Built Heritage Statement
In respect of Land North of the A1071, Ipswich, Suffolk
On behalf of Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd
CgMs Ref: JAC24944 April 2021 FINAL
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CONTENTS Pages 1.0 Introduction 3 Prepared by: 2.0 Legislative and Planning Policy Framework
Edward Hawkins BSc Econ (Hons) MSc ACIfA 2.1 Legislation and National Planning Policy 4
2.2 National Planning Guidance 5
2.3 Local Planning Policy and Guidance 7
3.0 Architectural and Historical Appraisal
3.1 Historical Development and Map Progression 8 Authorised by: 4.0 Assessment of Significance Veronica Cassin BArch, MA 4.1 Site Assessment and Identification of Assets 10 Thomas Copp BA (Hons) MA AssocIHBC Duncan Hawkins BA (hons) MSc FSA MCIfA 4.2 Statutorily Listed Buildings 14
5.0 Proposals and Assessment of Impact Report Status: 5.1 Proposed Development 22 5.2 Assessment of Impact 28 FINAL 6.0 Conclusions 29
Appendices
CgMs Ref: Appendix A: Statutory List Description Appendix B: References JAC24944 Appendix C:Built Heritage Assets Plot
Issue Date:
APRIL 2021
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cgms.co.uk /rpsgroup.com/uk 1.0 INTRODUCTION
This Built Heritage Statement has been prepared by CgMs (part of RPS), A plot of all known Built Heritage Assets within 1.5km of the Site is given in on Behalf of Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd in relation to the proposed residential Appendix C. led development of Land North of the A1071, Ipswich. The proposed This report satisfies the requirements of paragraph 189 of the NPPF and development scheme is known as Wolsey Grange 2 and henceforth provides sufficient information to enable the Local Planning Authority to referred to as ‘the Site’. reach a decision about the suitability of the proposals in relation to built This assessment supports the application for planning permission for heritage. outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except for access) for All photos, maps and plans are for illustrative purposes only. up to 750 dwellings, up to 3ha of primary education land, public open space, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), landscaping and highway All photos are the author’s own, unless otherwise stated. improvements. .
The Site comprises fields in agricultural use, various wooded areas and the grounds of a sewerage works. The Site is situated to the west of Chantry Vale, Ipswich, Suffolk, bounded by the A14 to the north and west and by the A1071 and A1241 in the south. To the south and east of the Site there are various residential developments, commercial/industrial spaces and the Grade II Chantry Park Registered Park and Garden.
This Built Heritage Statement should be read in conjunction with the submission drawings and other supporting documents that accompany the application.
This report will present an appraisal of the relevant legislative framework and planning policy at national, strategic and local levels, with special regard to policies that relate to developments affecting the significance of nationally designated heritage assets, including listed buildings. This report will also provide an overview of the history of the Site and its surroundings, an appraisal of the Site’s contribution to the significance of relevant nearby built heritage assets and an assessment of the potential impacts of the proposed development on that significance. Figure 1: Site Location
Seven built heritage assets are identified as relevant to the proposed development;
• Poplar Farmhouse (Grade II);
• Springvale (Grade II);
• Red House (Grade II) and its associated Barn (Grade II); and
• The Grade II Chantry Park Registered Park and Garden, within which the main Chantry residence (Grade II) and its Gatehouse and Gate Piers (Grade II) are located.
The Springvale and Red House built heritage assets are located between the parcels of land that form the Site and therefore will be assessed individually for potential impacts to their significance. The Chantry Park heritage assets, which have a weaker visual and historic relationship with the Site, will be addressed as a group.
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The current national legislative and planning policy system identifies, National Planning Policy through the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), that applicants National Planning Policy Framework (Ministry of Housing, Communities should consider the potential impact of development upon ‘heritage assets’. and Local Government, February 2019) This term includes: designated heritage assets which possess a statutory designation (for example listed buildings and conservation areas); and non- The NPPF is the principal document that sets out the Government’s designated heritage assets, typically compiled by Local Planning planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. Authorities (LPAs) and incorporated into a Local List or recorded on the It defines a heritage asset as a: ‘building, monument, site, place, area or Historic Environment Record. landscape identified as having a degree of significance meriting Legislation consideration in planning decisions, because of its heritage interest’. This includes both designated and non-designated heritage assets. Where any development may affect certain designated heritage assets, there is a legislative framework to ensure proposed works are developed Section 16: Conserving and Enhancing the Historic Environment relates to and considered with due regard to their impact on the historic environment. the conservation of heritage assets in the production of local plans and This extends from primary legislation under the Planning (Listed Buildings decision taking. It emphasises that heritage assets are ‘an irreplaceable and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. resource, and should be conserved in a manner appropriate to their significance’. The relevant legislation in this case extends from section 66 of the 1990 Act which states that special regard must be given by the decision maker, For proposals that have the potential to affect the significance of a heritage in the exercise of planning functions, to the desirability of preserving listed asset, paragraph 189 requires applicants to identify and describe the buildings and their setting. significance of any heritage assets that may be affected, including any contribution made by their significance. The level of detail provided should The meaning and effect of these duties have been considered by the courts be proportionate to the significance of the heritage assets affected. This is in recent cases, including the Court of Appeal’s decision in relation to supported by paragraph 190, which requires LPAs to take this assessment Barnwell Manor Wind Energy Ltd v East Northamptonshire District Council into account when considering applications. [2014] EWCA Civ 137. Under ‘Considering potential impacts’ the NPPF emphasises that ‘great The Court agreed within the High Court’s judgement that Parliament’s weight’ should be given to the conservation of designated heritage assets, intention in enacting section 66(1) was that decision makers should give irrespective of whether any potential impact equates to total loss, ‘considerable importance and weight’ to the desirability of preserving (i.e. substantial harm or less than substantial harm to the significance of the keeping from harm) the setting of listed buildings. heritage assets. Section 69(1) of the Act requires LPAs to ‘determine areas of special Paragraph 195 states that where a development will result in substantial architectural or historic interest the character or appearance of which it is harm to, or total loss of, the significance of a designated heritage asset, desirable to preserve or enhance’ and to designate them as conservation permission should be refused, unless this harm is necessary to achieve areas. Section 69(2) requires LPAs to review and, where necessary, substantial public benefits, or a number of criteria are met. Where less than amend those areas ‘from time to time’. substantial harm is identified paragraph 196 requires this harm to be For development within a conservation area section 72 of the Act requires weighed against the public benefits of the proposed development. the decision maker to pay ‘special attention […] to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of that area’. The duty to give special attention is considered commensurate with that under section 66(1) to give special regard, meaning that the decision maker must give considerable importance and weight to any such harm in the planning balance.
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2.2 NATIONAL PLANNING GUIDANCE
National Guidance Environment and Site Allocations in Local Plans (October 2015), and As with the NPPF the document defines setting as ‘the surroundings in HEAN4: Tall Buildings (December 2015). which a heritage asset is experienced. Its extent is not fixed and may Planning Practice Guidance (MHCLG) change as the asset and its surroundings evolve’. Setting is also described The Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) has been adopted in order to aid GPA1: The Historic Environment in Local Plans (March 2015) as being a separate term to curtilage, character and context. The guidance the application of the NPPF. It reiterates that conservation of heritage This advice note focuses on the importance of identifying heritage policies emphasises that setting is not a heritage asset, nor a heritage designation, assets in a manner appropriate to their significance is a core planning within Local Plans. The advice echoes the NPPF by stressing the and that its importance lies in what it contributes to the significance of the principle. importance of formulating Local Plans based on up-to-date and relevant heritage asset, or the ability to appreciate that significance. It also states evidence on economic, social and environmental characteristics and Key elements of the guidance relate to assessing harm. It states that that elements of setting may make a positive, negative or neutral prospects of the area, including the historic environment. substantial harm is a high bar that may not arise in many cases and that contribution to the significance of the heritage asset. while the level of harm will be at the discretion of the decision maker, GPA2: Managing Significance in Decision-Taking in the While setting is largely a visual term, with views considered to be an generally substantial harm is a high test that will only arise where a Historic Environment (March 2015) important consideration in any assessment of the contribution that setting development seriously affects a key element of an asset’s special interest. makes to the significance of an asset, and thus the way in which an asset This document provides advice on numerous ways in which decision It is the degree of harm, rather than the scale of development, that is to be is experienced, setting also encompasses other environmental factors making in the historic environment could be undertaken, emphasising that assessed. including noise, vibration and odour. Historical and cultural associations the first step for all applicants is to understand the significance of any may also form part of the asset’s setting, which can inform or enhance the The PPG contains useful information on other aspects (e.g. setting, affected heritage asset and the contribution of its setting to that significance of a heritage asset. consultation requirements, viable use which may also be useful for significance. In line with the NPPF and PPG, the document states that early particular schemes) engagement and expert advice in considering and assessing the This document provides guidance on practical and proportionate decision significance of heritage assets is encouraged. The advice suggests a Conservation Principles, Policies and Guidance (English Heritage, April making with regards to the management of change within the setting of structured, staged approach to the assembly and analysis of relevant 2008) heritage assets. It is stated that the protection of the setting of a heritage information: asset need not prevent change and that decisions relating to such issues Conservation Principles outlines Historic England’s approach to the need to be based on the nature, extent and level of the significance of a 1) Understand the significance of the affected assets; sustainable management of the historic environment. While primarily heritage asset, further weighing up the potential public benefits associated intended to ensure consistency in Historic England’s own advice and 2) Understand the impact of the proposal on that significance; with the proposals. It is further stated that changes within the setting of a guidance, the document is recommended to LPAs to ensure that all 3) Avoid, minimise and mitigate impact in a way that meets the heritage asset may have positive or neutral effects. decisions about change affecting the historic environment are informed and objectives of the NPPF; sustainable. The document also states that the contribution made to the significance of 4) Look for opportunities to better reveal or enhance significance; heritage assets by their settings will vary depending on the nature of the The guidance describes a range of heritage values which enables the heritage asset and its setting, and that different heritage assets may have significance of assets to be established systematically, with the four main 5) Justify any harmful impacts in terms of the sustainable development different abilities to accommodate change without harming their heritage values being: evidential value; historical value; aesthetic value; objective of conserving significance balanced with the need for significance. Setting should, therefore, be assessed on a case-by-case and communal value. change; and basis. Overview: Historic Environment Good Practice Advice in 6) Offset negative impacts to significance by enhancing others through Historic England recommends using a series of detailed steps in order to Planning recording, disseminating and archiving archaeological and historical I assess the potential effects of a proposed development on significance of a interest of the important elements of the heritage assets affected. The PPS5 Practice Guide was withdrawn in March 2015 and replaced with heritage asset. The 5-step process is as follows: three Good Practice Advice in Planning Notes (GPAs) published by Historic GPA3: The Setting of Heritage Assets (Second Edition; 1) Identify which heritage assets and their settings are affected; England. GPA1: The Historic Environment in Local Plans provides December 2017) guidance to local planning authorities to help them make well informed and 2) Assess the degree to which these settings and views make a This advice note focuses on the management of change within the setting effective local plans. GPA2: Managing Significance in Decision-Making contribution to the significance of a heritage asset(s) or allow of heritage assets. This document replaces GPA3: The Setting of Heritage includes technical advice on the repair and restoration of historic buildings significance to be appreciated; Assets (March 2017) and Seeing History in the View (English Heritage, and alterations to heritage assets to guide local planning authorities, 2011) in order to aid practitioners with the implementation of national 3) Assess the effects of the proposed development, whether beneficial owners, practitioners and other interested parties. GPA 3: The Setting of legislation, policies and guidance relating to the setting of heritage assets or harmful, on the significance or on the ability to appreciate it; Heritage Assets replaces guidance published in 2011. These are found in the 1990 Act, the NPPF and PPG. The guidance is largely a 4) Explore ways to maximise enhancement and avoid or minimise complemented by the Historic England Advice Notes in Planning which continuation of the philosophy and approach of the 2011 and 2015 harm; and include HEAN1: Understanding Place: Conservation Area Designation, documents and does not present a divergence in either the definition of Appraisal and Management (February 2019, 2nd Edition), HEAN2: Making 5) Make and document the decision and monitor outcomes. setting or the way in which it should be assessed. Changes to Heritage Assets (February 2016), HEAN3: The Historic
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2.2 NATIONAL PLANNING GUIDANCE
Statements of Heritage Significance: Analysing Significance in Heritage Assets, Historic England, Oct. 2019 The Historic England publication Statements of Heritage Significance: Analysing Significance in Heritage Assets (Historic England Advice Note 12, October 2019) is also relevant in this instance. This advice note provide information on the analysis and assessment of heritage significance in line with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to assist owners, applicants, local planning authorities (LPAs), planning and other consultants, and other interested parties in implementing historic environment legislation, the policy in the NPPF and the related guidance given in the Planning Practice Guidance (PPG). Local Heritage Listing (Historic England Advice Note 7, May 2016) Historic England also provides guidance on local heritage assets. The publication Local Heritage Listing: Historic Advice Note 7 is relevant in this instance. This advice note supports local authorities and communities to introduce a local list in their area or make changes to an existing list, through the preparation of selection criteria, thereby encouraging a more consistent approach to the identification and management of local heritage assets across England.
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2.3 LOCAL PLANNING POLICY & GUIDANCE: BABERGH DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN ALTERATION NO.2
Babergh Mid Suffolk Local Plan Alteration No.2 building and will cause the minimum possible impact; Emerging Local Plan Evidence Base The Babergh Mid Suffolk Local Plan Alteration No.2 was adopted by the • retain all elements, components, and features which form part of the The emerging draft Local Plan is supported by an evidence base that Council on 1st June 2006. It sets out the detailed policies and proposals for building’s special interest and respect the original scale, form, design includes an assessment of potential Built Heritage impacts arising from Site and purpose of the architectural unit; the control of development across the district. A draft Local Plan to 2036 is Allocations. The following evidence base documents are relevant to this being developed. The draft Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan was • not conceal features of importance or special interest; assessment; formally submitted to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and • be of an appropriate scale, form, siting and detailed design to Heritage Impact Assessment for Local Plan Site Allocations Stage 1: Local Government for independent Examination on 31 March 2021. harmonise with the existing building and its setting; strategic appraisal, LUC, October 2020 Until the emerging Local Plan is adopted, the below ’saved’ policies remain • retain a curtilage area and/or setting which is appropriate to the listed JLP Historic Environment Appraisals Stage 2: Heritage Impact in effect. building and the relationship with its surroundings; Assessments for Preferred Sites, LUC, October 2020 Saved Policies • include fenestration which respects the character of the building; Banbergh District summarises its aims in regard to conservation as follows; • retain traditional thatch roof coverings To achieve, through the strict control of development, high quality • use materials and components which are natural or handmade, and developments that protect and enhance the built environment, particularly which complement or harmonise with those on the building and the conservation areas, or which have an impact on views into or out of a area. This will include: lime plasters and lime mortars; natural clay or conservation area, buildings listed as being of special architectural or slate roofs; bricks; handmade timber windows and doors; historic interest and archaeology. • use appropriate detailing, finishes, and colours, both internally and The following saved polices are relevant to the proposed development of externally; the Study Site; • respect those features which contribute positively to the setting of a CN01 listed building including space, views from and to the building and All new development proposals will be required to be of appropriate scale, historic layout; and form, detailed design and construction materials for the location*. • comply with Annex C of PPG 15. Proposals must pay particular attention to:
• the scale, form and nature of adjacent development and the environment surrounding the site; Policy CN14 is relevant to the Chantry Park nationally registered Chantry Park adjacent to the Site; • the materials forming the external elevations and roofs of the buildings; CN14 • retaining and incorporating local features, both natural and built; Development in or adjacent to parks and gardens of historic or landscape significance (listed in the National Register of statutorily protected historic • existing and proposed hard and soft landscaping; parks and gardens) which would lead to the erosion of their character, appearance or setting will be refused. • creating interesting and attractive public and private spaces in and around the development; and In considering any planning application for development, the planning authority will be mindful of the framework set by government policy, in this • the content of any adopted Village Design Statements. *In some locations, contemporary, modern designs with flair and imagination instance the NPPF, by current Development Plan Policy and by other incorporating modern materials will be appropriate. material considerations. The importance of Listed Buildings in decision making is reflected in the below policy CN06;
CN06
• Proposals for the alteration (including part demolition), extension or change of use of buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (including curtilage structures), or for the sub-division of, or new work within the curtilage or setting of a listed building should: • preserve the historic fabric of the building, and ensure that all proposals to remove by demolition, or alter any part of the building are justified in terms of preserving the special character of the
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Historical Development The Site is not within the immediate vicinity of any known historic settlement. The closest village to the Site, Sproughton, is thought to have developed in the later Medieval period when the wider landscape came into more intensive agricultural use. The original Ipswich Chantry was established in around 1509 by Edmund Daundy, a prominent Ipswich merchant. After the Dissolution in 1536, the former Chantry building and lands were occupied by the Cutler family. By 1668 ownership had passed to Sir Peyton Ventris, a judge and politician. Sir Peyton died in 1691 and was succeeded by his son Edmund, who constructed a new residence in c.1700. It is this residence that forms the core of the present Chantry Park mansion. The built heritage assets closest to the Site, Springvale (Grade II) and Red House (Grade II) and its associated barn (Grade II) date from the 15th, 16th and 17th Centuries respectively. Such buildings are representative of the general character of the landscape, which until the 20th Century, with the exception of Chantry Park, was defined by scattered farmsteads of varying size. The built heritage assets set within Chantry Park have phases of 17th, 18th and 19th Century date, though the majority of material of architectural and landscape design significance is of 18th Century origin. The earliest map to show the area of the Site in relative detail is the 1783 Hodkinson Map of Suffolk (Fig.2). The Poplar, Red House and Springvale Farmhouses are shown on this map. A further large residence (Harland House) and parkland is shown to the south of the location of Red House. This residence belonged to Admiral Harland and was demolished in the 1790’s. No above ground evidence of Harland House or its grounds remains. The Site and its setting did not undergo significant further change in the 19th Century and was not influenced by infrastructure developments such as the connection of Ipswich to the national rail network in 1846. The Sproughton Parish Tithe Map (1837) (Fig.3) illustrates the Site as Figure 2: 1783 Hodkinson Map of Suffolk divided among numerous distinct fields, with smaller allotment plots along Figure 3: Sproughton Parish Tithe Map of 1837: Source : https:// the northern boundary. The accompanying Tithe apportionments indicate www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ accessed 26/09/2018 that the Site was divided among numerous owners rather than forming part this listed building. of a single continuous estate. At this time the Springvale farmstead and several fields within the Site were owned by a John Ranson and occupied The Chantry Park and residence (not pictured) was owned and occupied by by George Morgan. Red House and its associated Barn was owned by the Charles Lillingstone at this time. Reverend Thomas Woodward and Rev. B. Bond. Rev. Bond was the The character of the landscape around the Site remained overwhelmingly occupier of the residence at this time. To the south west of the Site on this agricultural until the mid-late 20th Century, when, following small pockets of map is the now Grade II listed Poplar Farmhouse, which was owned by residential development in the 1920’s, Ipswich expanded rapidly across the Rev. George Capper and occupied by John Ranson. The Site therefore Chantry Vale area in the 1980’s and now encloses Chantry Park to the has a historical connection with this built heritage asset, though ownership north, east and south. has now separated and there is no visual relationship between the Site and
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Figure 4: Ordnance Survey, 1886, 6 Inch Scale Figure 5: Ordnance Survey, 1927, 6 Inch Scale Figure 6: Composite Ordnance Survey, 1980’s series, 1:10560 Scale The Ordnance Survey (OS) mapping of 1886 shows the addition of buildings The 1927 OS map shows little if any change within the Site since the 1886 A composite map of the available 1980’s OS mapping illustrates the at both Springvale and Red house, though the actual residences themselves edition. In the vicinity of the Site however, residential development has establishment of the A14 roadway and a sewerage works along the Site’s and the separately statutorily listed Red House Barn have reached their begun with a row of detached houses and gardens constructed to the north western boundary. To the east of the Site in the vicinity of Lower present extent at this point. The Site remains characterised by well defined immediate south east of the Site. Smaller instances of residential Chantry (north of Chantry Park) further houses have been constructed. To arable fields with extensive tree lines. To the east Chantry Park is shown development have also taken place at Lower Chantry, immediately north of the south east of the Site, the urban expansion of Ipswich has now reached with clearly defined, densely wooded areas along the entirety of its western Chantry Park. the Site boundary. The boundary of the Site with Chantry Park remains boundary. characterised by dense tree and hedge lines, clearly denoting the change in character from working arable land to landscaped pleasure gardens. To the north of the Site Sproughton has expanded, with an industrial area being situated along the Site boundary. These developments have fundamentally altered the setting of both the immediate vicinity of the Site and Chantry Park.
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Site Assessment Views The Site is located on the western outskirts of Ipswich, Suffolk. Red Farmhouse and its associated Barn can be seen from the western end of Hadleigh Road as part of a sweeping agricultural vista (Fig.7). This is the The Site is bounded on its northern flank by the A14, which sits below the key view from which these buildings are appreciated. This view, which Site topographically and is divided from it by a sparsely planted includes parts of the Site, enhances the appreciation of the architectural embankment. The A14 represents a major visual and physical division and historic interest of the Red House listed buildings. between the Site and the extended rural hinterland of Ipswich further to the west. The south western section of the Site is bounded by the A1071, To the south and east, the elevated topography gives wide-ranging views which is partially screened by tree and hedge lines, but sits level with the over the rooflines of Red House and its associated Barn (Fig.8). From Site boundary topographically. To the south east, the Site is bounded by some positions to the south of Red House, the Grade II* Church of All the A1214 and the greater Ipswich urban area. The north eastern boundary Saints, Sproughton is partially visible at a considerable distance. These of the Site is densely wooded and largely inaccessible by foot. To the east views provide an appreciation of the architectural and historical interest of the Site bounds Chantry Park, a Grade II Registered Park and Garden. the Red House buildings and are key to the experience of them as being features of a historically evolved agricultural landscape. The area north of the Site is characterised by 20th Century residential development radiating from the village of Sproughton, though with a greater industrial component that includes a sewerage works lying immediately adjacent to the Site boundary. The Site is largely comprised of arable fields of varying size that reflect the wider rural context to the west rather than the nearby residential developments and parkland areas to the north, south and east. The area of the Site north of Red House Cottages forms a patchwork of small, tightly enclosed paddocks which then give way to a densely wooded, inaccessible space on the approach to the sewerage works grounds. At the northern end visibility is often limited only to the lines of the pathway to the sewerage works. The western, central and southern parts of the Site are experienced as a patchwork of non-uniform arable fields enclosed by dense hedgerows and treelines with some open views to the north and east due to the sloped topography. The Site is identified for possible future allocation in the emerging Babergh and Mid-Suffolk Joint Local Plan, in the Stage 1 document the Site is identified by ref.SS0191 and in the Stage 2 document by ref.LA013; Heritage Impact Assessment for Local Plan Site Allocations Stage 1: strategic appraisal, LUC, October 2020 Figure 7: Looking east from Hadleigh Road across the central area of the Site towards Figure 8: rooflines of Red House, Grade II as seen from elevated position to south east JLP Historic Environment Appraisals Stage 2: Heritage Impact Red House. within the Site. Assessments for Preferred Sites, LUC, October 2020 From the west Red House and its associated Barn are approached on Hadleigh Road through a Opportunities to appreciate the architectural and historic interest of the buildings from the south sweeping vista formed of the immediate agricultural setting of the farmstead. and south east diminish rapidly as a result of intervening topography. These evidence base documents identify the potential of the Site for suitable built development and were consulted in undertaking this assessment.
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Identification of Surrounding Built Heritage Assets • Prync’s Lodge (Grade II, HE ref.1036921). This building is located c.540m west of the Site and is separated from it by the A14 and the Within 500m of the Site B113. Prync’s Lodge has no historical of functional association with Built heritage assets within a c.500m radius of the Site have a greater the Site. There is no appreciable visual relationship between this potential to be affected by the proposed development as a result of their building and the Site as a result of the intervening distance and proximity, though not all heritage assets within this radius will be affected extent of hedgerow and tree boundaries. The A14 is a major visual by the proposed development. and experiential barrier between the Site and this built heritage asset. There are eight built heritage assets within c.500m of the Site boundaries (Fig.9). Two of these have no visual relationship with the Site, Poplar • Amor Hall (Grade II, HE ref.1194446). This building is located Farmhouse, (Grade II, NHLE ref. 1193985) and Sprites Primary Academy, c.1530m south west of the Site. Amor Hall has no visual, historical or (Grade II, HE ref. 1441403). functional association with the Site.
Poplar Farmhouse has a partial historic relationship with the Site through • The Grange (Grade II, HE ref.1194480). The Grange is located the 19th Century occupier John Ranson, listed in the 1837 Sproughton c.1450m south west of the Site across the A14. This building has no Parish Tithe apportionments. This relationship is no longer legible. Poplar visual relationship with the Site nor any historical or functional Farmhouse is separated from the Site by agricultural land for which outline association with it. planning permission has been granted for residential development (B/15/00993). • Dakons (Grade II, HE ref.1036897). This building is located c.1630m south west of the Site and has no visual, historical or functional Sprites Primary Academy has no known historical and functional relationship with it. relationship to the Site. Sprites Academy is a modernist school building of 20th Century date that lies within the extended urban area of Ipswich. • Fenn Farmhouse (Grade II, HE ref.1351617). This building is located c.1890m west of the Site. The building has no visual, functional or Poplar Farmhouse and Sprites Academy are therefore not carried forward historical relationship with the Site. for further assessment as the immediate settings in which they are experienced will remain unaltered by the proposed development and • Eleven listed buildings are located within the village of Sproughton consequentially no potential impact to their significance is identified. (Ten Grade II and one Grade II*). None of the Grade II buildings have an appreciable visual relationship or known historical or Three listed buildings, Springvale, (Grade II, HE ref.1193916); Red House functional association with the Site. They are separated from the Site (Grade II, HE ref.1285933) and its associated Barn, (Grade II, HE by urban development of generally 20th Century date, together with ref.1036924) have a visual and historic functional relationship with the Site. Figure 9: Designated Built Heritage Assets within 500m radius of Site Boundary. intervening agricultural land, characterised by dense planted Furthermore, the Chantry Park Registered Park and Garden (Grade II, HE boundaries. The closest Grade II listed building in Sproughton to the ref.1000271) shares a boundary with the Site and contains two statutorily Site lies over 600m north from the Site boundary. listed buildings; Gatehouse and Gate Piers to Chantry Park, (Grade II, HE ref.1236640) and The Chantry, (Grade II, HE ref.1037783). Though the Site While the Grade II* Church of All Saints is partially visible in views from the shares a boundary with the Registered Park and Garden, the listed south end of the Site due to local topography, these views are made at a buildings within it have no visual or functional relationship with it. considerable distance that does not allow a high degree of appreciation of the Church’s architectural and historic interest. When in proximity to the These six heritage assets could potentially be impacted by the proposed Church, the Site is not at all appreciable and can only be described as a development through the alteration of their settings. The heritage assets minor element of the vast semi-rural landscape setting of the church. carried forward for assessment are discussed in detail in section 4.2, with the Chantry Park heritage assets being addressed together as a result of As a result of the lack of a notable visual, historical or functional their legible historical relationship and group value. relationship with the Site, it is considered that the proposed development does not have the potential to impact the architectural or historic interest or Other Built Heritage Assets significance of the above built heritage assets. Therefore, none of these In the Local Planning Authority’s Response to the scoping opinion for the built heritage assets are carried forward for further individual assessment. proposed development, the Heritage and Design Officer suggested that several additional Built Heritage Assets be included in the assessment. These Include;
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Figure 10: Springvale (Grade II) as seen from western-central area of the Site, looking Figure 11: View east from within western end of Site. Figure 12: This south west facing photograph shows the field immediately adjacent to west. the Springvale Farmstead (not pictured). Wide-ranging views to the surrounding area are possible from within the Site. However the intervening distance and extent of tree cover softens the view of more developed areas. This photograph gives an indication of the varied topography of the Site.
Figure 13: View south west from within principal central-western area of Site. Figure 14: This photograph shows the position of the A14 in relation to the Site, taken Figure 15: The Red House Cottages are not considered to be of architectural or historic from one of the many gaps in the tree and hedge line that bound the Site to the north interest and represent a late 20th Century development. The chimney visible in the right of this photograph is the Grade II Springvale building, none of west. the other buildings on the southern boundary of the Site are considered to be of architectural or The buildings are tightly enclosed within their own grounds and represent a point, north of historic interest. As a result of being set topographically lower than much of the Site, the A14 is not generally which, the character of the Site changes from arable fields to woodland. visible away from the Site boundary, though it is audible from a wide area.
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Figure 16: The Site is generally experienced as a series of at least partially enclosed Figure 17: View looking west towards Red House and its associated Barn across Figure 18: Much of the northern part of the Site is traversed by ditches and is heavily spaces with close, intermediate and long views of a wider rural landscape. Hadleigh Road from southern part of Site. wooded, preventing access. Nearby residential development, though extensive is not generally appreciable from within the Site as a result of intervening planted boundaries. This view looks south from the arable field adjacent Red House Cottages towards Red House, which is obscured by intervening tree and hedge cover. The rise in topography south of Red House is shown in this photograph.
Figure 19: The single pathway toward the sewerage works at the northern end of the Site Figure 20: This photograph looks north west from the Sites easternmost boundary. Figure 21: This direct view of the boundary of Chantry Park with the Site illustrates the is tightly enclosed by trees and undergrowth. density of the tree and undergrowth lines between them. From this position long range views of the rural landscape are possible in which the Grade II* All Saints Church, Sproughton (black arrow) is partially visible. At this distance the architectural and Chantry Parks landscape features and the built heritage assets within it are not appreciable historic interest of the church is not easily appreciable but it remains a landmark within the from any part of the Site. landscape. The red arrow indicates the position of Red House and its associated Barn.
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The National Heritage List for England entries for all relevant statutorily Contribution of the Site to Significance listed built heritage assets are given in Appendix A. Locations of designated built heritage assets within a 500m radius of the Site are given Dense tree and hedge lines obscure much of the building from being in Figure 9, the location of all designated built heritage assets within 1.5km viewed from within the Site, where only partial views of Springvale’s of the Site are given in Appendix B. roofline and chimneys are possible at the westernmost end of the Site. The historic functional and ownership association between parts of the Site SPRINGVALE and Springvale through John Ranson in the tithe apportionment records is Springvale (Grade II, NHLE ref.1193916) is a hall house of 15th Century in no way legible, given the longstanding visual separation and divergence origin, though now much altered and in use as a child care facility. of use and ownership. Springvale is located off Hadleigh Road and lies immediately adjacent a Additionally the Site cannot be said to contribute to the historic or evidential modern swimming pool complex. value of the Springvale buildings surviving Medieval and early-Modern Significance material, which is appreciable only from the interior of the building. The significance of the Springvale building is derived from the architectural The Site is therefore considered to make no contribution to the architectural interest of its surviving historic fabric. The building derives further evidential significance of the Springvale building or improve the legibility of its value from the legibility of the Medieval hall layout, timber framing and surviving Medieval features. associated features, though these are only appreciable internally given the extent of later alteration and extension of the building. The surviving Figure 22: The Exterior of Springvale has been subject to extensive alteration and site Medieval features have a distinct historic value, derived from their rarity within tightly enclosed grounds shared with the ‘first strokes’ swimming centre. and, in addition to later historic fabric, have an evidential value for The chimneys and roof line of this built heritage asset are partially visible through the tree line understanding local vernacular craftsmanship in farmstead buildings. from within the Site. Photo Credit: Carl Lamb - Google Street View July 2016 - accessed 26-9-18 Setting Springvale is tightly enclosed within its intimate setting and is appreciable only in the context of more recent buildings, specifically the modern swimming baths and associated car park formed of extensive hardstanding. The Springvale building is now in use as a day nursery and a swimming pool complex has been constructed immediately adjacent to the built heritage asset. The use of Springvale as a nursery school and the operation of the swimming pool complex results in an at times busy environment with high levels of traffic within the building’s intimate setting. Contribution of Setting to Significance This built heritage asset is fully experienced only within the intimate setting formed by adjacent modern buildings, their car parking area and a well established tree and hedge line. The wider agricultural setting with which the building is historically associated is perceptible on the approach to Springvale, but does not form part of any high quality view by which the building’s architectural or historic interest can be appreciated. Therefore the setting of this building is not considered to contribute to its significance which is derived entirely from the architectural and historic interest and evidential vale of its surviving built fabric.
Figure 23: The interior of Oakland Hall Nursery (Springvale) retains features of its earlier architectural phases though these are in no way appreciable from the Site. Photo Credit - Oakland Hall Day Nursary, Carl Lamb, Google Street View July 2016 - Accessed 26-9-18
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RED HOUSE The immediate setting outside of its grounds and yards is formed of the BARN CIRCA 20 METRES SOUTH EAST OF RED HOUSE surrounding covenant land, which is formed of part of the adjoining Red House (Grade II, NHLE ref.1285933) is a historic farmhouse of agricultural fields and makes a further contribution to its significance. In This Barn is of late 17th or early 18th Century date and unlike many probable late 16th Century origin, though it was largely rebuilt in the early several views from this agricultural setting the architectural and historic functional agricultural buildings is constructed in tile and red brick with a 18th Century in tile and red brick. Red House is prominently located on interest of the building, together with its contribution to the character of the high degree of craftsmanship. The barn is listed at Grade II (NHLE Hadleigh Road and is a contributor to the rural character of the north north western fringe of Ipswich, at the point at which the expanded urban ref.1036924). western outskirts of Ipswich. area gives way to an agricultural landscape, is highly appreciable. The Significance Significance contribution of the present views of Red House as part of an agricultural vista are considered to make an overall moderate contribution to its This building derives its significance from the architectural and historic The significance of Red House is derived from the architectural and historic significance, which is derived principally from its historic built fabric and interest of its built fabric. The building has an additional evidential value for interest of its built fabric which has an additional evidential value for becomes less appreciable as the length of views increases. The understanding the materials and craftsmanship of late 17th and early 18th understanding the construction, materials and layout of ‘genteel’ farmstead development Site forms part of the wider agricultural landscape setting of Century agricultural buildings. The building also derives significance residences of the type that have historically characterised the local wider Red House and therefore makes a lesser direct contribution to significance. through its contribution to the traditional agricultural character of the area agricultural landscape. Red House remains a prominent feature, and and its legible historical and functional relationship with Red House (Grade makes a high contribution to the traditional, agricultural character of the Contribution of the Site to Significance II) which creates a group heritage value. area between Sproughton and Ipswich. The Site includes the agricultural fields that surround Red House and form Setting Setting its immediate setting. The Site can be understood as forming the agricultural setting of Red House of which parts have historic ties of The barn’s intimate setting is formed by a complex of functional agricultural The setting of Red House is multi-faceted. An intimate setting is formed ownership and use. The Site also forms much of the space from which buildings of various date set to the east of the Red House residence and around the house by its formal gardens and a slightly wider enclosed longer views of Red House permit an appreciation of the building’s bounded by a low wall that runs adjacent to Hadleigh Road. A wider setting then extends to include the functional yard area to the east. The contribution to the traditional agricultural character of the immediate area. setting is then formed by the surrounding agricultural fields which are building’s intimate and enclosed setting is variously lined by hedges, fences The Site is therefore considered to make a moderate contribution to the largely within the Site. and walls with varying levels of inter-visibility to the wider surrounds. significance of Red House by providing the building with a legible historic The extended setting of the Barn comprises the wider rural landscape to The immediate setting of Red House is formed by the surrounding landscape context which reflects the listed building’s historic use. the north west and the urban fringe of Ipswich to the south and east. agricultural fields to the north and south of Hadleigh Road. Hadleigh Road traverses the immediate setting of Red House, passing close to the Contribution of Setting to Significance residence on the southern side. Hadleigh Road represents a major visual The Barn’s historic function remains legible, as does its former functional and audible presence within this immediate setting. relationship with its surroundings. The legible functional relationship, The extended setting of Red House is diverse, comprising a wider together with the material similarity with Red House establishes a clear agricultural landscape to the north and west, traversed by the A14. To the group value between these built heritage assets that enhances their south lies the extended urban area of Ipswich, which is separated from the respective contributions to the traditional agricultural character of the area. agricultural character area around Red House by the A1214. To the east The architectural and historic interest of the Barn is easily appreciable from lies the Chantry Park Grade II Registered Park and Garden and a smaller several long views across the Site and along Hadleigh Road. urban area on the northern side of Hadleigh Road. Contribution of the Site to Significance Contribution of Setting to Significance The Site forms part of the historic agricultural landscape context in which The setting of Red House contributes to its significance in several ways. the Barn is experienced and appreciated. The Site can be therefore
Firstly, the intimate formal garden areas serve to underline the importance understood as making a moderate contribution to the significance of the of the building as a prominent residence belonging to the upper end of the Barn. local social scale. Secondly, the adjacent farm buildings and yards underpin the clear legibility of the historic function of Red House as a part of a working farm. It is significant that one of the functional farm buildings to the east of Red House is separately statutorily listed at Grade II, thereby contributing group value to the principal residence. The contribution of these setting elements to the significance of Red House is high.
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Figure 25: This photograph is representative of the views of Red House possible from within its immediate proximity during summer months when tree coverage is at its most extensive.
The dense treeline to the south of the building largely obscures it in direct views from the south of Hadleigh Road.
Figure 24: View of Red House from its western approach on Hadleigh Road.
This is the location from which the building complex is best appreciated.
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Figure 26: View of Barn Circa 20m east of Red House (Grade II) from Hadleigh Road. Figure 27: View approximately north east from south of Hadleigh Road. Figure 28: View north from south end of Site.
The Barn, though historically a functional agricultural building, has been constructed with a Though the Red House and its associated barn are prominent elements in the traditional Due to the tree cover provided by its grounds, Red House is less visible in some views than its high degree of craftsmanship and is, in its materials, aesthetically similar to the separately agricultural character of the area, in many views these buildings are experienced in the associated Barn. From the south side of the Site, long views north towards Sproughton and listed Red House (Grade II). These two buildings have a group value as legibly related and context of later commercial development, most notably the (pictured) nearby vegetable north west to the extended agricultural landscape are possible. aesthetically complimentary historic buildings. processing plant. Though Red House and its associated Barn are key contributors to the traditional agricultural The architectural and Historic interest of the Barn is easily appreciable when traveling along character of the area, the distinct architectural and historic interest of their built fabric from Hadleigh Road. which the primarily derive their significance becomes less appreciable over longer distances.
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Figure 29: View of Red House, looking east on Hadleigh Road. Figure 30: View south towards Red House and its associated Barn across eastern area of the restricted covenant bounding the built heritage assets. Red House can be appreciated from a sweeping agricultural vista when looking east from Hadleigh Road. Though modern commercial development and outlying urban areas are visible To the east and west of Red House and its associated outbuildings a restrictive covenant is in in this view, the architectural and historic interest of Red House is apparent, as is its place. contribution to local character.
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CHANTRY PARK Setting The legibility of design and function between the residence, gatehouse, gate piers and parkland is of fundamental importance to the significance of Chantry Park is a Grade II (NHLE ref.1000271) Registered Park and this group. The distinctiveness of the parkland from surrounding suburban Garden of 17th Century date which opened to the public in 1928 and is now The Gatehouse and entrance Gate Piers are the only part of the Chantry group that can be closely experienced from outside the parkland. The Gate areas and agricultural land is preserved by a dense but not impenetrable used for music concerts. Piers and Gatehouse are a prominent feature on Hadleigh Road and stand tree and hedge line that bounds the Park. Therefore the extended Built Heritage Assets Within Chantry Park directly opposite 20th Century residential development. The Gate House agricultural setting to the west and north west of Chantry Park is and Piers are flanked by dense treelines that obscure visibility through to considered to make a neutral contribution to the significance of this group GATE HOUSE AND ENTRANCE GATEPIERS TO CHANTRY their wider parkland setting. of heritage assets. PARK The Gate House and Gate Piers to Chantry Park are Grade II listed (NHLE The Chantry residence itself, though partially visible over some distance Contribution of the Site to Significance ref.1236640). These structures are of 19th Century date and constructed in from the A1214 to the south of Chantry Park, is best experienced from The Site is situated immediately west of the Chantry Park and comprises white brick and stone to resemble a broadly classical temple building. within the park, which forms an intimate and immediate setting around the arable fields of the type which historically would have surrounded the building. The Chantry Park is heavily wooded in places, creating a mix of THE CHANTRY parkland, leaving it as a distinct ‘island’ of designed parkland within a short, intermediate and long designed views of the residence within the functional agricultural landscape. In the present the parkland remains The Chantry is a Grade II (NHLE ref.1037783) mansion of 18th Century park. This parkland setting is embellished with ornamental planting and legible as a distinct designed space, separated from the nearby working date, with possible earlier fabric remaining within its core. The Mansion was lawn features, many of which remain of the original 18th Century agricultural fields by dense hedgerows and treelines. There is no altered and extended in the 19th Century and since the late 20th Century landscaping. established historical link between the Site and the Chantry Park Group in has been converted for use as a care home for disabled adults. terms of function or historical association. Significance of Chantry Park Group Chantry Park is located west of the historic core of Ipswich and historically was separated from the town by extensive agricultural land. In the 20th The boundary of Chantry Park with the Site is located at around 27m The Chantry Park group is of high architectural interest with considerable Century urban development has encroached up to the northern, eastern Above Ordnance Survey Datum (AOD) and slopes steeply down toward evidential value as an example of 18th Century landscape and country and southern boundaries of the park, changing its character from a private, Red House, which sits at around 14m AOD. Views toward Chantry Park house design. The residence, gatehouse, entrance features and parklands designed landscape to something more akin to a suburban park. were intentionally designed to complement one another as an integrated from the area of the Site in closest proximity to Red House look upwards private space and so have a high degree of group value. towards a dense treeline through which no high quality views of the To the east and north east lies the rural, agricultural fringe of the expanded parkland or associated built heritage assets are possible. Therefore there is urban area of Ipswich which includes the Site. This element of the no relationship between the built heritage assets enclosed by the Site and The widespread survival of original landscape and built features combined extended setting is, unlike the urban area to the south, not appreciable those of the Chantry Park Group. with the high quality of materials and designs give this group of heritage from within the parkland as a result of dense tree and hedge line assets a high evidential value for 18th and 19th Century architectural boundaries. fashions in country house building and the design and management of their As no appreciable experience of the Chantry Park or its associated built landscaped settings. Heritage assets is possible from within the Site and no legible functional or Contribution of Setting to Significance historical association can be established, it is considered that the Site does not make a contribution to the significance of the Chantry Park group of There is a further material value and lesser evidential value for the earliest The Chantry Park group derives its significance from its distinct heritage assets. surviving fabric within the residence, which is of 17th Century date, which architectural and historic interest, its evidential value for 18th Century though limited in extent, remains of historic and evidential interest. country house and parkland design and from the legibility of the However, it does not illustrate the building’s earlier layouts and functions to relationship between its component heritage assets, rather than a widely the same degree as the 18th Century additions and alterations. visible or functional relationship with the surrounding area. Therefore, the urbanisation of Chantry Park’s immediate vicinity is not considered to have The residence has undergone late 20th Century renovation and alteration substantially altered its architectural or historic interest, but also cannot be to bring the building into use as a convalescent home for patients with described as enhancing these attributes. The wider urban setting to the neurological conditions and profound disabilities. It is considered that this north, east and south of the park is therefore considered to make a neutral alteration has not impacted the architectural significance of the building, as contribution to heritage significance. experienced from the public sphere of the surrounding parkland.
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Approximate boundary of Chantry Park
Figure 31: View looking south east from topographic high point of the Site.
The built heritage assets within Chantry Park are not visible from any part of the Site. From within the Site, Chantry Park is seen both in long views and the immediate proximity of the Site boundary as an unremarkable part of the wider tree lines that characterise the edges of local built areas and agricultural field boundaries. None of the landscaped elements of Chantry Park can be appreciated from within the Site.
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Figure 32: View of southern boundary of Chantry Park. Source: Google Street View March 2019, accessed October 2019.
When viewed from along its southern boundary, the Chantry Park is experienced as a suburban park with the Chantry residence itself being the most apparent historic feature (pictured). This southern boundary of the parkland lies directly opposite and is highly inter-visible with the extended urban area of Ipswich.
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Proposed Development Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except for access) for up to 750 dwellings, up to 3ha of primary education land, public open space, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), landscaping and highway improvements.
The proposed development has evolved to respond to the context of the Site and its relationship with the relevant built heritage assets. The proposed development seeks to reflect locally established patterns of scale, massing and density, with extensive provision for landscaping measures and preserved open space. Figure 33 gives a proposed land use plan, with the distribution of built heights and density given in Figures 34 and 35 respectively.
Landscaping measures are proposed across the Site to enhance and establish suitable planted boundaries, formed of native species. Generous provision has also been made for public open space across the Site. The accompanying Development Framework Plan and Green Infrastructure Plan set out the landscaping element of the proposed development (Figs.36 and 37).
Built Heritage Constraints This assessment has identified several heritage assets as being relevant to the proposed development, including, Springvale (Grade II) Red House (Grade II), Barn circa 20m east of Red House (Grade II) and the Chantry Park group of three Grade II heritage assets. The proposed development has the potential to affect the significance of each of these heritage assets through alteration of their setting.
The principal constraints on any proposed development of the Site are the longer views of Red House and its associated Barn, which enhance the architectural and historic interest of these built heritage assets and underpin their contribution to the traditional character of the agricultural fringe of Ipswich. These two listed buildings, together with their outbuildings represent the most significant built heritage assets in relation to the scheme and have a group value above that of an individual building.
Figure 39 and 40 Landscape Visual Impact Assessment rendered views across the proposed development from the east (View 1, position shown on Fig.38), looking toward Red House and showing the proposed development at 1 year and 15 years respectively. These views illustrate how the proposed development will lie in the landscape within this key view towards Figure 33: Proposed Land Use Plan Red House.
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Figure 34: Proposed Maximum Building Heights Plan Figure 35: Maximum Residential Density Plan
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Figure 36: Development Framework Plan Extract. Figure 37: Green Infrastructure Plan Extract.
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Figure 38: Viewpoint Location Plan
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Figure 39: CSE033 Wolsey Grange View 1 Year 1—View east toward Red House from Hadleigh Road
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Figure 40: CSE033 Wolsey Grange View 1 Year 15 —View east toward Red House from Hadleigh Road
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5.2 ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT
Assessment of Impact Based on the available information the proposed development is considered to represent a proportionate and appropriate expansion of the Impact on Springvale (Grade II) north western built fringe of Ipswich. The proposals have incorporated extensive design and landscaping measures to respond to the proximity of Red House and the associated Barn. It is considered that the proposed The Site areas north and south of the Springvale building are proposed for development represents a less than substantial degree of harm, at the residential development. The architectural and historic interest of lower end of the spectrum of less than substantial harm, to the significance Springvale is not appreciable from the Site. It is proposed to utilise re- of these listed buildings, arising from a general alteration of their wider enforced tree and hedge lines to further enclose Springvale within the landscape context. immediate setting formed by its grounds. No notable changes are anticipated to the way in which the Springvale building is experienced within its enclosed immediate setting. It is considered that the proposed Impact on Chantry Park and associated Built Heritage Assets development represents a neutral alteration of the wider setting of this built heritage asset. As result, no potential degree of harm is identified as arising There is no visual relationship between Chantry Park and the Site as a to its architectural or historic significance, which is derived solely from its result of topography, distance and intervening planted boundaries. surviving historic fabric, the most significant elements of which are only Therefore the historic ornamental aspects of Chantry Park’s landscaping appreciable from within the building. and the architectural interest of the built heritage assets within it, are not appreciable from the Site. As the significance of Chantry Park cannot be Impact on Red House (Grade II) and associated Barn (Grade experienced from the Site, the proposed development is considered to represent a neutral impact to the significance of both the parkland itself and II) the built heritage assets within it. There is a restrictive covenant on development within the immediate vicinity of the Grade II Red House and the associated, separately statutorily listed, Barn. These restricted covenant areas are excluded from the Site.
The layout, height distribution and density of the proposed development responds directly to the presence of Red House and its associated Barn, and the contribution of the agricultural setting to the significance of these buildings. To the north, south and south west of the Red House and Barn, extensive landscaped open space areas are to be retained, with provision for partial continuation of managed pasture uses (Figs.37 and 38). The extensive landscaping provisions of the proposed development, together with suitable, proportionate arrangements of built form, which reflect locally established patterns of scale and massing, is considered to preserve the visual prominence of these listed buildings in key eastern views (Figs. 39 and 40).
To assist in minimising potential impacts to the significance of these built heritage assets, further, detailed design measures will be incorporated as the scheme progresses through reserved matters applications. In order to maintain the contribution of the agricultural setting to the significance of Red House and its associated Barn, built development should be slightly withdrawn from the western end of Hadleigh Road on the northern side to preserve the current sweeping vista when looking east across the valley towards Red House.
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The Site is proposed for residential development. This assessment has identified relevant built heritage assets, the contribution of the Site to their significance and the potential impacts of the proposed development on that significance. A degree of less than substantial harm is identified as arising to the significance of the Grade II Red House and its associated Grade II Barn, through erosion of their historic agricultural landscape setting. The degree of harm identified is at the lower end of the spectrum of less than substantial harm. In accordance with paragraph 196 of the NPPF, this less than substantial harm should be weighed against the wider public benefits provided by the development. The proposed development represents a neutral alteration of the unappreciable wider agricultural setting of the Springvale building (Grade II) and the Grade II registered Chantry Park, within which The Chantry and the Gatehouse and Gate Piers are separately statutorily listed at Grade II. The Chantry Park group and Springvale listed buildings are enclosed within their own settings, to which alteration in the form of residential led development of the Site represents a neutral impact on their significance and the experience of their architectural and historic interest. The proposed development is considered to represent a proportionate and appropriate built expansion of the north western fringe of Ipswich. This assessment is sufficient in respect of paragraph 189 of the NPPF to inform a decision on the suitability of the proposals in regards to potential built heritage impacts.
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SPRINGVALE RED HOUSE BARN CIRCA 20 METRES SOUTH EAST OF RED HOUSE Grade: II Grade: II Grade: II List Entry Number: 1193916 List Entry Number: 1285933 List Entry Number: 1036924 Date first listed: 22-Feb-1955 Date first listed: 22-Feb-1955 Date first listed: 29-Jan-1988 National Grid Reference: TM 13084 43953 Date of most recent amendment: 29-Jan-1988 National Grid Reference: TM 12652 43737 National Grid Reference: TM 13116 43955 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1285933 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1193916 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1036924 Details Details TM 14 SW SPROUGHTON HADLEIGH ROAD 4/37 Red House 22.2.55 Details TM 14 SW SPROUGHTON HADLEIGH ROAD 4/39 Springvale - II House. GV II House. Early C18 with a C16 core, extended later C18 and C19. Red TM 14 SW SPROUGHTON HADLEIGH ROAD 4/38 Barn c20m south-east Probably C15, extended C17 to C19. Brick, timber framed, rendered, brick in Flemish bond, evidence of C16 timber frame, plaintile roofs. 2½ of Red House (formerly listed as Barn 22.2.55 immediately to NW) GV II hipped plaintile roofs. Complex plan, formerly a 2-bay open hall with 3 bay storeys and cellar. Asymmetrical facade of 6 recessed sashes with glazing Barn C17 and early C18. Red brick mainly in Flemish bond using some crosswing, the hall range extended to west, the crosswing north and south; bars beneath rubbed brick flat arched heads. 3 gabled dormer casements burnt headers, plaintile roofs with crested ridge tiles. Shaped gables. South additional western north-south wing and rear outshuts. 2 storeys. Front behind brick parapet with moulded cornice. Moulded 1st floor band and (roadside) gable below eaves height in English bond, tumbling in to gable, facade in 3 bays, 2 horned sashes of 6 panes to ground floor, 6 panel door plinth. Pedimented doorcase with fret pattern frieze, and dentilled cornice, eaves band. 3 ground floor vertical vents with cut brick reveals. the upper two glazed. The middle two recessed and moulded, in reeded supported on scrolled brackets. Door of 6 fielded panels, the reveals with Rectangular gable opening. Owl hole beneath apex. Semicircular headed architrave. The doorcase with panelled reveals and beneath flat shallow one panel incised. Gable parapets with moulded brick coping. Axial brick shaped gable with sunk panel. 5 shaped ties. West elevation, consisting of canopy. 2 first floor sashes with glazing bars, blank recessed window to stacks, one between 2nd and 3rd bays, one internally at right gable, one stable and tack room to left, barn to right. To left, boarded door, sash right, all with shaped pelmets. Crosswing. Canted ground floor bay window, external to left gable. Slightly later 2 storey gabled wing to right, flush with window with glazing bars. Two cart entrances with arched heads, one 1st floor sash with glazing bars also with pelmets. Right hand return, main range;ground floor tripartite sash with glazing bars. 1st floor sash with blocked. 3 vertical vents, similar to those to south gable, to right. One scattered fenstration; sashes with glazing bars and casements. Left hand glazing bars, both beneath rubbed brick, flat arches. Tall brick stacks. C19 similar mid storey vent to left, 8 upper floor vents. Stable of 3 stalls with return 2 storey canted bay, one 1st floor sash with glazing bars. C18 rear range parallel to the main building and separately roofed. Interior: C18 timber partitions, hay racks and troughs. Brick floors. Roof largely rebuilt leaded casement in rear outshut. C19 brick stacks, one between hall and doors of 6 sunk panels to ground floor, those to 1st floor of 2 panels and but retains one visiole original tie beam. Later midstrey to rear (east). crosswing, axially on left hand range, externally to rear. Interior: Inserted with HL hinges, including cupboard door. Closed string dog-leg stair with C16 brick stack, in places using two stretchers laid together to give octagonal newels, turned balusters moulded mahogany rail, all painted but appearance of one brick c 20" long. Stair to rear of stack. Chamfered probably C19. Lugged 1st floor fireplace. Ceilings have cased beams: Left bridging beams. First floor exposed frame of rear and end wall hall, with hand ground floor and 1st floor rooms having cyma moulded cornices to upper part of hall mullion window with shutter groove. Central tie beam each quadrant. Clasped purlin roof with arched collars and wind braces. removed. Formerly a crown post roof, but the posts and part of the collar Formerly a wall painting or stencil 2nd half C16, in left hand room, removed purlin removed, leaving bracing supporting it at the closed truss and almost to Ipswich Museum c1929. Country Life 26 Aug 1954, 647. intact set of smoke blackened rafters contained within C19 roof. Crosswing roof, largely replaced but retaining 2 tie beams with seating for crown posts and possibly downward braces; some rafters also situ, collars removed. Blocked first floor window to west of hall.
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CHANTRY PARK suddenly in 1902 and his widow went to live abroad. When the Jump family International Friendship Centre and after the Second World War a arrived in 1906 the grounds had become very neglected but Mrs Jump was convalescent home was established by the Red Cross. The house is Grade: II a keen gardener and with the help of Mr Nottcutt of Woodbridge improved currently run as a convalescent facility by the Sue Ryder Foundation. List Entry Number: 1000271 the gardens and added new features. In 1927 when the Chantry again came up for sale it was purchased by George Gooday with the intention of To the west of the house lies the service areas comprising late C18 Date first listed: 21-Jul-1988 developing a housing estate. Sir Arthur Churchman, a JP and member of stables, a courtyard and walled kitchen gardens. the Council intervened however, purchasing the house and park and National Grid Reference: TM 13813 43976 presenting them to the borough as a public amenity which was opened by GARDENS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS The house and pleasure grounds https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000271 Princess Mary in 1928. Since that time the house has been leased as a of the Chantry lie in the centre of the registered park, towards the north nursing home and the walled kitchen gardens are currently (1998) used as boundary. The lawns which adorn the main drive on the north front are a nursery by the Borough Parks Department dotted with specimen trees, some of which (most notably beech) are of a Details great age, predating the present layout of the mid C19. The north front DESCRIPTION contains a walled carriage court with central raised lawn surrounding a A public park since 1928, derived from a gentleman's seat with a house fountain pond, attributed to Mrs Jump and Mr Notcutt and not shown on OS built in the C17 and modified in both the C18 and C19 sitting in an C18 LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING Chantry Park maps prior to the 1927 edition. On the east front lawns run down towards a park with two bodies of water and adorned on the south front by a parterre lies c 3km west of the centre of Ipswich on the south side of the Gipping body of ornamental water which is now (1998) surrounded by mixed designed by a Mr Nesfield and modified in the early C20 by the owner and valley, on the outer edge of the town suburbs. It covers c 50ha and is shrubberies including many rhododendrons planted by Mr Notcutt at the Mr Notcutt of Woodbridge. bounded on the north by Hadleigh Road and on the south by the A1214 beginning of the C20. These now obscure the surface of the water. A (historically known as Crane Hill). To the east new housing development straight walk runs from the site of the old conservatory on the east front HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT runs right up to the park boundary and the boundary to the west is bordered down to the water's edge, terminating in a small landing stage adorned with by farmland. The house sits in gently undulating parkland which falls to the stone steps and balustrading. The earliest available map evidence for this The Ipswich Chantry was founded in 1509 by Edmund Daundy, a north, west and east from the high point of Crane Hill. This topography site comes in the form of the Tithe map of 1838 and this shows the eastern prominent and respected Ipswich merchant. After the Ipswich priories were allows views from the west park over the Gipping valley to the north and pond in its present position; its shape suggests that it may be of much suppressed in 1536, the Cutler family were said to be in occupation of a over countryside to the west. There are also filtered views east over the earlier origin although its surrounding ornamentation is Edwardian (OS 25" house at the Chantry and by 1668 the land was in the ownership of Sir park from the South Avenue towards Ipswich. 2nd edition). Peyton Ventris. Sir Peyton was succeeded in 1691 by his son Edmund who built a house c 1700 which is believed to be the foundation of the present ENTRANCES AND APPROACHES The main entrance to the site is off On the south front lies the formal garden, laid out as a small box parterre house (Pevsner and Radcliffe 1975). Edmund died in 1740 and the estate Hadleigh Road. Here a small white-brick and stone lodge (listed grade II) surrounded by a semicircular grass terrace on which sits a series of stone was sold to Sir John Barker who made substantial improvements to the was erected by Sir Fitzroy Kelly sometime between 1852 and 1885 in the columns. The main axis of this garden extends along a raised walk to a house. The Chantry changed hands again in 1772, being purchased by style of a small classical temple. He is also attributed with the new gilded stone seat by the grass bank which separates the garden from the park. Metcalf Russell who added a further storey and passed the land on to his wrought-iron gates, known locally as the 'Golden Gates' and said to be one This layout has been attributed to William Andrews Nesfield (Sale elected heir Michael Collinson. From 1795 onwards Michael's son Charles of the sights at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851 (Ball and particulars 1867) and is shown clearly on the 1st edition OS map published enlarged the estate to 500 acres (c 208ha) and it is he who was Cross 1973). The South Lodge, situated in the southernmost corner of the in 1888. To the east of the parterre informal shrubbery planting leads to the responsible for developing the character of much of the registered park park off Crane Hill, has been demolished and the drive which once led past pond and to the west is a bowling green. Beyond the bowling green to the which survives today (1998). He planted the South Avenue (1807) and Laundry Cottages (also demolished) by the east end of the lake is now only south lies a small yew-hedged compartment divided into quarters by made further modifications resulting in it being described as having used to reach the late C20 cricket pavilion situated in this corner of the flagstone paths, known as the English Garden, which was laid out by Mrs woodland groves, a lake covering several acres and studded with little park. Further east along Crane Hill lies Avenue Lodge, a mid C20 building Jump in the early C20. To the west of this is a woodland shrubbery which islands (dated 1828), and gardens of rare and exotic plants laid out with at the beginning of the lime avenue drive to the house. leads north towards the kitchen garden through a late C20 rose garden. meticulous care (Kelly 1844). The pleasure grounds contain some fine mature cedar of Lebanon. PRINCIPAL BUILDING The Chantry (listed grade II) is thought to have at its In 1836 the estate was purchased by Charles Lillingston who married the core the remains of the house built by Edmund Ventris at the end of the PARK Chantry Park is thought to have been laid out in its present form daughter of the Rev Fonnereau of Christchurch Mansion and on the C17. The character of the present house however is mainly C18, resulting when the house was modified in 1772, retaining the same boundary to the occasion of their daughter's fifteenth birthday the local paper carried a from the late C18 work of the Russell/Collinson family, with substantial C19 present day (1998) (Debois Landscape Survey Group 1988). Its gently lengthy description of the park where the celebrations were held. Lillingston additions by Sir Fitzroy Kelly from 1852 onwards. In addition, a large rolling grass is dotted with scattered trees, noticeably fewer than the was attributed by White's Directory of 1844 as having made many conservatory (demolished in the 1930s) was added to the east front by the number shown on the OS 2nd edition map of 1904, while perimeter improvements to the house and grounds. His son and heir however was Collinsons at the end of C18 and during the same period the stable block planting encloses the north and west boundaries and the remains of a killed in action, resulting in another sale in 1852 when Sir Fitzroy Kelly, a and courtyard were added to the west wing. shelterbelt partially screens the housing development to the north-east. The distinguished barrister and MP for Ipswich, became the new owner. Kelly is majority of standing parkland trees are now concentrated in the park east of also said to have applied great energy to his new property, making many The north front is C18 in origin with three storeys of five bays topped by a the house and in the lower west corner. A few scattered ancient trees alterations to the house in the Italian style (White 1844). He commissioned balustraded parapet. In the mid C19 a Tuscan porch with Ionic columns remain, including beech beside the north drive. Due south of the house the the new gates and lodge at the north entrance and called in Mr Nesfield was added to this front by Sir Fitzroy Kelly, together with two-storey main South Drive is lined with a lime avenue dating from 1807 and along (assumed to be W A Nesfield (1793-1881)) to provide a scheme for the additions to west and east ends and a large two-storey bow on the south the south boundary sports pitches and a modern cricket pavilion have been flower gardens on the south front (Inspector's report). His stay was also front, all in the Free Renaissance or Italian style. All the windows were added. There are currently (1999) four grass tennis courts on the west side short though, and he sold the site to Charles Binney Skinner in 1867. By given double-hung sashes and the whole building was faced with imitation of the South Drive. At the lowest point in the west corner of the park lies 1897 the house and park had been sold again to Sir Henry Cecil Domville. Portland stone. The house remained a private residence until the park was Beech Water, a lake created in the natural style in 1828, with numerous The Domvilles lived lavishly in the Edwardian style but Sir Cecil died given to the town in 1928. Until 1939 the house was used as an islands and dense perimeter plantings of mixed species including beech, particularly on the east bank.
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from the C18 and covers an area 80m by 60m. In the centre of the THE CHANTRY GATE HOUSE AND ENTRANCE GATEPIERS TO CHANTRY southern wall is a small gothic-arched gateway into the park and a second PARK matching gate on the western wall has been bricked up. Along the northern Grade: II wall is a range of early C20 stepped glasshouses, whilst the remainder is List Entry Number: 1037783 Grade: II filled with late C20 glasshouse ranges. The second enclosure also has an List Entry Number: 1236640 elaborate gated entrance on the southern boundary, topped with a date Date first listed: 04-Aug-1972 mark of 1908. A smaller second walled enclosure is shown in this position Date first listed: 15-Dec-1977 National Grid Reference: TM 13830 44114 on the 1838 Tithe map, suggesting that the enclosure was enlarged and Date of most recent amendment: 25-Jul-1978 improved in 1908. It contains box-edged beds and a small Pear Walk together with some early C20 glasshouses. In the north-west corner lies an National Grid Reference: TM 13817 44311 early to mid C19 gardener's cottage supporting a very mature fan-trained https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1037783 pear on its west wall. Both areas of kitchen garden are now used as a nursery ground by the Borough Council. Details https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1236640 1. 1260 The Chantry TM 14 SW 11/1 II 2. A large mansion standing in a fine park of about 124 acres, presented to the town in 1927. At one time the home of Sir Fitzroy Edward Kelly, Baron of the Exchequer 1866-80. It was Details built in the C18 but was considerably altered and extended in the C19. In the entry for: HADLEIGH ROAD 11/429 North Lodge and entrance (1853-54). The north front has the original C18 facade of 3 storeys and 5 gatepiers to Chantry Park the address of the building shall be amended to window range, with a balustraded parapet, modillioned cornice and a read: Gate House and entrance gatepiers to Chantry Park. pediment above the centre part of 3 window range which breaks forward ------HADLEIGH ROAD 1. 5379 North Lodge and slightly. A central C19 2 storeyed porte-chochere projects on front, with entrance gatepiers to Chantry Park TM 14 SW 11/429 II 2. A monumental coupled Tuscan columns united by bands of vermiculated rustication on the white brick and stone lodge designed as a small temple in a free classical ground storey, coupled Ionic columns framing "Palladian" arches on the first style. Possibly of the same date as the alterations to the Chantry in the mid storey and a balustraded parapet with urns. At the cast and west ends 2 C19. It has paired banded corner pilasters, a triglyph frieze and a pediment storeyed C19 wings break forward slightly, each of one window range with on the front. A central 8-panel door with small side windows has a paired corner pilasters and balustraded parapets. The south front is of 3 pediment on console brackets. Above the doorway there is a range of storeys and 9 window range with a heavy bracketted cornice, a balustraded windows separated by inverted consoles. The side elevation has 2 parapet and a large central 2 storey bow of 3 windows framed by pairs of windows with rusticated surrounds and voussoired heads. The gateway to Ionic half columns on the first storey and rusticated pilasters on the ground the park sets back from the road with a low brick wall on either side which storey. A further 2 storeyed wing of 4 window range extends to the west sweeps in concave curves with a stone coping and wrought iron railings and there is a late C18 or early C19 stable block and courtyard at the west between consoles. Heavy wrought iron gates of mid C19 have 4 square end. The east front has 2 2-storeyed bays of 3 windows and a Tuscan stone rusticated piers with cornices and ornamented friezes. The centre, collonade on the ground storey. All the windows are double-hung sashes larger, piers have faces carved on the front and the outer piers have ball with glazing bars, the upper storey windows have stucco shouldered finials. architraves. The ground storey is rusticated. Roofs slate.
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POPLAR FARMHOUSE Sprites Primary Academy, including entrance walls with (now shaded) in the angles of the roof. To the right again, and set behind a sculptural relief panels to Stonechat Road series of louvered and boarded doors, is the boiler house, with a brick and Grade: II weatherboarded water tower with a hyperbolic paraboloid roof. Standing at List Entry Number: 1193985 Grade: II the right-hand side this range, and linked to it be a recessed kitchen block, is the second double-height assembly hall, again with timber-framed glazed List Entry Number: 1441403 Date first listed: 29-Jan-1988 walls to the upper level and shaded clerestory windows in the angles of the Date first listed: 03-Oct-2017 roof. The remaining south-west, south-east and north-east sides of the National Grid Reference: TM 12630 43211 school are comprised of a sequence of projecting classrooms blocks, with National Grid Reference: TM1337542943 elevations of brick and timber-framed glazed walling, each with a single https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1441403 wooden door providing direct access to the outdoor areas of the school. All https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1193985 have clerestory windows in the angles of the roof, some of which have now been shaded. Set into the brick walling of each classroom is an abstract Details Details relief panel constructed from cement, pebble and flint. TM 14 SW SPROUGHTON POPLAR LANE 4/49 Poplar Farmhouse - II Former infant and junior schools, designed in 1959 by Birkin Haward of House. Late C16 and early C17, later C17, C18 extended probably early Johns, Slater and Haward for the County Borough of Ipswich. Work began INTERIOR: the two assembly halls form the core elements of the interior, to C19. Timber framed and rendered, colourwashed brick, plain tile roofs. The on site in 1958, with the infant school completed in 1959 and the junior which all the classrooms respond. The halls and classrooms all have north-south range hipped at one end. Complex plan comprising east-west school in 1960. The job architect was HF Fleck, with J Earwaker and K painted and plastered walls and boarded and varnished ceilings. probably late C16 wing, and near contemporary north-south range, forming Dowse as assistants. Minor alterations and extensions were undertaken in Classrooms have composition block flooring, now covered with carpet, L plan; later C17 former dairy/kitchen, formerly freestanding, now linked by the later-C20 and early-C21, including conversion to a single primary school while cork flooring is used in the assembly halls. Suspended light fittings C18 timber framed outshut, and later brick service ranges. Late C18 or in 2004. Included in the listing are five cement relief panels and brick walls are hung from the tie rods under the hyperbolic roofs, while recessed early C19 brick front and rear additions. Mostly 2 storeys. Scattered which flank the school's Stonechat Road entrance gate. Excluded from the fittings are used under flat roofs. Later-C20 fluorescent lighting has also fenstration of C20 casements, some small paned, some leaded. C20 brick listing are the nursery school addition of 1996 and the early-C21 link been introduced throughout. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the entrance gates porch with part-glazed door on early brick west front. C19 brick stacks corridor and staff room. (not of special interest) on Stonechat Road are flanked on each side by including one axially on east-west range, and one on lateral wall of north- brick walls into which are set five cement relief panels by Bernard south range. Interior: North-south range. Ground floor bar stopped main MATERIALS: in-situ concrete columns carry laminated timber hyperbolic Reynolds. The left-hand side wall contains the original school name plate beams and joists. First floor diamond mullion window and shutter groove. paraboloid roofs over classrooms and assembly halls. Infilling below is of which reads 'IPSWICH EDUCATION COMMITTEE / SPRITES LANE / Clasped purlin roof, one tier of collars, roof largely rebuilt C19 reusing brick, or timber-framed glazed walls with aluminium sash windows. The JUNIOR AND INFANT SCHOOLS', while the right-hand side wall has four earlier timbers. East-west range. Blocked doorway to north. 4-centre administrative and service areas have load-bearing brick walls and timber panels illustrated with sculpted relief figures. They depict, from left to right: arched fireplace, rendered, but probably brick with chamfered arris. roofs. All the roofs are covered with bituminous felt. parents and children; an owl (an emblem of wisdom); children signing Clasped purlin roof with one tier of collars, later rafters and ridge piece. (which bears Reynolds' signature); and a group of children. PLAN: the school lies on a north-east to south-west alignment with the former infant school occupying the north-east section and the former junior school the south-east. Classrooms are grouped around the two assembly halls, set in pairs around the perimeter and linked by cloakrooms. A north- east to south-west aligned corridor addition (not of special interest) now links the two schools.
EXTERIOR: the school’s principal ranges are comprised of a pair of double- height assembly halls along with a series of single-storey classroom blocks, all with hyperbolic paraboloid roofs, while the administrative and service areas are single-storied with flat-roofs. The timber-framed glazed walls throughout the school all have aluminium sash windows. Although most of the clerestory windows to the assembly halls and classrooms have now been shaded they still retain their glazing. The school is entered on the north-west front through a glazed lobby which projects from a flat-roofed range with two flanking bays to each side. Both left-hand side bays have timber-framed glazed walls followed by a short section of brick walling with an abstract relief panel of flint, pebbles and an inscribed fish motif. To the left is a north to south aligned classroom block and to the left again, attached and projecting beyond the building line of the classroom block, is a later-C20 nursery addition with a pyramidal roof. The first bay to the right- hand side of the entrance has a horizontal rectangular window, with the different coloured brickwork here suggesting that this bay is a later addition. To the right, the second bay has a timber-framed glazed wall. Rising behind the main entrance and its flanking bays is a double-height assembly hall with timber-framed glazed walls to the upper level and clerestory windows
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APPENDIX B: REFERENCES
Sources Consulted Online British History Online – http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ Domesday Online – http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/ Historic England: The National Heritage List for England – http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/ Genealogist—https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ Google Earth, 2018 Google Maps, 2018
Other Suffolk Historic Environment Record Heritage Impact Assessment for Local Plan Site Allocations Stage 1: strategic appraisal, LUC, October 2020 JLP Historic Environment Appraisals Stage 2: Heritage Impact Assessments for Preferred Sites, LUC, October 2020
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APPENDIX C: BUILT HERITAGE PLOT
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