Heritage Statement St Oswald's Church, Dunham-On-Trent
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St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire – HERTIAGE STATEMENT WAKE Heritage Statement for St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0TX (To accompany a Planning Application submitted in June 2021) Written by Mike Wakerley, Paul & Julie Waddingham WAKE Conservation Ltd, 109 Central Ave, Nottingham, NG7 7AG, www.wakeconservation.co.uk 1 St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire – HERTIAGE STATEMENT WAKE CONTENTS 1.0 UNDERSTANDING THE HERITAGE 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Site Location, Local and Regional Context 4 - 8 1.3 The History of St Oswald’s Church 9 - 19 1.4 Phasing Plans and Elevations 20 - 24 1.5 Significance 25 - 33 2.0 THE CURRENT PROPOSALS 2.1 Change of Use 34 - 35 2.2 Proposed Changes 35 - 65 2.3 Summary of Alterations 65 - 68 3.0 APPENDICES 3.1 Church List Description 69 - 70 3.2 Gateway List Description 70 - 71 3.3 Bibliography 72 WAKE Conservation Ltd, 109 Central Ave, Nottingham, NG7 7AG, www.wakeconservation.co.uk 2 St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire – HERTIAGE STATEMENT WAKE 1.0 UNDERSTANDING THE HERITAGE 1.1 Introduction This document has been written in support of an application for planning permission for the conversion of St Oswald’s Church to a residential building, which we believe will help ensure that a well-considered long-term conservation strategy is developed for St Oswald’s. It has been produced in alignment with the HLF Conservation Management Plans guidance, the National Planning Policy Framework, the Planning Policy Statement 5 and the Practice Guide, English Heritage’s New Works in Places of Worship (2012) and English Heritage’s Technical Guidance Report. St Oswald’s Church is a C15th church with later rebuilding and additions in the 1862. The tower is of 15th century origin, although there is evidence that the church was gifted by King Edward I (1272-1307), consequently the tower may date back to this time. The stained glass is also Victorian. The church over the last decade, has fallen into considerable disrepair, due in part to its closure in 2012 as result of a diminishing congregation. Since it’s closure, the church has been locked up and has not been in use. This report will highlight both the internal and external architectural significance of St Oswald’s, identifying potential and future risks of such and offer recommendations to enhance and/or preserve the building in keeping with Historic England and planning guidelines and advice. This report will outline the significance of the church and its fabric and how such will be retained in the development of residential conversion. This research has been conducted using online resources such as the county and church archives and other relevant sources. Reference is also made to feedback received from professional advisors. This report demonstrates the current condition of the building, highlighting priority areas for immediate repair and those that will require longer term sustained maintenance. It will provide a framework for actions and objectives, giving priority to conservation and preventative conservation issues. It will outline the facilitation of a sympathetic conservation/restoration of the Grade 1 listed building, including the incorporation of essential amenities. WAKE Conservation Ltd, 109 Central Ave, Nottingham, NG7 7AG, www.wakeconservation.co.uk 3 St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire – HERTIAGE STATEMENT WAKE 1.2 Site Location, Local and Regional Context The village of Dunham-on-Trent sits about 12 miles west of the City Lincoln in close proximity to the River Trent that flows north past its eastern edge on towards Gainsborough and the Humber estuary beyond. The A57 arterial road from Lincoln travels east-west through Dunham-on-Trent and connects a series of small villages to Lincoln with a crossing point over the River Trent at Dunham Toll Bridge. The River Trent also marks the administrative border between Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, with Dunham sited in the western county of Nottinghamshire. Fig 1 – Satellite Map (Google Maps, 2021) The Church itself sits on the eastern edge of the village nearer the River Trent than the main cluster of buildings in the village. Dunham-on-Trent has a small population of around 350 people accommodated in private houses mainly along the main road and on two short spur roads, one of which ‘The Green’ is shown in proximity to the Church on Fig 3 - Site Location Plan. Dunham-on-Trent fits into the pattern of small villages along tributary roads in this part of Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire where the car journey normally slows around a bend in the road to go through the village, then speeds up again to sections of roads across farm land to the next village. St Oswald’s Church, however does stand out at the side of the A57 as the prominent building in the village set back slightly from the main road with a tree lined setting the Church in a very picturesque rural England setting. WAKE Conservation Ltd, 109 Central Ave, Nottingham, NG7 7AG, www.wakeconservation.co.uk 4 St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire – HERTIAGE STATEMENT WAKE Fig 2 – View from Dunham Road (Authors, 2021) Fig 3 – Site Location (OS Maps, 2021) WAKE Conservation Ltd, 109 Central Ave, Nottingham, NG7 7AG, www.wakeconservation.co.uk 5 St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire – HERTIAGE STATEMENT WAKE The development of the settlement of Dunham-on-Trent over the last hundred 140 years has been captured in the historical mapping on the following pages. The 1885 OS map shows the basic historic village form with a cluster of properties around the ‘T’ junction of the road with the Green and along the main road to the Methodist Chapel, it is not until after the 1950’s OS map that the village looks to have had some infill development and some development north of the main road in the later part of the C20th. Fig 5 – 1885 Map of Dunham-on-Trent (National Library of Scotland, 2021) Fig 6 – 1900 Map of Dunham-on-Trent (National Library of Scotland, 2021) WAKE Conservation Ltd, 109 Central Ave, Nottingham, NG7 7AG, www.wakeconservation.co.uk 6 St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire – HERTIAGE STATEMENT WAKE Fig 7 – 1921 Map of Dunham-on-Trent (National Library of Scotland, 2021) Fig 8 – 1950 Map of Dunham-on-Trent (National Library of Scotland, 2021) WAKE Conservation Ltd, 109 Central Ave, Nottingham, NG7 7AG, www.wakeconservation.co.uk 7 St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire – HERTIAGE STATEMENT WAKE Fig 9 – 2021 Map of Dunham-on-Trent (National Library of Scotland, 2021) WAKE Conservation Ltd, 109 Central Ave, Nottingham, NG7 7AG, www.wakeconservation.co.uk 8 St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire – HERTIAGE STATEMENT WAKE 1.3 The History of St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent Dunham on Trent has a long history and there is recorded evidence of such in the Doomsday book (1086). The village, although not the church, is mentioned in Domesday Book and at this time is shown as belonging to the King. The entry reads; ‘In Dunham on Trent, with its 4 Berewicks, Ragnall, Whimpton, Darlton and ‘Swanston’ [in Dunham]. King Edward had 5.5 carucates of land to the geld. There is land for 12 ploughs. Now the King has 2 ploughs in demesne; and 50 villeins and 3 bordars having 10 ploughs, and 1 mill rendering 3 shillings and 1 fishery rendering 10 shillings 8d, and 120 acres of meadow. There is woodland pasture 6 furlongs long and 4 broad. TRE it rendered £30 and 6 sesters of honey; now £20 with everything that belongs to it.’ (www.southwellchurches.Nottingham.ac.uk) The name of Dunham is believed to be of Saxon origin, specifically a family who settled there called Duna (www.nottshistory.co.uk). Dunham is a village and a parish in East Retford district, Notts. The village stands on the river Trent, 5 miles ENE of Tuxford railway station, and 10 SE of East Retford; and is a former market-town. Dunham has a history of being a market town back to the date of King Henry I. Evidence of such can be seen in the extract from Close Rolls in 1310: “February 22nd, Westminster. To the Justices in eyre in co Nottingham. Order to permit Mary, late wife of Aymer de Valentia, earl of Pembroke, lady of Dunham, to have a market on Tuesday in every week at Dunham, which is 20 luca distant from the town of Nottingham” (www.nottshistory.org.uk) The market continued until recent times when people in preference travelled to Lincoln, Newark and Retford, making the market unsustainable. It is noted in the 1500s, Dunham was home to fishermen who used the Trent for their supply. This trade however, became unsustainable due to lack of supplies. The following extract from www.nottshistory.org.uk quotes: “In 1592 the fishermen and boatmen that dwell on the bank of the Trent petition the Privy Council, as follows:— "Whereas most of the fishermen and boatmen that dwell on the bank of the Trent, from the mouth of the Humber to the town of Dunham, complain and petition to the Lord Willoughby, the Lord Chief Justice, and other chief gentlemen in those parts, that by reason of certain weirs being set up on the banks of the Trent, the trade of fishing had greatly decayed and reduced their families to great poverty.” (www.nottshistory.org.uk) There is evidence of the Dunham family from 1155-1564, though records have been lost for more recent evidence. WAKE Conservation Ltd, 109 Central Ave, Nottingham, NG7 7AG, www.wakeconservation.co.uk 9 St Oswald’s Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire – HERTIAGE STATEMENT WAKE St Oswald’s Church and its curtilage is of major historical significance.