Tilehurst Historic Environment Assessment Job No

Home , Church (Reading ward), Sulham, Tilehurst (Reading ward)

PLANNING DESIGN ENVIRONMENT DESIGN PLANNING

Land at Tilehurst, West Berkshire

Historic Environment Assessment

September 2014

Historic Environment Assessment for land at Tilehurst, West Berkshire

September 2014 Job No. 4544.04 Version 2.1

Prepared by:

Helena Kelly

TEP Harborough Innovation Centre, Airfield Business Park, Market Harborough, LE16 7WB Tel: 01858 414205

for Darcliffe Homes and Horstonbridge (Thames Valley) Ltd and Horstonbridge (Tilehurst) Ltd

Written: Checked: Approved: HK NC HK

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CONTENTS PAGE

1.0 INTRODUCTION ...... 2 2.0 POLICY CONTEXT ...... 3 National Policy ...... 3 Local Policy ...... 4 Guidance ...... 5 Planning Practice Guidance ...... 6 3.0 METHOD ...... 7 Data Gathering ...... 7 Site Survey ...... 7 Vantage Point Survey ...... 7 Assessment of Significance ...... 7 Assessment of effect ...... 8 Limitations of the Assessment ...... 9 4.0 BASELINE ENVIRONMENT ...... 10 Archaeological and historic context ...... 10 Designated Heritage Assets ...... 13 Non-designated heritage assets ...... 14 5.0 ASSESSMENT OF PREDICTED EFFECTS ...... 19 APPENDIX A: GAZETTEER OF KNOWN HERITAGE ASSETS ...... 22 REFERENCES ...... 24

Figure 1 Location of known heritage assets Figure 2 Historic Landscape Characterisation Figure 3 Historic Landscape Sensitivity Figure 4 Historic Ordnance Survey Mapping

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 This historic environment assessment has been prepared on behalf of Darcliffe Homes and Horstonbridge (Thames Valley) Ltd and Horstonbridge (Tilehurst) Ltd. The land to which this report refers comprises four separate parcels, all within Tilehurst Parish, West Berkshire. The potential development sites are described in Table 1 below:

Table 1 Land at Tilehurst, site specifications

Site Name Area Grid reference Stonehams Farm 3.2 hectares SU655747 Land to the East of Sulham Hill 1.4 hectares SU658739 Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot 2.2 hectares SU656742 Copse and Cornwell Copse Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn 1.3 hectares SU654744 Close

1.2 This historic environment report provides the specific baseline conditions and likely effect of development for each of the sites described above, with a description of the archaeological and historical context and background relevant to all four sites.

1.3 Therefore this assessment consists of:

 a description of the policy context and method of assessment (relevant to all sites);  a description of the archaeological and historic background (relevant to all sites);  a discussion of the potential within each site for as yet unknown heritage assets with archaeological interest (specific to each site);  a description of the baseline historic environment conditions (specific to each site);  a description of the significance of the designated heritage assets within a 1km buffer of the sites, and the contribution made by setting to the significance of these assets;  a description of the likely predicted effects that development within the sites could have on the historic environment (specific to each site).

1.4 The assessment has been undertaken by a full member of the Institute for Archaeologists (IfA) and in accordance with the Standard and Guidance for archaeological desk-based assessment (IfA, 2008).

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2.0 POLICY CONTEXT

National Policy 2.1 The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) includes as a core planning principle (paragraph 17) to “conserve heritage assets in a manner appropriate to their significance, so that they can be enjoyed for their contribution to the quality of life of this and future generations”. Section 12 of the NPPF then goes on to describe provisions specifically relating to conserving and enhancing the historic environment.

2.2 Paragraph 128 of the NPPF directs that local planning authorities should require an applicant to describe the significance of any heritage assets affected, including any contribution made by their setting. The level of detail should be proportionate to the assets’ importance and no more than is sufficient to understand the potential impact of the proposal on their significance.

2.3 Paragraph 132 of the NPPF notes that the significance of a heritage asset can be harmed or lost through alteration or destruction of the heritage asset, or development within its setting.

2.4 Paragraph 133 of the NPPF describes how applications that would lead to substantial harm to or total loss of significance of a designated heritage asset should be refused unless it can be demonstrated that the harm is necessary to achieve substantial public benefit. Paragraph 134 of the NPPF directs that less than substantial harm should also be weighed against the public benefits of the proposal.

2.5 The glossary to the NPPF describes a heritage asset as “A building monument, site, place, area or landscape identified as having a degree of significance meriting consideration in planning decisions, because of its heritage interest. Heritage asset includes designated heritage assets (a world heritage site, scheduled monument, listed building, protected wreck site, registered park and garden, registered battlefield, or conservation area) and assets identified by the local planning authority (including local listing)”.

2.6 Significance in relation to heritage policy as “The value of a heritage asset to this and future generations because of its heritage interest. That interest may be archaeological, architectural, artistic or historic. Significance derives not only from a heritage asset’s physical presence, but also from its setting”.

2.7 The setting of a heritage asset is defined as “the surroundings in which a heritage asset is experienced. Its extent is not fixed and may change as the asset and its surroundings evolve. Elements of a setting may make a positive or negative contribution to the significance of the asset, may affect the ability to appreciate that significance or may be neutral”.

2.8 The National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG) includes additional guidance on

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‘Conserving and enhancing the historic environment’. Relevant to this assessment are the topics ‘Decision-taking: historic environment’ and ‘Non-designated heritage assets’ which provide additional guidance on identifying and assessing the effects of development on the significance of heritage assets.

Local Policy 2.9 The Development Plan for West Berkshire sets out local planning policies and comprises a number of different documents. Relevant to this report are the Core Strategy Development Plan Document (2006-2026) adopted in July 2012 and the West Berkshire District Local Plan 1991-2006 (Saved Policies 2007).

 Policy CS 19 (West Berkshire Core Strategy): Historic Environment and Landscape Character In order to ensure that the diversity and local distinctiveness of the landscape character of the District is conserved and enhanced, the natural, cultural, and functional components of its character will be considered as a whole. In adopting this holistic approach, particular regard will be given to: a) The sensitivity of the area to change. b) Ensuring that new development is appropriate in terms of location, scale and design in the context of the existing settlement form, pattern and character. c) The conservation and, where appropriate, enhancement of heritage assets and their settings (including those designations identified in Box 1). d) Accessibility to and participation in the historic environment by the local community. Proposals for development should be informed by and respond to: a) The distinctive character areas and key characteristics identified in relevant landscape character assessments including Historic Landscape Characterisation for West Berkshire and Historic Environment Character Zoning for West Berkshire. b) Features identified in various settlement character studies including Quality Design – West Berkshire Supplementary Planning Document, the Newbury Historic Character Study, Conservation Area Appraisals and community planning documents which have been adopted by the Council such as Parish Plans and Town and Village Design Statements. c) The nature of and the potential for heritage assets identified through the Historic Environment Record for West Berkshire and the extent of their significance.

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Guidance 2.10 Guidance documents relevant to this report comprise:  Institute for Archaeologists, Standard and Guidance for Historic Environment Desk-based Assessment;  English Heritage, 2008, Conservation Principles

2.11 In relation to assessing the effect of development on the setting of heritage assets, the method provided by English Heritage, 2011, “The Setting of Heritage Assets” has been used. The key principles for assessing the implications of change affecting setting are:  Understanding the significance of a heritage asset will enable the contribution made by its setting to be understood.  Change capable of affecting the significance of a heritage asset or people’s experience of it can be considered as falling within its setting.  A proper assessment of the impact on setting will take into account, and be proportionate to, the significance of the asset and the degree to which proposed changes enhance or detract from that significance and ability to appreciate it.

2.12 The guidance document advises a staged approach to assessing effects on setting comprising the following steps:

 Step 1: Identifying the heritage assets affected and their settings;  Step 2: Assessing whether, how and to what degree settings make a contribution to the significance of the heritage assets;  Step 3: Assessing the effect of the proposed development on the setting and therefore the significance of the assets;  Step 4: Maximising enhancement and minimising harm, and;  Step 5: Make and document the decision and monitor outcomes.

2.13 “Conservation Principles; Policy and Guidance for the Sustainable Management of the Historic Environment, English Heritage 2008” sets out English Heritage’s approach to making decisions about England’s historic environment. The document identifies four groups of heritage values that can be attached to places to help define relevant significance:

 evidential value: the potential of the place to yield evidence about past human activity;  historical value: the ways in which past people, events and aspects of life can be connected through a place to the present;  aesthetic value: the ways in which people draw sensory and intellectual stimulation from a place; and  communal value: the meaning of a place for the people who relate to it, or for whom it figures in their collective experience or memory.

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Planning Practice Guidance 2.14 Government guidance on the application of the NPPF is provided in the accompanying Planning Practice Guidance. This includes a section on ‘conserving and enhancing the historic environment’.

2.15 This guidance includes that helps to define ‘what is significance’, ‘how to assess if there is substantial harm’ and in Paragraph 019 (Reference ID: 18a-019-20140306) ‘How can proposals avoid or minimise harm to the significance of a heritage asset?’ the practice guidance advises that “A clear understanding of the significance of a heritage asset and its setting is necessary to develop proposals which avoid or minimise harm. Early appraisals, a conservation plan or targeted specialist investigation can help to identify constraints and opportunities arising from the asset at an early stage. Such studies can reveal alternative development options, for example more sensitive designs or different orientations, that will deliver public benefits in a more sustainable and appropriate way.”

2.16 This assessment provides a clear understanding of the baseline conditions for the historic environment and of the significance of any affected heritage assets and their settings and is compliant with, and informed by, the requirements of the NPPF and best practice and guidance documents.

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3.0 METHOD

Data Gathering 3.1 Data was gathered for all designated heritage assets within a 1km buffer from the boundary of the potential development sites. This allowed for the identification of the heritage assets where development within the sites could affect the contribution of the heritage asset’s setting to its significance. This study area is proportionate to the scale of the development, and was informed by a preliminary appraisal of baseline data. 3.2 Data has also been gathered for non-designated heritage assets within the site boundaries and a buffer of 500m. This allows for the identification of any assets where the development could have a direct effect on the assets’ significance, as well as trends within the wider area that help with determining archaeological potential. 3.3 The following sources were consulted:  National Heritage List and National Monuments Record;  The Historic Environment Record for West Berkshire;  Archaeological Data Services database; and  Ordnance survey historic mapping (at 1:10,560 and 1:2500 scale, county series)

Site Survey 3.4 The development area was visited and notes were made on topography, land use, field boundaries, and the potential for previously unrecorded archaeological sites to be present.

Vantage Point Survey 3.5 In order to determine those assets where the development could affect the contribution made by an asset’s setting to its significance, a vantage point survey was undertaken to determine the extent of the surroundings in which the identified designated heritage assets are experienced and the contribution made by setting to the significance of the assets.

Assessment of Significance 3.6 Understanding the significance of the heritage assets within the historic environment baseline data includes an assessment of the heritage values of the asset, and the contribution made by setting to those values. The significance of a heritage asset is described in terms of the value of the heritage asset because of its heritage interest (architectural, archaeological, artistic or historic) and is also described in relation to the asset’s heritage values (evidential, historical, communal, and aesthetic).

3.7 For designated assets (Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monuments (SM), Registered Parks and Gardens and Conservation Areas), the significance is recorded as ‘high’

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or ‘very high’ as these assets meet the national criteria for designation under the relevant legislation. Listed Buildings and Registered Parks and Gardens are graded (I, II* and II) according to relative significance. The relative significance of each non- designated heritage asset within the historic environment baseline is also determined to provide a framework for comparison. These categories do not reflect a definitive level of significance or value of a heritage asset, but a provisional one based on the asset’s heritage values to provide an analytical tool that can inform later stages of assessment and the development of appropriate mitigation, where needed. Some non-designated assets can be of equivalent significance to designated heritage assets. Their relative significance means that they are treated as if they are designated assets.

Table 2: Criteria Determining Relative Heritage Significance

Importance Description

Very High Internationally and nationally important resources: All Grade I and some II* listed buildings. Grade I Registered Parks and Gardens. Some (International) Scheduled Monuments, especially those associated with a World Heritage Site. Nationally important resources: Some Grade II* listed buildings, all Grade High II listed buildings, Conservation Areas, some Scheduled Monuments, (National) Grade II* and II Registered Parks and Gardens, Registered Battlefield. Moderate Non-designated heritage assets and landscape features with high or (Regional) moderate evidential, historical, aesthetic and/or communal values Locally important resources: Non-designated heritage assets and Low landscape features with low evidential, historical, aesthetic and/or (local) communal values. Assets with very low or no evidential, historical, aesthetic and/ or Negligible communal values, or where remains are known to have been significantly (minor) altered or destroyed. Assets and structures of uncertain character, extent and/or date where Unknown the importance cannot be readily predicted.

Assessment of effect 3.8 The effects of the proposed development have been determined by comparing the significance of the known heritage assets (or potential for heritage assets with archaeological interest) against the magnitude of likely effect. The significance of a heritage asset can be harmed or lost by alteration or destruction of the asset or development within its setting. 3.9 In policy terms (NPPF paragraph 133 and 134), harm to the significance of a heritage asset can be substantial or less than substantial. The accompanying guidance identifies that substantial harm is a high test. This is normally associated with total loss of a heritage asset. Major adverse effects on heritage assets of moderate or high heritage significance are equivalent to substantial harm.

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3.10 Less than substantial harm is a broader bandwidth and the degree of less than substantial harm is a professional judgement encompassing minor changes through to more significant effects. The conclusions in this report identify the overall significant effects of the proposed development on heritage assets in accordance with the following scale:  None – no discernible change to any heritage asset, of any significance  Minor – minor adverse changes to the significance of a heritage asset of moderate or high heritage significance, or significant adverse changes or total loss of significance to a heritage asset of low or negligible heritage significance  Moderate – moderate adverse changes to the significance of a heritage asset of low or moderate heritage significance.

Limitations of the Assessment 3.11 Monument data from the HER and NMR consists of secondary information derived from varied sources. This data, as well as that derived from other secondary sources, is generally accurate. There are however several limitations to the data set, generic to any historic environment assessment. For example, where the known archaeological data relates to chance finds, or cropmark evidence, the full extent, date and nature of the sites is often uncertain. Also, a number of site records, especially older records such as antiquarian finds, excavations or observations often fail to accurately locate sites. Due to these limitations, it is possible that previously unrecorded archaeological sites could survive within the proposed area of development. Additionally, due to the buried and invisible nature of archaeological sites, there is often an element of uncertainty regarding the survival, condition, nature and extent of any such sites, which walk over survey, cannot always clarify.

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4.0 BASELINE ENVIRONMENT 4.1 The potential development sites lie at a height above Ordnance Datum (aOD) of 89m to 95m. Land to the East of Sulham Hill and Stonehams Farm are at approximately 95m aOD and Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot Copse and Cornwell Copse and Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close are both at approximately 89m aOD. 4.2 The solid geology is recorded by the British Geological Survey as Clay, Silt, Sand and Gravel and the drift geology consists of River Terrace Deposits (sand and gravel). The sites are at a relatively elevated position between the Thames and Sulham valleys.

Archaeological and historic context 4.3 In the text that follows, ID references relate to Figure 1 and the following period distinctions are used: Prehistoric Palaeolithic 500,000 BP - 10,000 BP Mesolithic 10,000 BP - 4,000 BP Neolithic 4,000 BC - 2,000 BC Bronze Age 2,000 BC - 600 BC Iron Age 600 BC - AD 43 Historic Roman AD 43 - 410 AD Early Medieval AD 410 - 1066 AD Medieval AD 1066 - 1540 AD Post Medieval AD 1540 - 1900 AD Modern AD 1900 - Present

Prehistoric (500,000 BC to AD43) 4.4 The National Monuments Record records numerous finds of prehistoric flints within the area. These attest to settlement within the vicinity during the prehistoric period. The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods are among those well represented. A Palaeolithic axe find was reported from Sadler’s Farm, Sulham and Mesolithic flint finds have been reported from Little Heath and also from Tilehurst. Neoltihic flints have been found in the study area (Asset IDs 5 and 9), and a possible Neolithic mortuary enclosure has been identified from aerial photographs at Purley-on- Thames, approximately 2km to the north of the sites. A Bronze Age urnfield and the cropmarks of two possible Bronze Age ring ditches are visible on aerial photographs within the Sulham Valley, 1km to the west of the sites. Evidence for Iron Age activity is not as widespread, but Asset ID 4 is a series of linear features identified from cropmarks that could indicate an Iron Age or Roman field system.

4.5 Taken together the evidence for prehistoric activity within the wider area and the topography and geology of area indicates that the area has a moderate potential for the survival of as yet unknown heritage assets with archaeological interest from the prehistoric period.

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Roman (AD43 – AD410) 4.6 The Roman invasion of Britain in AD43 was followed by the establishment of a military road network, forts and camps followed by civilian settlements and industrial sites. Roman finds from Pincent’s Farm at Tilehurst (2km to the south of the sites) include pottery, tiles and tesserae. These finds are indicative of a Roman building and the location has been included in Eleanor Scott’s gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain. Although not in close proximity to any known major settlement or road, the area has a moderate potential for archaeology from this period as evidenced by the presence of finds from the area and location of a rural Roman building to the south.

Early and post-conquest medieval (AD410 to AD1540) 4.7 Sulham is recorded in Domesdayi Book (1086) and at that time was a large manor held from the King. The Domesday entry references a church at Sulham and it is likely that the settlement here had pre-conquest origins; it is also possible that Sulham was a settlement of high status, to include a church. Tilehurst is not referenced in Domesday and there is no evidence to indicate any precursor to the medieval settlement. In 1167 the first documentary reference to Tilehurst is made. The place name can be translated to ‘wooded hill where tiles are made’ii. In terms of predicting potential for buried archaeology this is significant, indicating a settlement that developed around a medieval tile kiln. The ‘hill’ indicated by the place name is could be the area around the water tower in present day Tilehurst, which is a particularly elevated location. Alternatively, or additionally, Kiln Lane to the south of the sites could be the site of a tile kiln. Two assets in the baseline data (Asset IDs 1 and 2) relate to a series of banks identified from aerial photographs that have been interpreted as possible medieval or early post medieval boundary ditches, attesting to activity from this period within the vicinity of the potential development sites.

4.8 The documentary evidence and the topography and geology of area indicates that the area has a moderate potential for the survival of as yet unknown heritage assets with archaeological interest from the early medieval and medieval periods.

Post medieval and modern (AD1540 – present) 4.9 The early post medieval period is characterised, in rural areas, by informal enclosure of the land and cottage industry, and in later post medieval periods by more formal land enclosure under Acts of Parliament, and changes to industry reflecting the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries.

4.10 The post medieval period is well represented in the baseline evidence, with four of the recorded assets dating to this period; Asset ID 3 Stonehams Farm, Asset ID 6 the site of Barefoots Barn, Asset ID 7 Hallplace Farmhouse and Farmstead, and Asset ID 8 Kiln Cottage. The known assets attest to a rural landscape and there is a high potential for assets with archaeological interest associated with post medieval agricultural activity to survive within the area.

4.11 There are also a number of assets dating from the modern period within the study area. These comprise: Asset ID 10, St Catherine’;s Church, Tilehurst, built in 1963 to serve the new estate at Birch Copse and other 20th century development evident

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within the immediate vicinity of the potential development sites; Asset ID 11, a small barn and pheasantry recorded on the 1900and 1912 Ordnance Survey mapping respectively, adjacent to Stonehams Farm. This also attests to the rural uses of the area during the post medieval and modern periods; and Asset ID 12, the extant house adjacent to Stonehams Farm that appears on historic mapping during the 1930’s, predating the residential expansion of Tilehurst during the 20th century.

4.12 The Defence of Britain project does not record any World War II heritage assets within or adjacent to the potential development sites. The GHQ Stop Line runs along the Sulham Valley, to the west of the sites. Heritage assets dating from this period are likely to cluster around the Stop Line and the potential for assets from this period within the immediate vicinity of the potential development sites is low.

Historic Landscape Character 4.13 The West Berkshire Historic Environment Record (HER) records the historic landscape character as paddocks (a modern landscape component) at Land to the East of Sulham Hill, as reorganised fields (also a modern landscape pattern) at Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot Copse and Cornwell Copse and at Stonehams Farm, and as pre-18th century irregular fields at Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close.

4.14 This latter characterisation relates to informal enclosure of land pre-dating the Parliamentary Enclosure Acts. Land to the East of Sulham Hill, Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot Copse and Cornwell Copse and Stonehams Farm have been interpreted by the West Berkshire HER as having low historic landscape sensitivity. The sensitivity of Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close is recorded as high.

4.15 The potential development sites are within the Historic Environment Character Zone defined by the West Berkshire Council Archaeology Service in 2008iii as lying between the Sulham Gap and the Urban East Suburban Area.

4.16 The historic character of the Sulham Gap is described by that survey as:

“This is a largely rural zone, bisected by the M4, comprising both low-lying marshy land around the Pang and the Sulham Brook and the slope of the Thames watershed at Reading. Historically, the zone was well-wooded and characterised by early enclosure fields, with much permanent pasture next to the brook, and a dispersed settlement pattern composed of a mix of hamlets and numerous small farms. Over the course of the latter half of the 20th century there has been significant modification to fieldscapes in the zone. Most historic fields have been reorganised to create holdings more suited to mechanised agriculture. Although many historic boundary features have been lost in this process, the grain of the landscape is largely unaltered. There has been only slight change in the extent of tree cover, but around half of the ancient woods have been cleared of mature trees and replanted with other species. These remain wooded areas, but have lost ancient woodland features. Despite being located next to Reading

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and the M4, little settlement growth has occurred in the zone.”

4.17 The historic character of the Urban East Suburban Area is described as:

“This is an extensive zone of mid-late 20th century suburbs containing several areas of historic settlement including Calcot Row and Purley-on-Thames. The suburbs were developed over three different landscape types. The landscape around Purley-on-Thames in the north was like that of the adjacent Thames Valley and comprised Parliamentary fields, meadows and a park. The Calcot area was like the rest of the Kennet valley and had a mix of early enclosure fields, parklands and some woods. In the centre of the zone the landscape was dominated by irregularly-shaped fields, extensive woods, commons and small dispersed settlements”.

4.18 The areas immediately adjacent to the potential development sites, to the south of Long Lane and east of Sulham Hill, are extensively developed, by settlement growth from Tilehurst, which according to historic mapping took place between the 1960s and 1990s.

Designated Heritage Assets 4.19 There are no World Heritage Sites, Scheduled Monuments, Conservation Areas, or Registered Battlefields within 1km of the potential development sites.

4.20 Within 1km of the potential development sites there are 10 Grade II listed buildings, one grade II* listed building and one grade II* Registered Park and Garden. These are shown on Figure 1 and comprise:  Asset ID 7 Grade II listed Hallplace Farmhouse, a farmhouse, now two cottages formerly a 16th/ 17th century house. The reason for designation and significance of the asset relate to its architectural heritage interest. The asset has high heritage significance. The asset has a setting that includes its curtilage and surrounding farmland. This setting makes a positive contribution to the significance of the asset. The setting of the asset also includes an area of modern housing to the south and this part of the asset’s setting makes a neutral contribution to its significance.  Asset ID 8 Grade II listed Kiln Cottage, a 17th century house. The reason for designation and significance of the asset relate to its architectural heritage interest. The asset has high heritage significance. The asset has a setting that includes its curtilage and surrounding farmland. This setting makes a positive contribution to the significance of the asset. The setting of the asset also includes an area of modern housing to the south and this part of the asset’s setting makes a neutral contribution to its significance.  Asset IDs 13, 14, 15, 16 and 20 Grade II listed buildings at Westwood Glen, Armour Hill and the Royal Oak, Tilehurst, Reading. The reason for designation of these 17th and 18th century buildings, and significance of the assets, relates to

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their architectural heritage interest. The assets have high heritage significance. The assets are now surrounded by modern settlement and this setting does not contribute to the significance of the assets. The setting of these assets does not include the potential development sites.  Asset IDs 17, 18, 19 and 20 Grade II listed St Nicholas’s Church, The Lodge and Sulham House, and Grade II* Listed Sulham Farmhouse are all within the village of Sulham. The reason for designation of these 16th to 19th century buildings, and significance of the assets, relates to their architectural and historic heritage interest. The assets have high heritage significance. The setting of these assets includes the village, their shared settings and the surrounding countryside, all of which makes a positive contribution to the significance of the assets. However, the assets are separated from the potential development sites by the intervening valley and mature woodland and the setting of these assets does not include the potential development sites.  Asset ID 22 Grade II* listed Purley Hall Registered Park and Garden includes the remains of an early 18th century formal landscape surrounding a country house, set within a later park, with garden buildings added in the mid-18th century. The reason for designation of the Registered Park and Garden and significance of the asset relates to its historic heritage interest and historic, evidential and aesthetic heritage values. The setting of the Park is the agricultural land that surrounds it, and this makes a positive contribution to the significance of the asset. Non-designated heritage assets 4.21 The West Berkshire Historic Environment Record records 10 heritage assets within the study area (also shown on Figure 1, labelled according to the Asset ID):  Asset ID 1 Possible medieval or post-medieval bank visible as earthworks in aerial photographs east of Purley Hall Park;  Asset ID 2 Possible medieval or post-medieval banks visible as earthworks in aerial photographs;  Asset ID 3 Stoneham Farm historic farmstead documented in 18th century;  Asset ID 4 Faint ditched linears seen as cropmarks, possibly the remains of a field system;  Asset ID 5 Dark Lane, Tilehurst Neolithic axe find spot;  Asset ID 6 Site of Barefoots Barn, a field barn documented in 18th century but no longer extant;  Asset ID 9 Flint axe found in garden in 1930s;  Asset ID 10 St Catherine's Church, Tilehurst built in 1963;  Asset ID 11 A pheasantry and small barn on 1900 and 1912 OS maps, no longer extant  Asset ID 12 House on 1934 OS map, still extant.

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4.22 The majority of the assets within the baseline data date from the post medieval period and reflect the agricultural use of the area during that period. Evidence for prehistoric activity is recorded within the baseline data, indicating a potential throughout the area for assets from that period. The recorded non-designated heritage assets are of low (local) heritage significance, with the exception of the pheasantry and house recorded from early 19th century mapping, both of which are of negligible heritage interest.

Historic map regression

4.23 The following historic maps have been assessed:  1:10.560 Ordnance Survey County Series dated 1900, 1934, 1960-61,  1:10,000 Ordnance Survey County Series dated 1970-76, 1984-94, 2013  1:2,500 Ordnance Survey County Series dated 1879, 1912, 1936 4.24 Historic Ordnance Survey mapping shows that the potential development site at Land to the East of Sulham Hill is in agricultural use from 1879 until present. There is little of the historic field pattern surviving. The site’s northern boundary dates from the 1980’s, when a larger field was divided in two. 4.25 Historic Ordnance Survey mapping shows that the potential development site at Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot Copse and Cornwell Copse is in agricultural use from 1879 until present. There is little change to what survives of the historic field pattern, although what was a larger field is now partly under modern residential development. Barefoots Barn (Asset ID 6) is shown on the historic mapping from 1879 until 1961 (it does not appear on the 1965 mapping) and the adjacent woodland is called Barefoots Copse. 4.26 Historic Ordnance Survey mapping shows that the potential development site at Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close is in agricultural use from 1879 until present. There is little change to what survives of the historic field pattern, with the pond to the south of the site boundary shown on OS mapping from 1879 until present day. 4.27 Historic Ordnance Survey mapping shows that the potential development site at Stonehams Farm is in agricultural use from 1879 until present. There is significant change to field pattern, with a belt of woodland shown on the 1879 mapping but no longer extant by 1900. A small roofed building is shown on the 1900 mapping, and in 1912 this is shown to the south of a named pheasantry (Asset ID 11). In 1934 the pheasantry and barn are no longer depicted, but the house that currently lies within the site is first shown (Asset ID 12).

Site visit 4.28 The potential development site at Land to the East of Sulham Hill is a paddock. The site does not contain any earthworks or other evidence for archaeological remains. The boundaries to the site are modern, having been changed by the adjacent development and including the modern division of what was a larger field.

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4.29 The potential development site at Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot Copse and Cornwell Copse is pasture. The site does not contain any obvious earthworks but a slight platform is evident in the area depicted on historic mapping as the site of Barefoots Barn. The boundary between the site and the adjacent woodland contains a number of mature trees and is evident on historic mapping. On the woodland side of this boundary there is a woodbank, this is adjacent to a footpath named on the 1900 mapping as Back Lane. 4.30 The potential development site at Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close is pasture. The site undulates but without any form that would suggest archaeological earthwork evidence. The boundary between the site and Long Lane contains a number of mature trees and is evident on historic mapping. 4.31 The potential development site at Stonehams Farm is in arable use and natural flint was observed in the ploughsoil, although systematic fieldwalking was not undertaken. The site is in a relatively elevated position and the geology and topography indicate a moderate potential for prehistoric archaeology in this location. There is no evidence for the former pheasantry recorded on historic mapping, but such structures can be lightweight wooden frames, built for rearing pheasants. The house first depicted on OS mapping from the 1930s is extant. Mature trees were noted in the hedgerow that follows the footpath on the north-eastern edge of the site, and this boundary corresponds with a boundary shown as a hedgerow on historic mapping from 1879 and subsequently.

Hedgerows 4.32 The hedgerow that runs parallel to Long Lane on the western boundary of Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot Copse and Cornwell Copse, and the hedgerow adjacent to the woodland on the northern boundary (a footpath shown on historic mapping as Back Lane) is as shown on historic mapping, but is not part of a surviving pre-Enclosure field system. The boundary that demarks the back of Blackthorn Close is modern. 4.33 The hedgerow that runs parallel to Long Lane on the western boundary of Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close is as shown on historic mapping, but is not part of a surviving pre-Enclosure field system. The boundary that demarks the back of Blackthorn Close is modern. 4.34 The hedgerow that demarks the footpath to the north of the Stoneham’s Farm site is not an integral part of a surviving pre-Enclosure field system, but is shown on historic mapping from the first edition and includes a number of mature trees.

Aerial photographs 4.35 Aerial photographyiv does not indicate any archaeological evidence within the sites. 4.36 Land to the East of Sulham Hill is shown as a horse pasture, with no evidence for parch marks on aerial photography dating from 2003 to 2014. Barefoots Barn is not evident on aerial photography. 4.37 Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot Copse and Cornwell Copse is shown as a horse pasture, with no evidence for parch marks on aerial photography

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dating from 2003 to 2010. 4.38 Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close is shown as a horse pasture, with no evidence for parch marks on aerial photography dating from 2003 to 2010. 4.39 Stonehams Farm is shown as arable. Pockmarks are evident on some photographs which could be geological, but could indicate a series of pits or World War II bombing debris.

Summary of historic baseline environment 4.40 The study area includes evidence for prehistoric, medieval, post medieval and modern activity, and 10 non-designated heritage assets are recorded within the 500m area of search. Of these, one is within Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot Copse and Cornwell Copse (Asset ID 6 site of Barefoots barn) and two are within Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close (Assets ID 11 and 12, a modern pheasantry, small barn and house). 4.41 There are 12 designated heritage assets within 1km of the potential development sites. None are within any of the potential development sites, although the setting of Grade II listed building Hallplace Farm (Asset ID 7) includes the potential development site at Land to the East of Sulham Hill and the setting of the Grade II* Registered Park and Garden at Purley Hall includes the potential development site at Stonehams Farm. 4.42 The historic landscape character of the study area is predominantly that of a modern agricultural landscape with some remnants of the former, pre-18th century enclosure surviving. Some individual hedgerows are historic and characteristic of an earlier field pattern, and could broadly meet the criteria for important hedgerows under the criteria provided in the Hedgerow Regulations 1997, Schedule I, Part 2.

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Table 3 Summary of historic environment baseline conditions within the potential development sites

Potential for as yet Designated Non- designated Heritage unknown heritage Heritage Assets Site Name Assets within or adjacent asset with within or adjacent to site archaeological to site interest None but potentially Land to the within the setting of East of Grade II Listed None Low Sulham Hill Hallplace Farm (Asset ID 7) Land to the East of Sulham Hill High potential for between Asset ID 6 site of post medieval None Barefoot Barefoots Barn archaeology of low Copse and heritage significance Cornwell Copse None but within HLC Land to the character type defined as East of Long pre-18th century irregular Lane and None fields which has a high Low South of landscape sensitivity value Blackthorn as defined by the West Close Berkshire HER High potential for modern archaeology None but potentially of negligible heritage within the setting of Asset ID 11 site of significance Grade II* Stonehams pheasantry Registered Park Farm Asset ID 12 20th century Moderate potential and Garden at dwelling for prehistoric Purley Hall (Asset archaeology of ID 22) moderate heritage significance

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5.0 ASSESSMENT OF PREDICTED EFFECTS

Land to the East of Sulham Hill

5.1 Land to the East of Sulham Hill has a low potential for as yet unknown heritage assets, and there are no known heritage assets within the potential development site. The development of this site would therefore have no direct effects on any known heritage assets.

5.2 The low potential for as yet unknown heritage assets indicates that there could be direct effects, but the magnitude and significance cannot be readily defined. However, any such effects can be mitigated through archaeological recording secured as a condition of any future planning permission and after the implementation of mitigation the residual direct effect would be negligible.

5.3 The development of Land to the East of Sulham Hill has the potential to indirectly effect grade II listed Hallplace Farm (Asset ID 7). The setting of the asset makes a positive contribution to its significance. This contribution is derived, principally, from the positive association between an historic farmhouse and the agricultural land that surrounds it. In this case, the historic landscape character of the potential development site is not well preserved, and it is back dropped to the east and south by existing modern housing. The listed building is separated from the potential development site by a horse riding stable. The magnitude of change within the setting of the asset would be low, and the degree to which the significance of the asset would be harmed by the development would be negligible. The overall significance of effect would therefore be minor. This is not a significant effect and is significantly less than substantial harm. The special architectural and historic interest and reason for designation of the asset would be preserved and the contribution made by setting to the significance of the asset would be largely unaltered.

Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot Copse and Cornwell Copse

5.4 Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot Copse and Cornwell Copse includes Asset ID 6, the site of Barefoots Barn. This asset is of low heritage significance and the magnitude of effect would be major adverse and equivalent to substantial harm. However mitigation through archaeological recording could better reveal the significance of this asset and after the implementation of mitigation the residual loss of significance would be negligible. This would not be a significant effect and would be the equivalent to less than substantial harm. The NPPF advises that such mitigation can be secured as a condition of planning consent.

5.5 Development within Land to the East of Sulham Hill between Barefoot Copse and Cornwell Copse would not affect the setting of any designated heritage asset.

Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close

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5.6 Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close has a low potential for as yet unknown heritage assets, and there are no known heritage assets within the potential development site. The development of this site would therefore have no direct effects on any known heritage assets.

5.7 The low potential for as yet unknown heritage assets indicates that there could be direct effects, but the magnitude and significance cannot be readily defined. However, any such effects can be mitigated through archaeological recording secured as a condition of any future planning permission and after the implementation of mitigation the residual direct effect would be negligible.

5.8 Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close is defined by the West Berkshire Archaeology Service as pre-18th century irregular fields, which have a high landscape sensitivity value. However, the historic field pattern is not well preserved. The area defined as being of high sensitivity historically formed part of a larger field, part of which was developed during the 1980s or 1990s for housing. The development of Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close would have a negligible adverse effect on historic landscape character. This is not a significant effect and could be partially mitigated by retaining the existing boundaries within any future development masterplan.

5.9 Development within Land to the East of Long Lane and South of Blackthorn Close would not affect the setting of any designated heritage asset.

Stonehams Farm

5.10 Stonehams Farm includes Asset IDs 11 and 12, the site of a 20th century pheasantry and small barn, and a 20th century dwelling. These assets are of negligible heritage significance. The magnitude of effect would be major adverse and equivalent to substantial harm. However mitigation through archaeological recording could better reveal the significance of these assets and after the implementation of mitigation the residual loss of significance would be negligible. This would not be a significant effect and would be the equivalent to less than substantial harm. The NPPF advises that such mitigation can be secured as a condition of planning consent.

5.11 Stonehams Farm has a moderate potential for as yet unknown heritage assets which indicates that there could be direct effects on other heritage assets, but the magnitude and significance cannot be readily defined. However, any such effects can be mitigated through archaeological recording secured as a condition of any future planning permission and after the implementation of mitigation the residual direct effect would again be negligible.

5.12 Development within the Stonehams Farm site has the potential to affect the setting of Purley Hall Registered Park and Garden and therefore also has the potential to indirectly affect the significance of that asset. The setting of the asset contributes to

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its significance. The contribution is derived from the aesthetic quality of a rural backdrop to what was a country estate, as well as the historical and evidential contribution provided by locational context. The Stonehams Farm site is not within the former extent of the parkland, according to historic mapping, although it is within the rural landscape that surrounded it. The immediate setting to the park would not be altered and the experience of viewing surrounding countryside from within would be largely unaltered. The topography is such that there is limited inter-visibility between the park and the Stonehams Farm site, and there are also blocks of intervening woodland, which may have been associated with the designed landscape. These would also be unaltered. The magnitude of change within the setting of the asset would be low, and the degree to which the significance of the asset would be harmed by the development would be negligible. The overall significance of effect would therefore be minor. This is not a significant effect and is significantly less than substantial harm. The special interest and reason for designation of the asset would be preserved and the contribution made by setting to the significance of the asset would be largely unaltered.

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APPENDIX A: GAZETTEER OF KNOWN HERITAGE ASSETS

Heritage Magni- Signifi- Asset signify- tude of cance of ID Other ID Status Description NGR Period cance change effect East of Purley Hall Park - Possible medieval or post- Medieval/ MWB179 medieval bank visible as Post- 1 93 NDHA earthworks in aerial photographs SU 65366 75568 medieval Low None None North of Dark Lane - Possible medieval or post-medieval banks Medieval/ MWB179 visible as earthworks in aerial Post- 2 94 NDHA photographs SU 66115 75021 medieval Low None None Stoneham Farm. Historic farmstead documented in 18th MWB168 century and still partly present in Post- 3 66 NDHA 21st century SU 65524 74630 medieval Low None None Features south of Vicarage Copse. Faint ditched linears seen MWB274 as cropmarks, possibly the 4 5 NDHA remains of a field system SU 65188 74269 Prehistoric Low None None MWB105 Dark Lane, Tilehurst Neolithic 5 13 NDHA axe found SU 65820 74580 Neolithic Low None None

Site of Barefoots Barn. Historic Minor outfarm or field barn documented (negligible MWB168 in 18th century but no longer in Post- after 6 68 NDHA existence SU 65593 74297 medieval Low Major mitigation) Hallplace Farm Cottage and Hallplace Farmhouse and Farm. MWB534 A Grade II listed timber framed 6 & and brick farmhouse, of late 16th MWB168 to early 17th origins with later 69 & additions, also historic farmstead Post- 7 1215861 LB II documented in late 19th century SU 65742 73879 medieval High Negligible Minor MWB185 Kiln Cottage, Kiln Lane, Tilehurst. 81 & Grade II listed 17th century Post- 8 1215860 LB II timber framed house SU 65505 73686 medieval High None None MWB105 Little Heath. Ground flint axe 9 14 NDHA found in garden in 1930s SU 65600 73500 Neolithic Low None None St Catherine's Church, Tilehurst built in 1963 as a daughter MWB182 church of St Michael's, serving 10 03 NDHA Birch Copse and other estates SU 65952 73555 Modern Low None None Minor (negligible Pheasantry on 1912 OS map, no after 11 NDHA longer extant Modern Negligible Major mitigation) Minor (negligible after 12 NDHA House on 1934 OS map, extant Modern Negligible Major mitigation) 63 Westwood Glen, Reading. Post- 13 1113614 LB II 17th century, formerly 3 cottages SU 66192 74004 medieval High None None 26 Armour Hill. 17th century Post- 14 1113393 LB II cottage SU 66812 74438 medieval High None None 24 Westwood Glen, Reading. Post- 15 1157218 LB II 18th century cottage SU 66209 74154 medieval High None None 16 1215998 LB II 25 Westwood Glen, Reading. SU 66500 74756 Post- High None None

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Heritage Magni- Signifi- Asset signify- tude of cance of ID Other ID Status Description NGR Period cance change effect 18th century cottage medieval Church of St Nicholas, Sulham. Post- 17 1215063 LB II Dated 1838 on porch. SU 64506 74224 medieval High None None The Lodge, Sulham. 19th century Post- 18 1214860 LB II cottage SU 64464 74288 medieval High None None Sulham House and Flats 1-4, Sulham. House and service wing, now flats. 18th century with 19th Post- 19 1288304 LB II century alterations. SU 64570 74222 medieval High None None Royal Oak Inn, Reading. Early Post- 20 1321863 LB II 18th century SU 66175 73999 medieval High None None Sulham Farmhouse, Sulham. Now house, flat and office built c. Post- 21 1288378 LB II* 1580 SU 64444 74238 medieval High None None Purley Hall. Remains of an early 18th century formal landscape surrounding a country house, set within a later park, with garden RPG buildings added in the mid-18th Post- 22 1000590 II* century. medieval High Negligible Minor

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i Domesday Book, a complete translation, ed. A Williams and GH Martin, Penguin Books, 2003

ii The Oxford Dictionary of British Placenames, ed. A. D. Mills, Oxford University Press, 2011

iii www.westberks.gov.uk/archaeology

iv Bing images, modern and historic google aerial images

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Heritage Gateway: http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk

National Heritage List for England: http://list.english-heritage.org.uk

Defence of Britain: downloadable Google Earth extended survey data

Historic Ordnance Survey Maps: http://www.old-maps.co.uk

Archaeological Data Services: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archsearch

Legislation, Policy and Guidance:

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act, 1979

Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (as amended)

Statutory Instruments Statutory Instruments 1997 No. 1160, The Hedgerows Regulations 1997

Department for Communities and Local Government, 2012. National Planning Policy Framework

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English Heritage (EH), 2008. Conservation Principles; Policy and Guidance for the Sustainable Management of the Historic Environment.

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Institute for Archaeologists (IfA), 2012. Code of Conduct and Standard and Guidance for Historic Environment Desk-Based Assessment.

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