Summary—Nether Heyford Conservation Area

Nether Heyford is a place of special character and historic interest.

This appraisal and management plan sets out the features that contribute to its distinctiveness and identifies opportunities for its protection and enhancement. Nether Heyford CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL Heading

Adopted March 2012 1 Summary—Nether Heyford Conservation Area

Summary of special interest Key characteristics of the or rendered, dominate later conservation area include: buildings. Roofs vary from Nether Heyford developed over thatch, slate, clay and concrete several key phases of growth. The • The contrasting character of tiles. scattered farmsteads and cottages of the large open village green the late seventeenth and early and the intimacy of Church • Outbuildings and walls are eighteenth century and the infill Street. common and contribute to the development of the nineteenth character. century largely formed the historic • The variation in the position of core of the settlement we see today. buildings along the streetscene • The large tree lined open The village green is a key feature with houses built both set village green lies at the heart of and focal point in the village with against the road and set back the village both physically and traditional cottages and modern from the road either facing or functionally. houses enclosing the space. In gable end onto the road. contrast to the spacious open green the building and walls along Church • The two main phases of Street create an intimate, compact development are reflected in feeling. the materials and architectural

style of the buildings. Most buildings reflect the local vernacular being constructed in local stone and to a modest scale. A • The predominate architectural style is vernacular farmhouses number of the more significant buildings were designed to reflect the and cottages. Later buildings include Victorian and Victorian architectural style of the period — Classical and Victorian Gothic. Gothic buildings.

• Buildings are generally 2 with a The green spaces in and around the few 3 storeys. There is a village significantly contribute to its variation in height creating a character. varied but harmonious

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• Coursed ironstone and limestone are the predominate building materials, with some building using banding courses. 2 Red brick, sometimes painted Summary—Nether Heyford Conservation Area

Summary of issues and opportunities • Encourage the appropriate repair and maintenance of all Change is inevitable in most buildings and structures within conservation areas and it is not the the area to ensure the quality intention of the designation to of the environment is prevent the continued evolution of maintained or enhanced. places. The challenge within conservation areas is to manage • Ensure that all new change in a way that maintains, development is sustainable, reinforces and enhances the special high quality, well designed and qualities of the area. responds to its context in terms of urban design and its The protection and enhancement of architectural design. the special character of the conservation area owes much to • Promote the sympathetic positive management. In addition to management of public spaces the existing national statutory and streetscape within the legislation and local planning controls conservation area. Close the following opportunities for working with the statutory enhancement have been identified: undertakers on new works,

signage and services may limit • Establish a list of locally some of the harmful affect on significant buildings and the public space. policies for their protection.

• Encourage the protection of surviving historic detail and the reinstatement of appropriately detailed fittings in buildings considered to be of significance to the character and appearance of the conservation area. The use of Article 4 Directions which remove the permitted development rights of dwelling houses will help to 3 achieve this. Summary—Nether Heyford Conservation Area

4 Figure 3: Nether Heyford Conservation Area. Copyright Bluesky World International Ltd. (May 2009) 1. Introduction and Planning Policy Context

1.1 What is a conservation area? whether boundaries should be This draft appraisal is the subject of • South Northamptonshire revised. It is now considered public consultation and thereafter will Supplementary Planning Conservation Areas were introduced appropriate to review the Nether be put forward for adoption by the Guidance “Conservation Areas” under the Civic Amenities Act of Heyford Conservation Area in order Council to become a material 1967. The Act required local planning to further define its key consideration in the determination of 1.3 What does conservation area authorities to identify areas, as characteristics. planning applications within the status mean? opposed to individual buildings, of conservation area and its setting. special architectural or historic This document is an appraisal of the Conservation Area status provides interest and to designate them as Nether Heyford Conservation Area The appraisal is not intended to be the opportunity to promote the conservation areas. and is based on a standard recording comprehensive and omission of any protection and enhancement of the format derived from advice contained particular building, feature or space special character of the area. Since 1967 some 9,100 conservation in English Heritage's 2006 guidance should not be taken to imply that it is Designation confers a general control areas have been designated in ‘Conservation Area Appraisals’. not of interest. over development that could damage England, including 53 in the South the area's character. The details are Northamptonshire District. Nether By reviewing the conservation area This appraisal should be read in complex but can be summarised as: Heyford Conservation Area was and revising the appraisal for Nether conjunction with the wider national, • Most demolition requires originally designated in January Heyford the special character and regional and local planning policy permission and will be resisted 1992. appearance of the area can continue and guidance including Planning if the building makes a positive to be identified and protected. The Policy Guidance Statement 5: contribution to the area. 1.2 Planning Policy context conservation area appraisal and Planning for the Historic Environment • Some minor works are no management plan provide the basis under which a conservation area is longer “permitted development” The Planning (Listed Buildings and for making informed, sustainable considered to be a heritage asset and will require planning Conservation Areas) Act 1990 decisions in the positive which should be sustained and permission. Examples include provides the legislative framework management, protection and enhanced. external cladding and satellite for the protection of the nation’s enhancement of the conservation antennas. heritage of buildings and places of area. Other relevant documents include: • Most works to trees have to be architectural and historic interest. • Planning (Listed Buildings and notified to the Local Planning The appraisal seeks to provide a Conservation Areas) Act 1990 Authority for its consideration. Section 69 of the 1990 Act defines a clear understanding of the special • Planning Policy Statement 5: • Generally higher standards of conservation area as “an area of interest of Nether Heyford by Planning and the Historic design apply for new buildings architectural or historic interest the assessing how the historical Environment character and appearance of which it development of the town has and alterations to existing • The East Midlands Regional Plan, is desirable to preserve or enhance”. influenced the current form, ones. policies 2, 26, 27. analysing its present day character The 1990 Act also places a duty on and identifying opportunities for • The South Northamptonshire Local Planning Authorities to enhancements. Local Plan, saved policies EV9, EV10, EV11, EV16, EV36. consider “from time to time” whether 5 new areas should be designated or 2. Location, Topography and Geology

Figure 4: Nether Heyford is located to the west of Northampton and south east of Daventry.

2.1 Location for the county and identifies the the large scale removal in the late various Environmental Character C20 means it’s an open landscape. The village of Nether Heyford is Areas which make up the county’s located 6 miles south west of landscape. The valley is sparsely settled with Northampton just to the south of the sporadic farms and houses sited on busy A45 trunk road and less than a This study shows Nether Heyford to slopes away from the floodplain. mile from the A5 Watling Street. be within the Environmental Down stream of Flore more Located to the north of the district of Character Area of the Upper Nene significant settlements and South Northamptonshire the River Catchment and Watford Gap Area development are evident including Nene where Flore and Upper located within the Current Landscape Nether Heyford. Heyford parish form the northern Character Area of the Undulating hills boundary of the parish with Weedon and Valleys — Bugbrooke and The availability of local ironstone and to the west, Bugbrooke to the south Daventry. clays are reflected in the construction and east and Stone IX Churches to material of many of the properties in the west. The Grand Union Canal This valley lies within a larger area of Nether Heyford and contribute to its (previously known as the Grand undulating hills and valleys, views in character. The presence of these Figure 5: Environmental Character Area: Upper Nene Catchment and Watford Gap Junction Canal) and West Coast the area are often long and raw materials has also contributed to (Source: River Nene Regional Park) Mainline (formerly the London & panoramic. The River Nene lies in a the development of the village in North West Railway) pass through broad river valley disproportionate to other ways including the the parish to the west of the village. the size of the current river. The establishment of some key local presence of glaciofluvial deposits in industries, particularly brick and iron The village had a population of 1,507 the area suggest that area was ore production still remembered in in 2001 and is now estimated to be affected by major glacial melt waters the current street names — Furnace 1,552 (2010). and the topography softened by Lane. erosion over the millennia. The 2.2 Topography and Geology valley is also bordered by relatively broad bands of alluvium and limited The parish lies on relatively flat land areas of Boulder Clay which within the floodplain of the River effectively masks the underlying Nene. siltstones and bands of ironstone rich Marlstone. The Northamptonshire Environmental Character and Green Infrastructure The land is characterised by its Strategies were published by the lowlying farmland typically arable River Nene Regional Park CIC in because of its well drained 2006. These strategies included underlying sands and gravels. Figure 6: Current Landscape Character Area: Undulating Hills and Valleys - Bug- environmental, landscape and Hedgerows are not generally brooke and Daventry (Source 7River Nene biodiversity character assessments associated with water courses and Regional Park) 3. History and development

3.1 History Road known as the Bakers Arms, 16th and 17th Century development of brickworks and an now a hairdressers. iron foundry, which was fed via a 2 th The parish of Nether Heyford, In the 16 century the Manor passed mile long tramway. Not surprisingly, previously known as Haiford or Brickworks were also a part of the to Judge Francis Morgan who is the local foundry was located on Heiforde is thought to originate from village’s industrial past. Kilns were thought to have sentenced Lady Furnace Lane, and could once boast the early Saxon for hedged enclosure located to the south of the village Jane Grey to death and to whom of four pubs along it. by a ford. In old English it could be a along Furnace Lane, brick production there is a splendid monument on the place to take a cart over. The parish continued into the C20. Furnaces south wall of the Church. The Baptist Chapel on the Green was is thought to have consisted of ceased producing iron ore in 1879. constructed in 1826, whilst the Nether, Lower, Great (Church), In 1674 William Bliss, originally from Methodist Chapel was constructed in Upper and Over (Little) Heyford. Prehistory and Roman the parish, a wine cooper of 1879 along Church Street. Upper Heyford is now a separate Southwark, died. In his will he parish; the other hamlets are either There have been a few dated finds bequeathed in trust a sum of £400 20th Century lost or now form part of the modern within the parish from early times. towards a house in Lower Heyford to village of Nether Heyford. The earliest evidence settlement is be converted to a school house and Given its proximity to the River Nene from the Roman period from which provide teaching and instruction to Nether Heyford has frequently The Domesday book records Heiford two villas are known to exist within children living in the parishes of flooded. In 1919 the canal to the as having 11 villagers, 3 smallholders the parish. One in Hoarestone Lower and Upper Heyford and all west of the village burst its banks and 4 slaves. The population rose to Meadow and the other at Whitehills children with the surname Bliss within flooding the village with thousands of 264 in 1801, 700 in 1851. The 2001 both to the west of the village nearer a 5 mile radius. This trust is still litres of water. Later in the 1980’s Census showed the population to be to roman Watling Street. running and was responsible for the Hoarestone Brook running through 1,507. construction of the current Bliss the village was culverted along the Medieval Charity School of the green in 1880. Manor Walk. The Parish of Nether Heyford has long been associated with milling and In the Domesday Book, the village is 18th and 19th Century In the 1960s the village began to baking, with a number of mills referred to as “Heiforde”, meaning expand rapidly with the coming of the identified in the Domesday Book. A enclosure by the ford, or the ford The current Manor House is thought nearby M1 motorway, so that modern bakehouse was established C19 over which hay had to be carried. to have been constructed in 1740 by residential estates and infill housing, along Furnace Lane which is still The Manor was held by William of William the 3rd Marquis of Powys all with a variety of facing brickwork there today with a stable door where Bayeux. The church, constructed in using stone from the earlier house. and concrete tile roofing, now Sunday roasts were delivered before the early C13 was dedicated St Peter Enclosure took place in Nether surround its historic core. There are church and collected later. The and St Paul. The church had its first Heyford in 1750. a number of footpath links between building is now listed and still rector, Ralph, in 1216. the edges of these modern contains some early baking Nether Heyford was a centre of developments and the older parts of equipment. The baking association The early manor is thought to have industry in the 19th century. The the settlement, which form an extended to a public house on the been located in Upper Heyford where combination of nearby canal, railway, important element in the village corner of Furnace Lane and Weedon its remains can still be seen. 8 local ironstone and clays led to the fabric.

3. History and development

10 3.2 Archaeology

The archaeological record for the parish of Nether Heyford is not very comprehensive. The Sites and Monuments Record records all archaeological finds and studies within the county, these records show parts of Heyford parish have been occupied since the Roman. Further opportunities to increase our understanding of Nether Heyford’s past should be taken when sites come forward for development

1 In 1699 in a meadow /2 mile east of Watling Street a beautiful a tessellated pavement was discovered in Horestone Meadow. where part of a fine floor mosaic, plaster wall fragments and various pottery were found. In 1821 the building was estimated to be around 100 feet long A further roman villa and bath house complex was discovered west of the village nr Whitehills.

As well as the sites, buildings and finds identified on the Sites and Monument Record there are a number of sites where recent archaeological investigation has revealed for extensive and important Figure 8: Nether Heyford Archaeological Assets. The areas delineated with green roman sites than originally thought. Proposed Conservation Area triangles indicate concentrations of finds suggesting a significant asset. Archaeological Asset

4. Spatial Analysis

11 4.1 Settlement form Watery Lane was developed around 4.3 Grain, scale and massing The buildings are predominately two a number of farmsteads. Modern storey with the occasional three Nether Heyford is a compact village development has filled in open The village is finely grained within the storey building; the Church being the centred around the village green. The spaces and surrounded the old older parts of village. Church Street tallest building in the village. The main roads into the village, Weedon village. is a narrow road which meanders buildings are domestic in scale, the Road, Furnace Lane, Bugbrooke between The Green and the church. depths of the buildings are relatively Road and Watery Lane all meet 4.2 Street pattern Buildings are both set on and set narrow varying from 5m to 8m. around The Green which is the focus back from the road and are set Although predominately two storey of village activity. The older parts of The principal streets radiate out from fronting and gable end onto the road. the buildings vary in eaves and ridge the village are located around the The Green, with some access around Where buildings are set back walls height and this variation is an green and the area to the north The Green. Church Street, Manor provide the intimacy and enclosure to important part of the village towards the church. These areas are Walk and Middle Street follow a north the already narrow road. The area character. distinct in character with the south alignment to the north of The where the road changes alignment compact development along Church Green towards the river. There are a appears the most finely grained The domestic scale of the buildings is Street between the Church of St number of east west footpaths linking where all the houses form onto the also reflected in the massing of the Peter and St Paul and The Green; the roads as well and a principal path road. The sense of enclosure is building. Only the significant and the space and openness of the around the western edge of the reinforced as there is no footpath in buildings such as the church, Manor large village green thought to be one historic core. the area. Around The Green the House and Rectory have a larger of the largest in England. In addition buildings are set more loosely around mass although these are all set the area between Middle Street and the edge of the space. Many of the within their own grounds at the edge properties also have outbuildings of the conservation area, these which create a more dense grain to buildings are important to the the development. development of the village but do not

Arial view of Nether Heyford‘s historic 11 core illustrating the compact street pattern and open green space

Historic map showing north south alignment of roads and the large open space of The Green to the south.

The buildings around the War Memorial show the variation in scale and position of building .

The tree lined green in Nether Heyford, the most distinctive space and important landmark 4. Spatial Analysis

12 reflect the general character of the character of the area, however they 4.5 Views and Vistas Street has more restricted views as area. are an important part of the village’s There are open views and vistas the road twists at right angles. history and development. The from all points around the green, Manor Walk extends down from the 4.4 Landmarks grounds and tree cover to these these views are glimpsed at through southern section of Church Lane buildings both provide attractive the tree lined edge of the green. towards the Manor House along the The C13 Church of St Peter and St backdrops to the village and make an From within the green the 360o vista newly culverted section of brook and Paul is the most important building in important contribution to the of the trees frame the views and is a more open view with verge to the village. Located on raised character and setting of this part of show glimpses of the buildings modern properties on the east. ground to the south of the village, the the village. beyond. The village appears far church occupies a key position in the greener from within the green than it From the roads and the footpaths village however it does not provide Arguably the most distinctive actually is. The eastern edge of the glimpsed views of outbuildings and the focal point many other churches landmark is not a building but the green is the only section without roofscapes add to the character of provide. The trees around the village green. This 2.3 hectare (5.7 planting allowing the modern the area. church and the limited views towards acres) tree lined open space development beyond to be clearly the church means it is largely hidden dominates the village. Around the seen. 4.6 Open space, landscape and from view. green are a number of buildings most means of enclosure notably the Bliss Charity School. Elsewhere views are limited to those Other buildings such as the early This 1879 Victorian Gothic school down roads and footpaths. There The green is the main feature of the C18 Manor House built in the building was built to replace an are long views down Furnace Lane to village. Its 5.7 acres of open space classical style and late C19* Victorian earlier school. William Bliss the major road junction and small surrounded by trees was thought to Gothic Rectory are also important established a trust fund to the green where the war memorial is be the largest green in England. The buildings in their own right but ones education of the village children on located. Middle Street allows views green used to be a continuous open which do not contribute to the his death in 1674. straight onto the green whilst Church space available for grazing and has

St Peter’s and St Paul's Church located to The small green with specimen tree pro- 12 the south of the village. vides an attractive setting form the buildings around it

Bliss Charity School located on Bugbrooke Road facing onto the green

View along Church Street from the junction with Manor Walk towards the west 4. Spatial Analysis

13 only relatively recently been divided trees which act to screen the Heyford, cob walling. There are a by a new road to access the Local buildings from most views but number of cob walls around the Authority housing built in the 1970s provide a green backdrop to the village, 3 of which are listed in their and the introduction of a fenced play northern part of the village. own rights due to their rarity in this ground in the last decade. The green Elsewhere in the village there are a part of the country. Some of the is not only the physical focal point to number of other significant single walls are now being replaced with the village but the heart of the trees which contribute to the close boarded timber fence and community with many events being character of the area . although they provide the physical held on it throughout the year. enclosure, the character and intimacy There are no formally landscaped of the space is lost. Around the outer edges of the green areas within the village but gardens sections of verge on street corners do contribute towards the green contribute to the sense of space and appearance of the area particularly openness in the village. Just to the along Church Lane where mature west of the green is a small green garden provide glimpses of the with a single large tree where the building beyond. village War Memorial is located. This green space provides an attractive Within Church Street and along the approach to the village centre from footpaths there is a sense of Weedon Road and Church Lane. enclosure where buildings set back from the road are bound by a wall. Within the grounds of both the Walls are constructed in both stone Church and Rectory are numerous and brick and uniquely to Nether

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5.1 Building age, type and style Buildings are mainly domestic or 5.2 Materials There are a variety of roofing domestic outbuildings although there materials visible in the village from With the exception of the church are a couple of C19 brick chapels as The older buildings are thatch to slate, clay tile to concrete which has C13 origins most building well as the church. Modern brick and predominately constructed in tiles. within the conservation area dates stone buildings surround much of the coursed ironstone with some coursed back to the C17, C18 and C19 green. Detached houses along the limestone. A number of buildings Walling materials tend to reflect the centuries. The earliest buildings tend upper and lower parts of Church have ironstone and limestone buildings the boundary walls are to be stone built farmhouses and Street and with modern infill built to banding. Later buildings are associated with. cottages built in a simple vernacular the rear of several farmsteads. constructed in local brick in Flemish style. These buildings are well Bond, some buildings having diaper 5.3 Roofscape spaced around he green and along In addition to the vernacular style the work on the principle elevation. Church Street, the plots between Manor House built in the early C18, There are a number of buildings The roofs are generally traditional them were filled in the late C18 and is classically styled, whilst the which have been painted and pitched roofs with the ridge running C19 century to the form that can be Rectory and School are Victorian rendered as well as some pebble both parallel and perpendicular to the seen today. With the beginning of Gothic in style. The Victorian dashed properties particularly around road and echoes the position of the the C19 came the furnaces along influence extends to a number of the green which do not reflect the buildings along the road. Some Furnace Lane to fire the bricks and small terraces both around the green general character of the area. roofscapes are reinforced by most buildings constructed during and down Church Street and the associated outbuildings along the this century were brick built often chapels built around the same time. It is likely given the presence of cob boundaries of plots or within the with header designs on the main in the village that some of the curtilage of the main building. Most elevation. The only 3 storey buildings still contain some of the roofs are unaltered although buildings in the village were built in upstanding cob walling although there are a number of buildings with this period most of it has now been refaced. dormer windows, namely those built

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16 in the Victorian gothic style and the casement, whilst most of the panel doors and many modern hoods on iron brackets, over the Manor house; relatively few buildings properties constructed in the C19 variation of doors. doors. have rooflights. have sash windows . 5.5 Other Important Features The decorative use of brick in the The majority of roofs have central or There are a number of properties diaper work and use of brick for end chimney stacks located along with stone mullions and hood The variety of walling materials is quoin and string course detail can be the ridge line, usually constructed in mouldings. There has been some important to the character of the seen in the village. brick. These stacks are generally loss of traditional window styles with village with stone, brick and cob functional in appearance with very more recent styles such as modern walling. Several stone built walls Several buildings along the narrow little detailing. top hung casements. contain evidence of earlier buildings section of Church Street have also within them suggesting they were been constructed with a corner of the 5.4 Windows and Doors The replacement of traditional part of earlier buildings now lost. building rounded and the first floor windows with uPVC double glazing is The cob walls are sometimes built on tapering outwards to accommodate Timber casement windows are the becoming increasingly common a stone plinth with overhanging cart traffic along the narrow road. most common style of windows particularly in the village and is not pantile coping. within the area and typical of the far off being the main type of vernacular cottages in the area. windows. The loss of traditional Many buildings have traditional These windows are mainly 2 and 3 windows has had an adverse affect outbuildings associated with them, light flush fitting casements. Some of on the character of the area. some of which make an important the older properties like the Manor contribution to the streetscene. House have sash windows whilst There are a range of door styles in other properties have had sash the village ranging from plank door, The bakery and adjacent building windows inserted to replace earlier have unusual canopies, curved metal

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7. Policy Context the village also means cars parked more noticeable cumulative adverse It is not just inappropriate alterations on the roads often dominate the effect on the appearance of the area. to private buildings which pose a The Planning (Listed Buildings and roads and appearance of the street These changes also include threat, ill-considered alterations to Conservation Areas) Act 1990 places scene in the village. replacement roofing materials and the public realm can also result in the a duty on Local Planning Authorities re-pointing with unsympathetic loss of an area’s special character to formulate and publish proposals There are few opportunities for new modern alternatives as well as the and appearance. Shop fronts, for the preservation and development within the area. Where removal of traditional features such signage, street furniture and public enhancement of its conservation development opportunities occur as boundary walls. utilities have a cumulative and areas. Conservation Area careful consideration should be given sometimes detrimental effect on the management proposals should be to ensure the character of the area is Maintenance of boundary walls is quality of the streetscape. published as part of the process of preserved or enhanced. also important, particularly the cob area designation and review. Their walling. The cob should be properly The green and the trees around the aim is to provide guidance through The main threats to the area are repaired using traditional techniques. edge are essential to the character of policy statements to assist in the unsympathetic alterations to the The use of modern material will the area and its continued preservation and enhancement of the existing buildings. These include the damage the serving cob and could maintenance is important to Conservation Area. cumulative impact of the numerous result in its complete loss which is preserving the character of the and often small scale alterations that unique to the village. village. The attractive composition of historic occur to the traditional buildings in buildings in the streetscene and the area. It is not only the loss of traditional The aim of management proposals around the green make a positive features but the imposition of modern suggested below is not to prevent contribution to the character and The loss of traditional features such paraphernalia which affects the changes but to ensure that any such success of the area. There are as windows and doors and their character of the area. The erection changes are sympathetic to and however a number of threats to the replacement with inappropriate of satellite dishes and aerials as well enhance the character and character of the area and issues modern materials has one of the as the installation of micro generation appearance of the conservation area. which have the potential to detract all alter the appearance of the from its special character. Through buildings and the area and careful identifying these areas and putting consideration should be given to their policies in place it should be possible positioning. to protect and enhance the special character of the area. Such alterations to unlisted residential properties are for the most Possible Threats part permitted development and therefore do not require planning Nether Heyford lies close to the A5 permission. However they can result and A45, its location means traffic in the erosion of the historic often uses the village as a short cut character and appearance of the between other villages. The narrow Cob walling in need of repair conservation area. Unsympathetic signage and pebble 19 dash nature of some of the roads around render 7. Management Plan

7.1 Management Proposals Context: New development in historic not harm the character of the surfacing works that take place in areas’) conservation area. Nether Heyford. 1. Sensitive new development Action 1: in the conservation area The establishment of a list of locally Opportunities should be taken to New development must respond significant buildings and policies for enhance areas of paving and to sensitively and creatively to the To be successful, any future their protection within the retain historic paving materials historic environment. development within the conservation forthcoming Local Development whenever possible. area needs to be mindful of the local Framework Core Strategy would also 2. Protect surviving historic character as appraised above. Good assist in the protection of the Street furniture and signage affect architectural forms design should be able to conservation area. the appearance of a conservation accommodate 21st century area. Unnecessary clutter will have There has been some incremental requirements and still make a Action 2: an adverse effect on character and loss of traditional architectural positive contribution to the character To consider the imposition of an should be resisted. Many areas detailing within the conservation area of the area. Article 4 Direction in Nether would benefit from a programme of with some areas suffering more than Heyford to include buildings of rationalisation of signage others. The replacement of Successful new development in significance across the windows, doors and roofing materials historic areas should: conservation area to ensure that Over-head cables, telegraph poles with inappropriate materials and positive architectural features are and street lighting columns also • Relate well to the geography and designs adversely affects the retained and any replacement impact on the appearance of the history of the place and the lie of character of the buildings and the doors or windows do not harm the area. Statutory Undertakers should the land, wider streetscape. character of the conservation be encouraged to rationalise and • Sit happily in the pattern of area. underground services wherever existing development and routes Owners of all historic properties, not possible through and around it, just those which are listed, should be Action 3: • Respect important views, encouraged to replace inappropriate Establish a list of locally Action 4: modern materials with appropriate • Respect the scale of neighbouring significant buildings and policies Continue to retain and enhance traditional materials. Materials such buildings, for their protection as part of the historic paving in the conservation as uPVC and concrete tiles look out • Use materials and building forthcoming Core Strategy. area. of place in a Conservation Area and methods which are as high in their use is discouraged. quality as those used in existing Action 5 3. Streetscape buildings, Encourage statutory undertakers The imposition of an Article 4 • Create new views and to rationalise and remove Direction should be considered to The retention of existing stone juxtapositions which add to the unnecessary services and clutter include buildings of significance paving slabs, setts and kerbstones is variety and texture of their setting. with the conservation area. across the conservation area to important in maintaining the historic

ensure that positive architectural character of any settlement. Careful (Source: CABE & English Heritage features are retained and any design and sensitive use of materials publication 2001, ‘Building in replacement doors or windows do will be expected in any future re- 20

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4. Renewable Energy sources Action 7: Action 9 evidence of past occupation may Require the location of satellite Trees on the village green should survive in the village. Development Whilst the Council is supportive of antennas in inconspicuous sites be managed to ensure their long proposals should take into account the sustainability agenda it also to prevent harm to the historic term survival and replaced where the potential for remains of recognises that many sources of character and visual appearance necessary archaeological interest. renewable energy and micro of the area. Professional advice should be generation have the potential to harm 7. Development affecting the sought, and appropriate the character and appearance of the 6. Tree management setting of the conservation area assessment undertaken.. Conservation Area. Care therefore needs to be taken to balance the Conservation area designation It is important that development Action 11: needs of climate change with the affords protection to trees from around the conservation area does Development which involves preservation of the historic unauthorised felling or lopping. The not harm its setting. Any below-ground excavation must environment. full canopies of large mature trees development in or around Nether have regard to the potential for make a significant impact on the Heyford which affects the setting of remains of archaeological Action 6: character of the conservation area. the conservation area should have interest. Encourage the sympathetic The variety of tree species offers regard to views into and out of the location of solar panels, wind interest and amenity throughout the conservation area, the setting of 9. Increase understanding of turbines and other sources of year. positive buildings and the character the historical development of micro generation to of the landscape. Appropriate design Nether Heyford. inconspicuous roofslopes and The planting around the edge of the and materials should be used in building elevations where they will green makes a positive contribution development adjacent to the There have been limited not have a detrimental impact on to the appearance and character of conservation area. opportunities to increase the the character and appearance of the area. The trees should be understanding of the village’s past. the conservation area. actively managed and replaced if Action 10: In relation to the historic environment necessary to maintain character. The impact of development on the the government have expressed a 5. Satellite Antennas character and appearance of the clear objective to increase Action 8: conservation area should be understanding of the villages Satellite and radio antennas are non Large mature trees should be considered. This applies equally historical development. Where traditional features which have the retained wherever possible in to development outside the opportunities arise every attempt potential to disfigure the appearance order to preserve the character of conservation area if it is likely to should be made to increase our of traditional buildings. Care must be the conservation area. affect the setting of the understanding of Nether Heyford. taken to ensure that they are located Opportunities should be taken as conservation area. where they will not impact on the appropriate to plant young trees in significance of heritage assets and order to ensure the continued 8. Protect archaeological the character and appearance of the existence of mature trees in the remains conservation area. future. Nether Heyford has been inhabited 21 for many centuries and buried 8. Sources of Further Information

References Internet Sources • G e o r g i a n G r o u p • Identified stakeholders and www.georgiangroup.org.uk interested parties were CABE 2001, ‘Building in Context: www.british-history.ac.uk Interested in the study and contacted directly New development in historic areas’ www.rnrpenvironmentalcharacter.org conservation of 18th- and early 19th- • The appraisal and response .uk/ century buildings. form were made available Department of Communities and through the Council’s website www.netherheyford.org.uk/ • V i c t o r i a n S o c i e t y Local Government (2010) • The consultation was website.html/history.hml www.victoriansociety.org.uk Planning Policy Statement 5: advertised with local press Interested in the appreciation and Planning for the Historic coverage. conservation of 19th and early 20th Environment. For further information on Historic century buildings of all types. Following that consultation all Buildings and Local History English Heritage, (2006), Guidance comments received were considered The following websites are a useful on Conservation Area Appraisals. and where appropriate, changes Northampton Abington Street Library source of local history information: made. The finalised appraisal and and Northamptonshire Records English Heritage, (2006), Guidance • http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/ - national management plan was considered by Office has a local history collection on the management of Conservation archaeological data service. the Council’s Policy Review and which includes books on historic Areas. • http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ - Development Committee who buildings. historic public records online. recommended their adoption. The

George Baker, The History and • http://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/ - documents have now been formally There are a wide range of national Antiquities of the County of digital library of local history adopted under the Council’s scheme societies devoted to the study and Northampton , Volume 1 (1822-301) resources. of delegation and constitute a conservation of historic buildings. http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/ material consideration in the planning Many of these national bodies have John Bridges, The Histories and councilservices/Environ/historic/Pages/ process to be used in the regional groups in this area. Antiquities of Northamptonshire smr.aspx—Northamptonshire Historic determination of development Environment Record Volume 1, 1791 management applications and other • Society for the Protection of Ancient decisions which affect the Buildings (SPAB) Royal Commission on Historical Community involvement and conservation area and its setting www.spab.org.uk . A good source of Monuments England (1982) adoption practical information about looking Contact Details after buildings of all periods. A draft version of this appraisal went County of Northampton, Planning Policy and Heritage Team • Ancient Monuments Society through a six week period of public Archaeological Sites Volume 4, South Northamptonshire Council www.ams.org.uk . Devoted to the consultation. This involved: South West Springfields study and conservation of ancient Towcester monuments, historic building and fine A presentation of the appraisal Nether Heyford, GE Warr 1970 • NN12 6AE old craftsmanship, with a particular and discussion forum at a

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