Privett Conservation Area Study and Character Appraisal

East 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 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 .

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, 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 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 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

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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. The Old Station is a large flint building in the Early House is all that remains of Privett English Gothic style, designed by Sir Station, which is now a private Arthur Blomfield circa 1876/1878. dwelling. The station house and The size and scale of the church tunnels provide an important was beyond the congregation historical link to the area’s railway requirements of the parish and as a heritage. The presence of the result has been redundant since the railway would have influenced the early 1970’s. development of the area and aided its agriculture potential, transporting agricultural produce of the area to various locations, 12

Privett 9 - Narrow lanes 11 - 5-8 Sages Lane 6 10 - Old Station House, Sages Lane 12 - Farnfield Farm, Merepond Lane Conservation Area 13

14 15 16 Some of the brick buildings Local natural materials and high incorporate a darker brick forming quality craftsmanship should, a decorative herringbone pattern. wherever possible, continue to be The only listed thatch cottage in used. Plastic materials such as uPVC the Conservation Area is at Bailey and stained windows and doors Green, ‘Thatched Cottage’. The should be avoided as they are building has exposed framing and modern techniques that detract brick noggin, some of which is from the local character. Enclosed The majority of the buildings in the painted, with eyebrow dormers and bulky porches and large bulky area were built during the 19th a rustic brick porch. The majority of dormers should be resisted. century by Nicholson for his the buildings are set within small Porches and dormers should be employees, these were built in the plots defined by well established sympathetic in size and reflect the ‘Nicholson Style’ (1863-1942). hedges, low brick and flint walls design, age and scale of the Adjacent to the church is the Privett with hedges behind, mature trees building, with regard to the Centre (grade II) and The Old and low painted picket fences with position of doors and windows. A Vicarage opposite, both built by gates. All of which contribute to porch or dormer window can have Nicholson. One of the only the rural character of the area. a significant effect on the remaining 17th century buildings in appearance of the building, the area; ‘Thatched Cottage’. There The majority of the doors to adjacent buildings and the overall are a number of other buildings in buildings are solid timber and street-scene. The demolition of a the village that are of local historic rectangular in design, however chimney should be avoided. interest and contribute to the some also incorporate a gothic Chimneys should always be retained overall local character of the area arch. The porches to buildings are as an architectural feature where see map 2, appendix 3. square and lean-to or simple flat possible. If unused, they should be lead roll hood porches. vented, but remain. The continued The windows vary in detail and retention of original architectural Materials and detailing design throughout the Conservation features, detailing and use of Area and depending on the age of Many buildings in the area exhibit appropriate repair and the property. The majority are the Nicholson style of flint walls maintenance techniques is essential timber framed cottage style with brick dressings and steeply in order to protect the character of casements or diamond quarry leaded pitched plain tiled roofs. These the Privett Conservation Area. windows. There are some timber buildings are interspersed with other sash windows in the larger houses buildings which predate Nicholson’s such as the Old Station House. The redevelopment of the area. windows are all painted white, The buildings are generally two however there are some examples of storeys in height with steeply black painted joinery. Other joinery pitched plain clay tiles or slate roofs details include decorative and plain and elaborate bargeboards. There is bargeboards, also painted. There a mix of roof designs, both gabled have been later additions to the and hipped roofs feature. Some roofline of a number of properties, modest eighteenth century with dormer windows added, some buildings with Georgian facades with a pitched roof and some with a exist, however there are mainly flat roof. Victorian houses constructed from local flint, both knapped and rubble, with orange brick dressings. 17

13 - The spire of Holy Trinity Church 16 - The Old Vicarage, Church Lane Privett 14 - Thatched timber cottage at 20 Bailey Green 17 - Pitched hood porch 7 15 - Terrace at 30-32 Church Lane Conservation Area 4 Pressures, issues and threats

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The design and style of extensions The removal of traditional details and any new building should and features should be avoided, continue the traditional character traditional single glazed timber and proportions of the buildings in windows and timber doors should the village. The character of the be repaired and if beyond repair, village has in the main been replaced like for like rather then conserved and had sympathetic replaced with uPVC. Boundary walls alterations and repairs made, should be retained as should front however minor incremental gardens, rather than removed or changes to the buildings can erode replaced with a hard-standing. New the character of the area. insertions and alterations should be sympathetic to the character of the Conservation Area, however there is a growing tendency for more 19 modern additions that can detrimentally affect the character of the Conservation Area, such as dormer windows.

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Privett 18 - Front boundaries 8 19 - Timber windows Conservation Area 20 - Ivy and vegetation growth 5 Opportunities, enhancements and improvements

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A key area for enhancement is the flint and brick walls that form part of the vernacular character. Maintenance of walls should be periodically carried out, with appropriate lime mortars and matching materials. In addition to the listed buildings within the Conservation Area, there are 53 other buildings of local importance, these are listed in Appendix 2.

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21 - Flint and brick walling Privett 22 - Boundary walls 9 23 - Maintenance of walls Conservation Area 6 Summary

24 The following factors should be Local Character considered when proposing any development within the Privett is a rural area located on Conservation Area: raised ground and surrounded by farmland. The clusters of buildings • The scale, design and are linked together by a network of proportions are sympathetic to narrow single lanes bounded by the characteristic form of the high hedgerows and flint and brick building, to the area and walls. The growth of buildings in compatible with adjacent Privett during the late nineteenth buildings and spaces; century by William Nicholson at the • The use and application of Basing Park Estate and workers building materials and finishes cottages in the area, has helped respects local traditional form the local architectural materials and building character. techniques; • Retaining and, where necessary, restoring traditional features such as boundary walls, paved surfaces; • Additions or alterations to a building respect the overall design and proportion of the elevation and levels; • Open spaces important to the character or historic value are retained; 25 • Important views within, into and out of the area are conserved; • Trees and other landscape features contributing to the character or appearance of the area are conserved.

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Privett 24 - Traditional buildings 10 25 - Traditional gates Conservation Area 26 - Views across the surrounding countryside 28 31

7 Design Palette

Walls First floor tile hanging Orange bricks and cream yellow Window details and doors brick Timber sliding sash windows and Flint with brick or stone dressings, timber side-hung casements Key aspects to the local some painted white Larger houses have projecting bay Lime based mortars, renders and character of Privett: windows plasters Building scale 29 All window joinery painted white and single glazed panes Two storey detached and semi- detached buildings Doors are timber and solid in design, painted a variety of colours

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Boundary treatments Semi-coursed flint walls and brick walls of a variety of heights, depending on use Brick coping and piers Hedges and mature trees Low timber post and rail fencing Roofing detail with hedges separating fields Pitched and hipped roofs 30 Clay and slate roofing tiles Porches Decorative painted bargeboards Open hood porches, some flat lead roll, some with a tiled pitch roof Deep eaves Chimneys Small individual dormers, with a pitched roof or lead roll

27 - Chimney stacks 30 - Gates and walling Privett 28 - Vernacular brickwork - blue headers 31 - Architectural details 11 29 - Boundary treatments 32 - Timber door Conservation Area

Appendix 1 Sources of further information

The East Hampshire District Council Other useful contacts The Building Conservation Directory Local Plan contains relevant Cathedral Communications Ltd information and policies on The Victorian Society, High Street development in the District. For 1 Priory Gardens Tisbury further advice please contact: Bedford Park Wiltshire London W4 1TT 01747 871717 East Hampshire District Council 020 8994 1019 www.buildingconservation.co.uk Penns Place Petersfield www.victorian-society.org.uk Hants Hampshire Archaeology and GU31 4EX Historic Building Record: The Society for the Protection of 01730 234219 Ancient Buildings www.hants.gov.uk/environment/hist 37 Spital Square oric-environment/ahbrecord.html London E1 6DY 020 7377 1644 www.spab.org.uk

English Heritage Customer Services Department PO Box 569 Swindon SN2 2YP 0870 333 1181 www.english-heritage.org.uk

Royal Institute of British Architects 66 Portland Place London W1B 1AD 0207 580 5533 www.architecture.com

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Appendix 2 Listed buildings within the Conservation Area and grade

Church Farmhouse Farm Buildings, Buildings of Local ‘Fawleigh’, 9 Hempland Lane Privett, GU34 3NS (II) Importance ‘Hemplands’, Hempland Lane Basing Home Farm, Basing Dean ‘Well House’, Hempland Lane Lane, Privett, GU34 3NS (II) In addition to the nine listed buildings, within the conservation 4 Hempland Lane Basing Home Farm House, Basing area, there are fifty-three other Dean Lane, Privett, GU34 3NS (II) buildings of local importance: ‘Hoplands Cottage’, 3 Hempland Lane 2 Home Farm Cottage & Dairy at ‘Farnfield Farm’, Merepond Lane Basing Home Farm (II) ‘Fawley Farm’, Hempland Lane ‘Keepers Cottage’, Merepond Lane 3 Home Farm Cottage & Basing ‘Fawley Farm Cottage’, Home Farm Estates Office (II) ‘Fox Cottage’, 36 Merepond Lane Hempland Lane Holy Trinity Church, Merepond ‘Farnfield Cottage’, ‘Broom Cottage’, Hempland Lane Lane, Privett, GU34 3PE (II*) 39 Merepond Lane ‘Brooms’, Hempland Lane Lychgate, Merepond Lane, Privett, ‘Farnfield Cottage’, ‘West Brooms’, Hempland Lane GU34 3PE (II) 38 Merepond Lane ‘East Brooms’, Hempland Lane Privett Centre, Church Lane, Privett, ‘Nettle Cottage’, Merepond Lane GU34 3PE (II) ‘The Old Vicarage’, Church Lane ‘Brooms Farm’, Hempland Lane Thatched Cottage, 20 Bailey Green, ‘Church Farm Cottages’, Church Lane ‘Brooms Farm Cottages 1-2’, Privett, GU34 3NY (II) Hempland Lane ‘Church Farm’, Church Lane ‘Little Croft’, Sages Lane ‘Hawthorn Cottage’, 32 Church Lane ‘Sages’, Sages Lane 30-31 Church Lane ‘New Lodge’, Sages Lane ‘Ivy Cottage’, Church Lane ‘The Pump House’, Basing Dean Lane 27-29 Church Lane ‘The Lodge’, Basing Dean Lane ‘Juniper Cottage’, Church Lane ‘Basing Park House’, ‘22-25 Bailey Green’, Stocks Lane Basing Dean Lane ‘Carpenter Cottage’, ‘Old Station House’, Sages Lane 12 Hempland Lane 5-12 Sages Lane ‘Three Chimneys’, 11 Hempland Lane 10 Hempland Lane ‘Taverne Cottage’, Hempland Lane

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14 Privett Conservation Area Appendix 3 Maps

Map 1 – Privett Conservation Area Map 2 – Character Appraisal: as designated 9th November 2000. Privett Conservation Area as designated 9th November 2000.

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Key Conservation Area Boundary Listed buildings and structures Buildings of local importance Trees and hedges of significance Boundary treatments of significance Significant views out Appendix 4 Bibliography

Department of Environment English Heritage (2006) Guidance Transport and the Regions (1994) on Conservation Area Appraisals, PPG 15: Planning and the Historic English Heritage: London Environment, DETR: London English Heritage (2006) Guidance East Hampshire District Council on the Management of (2002) Local Plan Second Review, Conservation Areas, English Second Deposit Draft Heritage: London English Heritage (1995) Pevsner, N & Lloyd D, I (1985) ‘The Conservation Area Practice, English Buildings of , Hampshire Heritage: London and the Isle of Wight’, Penguin: London English Heritage (1997) Conservation Area Appraisals, English Heritage: London

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