Langport & Huish Episcopi Conservation Area Appraisal

LANGPORT & HUISH EPISCOPI CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

South Somerset District Council 2015

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Contents

Introduction

Summary of special interest - the area’s key characteristics

Assessment of the special interest Location Landscape setting Historic development and archaeology Archaeology Setting of the conservation area Spatial analysis General character and plan form Character and interrelationship of spaces Key views and vistas Landmarks

Character analysis of sub areas 1. Bow Street and Cheapside 2. North Street 3. The Hill from Cheapside to the Hanging Chapel and playing field 4. Hanging Chapel to Huish Church and environs 5. Whatley, Cocklemoor and meadow land to the south. 6. Westover

Management proposals

LANGPORT AND HUISH EPISCOPI decisions need to be based on a thorough CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL understanding of the area’s character. The appraisal is intended to provide the District Approved by Area North Committee Council and the local community with a 28th January 2015 clear idea of what features and details contribute to the character of the Introduction conservation area and describe what is special. Appraisals therefore provide Conservation areas are areas of ‘special essential guidance to decision-making in architectural or historic interest the the planning process. character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance’. Section The appraisal document follows the 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and content recommended in advice from Conservation Areas) Act 1990 imposes a English Heritage, ‘Guidance on duty on local authorities to identify Conservation Area Appraisals’ published appropriate parts of their areas, to by English Heritage/ Planning Advisory designate them as conservation areas and Service/ DCMS 2006. to keep them under review. Summary of special interest - the area’s Historic areas are now extensively key characteristics recognised for the contribution they make  Survival of the historic settlement form to our cultural inheritance, economic well- of Langport, its early hill top site, being and quality of life. Public support for causeway to the ancient river crossing the conservation and enhancement of point and survival of medieval burgage areas of architectural and historic interest plots is well established. By suggesting  Three storey development around continuity and stability, such areas provide Cheapside points of reference in a rapidly changing  Narrow streets with buildings to the world: they represent the familiar and rear of pavements, some behind small cherished local scene. Over 9000 have gardens. Huish with broader roads and been designated nationally since they high boundary walls of blue lias stone were introduced in 1967 and there are 88  Industrial buildings around the historic in South Somerset. The Langport and river wharf Huish Conservation Areas were first  A palette of materials of smooth designated in 1971 and extended in 1989. orange-red clay brick, painted brick in historic bonds, some blue and white The District Council is also required by the lias stone, and flat painted render in Act to define the special interest and cream or white. Ham stone detailing. publish proposals for the preservation and  Clay and slate roofs. Some mansard enhancement of conservation areas. roofs but very few dormers. Conservation area appraisals contribute to  Legacy shop fronts indicating the the fulfilment of this requirement, because, extent of the historic trading centre in order to be effective in conserving the special interest of the area, planning

ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Location

Map of Langport area Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database right 2016. Ordnance Survey Licence No. LA/100019471-2016

The Parishes of Langport and Huish providing only summer pasture, until the Episcopi lie more or less equidistant advent of modern drainage. between Bridgwater and Yeovil on the southern edge of the Somerset Moors. Huish extends to the north and east of Huish Episcopi surrounds Langport on Langport onto the rising ground which three sides, with Langport being the provides for dry access eastwards to smaller parish. Huish parish is highly Somerton. irregular in shape and its boundaries are dictated largely by natural features, Landscape Setting modified by the effects of drainage and The immediate landscape setting of the enclosure of the 'moors', and by the settlements is defined by the open moors position of Langport. Langport’s west extending to the north, south and west boundary is formed by the River Parrett with the River Parrett flowing through the with the built form of Langport extending narrow gap between Langport Hill and onto the west bank of the river and into Hurds Hill whilst the broad shoulder of the Curry Rivel Parish. Mid Somerset Hills rise to the north of Wearne hamlet. These features broadly Langport town covers a small steep hill, contain the spread of the town and its just north the confluence of the Yeo and immediate rural edge. To the east the the Parrett at a narrowing of the river setting is less defined, with the town valley. With Hurds Hill occupying a similar having road linkages with the small position on the west bank, the river could hamlets of Picts Hill, Wagg and Pibsbury. be bridged and the crossing protected, The low ridgeline of Picts Hill provides a making Langport an ideal settlement degree of containment in this quarter. location. To the north and south of the town the land was marshy, probably

Historic development C16th. In the post-medieval period a Langport and Huish are interlinked with renowned battle of the Civil War took Langport being surrounded on three sides place nearby. by the Huish Parish. It is suggested that historically Langport may have in effect Trade was maintained as an important been part of Huish that later formed into a part of the economy by the trading separate Parish and administrative area company of Stuckey and Bagehot, as Langport became an important trading founded in the town in about 1770. In the centre. late 19th and early C20th river trade was replaced by rail with the construction of The causeway linking the river crossing at two lines close to the town. Langport to the higher ground is thought to be of prehistoric date and although there Huish in comparison was a largely rural is as yet no direct evidence of this, stray parish with the settlements of Huish, finds and earthwork features of prehistoric Littleney, Wearne, Pibsbury and Coombe date make occupation of this area likely. all dictated by the terrain and stretches of Similarly, although Roman occupation of marsh by the rivers. By the early C14th the town site and use of the causeway and much of the marsh had been drained, with river crossing has not been proven, both Huish, which commanded the route to are likely, particularly as Roman material Langport becoming the most important in has been found in the town centre. There the Parish acquiring the Church, court is also good evidence of Roman house, vicarage, cross and green. settlement on the west bank of the river at Frog Lane and at Wearne to the north of Langport began to extend its built up area the town. into Huish parish in the C19th, with Newtown dating from 1845. In recent It is, however, the Saxon occupation of the years Langport and Huish have expanded town, which has most interested physically as a dormitory settlement for archaeologists. The settlement was both Taunton and Yeovil. recorded as a burh in the early C10th Burghal Hideage and in 1086 the Archaeology Domesday Book records 34 burgesses. Langport presents a number of questions By 930 a mint was established within the that would benefit from further town that continued production into the archaeological research. 11th century. The town remained a royal Despite excavation to depths of nearly 3m possession throughout the Saxon period. on Bow Street, the earliest period of The parish of Langport is small with little construction of a causeway and bridging land outside the immediate vicinity of the point across the Parrett is still to be town. It is, therefore thought that the established. There is however, the economy of the town was based on trade, intriguing suggestion of continuity of use of as a distribution centre by road and river, the river crossing and settlement site over and connected to the royal estate of a long period given by a number of Roman Somerton. stray finds and the associated evidence

from Wearne and Frog Lane of Roman In the medieval period Langport remained occupation in the near vicinity. The an important trading centre and harbour character of all three of these sites is still and was held from 1181 until the early to be investigated. 16th century as part of the manor of Curry Rivel. The wealth of the town was such Langport was an important Saxon site, that in the early C14th a new borough was one of only four Somerset burhs recorded established by the Bishop of Wells on the in the early 10th century Burghal Hideage west bank of the river in an attempt to and one of a small group of sites which expand Langport's success. 31 burgesses appear to have acted as trading centres are recorded at Southwick or Frog Lane for the royal estates, established at a by 1358 and the borough survived into the distance from the main royal residences

(the closest parallel in Somerset being Archaeological Potential (AHAP) has been Axbridge and Cheddar). designated across the core of the settlement reflecting the importance of the On The Hill there are prominent archaeological resource relating to the earthworks behind the houses to the west prehistoric, Roman, Saxon and medieval and southwest of the hilltop, and running development of the settlement. (See Map from North Street to the northwest corner 5) Additionally, the historic buildings are of the playing field that coincides with the an important archaeological resource in parish boundary. Close to this there is a their own right. Any proposed long straight bank at the edge of the development within the AHAP will need to playing field that may be related to the include appropriate measures to assess Civil War. and, if necessary, protect or record the Understanding of the burh defences is still archaeological interest of the site or a matter for research, despite several building. small-scale excavations to this end. The precise form of the burh defences, Key historic influences whether they fully encircled the burh or The key historic influences and relied on the marshes for defence on the characteristics of Langport and Huish are: north-west side is important for the wider questions of the accuracy of the Burghal Hideage hideation in Somerset. The date  Geographical position as bridging of the outer defences, whether civil war or point for the river, with likely prehistoric Saxon, is still to be established. The and Roman use and settlement character of settlement within the burh  Important Anglo-Saxon urban centre defences remains enigmatic, the with a mint, market and minster being excavations that have been carried out a royal possession while Huish was having produced little secure evidence of held by the Bishop of Wells. early structures. This, along with evidence  Saxon burh at Langport, from the other Somerset burhs  Economy of Langport based on trade (particularly Lyng and Axbridge), has with Huish growing alongside. th raised questions concerning the nature of  14 century attempt to establish a new settlement within these defended sites. suburb on the west bank of the river  Civil War defences and associated Excavations outside the defences have with nearby site of battle produced clearer results, with 3m of well- th th  In the late C19 and C20 river trade preserved stratigraphy dating from the was replaced by two rail lines. 12th to 16th centuries along the Langport  Late C19th century – early C20th causeway surviving in places. However, suburban expansion the full depth of archaeological stratigraphy has not been excavated, and Setting of the conservation area the original date of settlement along the The setting of the conservation area to the causeway has still to be shown. The north and north-west extends across the medieval archaeology of the town is of North Moor to the railway embankment particular importance as one of a small and viaduct which visually contains the number of non-rural market centres in the area on this side. To the south the county. Medieval remains may provide immediate setting of the conservation area information concerning the balance can be taken as the line of the River between commerce and craft industry in Parrett but the open nature of the the economy of the town. The archaeology moorland beyond means that here there is of the well-preserved burgage plots is a wider setting less precisely definable. therefore of prime importance. The track at Huish Drove around 300m Archaeological features have been south of the river and the line of the Yeo identified within the settlement, where east of its confluence with the Parrett appropriate care should be taken in could be taken to contain an appropriate relation to development. An Area of High immediate setting but the visual setting

arguably includes all of Huish Level The Hill was the focus of the early because its landscape character is development of the settlement, and the consistent and larger constructions further site of the Saxon burh, the layout of which away from the town could be prominent is likely to still be reflected in the existing and intrude on the setting of the area. streets. Some elements of the burh On the west the setting is contained by the defences are still visible around the Hill. It rising ground and tree cover of Hurds Hill, was the site for the market in the C16th and the edge of the flood plain along Frog although the focus of the town shifted to Lane and at Port Field. To the east the Cheapside subsequently. In the C12th Bow settlement is wrapped with recent Street was laid out as a planned extension residential development. of the town with Burgage plots, long The setting at Huish is closely associated narrow plots of regular proportion, with the environs of the church and can arranged to north and south. This is an be taken to be relatively limited in extent. It unusual survival in that the pattern of can be defined to the north as the footpath mediaeval street and historic burgage at the side of St Mary’s Park on the north plots can still be clearly seen along with side of the field adjacent to the their historic setting in the open moor, not churchyard. To the east, Courtfield and surrounded by development behind. In part of the school grounds and extending many examples such a layout pattern has south round Pound Farm and back to become surrounded by later development Huish Bridge and Huish Drove. leaving the historic form unclear. The rear Constructions of a larger size eg of the boundaries on both sides back onto scale of the abattoir further away could presumably contemporary drainage intrude on the setting particularly of the rhynes. church. Later expansion of the town was along SPATIAL ANALYSIS North Street, initially in mediaeval times, when a settlement at Westover was also General character and plan form developed but mostly begun in the C17th. The historic plan of the settlements is largely formed around the inverted T Huish is of a much looser form, historically shape formed by the junction of North clustered around the church and junction Street, Cheapside and The Hill. To the with the road to Muchelney with a number west Cheapside leads into Bow Street on of outlying villages. Later development into its causeway across to the river bridge, the C20th has seen suburban expansion north is North Street, and to the East is between historic Huish and Langport The Hill area that leads through the settlements. The built form expanded Hanging Chapel and on to historic Huish. around the railway, which dates from 1906, and later as a number of estates The major roads are still those turnpiked in that comprises modern Huish Episcopi. the mid to late C18th. The first in 1753, entering Langport from the west through Character and interrelationship of Westover, Bow Street and Cheapside, and spaces then heading along North Street towards Within the core of Langport the character Somerton. In 1792 four new routes from is typically the tight urban street spaces in Langport were created: To the north a Cheapside and Bow Street, the lower Hill road led to Othery. A second crossed and southern North Street. The former Langport burh to Huish Episcopi and on to burgage plots along Bow Street stretch Pibsbury. The third heads south from away from the street north and south with Huish Church towards Muchelney. The a diminishing intensity of building away fourth heads north from Huish Church to from the street frontages being a particular Wearne and then turns west to link with characteristic. The tight street spaces the Othery route. contrast with the area south of Bow Street where spaces open out at Whatley and the river corridor which is open, green and

markedly rural in nature; with the area east of the Hanging Chapel into Huish and  Grouping of red brick houses in North with the northern extent of North Street Street where spaces are looser in character. The juxtaposition of two substantial churches so close to each other is distinctive but their immediate settings are very different; Langport All Saints, with its north walls hard onto the street dominates the enclosing urban enclave on The Hill while St Mary, Huish is set almost rurally a few hundred metres to the east with fields to both north and south.

Key views and vistas  Prospect of the moors to the south from several vantage points on The Hill  Vista along Bow Street both east and west  Back River and burgage plots seen from Cocklemoor  Bow St and burgage plots seen across the North moor

 The Hill from Bow Bridge with church Huish Church tower and massing of trees evident  Views to Huish Church from Hanging Chapel Road and from the east and north approaches.

Landmarks  Huish Church with tall iconic Somerset tower  Group around the Hanging Chapel and Langport parish church on the Hill  River crossing at Bow Bridge with C18th Warehouse Group around Hanging Chapel

C18th Great Bow Yard warehouse at Bow Bridge Bow Bridge

View east along Bow Street Red brick in North Street

East towards Huish Prospect of the moors from The Hill

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Conservation Areas are designated for their special character, but within the area there will usually be zones that express character variations but contribute to the whole. The definition of these ‘sub areas’ and the elements making up their character aids a more detailed and nuanced description of the character of the conservation area.

For this purpose the area it can be subdivided into six distinct sub-areas

1. Bow Street and Cheapside 2. North Street 3. The Hill from Cheapside to the Hanging Chapel and playing field 4. Hanging Chapel to Huish Church and environs 5. Whatley, Cocklemoor and meadow land to the south. 6. Westover

1. BOW STREET AND CHEAPSIDE

Bow Street and Cheapside

Form and character library but architecturally poor mid C20th This part of the conservation area block of shops. comprises the mediaeval settlement The Bow Street frontage is also running along the east-west aligned characterised by many arched through- causeway from the bottom of The Hill to ways leading into the rear of the plots. the river wharf at Bow Bridge at its western end. The street is a tight linear space with, behind the frontages, the largely intact arrangement of burgage plots running north and south to encircling rhynes (drainage channels). This area is significant for the survival of the historic settlement form, the surviving pattern of boundaries, a number of important historic buildings and its setting between the open moorland north and south. Contrasting the urban Bow Street frontages, many burgage plots run out north and south to open garden areas; a Arched through ways on Bow Street transition from urban to rural character over a short distance. In contrast also, the Scale, height and building line modern town square on the site of a Bow Street and Cheapside are relatively former pig market is open with formal narrow roads with the majority of buildings central island and street trees, modern immediately to the rear of the pavements. Buildings are a mix of two and three storey

with conventional pitched roofs and  Water Pump to east of veterinary mansard roofs, three storey buildings surgery dated 1878 being more common in Cheapside and the  Dolphin Inn, brick in English Garden east end of Bow Street. Most buildings are Wall bond. Carved dolphin in poor flat fronted and face the street, with a very state on flanking wall set back. few set sideways onto the road. The whole  The 3 storey group, all in white lias feels built up and enclosed with little and said to be built by William Atyeo, opportunity for views out beyond the linear Blake House with a Georgian parapet, vistas east and west. Arlington House, more compact with the overhanging eaves of the To the west end of Bow Street, the Regency, and adjoining Italianate shop buildings become more industrial in with detail in grey lias. nature, with courtyards such as Pococks Yard and Beard’s Yard, with two large warehouses on the east bank of the river. Both are immediately adjacent to the road. Buildings to the rear within the burgage plots are lower than the frontage buildings and run at right angles to the road along the plot with a general diminution of density towards the rear of the plots. Whilst the majority of the buildings are set immediately to the rear of the pavement, the Congregational Chapel has a grassed area to the front, with brick wall with panels and dental detailing to top. Along with the two yew trees, this forms an important small open green space in the Great Bow Wharf conservation area. The blue lias cobbled and flagged courtyard space to the side of Virginia house is also important to the character of the conservation area.

Cheapside

Congregational Chapel on Bow Street

Significant buildings and groups  The Great Bow Bridge, by William Gravett of 1842. Three broad archways in blue lias.  Great Bow Wharf, C18 brick warehouse, and the associated brick Shearstone House to the east

 The former Lloyds Bank, rendered with curved windows.  Greenslade Taylor Hunt office of early C18th  The Corner House, high quality brick and Ham stone and curved roof.

Key Unlisted buildings

 Opposite the town hall at the entrance to the car park, the white lias gate piers of the former pig market and drinking fountain.  Congregational Chapel and Manse with grassed area to front with boundary wall and trees.

Blake House & Arlington House, Bow Street

 Langport Manor House, set back behind hedges, painted brick, with iron trellis porch  The Angel Inn, an early C19 painted brick front, and Wessex House with shop, painted brick . White Lias piers of former pig market & drinking fountain  Ensor House, 3 storey, 2 floors in brick with white lias rustication to the Trees and green spaces windows, above a spoilt ground floor. The continuous urban frontages allow very  Old Market House, pale render, little in this sub-area. Only the front garden architraves and prominent quoins in and yew trees of the Congregational ham stone Chapel, a birch, hedges and small garden  Market house/Town Hall, early C18, outside Langport Manor House, the formal with 3 arches to an open market street trees planting in the ‘town square’ below. High railings and gate to form and the town garden behind the Town Hall enclosure. Upper floor in brick with feature. clock mounted to face both ways along Significant trees lie to the north of Great the street. Bow Yard,  former Registry Office, single storey in Trees and some extensive gardens, Bath Stone over Little Bow bridge hidden behind street frontages in burgage  Virginia House, at right angles, of late plots on N side of Cheapside and both C17. Ham stone pedimented sides of Bow Street, are also significant. doorcase.  Tudor House, and adjoining premises. Local features  Bank Chambers, likely to be the Several surviving historic shop fronts original Stuckey’s Bank from the where the shops have closed are 1770s, late Georgian style, important as they reflect the former extent  Langport Arms Hotel, blue lias, part is of business and trade within the town. the late C16 Swan Inn. Notable heavy porch.

A surviving early petrol pump in recess to front of Langport Reclamation is distinctive. Along Bow Street, the properties have a backward lean away from the road, reflecting the differing ground conditions for building along the causeway frontage and the soft ground behind.

Mansard Roofs in Bow Street

creams of white lias stone, warm orange red of the brick and roof tiles, white and cream of painted surfaces with occasional stronger colours. White windows.

Views As a straight enclosed street there are limited opportunities for views to the south or north. The views are focused to the west over the bridge to Hurds Hill with trees closing the end of the vista. To the east the Post Office is framed by the end of the Cheapside. As the Post Office is

Old surviving petrol pump on Bow Street approached the houses on either side frame a vista up The Hill to the trees on Typical details the left hand side as the road gently curve The majority of roofs are gabled; there are to the right. few hips and no half hips. Mansard roofs are a very locally distinctive feature, and Materials are only repeated in one other town within There is a varied mix of materials to this the district. part of the conservation area but they The typical orange-red brick (from generally conform to the overall palette Bridgwater) is most often in Flemish bond. seen throughout. The principle materials Windows are both sliding sash and are clay orange-red brick or painted brick casements, and are painted. Casements often in Flemish Bond, some stone are rebated and balanced. There are very detailing in Ham Hill or white lias stone. few historic dormers. Render is flat finished with colours The boundaries of the burgage plots generally pale buff or cream, but remain well defined, with outbuildings to occasionally painted blue, green, grey or the rear, subservient and at right angles dusty pink. The stone, blue and white lias, tothe road, the buildings often lower in is generally cut and squared and set to height away from the road frontage. courses. The predominant roof materials Key colour characteristics are red clay ‘Bridgwater’ double roman The predominant colours are soft blue- roof tile, with some pantile and Welsh greys of blue lias stone and Welsh slate, slate. Chimneys are typically red brick.

2. NORTH STREET

Red brick buildings on North Street

Form and character The sense of containment is strong on the A linear area with form created by the line east side with rising ground behind the of North Street with historic burgage plots frontage buildings and strong tree extending to the west but contained by presence showing from the edge of the rising land on the east side. The evidence Recreation Ground. The enclosed form is of these long plots is more eroded than in broken by the wide access to the Surgery Bow Street with amalgamations and on the west side. losses. North Street area is more open in character than Bow St particularly opening out into a looser form as you progress away from the Cheapside junction. The street is contained by buildings and walls but with noticeable numbers of openings to the west. North of the White Lion the conservation area extends only on the east side but the built frontage on the west side north of here is significant in the character of the street and setting of the conservation area.

The White Lion

 Corner House with its curved corner frontage and shop front, Herald House and The Cottage and two subservient elements

Interspersed with these are cream or white finished buildings notably  Victoria House, cream render with deep bays, good iron trellis porch and railings  Virginia, painted brick, good railings  The Post Office, in ashlar Bath stone  The former Black Swan in painted Frontages on west side of North Street, north of stone White Lion  North Street house 3 storeys painted Scale, height and building line brick but windows replaced North from the Post Office, the buildings are two and occasionally three storeys, Key unlisted buildings mostly set on the back of the footway, with  Huish Episcopi Primary School with some single storey connecting elements attached house of 1876 by Henry Hall, between. Some are set back with small lias and ashlar dressings; its four enclosed front gardens. The School strong gables address the street defines the north extent of the area, set back and elevated above the street and separated from the more closely built frontages further south by a high stone boundary wall which contains the street and encloses the gardens around Coppers and open space adjacent. Here the line of the street is further delineated by trees.

Victoria House on North Street

 Church Room (All Saint’s Hall) set back with triple lancet gabled front  Downside, brick with bath stone window and door surrounds, plinth,

The School forms a key part of the streetscape quoins, plat band on North Street  Coppers, former police station dated 1904, lias and bath stone detailing Key listed buildings and groups  High lias stone boundary front wall to In North Street there are a number of Coppers striking brick houses which form two key  North Street surgery; modern circular groups strongly marking the character of form in dark red brick the street. These include, on the east side  Newhaven, Morningside, Belgae House (with Downside – see below) And on the west side

Details Chimney stacks brick Dormers do not feature A few water-tabled gables C19 shop front with pilasters and consoles at North Street House

Coppers; Former police station on North Street with Lias stone boundary wall to front

Materials Walls - Warm orange-red brick, cream/white render and light painted brick and stone, lias stone on secondary structures Roofs – plain clay tiles, some pantiles (The Cottage mansard), slate. Painted joinery mostly white or light coloured.

Key colours Two material colours dominate North Street; Warm red of brick and clay tiles, light-coloured paint and render C19th Shop Front at North Street House

Trees and green spaces Significant trees  Containing the street space in front of and south of Coppers  Rising behind Downside on the north side of Priest Lane The recreation ground extends to North Street south of Coppers and with the gardens of Coppers forms a significant open, treed green space within the built up frontage to the street; an important asset of the Conservation Are

The Cottage

3. THE HILL

St Mary's Church on The Hill

Form and character of the town at the Cheapside/North St junction with its urban character and This area comprises a promontory grouping of substantial brick and stone elevated above the Parrett valley which buildings. Hill House, 5 bays in brick, and spreads below on the north, west and the gable of the Post Office enclose the south sides and on which site the early street narrowly here before the climb settlement of Langport took place. The eastwards where lias stone, pale render form and street pattern probably reflects and a lower scale mark a change of the Saxon or medieval settlement with a character, a character that changes series of roads and lanes running up the progressively from west to east. western side from the river and a route that runs east along the ridge through At the crest of the hill on the north side 3 Huish towards Somerton: the historic storey buildings press forward above a approach to the Parrett crossing. This raised pavement looking out over the form, with the central market area now in- bungalows and open gardens of C20 filled as the Pound enclosure, the parish development at Bush Place opposite. church adjacent, a town gate to the east Once the crest is reached, an urbane (now the Hanging Chapel), the routes scene unfolds revealing the tower of All down to the river and the remains of Saints Church and an array of varied Saxon burgh earthworks encircling buildings forming a loose square with the combines series of important features Pound, enclosed by wall, railings and illustrative of a long history. hedge and the monumental trees set in the centre. The pattern of built form relates closely to the streets with groupings of frontage development interspersed by more open areas enclosed by distinctive walls. The lower end of The Hill forms part of the core

Loose square formed

Historic routes reach down off The Hill. Whatley Lane leading down west to Whatley, is contained on the south side by historic buildings but late C20 building at the top (Bush Place) and bottom erodes Hanging Chapel provides a the historic pattern and character. visual break on The Hill Priest Lane runs from the Pound northwards down to North Street and is On the north east side of The Hill, there is contained by high walls without frontage an open area of land, the higher part of buildings. which is associated with the Convent and the lower, below a tall retaining wall, is now a recreation ground. In character this is not important itself but is the site of historic earthworks, probably those of the Saxon burh along the upper line and of Civil War origin NE of the present football pitch. The open space is of historic and archaeological interest and does allow the historic settlement to stand separately from the modern development to N and NE. Pockets of late C20 building with a Priest Lane with high walls and no character at odds with the general historic frontage buildings area lie to the south of the church on St Gilda’s Close and at the top of Whatley East of the Pound the street is funnelled Lane in Bush Place. between St Gilda’s’ three storey stone Scale, height and building line façade and the church hard by the roadside and the character continues the Approaching up the hill from Cheapside, pattern of frontage buildings interspersed the buildings are almost consistently two with walled spaces. It is an area with the storeys, define the narrow street space feeling of a quiet backwater but of closely and climb the steep hill on both distinctive qualities. Fine red brick (Old sides. Part way up the space opens out Rectory and wall with trees of architectural with high lias stone walls on both sides of presence behind) alternates with mixed the road. At the top of the hill, the space is style stone facades while the space is wider and buildings arranged in a more visually contained by the Hanging Chapel dispersed pattern with some gardens and gateway and separated from the area substantial trees. On the south side, a built beyond. frontage including All Saints Church

defines the street. Opposite, and on the roadside is the three storey Convent and

St Joseph’s Church, then a high brick wall,  The pump and railings enclosing the broken by the Old Rectory, set back from former pound. the road. On the south side there are stone villas. The Hanging Chapel forming a narrow archway over the road frames the edge of the character area.

View up from the east of The Hill,. with All Saints Church in the background

View from The Hill down to Cheapside, more enclosed than further up The Hill. Steps, raised pavement and iron railings to the right of the picture

Key listed buildings and groups  All Saints Church, Langport Red brick Old Rectory on The Hill  C19 red brick Old Rectory with regency iron trelliswork porch Key unlisted buildings  Annadale, three storeys Italianate, in  The Red House, Arts and Craftsy in render narrow red bricks, with tile-creased  The French House; white render, quoins margin-paned sashes, Regency-style balcony  The Gatehouse, west of the Church,  The steps, raised pavements and iron decorative red brick – possibly a hand railings on the north side of steep former coach house part of The Hill  St Gilda’s Centre and attached Roman  Church Cottage, Lions Gate, and the Catholic Church. Stucco rendered villa Old Rectory, all form an important from the early C19 in ornamental group either side of the Church as they grounds all relate to the influential merchants and bankers, the Stuckey family. Materials  Moorfield House, Moorfied Cottage Walls -Blue and white lias stone, brick, and Church Cottage to the west of the painted render Church Roofs – Clay tile and slate  The Hanging Chapel; mediaeval town gateway with a Chapel, now Masonic Views lodge, over. Important views to the open countryside  On Whatley Lane, Chapel House are to the west from the top of The Hill, former Baptist Chapel.

St Gilda's Centre and attached Church from Whatley Lane between Hill View and Jasmine Cottage and from All Saints Churchyard and the top of St Gilda’s Close where the eye is drawn to the distant views over the river across the moors to the south.

Stone pavings, railings and steps

View south to the moors from All Saints Churchyard Raised footway and steps

The vista past All Saints Church to the archway of the Hanging Chapel is also Local features/typical details important, as the houses frame the arch A significant local feature of this part of the and draw the eye to it without competing conservation area is the survival the with the Chapel as the main subject of undeveloped area of land to the north to attention. St Gilda’s NE of Priests Lane, running to Narrow vista down Whatley Lane. the rear of the houses on North Street and between the school and Bonds Pool; the recreation ground. This open space is important to the character of the

conservation and whilst now a playing Some lengths of stone paved footway field, forms the NE boundary of the historic Chimneys brick settlement with the remnants of Creams and buffs of painted render, warm earthworks mentioned above. orange red brick and tiles, the soft greys of On the north side of The Hill a raised the lias stones and slate footway contains steps which climb Windows painted steeply above the road and join together in flatter platforms protected by simple wrought iron railings. Trees and green spaces Other than the features and details noted Large trees are significant in this sub-area, above, high walls of both brick and blue contributing markedly to character within it lias are notable, as is the stepped footpath and seen in more distant views. Key on the north side of the hill, and the blue groups are lias paving materials. There are no legacy Encircling the grounds of St Gilda’s, shop fronts as we move away from the On the west side of the recreation ground, On the north side of Uphill, large yews Key colour characteristics contain the street commercial side of the town. East of St Joseph’s Church Pump pond and railings In the Pound Somerset street lamps

4. HANGING CHAPEL TO HUISH CHURCH AND ENVIRONS

St Mary's Church, Huish

Form and character houses set back from the road in large East of the Hanging Chapel gateway, gardens, those to the south side of the there is an immediate change in character road behind high stone walls of coursed to first an area of larger more disperse blue lias and with cock and hen coping.

With the exception of one dwelling set in this wall line, the wall continues with a few punctuations for entrances all the way to the junction with the Muchelney Road. Much of the eastern length of this is without a footpath between it and the road.

On the north side is a natural stone pavement and low blue lias stone boundary wall enclosing smaller houses in gardens, The Old Police House, The Beeches etc. A lane at Bonds Pool, drops away to the north, containing a range of small scale historic cottages in a tight Larger houses set back behind high walls group. A group of modern bungalows (outside the CA) east of Bonds Pool introduce a character transition into the more rural setting of Huish Farm and St Mary’s Church, the land opening out to an open field still used for agriculture bounded by a stone wall. The field borders onto the church yard. Significant mature trees along Hanging Chapel Road, in the gardens both sides of the road and in the churchyard are a particular feature of this part of the conservation area. On the corner of Muchelney Road is a prominent mansard roofed house, Huish Mature trees down Hanging Chapel Road Farm, and the road is bounded by more high walls surrounding its outbuildings and The Vicarage. The rural character here of lanes, walls and mature trees contrasts completely with the urban area west of the Hanging Chapel gateway. There are routes off Hanging Chapel Road to both north (outside the CA in modern development) and south, road and footpath. A path next to Bennetts Cottage drops down off the ridge onto the moorland below offering glimpses into the extensive private gardens that characterise the southern side of the ridge and which define its appearance viewed Huish Farm, with prominent mansard roof from the south. Scale, height and building line Buildings are two storey, and are set back on large individual plots to the rear of a high wall on the south side. The buildings themselves tend to be large and more modern in design, but are largely benign in terms of their impact The exception to this are the houses to the immediate north or the Hanging Chapel and the west side of Bonds Pool. These are much smaller in stone and brick.

The boundary walls running all through this character area are important and along with the larger dwellings and large gardens around them, define this character area as distinctive from the other sub-areas.

The Hanging Chapel High boundary walls down Hanging Chapel Road

Materials Blue and white lias dominate as building materials for buildings with blue lias boundary walls with cock and hen and blue lias slabs for copings. The footway next to the carriageway is blue lias. Roofs are a mixture of clay tiles and slate, with the notable introduction of thatch.

Key colour characteristics Whilst there are some light-coloured rendered buildings, the key colours are the Huish Farm and significant treescape natural colours of the lias stones and clay tile roofs. Trees and green spaces The agricultural field to the north and west Views of the church is a significant open space West along the road towards the Hanging in the conservation area preserving the Chapel framed by walls, trees etc. open rural character fundamental to the East towards St Mary’s Church with setting of the grade I listed church and of treescape the eastern length of Hanging Chapel Distant views of the prominent church Road. This space is one where any tower from the north, south and east development or change to its character is outside the area. likely to be detrimental to the setting of the Glimpsed views south towards Muchelney Church and the conservation area. at Bennetts Cottage Tall, mature trees are a strong feature St Mary’s Church stands alone isolated along Hanging Chapel Road, within the from development with important vistas in churchyard, within gardens, especially of from the Pibsbury direction and across the The Gateway, close to the road and field to the north from both the A372 from around and south of the Vicarage. the north and The Hill to the west. This, The spacious open gardens and mature historically, undeveloped open aspect to trees that reach down to moor level on the the Church is a very important to its setting.

south side of the ridge are key to the character of that part of the area.

Old School House/The Beeches

Huish Church seen from the west

Key listed buildings and groups  Huish Episcopi Parish Church of St Mary and its lych gate The Church with its vicarage, church room, and war memorial along with Huish Farm all form a significant group, although the church car park useful but utilitarian, detracts from this. The church room lies outside the conservation area. Gardens south of The Gateway  The Hanging Chapel and the buildings which frame it, Key unlisted buildings  Huish Farm; lias stone, plain clay tile  Huish House, a substantial arts and mansard roof, trellis porch crafts house, bath and white lias  Old School House/The Beeches; stone, tile hanging, decorative plaster  The Gateway, with regency stucco prominent ornate chimneys front. and Gateway Cottage below  The Rectory, early C19 Lias stone, low  Huish War Memorial slate roof. Medieval fragments (of Muchelney Abbey?) feature in house and outbuilding  Bennetts Cottage  The Old Police House and attached row of cottages

Huish War Memorial

The Rectory for St Mary's Church

Ornate brick chimneys at Huish House

Other details, Surfaces and street furniture Stone pavement comprising square flag stones with lias stone kerbs with several crossings in lias setts extend for significant

Huish Farm

Materials Strongly characterised by lias stone in walls, buildings and pavings along Hanging Chapel Road. Brick and render in Bonds Pool Roofs clay tile generally; slate also present

Key colour characteristics Warm orange red of brick and tile, soft greys of lias stone

Local features/typical details Gables with ornate (The Beeches) or plain barge boards (Old Police House) Lias stone frontage boundary walls, high and low, cock and hen and flat slab Stone pavements Blue lias stone kerbs copings Ornate brick chimneys lengths along Hanging Chapel Road is a White painted joinery particular feature of this area and forms an important part of the setting to the Hanging Chapel, the church and this street.

5. WHATLEY, COCKLEMOOR AND MEADOW LAND TO THE SOUTH.

Form and character between the town and extensive open Low lying land set between the town and moors to the south, this is a lush, tranquil the river is the defining feature of this area crossed by pollard willow-bordered open, un-built-up, rural character area. rhynes possessing a very rural character At the western end, Cocklemoor is a finger significant to the setting of the urban area of open accessible recreational grassland above. between the Back River and the River Parrett. Here the sense of the historic town plan of the Bow Street causeway and burgage plots arranged along it, bounded by the Back River can be appreciated. East of this lies Whatley, its car park and C20 housing development having almost totally obliterated a former industrial corner. Here the urban area approaches the river and is dominated by extensive areas of tarmac and parked vehicles and a formless suburbia all however mitigated by a strong tree presence around the car park, along the Little Bow River and on Cocklemoor and the River Parrett Cocklemoor.

Further east, past grey C20 bungalows, an area of wet moor opens out running below the escarpment of The Hill and Hanging Chapel Road. Representing the border

Bridge over former line of Little Bow River 17-23 Whatley Lane, brick cottages

Scale, height and building line Materials Whatley is characterised by generally poor Lias stone, brick, painted brick, clay tiles, C20 buildings, many single storey. Their grey artificial stone, concrete tiles layout is rather suburban and scattered across the face of and below the scarp Views detracting from the appearance of the Hill. Fine prospects exist southwards across Most building set back with front gardens, the moors towards Muchelney from or forecourt parking, Whatley House the Cocklemoor and the riverside footpath. exception. This Somerset moorland character with its The openness and lack of buildings away straight droves, rhynes and pollard from Whatley is an important willows, often flooded over in winter, characteristic, significant to the setting of running up to the base of the town the southern side of the town and needs to escarpment defines Langport’s character be preserved. More development on the and its location on the ridge above flood scarp will cause harm. level.

Significant buildings and groups Local features/typical details No listed buildings. At the foot of Whatley The low bridge, now blocked below the Lane, 17-23, Whatley, white render and arch, formerly over the Little Bow River brick with pantile roof, a small-scale C18 now culverted, at the end of car park cottage terrace behind long front gardens, and Whatley House, lias stone, opposite Key colour characteristics represent the historic character. Warm orange-red of brick and clay tiles, No other groups or buildings of soft greys of lias stones, harder greys of significance. artificial stone that features throughout the C20 building.

Trees and green spaces The key characteristic of this part of the conservation area. - see above in Form and character

Langport church dominates

6. WESTOVER

Old Railway Hotel, Westover

Form and character a scattering of buildings now in residential The area of the former settlement of Frog use. South of Westover all is open; lane/Southwick on the west bank of the characterless modern commercial river beneath the higher ground at Hurds buildings and parked vehicles dominate Hill was the area associated with river the scene. The area is visually contained trading and the site of the now by Hurds Hill with its tree cover to the redeveloped Langport railway station and west. its goods yard. The key feature is the way Westover, the road from Bow Bridge west rises above the river’s flood plain level and crosses the surviving bridge over the railway track bed before curving round Hurds Hill. Remnants of the former uses here survive fragmentally amongst post- railway growth; a weigh bridge and warehousing, a former hotel, industrial buildings and warehousing with associated dwellings. Character concentrated on line of Westover, rural and tranquil close around to the north with

Approach to the railway bridge raised above adjacent buildings

Scale, height and building line On the north side of Westover a localised group forming a built up frontage of 2 and 3 storey buildings but elsewhere open in Westover building character character. These buildings of the trading and railway age face a narrow defile some metres below Westover itself which rises on stone faced embankment close in front. Behind this frontage only a scatter of buildings of one and two storeys.

Key buildings all unlisted  Westover House, former Railway Hotel, of late C19, brick built, three storey, with upper warehousing accessed from the main road by a surviving folding iron bridge

 Railway road bridge over former Late C20th footbridge S&D line to Durston and retaining walls to cutting Colours  Weighbridge and weight house, Similar to Bow Street, warm reds of brick, lias and ham stone now extended greys of lias stone, pale render and in commercial use weathered clay tiles  Former railway goods yard warehouse, now office, on river Trees and green spaces bank, 3 storeys red brick with buff Trees along and above the line of the brick banding railway  Late C20 footbridge across the Significant open space along north river Parrett bank, telling of former wharfs, important to  setting of listed Bow Bridge, Great Bow Materials Warehouse and former wharf opposite Lias stone in buildings and boundary walls, red brick with stone (Ham and Bath) Views details, cream or white render, clay tile From river shore north and south across and slate roofs moors Along the length of Bow Street towards The Hill

 The ‘highway clutter’ at the junction of North Street and access to the Tesco car park is detrimental to the setting of the conservation area  Downside has remained unoccupied and in poor repair for many years. The house is prominent and a detraction.  Pressure to develop in the land to the north of Huish Episcopi Church, and within and across the burgage plots should be resisted.  Some poor buildings detract from

Former weight house and weighbridge overall quality of the area  Overhead wires are intrusive in many Characteristic details and features locations Brick chimneys, roofs hipped or gabled, no dormers Opportunities for beneficial change Iron railings as Westover rises towards rail Improvement to the traffic management, bridge. generally and especially alternative routes Iron swing bridge access to Old Railway for pedestrians. Hotel Repair and occupation of Downside Low Lias stone walls contain Westover Overhead wires across the area could be rationalised References Victoria County History Somerset Historic Environment Record and Extensive Urban Survey

Development management Future development within or affecting the setting of the conservation area will be expected to conform to the policies in the South Somerset Local Plan, objectives in the associated South Somerset Historic Environment Strategy and guidance published in association with these. Swing bridge and iron railings to front of Old Railway Hotel Amendments to the Conservation Area MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS for the boundary Conservation Area The Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas Act places a duty on the planning General condition, problems, pressures authority to review from time to time the  The area suffers from heavy through areas they have previously designated. traffic, with a high number of heavy The conservation area was designated in trucks in spite of the weight limit.. This 1971 and extended in 1989 and 2015. is especially an issue in narrow Bow Street and at the Hanging Chapel Boundary changes designated in 2015 where they become stuck and damage are the building or other nearby buildings  An area of Westover including the as they attempt to turn around. historic weighbridge and building to  The footways to Bow Street and the south of the road, and the former Cheapside are narrow and pedestrians hotel and other industrial buildings on are vulnerable to injury from passing the north side of Westover as vehicles.. described in Area 6.

 Inclusion of the White Lion Hotel and Huish Episcopi and Court Barton the Beeches, Stable Cottage and (formerly Pound Farm). listed Evandale on North Street.  Inclusion of an area of land enclosed by walls to the south of the Vicarage in

MAPS 1. Conservation Area boundary and assets 2. Map of early features 3. Map of area showing sub-areas.

References Victoria County History Somerset Extensive Urban Survey Somerset Historic Environment Record

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database right 2016. Ordnance Survey Licence No. LA/100019471- 2016 Contains British Geological Survey material ©NERC 1973 Geology of the area

1838 map of Langport

MAP 2 Early features

Map 3 Sub areas referred to in text

Appendix – Schedule of Highway Features

Below is a schedule of the highway features identified on the Appraisal Plan.

Highway features

Highway Description Location Date CA Feature surveyed

Replica Street Replica street light painted Annandale, The Hill 20131120 LP Light black Coachstone Coachstones removed / cut Blake House, Bow 20131120 LP off either side of archway Street Coachstone Coachstones either side of Arlington House, Bow 20131120 LP archway Street Other highway Petrol Pump located within Phoenix House, Bow 20131120 LP feature recess of building Street Water standpipe Iron water pump set in Regency House, Bow 20131120 LP or pump cobbled area Street Shop, PH and Dolphin sign fixed to wall The Dolphin Hotel, 20131120 LP other sign or Bow Street signpost Other highway Letter box Parrett Close 20131120 LP feature Historic highway Decorative cast iron cover Moorfield House, The 20131120 LP cover unmarked set into stone paving Hill Coachstone Coachstones either side of The Angel, Bow 20131120 LP archway Street Other highway Telephone box Moor Close 20131120 feature Other highway Letter box Old Market Square, 20131120 feature North Street Shop, PH and Signs attached to garage at Priest Lane, North 20131120 LP other sign or end of Priest Lane Street signpost Historic highway Gully 'Garton and King Priest Lane, North 20131120 LP gully with local Exeter’ Street foundry name Other highway Stone monument / drinking Parrett Close 20131120 LP feature fountain (c.1902) with low level stone bench either side Replica Street Replica street light painted East Gate, The Hill 20131202 LP Light black Replica Street Replica street light painted St Gilda's Centre, 20131202 LP Light black The Hill Coachstones Coachstones either side of St Gilda's Centre, 20131202 LP entrance to courtyard The Hill Shop, PH and Cast SCC sign attached to Top of Priest Lane 20131202 LP other sign wall Coachstones Coachstones either side of The Gatehouse, The 20131202 LP opening Hill Historic highway Historic drainage channel Hanging Chapel, The 20131202 LP gulley unmarked adjacent to archway formed Hill with stone kerbs. Historic highway Covers over drainage Portcullis Lodge, The 20131202 LP cover with local channel Ford Bros Hill foundry name Wellington Historic highway Gully located on edge of Hanging Chapel, The 20131202 LP gully unmarked archway Hill Other highway Fingerpost set behind stone The Rectory, The Hill 20131202 LP feature wall, poor condition and missing some fingers Other highway Fingerpost (requires re- St Mary's Church 20131202 LP feature decoration) Historic highway Highway covers within road St Mary's Church 20131202 LP cover with surface ‘Garton and King foundry name Exeter’ Historic highway Gully ‘Garton and King St Mary's Church 20131202 LP gully with foundry Exeter’ name Historic highway Gully ‘Garton and King Huish House, The Hill 20131202 LP gully with foundry Exeter’ name Historic highway Gully ‘Garton and King Southcott, The Hill 20131202 LP gully with foundry Exeter’ name Historic highway Two gullies ‘Garton and Orchard Vale 20131202 LP gully with foundry King Exeter’ name Other highway Letter box set into side of Post Office, North 20131120 LP feature building with stone moulded Street hood over

Historic kerbs and/or channels

Highway Description Location Date CA Feature surveyed

Lias limestone Lias stone kerbs forming Priest Lane, North 20131120 LP kerb and/or drainage channel Street channel Other stone kerb York stone kerb 150mm North Street 20131120 LP and/or channel thick Lias limestone Lias kerb The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb channel The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerbs The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerbs The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb Bow Street 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb Bow Street 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb Moor Lane 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Mostly lias kerbs The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerbs The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb The Hill 20131120 LP kerb and/or channel Other stone kerb York stone kerbing Cheapside 20131120 LP and/or channel Other stone kerb York stone kerbing Cheapside 20131120 LP and/or channel Other stone kerb York stone kerbing Cheapside 20131120 LP and/or channel Other stone kerb York stone kerbing Cheapside 20131120 LP and/or channel Other stone kerb Kerb mixture of Lias and Bow Street 20131120 LP and/or channel pennant Lias limestone Lias limestone kerb, some Whatley Lane (path) 20131202 LP kerb and/or sections missing channel Stone steps Stone steps with tarmac Lane adjacent to 20131202 LP surface between Jasmine House, The Hill Lias limestone Lias kerbs The Hill 20131202 LP kerb and/or channel Lias limestone Lias kerb around ramp Portcullis Lodge, The 20131202 LP kerb and/or Hill channel Lias limestone Lias kerbs around driveway Portcullis Lodge, The 20131202 LP kerb and/or Hill channel Lias limestone Lias sets back edge of The Gateway, The 20131202 LP kerb and/or pavement Hill channel Historic Paving

Highway Description Location Date CA Feature surveyed

Lias limestone Lias slab paving Priest Lane, North 20131120 LP slab paving Street Lias limestone Lias slabs The Hill 20131120 LP slab paving Lias limestone Lias setts across entrance Greystones, The Hill 20131120 LP sett paving Other stone slab York stone paving Bow Street 20131120 LP paving Lias limestone Lias setts and edging Bow Street 20131120 LP sett paving Lias limestone Lias stone setts Bow Street 20131120 LP sett paving Lias limestone Lias kerb and slabs Bow Street 20131120 LP slab paving Other stone slab York stone slabs Cheapside 20131120 LP paving Other stone slab York stone slabs Cheapside 20131120 LP paving Other stone slab York stone slabs Cheapside 20131120 LP paving Other stone slab York stone kerbing and Cheapside 20131120 LP paving tegula paving Other stone sett Tegula block paving The Hill 20131120 LP paving Lias limestone Riased footway lias slabs - The Hill 20131120 LP slab paving Lias coping to lias support wall. Lias setts at back of footway. Lias limestone Raised footway lias slabs - The Hill 20131120 LP slab paving concrete coping to lias support wall. Two sets of lias steps. (Grade II) Lias limestone Raised footway lias slabs - The Hill 20131120 LP slab paving lias coping to lias support wall Lias limestone Lias stone slabs The Hill 20131120 LP slab paving Lias limestone Lias stone slabs The Hill 20131120 LP slab paving Lias limestone Lias slabs - slabs extended The Hill 20131120 LP slab paving slightly beyond kerbs at western end Lias limestone Lias slabs - kerb extends The Hill 20131120 LP slab paving slightly beyond slabs at eastern end. Lias limestone Mostly lias pennant slabs The Hill 20131120 LP slab paving Lias limestone Flush lias channel blocks - The Hill 20131120 LP sett paving 1m wide strip of lias setts behind. Width across entrance to cul-de-sac Lias limestone Lias setts into entrance - North Street 20131120 sett paving partly broken and replaced with tarmac. Lias limestone Lias stone slabs Bow Street 20131120 LP slab paving Other stone slab York stone slabs Cheapside 20131120 LP paving Other stone slab Concrete slabs The Hill 20131120 LP paving 900x600mm Lias limestone Lias stone slabs The Hill 20131120 LP slab paving Lias limestone Lias slabs, some slabs Whatley Lane (path) 20131202 LP slab paving missing and replaced with tarmac Lias limestone Narrow strip of set paving Lions Gate, The Hill 20131202 LP sett paving partially covered with tarmac Lias limestone Large lias stone slab set West Court, The Hill 20131202 LP slab paving into footway Lias limestone Large lias stone slab set Eastdon House, The 20131202 LP slab paving into footway Hill Lias limestone Large lias slab steps East Gate, The Hill 20131202 LP slab paving Lias limestone Lias setts across entrance The Gateway, The 20131202 LP sett paving Hill Lias limestone Lias stone slabs The Hill 20131120 LP slab paving Other stone slab York stone kerbing and Parrett Close 20131202 LP paving tegula paving Other stone slab York stone kerbing and Parrett Close 20131202 LP paving tegula paving Other stone slab York stone kerbing and Parrett Close 20131202 LP paving tegula paving

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