of arable. Field boundaries are usually around Cheriton Fitzpaine. hedgerows, with some Devon banks. They The hills are generally continuous in form are mostly straight with a few trees, although and have a distinctive wave-like formation there are more trees in the hedgerows near following the original fault lines. to the village.

The hill shape has a dip and scarp There is a substantial tree group near the characteristic. The dip being the shallow Home Croft to the north of the village and by slope of the wave and the scarp being the the Manor House and environs. A number of steep part. The landscape surrounding the trees are visible on the skyline to the south. village is typical rural farmland of Mid Devon. It is tranquil and very picturesque. MAP 3: LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES AROUND CHERITON FITZPAINE

Legend

Lower rolling farmed and seled valley slopes

Secluded valleys

Upper farmed and wooded valley slopes

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6. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT

Cheriton Fitzpaine is situated in rolling In the wider parish are a number of countryside to the north of the A3072, historic farmsteads which are recorded slightly nearer to Crediton than Tiverton. as small manors in the Domesday Book It is an interesting village with one of the such as Chilton, Coddiford, Coombe longest thatched buildings in England. Barton and Lower Dunscombe. To the The current conservation area north of Cheriton Fitzpaine is Upcott encompasses the historic core (see Map Barton, originally the home of the Upcott 4) with the parish church at its western family in the 14th century and the scene end which is listed Grade I (see Figure of the murder of Nicholas Radford in 6). To the south of the church is Poole 1455, owner at the time, by Sir Thomas Barton, which dates from the 15th/early Courtenay, son of the Earl of Devon. 16th century and, within the proposed The archaeological background set out extension to the conservation area, on below is based on information currently Rectory Hill is Manor House Barn, a held in Devon County Council’s Historic former 16th century house. Both Environment Record (HER). The HER is buildings are listed Grade II*. At the constantly being up dated and revised. other end of the conservation area the old Almshouses are also listed Grade II* Figure 6 (right): (see Figure 7). The conservation area Church of St also contains more than 20 Grade II Mahew listed buildings and structures ranging in date from the 16th to 19th centuries, including the aptly named Ring of Bells Inn next to the church.

The village is first recorded as Cerintona in the Domesday Book of 1086, the name meaning Church Farm. At that time the manor, which was held by Theobald son of Berner, had land for a Figure 7 total of 9 ploughs, 3 acres of meadow (below): and 6 acres of woodland. The settlement Almshouses appears to have gained the suffix ‘Fitzpaine’ by the 14th century as it is documented as Churiton Fitz Payn in 1354 and as Cheryton Phespayn in a deed dated 1510. The Fitzpaines held the manor in the 13th century.

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Prehistoric and Roman Medieval

No Prehistoric or Roman finds or One of the earliest surviving medieval features have been recorded within the features within the conservation area conservation area itself which is are the bee boles in a cob wall at the probably due to a lack of archaeological Ring of Bells which may date from the 1300s. investigation rather than a lack of evidence. In the wider landscape several The parish church, dedicated to St. enclosures of probable prehistoric or Matthew, dates to the 14th and 15th Roman date have been recorded as crop centuries and still retains some original marks. Interestingly, the pieces of a details such as the chancel arch, the small Roman amphora were found close ceiled wagon roof with its fine carved to one of these enclosures to the north bosses in the north aisle and chapel, and of Redyeates Farm, near Ball Cottages the Beer stone arcade in the nave with the late 1950s. A hoard of Roman coins its carved foliage capitals. of 1st and 2nd century date recovered from Poughill Barton in the neighbouring The earliest house within the current parish in 1836 is indicative of Roman conservation area is Poole Barton which activity in the area. dates back to the late 15th-early 16th century with 16th and 17th century Saxon improvements and additions (see Figure Cheriton Fitzpaine dates back to at least 8). The original main block has a typical the Saxon period. The earliest three room and cross passage plan to documentary reference to the village is which a service wing was added to the in the Domesday Book which was rear in the 16th century and a cross compiled in 1086 which records that wing projecting forward from the eastern Aelmer held it before 1066. At this time end in the 17th century. Evidence of it was called Cerintona. The name smoke-blackening in the roof suggests means Church Farm indicating that that the house was originally heated by there was a church here before the open-hearth fires. Norman Conquest.

Figure 8 (right): Poole Barton

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Lower Saunders (see Figure 9) and Wreylands Cottage also originated as three, or four, room and cross passage houses in the 16th century which were subsequently altered and improved in the 17th century. It is also likely that structural elements of this period will be preserved in later buildings, possibly masked by more recent alterations. Medieval features are also likely to survive as buried deposits within the Figure 9 (above): Lower Saunders historic core. Within the eastern group is a row of In the proposed extension to the former Almshouses. Four of these were conservation area to the south of Poole originally built in the early 17th century Barton is Manor House Barn which also with a fifth being added in 1853. The dates to the early 16th century. This Half Moon Inn (see Figure 11) and Cross originated as an open hall house which Cottage were both built in the late 16th, was converted to a detached kitchen or early 17th century while Lane End dates bake house in the 17th century when a from the late 17th century. There are new house was built on the site of the also two early former farmhouses, present Manor House (see Figure 10). Higher Saunders (see Figure 12) and Bowdell and Buddle Cottage, originally a Post Medieval single farmhouse, which can trace their A number of buildings within the origins at least to the early 17th century. conservation area are dated to the late Indeed Bowdell and Buddle Cottage may 16th to 17th century and features have a 16th century core although this associated with post-medieval domestic has yet to be proven. and industrial activity are also likely to survive as buried deposits. The extant buildings can be divided into two discreet groupings at the eastern and western ends of the conservation area respectively.

Figure 10 (above): Manor House

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Figure 11 The Manor House, formerly the rectory, (le): Half was built in the late 17th century, Moon Inn superseding the adjacent open hall house. It was largely rebuilt and extended in the mid 19th century.

At the western end of the conservation area on the north side of the churchyard is Church House, part of which dates to 1659, as inscribed on a lintel over the Figure 13 (above): Ring Of Bells fireplace. The Ring of Bells was formerly Modern a house originally built in the 17th century (see Figure 13) and Rose, April The 1830s-40s Tithe Map shows the and Bawn Cottages are a row of late conservation area beginning to take on 17th century, single room plan cottages, its modern appearance, the open spaces Bawn Cottage being extended in the filled with gardens and orchards (see 19th century. To the north-west, in Tower Map 5). A former poor house which was Hill, Honeysuckle Cottage is also thought built in the 18th or 19th century and to be late 17th century in date. converted to a school in the 20th century and is now a private residence and lies The church contains a number of late east of the church. It is a long thatched 16th and 17th century grave slabs and building, reputed to be the longest in monuments while over the south door England, fronting on to the churchyard. are the painted arms of Charles II dated The first floor room at its southern end 1665 (restored in 1971). extends over the street, supported by timber posts (see Figure 14). Figure 12 (below): Higher Saunders Figure 14 (below): Former Cheriton Primary School

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Hayes and Katherine Cottages were There appears to have been probably first built in the 18th century comparatively little 20th century while Pynes House and, towards the development within the conservation eastern end of the conservation area, area itself but there are areas of modern Beech Tree and Apple Tree Cottages and housing around the perimeter, Barnshill and Barnshill Cottage (see particularly to the south, east and north- east and also to the west of the Ring of Figure 15) were all built in the early 19th century. White’s directory for 1850 lists Bells. many different trades, including Historic Landscape Characterisation blacksmiths, bakers, coopers, butchers, tailors, and a schoolmaster, all witness Historic landscape characterisation to a thriving community. However, the shows the conservation area to comprise fact that, as mentioned above, a fifth the core of the historic settlement which Almshouse was added in 1853 suggests extends slightly to the west of the that the village had its share of poverty current boundary of the conservation to cope with as well. area. It is surrounded by medieval enclosures based on strip fields to the The parish church was restored by north and east, and Barton fields, larger James Crocker in 1883-5. The tiles on enclosures laid out between the 15th the chancel floor, altar rail, stalls, pews and 18th centuries, post medieval and and stained glass all date from this modern enclosures to the south and restoration. The chancel and tower arch west with a small park/garden and screens are earlier 20th century. orchards around the Manor House. Areas of modern settlement are also By the time of the first edition Ordnance depicted to the south, east and north Survey map Pynes Terrace had been east of the conservation area. built along the south side of the main street and a Bible Christian Chapel on the north side with its own small burial ground. A number of pumps and wells Figure 15 (below): Barnshill and Barnshill Coage are marked which the villagers relied upon for their water supply. A Smithy is marked at the eastern end of the village while ‘Windmill Cross’ just to the north- east of the conservation area suggests that a windmill once stood in the vicinity (see Map 6).

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Archaeological Potential

Archaeological evidence indicating The settings of nationally important potential prehistoric and Roman activity designated heritage assets located and occupation is recorded in the wider within the conservation area and its landscape. Documentary and place surrounding environs may also be name evidence suggests that Cheriton adversely affected upon by any Fitzpaine has Saxon or earlier origins. development in this area. This, together Buried evidence for former buildings or with any potential archaeological structures may well be present in the impact, should be considered at an early conservation area and these may be stage in the design and layout of any affected by any development within the new development within the historic core. conservation area.

MAP 4: HISTORIC CORE OF CHERITON FITZPAINE

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MAP 5: 1830s-40s Tithe Map

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MAP 6: 1880s ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP OF CHERITON FITZPAINE

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7. CHARACTER

Cheriton Fitzpaine’s character is influenced The earliest part of the settlement is focused by the surrounding topography. The around the church which is 14th Century countryside and its steeply sloping hills can with later additions and alterations. be seen from many viewpoints within the The eastern part of the conservation area historic settlement. focuses around the Half Moon Inn, which is located at a cross-roads. The settlement is linear in form, following the topography of the area, with focuses of The main street is fairly flat and slightly development at the two extreme ends of the curved. It was originally a shopping street village. Buildings along the main street front and contained a full range of shops. Now the pavement or road creating an enclosed there are few shops, most having been feel and focusing views east and west. converted into residential dwellings. There are no substantial public open spaces Map 7 shows the listed buildings in Cheriton in the village apart from the Churchyard Fitzpaine. All of the historical listed buildings which is well defined by attractive buildings which are associated with the village are on two sides. And a boundary wall within the conservation area.

MAP 7: MAP OF THE LISTED BUILDINGS IN CHERITON FITZPAINE CONSERVATION AREA

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8. VIEWS

There are a number of views out and of The linear form of the village is clearly Cheriton Fitzpaine from within the seen from near Woodland Cross to the village and surrounding countryside (see south, although modern development to Map 8). Particularly fine views can be the south conceals some of the seen from St Mathew’s Churchyard, conservation area. The modern which is in an elevated position and development is rendered to help Stockleigh English Church Tower can be integrate it with the rest of the village. seen from this point as a distant vista (to Its regular repetitive gables are in the north west). contrast to the otherwise organic character of the village form, as is the Many views in the village are confined by shape of the road layout (cul-de-sacs) the curving nature of the street-scene. and dwellings being detached and not Small sections of the village are terraced. glimpsed at a time (see Figures 16 & 17)

Views of the surrounding countryside can be seen through and over large gardens of dwellings, especially to the north and west. There are distant prospects of Stockleigh English church tower to the west and the village of Poughill on the edge of the ridge to the north can clearly be seen from near Woodland Cross.

To the south are open views of the steeply sloping hills and adjoining Figure 16 (above): View from the Methodist church countryside. to the church tower of St Matthew

The views to the east are restricted by the configuration of the road and vista is nicely closed by the fine vertical features of the lateral stacks on the Old Alms- houses.

A distant view of the village from Wind- Whistle (to the south east) allows glimpses of the church tower and the old thatched school, amidst a mantle of Figure 17 (above): View from ‘The Nunns’ to the trees in an attractive, traditional farm east, towards the crossroads landscape of trees, hedges and fields. CHERITON FITZPAINE CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 16

MAP 8: VIEWS IN AND AROUND THE CONSERVATION AREA Views– Thicker arrows denote longer views arrows Thicker Views– Legend Legend Boundary Area Conservaon

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9. TREES AND OPEN SPACES

There are a number of specimen trees within the Cheriton Fitzpaine conservation area, but few open spaces.

The line of trees along the southern edge of the churchyard opposite The Manor House are tall are prominent when viewing the Church from the south Figure 18 (above): (see Figure 18). Row of trees to the south west of St Another specimen tree in the Matthews church Churchyard is the large tree to the west of St Matthews. This is a tree which has a noticeable location in the raised churchyard, but is generally only visible from the western side of the church as the church building and tower blocks the view of it from the east . Figure 19 (left): Chestnut Tree outside There are a few prominent trees to the Ring O’ Bells south west of Lower Saunders. These trees feature in the views along the main street in Cheriton Fitzpaine.

There is a large Chestnut Tree to the west of Ring O’ Bells Public House (see Figure 19). The tree is within the front garden area of the public house.

The churchyard is the only large area of open green space within the Figure 20 (above): Church yard of St Matthew conservation area (see Figure 20).

There are a number of small areas of private open space which have been planted and maintained by residents which contribute to the character of the area (see Figure 21).

Figure 21 (above): Private open spaces maintained by residents

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10. KEY BUILDINGS AND FEATURES

Figure 22 (left): St

Matthews Church The Church of St Matthew is a Grade I Listed building and is in the western part of the conservation area (see Figure 22). It is one of the most important buildings in the conservation area. The nave and chancel are dated to the 14th century while the aisle, porch and tower can be dated to the 15th century. The tower has a ring of 6 bells, the oldest was cast by John Pennington of Exeter in 1665. The church was dedicated to St Mary before 1850 and known as All Saints in the Figure 23 (right): First 14th century. floor arcade, south side The old Cheriton Primary School is of former Primary School located to the east of St Mathews church. The Grade II Listed building was originally a poorhouse and dates to the Figure 24 (below): The 18th and 19th century. The building was Old Almshouses converted to a school in the 20th century and was converted into a dwelling in 2012. The former school is in a prominent position in the village and acts as a pinch point in the streetscape. At the south end of the building the first floor extends over the street carried on an arcade of timber posts (see Figure 23) and it retains is bell on the ridge of the roof.

The Old Almshouses are Grade II* Listed and are located in the eastern part of Poole Barton is located in the western the conservation area. The three part of the conservation area to the dwellings were originally five alms south west of St Matthews church. The houses, four build in the early 17th building has distinctive stone stacks century, while the fifth was built more similar to those on the Old Almshouses. recently in 1853. Each of the alms A front garden is enclosed by a rubble houses have a front-projecting lateral wall with granite gateposts. To the left of stack which are eye-catching and make the gateposts is a granite mounting the building stand out in the streetscape block attached to the wall on the (see Figure 24). highway (see Figure 25). CHERITON FITZPAINE CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 19

Figure 25 (above): Poole Barton Figure 26 (above): The Manor House Scutts Almshouse (see Figure 28) is The Manor House is a Grade II Listed located to the north east of the Church building in the southern part of the and to the north of the former Cheriton Conservation Area (see Figure 26). The Primary School. On the south east side house was formerly a rectory and dates of the dwelling is the inscription to the late 17th century and was ‘FOUNDED BY ANDREW SC VT 1717’. It extended and rebuilt around 1850. is located in a prominent position in the The Manor House Barn is located street scene and may have been directly behind The Manor House and is thatched when first built and one a Grade II* Listed building. The Barn dwelling with The Haynes rather than dates to the 16th century and was two. originally used as a dwelling. In the late Figure 27 (below): Methodist Church 17th century the occupants built The Manor House and moved into it, converting the barn into a bake house.

The Methodist Church and the associated churchyard provides a green break in the street scene (see Figure 27), as well as providing numerous benefits to the community. As the building is set back from the road and is Figure 28 (below): Scus Almshouse visually appealing due to the windows and corners of the structure highlighted with lighter bricks.

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There are a number of special features within Cheriton Fitzpaine which add to the character of the Conservation Area.

Gates, as well as providing boundaries between private and public space, are a key feature in Cheriton Fitzpaine (see Figures 29-31). Figure 30 (above): Gate to The Manor House

Stone and cob walls are common in the conservation area and create a strong sense of enclosure (see Figure 32).

Many parts of Cheriton Fitzpaine show remnants of cobbles. A large cobbled area is located to the south west of the church which then leads into a raised pavement to the south (see Figure 33 & Figure 31 (above): Gate to Wreylands Cottage 34).

There are two raised pavements within the conservation area. One is located to the front of the Old Almshouses and the other is to the south west of St Matthews Church.

Figure 29 (left): Gate to the garden of Figure 32 (above): Stone and Cob boundary walls Arden House

Figure 33 (above) & 34 (right): Cobbled area south west of the Church

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MAP 9: MAP OF LISTED BUILDINGS, UNLISTED BUILDINGS OF MERIT AND SPECIAL FEATURES IN CHERITON FITZPAINE CONSERVATION AREA

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MANAGEMENT PLAN

In accordance with the Planning (Listed For the most part, effective future Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act, 1990, management of the conservation area can Mid Devon District Council will pay special be achieved through existing conservation attention to the desirability of preserving or area policies, good development control enhancing the character or appearance of decisions and enforcement powers. New the Cheriton Fitzpaine Conservation Area. developments and changes in the conservation area are by no means A Conservation Area Management Plan prohibited, but should be to a high standard draws on the appraisal to identify ways of of design. New development should also aim ensuring that the special qualities of the to preserve and/or enhance the character of conservation area are preserved, to identify the conservation area. opportunities and put forward proposals for the enhancement of the area. The retention od historic fabric in the street scene such as cobble sets and raised A management plan can: pavements is thoroughly encouraged. Appropriate maintenance and protection of Make sympathetic proposals for the the remaining historic fabric is important as preservation and enhancement of the area’s character and appearance including these features are often irreplaceable. Other the identification of development Parish Councils in Mid Devon have been able opportunities; and to secure funding for upkeep and cleaning schemes for historic fabric and street Help to obtain funds and encourage inward furniture which can ensure retention and investment. longevity of these assets. The appraisal has identified the In some parts of the conservation area architectural and historic interest of the overhead lines detract from the visual impact area and the other special qualities that of the village. These overhead lines should be define the character and appearance of removed and replaced with underground and Cheriton Fitzpaine. In order to protect surface mounted cables where possible. This and enhance the aspects that make the may only be possible when other works are area worthy of designation, active taking place and will require the coordination management may be needed. The of Mid Devon District Council, Devon County opportunity has also been taken to Council, Cheriton Fitzpaine Parish Council review the conservation area boundary to and the availability of funding. see if there are areas that should be excluded or areas that should be added.

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Boundaries within the Cheriton Fitzpaine To safeguard the character of Cheriton conservation area are often defined by Fitzpaine's conservation area and ensure stone of cob walls and many have iron it is enhanced where possible, Mid gates. Where possible, these historic Devon District Council is able to issue boundary walls should be retained to Untidy Land Notices under Section 215. preserve the character and appearance These notices are for areas of land which detract from the conservation area due of he conservation area. Boundaries can be under threat from the formation of to their continual poor upkeep. There is new accesses, poor maintenance or currently one location which may benefit from new development. Mid Devon from such a notice being issued, the District Council will seek to retain area of land opposite the Grade II* historic boundaries where new Listed Old Almshouses in the east of the development occurs through the conservation area. Development or conditions of planning permissions. improvements to this site would need to take into consideration the impact of Within the conservation area there is a nearby listed buildings and the character limited amount of car parking within of the conservation area, as well as residential curtilage which has led to an being of good design. increasing number of vehicles parked along the roads. Due to the historic character of the conservation area, the roads are generally narrow and at times on street parking can be problematic. Formalised parking for residents in a nearby location is a possible solution to relieve traffic problems and ensure optimal visual amenity is reached in the conservation area. Discussions between Mid Devon District Council, Devon County Council, Cheriton Fitzpaine Parish Council and responses from the public consultation may provide some insight into possible solutions and whether parking on the street is problematic for residents.

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APPENDIX 1 - LISTED BUILDINGS

Reference Name Grade Description

7/15 Poole Barton including II* Late C15 early C16 with major C16 and C17 improvements and adjoining wall to north additions. Rubble walls enclose the front garden. To the left of the granite gate posts is a mounting block with granite steps.

7/16 Church of St Matthew I Parish Church of St Matthew. C14 nave and chancel, C15 aisles, porch and tower. The Church was dedicated to St Mary before 1850 and known as All Saints in C14. 7/17 Chest Tomb about 2 II Chest tomb circa 1836, made of limestone. The lid bears the metres west of south inscription to Thomas Melhuish (died 1836) and his brother John aisle of Church of St (died 1839) both of Barnshill. Matthew 7/18 Chest Tomb about 10 II Chest tomb circa 1831. South side records the death of John metres west of Tower of Cross Pitt, aged 17 (died 1831) and east side the death of John Church of St Matthew Pitt (died 1836) and Thomas Pitt (died 1811). 7/19 Cheriton Primary School II The former primary school was originally a poorhouse. It is dated to the C18 and C19 and was converted into a school in C20. This building is thought to be the longest thatch building in Great Britain. 7/20 Church Cottage II This dwelling is possible made from 2 or 3 cottages. The fireplace lintel is inscribed 1659 and part of the dwelling dates to the late C18 early C19. 7/21 Ring O’Bells Public II This public house was formerly a house and can be dated to the House C17 with C18, C19 and C20 alterations. 7/22 Hayes Cottage and II Two cottages through to date to the C18. Hayes Cottage was Katherine Cottage renovated circa 1850, Katherine Cottage was rebuilt circa 1970.

7/23 Rose Cottage, April II A row of three adjoining cottages built in the late C17, extended Cottage and Bawn in the C19. Cottage 7/24 Lower Saunders II A house built in the C16 with C17 improvements. Originally this was a 3– or 4–room-and-through-passage plan house facing the road to the south with an inner room on the west end.

7/25 Pynes House including II The house and adjoining coach-house (now a garage) dates to Coach-House adjoining the early C19. to west and front railings 7/26 Wreylands Cottage II The thatched cottage is part of a former house, built in the C16 including front garden with C17 improvements. and railings to south 7/27 Oxford House II This house was formerly two cottages. It was built in the mid C19. CHERITON FITZPAINE CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 25

Reference Name Grade Description

7/28 Beech Tree Cottage II This dwelling can be dated to the C19.

7/29 No's 1, 2 & 3 The Old II* These three houses were formerly 5 alms-houses. The original four Alms-houses (formerly are probably early C17, the fifth is dated as 1853 and renovated listed as No's 1-5) circa 1970. The building has five stacks, with the original 4 not being identical but all having a drip course at eaves level. The C19 left end stack is built in the same style and includes a small Beer stone date plaque inscribed 1853 near the top.

7/30 Barnshill and Barnshill II The is house and adjoining cottage was formerly a farmhouse and Cottage can be dated to the early C18. It was modernised in the mid C20.

7/31 Higher Saunders II This house was formerly a farmhouse and dates o the early C17. It was remodelled and extended in the late C17 early C18.

7/37 Half Moon Inn II This public house was formerly a house and dates to the late C16/ early C17. During the C19 and C20 there were major alterations.

7/38 Apple Tree Cottage II This house was formerly two cottages and dates to the C19.

7/39 Cross Cottage II This house was formerly a house and adjoining shop. It has late C16/early C17 origins and was extended in the late C17/early C18. The inside of the dwelling was rearranged in early C19 and renovated circa 1984.

7/40 Lane End Cottage II These two houses date to the late C17. They were built as a pair of thatched cottages.

7/41 Buddle Cottage and II Two adjoining cottages, originally a farmhouse. Thought to be late Bowdel C16/early C17 and extended in C18.

7/43 The Manor House II This house was formerly the Rectory. It is dated to the late C17 and was much rebuilt and extended circa 1850. The main block faces east with a smaller and narrower parallel range behind.

7/44 The Manor House Barn II* The barn was originally a house. It is dated to the early C16 and was converted to a bake house mid-late C17. The north end was rebuilt in late C19 and used as a barn or store in C20.

7/46 Honeysuckle Cottage II This dwelling was built in the late C17 and extended in the C19. It was known as Smithwright Cottage until circa 1930.

7/47 Tower Hill Cottage II This cottage dates to around 1870-1890 and was extended circa 1983.

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APPENDIX 2 - PLANNING CONTROLS IN CONSERVATION AREAS

Conservation Areas are areas of special Planning permission is required to position a architectural or historical interest, the character or satellite dish on a chimney, wall or roof slope appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or which faces onto, and is visible from, a road or enhance. Building or landscape features including public path. trees also contribute to the special character of There are additional limitations on the construction the Conservation Area. of extensions to dwellings within conservation Trees in Conservation areas that are already areas. In particular planning permission would be subject to a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) are required for side extensions. Extensions to the rear subject to the standard TPO Regulations. of a property may only be single storey. The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 makes special provision for trees in a Conservation Area, This is a general guide to additional controls and as such, under section 211, anyone proposing applicable to conservation areas. Advice on to cut down or carry out work on a tree in a alterations and extensions should be obtained Conservation Area is required to give the Local before carrying out any development. Authority six weeks’ prior notice (a ‘section 211 notice’). This gives the Local Authority an opportunity to consider whether the tree(s) in question is suitable for a TPO.

A tree is defined in the Town and Country Planning

Act as having a diameter more than 75mm at 1.5m above the ground level. Works to trees or hedging with a diameter less than 75mm at 1.5m above ground level do not require a notification to Please visit the Mid Devon District Council website Mid Devon District Council. for more information: Unlisted buildings or structures inside conservation www.middevon.gov.uk areas have some restrictions on demolition, e.g. total or substantial demolition of any building over Or telephone the planning department to speak to 115 cubic metres requires planning permission as a duty officer on: does demolition of any wall over 1 metre high 01884 255 255 facing a highway, waterway or open space or any

wall over 2 metres high elsewhere. Any pre 1914 agricultural building in a conservation area is Further information can be found on the Planning protected against demolition. Portal: Listed building consent is required for demolition www.planningportal.gov.uk of a listed building and most works to the exterior or interior and major repair schemes.

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BIBLOIGRAPHY

Author Title

Devon County Council Historic Environment Team Historic Environment Record

English Heritage Understanding Place: Conservation Area Designation, Appraisal and Management

English Heritage Valuing Places: Good Practice in conservation Areas

Local History Society A Walk Around Silverton: A short guide to the village for the resident and visitor

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Newton St Cyres Proposed Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan

2014 NEWTON ST CYRES CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 1

CONTENTS

1. Introduction 1

2. Planning Policy Context 2

3. Location and Setting 3

4. Proposed Boundary Changes 4

5. Landscape Characterisation 6

6. Historic Development 7

7. Views, Trees and Open Spaces 12

8. Character Areas 14

Character Area: Church Lane 15

Character Area: The Village and surrounds 16

Character Area: Pump Street 17

Character Area: Newton House and Arboretum (proposed extension) 18

Character Area: West Town (proposed extension) 19

9. Architecture and Key Buildings 20

Management Plan 23

Appendix 1: Historic Environmental Record 25

Appendix 2: Listed Buildings 30

Appendix 3: Planning Controls in Conservation Areas 33

Bibliography 34

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LIST OF MAPS

1. Location of Newton St Cyres 3 2. Original and Revised Conservation Area Boundary of Newton St Cyres 5 3. Landscape Character Types around Newton St Cyres 6 4. Donn’s 1765 Map of Devon 10 5. 1880s Ordnance Survey Map 11 Important Open Spaces and Views in and around Newton St Cyres 6. 13 conservation area 7. Character areas within Newton St Cyres Conservation Area 14 8. Church Lane Character Area 15 9. Village Green and surrounds Character Area 16 10. Pump Street Character Area 17 11. Newton House and Arboretum Character Area 18 12. West Town Character Area 19 13. Listed and Unlisted BuildingsLIST andOF Structures FIGURES 22

1. Church of St Cyr and St Juliette 7 2. Old Beams, Pump Street 8 3. East Holme, West Town Road 8 4. Shuttern Close and Village Green 9 5. View of Parish Church from The Crown and Sceptre Public House 12 6. View east from Church Lane 12 7. View south east along the A377 12 8. Church of St Cyr and St Julitta 15 9. Church yard of St Cyr and St Julitta 15 10. 1-7 Shuttern Close 16 11. View from A377 up Pump Street 17 12. Old Beams, Pump Street 17 13. Summerhouse in Arboretum 18 14. Summerhouse in Arboretum 18 15. Shuttern Brook, along side West Town Road 19 NEWTON ST CYRES CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 3

LIST OF FIGURES

16. Deer’s Leap and Deer’s Leap Cottage, West Town Road 19

17. Listed barn adjoining Halses 19

18. Clock on tower of the Church 20

19. Sundial on south side of the Church 20

20. Wooden entryway, south side of the Church 20

21. 1, 2 & 3 The Village, A377 20

22. The Forge and 33 The Village, Pump Street 20

23. Old Shuttern Bridge, over the Shuttern Brook on Pump Street 20

24. East Holme and East Holme Farm 21

25. Halses, West Town Road 21

26. Attractive bench on the Green 21

27. Newton St Cyres sign on the Green 21

28. Guerins, West Town Road 21

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1. INTRODUCTION

A Conservation Area is an area of special In order to specifically identify and assess the architectural or historic interest the character and characteristics of the Conservation Area, the appearance of which it is desirable to preserve appraisal covers location, special architectural and enhance. They are special areas where the interest, character and appearance while the buildings and the space around them interact to management plan covers preservation & form distinctly recognisable areas of quality and enhancement. interest. The Newton St Cyres conservation area was In Conservation Areas additional planning designated on 2nd October 1985. The controls apply to protect the existing street scene conservation area and boundary were surveyed in and encourage enhancement where appropriate. the summer of 2014. Visits to Newton St Cyres These are outlined in Appendix 2. involved the reviewing of the original A Conservation Area appraisal (or assessment) is conservation area boundary, collecting essentially an analysis of what makes it special. photographic evidence and surveying the built Many Conservation Areas do not have environment and associated spaces within and Conservation Area appraisals, despite their outside of the boundary. Proposed changes to the boundary have been carefully considered, recommendation by Government and English Heritage. It is becoming increasingly important to following English Heritage guidance on have appraisals that define each Conservation conservation areas as well as assessing the Area's qualities in order to: appropriateness and collective attributes of all buildings and features in and around the understand what it is that should be conservation area. protected or enhanced A consultation with the public is to ensure that formulate effective policies any proposed boundary changes reflect the local make sensible planning decisions communities views and suggestions. Following the public consultation, another version of this be able to justify the designation when document incorporating the public consultation making planning decisions and at appeal responses will be created. This document will help residents, traders, council members, then be taken with and proposed boundary potential investors and other interested changes to Mid Devon District Council’s Cabinet parties to understand the background to for a decision on whether the appraisal and designation management plan document should be adopted help potential developers to formulate their and any boundary changes made. applications

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2. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT

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3. LOCATION AND SETTING

Newton St Cyres is a picturesque village with a number of attractive cottages of coloured cob and thatch and a village green, the later being a modern creation. The village is situated on rising ground on the south western side of the valley of the River Creedy. It lies on the main road between Exeter and Crediton where it crosses the Shuttern Brook, a tributary to the Creedy. Newton St Cyres lies almost midway between Crediton and Exeter, being 4 miles north west of Exeter and 3 miles south east of Crediton (see Map 1). The Shuttern Brook which flows through Newton St Cyres from the south west to the north east of the village creates a ford on Pump Street, then flows under the New Shuttern Bridge and the A377 to join the River Creedy in the north.

MAP 1: LOCATION OF NEWTON ST CYRES

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4. PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGES

The boundary of the conservation area was designated in 1985. The present conservation area encompasses the historic core of the village with the parish church and former rectory at its north western end. The church is Grade I Listed and has an unusual dedication to St Cyr and St Julitta. The conservation area also contains more than a dozen Grade II Listed buildings dating from the 15th to early 19th centuries. The New Shuttern Bridge, which his Grade II Listed, is an early 19th century brick and stone construction but close by, in Pump Street, is the Old Shuttern Bridge, also Grade II Listed, which is an 18th century stone-build footbridge adjacent to a ford. Survey work of Newton St Cyres was undertaken in June 2014 to determine whether the boundary should be amended to include areas of historic and/or architecturally valuable assets and associated green space. The proposed extensions (see Map 2) include the addition of the historic settlement to the south west known as West Town and the extension to the boundary to the north west to include Newton House and the arboretum. Newton House was rebuilt in 1909 following a fire.

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MAP 2: ORIGINAL AND REVISED BOUNDARY OF NEWTON ST CYRES CONSERVATION AREA

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5. LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISATION

The local geology of Newton St Cyres The landscape characterisation around comprises of Permian basal breccias, Newton St Cyres are identified as: sandstones and mudstones. Lower rolling farmed and settled valley The surrounding countryside contains rolling slopes: A gently rolling and strongly hills, while Newton St Cyres is located in a undulating landscape narrow valley of the Shuttern Brook. Sparsely settled farmed valley floors: The Landscape Character Assessment (2011) Villages and hamlets are provides an in-depth assessment of Mid characteristically found alongside the Devon and the Landscape Character Types rivers. Landscape consists of rivers or (LCTs) within the district (see Map 3). streams and related flat or gently sloping The mixture of different LCTs locally create an valley bottoms found within the low-lying interesting, varied and dramatic landscape areas of the District. that the village is situated in. Wooded ridges and hilltops: Area of elevated strongly undulating small hills and ridges.

MAP 3: LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES AROUND NEWTON ST CYRES

Legend

Lower rolling farmed and seled valley slopes

Sparsely seled farmed valley ﬂoors

Wooded ridges and hilltops

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6. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT

The earliest documentary reference to Newton Prehistoric and Roman St Cyres is as niwan tune in 1050-73; the name No prehistoric or Roman finds or features have meaning ‘new farm’. It is recorded as Niwetone been recorded within the conservation area in the Domesday Book, 1086, but there seems itself or within the proposed new areas but this to have been confusion over ownership at this is probably due to a lack of archaeological time for it is recorded twice, firstly under the investigation rather than a lack of evidence. holdings of the Bishop of Exeter and secondly There is much evidence for prehistoric and under the holdings of Dunn who also held it Roman activity in the wider area (see Appendix prior to the conquest. 1). Prehistoric flints including several The suffix St Cyres appears to have been arrowheads have been found in the vicinity of gained by the 14th century and is documented Lake Farm. Several potential Bronze Age as Seynt Serys Newton in 1525. John Leland, barrows have been recorded as crop marks in writing in the mid 16th century, described it as the north-east corner of the parish near Shute a townlet with a good bridge over the river. In Cross, Nettacott Cross and Winscott Cross and the later 16th century the manor was owned by flints have also been found near these. In Walter Northcote, a wealthy woollen merchant addition numerous enclosures of probable from Crediton. Thomas Quicke purchased a prehistoric or Roman date have also been half share in the manor in 1572 and the family recorded as crop marks across the parish, have farmed in the parish ever since, buying particularly in the vicinity of Lake Farm but also the other half share in the late 18th century. to the north-west and south-east of Newton St They built Newton House, a Palladian style Cyres. The A377 is suggested to be on the line mansion, just to the north-west of the village in of a Roman road between Exeter and Crediton. the 19th century which was unfortunately Saxon destroyed by fire in 1906. Newton St Cyres dates back to at least the The wider parish is home to a number of Saxon period. It is first mentioned in a historic farmsteads including Bidwell Barton, document of 1050-73 and is also recorded in Langford, Lake, Smallbrook and Winscott Domesday Book which was compiled in 1086. which are all documented in the medieval period and Norton which is recorded even Medieval earlier, in the late Anglo Saxon period. The parish church is dedicated to St Cyr and St The archaeological background set out below is Julitta, his mother, one of only a handful of based on information currently held in Devon churches with this dedication in England (see County Council’s Historic Figure 1). It has earlier medieval origins but Environment Record was extensively rebuilt in the early 15th (HER). The HER is century. In the Lady Chapel is a piscina dating constantly being updated to about 1400. The base and shaft of a and revised. medieval cross stand in the churchyard. It’s Maltese style cross is modern, restored by the Figure 1 (right) Church of Quicke family to celebrate Queen Victoria’s St Cyr and St Juliee diamond jubilee in 1897. NEWTON ST CYRES CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 7

Figure 2 (above): Old Beams, Pump Street Figure 3 (above): East Holme, West Town Road The only surviving house of medieval date The parish church contains a number of good within the present conservation area is Old 17th-19th century monuments including Beams (see Figure 2) which is thought to date several to members of the Quicke family and back to the 15th century with 16th and 17th there is also a large marble monument to Sir century improvements. It has a typical three John Northcote, died 1632, who lived at Hayne room and cross passage plan. Evidence of Barton. Other post-medieval features within the smoke-blackening in the roof indicates that church include the painted arms of James II, these rooms were originally open to the roof dated 1685, near the door. The pulpit is 18th and heated by open hearths. Structural century as are the altar rails. In the churchyard elements of this period, however, may also be is the tomb of John Godfrey of Crediton, died preserved in later buildings, possibly masked by 1779. more recent alterations. Medieval features are Manganese was mined in the vicinity of Tin Pit also likely to survive as buried deposits within Hill from the late 18th century and by the turn the historic core. of the 19th century Newton St Cyres had At West Town, East Holme (see Figure 3) is first become the centre of the Devon industry. The recorded in the early 15th century as one of the focus of the industry subsequently shifted to two holdings as Westhome. Like Old Beams, the Teign Valley but production nevertheless the former farmhouse is probably 15th century continued in Newton St Cyres until the late in origin with a three room and cross passage 19th century. Down on the River Creedy two plan; the service end is now part of separate paper mills were in operation in the later 18th cottage. The roofs are smoke-blackened from and earlier 19th centuries. original open hearth fires. Halses is also a Modern former farmhouse with early 16th century origins. The 1840s Tithe Map shows the conservation area to be well-occupied by buildings at this Post Medieval P time with the settlement at West Town also Many of the extant buildings in Newton St Cyres well-established. Several smith’s shops are date from the later 17th to early 19th centuries recorded on the Tithe Map as well as and features associated with post-medieval workshops, a shop and a timber yards and domestic and industrial activity are also likely three inns. This is reflected in the different to survive as buried deposits within the historic professions listed in White’s Directory of 1850 core. which includes butchers, tailors and a butcher.

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The Exeter to Crediton section of the North Shuttern Close, has been built further south Devon Railway opened in the mid 19th century. with a new village green in front of them (see It by-passes the village to the north, on the Figure 4). Several properties on the north side, other side of the River Creedy; Newton St Cyres between the post office and the pub have also station is thus some 870m to the north of the gone; in their stead Goldolphin Close leads to a village at the end of the now aptly named modern housing development just outside the Station Road. conservation area. Other modern development Adjacent to the churchyard in the western has taken place at Woodlands on the south section of the conservation area is Glebe west side of the conservation area. House, the former rectory which was built in the Archaeological Potential early to mid 19th century. It is recorded as a Archaeological evidence indicating prehistoric vicarage on the Tithe Map and apportionment settlement and Roman activity and occupation with gardens and a shrubbery. It is similarly is recorded in the wider landscape. marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey Documentary and place name evidence map (see Map 5). To the north west Newton indicates that Newton St Cyres has Saxon or House is shown prior to the fire within earlier origins. Buried evidence for former landscaped grounds with a large Arboretum on buildings or structures may well be present in the other side of the road; this is marked as a the conservation area and these may be Pleasure Ground on the Tithe Map and affected by any development within the historic apportionment. Newton House was formerly core. the home of the Quicke family. It was rebuilt in 1909 after a fire and is now flats. The settings of nationally important designated heritage assets located within the conservation A number of buildings are depicted on the area and its surrounding environs may also be 1880s Ordnance Survey map which are no adversely affected upon by any development in longer extant. In particular, as a result of a fire this area. This should be considered at an early and road widening circa 1965, the centre of the stage in the design and layout of any new village has undergone radical alteration. The development within the conservation area. row of houses shown on the south side of the A377 on historic mapping has been demolished and a new row of properties, Figure 4 (below) Shuern Close and Village Green

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MAP 4: DONN’S 1765 MAP OF DEVON

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MAP 5: 1880S ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP

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7. VIEWS, TREES AND OPEN SPACES

Within Newton St Cyres, there are a number of views of the Church of St Cyr and St Julitta (see Figure 5) as it is on a sharp rise of land. To the south views can be seen of the surrounding hilly countryside (see Figure 6), and local views along Pump Street and West Town Road add to the character of the village, as do the green open spaces (see Map 6). Within Newton St Cyres there are a large number of trees. Most notably are those within Newton House’s Arboretum. Most are mature and provide a green backdrop to the Church when viewed Figure 6 (above): View east from Church Lane from the south. The largest open space within Newton St Cyres is the central green, created in the 190s when a number of dwellings were demolished to allow road widening of he A377 (see Figure 7). The green provides a focal point in the village allowing views to the many different areas of the village. The church yard is another large open space, however, being on the hillside and behind the church it is mainly screened from view. The churchyard extends behind Glebe House, The Vicarage and Elmhurst on Church Lane and forms a tranquil area of the village. Figure 7 (above): View south east along the A377 Private gardens within the conservation area also provide open green spaces. These are often bounded by hedging or walling which add to the Figure 5 (below): View of the Parish Church from The streetscape of the village. Crown and Sceptre public house

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MAP 6: IMPORTANT OPEN SPACES AND VIEWS IN AND AROUND NEWTON ST CYRES CONSERVATION AREA Distant views Important open space Important Local Views Local Conservaon Area Boundary Area Legend Conservaon

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8. CHARACTER AREAS

Throughout the Newton St Cyres conservation The conservation area can be split onto five area the character changes and can be very separate character areas (if the two additional different in one place when compared to another. areas are included in the conservation area For example, the open space of the village green boundary): with the noisy A377 road through it is very Church Lane different to the quiet leafy character of West Town. The Village Green and surrounds Pump Street Newton House and Arboretum (proposed extension)

West Town (proposed extension)

Map 8 shows the locations of these five character

areas within the Newton St Cyres conservation area.

MAP 7: CHARACTER AREAS IN NEWTON ST CYRES CONSERVATION AREA

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8. CHARACTER AREA: CHURCH LANE

Church Lane leads off of the A377 and West Town Road. It is quite steep and provides access to the Church of St Cyr and St Julitta (see Figure 8), the Church yard (see Figure 9) and a few dwellings. This part of the conservation area is relatively high up and provides a number of views out over Newton St Cyres to the south east. It is relatively Figure 8 (above): Church of St Cyr and St Julia quiet and tranquil, especially in the church yard and has a number of mature trees, hedges and open green spaces.

Figure 9 (right): Church yard of St Cyr and St Julia MAP 8: CHURCH LANE CHARACTER AREA

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8. CHARACTER AREA: VILLAGE GREEN AND SURROUNDS

The village green is in the centre of the village Numbers 1-7 Shuttern Close, although built in the and provides one of the largest open green 1960s after the A377 was widened, do not spaces in the conservation area. Within this area detract from the streetscape (see Figure 10). This is the Crown and Sceptre and a local convenience is mainly due to the terrace being set back store and post office. behind the green with small front gardens. They are also of a similar scale to the surrounding The A377 runs through this part of the conservation area and is quite noisy. Many of the buildings, being of one or two storeys with plain vehicles along this road do not appear to adhere rendered frontages. to the 30 miles per hour speed limit which results Figure 10 (below): 1-7 Shuern Close in it becoming a major hazard to pedestrians passing through the centre of the village. The streetscape on the northern side of the A377 and West Town Road retain their historic character due to the number of cob and thatched buildings which front directly onto footways without front gardens. MAP 9: VILLAGE GREEN AND SURROUNDS CHARACTER AREA

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8. CHARACTER AREA: PUMP STREET

Pump Street is accessed from the A377 and This area is picturesque and has a rural feel due contains a ford with the Shuttern Brook (see to the large amount of greenery along the street Figure 11). A footbridge over the ford provides dry and views to the surrounding countryside. access to the southern part of the street for The street is narrow with no pavement. Most pedestrians. dwellings have small front gardens which are well Figure 11 (boom le): View up Pump Street from A377 maintained. All the dwellings along this street are Grade II Listed and most are built from cob with Figure 12 (boom right): Old Beams, Pump Street thatch roofs (see Figure 12).

MAP 10: PUMP STREET CHARACTER AREA

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8. CHARACTER AREA: NEWTON HOUSE AND ARBORETUM (PROPOSED EXTENSION)

Newton House is a large house to the north west of the village. It is located on a hill and overlooks the main part of Newton St Cyres. It is screened by tall mature trees and the topography. The house, although rebuilt after a fire in 1909 remains imposing. The arboretum is on the south side of the A377, Figures 13 and 14 (above &below): Grade II Listed Summerhouse in the Arboretum of Newton House accessed by residents of Newton House via a private bridge. The arboretum contains a Grade II Listed summer house built in the early or mid 19th century. It is 9 sided, with a conical thatched roof supported on a colonnade of 9 rustic oak posts (see Figures 13 & 14).

MAP 11: NEWTON HOUSE AND ARBORETUM CHARACTER AREA

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8. CHARACTER AREA: WEST TOWN (PROPOSED EXTENSION)

West Town, to the south of the A377 contains a number of Listed and unlisted buildings which collectively create an attractive and tranquil character area. The Shuttern Brook flows alongside West Town Road (see Figure 15) and then flows behind Lindisfarne, 36 West Town. Figure 15 (le): Shuern The dwellings along here Brook alongside West are mainly set back from Town Road the road, with moderately Figure 16 (above): sized gardens (see Deer’s Leap and Deer’s Figures 16 & 17). The Leap Coage, West winding nature of the Town Road road restricts long views Figure 17 (right): Listed creating a rural feel to Barn aached to Halses the area. MAP 12: WEST TOWN CHARACTER AREA

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9. ARCHITECTURE AND KEY BUILDINGS

Within the conservation area, Newton St Cyres has a large proportion of listed buildings. These, along with important unlisted buildings and structures are shown of Map 13. The Church of St Cyr and St Julitta is a Grade I Listed building. It sits prominently in the village on the side of the hill and has a number of unique features. Both the clock and sun dial are attractive and unique, as is the small entryway to Figure 18 (top le): Clock on the east of the main entrance (see Figures 18, 19 clock tower of church & 20). Figure 19 (top right): Sun dial Numbers 1 and 2 The Village are a pair of Grade on south side of Church II Listed cottages of cob and thatch (see Figure Figure 20 (le): Wooden 21). Both cottages front directly onto the entryway on south side of pavement, which is slightly raised. Adjoining Church these cottages is 3 The Village, an attractive unlisted building. This picturesque row of cottages adds considerable to the streetscape of Figure 21 (below): 1, 2 & 3 the Newton St Cyres. The Village on the A377 The Forge and 33 The Village on Pump Street used to be the Smithy and associated cottage (see Figure 22). They are both Grade II Listed and date to the late 17th century. They both have thatched hoods over the front doors and thatch eyebrows over the first floor windows. The Old Shuttern Bridge is a footbridge over the ford on Pump Street (see Figure 23). This bridge dates to the 18th century and is made of Figure 22 uncoursed veined volcanic trap. It is a narrow (right): The single span with a cobbled pathway over. Plain Forge and 33 iron railings set in concrete protect pedestrians The Village, from falling off the edges into the ford. Pump Street The Shuttern Brook which runs through the centre of Newton St Cyres is an important feature Figure 23 (right): Old Shuern Bridge over Shuern in the village. The village may have been founded Brook on Pump Street in this location due to the ease of crossing the watercourse in this location.

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East Holme and East Holme Farm were once a former farmhouse which was then split into two dwellings. It has now been returned to one dwelling. It is Grade II* Listed and is a complex multi-period structure (see Figure 24). It is located in the most southerly part of the conservation area and is set in an attractive courtyard with outbuildings along the sides. Figure 24 (above): East Holme and East Holme Farm Halses is located opposite East Holme and East Holme Farm (see Figure 25). It is also a former farmhouse of plastered cob and thatch. It is dated to the early 16th century, with 16h and 19th alterations. It is Grade II Listed, and the barn and stables adjoining the north east of Halses are also Grade II Listed. There is a bench which has a cast iron rose design which is rather attractive (see Figure 26) Figure 25 (above): Halses, West Town Road and a cast iron sign on the Green (see Figure 27). Both of these features add to the street scene. Guerins is an attractive dwelling along West Town Road (see Figure 28). It is a small Grade II former farmhouse dating to around the 17th century. It is made of cob and thatch and slightly raised above the road, giving it a prominent position in the street scene.

Newton House, although hidden mostly from Figure 26 (above): Aracve public view by vegetation, is a very important bench on the Green building within Newton St Cyres. The influential Figure 27 (right): Newton St Quicke family, which is associated with the area Cyres sign on the Green around Newton St Cyres since the 16th century, build the original Palladian style mansion called Figure 28 (below): Guerins, Newton House in the 19th century. West Town Road Unfortunately this building was destroyed in 1906, with a replacement built in 1909 currently used as a number of flats.

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MAP 13: LISTED AND UNLISTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

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MANAGEMENT PLAN

In accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings The large gardens of properties such as Mount and Conservation Areas) Act, 1990, Mid Devon Pleasant on Pump Street and Guerins on West District Council will pay special attention to the Town Road and public open spaces such as the desirability of preserving or enhancing the Village Green, provide valuable green space and character or appearance of the Newton St Cyres are important to the setting of many listed conservation area. buildings and unlisted buildings of merit. A Conservation Area Management Plan draws on Development in these green spaces will be the appraisal to identify ways of ensuring that the resisted by Mid Devon District Council due to the special qualities of the conservation area are value these areas contribute to the individual preserved, to identify opportunities and put areas of Newton St Cyres conservation area and forward proposals for the enhancement of the the village as a whole. area. Newton St Cyres conservation area contains A management plan can: some historic fabric in the street scene which should be retained wherever possible. The Grade Make sympathetic proposals for the II Listed footbridge over Shuttern Brook is preservation and enhancement of the nationally protected however features such as area’s character and appearance including the raised pavements outside 1 and 2 The Village the identification of development and the Newton St Cyres sign in the Village Green opportunities; and should also be retained. Mid Devon District Obtain funds and encourage inward Council, Devon County Council and Newton St investment. Cyres Parish Council will discuss pavement improvements, signage and any other alterations The appraisal has identified the architectural and which may arise in the conservation area which historic interest of the area and the other special would affect the historic street scene. qualities that define the character and appearance of the Newton St Cyres conservation Boundaries within the conservation area are area. In order to protect and enhance the aspects often defined stone walls, hedging or metal that make the area worthy of designation, active railings. Where possible boundaries should be management may be needed. retained to preserve the character and appearance of the conservation area. Boundaries For the most part, effective future management can be under threat from the formation of new of the Conservation Area can be achieved accesses, poor maintenance or from new through existing Conservation Area policies, good development. Mid Devon District Council will seek development control decisions and enforcement to retain historic boundaries where new powers. development occurs by making retention part of Mid Devon District Council have the duty to the conditions of planning permission. ensure that proposals for development within the conservation area either preserve or enhance its character. New developments and changes within a conservation area are by no means prohibited, but should be to a high standard of design.

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The large volumes of vehicles travelling through Newton St Cyres on the A377 causes high levels of sound and air pollution for residents. It can also result in difficulties for local vehicular traffic and pedestrians travelling across the village. Discussions with Newton St Cyres Parish Council and Devon County Council may result in potential solutions or measures to ensure traffic along the A377 adhere to the speed limits in the village or for a traffic calming scheme to be introduced. This would result in the centre of Newton St Cyres becoming safer for vehicles and pedestrians, both local and those passing through. To ensure that the conservation area retains its character and is enhanced where possible, Mid Devon District Council is able to issue Untidy Land Notices under Section 215. These notices would be for areas of land which detract from the conservation area due to their continual poor upkeep. There are currently no sites which could have potential notices attached to them, but if in the future such sites emerge, the conservation area would benefit from such measures. Future development in Newton St Cyres conservation area must have strong consideration for the setting and appearance of the conservation area. As policy on external changes to buildings in conservation areas and change of use policies are not always straightforward, please contact Mid Devon District Council for information and advice when considering any changes .

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APPENDIX 1: HISTORIC ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD

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APPENDIX 2: LISTED BUILDINGS

Name Grade Reference Descripon

Summerhouse in II 5/28 Summerhouse in garden of Newton House (not Listed). Newton House Timber with thatched roof. Rusc Gothic style. 9-sided Arboretum with conical roof supported on colonnade of 9 rusc oak posts. All the exposed mber retains its bark and pieces of oak bole are used for decoraon. Church of St I 5/29 Parish Church. Earlier Medieval origins, extensively rebuilt Cyriac and St with new north side in early C15. Porch probably added in Julia late C16—early C17. Restored 1914-1921. Early perpendicular style throughout. Some external detail restored by most tracery is original. Chest Tomb of II 5/30 Chest tomb, built for John Godfrey of Crediton (died John Godfrey 1779). Purple-grey slate. Simple classical design. Inscribed

Stone Cross II 5/31 Stone cross. Medieval base and sha; collar and head above erected 1897. Granite. Base is buried. Sha square at crossroads base, octagonal above standing approximately 3 metres high. Glebe House II 5/32 House, formerly rectory. Early—mid C19. Stuccoed exterior. Brick stacks exposed above slate roof.

Gate Posts II 5/33 Gate posts. Inscribed A.Q, 1715. Granite. Plain, square- approx. 40 seconed piers chamfered along the top inside edges and metres east of surmounted by balls. Inials inscribed to right and date to Glebe House le. One pier now reset, considerably widening the entrance. 1 & 2 The Village II 5/34 Pair of coages. Late C17—early C18. Plastered cob on rubble foongs. Cob and brick stacks, thatched roof half hipped at north-west end. Central and le-hand (north west) part of a row of coages. Long low building along street front on raised pavements. 4, 5 & 6 The II 5/35 House, sub-divided and enlarged to make 3 coages and Village (formerly shop. Much altered building of the late C17—early C17 listed as Post origins. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, C19 and C20 Oﬃce) brick rebuilds. Volcanic stone, brick and cob stacks. Thatched roof. Shapland’s II 5/36 Coage. C18, extended in mid-C20. Plastered cob and Coage, The rubble with brick underpinning and buressing. Thatch Village roof, gabled at each end. NEWTON ST CYRES CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 30

Name Grade Reference Descripon

51, 52 & 53 The II 5/37 Row of 3 coages. Probably C18, modernised circa 1975. Cob Village walls with stone foongs. Brick stacks exposed above thatch roof. No. 53 has large, projecng cob stack to rear. Gable stacks and axial stack between Nos. 51 and 52. Forge and 33 The II 5/38 Two adjoining coages, former smithy and coage. Probably Village late C18, modernised circa 1970. Plastered cob walls on rubble foongs. Mixed brick, stone and cob stacks. Thatched roof. Roughly symmetrical front with overall 4-window front. Thatch eyebrows over ﬁrst ﬂoor windows. Old Shuern Bridge II 5/39 Footbridge with iron railings alongside ford. C18 with later iron railings. Uncoursed veined volcanic trap. Narrow single- span. Ellipcal arch on low abutments. Cobbled pathway with plain iron railings set in concrete. Shuern Coage II 5/40 House made up from at least 2 adjoining coages. Probably (formerly listed as C18, converted circa 1970. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, 23 The Village) cob and brick stacks, thatched roof. Pump Coage II 5/41 House made up from 3 coages. C17, C18 and C19, converted (formerly listed as circa 1970. Plastered cob walls on rubble foongs. Bick and 20, 21 The Village cob stacks. Thatched roof. Long, 2– storey building connuing south-east along the street from Shuern Coage (q.v.) to No. 19 The Village (q.v.). 19 The Village II 5/42 Formerly 2 coages, now 1 house. C17. Plastered cob on rubble foongs. Cob stack topped with C19 brick. Thatched roof hipped to le. New Shuern II 5/43 Road bridge over stream. Circa early C19 with some C20 Bridge repairs. Veined volcanic trap with rubbed brick with granite coping. Vercal abutments of stone and single segmental arch of brick. Old Beams II 5/44 House. Probably C15 with C16 and C17 improvements and (formerly listed as some later work. Plastered cob on rubble foong; cob and Old Beans) volcanic stone stacks with brick tops exposed above thatch. Lile Beams II 5/45 Coage. Former stables of Old Beams (No. 10). Probably C18 modernised in mid-C20. Plastered cob on rubble foongs; brick stack; thatched roof. Elm Coage II 5/46 Coage. C18 or early C19, enlarged in C20. Plastered cob on rubble foongs, brick-topped chimney-stack. Thatched roof, hipped each end. NEWTON ST CYRES CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 31

Name Grade Reference Descripon

The Cellar (formerly II 5/47 Former linhay or cartshed, then store now dwelling. C19. Cob listed as Store of on stone foongs with brick and mber front away from road Elm Coage) (north-east side). Slate roof hipped at each end.

Coburg, Pump II 5/48 Coage. Late C18—early C19, modernised circa 1970, Street enlarged circa 1977. Cob on rubble foongs with cob and brick stacks. Thatched roof.

Mount Pleasant II 5/49 Coage. Probably C18. Plastered cob on rubble foongs. (formerly listed as Thatched roof, gabled each end. Large cob or stone chimney Ye Olde Coage) stack topped with brick projecng from right-hand (southern) gable.

East Holme and II* 5/50 Former farmhouse with east end now a separate coage. East Holme Coage Probably C15 with C16, C17 and later improvements. (formerly listed as Plastered cob on rubble plinth; brick, cob and volcanic trap East Holme Farm stacks. Thatched roof. Complex mul-period structure. House)

Halses and front II 5/51 Former farmhouse. Early C16 origins with C16, C17 and later garden wall to east improvements. Plastered cob on rubble foongs; stone stacks with brick tops exposed above thatched roof. Roof hipped to le, gabled to right.

Barn and stables II 5/52 Barn and adjoining stables. Both late C18—C19 Barn is cob on adjoining to north- stone foongs with plastered front; corrugated-iron roof east of Halses replacing thatch. Faces road to east.

Guerins, West Town II 5/53 Small farmhouse. Probably C17. Cob walls on rubble plinth Road (plastered on front to south-east). Le handed gable rebuilt with late C19 brick. Thatched roof.

Lile Pickwicks II 5/54 Coage. Probably C18, modernised circa 1960. Plastered cob on rubble plinth; gable-ended thatched roof; and large cob stack with bread oven projecng from le-sided gable.

Deer’s Leap and II 5/55 Former farmhouse, now 2 coages. Early C17, possibly Deer’s Leap Coage earlier. Plastered cob on rubble plinth; stone and brick stacks; thatched roof.

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APPENDIX 3: PLANNING CONTROLS IN CONSERVATION AREAS

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Author Title B. Cherry & N Pevsner The Buildings of England: Devon

Devon County Council Historic Environment team Historic Environment Record

English Heritage Understanding Place: Conservation Area Designation, Appraisal and Management

English Heritage Valuing Places: Good Practice in conservation Areas

Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Landscape Character Assessment

Newton St Cyres Parish Council Website

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Thorverton Proposed Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan

2014 THORVERTON CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN—PAGE 1

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION 1

2. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT 2

3. LOCATION AND SETTING 3

4. PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGES 4

5. LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISATION 6

6. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT 7

7. IMPORTANT VIEWS, TREES AND OPEN SPACES 13

8. CHARACTER AREAS 16

CHARACTER AREA: SILVER STREET 17

CHARACTER AREA: JERICHO STREET 18

CHARACTER AREA: DINNEFORD STREET AND THE BURY 19

CHARACTER AREA: SCHOOL LANE (PROPOSED EXTENSION) AND 21 MILFORD LANE

CHARACTER AREA: BULLEN STREET 23

CHARACTER AREA: LYNCH ROAD (PROPOSED EXTENSION) AND DARK 24 LANE

9. KEY BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE 25

MANAGEMENT PLAN 28

APPENDIX 1: HISTORIC ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD 30

APPENDIX 2: LISTED BUILDINGS 34

APPENDIX 3: PLANNING CONTROLS IN CONSERVATION AREAS 41

BIBLIOGRAPHY 42

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LIST OF MAPS

1. LOCATION OF THORVERTON 3

OLD AND PROPOSED NEW BOUNDARY OF THORVERTON CONSERVATION 2. 5 AREA

3. LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES OF THORVERTON 6

4. 1840s TITHE MAP 10

5. 1880s ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP OF THORVERTON 11

6. HISTORIC CORE OF THORVERTON 12

MAP OF IMPORTANT OPEN SPACES AND VIEWS IN AND OUT OF 7. 14 THORVERTON CONSERVATION AREA

8. CHARACTER AREAS IN THORVERTON CONSERVATION AREA 16

9. SILVER STREET CHARACTER AREA 17

10. JERICHO STREET CHARACTER AREA 18

11. DINNEFORD STREET AND THE BURY CHARACTER AREA 19

12. SCHOOL LANE AND MILFORD LANE CHARACTER AREA 21

13. BULLEN STREET CHARACTER AREA 23

14. LYNCH ROAD AND DARK LANE CHARACTER AREA 24

15. LISTED AND IMPORTANT UNLISTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES 27

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LIST OF FIGURES

1. CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY 7 2. CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY 7 3. FOXES, TUDOR COTTAGE AND 9 JERICHO STREET 8 4. THE OLD POST OFFICE, NOW THE CORNER HOUSE 8 5. PLAQUE ON FORMER POST OFFICE COTTAGE, NOW MAY COTTAGE 8 6. ABBOTSFORD, THE BURY 8 7. WATER TROUGH, DINNEFORD STREET 9 8. WAR MEMORIAL IN THE CHURCHYARD 9 9. K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK 9 10. VIEW WEST UP BULLEN STREET 13 11. VIEW SOUTH FROM SILVER STREET 13 12. VIEW WEST FROM LYNCH ROAD 13 VIEW EAST FROM DARK LANE ACROSS THE CHURCHYARD TO SUR- 13. 13 ROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE 14. LEIGH GARDENS, SITE OF THE FORMER LEIGH HOUSE 15 15. PUMP WITHIN THE SHEEP WASH, NOW AN OPEN SPACE 15 16. THE OLD SHEEP WASH, DINNEFORD STREET 15 17. VIEW NORTH ACROSS THE SHEEP WASH FROM DINNEFORD STREET 15 18. YE OLDE POUNDE, WEST OF BULLEN STREET 15 19. 12, 10, 8 & 6 SILVER STREET RESPECTIVELY 17 20. LISTED FOOTBRIDGE OVER THE BROOK 17 21. BRIDGE HOUSE 18 22. VIEW DOWN JERICHO STREET TOWARDS THE JUBILEE GREEN 18 23. THE MEADS, DINNEFORD STREET 19 24. DINNEFORD HOUSE, DINNEFORD STREET 19 25. ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY CHURCH 20 26. THORVERTON WAR MEMORIAL 20 27. GRADE II LISTED CHURCH GATE AND RAILINGS 20

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LIST OF FIGURES

28. GRADE II LISTED GOLLY COTTAGE 20 29. GOLLY COTTAGE AND PINE COTTAGE 20 30. THORVERTON CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL 21 31. THE RECTORY, SCHOOL LANE 21 32. THE LODGE, SCHOOL LANE 22 33. THE THORVERTON ARMS 22 34. ACORN HOUSE AND ACORN COTTAGE 22 35. TALL WALLS ON THE EAST SIDE OF MILFORD LANE 22 36. TALL WALLS ON THE EAST SIDE OF MILFORD LANE 22 37. CROSSWAYS, BULLEN STREET 23 38. COBBLES AND WATERCOURSE ON NORTH SIDE OF BULLEN STREET 23 39. YE OLDE POUNDE 24 40. THE BAPTIST CHURCH 24 41. BRIDGE HOUSE, JERICHO STREET 25 42. LEAT ON JERICHO STREET 25 43. LEAT ON BULLEN STREET 25 44. LEAT ON DINNEFORD STREET 25 45. LEAT AT THE BURY 25 46. FOOTBRIDGE OVER THE BROOK 25 47. JUBILEE GREEN, JERICHO SREET 26 48. RAILINGS AND ROAD BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF JUBILEE GREEN 26 49. 1 SILVER STREET 26 50. FORD COTTAGE, THE BURY 26 51. ACORN HOUSE, MILFORD LANE 26 52. PORCH OF CUBBERLY HOUSE, THE BURY 26 53. BOOT SCRAPER, 1 SILVER STREET 26

54. CAST IRON OVERTHROW ON CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY 26

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1. INTRODUCTION

A conservation area is an area of special In order to specifically identify and assess the architectural or historic interest the character and characteristics of the Conservation Area, the appearance of which it is desirable to preserve appraisal covers location, special architectural and enhance. They are special areas where the interest, character and appearance while the buildings and the space around them interact to management plan covers preservation & form distinctly recognisable areas of quality and enhancement. interest. Thorverton conservation area was first In conservation areas additional planning designated on 6th February 1979. Surveying was controls apply to protect the existing street scene undertaken in July 2014. Visits to Thorverton and encourage enhancement where appropriate. involved the reviewing of the original These are outlined in Appendix 2. conservation area boundary, collection A conservation area appraisal (or assessment) is photographic evidence and surveying the built essentially an analysis of what makes it special. environment and associated spaces within and Many Conservation Areas do not have outside of the boundary. Proposed changes to the Conservation Area appraisals, despite their boundary have been carefully considered, recommendation by Government and English following English Heritage guidance on Heritage. It is becoming increasingly important to conservation areas as well as assessing the have appraisals that define each Conservation appropriateness and collective attributes of all Area's qualities in order to: buildings and features in and around the conservation area. understand what it is that should be; protected or enhanced; A consultation with the public is to ensure that any proposed boundary changes reflect the local formulate effective policies; communities views and suggestions. Following make sensible planning decisions; the public consultation, another version of this document incorporating the public consultation be able to justify the designation when responses will be created. This document will making planning decisions and at appeal; then be taken with any proposed boundary help residents, traders, council members, changes to Mid Devon District Council’s Cabinet potential investors and other interested for a decision on whether the appraisal and parties to understand the background to management plan document should be adopted designation; and and any boundary changes made. help potential developers to formulate their applications.

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2. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT

Conservation areas are designated under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation) Act 1990, section 69(1), by Local Planning Authorities. Conservation area appraisals are not normally adopted as part of the Local Plan but they are nevertheless an integral tool that guides development. They are expected to be the subject of community involvement through a public consultation. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the national guidance and policies for creating conservation areas in section 12: Conserving and enhancing the historic environment.

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3. LOCATION AND SETTING

Thorverton is a large village set amongst lovely hill scenery. It has a number of attractive cottages, cobbled pavements, a small triangular green and a stream flowing through the village. Thorverton is located 1 ¼ miles west of the A396 Exeter to Tiverton road and lies on the edge of the Exe Valley, about ¾ miles west of the river itself (see Map 1). It is sited in the valley of a small tributary which flows through the middle of the settlement. The land rises around the village, especially to the north. Raddon Hills to the north east lie 2 miles away and are the highest peak of the surrounding hills, peaking at 235 metres. This gives a setting of green hills as a background to the settlement which is important to preserve.

MAP 1: LOCATION OF THORVERON

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4. PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGES

Thorverton conservation area was first This consultation is to determine whether these designated 6th February 1979. Since Thorverton changes to the boundary should be made, and conservation area has been designated, there whether the local population believe there are have been no amendments to the conservation other areas of Thorverton which should be area boundary. Following guidance on included or excluded. conservation areas from English Heritage, it is proposed that the boundary of Thorverton conservation area be reviewed and extended in some places and reduced in others. Thorverton conservation area encompasses the historic core of the village with the parish Church, dedicated to St Thomas a Becket towards the northern end. The Church is Grade I Listed. The conservation area also contains many Grade II Listed properties dating from the 16th to early 19th centuries. The bridges over the stream are also Grade II. They were built of local stone in the 19th century. In Dinneford Street is a late 19th century Grade II listed horse trough, similarly built of volcanic stone. It is proposed that the conservation area boundary be amended, following survey work in July 2014 to identify the historic and/or architecturally interesting built environment and associated open spaces in Thorverton. The inclusion of The Lodge and The Rectory on School Lane as well as a number of dwellings on Lynch Road and the old quarry are proposed to be included. More modern dwellings which do not reflect the character of the conservation area, such as the bungalows on Dark Lane, a number of dwellings in the north east of Jericho Street and some infill dwellings on Bullen Street are proposed to be removed. So too is a sliver of land which is part of the Millennium Green, land to the north of Silver Street and land to the north and east of Court Barton. Proposed changes to he boundary of the conservation area are shown in Map 2.

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MAP 2: OLD AND PROPOSED NEW BOUNDARY OF THORVERTON CONSERVATION AREA

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5. LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISATION

The local geology of Thorverton comprises of Sparsely settled farmed valley floors: Permian basal breccias, sandstones and Villages and hamlets are mudstones. characteristically found alongside the The Landscape Character Assessment (2011) rivers. Landscape consists of rivers or provides an in-depth assessment of Mid streams and related flat or gently sloping Devon and the Landscape Character Types valley bottoms found within the low-lying (LCTs) within the district (see Map 3). areas of the District. The mixture of different LCTs locally create an River valley slopes and combes: These interesting, varied and dramatic landscape river valleys have steep, wooded sides that the village is situated in. and there is a strong sense of enclosure. The landscape characterisation around Wooded ridges and hilltops: Area of Thorverton are identified as: elevated strongly undulating small hills and ridges. Lowland plains: Area of open, low lying landscape which has rich agricultural soils.

MAP 3: LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES OF THORVERTON

Legend Lowland plains Sparsely seled farmed valley ﬂoors River valley slopes and combes Wooded ridges and hilltops

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6. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT

In addition a number of enclosures of probable Thorverton is considered to have been part of the prehistoric or Roman date have been recorded as large manor of Silverton at the time of the crop marks across the parish. Roman pottery has Domesday Survey in 1086. Thorverton Mill and been recovered from the site of three enclosures Tray Mill are possible on the sites of two of the in the valley of the Exe to the east of the village three mills recorded in the Domesday Book as suggesting that they were the site of a Romano- belonging to Silverton. British settlement. Saxon The earliest documentary reference to Thorverton is in 1201, as Torverton. It is suggested that the The name Thorverton is thought to derive from a first element of the name derives from a personal personal name and be of late Saxon or early name and that it is of late Saxon or early Norman Norman origin origin. It has been recorded variously as Medieval Thulverton (1301), Thurfurton (1340) and Tharverton (1630). There are a number of historic The parish Church which is dedicated to St farmsteads in the parish, including Raddon Court Thomas of Canterbury (see Figure 1) dates from which was a Saxon estate and is recorded in the the 15th century but it was largely rebuilt in the Domesday Book, and Traymill, a small medieval 19th century and has undergone further manor house originally built about 1400. restorative works during the course of the 20th century. The tower and porch, however, are 15th The archaeological background set out below is century. The porch has a vaulted roof of Beer based on information currently held in Devon stone with fine carved bosses and corbels. The County Council’s Historic Environmental Record central boss is thought to represent the Trinity (HER). The HER is constantly being updated and and the other bosses the four evangelists and the revised. Fathers of the Latin church. Prehistoric and Roman There have been no prehistoric or Roman finds or features recorded within the conservation area itself but this is probably due to a lack of archaeological investigation rather than a lack of evidence. There is much evidence, however, for prehistoric and Roman activity within the vicinity of the village (see Appendix 1). A Prehistoric hand axe was found to the west of Dark Lane, just outside the conservation area and scatters of flint Figure 1 &2 (above): Church of St Thomas of tools including several arrowheads have been Canterbury found across the parish during field walking. To the south west of Thorverton, near Fordy Bridge, there are three Late Neolithic-Bronze Age barrows, possibly outliers of a barrow cemetery to the south, which are Scheduled Ancient Monuments.

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There are several properties within the Structural elements of this period may also be conservation area that can be dated to the late preserved in later buildings, possibly masked by medieval period. In Jericho Street, Foxes (No. 11), more recent alterations. Medieval features are Tudor Cottage (No. 10) and No. 9 probably date also likely to survive as buried deposits within the from the early 16th century, originating as a historic core. three-room passage house, which was Post-Medieval subsequently divided into three cottages (see Figure 3) . The former Post Office (now The Many of the extant buildings in Thorverton date Corner House) and Post Office Cottage (now May from the 17th to early 19th century with several Cottage) likewise originated as a three room and appearing to be 19th century remodelling of cross passage house in the late medieval period earlier dwellings. Features associated with post- (see Figures 4 & 5). This was remodelled in the medieval domestic and industrial activity are also late 16th, early17th century with a kitchen wing likely to survive as buried deposits. (along Bullen Street) added in the 17th century. In The Bury, Abbotsford dates to the 17th century and is thought to have formerly been the church Figure 3 (le): Foxes house (see Figure 6). Berry House originated as (No. 11), Tudor an inn, the Royal Oak in the 17th century but was Coage (No.10) and converted to a house before the end of the 18th No. 9 Jericho Street century. The Reverend Coleridge lived here in 1841 while his new vicarage was being built and it became a private school in 1860. The Wardles is also 17th century in date and is thought to incorporate the hall and lower end of a three room and cross passage house, with Berry Cottage adjoining being the former inner room. The Thorverton Arms, formerly The Dolphin, is a former 18th century coaching house. Situated in Figure 4 (right): The the centre of the village, at the southern end of Old Post Oﬃce, now and facing The Bury, the pub is a particularly The Corner House important part of the streetscape.

Figure 5 (below): Plaque on the former Post Oﬃce Coage, now May Coage

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Figure 8 (le): War Modern Memorial in the Churchyard The 1840s Tithe Map (see Map 4) shows the conservation area to be taking on its modern appearance, the open spaces filled with gardens and orchards. Just to the south-west of the Conservation Area is the Reverend Coleridge’s house, which is recorded on the apportionment as the Old Vicarage. He is listed in White’s Directory for 1850. Also listed are bakers, blacksmiths, butchers, grocers, shoemakers, tailors, saddlers, victuallers and wheelwrights as well as a post office and the miller at Thorverton Mill, all evidence of a thriving rural community. A smithy is marked on the first edition Ordnance Figure 9 (right): K6 Survey map (see Map 5) together with a school, Telephone Kiosk a Baptist chapel, built in 1833-4, with its own small burial ground and no less than four inns or hotels. At the northern end of Dinneford is a Archaeological Potential water (horse) trough (see Figure 7). A number of Archaeological evidence indicating extensive buildings in the south eastern part of Thorverton prehistoric activity and Roman occupation and were lost between the 1840s and 1880s. settlement is recorded in the wider landscape. Documentary and place name evidence indicates Figure 7 that Thorverton has Saxon or earlier origins. (above): Buried evidence for former buildings or structures Water may well be present in the conservation area and trough, these may be affected by any development within Dinneford the historic core. Street The settings of nationally important designated heritage assets located within the conservation area and its surrounding environs may also be There has been comparatively little 20th century adversely affected upon by any development in infilling of the open spaces shown on historic this area. This should be considered at an early mapping within the conservation area itself but stage in the design and layout of any new there are areas of modern development to the development within the conservation area. As south-west. Modern 20th century features within should the impact on non-designated locally- the conservation area include the War Memorial, listed heritage assets which are on the Mid Devon located in the churchyard (see Figure 8) and a K6 District Council Heritage Assets Local List. telephone kiosk in Dinneford Street (see Figure Any development within the historic core of 9). Thorverton (see Map 6) may need archaeological investigations before commencing works.

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MAP 4: 1840S TITHE MAP

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MAP 5: 1880S ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP OF THORVERTON

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MAP 6: HISTORIC CORE OF THORVERTON

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7. IMPORTANT VIEWS, TREES AND OPEN SPACES

Within Thorverton conservation area there are a large number of views along roadways and out towards the surrounding countryside (see Map 7). A number of views within the village are long, due to the straight nature of the roads providing unobstructed views, especially along Bullen Street (see Figure 10) and The Bury. In other parts, such as Jericho Street and School Lane, views are restricted by the curve of the roadway. Views of the surrounding countryside can be seen from parts of Silver Street, Dinneford Street, Lynch Road and Dark Lane (see Figures 11, 12 & 13). Figure 10 (above): View west up Bullen Street There are a number of open spaces within the conservation area which are important to the street scene and add character to the village. Jubilee Green is thought to have obtained its name from the celebration of Queen Victoria’s Silver Jubilee (1862) to mark 25 years of her reign. A fir tree was planted in the green in 1887 by Miss Mary Norrish of Raddon Court Barton to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee (50 year reign). In 1946 the fir tree had grown too large so the Parish Council removed it. Currently Figure 11 (above): View south from Silver Street there are a number of smaller trees within Jubilee Green. Another open space of interest is called Leigh Gardens (see Figure 14). This was the site of Leigh House, which was once the farmhouse associated with Lower Courthayes. After a fire, the council bought and cleared the ruins to create Leigh Gardens in 1970. Figure 12 (above): View west from Lynch Road The Churchyard is a large open green space within the conservation area. It contains a number of mature trees which contribute to the greenery in this part of Thorverton.

Figure 13 (right): View east from Dark Lane across the church yard to the St Thomas of Canterbury Church and the surrounding countryside

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MAP 7: MAP OF IMPORTANT OPEN SPACES AND VIEWS IN AND OUT OF THORVERTON CONSERVATION AREA

Important open space Important Short views Long views Conservaon Area Boundary Boundary Area Conservaon Legend

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On the eastern side of Dinneford Street there are a number of private gardens which lead from the road down to the Brook. The gardens are generally bounded by stone walls with railings and contain a number of trees and foliage which provide greenery to the street scene. Also along Dinneford Street is the site of the old sheep wash and an old water pump remains (see Figure 14 (above): Leigh Gardens, site of the former Figure 15). It was turned onto a public open Leigh House space and contains a bench, however, it is currently overgrown and does not appear to be used (see Figure 16). Views across the brook to Figure 15 (right): the surrounding countryside are panoramic in this Pump within the part of the conservation area (see Figure 17). sheep wash in the There is a large amount of hedging in Thorverton, northern part of the generally above stone walls which enclose private conservaon area space. A good example of this type of green boundary is to the front of Ye Olde Pounde, to the west of Bullen Street (see Figure 18).

Figure 17 (above): View north across the sheep wash from Dinneford Street

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8. CHARACTER AREAS

Throughout the Thorverton conservation area Within Thorverton conservation area there are different areas have varied and unique six distinctive character areas. These are: characters. For example, the north part of Silver Street Dinneford Street has wide views to the surrounding countryside and is tranquil. Jericho Jericho Street Street, however, is rather narrow and has the Dinneford Street and The Bury majority of dwellings front directly onto the road School Lane (proposed extension) and which results in a confined feel and restricted Milford Lane views. Bullen Street

Lynch Road (proposed extension) and Dark

Lane

MAP 8: CHARACTER AREAS IN THORVERTON CONSERVATION AREA

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8. CHARACTER AREA: SILVER STREET

Silver Street is in the south eastern part of the conservation area and is one of the main routes into Thorverton. The street is fairly straight, allowing long views. On the southern side of the street there is a row of semi-detached red-brick dwellings, many of which have been extended (see Figure 19). To the north of the road lie a Figure 19: 12, 10, 8 & 6 Silver Street respecvely number of large, mainly detached dwellings. Along the western end of the northern side of the road there is a large swathe of cobbles which are in good condition. Along the southern side of the road in the western part runs the Brook. It flows under a Grade II Listed footbridge which provides a picturesque view when entering Thorverton from the east (see Figure 20).

Figure 20: Listed footbridge over the Brook

MAP 9: SILVER STREET CHARACTER AREA

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8. CHARACTER AREA: JERICHO STREET

The southern part of Jericho Street contains Jubilee Green, an open green space which contains a small section of the Brook. It also contains a number of dwellings including Bridge House which has an impressive two storey porch on the front elevation (see Figure 21). The thoroughfare up Jericho street is narrow and provides a strong sense of enclosure created by Figure 21 (above): Bridge House the subtle twists and turns in the street scene as the road climbs out and away from Thorverton (see Figure 22). Within Jericho Street there is also a leat and a number of cobbles which are an attractive asset.

Figure 22 (right): View down Jericho Street towards the Jubilee Green

MAP 10: JERICHO STREET CHARACTER AREA

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8. CHARACTER AREA: DINNEFORD STREET AND THE BURY

The northern part of Dinneford Street is rather rural in character, with views to the surrounding countryside and little housing. On the northern corner of the street is The Meads a picturesque 18th century building with later alterations and additions (see Figure 23). Further south along Dinneford Street there are a number of semi-detached dwellings which vary in style and age (see Figure 24). On the north Figure 23 (above): The Meads, Dinneford Street eastern side of the road, private open space is Figure 24 enclosed behind stone walls and railings, sloping (right): down to the Brook. This part of Dinneford Street Dinneford has the feel of a rural area, leading into a more House, urban centre. Dinneford Street

MAP 11: DINNEFORD STREET AND THE BURY CHARACTER AREA

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Further south along Dinneford Street, housing also appears on the eastern side. The dwellings are single-storey set back slightly from the road behind stone walls. Opposite these dwellings on the west side is the Grade I Listed St Thomas of Canterbury Church, an imposing building set back from the road (see Figure 25). The street at this point then becomes The Bury. The War Memorial to the south east of the Figure 25 (above): St Thomas of Canterbury Church Church is a tall landmark within the street scene (see Figure 26). The road widens considerably at Figure 26 (right): this point with large areas of cobbles on either Thorverton War side of the roadway. This is mainly used for car Memorial parking, especially on the western side. Tucked beside the church wall and Grade II Listed Church Gate and railings (see Figure 27) are Grade II Listed Golly Cottage and Pine Cottage, Figure 27 (below): attractive thatched buildings (see Figure 28 & Grade II Listed Church 29). Gate and railings

Figure 28 (below): Grade II Listed Golly Coage

Figure 29 (below): Golly Coage and Pine Coage

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8. CHARACTER AREA: SCHOOL LANE (PROPOSED EXTENSION) AND MILFORD LANE Figure 30 School Lane is thought to be an early route to (right): Brampford Speke in the south and is quite Thorverton narrow. Thorverton Church of England Primary Church of School backs directly onto the roadway. It is a England late 19th century building and it a simple white- Primary washed structure with detailing along the roof School (see Figure 30). Further south along the lane lies the Rectory, a large two storey dwelling set back from the road within a large garden (see Figure 31). It is screened from view along most of the lane by tall hedging, and this part of the conservation area has a rural, tranquil character.

Figure 31 (above): The Rectory, School Lane

MAP 12: SCHOOL LANE AND MILFORD LANE CHARACTER AREA

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Next to the Rectory is The Lodge, a small thatched building also from the late 19th century. This dwelling can be easily seen from the road and also adds to the rural character of the area (see Figure 32). Opposite the Bury lies the Grade II Listed Thorverton Arms (see Figure 33). This large public house, once known as The Dolphin, has a wide area of cobbling at the front, providing space for Figure 32 (above): The Lodge, School Lane patrons. It is sited in the centre of Thorverton, facing the Bury and Dinneford Street and is an important landmark in the village. Milford Lane is a fragment of a more developed early lane leading from beside the Thorverton Arms then turning at right angles it fords the Brook and joins with Silver Street. The lane is a traditional space between the countryside and the village. It was originally more built up than it is today, with buildings on the piece of land now Figure 33 (above): The Thorverton Arms known as the Millennium Green. Unfortunately the lane has lost a substantial number of dwellings over the years. Acorn House and Acorn Cottage, Grade II Listed, were once one dwelling. This building is of particular interest along Milford Lane as it is built of cob blocks in a stud frame which is a rare form of construction on the south west and rather unique in Devon (see Figure 34). The dwellings on the eastern side of Milford Lane are hidden behind tall walls of a mixture of materials, mainly stone and cob (see Figure 35 & 36).

Figure 34 (above): Acorn House and Acorn Coage

Figure 35 & 36 (le &right): Tall walls on the east side of Milford Lane

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8. CHARACTER AREA: BULLEN STREET

Bullen Street is one of the main routes through Thorverton and has a high quality townscape. This is due to the street being largely unspoilt by recent development and the variety of styles, especially on the northern side. There are no obvious buildings dominating the scene, with Berry House and The Exeter public house and Crossways (see Figure 37) being some of the key buildings. Figure 37 (above): Crossways, The cobbled footpaths on either side of the street Bullen Street and the watercourse (see Figure 38) on the north side add considerably to the character of the street. The cobbled pavements are rather wide in the middle section of the street, with narrower Figure 38 (right): Cobbles and sections at either end of the street. watercourse on north side of Bullen Street

MAP 13: BULLEN STREET CHARACTER AREA

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8. CHARACTER AREA: LYNCH ROAD (PROPOSED EXTENSION) AND DARK LANE

This character area is in the western part of the Dark Lane is the narrowest road within conservation area. Two distinctive buildings Thorverton and rises sharply from the intersection include Ye Olde Pounde (see Figure 39), a of Lynch Road, Bullen Street and Dark Lane. It landmark dwelling on a rise of land and the provides a defined boundary between the village Baptist Church (see Figure 40). and the adjacent countryside. The public car park where the village shop resides is a former quarry. It is quite unkempt but Figure 39 (boom le): Ye Olde Pounde well used for both parking and shopping for convenience goods. Lynch Road is one of the Figure 40 (boom right): The Bapst Church routes into Thorverton and narrows to become a country lane. The dwellings on the northern side of the road are prominent, being slightly higher than the lane and are rather attractive red brick buildings.

MAP 14: LYNCH ROAD AND DARK LANE CHARACTER AREA

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9. KEY BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE

Within the conservation area there are a number of different styles of buildings which add to the character of Thorverton. There are a large number of Listed buildings in Thorverton and a number of important unlisted buildings which collectively result in an aesthetically pleasing rural Devon village (see Map 15). One of the most notable dwellings in Thorverton is Bridge House on Jericho Street for its two storey porch and visible location near the main cross roads of the Figure 41 (above): Bridge House, Jericho Street village (see Figure 41). The cobbles under the two storey porch, as well as their abundance in many other parts of the village, contribute positively to Thorverton. Cobbling is more intact and numerous than any other village in Mid Devon. Along with the cobbles, the remains of the leat down Jericho Street, Bullen Street Dinneford Street and The Bury (see Figures 42-45), which were used to improve sanitary conditions in the village, provide unique and interesting historic Figure 42 (above le): Leat on Jericho Street elements in the streetscape. Figure 43 (above central): Leat on Bullen Street The footbridge over the brook at the junction of Silver Street and Milford Lane can be perceived Figure 44 (above right): Leat on Dinneford Street as an iconic image of Thorverton (see Figure 46). Figure 45 (right): This Grade II Listed bridge is made of local volcanic trap and dates to the 19th century. It is Leat at The Bury paved with cobbles, as is the ford to the south Figure 46 east of the footbridge. (below): Foot- The Jubilee Green on Jericho Street is an bridge over the attractive area of the village containing a green brook open space and a small section of the brook (see Figure 47). The Green is visible from a number of locations in the village due to its location near the main intersection of Bullen Street and The Bury and the intersections of Jericho Street and Silver Street. The railings on the southern side of the Green and the two bridges carrying the road over the brook are all Grade II Listed (see Figure 48).

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Figure 47 (above): Jubilee Green, Jericho Street Figure 48 (above): Railings and road bridge to south of Jubilee Green The remains of shop windows in a number of residential dwellings suggests there was more trade in the village in the past (see Figures 49 and 50). The retention of these shop windows reflects the historic use of buildings for both residential and commercial use and retains the historic street scene. There are a number of ornamentations and objects which provide visual interest and variety in the street scene. Ornamentation on dwellings, Figure 49 (above): 1 such as the pillars on Acorn House (see Figure Silver Street 51) or the carved wooden porch of Cubberly House (see Figure 52) can distinguish dwellings Figure 50 (right): and are purely for visual appeal. Other objects Ford Coage, The within Thorverton, such as the boot scraper in the Bury wall of 1 Silver Street (see Figure 53), the water pump in Dinneford Road and the cast iron overthrows with lamps on the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury (see Figure 54) and 9 Silver Street, have practical uses as well as being Figure 52 (le) Porch of of aesthetic value. Cubberly House, The Bury

Figure 51 (below le): Acorn House, Figure 53 (below right): Boot Milford Lane scraper, 1 Silver Street

Figure 54 (le): Cast iron overthrow on Church of St Thomas of Canterbury

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MAP 15: LISTED AND IMPORTANT UNLISTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

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MANAGEMENT PLAN

In accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings The retention of historic fabric in the street scene and Conservation Areas) Act, 1990, Mid Devon such as cobble sets and leats is thoroughly District Council will pay special attention to the encouraged. Where damage has occurred, desirability of preserving or enhancing the traditional materials are encouraged to be used character or appearance of the Thorverton to ensure the aesthetics of the conservation area conservation area. are retained. Damage can occur due to over use, A Conservation Area Management Plan draws on such as for car parking or through the growth of the appraisal to identify ways of ensuring that the plant life which can displace cobbles due to roots special qualities of the conservation area are and stems. Thorverton Parish Council are preserved, to identify opportunities and put currently in the process of investigating the forward proposals for the enhancement of the possibility of cleaning their unique infrastructure area. of cobble sets and watercourses . A management plan can: The private large gardens of properties, such as Court Barton and The Lodge, as well as open Make sympathetic proposals for the green spaces such as Jubilee Green and the preservation and enhancement of the church yard are important to the setting of many area’s character and appearance including Listed and unlisted buildings of merit. the identification of development Development in these open green spaces will be opportunities; and resisted by Mid Devon District Council due to the Help to obtain funds and encourage inward value these areas contribute to individual areas investment. of Thorverton and the village as a whole. The appraisal has identified the architectural and Historic shop fronts should be retained, to protect historic interest of the area and the other special the diversity of the street scene. The qualities that define the character and reinstatement of shops in the future would then appearance of the Thorverton conservation area. be possible without major renovation works or In order to protect and enhance the aspects that impacts on the historic fabric of Thorverton. As make the area worthy of designation, active policy on external changes to buildings in management may be needed. conservation areas and change of use policies are not always straightforward, please contact For the most part, effective future management Mid Devon District Council for information and of the Conservation Area can be achieved advice when considering any changes. through existing Conservation Area policies, good development management decisions and enforcement powers. Mid Devon District Council have the duty to ensure that proposals for development within the conservation area either preserve or enhance its character. New developments and changes within a conservation area are by no means prohibited, but should be to a high standard of design.

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Boundaries within the conservation area are often defined by stone or cob walls or iron railings. Where possible, boundaries should be retained to preserve the character and appearance of the conservation area. Boundaries can be under threat from the formation of new accesses, poor maintenance or from new development. Mid Devon District Council will seek to retain historic boundaries where new development occurs by making it part of the conditions of the planning permission. There are a number of overhead power lines which detract from the appearance of the conservation area. These overhead lines should be removed and replaced with underground and surface mounted cables where possible. This may be possible only when other road works are taking place and will require the coordination of Devon County Council, Mid Devon District Council and funding. To ensure that the conservation area retains its character and is enhanced where possible, Mid Devon District Council is able to issue Untidy Land Notices under Section 215. These notices would be for areas of land which detract from the conservation area due to their continual poor upkeep. There are one or two locations within Thorverton which may benefit from such a notice being issued, such as the old sheep wash and potentially the public car park in the old quarry site, although it is hoped that these issues can be resolved through negotiation. Future development in Thorverton conservation area must have strong consideration for the setting and appearance of the conservation area. Archaeological investigations may be required for developments within Thorverton, especially those within the historic core of the village.

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APPENDIX 1: HISTORIC ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD

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APPENDIX 2: LISTED BUILDINGS Name Grade Reference Descripon Ye Olde Pounde, II 8/117 House, probably late 18th century. Colour washed rendered cob; Bullen Street thatched roof with plain ridge, half hipped at le end, hipped at right end; rear lateral stack with brick sha.

Crossways, Bullen II 8/118 Coage, around late 17th early 18th century. Whitewashed and Street rendered; thatched roof with plain ridge, hipped at ends; le end cob stack with brick sha, truncated right end stack.

Row of 3 coages II 8/119 Row of 3 coages, 18th century or earlier. Whitewashed and adjoining rendered; slate roof, gabled at ends, the right hand building (Old Crossways at the Cot) under a lower rooﬂine. 2 and 3 storeys. east, Bullen Street

Hillside, Orchard II 8/120 2 adjoining houses and an outbuilding. 18th century or earlier. Coage and Colour washed rendered cob; roof thatched at le (Hillside), led adjoining to right (Orchard Coage) which his gabled at the right end and outbuildings, led to the outbuilding adjoining at the rear end; 1 stack to rear of Bullen Street ridge and 2 rear lateral sacks, 1 with a brick 1 with a rendered sha. Oldway and No 3 II 8/121 2 adjoining houses. 17th century origins, later alteraons. Colour Bullen Street washed rendered cob and stone rubble; thatched roof, gabled at ends of range; axial stack with brick sha to Oldway (le hand house), right end stack to no. 3.

Bisley House II 8/122 House, probably 17h century. Whitewashed and rendered; Bullen Street thatched roof with plain ridge, gabled at ends; le end stack, rear lateral stack.

Post Office II 8/123 House and 2 adjoining coages, now 1 property incorporang the Coage and the Post Office. Late medieval origins, remodelled in the circa late 16th Post Office and century or early 17th century. No longer in use as the Post Office. adjoining wall in Various materials of construcon. Thatched roof, gabled at le School Lane, end, gabled at end of wing; le end stack, axial stack and rear Bullen Street lateral sack to main range, all with brick shas; axial stack and end stack to wing. Berry House, II 8/124 House, divided into 2 dwellings. Colour washed, plastered and Bullen Street blocked out; slate roof, hipped at ends; le end stack, axial stack to main range, axial stack to rear wing, front lateral stack at le end of main range, heang adjoining block, all with brick shas.

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Name Grade Reference Descripon

The Dolphin, The II 8/125 Public House. Re-opened in 1850 aer a serious ﬁre, C20 Bury alteraons including some refenestraon at the le end. Whitewashed and rendered; slate roof, hipped at ends, axial stack (Now Thorverton to main block. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 5 window front with an Arms) approximately central porch with a hipped slate roof carried on posts; addional doorway on front le. The Dolphin in sited in the centre of Thorverton, facing the Bury and Dinneford Street. In spite of some altered windows the exterior is extremely important to the centre of the village.

Berry Coage, II 8/126 Coage adjoining rear wing of Berry House. Probably 18th century. The Bury Colour washed and rendered; slate roof, gabled at ends; axial stack with brick sha. Group value with Berry House and Wardles. Wardles, The Bury II 8/127 House, early to mid 17th century with 20th century renovaons. Whitewashed rendered stone; slate roof, gabled at ends; rear lateral stack, right end stack, both with brick shas. Group value with other buildings in the Bury. Golly Coage and II 8/128 2 adjoining coages, 1 build. Probably 18th century. Whitewashed Pine Coage, The rendered stone rubble, the end walls in the ac of framed Bury construcon; thatched roof, half-hipped at west end, gabled at right end; axial stack with adjoining brick shas, le end stack with brick sha, 2 later rear lateral stacks to Pine Coage with brick shas. An intriguing vernacular range making an important contribuon to the seng for the Church.

Abbotsford, The II 8/129 House, formerly probably Church House. 17th century with 20th Bury century renovaons. Local stone rubble, the front elevaon mostly colour washed and rendered; thatched roof with plain ridge, gabled at ends; le stack with brick sha, rear lateral stack with brick sha.

Coyscot, Church II 8/130 Coage. Probably early 19th century. Whitewashed and rendered; Lane thatched roof, hipped at ends; projecng right end stack with brick sha. Coyscot is situated at the end of the pedestrian Church Lane, at right angles to the Bury and forms part of a group of thatched coages to the south of the churchyard. Pump, and carved II 8/131 Pump and enclosure wall. Probably 19th century. Iron pump in a wall south of semi-circular enclosure, paved with pitched stones and formed by Golly Coage and a curved, whitewashed rendered cob wall with slate coping. The Pine Coage, pump, in working order, formerly supplied Coyscot, Pine Coage Church Lane and Golly Coage with water.

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Name Grade Reference Descripon Church of St I 8/132 Parish Church. West tower probably 15th century (although a 13th Thomas of century date has been suggested) 15th century porch; major Canterbury, rebuilding of 1834-40; reseang of 1840 by John Hayward of Dinneford Street Exeter (contemporary with his building of the new vicarage); resonaon of 1864 iniated by Archdeacon Freeman including pulpit, reseang and north transept; vestry rebuilt 1884; tower restored 1905; further restoraons 1953-55 and 1971-72. Dressed local volcanic stone, brought to course; dressings mostly Bathstone; slate roof. Pair of chest II 8/133 Pair of chest tombs. Late 19th century. Stone and marble. The tombs southern tomb, commemorang James Duke Coleridge, d. 1857 is immediately a rectangular stone slab with a cross, bible and chalice carved in south east of the high relief on the top and the inscripon round the side. The Church of St northern tomb is a coped marble chest tomb in the medieval Thomas of Gothic style with a foliated cross carved on the top. The inscripon Canterbury on the sides commemorates Phillip Freeman, Archdeacon of Exeter and vicar of Thorverton, died 1875. Vinicombe II 8/134 Headstone. Late 18th century. Slate. Very tall segmental-headed headstone about shouldered headstone with a Greek key border and an urn carved 4 metres east of in relief at the top. The inscripon commemorated John the chancel of the Vinicombe, dies 1790, and other members of the family. The Church of St carving and leering is of a high quality and the unusually large Thomas of size of the stone (over 2m) makes it a parcularly notable feature Canterbury of the churchyard. Harris headstone II 8/135 Headstone. Late 18th century. Stone. Headstone with shaped about 5 metres head, roughly-dressed to the rear. Inscripon on front south of porch of commemorated James Harris, died 1793. Church of St Thomas of Canterbury

Chest tomb about II 8/136 Chest tomb. Early 19th century or earlier with inscripon panels of 6 metres south of several dates. Ashlar Thorverton stone with freestone inscripon the east end of panels. Rectangular chest with a heart carved in relief on the west the south aisle of end and a chamfered lid. The south side has an inscripon panel the Church of St commemorang William Crosse, died 1825; signature of carver Thomas of now illegible. The east has a Gothic Revival inscripon panel with a Canterbury blind trefoil-headed arch commemorang John Crosse, died 1846. The north side panel commemorates Catherine Fortbury, died 1832. The chest was formerly surrounded by iron railings.

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Name Grade Reference Descripon Coleman II 8/137 Headstone. Late 18th century. Stone. Headstone with shaped headstone 7 head, roughly dressed on the rear. Inscripon on front metres south commemorates John Coleman ‘butcher’, died 1797. west of porch of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury Churchyard gate II 8/138 Secon of iron railings and gate. Around early/mid 19th century. and iron railings Secons of iron railings with arrowhead finials flank a pair of tall south of the iron gated with curved top rails and curved braces below the dog Church of St rail. Iron gate piers of round secon are crowned by ball finial. The Thomas of ornamental overthrow with a lamp may be a later addion or Canterbury replacement. Horse Trough, II 8/139 Horse trough. Probably late 19th century. Local volcanic stone Dinneford Street arch, granite trough. The trough is recessed under a chamfered 4- centres stone arch of dressed stone in a secon of stone rubble walling. Canted corners to the trough. The trough is supplied by a water reservoir in Dark Lane.

The Meads, II 8/140 House. 18th century with 20th century alteraons and addion. Dinneford Street Whitewashed and rendered, probably stone to first floor level, thinner walls include brick at first floor level; thatched roof with plain ridge hipped at ends to main block, slate roofed 20th century addion under lower roofline at right end, slate hung at right end; single-storey block has a le end stack and rear lateral stack, right end stack to right end addion. Bridge House, II 8/141 House and former shop. 18th century and probably earlier. Jericho Street Whitewashed and rendered; thatched roof with plain ridge, gabled at ends, hipped to 2 storey porch; thatch replaced by slates to rear of ridge; le end brick stack, stack with brick sha to first floor front projecon the centre. In the centre a 2 storey porch room on mber posts projects over the pavement. The porch, dated 1763 with the inials PW1, ma be an addion to an earlier building. Bridge House, with its picturesque front elevaon is in a crucial posion in the centre of Thorverton. Fowes, Tudor II 8/142 House, divided into 3 coages. Probably early 16th century origins, Coage and No 9, remodelled in the late 16th century early 17th century, late 20th Jericho Street century renovaons. Whitewashed and rendered, probably cob on stone rubble foongs; led roof (formerly thatch), gabled at ends; massive projecng front lateral stack with set-offs and brick shas.

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Name Grade Reference Descripon Hillbrook, Jericho II 8/143 Coage. 17th century with some later 20th century rebuilding at Street le end and 20th century internal alteraons. Whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble foongs; thatched roof with plain ridge gabled at le end, asbestos slates to rear of ridge; le end stack with brick sha, blocked right end stack . The le end wall and short secons of the return wall have been rebuilt in concrete block aer the original wall collapsed. Rose Coage, II 8/144 Coage. Possibly 17th century origins although the 17th century Jericho Street features may be re-used; right end later than le end. Whitewashed rendered cob and stone; thatched roof with plain ridge hipped at right end, slated to rear of ridge; axial stack with 19th or 20th century brick sha.

Harefield and II 8/145 2 adjoining houses. 18th century. Colour washed and rendered; Crimmond, slate roof, gabled at ends; le end stack with brick sha, axial Jericho Street stack to right of centre. Adjoining houses, Harefield to the le, with adjacent front doors in the centre. At the right end the first floor of Crimmond projects over a cart entrance.

Pynes House, II 8/146 House. Early 19th century but possible a remodelling of an earlier Jericho Street house. Whitewashed and rendered, slate roof with deep eaves, gabled at ends with ornamental bargeboards to the le end verges; brick stack at right end.

Nos. 1, 2 and 3 II 8/147 Row of 3 coages. 18th century, possible a refashioning of an Lawn Coages, earlier building. Whitewashed and rendered; slate roof, hipped at Jubilee Green right end, gabled at le end; le end stack, axial stack, rear right lateral sack, all with brick shas. An unspoilt front elevaon on an important corner site on Jubilee Green.

2 bridges carrying II 8/148 2 road bridges and iron railings. Late 19th century. Local volcanic road over the stone with cast iron railings and standards. Small single span Brook including segmental road bridges forming and aracve centrepiece to the iron railings, triangular Jubilee Green at the boom of Jericho Street. Iron Jubilee Green railings with columnar standards and pyramidal ﬁnials ﬂank the bridge on the road leading into Silver Street and return round 3 sides of Jubilee Green.

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Name Grade Reference Descripon Acorn House and II 8/149 House and adjoining coage, formerly 1 build. Probably 18th Acorn Coage century, 20th century renovaons. Unusual materials on construcon: a photograph of the front elevaon of Acorn Coage with the render stripped off shows local stone rubble up to approximately first floor level, this acts as a plinth for a frame of mber studs in filled with cob bricks; the rest of the range may be constructed in the same way; Acorn Coage has an internal framed paron wall, with cob brick infill and part, at least, of the axial stack of Acorn House is also cob bricks. The exterior is whitewashed and rendered; thatched rood, half-hipped at le end, gabled at right end; axial sack with brick sha, right end stack with brick sha, some evidence for former le end stack. An intriguing range in the centre of Thorverton. Renovaons at Acorn Coage have revealed a cellar partly under the pavement that may have been associated with brewing for the Dolphin (Uglow). There is reputed to be cob brick construcon in Bradninch but with this excepon Thorverton is unique in Devon to date in having a handful of cob brick houses. This range is the only listed building in Devon known to make use of cob bricks and is of exceponal interest for this reason. Brook Lodge II 8/150 House. A thorough early 19th century remodelling and extension including gates to of a 17th century house; 20th century extension at rear. Colour north, Silver washed rendered stone with slate roof, hipped at ends; front Street lateral stack to Silver Street elevaon with brick sha projecng through roof; slightly projecng early 19th century lateral stack to garden (south) elevaon; massive probably 17th century rear stack with truncated sha. The house is documented in 1758 and was probably the home of the Reverend John Reynell, Minister of the Local Dissenters. Footbridge over II 8/151 Footbridge. Probably 19th century. Local volcanic trap paved with the Brook south pitched stones. Single span segmental arched bridge, the arch of Brook Lodge, rings dressed volcanic trap, the surface pitched stone; parapet of Silver Street plain 19th century railings on the north side only. A picturesque feature of the village centre.

Brienstown, Silver II 8/152 House. Probably an early 19th century remodelling of an earlier Street house. Main range brick with a slate roof, crosswing at right end rendered; end stacks to crosswing, le end stack to main range.

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Name Grade Reference Descripon Brookside, No 5 II 8/153 House. 18th century or earlier, refurbished in the early 19th including garden century. Whitewashed rendered cob and stone; slate roof, hipped wall to rear, Silver at ends; axial stack with brick sha, rear right lateral stack. Group Street value with other detached houses in Silver Street. No 7 Silver Street II 8/154 House. 18th century with some late 19th century remodelling but possibly a thorough refashioning of an earlier building on the site. Colour washed rendered cob on stone rubble foongs, gable end of rear wing mber framed with brick inﬁll; slate roof, gabled at ends and gabled at end of wing; end stacks with brick shas, right

Pynes, No 9, II 8/155 House. Probably a late 18th early 19th century remodelling of an including stone earlier house. Roughly dressed with local volcanic stone; rear wind garden walls and colour washed and rendered; slate roof, with lead rolls to the hips gate piers in front and ridge, hipped at ends to main range which has end stacks with of house, Silver brick shas and a rear lateral stack; real lateral sack to rear wing. Street The house is slightly set back from the road with a low local volcanic stone garden wall with square secon gate piers with chamfered caps both to the path leading to the front door and a carriage entrance to the right of the house. The former gateway

Apple Garth and II 8/156 2 houses, probably originally 1 building. 17th century. West Barton, Whitewashed and rendered; thatched roof with plain ridge, gabled Silver Street at ends, rear right wing half-hipped at end; end sacks with brick shas, similar axial stack. An aracve thatched range on the roadside of Silver Street with an unusual survival of early windows and interior features of interest. Court Barton, II 8/157 Farmhouse. Late 18th century, probably a remodelling of an earlier Silver Street house, with late 19th century addions. Main range colour washed and rendered cob on stone rubble foongs; asbestos slate roof, formerly thatched, with sprockeed eaves; rear lateral stack, end stacks to main range, all with brick shas. Rear right wing red brick on local volcanic rubble foongs, red brick lean-to adjoins rear wing. Bapst Church II 8/158 Bapst Church. 1833-4, central bay of front rebuilt 1955 (Stell). Whitewashed rendered cob, the front elevaon probably brick, plastered and blocked out; hipped slate roof.

K6 Telephone II 8/162 Telephone kiosk. Type K6. Designed 1933 by Sir Giles Gilbert Sco. Kiosk, Dinneford Made by various contractors. Cast iron. Square kiosk with domed Street roof. Unperforated crowns to top panels.

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APPENDIX 3: PLANNING CONTROLS IN CONSERVATION AREAS

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Author Title B. Cherry & N Pevsner The Buildings of England: Devon

Devon County Council Historic Environment Team Historic Environment Record

English Heritage Understanding Place: Conservation Area Designation, Appraisal and Management

English Heritage Valuing Places: Good Practice in conservation Areas

Mid Devon District Council Mid Devon Landscape Character Assessment

I. Stoyle Thorverton Devon

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