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Privett Conservation Area Study and Character Appraisal Privett Conservation Area Study and Character Appraisal East Hampshire District Council Published: January 2008 Status of Privett Conservation Area Character Appraisal Purpose and Objectives of a Conservation Area Character Appraisal The purpose of a Conservation Area Character Appraisal is to: ‘clearly identify what it is about the character or appearance of the area which should be preserved or enhanced, and set out the means Ordnance Survey Statement by which that objective is to be Status pursued’, and it is hoped that ‘clear East Hampshire District Council has The Ordnance Survey map data assessment and definition of an formally designated the Privett included within this publication is areas special interest and the action Conservation Area Boundary. The provided by East Hampshire District needed to protect it will help to Character Appraisal is non statutory Council under licence from the generate awareness and encourage planning guidance, which acts as an Ordnance Survey in order to fulfill local property owners to take the additional guide to the policies in its public function to act as a right sort of action for themselves’. the adopted East Hampshire District planning authority. Persons viewing (PPG15.4.9) Council Local Plan: Second Review the mapping should contact Ordnance Survey copyright for The aim of this Conservation Area March 2006. In this respect the Character Appraisal is to: Appraisal can aid in the advice where they wish to licence determination of planning Ordnance Survey map data for their • Improve the understanding of applications by this Authority and own use. the history and the historical in its defence of its decisions at context, of this area of East appeal. Hampshire; Area Character Appraisals • Generate awareness of exactly A Conservation Area is defined as what it is about the Conservation Area an ‘area of special architectural or Conservation Area that makes ‘it Boundary & Controls historic interest the character of of special interest’; Applying which it is desirable to preserve or • Provide residents with a clear enhance’. Designation ‘provides the idea of what it is about the The adopted Guidance contains a basis for policies designed to Conservation Area that should number of recommendations. preserve or enhance all the aspects be cared for and preserved; of character and appearance that Conservation Area Boundary define an areas special interest’ • Provide residents with a clear idea of what enhancements Privett Conservation Area boundary (Section 69(1)(a)) could be made to the was first designated by East East Hampshire District Council is Conservation Area; Hampshire District Council on 9th therefore required by law to November 2000. protect designated areas from any • Provide East Hampshire Planning Department with a valuable tool Dates and Statistics alterations or development that would adversely affect their with which to inform its All dates and statistics are correct character and appearance. planning practice and policies on date of publication. Future for the area. amendments to text will be made The Civic Amenities Act of 1967 in an appendix. introduced Conservation Areas in the United Kingdom. Privett Front cover photograph 2 1 - View north from Sages Lane to the Old Station House Conservation Area Privett Conservation Area 2 Contents Page 1 Introduction 4 2 Historical development 5 3 Character Appraisal 6 - Topography, views and vistas - Use and activity - Overview of roads, buildings and architecture - Materials and detailing 4 Pressures, issues and threats 8 3 5 Enhancements and improvements 9 6 Summary 10 - Local character 7 Design palette 11 Appendices 12 Acknowledgements Privett Parish Council Local Residents 2 - Centre of Privett Privett 3 - Keepers Cottage, Merepond Lane 3 Conservation Area 1 Introduction 4 Privett Conservation Area Listed Buildings Privett Conservation Area was Privett has 9 listed buildings within identified for consideration of its Conservation Area: designation as a Conservation Area • Church Farmhouse Farm in the Heritage Action Plan 1997- Buildings, Privett, GU34 3NS (II) 2002 and the initial proposals were published for public consultation in • Basing Home Farm, Basing Dean the winter of 1999. The proposals Lane, Privett, GU34 3NS (II) were then substantially reviewed • Basing Home Farm House, and went to a second public Basing Dean Lane, Privett, GU34 consultation in July 2000. The 3NS (II) 5 Privett Conservation Area was then designated on 9th November 2000. • 2 Home Farm Cottage & Dairy at The area is notable for the Basing Home Farm (II) architectural and historical interest • 3 Home Farm Cottage & Basing of many of its buildings and the Home Farm Estates Office (II) landscape which gives the area its special character. It is this character • Holy Trinity Church, Merepond of the historic built environment Lane, Privett, GU34 3PE (II*) which designation as a • Lychgate, Merepond Lane, Conservation Area is intended to Privett, GU34 3PE (II) protect. There are no current plans to alter the existing boundaries • Privett Centre, Church Lane, which are set out in the map Privett, GU34 3PE (II) referred to in appendix 3, map 1. • Thatched Cottage, 20 Bailey Green, Privett, GU34 3NY (II) These buildings are considered to be of special architectural or historic interest on a national scale. It is the policy of the Council to identify those buildings that are important to the character of Privett for statutory listing, therefore candidates for inclusion may arise as a result of the character assessment. Privett 4 - Holy Trinity Church 4 5 - Basing Barns, Basing Park Estate Conservation Area 2 Historical development 6 Bronze Age burial mounds in the area; ‘The Jumps’, which are located on the northern side of the A32 (outside the Conservation Area). It is however, not until 1391 that the Chapel of the Holy Trinity is recorded and a permanent settlement was established in the area. Privett was included in the parish of West Meon until 1874 when it became a parish in its own right. In the late 19th century the gin merchant William Nicholson built 7 a lot of properties in and around Privett for his workers at the Extract from 1869-70 Ordnance Survey. Basing Park Estate. Basing Park is a Reproduced courtesy of Hampshire Records Office. large estate in Privett dating back to 1567 and initially owned by the Love Privett is a rural area set within the family for around 200 years. It was East Hampshire Area of then sold in the 18th century to Outstanding Natural Beauty Joseph Martineau and in 1863 (AONB). The village is located on Nicholson bought the estate. He the raised ground to the north of extended the main house and some the A272 Winchester to Petersfield of the estate buildings and also Road, with far reaching views erected and replaced many 17th and across the surrounding farmlands. 18th century houses and cottages in The village is linked together by its the area. The consistent architectural common architectural and historic form and style of Nicholson’s interest. The Conservation Area is buildings is what gives Privett its expansive in nature, comprising of individual character, which included clusters of buildings linked together gables, flint with brick dressings and by a network of narrow, single decorative stones such as Nicholson’s track lanes, bounded by high crest and initials. This re-development hedgerows, trees and copses. of the area produced a local The earliest known human activity in vernacular architectural style of the the area dates back to Neolithic late 19th century and early 20th times. There are also a number of century. 8 6 - View South West from Church Lane Privett 7 - The Privett Centre 5 8 - View of the Church, looking West Conservation Area 910 3 Character Appraisal 11 Topography, Use and Activity including to Nicholson’s distilleries. Inevitably the closure of the line views and vistas The Basing Park estate consisted of would have contributed to the The character of the Conservation around 8446 acres of land, mostly decline of the area during the latter Area consists of mostly 18th and agriculture land which the estate part of the 20th century. 19th century dwellings spread at managed up until 1942 when the intervals along narrow lanes, with war lead to the estate lands being wide expansive views across the divided up and sold. The style, form Overview of Roads, and situation of the buildings and surrounding farmland. Some areas Buildings and Architecture of agricultural are included within open spaces reflect the agricultural the Conservation Area in order to nature of the area. This includes the There are six principal groups of conserve the far reaching views and farm buildings at Fawley Farm, buildings that form the Conservation landscape which connects the Farnfield Farm land, Church Farm, Area; Privett, Bailey Green, buildings together. The spire of the Basing Home Farm and a number of Hempland Lane, Farnfield, Brooms Church of the Holy Trinity forms a estate cottages which Nicholson and Sages Lane. The buildings are landmark in the landscape and can built to house his workers. Church linked by narrow lanes enclosed by be seen for miles around. Farm has been converted to a sections of high hedgerows and number of residential units. The copses, with gaps and far reaching other three are still in agricultural views across open fields. use, with Basing Home Farm still under the ownership and The most important buildings in the management of Basing Park. area are the Church of the Holy Trinity at Privett (grade II*) and One important element in the area Basing Park. An old carriage way, is the redundant railway. The now largely overgrown linked the Conservation Area includes the two two buildings, and extended tunnel entrances of the railway and further north to the station and the the Old Station House at the A32 A32. The Church of the Holy Trinity end of Sages Lane.
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