Repton Conservation Area

Character Statement

2013

SOUTH DERBYSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement

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ea Analysis Conservation Area Views Historic Development Details Building Materials and Approaches

Appendix 1 Distinctive architectural details Appendix 2 Conservation Area Designation Map Conservation Area Map Conservation Area Description Conservation Area Description Loss and Damage    Area of Archaeological Potential Area of Archaeological Potential Conservation Ar  Introduction Summary Repton LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement Repton   houses; The settlement evolvedlargelyin associat expanse ofwatercalled “OldTrent Water”. church andoldschoolstand.Theremnantsof old schoolbuildings,althoughfewofth are concentratedatthenorthernpartof The originsofReptonare ancientandwell do Summary Appendix 2). include Mitre Driveandfurtherproperties 1969. ItwasextendedbySouthDerbyshire The Repton Conservation Areawasdesignated judgements onthemerits of enhancement. Thisdocumentwillbeused assesses thedegreeofdamage that makesthecharacterandappearanceof South Derbyshire DistrictCouncil.It sets outth This statement hasbeenproduced Introduction the secondanAugustinian Priory,acomm started offinasimilarway), was anearlyformofmonastic communi the firstanearlyChristian monastery– Conservation Area Conservation

developmentapplications. to thatspecialinterestand byMelMorris Conservation ese layers areobvioustotheeye. 1 ion with thedevelopmentof two monastic by the Council when DistrictCouncilon25thFebruary1982to conservation areaaroundthechurch andthe a “double-house”ofmonks andnuns,which cumented. Overlaidphases ofdevelopment byDerbyshireCountyCouncilon17thJuly on BurtonRoadandThePastures.(See unity ofcanonsledbya Prior andknown ty governedbyan abbess(Whitby Abbey theoldcourse oftheriver surviveinthe Melbourne worthyofprotection.Italso e specialhistoric andarchitecturalinterest sandstone outcroponwhichthe river onceflowedatthefootof it doestoday,asthe courseofthe relationship withtheRiverTrentthan The villageoncehadamuchstronger around thevillage. Prehistoric andRomanfindsin earlier thanthistime, basedon However, itsoriginsarelikelytobe bordering theTrentvalley floodplain. settlements onthesouthern ridge location withotherAngloSaxon Repton shares asimilardefensive thus opportunitiesforfuture for, and in associationwith, making professional

LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement on first arriving in arance at that time. arance at that time. ng path of the brook east-west, which are which east-west, t). The northernmost rgely because most of century. It was tracked known about this periodknown about 1890, which enabled the th ammar on this site in school this was a more minor route this was a century in the wake of the of wake the in century centuries has had the greatest centuries has had th th pattern is less clear clear is less pattern century. This is la century. is that the historic core has changed little historic core is that the s of a similar size and pattern to the west s of a similar size and pattern to r. This pattern was partly dictated by the the by r. This pattern was partly dictated eries. This occurred during a wave of eries. This occurred th and 20 re or less straight, through the archway of the archway through straight, re or less numerous springs upstream. In the pre- In the numerous springs upstream. providing areas of housing for teaching staff providing areas of housing for teaching th at cross the village The development of a bridge crossing the a bridge crossing the of The development d along High Street. This street pattern has street pattern d along High Street. This ion was valued more highly than devotion. more ion was valued ago, and so little is ago, and west in front of the priory gatehouse, which west in front of the priory and the presence of a continuous supply of and the presence of a continuous Mercia, which developed in tandem with the in tandem which developed Mercia, milling. The meanderi milling. the settlement on Parsons Hills (approx. grid (approx. Hills the settlement on Parsons y certainty about its appe its y certainty about which has had a continuoush Repton School the Burdett estate in north-south (High Stree 2 south of School House (attached to the west end west to the (attached of School House south walls than many other orders. other orders. many walls than century were built on greenfield or infill sites. For century th nnery to the west, although broad U-shaped valley running a broad U-shaped valley running of the ice-cap creating with narrow landholdings or eval period. It was combined with for their pastoral care and reputation for dubious morality, as the order had more order had more the as morality, for dubious reputation pastoral care and for their the of movement outside freedom point of this linear alignment is just to the to linear alignment is just point of this mo southwards, of Repton Hall), and it continues first laid out, possibly as early as Anglo-Saxonnot been altered since it was times but certainly as early as the medi brook and plot “crofts” between the road and the of the High Street. There was a road running part of may have served an early Anglo Saxon ref SK295268) and a medieval ta and today the road is much more dominant. from theTrent at Willington in 1839 meant that the visitor now arrives in a dog-leg north street route around the churchyard and the linear Repton. Brook End and Well Lane – There are two principal east-west connections (Burton Road – Pinfold Lane) and a number of footpaths th all of medieval origin. generally well-trodden routes, One of the most remarkable things about Repton despite a huge amount of development in the 19 19 in the buildings the large new the priory gatehouse, past the market cross an the priory gatehouse, past the market the Hall Road was Willington chapel on the school of to the west land example, the the school by Orchard until it was sold to by a long parallel road to its west running long parallel road to its west by a impact on the physical appearance of the village, impact on the physical appearance buildings. school large, purpose-built as well as numerous, is long and linea pattern of Repton The settlement gentle geology (the movement valley Trent north-south) elevated above the by fed was which Brook, water from Repton which was prone to flash floods river and had enormousindustrial era the brook, unlike the source of a controlled, sluiced and diverted, to provide power, could be more easily as corn such waterpower for early industries, the 20 until settlement of the side defined the edge of the eastern Fives and fields school playing the Music School), (now the Sanatorium of the construction Courts. Renaissance in England when intellectual educat Renaissance in England the 19 during school the of The development of for the Kingdom was also a centre Repton first Christian monastery, but this was so long this was monastery, but first Christian nothing can be said with an of its history, that its association wit for known Repton is best as a free gr it was first established since the village presence in the Dissolution of the Monast 1559, following development of educational establishments in the 16 the in establishments of educational development LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement         The distinctive characteristics ofRepton canbesummarised asfollows:

high qualityindividualand distinctive buildings (of thelate 19 historic and archaeological in historic andarchaeological it continuedtoexpand during the20 Street; encroached ontoWillington RoadandTannersLaneredevelopment along High only inthelargeschoolbuildings,butalso in thesmalldomesticbuildingsthat it wastransformedbylarge expansionattheendof19 tall brickorstonewalled enclosuresdefinemanyspaces; settlements, andcontinue tobe built; designed by architectswit it has along linearpatternto thesettle smooth redbrick, the intimate it isa placeofstrongcontrastsbetween ancient stone and19 a pieceof“livingheritage”; it isdominatedbyRepton School,whichha Mercia, Mitre, Priory,St.Wystan); of namesassociatedwith itsearlyorigins it hasastrong identificationwith its histor to the east. scale schoolbuildings; Repton School -TheOldPriory School Repton terest atthenorth end; h anationalreputation,distinguishitfromother scaleofsmalldomestic ve th 3 century with large scale housing development centurywithlargescale housingdevelopment for buildingsandstreetnames(e.g.Abbey, ic roots, demonstratedbytherecurringuse ment with the greatest concentrationof s hadapresencehereforover450years, rnacular buildingsandlarge- th th century, manifested not and20 th and20 th century),many th century LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement century century th along the route of first impression. The focus may shift. Consequently, Repton Music School of the settlement. It has been carried It has been settlement. of the ass both statutory designations (including ass both statutory ges over the brow of Willington Bridge and Willington Bridge the brow of ges over chimney stacks. The view is softened by by softened is The view chimney stacks. line and roofline created by gable dormer there may be reasonable expectation that there may be reasonable expectation activity during the medieval and/or post- medieval the during activity al and/or post medieval periods may survive may al and/or post medieval periods the tall spire of St. Wystan’s Church and to Church of St. Wystan’s the tall spire n School provide a bold necessarily coincide with the boundary of the the boundary of the with coincide necessarily re Sites and Monuments Record. It shows the It shows Record. and Monuments re Sites defined through an assessment of the known of the through an assessment defined d The Hall, and immediately behind these the these immediately behind and d The Hall, vation area in consultation with the County the with area in consultation vation 4 ven greater emphasis by the predominant use of emphasis by the predominant ven greater boundary fence panels to the 20 ents grow and develop, their ech comes into leaf, ech comes into e School Chapel, a it has a lasting impact; the skyline is broken by broken is it has a lasting impact; the skyline House an red clay tiled roofs of the School This is gi roof of Pears School, are striking. properties and the Vicarage on Willington Road strike the only visually jarring note in this approach. Th prominent focal point for 6 months of the year until the copper be before the road bears left. view closes the with From Newton Solney, a wide road grass verge, fields broad expanses of mown houses to south and large detached to the descends into the village. the north, gradually tiled roofs red clay The strong red brick and of Repton Music School (formerly the Approaches Approaches emer Repton view of the first From Willington, of Repto its left the rooftops and upper floors the broken eaves strong red brickwork and Conservation Area Analysis Conservation Area windows, full gable bays and tall red brick tall red gable bays and windows, full meadows, water the foreground trees and shrubs planted along is The whole character churchyard. the Vicarage garden and Willington Road and within Trent Water and the of Old one of strong contrasts brought together by the presence sandstone outcrop above. The modern Area of Archaeological Potential Potential of Archaeological Area of archaeologicalAn area been potential has archaeological, evidence and plan-form documentary the review of each conser out as part of Archaeologist, and the Development Control Archaeologist Monuments the Sites and Council. County Derbyshire Record Officer at An area of archaeological potential may encomp other non- and Gardens) and Parks Historic Registered and Monuments Scheduled from the Derbyshi statutory site information of settlement and industrial probable extent medieval periods. Within the area of archaeological potential archaeological to the mediev evidence relating below ground. as settlem centuries, the Over need not an area of archaeological potential conservation area. LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement giving anattractive view oftwo Edwardian te Lane. The roadcurves quitesharply tothe From thesouth east,thereisasecondary a along thelengthofHigh Street. entering the conservation areaandthencont arrival tothe historiccore.Thespire ofSt. either side ofthe road,before the conservati Brook. Developmentcontinuesforquitesome From thesouth,approachroadinto Rep dramatically closestheview edge. Attheendofroad,aprominent landmarkhouse,No.1MonsomLane, of lowkey,brickterracedhouses(somepainte the roadandraisedabovelevel.Onot prominence Milton,gainingadded approach from The terraceofEdwardianhousesnos.3to 17 chimneys of anearly20 is markedby ahandsomeVictorianvilla (n housing. Theroaddeepens,narrowsandcurves to amorehistoriccharacterwit settlement graduallychanges valley bottomandthe the sight astheroadreaches eventually disappearsfrom treetops. Thechurch prominent abovethe which (at212feethigh)is spire ofSt.Wystan’schurch, distant views ofthechurch the ridgetherearelong, pavements. Descendingfrom wide mowngrassvergesand the street, dominatedby housing developmentlining north sidealigned flushwithth in aleafysettingintothe heartofthevill The roadthendropsbetweensteeply embanked stacks, silhouettedagainsttheskybutsoftened bay windows,anditscomplexrooflineincorp bends tothesouth,frontageofMusic Sanatorium of1892)stand outasa majorland Repton, through 20 gradually descends into down fromtheridgeand From Milton,theroaddrops trodden earlyroutefrom thewest. century. The sunken characterof Burton frontage thatlinedbothsidesofthe street with smallhous th century century th century house (no16)ontheleft. atthejunction with Mo e roadfrontage,remnantsof h rubblestoneboundarywallsand19 age, whereseveralsmallcottagesappearonthe 5 o 23)onthe rightandthe hipped roofsand rraces nos.1 -7and919APinfold Lane, Wystan’s churchcomesdirectly intoviewon ton runs alongthevalleyparallel with Repton Road showsthatitwasaholloway,well- pproach intoReptonfrom MiltonviaPinfold bylargematurelimes School isrevealedwith itsheavilyarticulated south west as itreaches thevalleybottom, on areastartswhich orating Dutchgablesand multiplechimney inues topunctuate the skyline atintervals her sideoftheroad,bycontrast,backs andtheentrancetoconservationarea d) meettheroadandformadistincthard well-manicured grassvergesandcontinues mark on the main approach. As the road mark onthemainapproach.Asroad Milton Roadisanother keyfeatureinthe through beingsetbackonlyslightlyfrom distance inalongstragglingmanner,on nsom LaneandBrookEnd. No. 1 Monsom Lane No. 1Monsom es upuntil the middle ofthe19 a oncemoreenclosedstreet intheforeground. gives apoorsenseof th centuryterraced th

LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement eveloped open space eveloped to 72. This vista was only created by the by the vista was only created to 72. This a long distance view of the church spire, a long distance view ssages offering glimpsed views between g south. The most southerly of these, The The of these, most southerly g south. The the individual properties vary in detail and properties vary in detail the individual With the exception of no. 46, all the other the other With the exception of no. 46, all ed plots of land. The eye is led around the led around The eye is ed plots of land. ton are those on the main approacheston are those on into prominence by the und prominence stinct areas where the street frontage tapers frontage tapers the street stinct areas where brick chimney stacks with blue brick banding nd of these views, looking south down Highnd of these views, looking south over a hundred years and there is a timeless operties within the street and appears in at looking north from the junction with The at enhances the setting of the United Reformed Reformed United the setting of the enhances t pattern, when this space sat towards the space sat towards this when t pattern, formed a large green area, with views south south views a large green area, with formed open space on the south west side. on the south open space area. In both directions the enclosed boundary area. In both directions 6 St. Wystan’s Church, Church, St. Wystan’s seen in sometimes the cross conjunction with The School Chapel The Hall 1 Monsom Lane Former Repton School Sanatorium (Music School) Chapel, brook and bridge, which bound the the which bound brook and bridge, Chapel, opposite them. This same open space also space same open This them. opposite Street. along High view the to punctuate which continues Along Brook End views have hardly changed in conservation the part of this quality about frame line the street and garden walls opposite this Priory precinct and the walls to the of the street. long views to either end routes) running east-west As a result of the network of footpaths (based on medieval narrow pa through Repton, there are several walls. buildings and tall boundary Views within Rep important views most Some of the use of tall red by the are united material, they oldest pr the Pastures. This view includes numerous picture postcards. It also incorporates which are complemented and afforded greater greater afforded complemented and are which Repton (described above). A number of buildings form important landmarks in long views views form important landmarks in long above). A number of buildings Repton (described and approaches into the village;      principal In addition to these, the conservation area the views within are along High Street and Brook End. has two di section of High Street The southern settlemen Square, is part of the medieval may have of the village, and southern limit street of the Both sides character. open in quite probably was which looking up the valley, seco The small space. this fan out to embrace no. 46 the splayed frontages Street, incorporates 1900. after of the present buildings construction undevelop relatively onto properties were built corner as the alignment tapers inwards. Although and red clay pots. on High Street is th Another important view and opens out southwards to frame views lookin and opens out southwards to frame LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement the country. Merciaextendedfrom theWelsh bordersacrosstheMidlands totheNorth was noover-arching monarch.For alongtime 650 ADtheBritishIsles wasdividedintoKing AD, theprovinces ofBritainwere lefttoth favoured royalburialplace. Af role asareligiousandpoliticalcentre for It wasawell-establishedAnglo-Saxoncommuni and itappearstohavebeenoccupiedby Repton wasin755theAnglo-Saxon Ch found inthenorthernpartof the nextknownphaseofoccupati and prehistoricpotteryhavebeenfound invari barrows onceexisted on Askew The earliestknown evidence forhuman occupation Historic Development defining viewwithinRepton. The glimpsedviewofthe OldPriorythroughtheReptonSchool“Arch”isperhapsbest     These include: Jittytowards the brook Street southofHomelands,High between 1-5 HighStreet Mitre from the passage properties from thePastures a glimpsealongthefootpathat a glimpsealongMatthew’s a glimpseupthefootpath a glimpsedviewof TheOld ter thewithdrawalof Romans the village. Theearliest re Hill, totheeastof thepresent village,and workedflints on isRoman,asfragmentsofpotteryandtilehavebeen

thebackof HighStreet anorthern Scandinavian tribecalledthe ronicle, when it was identified as the RoyalHouseandKingdomofMerciaa 7 eir ownruleandborders wereill-defined. By theMerciankingscont ous areasofthesettlement. Followingthis, doms, eachunderseparate rule,andthere ty and appears to have had an important ty andappearstohavehadanimportant at Repton is prehistoric, as Bronze Age corded version of the name corded versionofthename fromBritaininaround408 rolled alargepartof Hreopandune “Hreope” , . LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement either Willington or private residence. In private Prior Overton’s Tower ng associations with Repton. ng associations with iory had taken possession of ll, probably to command the ll, probably to command ciated with the royal house of Mercia, house the royal ciated with ly wiped out by the Viking invasion in Viking invasion in the ly wiped out by tually led to the relocation of the prior’s tually led to the relocation of the ld the western range of Priory buildings to relics of St. Wystan from Evesham where relics of St. Wystan from Evesham mum of 18 canons at its height. In the early mum of 18 canons at its height. to St. Guthlac in the Priory Church. These These Church. in the Priory to St. Guthlac 172) before the site was reinvigorated as an 172) before the site was reinvigorated Thomas Thacker, as a whole site of the parish church and priory and parish church whole site of the 1540, the whole priory, incorporating Prior 1540, the whole priory, incorporating e road divided towards use of monks and nuns, was established at was established monks and nuns, use of mage, and he became regarded as a saint. Themage, and he became 8 ey merged with the Kingdom of Wessex. of Wessex. with the Kingdom ey merged in the vicinity of the Ha the vicinity of the in h St. Guthlac also having stro Guthlac also having St. h sionally take over other parts of Kingdoms, such as East Kingdoms, such of parts other take over sionally Viking invasion. By 1272 the Pr the northern part of the ’s estate, for establishment st of the Priory in 1891. century they managed to regain two small century they managed to regain th Augustinian Priory. of of the site led to the construction stics characteri defensive the intervening period, In the bailey castle a Norman motte and 873, and they appear to have replaced the monastery buildings with a large defensive to have replaced the monastery 873, and they appear Viking the of encampment winter the part of as church, the rampart, which incorporated years (ca. 1 army of 873-4. It was another 300 The site was probably managed by the monks who would have sold tokens as a valuable who would have sold tokens as managed by the monks The site was probably source of income. monastic community was probab The Anglo-Saxon where th crossing of the Trent at the point Twyford. by a maxi The Augustinian Priory was occupied 13 them after the Cnut had taken the Thacker family so 1559 the site was split and of Sir John Port the trustees as a school and they retained site as a residence. Precisely how the site was split is and deserves more study. An not documented was maintained approach to the private residence through the Priory archway (formerly part of the Priory gatehouse), by the Thackers, who also maintained ownership of the gatehouse. developed into The prior’s lodgings were eventually The from 1680. dates part of which main The Hall, the separate private ownership following Hall remained in the Dissolution for several hundred years before the and school eventually bought it from the Burdett family it was re-united with the re The focal point of the medieval village was its two neighbouring churches – the priory church of Holy Anglia and Middle Anglia, until in 919 th until in 919 Middle Anglia, Anglia and wit pilgrimage, place of became a Sea and they were able to occa they were able Sea and a double-ho Christian monastery, An early asso and was closely 690 between 660 and Repton 849. who was murdered in Wystan, buried there. One of these was being several kings became a place of pilgri Eventually his tomb the time In to him. was dedicated church had a shrine the parish church. The Priory also the expand to from pilgrims and they were able provided additional income which even visitors, accommodation they offered lodging. Priory in Following the suppression of the private owner, to a tower, was sold Overton’s LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement and 21 l qahCut Bro od 1929 1937 TheMitre Girls Boarding House,MitreDrive c1890,1911&1930 OldSquashCourts(BurtonRoad) The 1907 Physics c1870(pre1 Grubber Cricket Gymnasium,Armoury &SwimmingBaths (post & New 1892 Pavilion 1900) MainTeachingBlock IT (post House, Geography MusicSchool(Sanatorium), BurtonRoad 1884 TheOrchard, Willington Road 1900) Burton & Road 1885 Divinity The 1909 Chapter (circa ThePriory(formerly calledSt.Wystan’s) Lodge Pears SchoolHouse,adj.TheHall Block 1890) 1858 1896 1886 School 1886 The 1865 The TheOldMitreBoardingHouse,BurtonRd Cross, Brook SchoolChapel, WillingtonRoad Art Burton House, School Road High 1880 (village Street their respective datesof construction: 1869 school buildingsbuiltfrom1850,with in thefollowinglistofprincipal development ofthe school intothe 20 This hugesea-changeandtheongoing there wasa largebuilding programme. benchmark illustratingthedevelopmentofth A mapof1762(StaffordshireRecordOffice market, firstreferredtoin1330,butthisdisappearedlongago. The villagewasdependentupon Buildings. the villagebecameReptonSchoolincorporat Trinity andSt.Marytheparishchurchof second halfofthe19 new headmaster, Dr Pears,inthe Repton School hadarevivalunder a dating fromafter1900.Totheeast,vill are dominatedbydetachedandsemi-detachedhouses largeschool buildings,most and theareanorthsouthofBurtonRoad-Queen’sWalk andMitreDrive.These areas century, particularlyalong thewestendofWe To thewest, themedieval villagecontinue century. st centuries hasbeen summarised th century and (post 1900) the prioryandsubsequently th

age has expanded greatlyin the 1970sand 80s. 9 d todevelopwestwardsintotheearly 20 St.Wystan.After1557thepivotalpointof ing the western range of the former Priory ing thewesternrangeofformerPriory ll Lane,theland tothenorth(ThePastures) e townbefore itsenlargement inthe19 D615/M/8/16) servesasanimportant Pears School, Repton School grounds School Repton Pears School, schoolof1879)converted1975 st the school.Itoncehada editionOS) th th

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as and th century, th century the century th century. They century. They th s used in Repton were Repton in s used the brick walls within the buildings in Repton all date buildings in from between the late 16 late 17 The five most complete The five most complete survivals of timber-framed incorporate box-framing, a type of construction associated with this region. exception of the With the Priory buildings and the school buildings on that site, there is use of stone little widespread a walling material, although outcrops of local there were stone nearby. building Rubblestone is found used for ange and development. Up until ange and development. Up until boundary walls, and this appears boundary walls, and this century and early 20 century th inly vernacular, largely based on local on local inly vernacular, largely based century, although there will undoubtedly although there will undoubtedly century, th al of the region and the emphasis is ratheral of the region and the emphasis snapshot of the local vernacular details. snapshot of the local vernacular of decorative brickwork in the country, in in country, in the of decorative brickwork ed within the conservation area, and is the conservation area, ed within and the way in which they were used in local they were used the way in which and l identity. Appendix 1 lists the special and the special lists l identity. Appendix 1 few examples of brickwork used in Repton of brickwork used in Repton examples few of Repton is that it has a broad range of of Repton is that it has a broad are few examples of small domestic buildings are few examples of small domestic materials directly influenced the form and materials directly riod the main material riod 10 gs, their present whereabouts unknown. d relatively commonplace during the 18 the commonplace during d relatively l, Queen Anne Revival and Arts and Crafts. and Crafts. and Arts Anne Revival Queen l, century (except perhaps th date from before the 18 Tudor Lodge Tudor Lodge century the architectural styles are ma are styles architectural the century th timber-frame construction and stone. There There and stone. timber-frame construction surviving in Repton that Prior Overton’s tower. However, there are However, Prior Overton’s tower. Repton can boast one of the earliest examples Repton can boast one of the earliest 18 between ca.1438 and the early pe intervening this In grounds of The Hall). buildin be fragments contained within later appearance of Repton. The range of materials appearance of Repton. loca with linked intricately building details is encounter details building typical traditional provides a supplemented by photographs, which 19 the mid but by the late 19 building traditions and techniques, typic longer are no building materials and details as Gothic Reviva such on national styles, an Although brick only became popular Building Materials and Details and Details Building Materials and availability of building Local geology characteristics most distinctive the One of result of a continual process of ch as a styles architectural The Abbey Boarding House 1979 House Boarding Abbey Walk Hall, Queen’s Hundred Four The Queen’s Walk Block, Chemistry Boarding House The Garden 1957 2013 High Street, extension Art School, Priory Road Burton Courts, Squash 1957 to gallery) (conversion Science Refurbishment & Foyer extension 400 Hall 2001 2010 1992 2007 LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement The Pasturesarea20 Street havebeenreplacedinco survive. Forexample, the originalstonekerbs Historically stonewould alsohavebeen used different colouredpalepink headercourse buildings suchasNew Houseincorporatesubtlevariations inthebrickwork, usinga sometimes incorporating palepinkheaders,isacommonfeatureinRepton. 20 bond brickworkdating fromthe18 from anationalstylecalled“Q used toitsbestdecorativeeffect in raised gauged brickworkreappearsinthe20 terracotta mouldedbricks, formingdecorative 49 HighStreetand26 BrookEnd). Of the 19 rubbed bricklintelsandadentilledeavescourse over morethanthreece in fashionandmanufacturingprocesses comprehensive, reflecting thechanges dimensions ofbrickwork In Repton,theuses,coloursand stone, brick-on-edgeorclaytile. walls areprevalent,withcopingsof conservation area,but elsewhere brick course, a strong element within the walls tothe prioryprecinctare,of street frontage.Thestoneboundary defining the edgetolarge sections of views into privategardens,sometimes generally these aretall andprevent although itislikelythatbric and thesewould haveprovided areliable A numberofbrickyardsdevelopedaround Repton(notablyatTicknallandNewtonSolney) have alsobeenusedinassociation is aroundTheCrossandthepavementsinfron in combinationwithbrickwork,particularlyduringthe19 Fine-grained sandstoneis,however,frequentlyfound used formanyofthelintelsandcills, occurrence inplacesassociat dated, itisalmostimpossibletoproveordi the time of the Dissolution or these buildingsincorporatestonere-usedfrom built fromcoursedfine-grainedsandstone.There havebeen suggestionsthatthe earliest of the Church ofSt. Wystan, the Priory buildings and the late 19 A fewbuildingswereconstructedin coursed eroded appearance. to pre-datemuchofthe brickwork,asitof Where thereareboundarywalls th centuryaddition.Theonlyhist nturies. Typically,18 ks wouldhavealsobeenmade ed with a monasticsite. ueen Anne”Revival,nota localve subsequently. Unlessthereis ncrete. Thestonekerbslining thelower sectionof roadat are with amodern traffic-calming scheme. th , th century(13-17Burton R centuryandusedthroughout the19 asabandwithindarker pinkbrickwork. source forbuildingmaterialsinthe18 ten appearsasaplinthandhasweathered brick quoins).Thesepropertiesarecollectively 11 sprove this theory butpillaging wasacommon for stonekerbs, veryfewexamplesofwhich building stone-TheStoneHouse,Croft, th bands orusedfordeco century brickwork incorporates gauged and centurybrickworkincorporatesgaugedand lining thepavementon Faceted bay at forked junction of Boot Hill Faceted bayatforkedjunctionofBoot t ofthePriory Precinct walls,andherethey (“Hazeldine”45HighStreet,4 Street, Priory buildingsthatwerepulled down at th

century buildings someincorporate oric placewherestonekerbs occur th century. in Reptonfrom timetotime. and BrookEnd th decorative stone thatcanbe century Schoolbuildings,all oad, and50-54HighStreet, rnacular tradition.Flemish rative panels. Smooth the east sideofHigh th th th century, century, century LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement century) – see century on the century th th ubstantial houses in ubstantial houses of different coloured cult to construct. cult to construct. century example can example can century th century (e.g. 50-54 High (e.g. 50-54 century romatic brickwork can be th century, relying on the simple the on relying century, and early 19 and early th th Street). These were commonplace These were commonplace Street). century. In combination with the with the century. In combination els were less fashionable and stone els were less fashionable and th 76 High Street and 26 Brook End). It 76 High Street reet and 6 Burton Road). This was the reet and 6 Burton Arts and Crafts finish at this time, as it generally on more s on more generally ayer to “rub” the bricks together. The ayer to “rub” the of these at the United Reformed Church United Reformed Church of these at the Road and School House, adjacent to The Road and School House, the village that are painted, a ildings within introduction of the railways, although the although of the railways, introduction e most technically diffi technically e most t in Repton, which had a large amount of t in Repton, which had a large transportation of stone. Dressed stone is transportation of stone. Dressed tta can be found on some buildings, best tta can be found on some buildings, ations as horizontal bands, into gable-ends as century buildings – e.g. numbers 20-36 The nds within chimney stacks. Blue brick also ton can be dated by their use of segmental segmental of use their dated by be ton can th dropped keystones and plain wedge lintels lintels wedge dropped keystones and plain th th century) and chamfered and moulded stone moulded century) and chamfered and iginated in limewashing to provide weather in iginated arch used above the windows and doors in and doors above the windows arch used iluted form – skinny rows th 12 the taper was confined to the joints. joints. to the confined was the taper und during the second half of the 19 und during the second half of the century fashion for polych running along the eaves of The Cross). th in some small isolated pockets. centuries. However, compared with other settlements in settlements other compared with However, centuries. th pment throughout the 19 e first half of the 19 and 73 High Street and 10 Main and 73 High Street and 10 Main can be found on early 20 and early 19 th century (e.g. The Grange, 4, 45, and century (e.g. The th century segmental and gauged brick lint and gauged brick century segmental th the 18 and the Court House. This was a form often used in chapel buildings. and the Court House. This was sic workers cottages had a single header a single header cottages had The most basic workers domestic buildings. smaller Milton Road, 100-106 High St course (e.g. 6-10 to construct as easiest simplest and flat soffit) used arch (with a the gauged brick and a skilled brickl bricks required special 20 early in Repton in the reappears gauged brick lintel House). Street and School late 19 top (a of rubbed bricks, with a flat arch the cambered arch. There are examples the semi-circular the segmental brick arch, generally found in the 18 generally found brick arch, the segmental This was th Street). High at 53-55 be seen Pastures, 31 Burton Road, 11 The Cross, 22-24 Burton Road. This is found as pebbledash Pastures, 31 Burton Road, 11 The Cross, 22-24 Burton Road. or “wet-dash” textured finish, and was a common lintels with square ends (generally fo square ends with lintels appendix 1. 19 late to mid the Within Repton Rep in buildings early domestic Many of the prevalen that are not they South Derbyshire, and redevelo development    lintels (e.g. 1, 38, 67 the 18 used in were not normally stone cills brick arches, In a number of instances shaped blue bricks have weathering properties of the brickwork. at a later date. been added to cills In the 19 obtain with the became popular and easier to for the had long been used Trent navigation d a provincial in found, although it is applied bricks (buff or blue) are incorporated into elev found in the form of incised wedge lintels wi lintels the form of incised wedge found in eaves and in ba a diaper, within a corbelled There are four types of traditional brick of traditional brick four types There are Repton:  during the 18 th in (generally found material, appears used as a paving The High Victorian fashion for using terraco on the former Sanatorium on Burton illustrated terracotta limited to localised areas or on detail picked out in examples are Hall. Other (e.g. a band of decorative terracotta There are a large number of vernacular brick bu or probably most cases) (in that practice protection. The use of render LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement There areavarietyofroofingmaterials probably largelyonsafetygrounds,butth when thebuilding hadalargemass.Thestac particular aimoftheHighVict patterns is oneofthestrengths character such featureswouldbeveryunfortunate,asth buildings inmultipleoccupation,fireplacesar remove redundant chimney stacks andpots asrepairs become necessary. On school With the adventofcentralheating, thatch andlead andless attractive conc blue, andred clay(both handmadeandmachine-made) -supplementedbyWelshslate, development withinthevillage,butclaytilesdo There areavarietyofroofingmaterials bargeboards (e.g.48,68and94-106Hi corbelled verges(e.g.BrookEnd Farm, The Bull’s Head,27-29 HighStreetand1Ma and TheGrangeonMainStreet),hippedroof (e.g. formerWesleyanMethodistChapelon with aplainordentilledcorbelled eaves.Ot Roof details pebbledash. Priory buildings. Smoothlimerender hasocca in recentyears.Therearepatchesof“wet-d often added to18 those addedtoTheOld Mitre. The ea Another characteristic building de - nos.31and35Burton Road and and TheOld Mitre). Thedomestic-scaleexamples areearly20 spirit of the GothicRevivalarchitecture used tobreakupthemassingofsomeveryla Priory. Thesefeaturesaremostprevalenton instance where dormerwindows werehistorica arecommonly associatedwithRepton,althoughtheonly Hipped andgableddormers buildings ontheoriginalschoolsite,rather gothic window patterns andornatebrickwork.Mostofthese elements canberelated to Many ofthe19 thatch andlead. blue, andred clay(both handmadeandmachine-made) -supplementedbyWelshslate, development withinthevillage,butclaytilesdo The instancesoforiginal19 finished smoothusinglimeandoccasionallyline was thoughttorepresentanationalvernacular along WillingtonRoad.Thishasbeenreinterpreted in tile in the early20 windows abovetheeavesline, arefoundinth introductions –8/10BootHill,34and 87High varyconsiderably inRepton andthe on th and20 th century buildings toupdatethem (46 HighStreet, 45High Streetand th century school buildings incorporate hipped and gabled dormers, centuryschoolbuildingsincorporatehippedandgableddormers, th century rendersurvivingarefew,mosthaving beenreplaced orian architects tocreate api Mitre Cottage(MitreDrive). tail inRepton isthebaywindow itis inevitablein anyvillage thatthere willbeadesire to rliest examplesdatefrom the19 gh Street,andTheVicarage). rete and corrugatedfibrecement sheet. e remainderhavesurvivedremarkablywell. (The Hall,NewHouse, The Orchard, TheCross thanthoseonHigh Street and MainStreet. 13 inRepton.Itreflectsthelonghistoryof inRepton.Itreflectsthelonghistoryof e nowcompletelyredundant. Theremovalof School HouseandMusicSchool)orwith WellLane,1Monsom45HighStreet ash” renderstillsurvivinghighupontheOld thelargeschoolbuildingswheretheywere her typesinclude raised copedbrickgables s (e.g.31,35BurtonRoad,24HighStreet, atched roofs and examples of these survive atched roofsandexamplesofthesesurvive ks onTheOldMitrehave been truncated, minate theconservationarea-Staffordshire minate theconservationarea-Staffordshire of theReptonconservationarea.Itwasa tradition. Historically Street.“Eyebrow”dormers,archingover rge roofsandcreatevisualinterest inthe e multiplechimneystacksandplethoraof in Street),andpitchedroofswitheither d-out tocreatetheimpression ofashlar. lly used inan oldbuilding is atTheOld sionally been replaced in “wet-dash” or sionally beenreplacedin“wet-dash”or ly commontypeisasimplepitchedroof cturesque skyline,particularly th centuryormorerecent , thebestknown being renderin Repton was th century,and were th century buildings LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement

th century century th To the west of of west the To century and the and 20 th th

and precinct walls, precinct and century planting. th lls originally fell within a much larger the use of thin bands of stone (lesenes) thin bands of stone (lesenes) the use of e Pastures, a typical example of a “Queen a typical example e Pastures, ented by four corner pinnacles with finials. ented by four corner pinnacles has been built within its former landscaped its built within been has by tree-cover although this was not always by tree-cover an abundance of yew trees and a row of 4 t churchyard within the Outer Court of the Outer Court of the the t churchyard within ins, which predate the Viking invasion of 873.ins, which predate the Viking invasion g Willington Road and long distance views of g Willington Road and long distance views of s surviving buildings surviving buildings s east end of the church, which has tall, austere austere has tall, church, which east end of the d closely. The Augustinian monks took over illage and the main building of Area 1 is the the is 1 of Area the main building illage and south, with views from Willington Road across l, developed between 1559 and the 19 l, developed between 14 site and Early Repton School Repton site and Early century it was functioning as a Minster for the for a Minster as functioning it was century ated from the start into several 19 several into the start ated from th ch of St. Wystan and its churchyard and Vicarage, and Vicarage, churchyard and its ch of St. Wystan north of the present church. north of the present The church is extremely prominent on entering the school entering on prominent extremely The church is e earliest part of Repton. Repton. e earliest part of responsibility for the welfare and accommodation of pilgrims (installing them in their guest them in their responsibility for the welfare and accommodation of pilgrims (installing church selling tokens. The income from chambers – now the school library), and taking grew in importance and by the 10 cemetery and they now sit outside the presen sit outside now they cemetery and Augustinian Priory. This relationship evolve Repton from the Trent valley. The chancel wa chancel The valley. Repton from the Trent This is prominent in both short views all alon both prominent in This is The whole of The of the Vicarage and its garden circa 1890. redevelopment extension and Vicarage gardens are now dominated by mature late 19 A sense of its early origins can be seen in the A sense of its early origins can be forming attenuated pilasters. spire, supplem site and has an exceptionally tall only by the stone churchyard wall, interrupted century. th of core Area 1 forms the have formed Trent would south of the to the This location for a settlement, overlooking an important defensive location the flood plain. for a large number of stone There is archaeological evidence period to the Mid-Saxon from and timber structures dating the west and slightly to the remains of Repton and These are the earliest known physical original monastery, the the were probably associated with double-house of nuns and monks. v oldest part of the the of point The focal early orig very Church of St. Wystan. This has elongated by visually rubblestone chancel walls, surrounding region. The large churchyard is fairly open to the wall. To the north of the limes fronting Willington Road, running behind the churchyard of the church are limited churchyard the views 19 the late so as most of the land was an open field and undeveloped until house (Glebe Garth) a modern The Vicarage, Ley) and the telephone exchange are well hidden garden. This, the adjacent house (Annes trees and a prominent boundary fence. by several large Conservation Description Area Church, The Priory AREA 1 – The Brook Farm). They were also incorpor also They were Brook Farm). houses - 48 and 70-72 High Street and 2-4 Th High Street and 48 and 70-72 houses - house. Anne” Revival the chur This area includes former Repton Priory, it the site of the part of Repton Schoo and the early LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement which illustrates thespacebetween The Pr relationship betweenthe two spaces isclearlydemonstrated ontheparishplan of1829, reach the OuterCourt,as the Priory church Whilst the cloistergardenwas the monks’ in cross. war memorial well-head, astrongsculpturalfeature asa fo monks. The centreof theAugustinian cloist garden ofremembrance, itwouldhavehada (courtyard),edgedbya cove central “garth” place closedandshutin)wasacourtbuilt Priory Building,PearsSchoolandTheChapte cloister gardentotheAugustinianPriory,overlooked onthreesidesbybuildings–TheOld walls ofthePriory,therearefiveseparatewa intimate, withhighwallsandinward-lookingspaces.Inaddition tothe enclosed precinct The characterofthespacesaroundformer Priory isgrand inscaleofdetailand yet overlooking thecricket pitch. tiered grassyplatformsatthe natural contourshave,however, beenworked the rivercliffor“bluff”,which tower abovethe playing fields totheeast. Thes eastern sideofthe sitewherePears School the north, at therearofTheHall. Asignif The areaincorporates adropbetween the ch masonry onnewalignments. blocks ofsandstonemasonryaremedievalinda are dominatedbytarmac),but moving throughthesitemaynotatfirstseem the historic spacesaswellthe surviving The specialsignificanceofthisareaRepton of TheHallwhilstitwa deliberately enhancedand thesiltwas removed shaped asalinearcanal-shapedlandscapefe where itrunsbeneaththeOld Hall. Here, th interesting characteristics. It appearssilted probably maintainedtwo channelswithanisla course ofthe Riverchanged toits present route isnotknown butforsome time the river formed animportantroleintheearlydefensiv Old TrentWaterotherthanitwaspartofan “bluff”, whichcanbeseenonentering Repto To thenorthofArea1 isOldTrentWater, view oftheOldPrioryrange. Archway, whichwaspartoftheoriginalPriorygatehouse.Itprovidesapicturesqueframed construction oftheAugustinianPriory.These spaces is a buttressed stone wall,nowreduced inheight,probablydating fromthe occupying theeasternhalfofvastceme The AugustinianPrioryofRepton(ca.1172)wa s stillprivatelyowned. southern edgeofthesite,formi is composed ofanaturaloutcropBuntersandstone. The has greatantiquity. Anumberofthe walls with their large iory and theChurch asapublicspace. up and narrow ateither end butmuch broader 15 cal point,which hasbeen reinterpreted with a tery ofthe Minster church.Between thetwo and theformereastendof thepriorychurch ers veryoften contained a central conduitor lled enclosedspaces. Themostintimateisthe icant changeinlevelalsooccursaroundthe around an open rectangleorsquare,with a around anopen nd in the centre. Old Trent Water has some nd inthecentre. OldTrentWaterhassome n from the north. Very little is known about n fromthenorth.Verylittleisknownabout e establishment ofthe settlement. When the urchyard andthe gardenofSchoolHouse to historic buildings. Thesequenceof spaces is inthesurvivalofrelationshipbetween red passageway onallfoursides.Now a red passageway now alongtranquilpoolatthefootof r Block.TheCloister(LatinClaustrum–a unusualorspecial(par early channeloftheTrent anditmust have cond largestlandmarktothechurchis e waterchannel appearstohavebeen re- te. Othersappeartohavere-usedmedieval away andre-shaped,bestillustrated bythe ner privatecourtyard, most peoplecould e changesinlevelarisenaturally,aspartof ature. Itisquitepossiblethatthiswas similar tranquilsetting as partoflandscaping workstothesetting was alsoavailableforlaypeople. This s placedveryclosetotheoldchurch, ng an artificial amphitheatre ng anartificialamphitheatre ticularly wherethey when used bythe LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement tyard is most likely late most likely tyard is e plainer gatepiers near Priory Refectory, and Priory Refectory, hurchyard is medieval in is medieval hurchyard door, of similar date. A door, of pings, encloses the large large the pings, encloses light of steps and along a The tall coursed stone es on the opposite side of of opposite side es on the e walls step down to frame to down step e walls ely unaltered, and as such is is as such ely unaltered, and erved in the stone buttressed stone buttressed the erved in century and the brick-lined walls are walls and the brick-lined century hool, and is probably medieval in origin hool, and is probably th The Hall as viewed from The Priory boundary, and incorporating 2 large modernboundary, and incorporating 2 reduced in height. The Outer Court has been Court has The Outer reduced in height. 16 is now a courtyard used for car parking and has is now a courtyard used for car century in origin, designed to complement the th the Priory. The walled cour 17 A pair of gatepiers with ball finials and scrolled brackets embraces the main entrance courtyard (pictured left), which approach to The Hall f descends a semi-circular rather grand brick walls. This passage lined with entrance gateway echoes th Hall. Paired gateways with decorative scrolled with decorative Hall. Paired gateways walls on positioned in the garden brackets are entrance of the side either wall adapted from the finished with triangular co walled garden garden in front of The Hall. The fifth and School House. churchyard the is that between This appears as a self-contained walled garden on the parish plan of 1829. c with the west wall shared r Court of the Priory, is larg is Priory, Court of the r the cloister, which also surviv which cloister, the century gateway to The Hall. Th gateway to The century ern side of the space is pres ern side of the th ned a single room the churchyard wall most likely to date from this period. to date from this period. most likely the gatepiers and a view of The Hall. of The Hall. and a view the gatepiers gardens of The Hall to the form the walled and fifth walled enclosures The third, fourth It was fashionable to of these gardens are not documented. north of the Priory. The origins the 17 walled gardens during have self-contained to the west and the main Priory main Priory and the to the west north buildings to the east. To the further ranges of monastic buildings This the space. have enclosed are likely to t by a passage called a slype, which is still is still which a slype, called Court by a passage the Outer was reached from The cloister burial ground today. The monks’ entrance used the main by been reached would have beyond passage or slype another by side, on either the cloister. the cloister. Oute space, the The second walled The west rare survival. quite a from the sc churchyard the wall, which separates its copings and has been although it has lost two compartments, into split pair of gatepiers withseparated by a are a later addition,ball finials. These of Hercules, and known as The Pillars as the result of a were built c1670 of the lawsuit between the governors Theschool and the Thacker family. to the originally enclosed space was south by the gateway, which formed wouldpart of a gatehouse, which contai have typically northern a large concave wall defining the openings, in addition to the 17 LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement have determinedthe actuallocationofthis cloistered buildings, usually tothe eastof were oftensetapartfromtheotherbuildings reredorter wasguidedbythechannelofastre walled precinct enclosure, to the north andeast cloister blockandtheir whereaboutsisunknown brewhouse, andreredorter (monks’latrines) wereusually slightly removedfromthe surviving elementsandarchaeology,otherbuildin room weretypicallyaroundthecloisterandcan befairlyaccuratelyestablishedfrom the Although thelocationsoffrater (refecto Many ofthese werelistedinan inventor which wouldtypicallyhavebeenfound withina priorybutwhicharemissing fromthesite. It is alsolikelythatthelarg Lombardy Poplars. the precinctisframednorthwardswitharo the walled enclosureof theprecinct walls peters outand th cricket pitch, onthe site oftheformer Priorybu The intimatescaleofthe walledgardenscontra the late 19 along thelengthofbrook.Indeeditssout alignment oftheprecinct wallshasdrifted in around thesiteare16 most likely, however,that the majorityofst large blocksofmasonrywithatriangularshaped precinct, which surroundsthesiteand borders BrookEnd.Thewallsareconstructedfrom All thewalledgardenshaveasense ofcontinuity with the wa kitchen garden. and wereprobably builtin associationwith origin, andtheothercoursed stonewallstothe southand eastarelined withbrickwork now thatthe Brookwasassociated inany way with the Priory.The straight channel ofthe visual evidencesurvives. However, none oftheseelements surviveandthereis nosense View of Brook EndfromSteinyardLane View ofBrook th century. th or17 e spaceoftheburialgroundon th centuryin origin,rather to the north-eastofthe cloisterbuildings. 17 the easternrangeofcloister. Excavations y produced whenthePriorywasfirst sold. one copingscapping thewallsbothwithinand thedevelopment ofThe Hall, perhaps asa places and cannot beassumedtomedieval ry), dorter(monksdormitory)andwarming hern perimeteronBrookEndwasaltered in am orthemaindrainofpriory,andthese . The infirmary was also set apart from the . Theinfirmarywasalsosetapartfromthe sts with the grand open space of the current sts withthegrandopenspaceofcurrent w ofpollardedlimesandsome40orso ofthepresent Priory. Thelocationofthe . These wereprobablylocated withinthe gs suchasthekitchen, stables,bakehouse, rial ground.Ontheeastsideofthisarea coping, although this varies in detail. Itis documented structure, of whichno There wasalsothe mill,a river beingsoclose,butitispossible. had fishponds,withthelineof reredorter. Itisunlikelythatthesite water forflushingoutthemonks’ kitchen, andasourceofrunning water, waterforthebrewhouseand through thesitetoprovidedrinking would havebeenadaptedasitflowed to have existed atmo and pipedwatersuppliesareknown adaptations arequitesophisticated several functions. Sometimesthese adapted theReptonBrookfor The AugustinianPriorywould have ce contained severalbuildings, e alignment and enclosure of e alignmentandenclosureof than medieval.Theprecise lled enclosure ofthe priory nastic sites.It LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement

th century. A th e site of The Hall is is Hall of The e site more of the medieval inct has been built and re- the Priory church, it reflects reflects it church, the Priory (now clasped within the later within the later (now clasped x we see today – The Pavilion, x we see today – The lly altered. The Parish Plan of 1829 Plan of The Parish lly altered. of the cloisters are very flat and well of the cloisters e Main Teaching Block, which is itself a e Main Teaching Block, remove soil. This in soil. This in as to remove atforms as well tion. It was much later that the prior’s that the tion. It was much later d the lower levels of The Hall and School levels d the lower de Prior in 1437. The location of priors’ de Prior in 1437. The location across the present cricket pitch. This may present cricket the across the church with the other buildings, even if buildings, even if with the other the church has become a forgotten space, and a single and a single has become a forgotten space, to incorporate the more secular types of secular to incorporate the more buildings that occupied th that occupied buildings g the Dissolution, many monastic sites were were many monastic sites the Dissolution, g smaller school buildings were replaced in the , which is quite out-of-place. Fortunately, the Fortunately, the quite out-of-place. , which is een the level of the church and the playing the and church of the level the een marked contrast with its natural meandering meandering with its natural contrast marked separation from the School, with a separate a separation from the School, with may, therefore, have been adapted after the the after adapted have been may, therefore, the prior and relationship with the brethren brethren the relationship with the prior and 18 te. It was common to move the prior’s lodgings te. It was common to move the to the new house, as happened with The Hall. The new house, as happened with to the d stone ranging from c.1890 to 1930. it has been radica it has been site. Prior Overton’s tower of 1680, and it incorporated part of the Prior’s lodging, in of the Prior’s lodging, of 1680, and it incorporated part century building on the site of century building on the site

century with the main comple century th e school grounds within the prec e school d. However, the 1680 building has been enlarged and d. However, the 1680 building th century construction incorporated re-used medieval roof timbers re-used medieval incorporated century construction th century and early 20 and century th century building. It was first referred to as the Tithe Barn in the mid 19 mid It was first referred to as the Tithe Barn in the century building. building is shown here on the 1762 plan, but only as a rectangular enclosure in 1829. enclosure in 1829. building is shown here on the 1762 plan, but only as a rectangular Perhaps the early 19 from a former ruin on the site. contained within the first floor of the “Old “Old the floor of first the lodgings were contained within not known. The original Prior’s accommoda Priory”, which also provided guest lodgings were moved to the Hall something of the orientation and relationship of church. original its footprint is only half that of the side of th Most of the south shaped within the last 100 years. A number of late 19 and th The Grubber, The Physics and IT Block, multi-phase assortment in brick an gateway is a misnomer as it is predominantly a 19 The Tithe Barn adjacent to the arched House The Hall and School of side The north part explains the large changes in level betw changes in level large the part explains fields. The Hall is a building originally although it may also incorporate the form of Prior Overton’s Tower, lodging, as yet undiscovere distinct a had over the years. It heightened part of the sports ground from the east, the northern private access drive running across medieval of extent The full no longer evident. was ma Hall), was built shortly after Overton to si from site lodgings varied considerably of role as the buildings, detached to new, Followin the centuries. over emphasis shifted lodgings, in prior’s as the structures, such kitchen block has been built storey flat-roofed tree-cover along the water meadow is dense an Willington Road. visible from House are not Although Pears School is a 19 manicured, the natural contours having been removed long ago. There has been widespread long ago. There has been contours having been removed manicured, the natural pl to create building moving re-shaping and earth quite usual adapted into houses and it was Brook running past the school grounds is in school grounds past the Brook running course upstream, suggesting that suggesting course upstream, running watercourse separate sinuous shows a to site. The walls through the as it meandered of the brook the original course have been of the precinct the edge defining the east has been the wall along Brook End the Priory. A pointed arch within suppression of on the defined the inlet for the brook, formed now walled up but originally relocated and is 1829 plan. east to the pitch and cricket fields The playing LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement Although amarketcharter waslongagoforfeit, stallholders withtheopportunity tosetup rowsof medieval marketplaces (cf. Burton,Newark,et presided overbythechurch andadjoiningth and the archway into the school andthiswidth is that themarketwasheldalongwidestre impractical changesin level between the cro market crosswerenotencroachmentontoamuch well-documented. It is generallythoughtthatthebuildings between BootHillandthe Although there is nostreet named asMarket maltings. remodelling thatthereisnolongeranydistinct evidenceofitsoriginalfunctionasa thejunctionfromwe on approaching maltings intoboardinghouseaccommodation raised bya fullstoreyinthelate19 accommodation inthelate19 Alongside TheOldMitreisaformermaltingsbuilding,convertedinto school standards. massing ofanotherwiseve building between1870and1920 several generationsofbaywindow.Theevolutionthe changes infloorlevel,manifestassteppedwindows,and at leastthree phases ofbuilding evident,incorporating the rooflineispunctuated with chimney stacks. There are phase buildingofthreestorey was builtby ReptonSchool asa b presence ofaninnon this site, although the present building north. The nameThe Old Mitre hasits roots inthe focal pointattheendofstreetinapproachesfrom The OldMitre island. paving surroundingthecrossformacentralcirculartraffic stone be onitsoriginalsite.Thisandanareaofmodern The marketcross rusticated basement storey andashlarstone Maule Architects Artsand Craftsstylebui dominated byredbrickbuildings,withtwo no of theschool precinctdefines the eastern pe structures dominate the space–the marketcr The pivotal pointofArea 2isthe junction probably developedatasimilartime. Street andMainStreet.Italsoincludes BootHill andBrook End,an area gateway ofthe Priorydownthroughthe This areaincludesthemainpartof AREA 2 encloses thespacetosouth andformsa sitsonamulti-facetedbase,whichis ry largebuildingbyRepton s with½gabledormersand th century.Thegable-endoftheformermaltingshasbeen oarding house.Itisa multi- helpsto breakupthe th century, inassociation with the conversion ofthe lding of1908-09(11WillingtonRoad)andthe 19 façade of1WillingtonRoad(TheCroft). ss andBrookEnd.Whats the medievalvillage,from arched of HighStreetandBu et knownas“TheCross”between the cross st. However,socomprehensive wasthe . Thenarrowblankgablewallis prominent oss andThe OldMitre. Thewalledenclosure table exceptions –therenderedForsythand Street, the historic presence of amarket is c.). Thewidthwouldhave providedmarket former marketplace,andalongHigh e churchyard, bothtraitsbeing typical of rimeter ofthespace.Thespaceisalso characteristic of a me the sitecontinuedto boothsorstallstoa considerable depth. largermedievalmarketplace, giventhe medievalinoriginandpresumedto rton Road.Heretwo The marketcross dieval marketstreet, eems to beclear is be used for fairs in be usedforfairsin LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement They jointly create create They jointly tone garden walls raised in tone garden walls raised in age is loosely based on its medieval age is loosely based on its medieval d by high boundary walls to both the is at its widest at this point. On the ps) but only fragments of this form of ps) but only fragments of this form house. At that time a large front door house. At that These have a long history, fairs rarely fairs a long history, These have sites, although there have been efforts in there have been efforts sites, although rn is certainly medieval, if not earlier, with not if medieval, rn is certainly standing cottages on the north side of the standing cottages on the north ick and stone dressings. ick and stone ad and it has similar characteristics to The similar ad and it has . The design of the building, however, does however, does building, of the . The design articulated and set back, in response to a articulated and set back, in response the building, also known as The Cross (nowthe building, also inues along the whole length of the street, lls of the Priory along Brook End and Burton End and Burton along Brook of the Priory lls within a central bay and framed by railings on framed by railings bay and central within a nction with High Street is the prominent but is the prominent High Street with nction ocked up and the railings removed, with the with removed, railings and the up ocked road frontage. This building form existed until until form existed building frontage. This road ick boundary walls. The southern side of the side ick boundary walls. The southern 20 . 20-24 Brook End). The boundary walls curve west side, the poor boundary fence belonging to No. 3 High ct) and the south side (rubbles , to the west, the character of the vill of the character the the west, , to towards the south , to the east, the street is dominate is east, the street , to the

, the approach from the century (the July Fair & Statutes Fair). Fair). Statutes Fair & July (the century century (as evident in photographs and ma century (as evident in photographs th th poorly detailed gable end of the Spar shop. Along Brook End north side (the Priory precin east is bold, inviting and promising. inviting bold, east is is framed by two The entrance Inn “strong” buildings, i.e. the Boot on the south side and the polygonal andend of Repton School Geography Divinity building on the north side. The street curves Beyond as it rises enticingly uphill. an is streetscape this entrance, the Nos. 8 anticlimax and sadly degraded. and 10 on the east side have suffered from a plethora of unsympathetic alterations, although their historic in their evident character remains massing and alignment. On the ju and at the scene, from the Street detracts outwards as they cross Repton Brook and the road changing site. changing patte street area, the this of end northern At the wa by the precinct route defined an east-west Road, to the west. Mitre stands Old The opposite corner On the accommodation), formerly a public school boarding the street and was placed of faced the corner bl been now has This plinth. stone a curved of a focal point on the corner consequential loss Ro Burton corner into the around eye lead the with gable dormers, red br Old Mitre - 3 storeys abutting the origins, when houses were built This frontage development cont brickwork). only broken by modern infill housing (nos route down to the fordnorth side of the bridge, a farm access track once formed the main the 20 the 19 a strong presence at the junction. a strong presence at the junction. Along Burton Road three the in pattern are now evident settlement by gap- are now oddly interrupted street. These br tall the gaps with to close recent years are now more open and properties street is stands Road (dating from circa 1830) No 11 Burton plots. variety of irregularly-shaped part of a former row of cottages. oddly isolated fronting the street, At Boot Hill LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement incorporate “lining-out” inimitation numbers 2and46 High Street, The Bull’s Head).Some, such as smooth limerender(St. Wystan’s, are anumberofhouses rendered ina render hasnotbeen replaced.There instances wheretheoriginalauthentic properties, butthereare onlyafew Render isusedonanumberof blue brick. headers inapalerpinkorslightly Flemish bondalsooftenpicksoutthe Along HighStreet street scenefurtherwest. Monsom Laneareraisedabovethehighwayan however, prominent intheviewinto intrude more significantly onthe characterof the settlement. These housesare not, Milton RoadandMonsomLanewhichareprominentgroupedtogether, are dominatedbythe olderones, but there ar fall oftheland slopingdown tothebrook, overlooks modernhouses.Theoutlookneverthe a spaciousinformalcontext.No.16presents buildings (most notablynos.3-17odd, 16and23 the frontelevations is predominantl slightly removed fromthestreetbehindsh grounds ofsubstantialhouses,orterracedranges types andchangesinfrontage The characterofthisareadiversebecause ofthe greatvarietyofbuilding materials,building highway edge. and Hazeldine-no.45 HighStreet).Theear the streetingenerousfrontgardensbehindta were builtinthe19 Despite theretentionof the west. land beyondarepreservedintheform ofthe Drive). Therefore,theearlyboundaries betw these plotsispreservedina to theReptonBrook.Thesubdivisionsareofa into crofts thatrunfrom the High Streetand Ma Milton Road Geography classrooms)isafocalpointinthe Monsom Lane,whichenclosethespace.Look has aparticularlystrong character,domina the eastsideofaccessroad(allsincedemolishedorrebuilt). Theeastendofthestreet medieval phase andhistoricphotographsillustratethatched andtimber-framedbuildingson crossing oftheTrent(SteinyardLane).Thispart ofthe village developed inthe early post- century brickwork.The19 ischaracterisedbydevelopmentof

, thestreet pattern ismedieval,base th century.Several ofthe18 th century alignment. Smallfrontgardensarejuxtaposedwiththelarge public footpaththatrunsnort medieval streetpattern,ala y inFlemishbond, allow walledandfencedgardens.Brickworkon lined with trees. Ingeneral themodernhouses village from MonsomLane,wherenos.8–12 21 street, wheretheroadsdivergeatBootHill. ted by farmbuildings lining the road and 1 ted byfarmbuildingsliningtheroadand1 een the medieval built-up settlement andthe brook totheeastandlanesfootpaths ing west,theformerMusicSchool(now ll brickwalls(e.g.Th its principal elevation to the west, whereit lier buildingsaregenerallybuiltuptothe similar scale to thewest where the edgeof d groupattractivelywiththemoredistant e threemodern housesonthecornerof in Street, atrightangles to the road, down ) standoutallthemorebybeingplacedin th less remains attractive onaccountofthe centurytownhousesaresetbackfrom thateither frontthestreet or thatsit diverse ageand character, and thekey d onregularparcelsoflanddivided used forboth18 rge numberoftheproperties h-south (incorporating Mitre h-south (incorporatingMitre e Grange -MainStreet th andlate19 th

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mply raised slightly mply raised assy verge. Evidence Evidence assy verge. ision of a paved blue- town. In particular the In particular town. The Priory unately used as an informal car parking unately used as an informal car , those to the west si to the west , those ings have a much greater sense of history ings have a much greater sense of gh Street and Main Street, has a distinct distinct has a Street, and Main gh Street es were all built onto the open fields in the open fields in onto es were all built from the road by a gr ccentuated by the increase in height of the of the increase in height by the ccentuated the 1762 plan. of Repton. Some of the buildings date from of Repton. Some of the buildings post-medieval period. On the west side of side of On the west post-medieval period. ive of a village than a ive of a the road frontage, rather than set back with the road frontage, rather than set me, and the regular plots to the east side of plots regular and the me, and raised footway in front of nos. 8-10 Main of nos. 8-10 raised footway in front and an shows a smithy located here. This was located shows a smithy an street enabled the prov enabled street eater emphasis as the west side of the street the eater emphasis as to appear lining the street and enclosing the to appear lining the street and re “ironed-out” and the verge was replaced re “ironed-out” and the verge (No. 37), Stone House (No. 31), No. 27-29, (No. 37), Stone House (No. 31), No. w examples survive, although other examplesw examples survive, although other ised footway was removed in the 1950s along 1950s footway was removed in the ised dual properties, which line both sides of the line both sides which properties, dual the taller the buildings and the narrower the the narrower the the buildings and the taller e more substantial, with fewer terraces. There 22 century addition to the original brickwork. addition to the century th finished near No. 34 High Street. No. 34 High finished near as is evident on use of their size. century. The road is visibly narrower, a is visibly road The century. th street frontage – three storey buildings start street frontage – three storey buildings space. The original raised footway the build and Askew Grove Pastures Between The scenes and age, and appear in picture postcard the 16 buildings on buildings and the construction of front gardens. Front doors emerge onto the street by a stone stepped threshold. Properties ar of high quality indivi cluster is a distinctive street; No. 34, Tudor Lodge, Chapel House 28. Wystan’s and No. St. the three-storey The Priory and Brook House stand out within the street beca They were large 2 and 3-storey purpose-built school accommodation use by the in buildings. The Priory (still school) is the more interesting of these buildings, built in a Gothic Revival style and incorporating many unusual details windows, star- – Gothic traceried lantern with stacks and shaped chimney designed in the style of spire. It was as Butterfield, such Victorian architects to look irregular, as though it had evolved and had its own history, and to zone. The street has lost some of its rural character and charm as a result, creating a much of its rural character and charm zone. The street has lost some harder edged environment. of travel, direction the north The further was at one time given gr This village character Main and large proportion of High Street raised footway, running along a incorporated a separated road and the of level Street, above the kerb line be seen in the double of this can still the of side on this footpath wide Street. The which a fe of brick apron in front of buildings, The ra may come to light under the tarmac. we levels the when of the street, the length kerb, now unfort with a wide strip of tarmac and Main Street probably reflect a planned extension of the settlement, in response to a a in response to settlement, of the reflect a planned extension Main Street probably during the late medieval or population growth, of ashlar, in each case probably a mid 19 in each case probably of ashlar, status, lower in become generally properties the of travel, south the direction The further evocat more date and in scale, later in smaller area surrounding the Square, which separates Hi which separates the Square, area surrounding and the first edition OS pl village character end of the village at one ti probably the south of Broomhills Lane, the hous Main Street, south of the land, piecemeal enclosure LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement with stonecoping.Theuseofchamfered cornersto19 moulds overthewindows, decorative bargeboards,andacontinuousbrickboundarywall houses designed in1852. Theyshare cham bargeboards andcast-iron windows,asarenos. Nos. 100-106,alistedterraceofproperties,ar other footpathleadingdowntotheHighStree across therooftops ofpropertiesonHighStr of themedievalcroftsandisaveryoldbo and theotherpropertiesonHighStreetasfarWellLane.Thisfollowsoriginaledge area. Avery narrowfootpath runsfromThePa character, withanelectricity sub-station an defined bystonekerbs.Ontheno wall with astone plinth, which encloses theso before MainStreetwas developed.No.1 time thesouthernmost limitofthe village, relationship withthispoint beingatone this partof Repton,and mayhave some unusual streetpattern,astrongfeatureof sides ofHighStreet.Thisisanoldand so thattheyfanoutatthebottomofboth village square.Other terracesarealigned enclose thespaceandcreate sense ofa and werebuiltafter1900.Theyhelpto terrace, nos.2-6Main The eaves orbygableswithbargeboards. eaves linedefinedeither byoverhanging incorporatingastrong and roofprofiles, considerably tothe picturesque qualities ofth Most oftheterracedrowsarebuiltinsmallbroken rowsofthreetofourcottages,adding storey terracedhousing. space. Thecharacterofthisareaisan for theterraced houses liningthestreet. Tra space isunfortunately dominated byon-street and MainStreettothesouth,PinfoldLa The Square found onotherbuildings inRepton,such At ThePastures There isa mixture ofsmooth renderand the horizontalstraight eavesand thereareso Theeaveslineisbrokenastheheightvariesbut narrow pavement. From number49to73HighStreetthereareonlyminorbreaksinthebuildinglineanda coloured ashlararoundtheentrancedoor. the corbelled eavesand vergeandabandof dormers andthechoiceofpolychromaticdeta built asastraightforwardblock,themain incorporate apicturesque skyline. In contrast, , asitiscolloquiallyknown,animportantspaceatthejunctionofHighStreet theroad climbs westandis defi Street,facenorth rth side, this partofthestreet has largely lostits historic as no.37HighStreet(ChapelHouse). brick, muchofitin Flemishbond. intimatedomesticscale, dominated bylow2- d a number of modern garages dominatingthis d anumberofmoderngarages 23 undary. Fromherethereareoccasionalviews fered cornerstothebrickwork,stonehood e street. Thereisawide mixture ofmaterials sawtooth moulding,andalternatingblocksof elaboration being intheuseofhalf-gabled elaboration being t, beforethepathemergesatWellLane. ffic calmingislandsalsointrudeandspoil the eet totheridgeofAskewHill.There isone e animportantrowincorporating decorative uth sideof The Pastur me subtlechangesin the frontbuildingline. ne andWellLanerunningeast-west.This ils for mouldings, suchasbuffterracottafor ils formouldings, 94-98avery distinctiveunlistedgroupof3 e flats) is plainer, Brook House(nowprivateflats)isplainer, stures alongthebackofNo.46HighStreet car parking,therebeing nootherfacilities ned byatallbuttressedbrickboundary th century brickwork can also be centurybrickworkcanalsobe 1 MainStreet es, thepavement edge there iscontinuityin LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement

th e. This is a very ant to the historic 1837). It has all the has all the 1837). It built-up than the more rural ssortment of irregular-shaped against the street frontage. The against the street frontage. The ea, undeveloped until the mid 19 st distinctive of thes an open space. The pinfold itself was an open space. The pinfold tending to the rear of Brook House. This tending to the rear of Brook House. It also preserves a sense of the historic It also preserves a sense of the ry that this was once the south end of the ry that this was sash windows and it also incorporates the incorporates the and it also sash windows ings serving the buildings facing The Cross. ings serving the buildings Sanatorium (now the Music School), the Sanatorium (now the Music School), the sold to the school by the Burdett estate in in estate Burdett sold to the school by the which are built on the road frontage were were which are built on the road frontage enity value arising from its openness, the the openness, enity value arising from its of the same date - of the ars stand within extensive grounds. On the old Lane and Main Street. It is a small but small is a It Main Street. and old Lane mpus to the west of Willington mpus to the Road, k gable and dentilled brick eaves, features features brick eaves, k gable and dentilled the strong, linear historic setlement from the the from the strong, linear historic setlement ea and there is now a network of passages century development of Repton School. Large School. of Repton development century 1830-1840 (it was once the Manse to the to the Manse (it was once 1830-1840 continued east as far as High Street. Other east as far as High Street. continued e United Reformed, formerly Congregational, formerly Congregational, e United Reformed, 24 th continued agricultural use of part of it. continued agricultural use of part , Mitre Drive and The Pastures. and 20 nservation area) and Fives Courts. th the lane are also built up falls within Area 2 and is more the school occupies a large ar century barns and farmhouses in the locality. The only element element The only and farmhouses in the locality. barns century th , as the name suggests, once housed the pinfold, an open walled pound used to an open walled pound used to once housed the pinfold, , as the name suggests, century. Historically this area was occupied by a ragged a backland plots - gardens, allotments and outbuild area was the Hall Orchard, of this To the west 1890, which enabled the construction of the the co school playing fields (outside Gradually the school has colonised this ar of the school. development the association with created in western part of Well Lane. Numbers 8 and 10, of Well Lane. Numbers western part gable the window in the pointed arched is building a religious that it was that now suggests end. AREA 3 This area includes the Repton School ca the western half of Burton Road by the late 19 Area 3 is dominated individually designed buildings built over 100 ye unexpected green finger of land has great am unexpected green finger of land separates effectively village and of the setting which part of a terrace of five cottages, Burton Road north side of characteristics of a building of its age – a symmetrical of its age – of a building characteristics slate roof, incised frontage, hipped keystone, with a decorative lintels stone wedge Repton. feature within brickwork, a common use of Flemish bond Pinfold Lane village. are th of interest here The main buildings and the two terraces of Edwardian the north east) (later extended to Chapel of 1837 houses nosall grouped around 1-7 and 9-19a, Nos. 33 and 35 are the remnant of a much longer row alongside the present no. 35. formerly known as Pinfold Terrace. Lane, north west of Pinfold area of undeveloped land access to an gives A public footpath brook and ex the south west by the bounded to and the trees. footpaths threading through it, the north east. It is thus import to suburban modern development the enhanced by identity of the village, properties on the south side of (1815) is the mo Chapel former Wesleyan Methodist were usually placed on the outskirts of that had escaped. These were usually placed contain livestock lending support to the theo settlements, perhaps Congregational Chapel behind and probably behind and probably Chapel Congregational part of Well Lane The eastern Main Street stands out at the junction of Pinf at the junction stands out Main Street handsome detached property built circa built circa detached property handsome coped bric conservative design with a raised associated with late 18 LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement out garden suburb with broad grass verges,arowout gardensuburbwith broadgrass oftrees(mainlysmall floweringcherry) medieval settlement. The characte footpath runningalongthe backsofhousesthat To thesouthofBurton Road,MitreDrive by treesandshrubsplantedontheroadside boundary. three-storied building sittingon theraised embankmentaboveBurton south isalmostimperceptibleatfirstdespiteit s potentiallyoverpowering Queen’s Walk. lyre, andframed bygrotesquemasques.This designed tolooklikeaclassi Hall, a buff brickbuilding with a strongtriang Business StudiesBlock.Theonlybuildingwithoneprincipalelevation isFourHundred Abbey GirlsBoardingHouse,the Chemistry Block, andtheDesign Technologyand provincial architects andcompriseThe Sch from severaldirections,asthereisnotruestreet frontage.Theyweredesigned by The mainbuildings thatform thewestpartof plinth wall. between thegatepierssitonalowstone the schoolcoat-of-arms.Tallsteelrailings embellished with carvedstonewreathsand stone entrance gatepiers,withflatparapets, cobbled forecourtandembracerusticated concave entrancewalls inbricksurround a point in the streetonWillington Road– an impressiveentrance,whichformsafocal Four HundredHall.Thiswalkis framedby a precinctdesignedinconjunctionwiththe The Queen’s Walk buildings. manicured lawnandviewsofplayingfieldsprovideawell-keptpreciseopenfoiltothe the SchoolChapelon WillingtonRoad(oneof threebeechtrees) andflatopenexpanses of Alargecopperbeechstandsimmediatelyinfrontof The Orchard,aboysboardinghouse. The firstschoolbuildingtooccupythissitewas theChapel(1858).Thiswasfollowedby 31 BurtonRoad (1957),picturedright,is cal triangular-pediment,with a r ofthisdrivewayisthat of ool Chapel,TheOrchardBoardingHouse, 25 runs southand followsthe lineofanearlier the schoolcampus weredesignedto beseen was designedto beseenapproachingfrom frontHighStreet,defining theedgeof school boardinghouse,NewHouse,to the shrubs. The talldarkoutlineofthelarge walls tothe southside overplantedwith buildings, contrastwiththe rubblestone which formtheforegroundto largeschool banks tothenorthsideofBurtonRoad, expanses of shrubplanting andgraded shrub plantingedgingtheroad.Thelarge manicured vergesandbroadexpansesof of theseopentopublicviewwithwell- Drive, withhousinginlargegardens,some suburb, particularlyasitturnsinto Mitre has someofthecharacteristicsagarden Along BurtonRoad ular overhanginggable-end atthefront, central opening,shapedlikea acarefullydesignedand laid , theconservationarea Road, largelyhidden size–itisatall LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement century century th s) at the point at which the the point at which s) at the High Street. A tall modern A tall High Street. any development on the second on the any development straight alignment was laid out by the the out by straight alignment was laid nt windows. The Mitre (a school boarding (a school boarding The Mitre nt windows. s laid out as a wide cul-de-sac. At the end, cul-de-sac. At the end, s laid out as a wide e Arts and Crafts style of Parker and Unwin Parker and Unwin of Crafts style e Arts and different alignment (see map of 1762), which separating the village from Chestnut Way, a from Chestnut village the separating e blue painted doors in the Repton School School doors in the Repton blue painted e e conservation area. To the south is Spinney is the south area. To e conservation and Crafts architecture. They share common share and Crafts architecture. They e back of High Street are a number of modern modern number of of High Street are a e back 26 orating swept eyebrow dormers, white painted painted dormers, white swept eyebrow orating side of the street are undistinguished. are undistinguished. side of the street tre Drive within a leafy development of 20 development within a leafy tre Drive character of the conservation area. character of the conservation area. outside the conservation area. outside the conservation stern half of Well Lane. e Pastures is reached from from e Pastures is reached the street (No. 7 The Hawthorn The 7 (No. the street ive to Easton House, built by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1907 and in 1907 by Sir Edwin Lutyens built Easton House, ive to dge (right), were were dge (right), century. There are no signs of There are century. ivate and rural character. th e north side of the e north and rail fencing and like Mitre Drive developed outside the western perimeter of the medieval of the medieval perimeter developed outside the western like Mitre Drive forms the core of Area 4. Its present present Its 4. Area of core the forms century, and by ivy-clad deciduous th trees within the grounds of Danesgate. the lane, to the south side of The houses Lo Bower Hill and Bower can be traced on the ground in the form of boundaries within the grounds of Bowerhill. in the form of boundaries within the can be traced on the ground pr This area has a distinctly and a bottom through the stream running a with valley runs east-west A leafy wooded steep embankment to th lane. The boundaries are informally defined by chestnut paling, post Otherwise the enclosure itself. stream by the by the created is lane of the side on either of evergreen presence of a large number trees; yew, holly and rhododendron planted in the 19 houses, in a mixture of designs and materials, none of which have any distinctive houses, in a mixture of designs the that contribute to characteristics Enclosure Award of 1769. It previously had a road bends. The western part of the street wa the part of western road bends. The dr private away, is the tucked in th of buildings most distinctive one of the development. Lodge, a modern cul-de-sac housing semi- and row of detached comprise a distinctive of The Pastures Houses on the north side continuous aff housing. They sit behind a st School as by Repton built houses detached properties through the trees. views of the only limited timber paling fence and there are is typical of the “garden suburbs” and gardens, the layout Set well back within deep front of Arts incorporate elements the buildings timber ownership: rendered walls and clay tiled roofs, details that mark the single lights) and th casements (some with leaded the south colour. The modern houses on built at th and To the north of The Pastures AREA 4 This area encompasses the we Well Lane settlement in the early 20 early the in settlement lining the west side and several buildings in th several buildings west side and lining the (the architects of 31 Burton Road), incorp of 31 Burton (the architects small-paned caseme roofs and hipped walls, tiled sits off Mi girls built in 1937) house for fields The Mitre are To the rear of housing. development, late 1950s cul-de-sac The Pastures of ca.1900. Th edition OS map and overlooks house faces east LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement premises, designed toprevent balls fromescapi There is awidespread use ofhigh-levelnetting   introduced, whichmakeasignificantim There areseveralinstanceswherelargeexpa conservation area. architectural detailorthe introduction ofnew In anumberofinstancesboundarieshavebeen Boundary treatments mistakes in thefuture. planning authoritytoreverse someofthe this character.Itishoped thatidentifyin village hassufferedalterations orlossesthateither individuallyorcumu In definingthecharacter ofthe conservation ar Loss andDamage hawthorn hedgesandpostrailfencesrepl At thewestern endofWellLanethecharacteris recent years. range ofoutbuildings,now conv served by itsmid19 late 18 planting andthelieofland.Danesgate properties tothe north ofthe lane arelarg additional farmbuildingstothewest,all was alargecomplex,standinginpl roughly thesamesite.TheReptonparishplan with landscaped gardensdowntothe stream. loosely becalledVictorian Tudor.Theystan Survey map. Theyincorporate diaperedbrickwork in alate19 house, probably builtoriginallyasonelarge Road behind thePostOfficeon BootHill fronting thenewhouses,TelephoneExc th century,butwasheavily th centurycoach-houseandthe18 erted and called Bower Hill Cott remodelled inGothicstyle pact onthehistoricstreetscape: g thesewillhelp householders, designersandthe damaging alterationsandtoavoidthesame (in 1880knownasFieldHouse) datesfromthe ot, possiblyafarmhousewithlargebarnand calledBowerhillonthe 27 ely hiddenfrom themain of which has beenreplaced. Theremaining d overlooking the valley in extensive grounds d overlookingthevalleyinextensivegrounds ace thedarkercharacterof thewoodedarea. andchain-linkfencing of1829andthe1762plansuggestthatthis ea wecanalso identifyinstances where the features thatstrikeajarringnotewithinthe Bowerhillreplacedagroupofbuildingson ng theschool grounds.Thisappearstobea nses oftimberpanelfencehavebeen hange andthe VicarageonWillington adaptedoralteredwitheitherlossof more open as fields come into view and th centurybarnand mid19 around the1830s.Itwas age. Fieldgatewas builtin th centurystyle that can first editionOrdnance associated withschool publicviewsbythe latively havediluted th century

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th century century th out of place within a s and slate have been s and slate have been of cases the original gates of cases the original century photograph of the school photograph of century th out, such as that used at The Bull’s Head, one location is very noticeable. Late 19 Late very noticeable. is location one of clutter that are uraging on street car-parking and creating terraced properties and detached houses detached and terraced properties been left without a strong boundary or been left without s. Modern reproduction railings have been been railings have reproduction Modern s. uth Derbyshire, there are quite a number of following sections of raised high-level chain- sections of raised following ive effect on the surrounding streetscape: streetscape: on the surrounding effect ive e wire-cut and sharp and out-of-place on this the original pattern of the cast or wrought- the original pattern to the smaller two-storey cottages, where the the to the smaller two-storey cottages, where 28 ary wall has had a significant detrimental effect on the on the effect detrimental has had a significant ary wall a sympathetic style. In a number In a sympathetic style. tages have lost their railings: tages have lost their sy solution) as an early 20 sy solution) between The Priory and the Art School High Street Art School High the Priory and The between precinct walls along Brook End. at the rear of the and The to The Old Mitre plinth walls 1 Main Street 88-92 High Street 46 High Street 1 The Croft (The Cross) 70-72 High Street 2-6 Main Street Brook End has such well-defined boundary Because in front of 20-24 Brook End. this in complete loss of enclosure walls, the that this row replaced a large 17 evidence suggests century photographic frontage. house, built directly onto the road Cross, Burton Road Loss of building details Compared with other conservation areas in So   to a large number of the The boundary walls or wrought-iron railings, probably cast area have lost their historic conservation within the war effort, and have either the removed for and material panels fence replaced in modern School, in used at St. Wystan’s providing evidence of and gateposts survive, following fron iron railings. The        In one case the loss of a bound character of the conservation area:  walls of modern brick often stand Brick boundary ar which brick, the edges of a semi-engineering street. Highway Improvement Schemes the works carried out to provide traffic calming measures have had a At The Square enco space, quality of the the on negative effect formerly large and simple open space. where the original Staffordshire blue clay tile traditional properties of the character effect on the with a damaging roof tiles, concrete replaced with conservation area. This applies particularly roofs can easily be seen. link fencing within school grounds have a negat grounds have within school link fencing several small “islands” or refuges, small elements precinct wall and cricket ground shows. The ground shows. and cricket wall precinct perennial problem (with no ea (with no problem perennial LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement medieval settlement pattern,where backland crosses the characteristic running behindandparallel withtheHighStreet, area butvisiblefromit. Court The modernhousingdevelopmentofRichmond existed before. buildings, enclosuresandboundarypatternsthat boundary andhastotallyerasedthehistoric Brookside Close,lies withintheconservationarea Street (including the of thisdevelopment,atthejunctionwithHigh development on the eastsi the HighStreetinto the extensive 20th century Askew Grove enclosure. are setbackfromthestreetwithoutanyformof the historicbuildingpattern.Inthisinstance,they housing developmentwhichdoes notrelate to Numbers 20-24BrookEnd property. significantly wideratthispointwithanunsightlytarmacstriprunninginfrontofeach weakness inthestreetfrontage,ashistor replaced severalpropertiesbuiltimmediately fulfil modern standardsofvisibilityfortraffi 7 MainStreet(partoftheForgeClose developmen Forge Close High Street, MainStreet andBrookEnd. The largelyunbrokenbuildingfrontageisapart New development stage. and atpresent thelossto character ofthe frames. Despite this,there arestillmanyexam vertical andhorizontalsashes thevillagetherehasbeenacumula Throughout survived remarkablywell. Mitre havebeentruncated, probablylargely picturesque skyline,particularlywhenthebuild conservation area.Itwasaparticularaimof plethora ofpatternsand permutations isoneofthestrengths ofcharacterthe Repton removal ofsuchfeatureswouldbeveryunfo On schoolbuildingsin multipleoccupation,fi remove redundantchimney stacksandpotsas With theadvent ofcentral heating,itisinevitableinanyvillage thatthere willbeadesire to offHigh Street is outsidethe conservation ontheeastsideofMainStreet isa newhousing development.Numbers 5and providesapoint Health Centre)andat The layoutofthehouses, grain ofRepton’sstrong de of the village. Part de ofthevillage.Part areanothermodern andcasementwindowswithth of entrancefrom 29 c emergingfromForgeClose.These houses replaces arenow completelyredundant. The ic patternhasbeenbroken.Thepavementis on safetygrounds,buttheremainderhave rtunate, asthemultiple ing hadalargemass.ThestacksonOld on theroadfrontage.This creates adesign theHighVictorianarchitects tocreatea ples of traditional windowsand doorsintact repairs becomenecessary (seeappendix4). conservation areahasnot reached acritical icularly strong elementofthecharacter of tive loss oftraditionaljoinery,suchas t) havebeenbuilton eir lightssunkintochamfered Brook Enddevelopment Richmond Court chimneystacksand asplay inorderto LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement

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Distinctive Architectural Details

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The details in this appendix illustrate those building elements that help to define Repton’s particular character. These may be common everyday vernacular details found repeatedly throughout the conservation area or may be more exceptional, consciously designed features.

This appendix may prove useful in providing inspiration for new development, whether traditional or contemporary, if used with care. Paradoxically, the outstanding architectural details of a conservation area may not be the ones that are most typical of the area. They often belong to the important key buildings of a village and may look out of place on smaller buildings in subordinate locations. The majority of buildings in the conservation areas of South Derbyshire are plainly and simply detailed.

Boundary treatments  Stone boundary walls with triangular chamfered copings  Red brick boundary walls with brick on edge coping or stone ashlar coping  Red brick boundary walls with ½ round brick coping  Cast and wrought-iron gates, with sections of spear-headed railings and urn finials

Chimney stacks and pots  Decorative chimney stacks with coloured bands of brick and terracotta elements

Doors  Decorative pilastered doorcases, with scrolled brackets / classical entablature  Fanlights – overlight with Georgian fan pattern/ plain or multi-paned  Panelled doors with chamfered mouldings / bolection mouldings  6-panel doors with scratch mouldings/ raised and fielded panels  Gothic doors  Plain vertically boarded doors with bead mouldings

Historic paved surfaces  Blue brick paving  Stone kerbs  Squared setts  Paving flags

Lintels and cills  Wedge lintels of stone with incised and channelled blocks and dropped keystones  Plain stone wedge lintels  Segmental brick arched windows  Fine gauged brick lintels  Blue clay cills  Stone cills

Roof types and details  Thatch  Raised coped brick gables  Decorative and plain bargeboards  Corbelled verges Checklist of details (cont’d)

Street furniture  Street name plaques  Cast iron directional signs  Cast iron and steel railings  GR letter and pillar boxes  Cast iron lighting columns

Walls  Timber box-framing  Flemish brickwork  Blue and buff bands of decorative brickwork, laid within red brick walls  Terracotta  Dentilled and “sawtooth” eaves brickwork  Roughcast render (ca.1900)

Windows  Bay windows  Traditional shopfronts  Hipped and gabled dormers and ½ dormers  Timber casements with chamfered frames  Horizontally sliding sashes  Vertically sliding sashes with margin lights  Vertically sliding multi-paned sashes  Leaded-light windows with rectangular panes BOUNDARY TREATMENTS Walls and copings

The earliest walls within the village are built from local stone, the best examples being the large blocks of stone used for the Priory precinct walls, which have wedge-shaped stone copings (right), but there are instances where rubble sandstone survives, usually on the side passages, sometimes freestanding & sometimes used for the footings of a later 18th or 19th century wall (right).

Many walls retain original copings of shaped “dressed” stone, tooled by a stonemason to a fine surface finish, or moulded red clay. Brick on edge copings are also found, but historically they are only used in subordinate locations. Unfortunately, shaped brick copings have often been replaced inappropriately with brick on edge as a cheaper expedient. Most of the boundary walls serving domestic properties within Repton are built from red brick, with a sparing use of headers to form the bonding pattern. The example on the right is a late 19th century wall to The Priory, using English Garden Wall bond brickwork and red clay copings on an earlier wall.

The original dressed stone copings survive on the example below, although the railings which were fixed to the stone coping at The Old Manse (1 Main Street) have been removed.

Brick wall and stone coping at Holly Bank, Main Street (below) BOUNDARY TREATMENTS Gates and railings Repton once had many frontages embellished with a fine set of railings. These range from the late 18th century slender, square-section, wrought-iron railings, with each vertical bar fixed into an ashlar stone plinth (right - in front of No. 3 High Street), to the 20th century steel railings at the school entrance to The Queen’s Walk by the Four Hundred Walk (not illustrated).

Many of the smallest terraced cottages along High Street and Main Street had sets of railings, with an identical pattern adopted for each row.

Although most of the railings have been removed, many gates were retained and these incorporate cast-iron posts with ball tops and urns and railings with hoops, spear-tops, buds and spikes. These provide detailed evidence of the former appearance of the railings.

The examples at 92 and 72 High Street (left) combine both cast and wrought iron

Art nouveau ironwork at 13 Burton Road (below). The cast-iron gateway at The Grange on Main Street (left) illustrates the early use of cast-iron at the turn of the 19th century.

The introduction of cast-iron enabled railings to be produced more cheaply in panels and the amount of ornamentation increased. By 1850 cast-iron had largely replaced wrought-iron because it lent itself to mass production. The example at 4 Main Street (right) incorporates a small fragment of the original cast-iron panel fencing and a section of the cast-iron coping as well as the original gate.

However, a revolt against factory production & industrialisation, epitomised by the Arts & Crafts movement, meant that from the early 20th century there was a return to the use of hand- made wrought-iron, exemplified in Repton at properties such as New House (below left) and 13-17 Burton Road (below right). CHIMNEY STACKS AND POTS

The large number of late 19th century school buildings in Repton has led to an abundance of statuesque chimney stacks, some of unusual form, such as the star-shaped cluster of flues at The Priory (bottom right) and the stone stacks that emulate the Priory precinct walls, at The Orchard (top right). Plainer stacks also have a strong presence - Brook House (above) and the Music School (below), incorporating bands of moulded red or yellow bricks.

The small domestic chimneys were also occasionally quite inventive, such as those incorporating a yellow brick to form quoins (above right). DOORS - Doorcases

Above - elaborate doorcases of the High Victorian era.

Above left - a complete classical Doric stone doorcase at 76 High Street, incorporating a full “entablature” and engaged Doric columns. During the 19th century the classical doorcase was adapted in timber and often simplified incorporating narrow, plain, square pilasters and decorative “console brackets” supporting the cornice (above and below). DOORS - Fanlights and Overlights

Fanlights were used to light a hallway, which was often otherwise unlit, and became common when house plans changed to incorporate a central hallway with a staircase in the Georgian period. Until then, doors generally opened onto a small lobby or directly into a room and there was no need for the additional light source.

Fanlights were positioned above the door, retaining the solid joinery of the door, and it was only in the mid to late 19th century that glass was inserted into the door itself.

Most of the earliest fanlights in Repton are semi- circular (or “lunette”), echoing the designs of Robert Adam, and incorporating a sunburst (top right - 3 and 46 High Street). An alternative was the rectangular overlight (76 High Street - right). Later overlights were much plainer (as used at 50-54 High Street, below, and 67 High Street, right) and tended to be rectangular and sub-divided by narrow vertical glazing bars. DOORS - Joinery

Georgian doors Above - Georgian six-panel doors at Brook End, High Street and Main Street. From left; (1) six- panel door with “double-chamfer” panels, (2) six-panel door with bead mouldings, (3) six-panel “raised and fielded” door

Below left - boarded door with pointed arched top rail in the gothic style. This style was commonly adopted by the Harpur estate in the early 19th century. Below right - pair of six- panel doors with “raised and fielded” panels (18-20 High Street). It is extremely rare to find original doors of this early 19th century pattern, particularly when designed as a pair. Above left - pair of fully boarded 19th century doors, a style appropriate for Gothic style cottages (104-106 High Street). Above right - pair of 19th century boarded and framed doors with applied fillets (94-96 High Street). This style was also adopted for its Gothic characteristics.

Right - late 19th century six-panel door with “chamfer-stop” mouldings.

Below - 19th century Victorian panelled doors. From left; (1) Four-panel with bead mouldings to bottom panels and raised panels above, with “bolection” mouldings, (2) Panelled former shop door with bead mouldings. The glazed panel has been boarded over. (3) Three-panel with heavy “bolection” mouldings. HISTORIC PAVED SURFACES

Band of blue clay bricks, approximately 1 metre wide laid as an apron in front of buildings, in a bond of paired bricks.

Locations: Right: Apron in front of 56, 58 and 60 High Street (grid ref. N 430, 560 / E 329, 681)

Far right: Apron in front of 68 High Street (grid ref. N 430, 568 / E 326, 672)

Right: Apron in front of 12-14 Main Street (grid ref. N 430, 709 / E 326, 483)

Stone kerbs (gritstone and sandstone)

Locations: 115 metres in front of the school, near the Priory walls, Willington Road (grid ref. N 430, 300 / E 327, 107 to N 430, 389 / E 327, 034)

215 metres from Willington Road into Burton Road (grid ref. N 430, 242 / E 327, 088 to N 430, 350 / E 326, 971)

60 metres surrounding the corner around The Mitre, The Cross (grid ref. N 430, 354 / E 326, 966 to N 430, 388 to E 326, 997)

NO PICTURES Left - Squared setts. Although this is a traditional material, it was probably laid recently.

Location: Vehicle crossover at bottom of Broomhills Lane, off Main Street (grid ref. N 430, 730 / E 326, 443)

Left - Paving flags ( crazy paving)

Location: Surrounding the base of the market cross and the triangle (grid ref. N 430, 371 / E 327, 016) LINTELS AND CILLS

In the 18th century, where wealth permitted in the finer houses, “hand-rubbed” bricks or “gauged” bricks were used. The result was a precise, thinly-jointed, wedge-shaped lintel. Originally, the brickwork joints (including false joints) were picked out in a fine white lime mortar or “putty”, which in most cases has weathered away (left and above). The example at 50 High Street (below) is an early 20th century copy.

Simpler segmental arched lintels are more common, formed by a course of “stretcher and header” bricks (14 Brook End - left). For the cheapest type of construction, the arches were half the height, using a single row of header bricks. By the first half of the 19th century, the use of stone was much more widespread, partly due to improvements in the transportation of heavy goods (by canal and later rail). In Repton there was a spate of building, most of the houses being constructed with wedge-shaped stone lintels, some plain (as at 8 Burton Road above), but many incised to look like separate pieces of stone, with a central keystone (see examples to the right). This mimicked classical stonework. This pattern (which echoed the wedge form of the gauged brick lintel) continued to be used for 50 years or so and was eventually replaced in the mid to late 19th century by squared stone lintels.

Brook Farm (above), with exposed sash boxes and wedge lintels. There are hints that the lintels are formed with render over original segmental arches, and that the sashes are a later alteration, replacing original casement windows. Stone cills (above) were common in the mid-late 19th century, although many are now painted.

Above - late 19th century squared stone Above - where there was no cill, as with many of lintel with chamfered bottom edge and the smaller cottages and the less important stone cill. By this date the sash box frame elevations of the town houses, the window was set back behind the brick reveal. joinery was positioned close to the face of the wall. In the example above handmade bricks were moulded to create a weathering.

In some cases, moulded blue bricks were added to form a more weatherproof cill. The example shown below dates from the second half of the 19th century and the cill is part of the original construction. ROOF TYPES AND DETAILS

(Above) Thatched roof at 5 Willington Road.

(Below) A “laced valley” at 34 High Street. The detail can also be found at “Danesgate” on Well Lane.

Decorative and plain bargeboards (right), incorporating timber finials. Scalloped and fretted bargeboards were used to create a picturesque Gothic character and interesting shadows. Bargeboards are found in combination with half-timbered gables. (bottom right).

Left - pitched roof with corbelled brick verge STREET FURNITURE

Left and below - Cast iron or cast aluminium street name plaque with raised letters and mitred corners (all reproduction)

Locations:

“Main Street” (pictured right), located on boundary wall in front of 1 Main Street (grid ref. N 430, 692 / E 329, 504)

“Pinfold Lane” (pictured right), located fixed to side boundary wall of 1 Main Street (grid ref. N 430, 694 / E 326, 534)

“Well Lane” (pictured right), located on 1 Well Lane (grid ref. N 430, 660 / E 326, 516)

“Main Street”, located on gable end of 6 Main Street (grid ref. N 430, 684 / E 326, 517)

“High Street” (pictured right), located on front elevation of 110 High Street at junction with Well Lane. (grid ref. N 430, 690 / E 326, 549)

“High Street”, located on boundary wall of 95 High Street at junction with Pinfold Lane. (grid ref. N 430, 662 / E 326, 539)

Above and bottom right - Arrow-shaped cast iron directional sign, with raised letters, arrow and mileage.

Locations: 1 Gable end of 1 High Street. Sign says MELBOURNE 6 /2 miles (grid ref. N430, 388 / E 327, 020)

1 Front elevation of 1 High Street. Sign says ASHBY 7 /2 miles (grid ref. N430, 387 / E 327, 016) Left - GR letter box fixed within wall. Location: Wall of Post Office, 3 High Street (grid ref. N 430, 403 / E 326, 992)

Right - GR Pillar Box. Location: Junction of Pinfold Lane and High Street (grid ref. N 430, 695 / E 326, 546)

Above - Cast iron lighting columns

Locations: Left - In front of “The Priory”, High Street (grid ref. N 430, 454 / E 326, 871) Right - In front of 68 High Street (grid ref. N 430, 569 / E 326, 673) WALLS - Timber frame

Up until the 18th century, the principal building materials for the smaller houses were timber, with panels of wattle-and-daub. The type of timber- frame used in Repton is known as small box- framing - a combination of posts and short horizontal rails. There are examples along High Street, Burton Road and Willington Road. The wattle and daub was often replaced with bricks, a practice known as “nogging” (above - 34 High Street), here painted white.

Left - fragments of box frame can still be seen in the gable end of 10 Burton Road. In this case the wattle and daub panels were replaced in unpainted red brick.

Braces are used in the construction, near the corners, and at the junction of internal partitions, to stiffen the structure, as at 5 Willington Road (bottom). WALLS - Brickwork details

Polychromatic brickwork using blue bricks (above), and occasionally buff, was used in the second half of the 19th century in Repton. At 8-10 Well Lane (above right) a simplistic diaper pattern on the gable end with hood moulds in blue brick, echoing Tudor brickwork, distinguishes the building above the ordinary.

Below - Flemish bond brickwork was extensively used in the 18th and 19th centuries. It could be used to decorative effect by incorporating coloured “headers” picked out in a subtle contrasting shade (here, blue and pink). There are several types of decorative brick eaves. The earliest used brick corbelled out in a “dentilled” or “sawtooth” pattern (right), and sometimes combined half-round cast-iron gutters on metal brackets, fixed to the brickwork.

In the 19th century the eaves became even more decorative, some with shaped or moulded brick “modillions” in blue or buff coloured bricks (bottom right). This created a distinctive decorative eaves line. In most cases, gutters were of cast-iron ogee form and had a square base which sat on top of the projecting eaves, avoiding the need for any visible brackets (bottom). The gutter profile thus became an integral part of the architecture of the building.

The earliest use of decorative brickwork in Repton was at Prior Overton’s tower c1438 (above), but another 17th century example of “sawtooth” brickwork can be found at The Priory (below). Terracotta is used on a number of the more imposing school buildings in the late 19th century, but the most decorative elements are often reserved for high level details such as the Dutch gable end (above) at the former Sanatorium and the pediment and gables (below) at School House.

Buff-coloured brick is occasionally used for decorative bands such as that at Brook House (right), which reflects the earlier “sawtooth” pattern found on brick eaves and on Gothic buildings. WINDOWS - Bay windows

Bay windows are a distinctive feature within Repton. They start to appear in the mid 19th century with a ground floor bay window (top left), which was introduced to add more light into the main living room and made the most of the large panes of plate glass made available following the abolition of tax on glass in 1845. They were often added to 18th century buildings to update them.

During the Edwardian period (left and above) bay windows were often full-height through both floors, as in a national style called Queen Anne Revival; the contrast between the red brickwork and white painted joinery was an important element. By this time, panes of glass were being made smaller in timber or lead to emulate the older styles.

Bays continued to feature into the late 19th and early 20th centuries. WINDOWS - Joinery

The first windows were made with glass “quarries” (square or diamond-shaped pieces of glass), separated by lead “cames”. The lozenge shape evolved as a result of the process of making crown glass. By the 18th century, glass quarries were usually rectangular in shape (as at The Old Priory - left). Above - The Old Priory - mullioned windows with stained and painted glass. Leaded-light windows enjoyed a revival under The leaded lights are fixed directly into the the Arts and Crafts movement, examples of stonework and held in place with “saddle which can be seen at 11 The Cross (above) and bars”. 20-36 The Pastures (below right) and were used in various locations at the school (below left). Windows with hinged opening lights are known as casements. Early opening lights were generally of wrought or cast iron and were often designed to carry leaded lights. By the late 18th century timber opening lights with glazing bars were becoming more common and sometimes replaced the earlier metal ones.

A number of the traditional timber casements are recessed within a timber frame, which has shaped mullions. This style is associated with several of the local estates. The casements themselves can be simple, with perhaps one horizontal glazing bar (as at Chapel House - left, 37 High Street) or multi-paned (as at 67 High Street - below).

The cast-iron casements at 100-104 High Street (left) were designed in a gothic style to mimic the leaded-light quarries of traditional leaded-light windows, but in the 19th century, by using cast-iron, they could be made more cheaply by mass production. They differ in appearance from their leaded predecessors, because the glazing bars in a cast iron window were usually painted Most of the formal town houses in Georgian England had large sash windows (left), although their use was often limited to the front elevation.

As glass production evolved and the size of panels of glass increased, the small-paned sash windows of Georgian England gave way to larger panes of glass, subdivided by single vertical glazing bars or “margin” lights. Many of these had “horns” added to increase the strength and rigidity of the sash frame (below and bottom centre).

The windows at 4 High Street (below) are late 19th century replacements, with horns, of earlier sashes. There are many examples of sash windows in Repton. At 1 Main Street (above) the multi-paned sashes of the first half of the 19th century survive. A variation on the vertical sliding sash with margin lights was used at 57-61 High Street (below left).

Horizontally sliding sash windows are a common feature of the Midlands, often reserved for the less important elevations, as at Brook Farm (below). Shopfronts Those few original shopfronts surviving in Repton have unusual designs. The shopfront at No. 1 High Street (above) incorporates rather grand brick pilasters with carved stone capitals and a dressed ashlar plinth and a recessed shop doorway with miniature matching column. The shop window at the rear of the property, facing Brook End (right), is more low key and typical of traditional mid 19th century shopfronts with simple narrow timber pilasters, narrow fascia and cornice. The shopfront at 5 The Cross (below) is also quite grand and probably dates from the early 20th century. It is a “Queen Anne” style interpretation of a Georgian shopfront incorporating shallow, bow-fronted windows. WINDOWS - Dormer windows

Dormer windows at The Old Priory (top left), are a later adaptation to the original building. A number of school buildings were built with half or full dormers during the second half of the 19th century (left - The Old Mitre and The Orchard). Dormers were also added to The Hall (left bottom).

The pointed dormer windows at 1-3 Willington road (above) are early 19th century modifications, incorporated when the lattice windows were added to create a picturesque, Gothic appearance.

Eyebrow dormers were incorporated into Arts & Crafts houses as a reinterpretation of a national vernacular tradition - 31 Burton Road and Mitre Cottage, Mitre Drive (below). This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Derbyshire District Council. LA 100019461.2010

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Repton Conservation Area Phases of Designation 17th July 1969

25th February 1982

31st January 2013 Area excluded from the conservation area boundary on 31st January 2013 APPENDIX 2