HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA Character Appraisal

Adopted 5th October 2011

HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA Character Appraisal

Adopted 5th October 2011

Prepared by: Mel Morris Conservation 67 Brookfields Road, Ipstones Staffordshire

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• Recommendations • • • • Useful Information a Listed Buildings 1 Appendix Plans 2 Appendix Saved 3 Appendix Negative Factors Negative General Condition of the Area Problems, Pressures for Change and Capacity ReviewBoundary St 4 Appendix Origins & Historic Development & Historic Origins SignificanceArchaeological and Historic Quality Architectural Spatial Analysis Character Areas Introduction Context Location and Setting Consultation Special of Interest Summary

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Station Road. Most of the buildings in the Most pictureStation Road. the of buildings 1938 edition Ordnance Survey map Therailroad KinderReservoir for passingthe circa prior andto widening Street Market 1849 Tithe Map of Hayfield (reproduced by kind kind by (reproduced Hayfield of Map Tithe 1849 OS overlaid onto 2010 Historic map Mill Sites 1880 map Survey Ordnance First edition Survey 1898 Ordnance edition Second 1922 map Survey Ordnance edition Third Church Street,Hayfield circa 1900(courtesy of Church Streetand the Bridge at Hayfield (courtesy Steeple End Fold flooded in 1931 (courtesy 1931 of in flooded End Fold Steeple - - - 1640 map of Bowden Middlecale “Thomas Hibbert

ILLUSTRATIONS Plate 9 - were demolished to make way for the by-pass (image (image to make way by-pass for the were demolished permission from with kind Derek of reproduced Brumhead “The Railway”, Sett Valley pub Centre) Plate 11 - Plate 12 Plate 13 Plate 6 - Plate 7 - Plate 8 - Plate 10 - Plate 2 Plate 3 - Plate 4 - Plate 5 - Plate- 1 DCHQ202121) DCHQ202121) pi/22/2) D2426a Office Record Derbyshire of permission Philip Griffin and www.pict of Derbyshire Local Studies Library and www.pitcurethepast. org.uk, ref. DCHP000318) Derbyshire Studies www.pitcurethepast. Derbyshire Local and Library org.uk ref. DCHP 000422) bottom of Spring Vale Road (image reproduced Vale Road withreproduced of Spring (image bottom kind permission of DerekBrumhead, from“The Sett Valley published by Ne Railway”, demolition of Manchester House in the 1930s (courtesy of Philip Griffin and www.pict DCHQ002122) and Samuel Barton – Barton – Survey of Samuel and of Wastesthe Commons and the Constablery of Bowden Middlecale”, (PRO Kew – ref. MR 1/10) HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 1

) has 32 designated ulted on aspects of this for enhancement. The the same Act to rial consideration whenrial consideration tended for both as a guide ildings and Conservation ildings and l or historic interest the l or historic interest eserve or enhance, eserve or enhance, volvement’. Thisvolvement’. included the with full public with consultation, as the special architectural and historic the area. Area was first designated Area was in 1972. It and then in 1995 the boundary was and then in 1995 the boundary District National Park , dealing with appeals,, dealing with or proposing the conservation the conservation areas a guide and as by section 71 of English Heritage guidance (Guidance on desirable to pr entifies opportunities he preservation and he preservation enhancement of any March 2011) and the extended areas (as the Planning (Listed Bu on Area Character Appraisal Appraisal Character on Area y. They. contents are a mate enhancement of vation Area Appraisalvation are in A624 Hayfield by-pass.A624 Hayfield are conservation areas. are conservation and organisations been cons have

an area of special an area of special architectura ’s ‘Statement of Community In let which was circulatedlet was all residents and to which businesses within Cllr. David Mellor, HighCllr. David Peak Borough Council.Mellor, CivicHayfield Trust Council Parish Hayfield INTRODUCTION preparation of a leaf conservationthe existing area (as at on Octoberapproved 5th 2011). was extended twice,was in 1976 and in 1994, • • • This adopted document has been prepared final character or appearance of which it is character or appearance of which sectiondesignated under of 69 TheAreas) Act 1990. Council is obliged formulate and publish proposals for t whichparts of their area TheConser contents of this and occupiersowners within of buildings determining applications for development for the preservation or works This records appraisal document defines and interest of the conservation area & id the appraisal follows model set out in Area Conservation Appraisals 2006). The area (excluding the Peak High Peak conservation areas. ConservationHayfield adjusted to align with the Consultation A number of individuals set out in the Council for the local planning authorit areaA conservation is appraisal, including: of a Conservati The Purpose HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 2 The village lies The village st and west of the st and west in 1978-79, and the ed and compact plan the fact that relatively y influences the nature sea level, it nestles e from the eighteenth and l ensemble. The village it development and its ng heather moorland in the of its outstanding landscape striking contrast between thestriking contrast between l features within the Sett valley g the late eighteenth and of great variety andof great variety contrast

ndustrial development of the illage and and historically this river dominates its setting. dominates a large-scale, exposed, undulating distant skylines and long distantskylines views over settlement pattern that continued to settlement pattern that continued s and materials stone paving results in two areas, to the ea to areas, two ld relief road, built the northern part of Hayfield liesvillage, scape through the predominant use of ak Council, Borough but proportion a high ly eighteenth and nineteenth in century panoramic over a area views wide he Thevillage. nucleat re, dense, close-kn short vistas, and later developmentshort vistas, on the of Hayfield can be summarised of Hayfield as follows; historic identity, despite historic identity, on from to access theWay. where Pennine ng Millstone Grit strongl ng Millstone Grit west of theScout plateau Kinder west the and ic buildings which surviv de a striking architectura uresque character catedat 180 above metres ry walls, walls of buildings, roofs and paving and paving roofs of buildings, walls walls, ry s largely 1880. established by he centre of the v he centre of the ages of Hayfield is the is ages of Hayfield rraced rows, and the rolli rraced rows, pal part to play in the i tional Park in recognition tional Park in recognition valley, both valley, enhance the picturesque qualities. th of the settlement durin key characteristics key creates a surprisingly pict nineteenth centuries provi has a strong sense of its own buildings are listed.few rate ofA high survival slate roof stone The village is tied to theThe village upland land The of histor large quantity The the built and natura relationship between Grit for boundaMillstone materials. Its high, upland setting provides Its high, upland setting provides The is around Hayfield open moorland landscape where the underlyi of the landform, allowing to wide views the village SUMMARY OF SPECIALINTEREST SUMMARY •

• • • • • conservation area is therefore divided into is area divided therefore conservation A624. at its co is characterisedHayfield by,

within an upland an within moorland landscape, which area of High Pe the administrative within of the parish, including and Little Hayfield the Peak District Na within value. Hayfield is a favourite locati The runs through t Sett River theits tributaries had princi and the rapidvalley grow nineteenth centuries. the A624 Hayfie splitThe by is now village present architectural form wa Although Hayfield village is predominant an influence of t exert over the layout The of Hayfield village lies to the Pennine Way. Pennine Although lo only built form, the buildings lie upon a medieval form, which gives rise series of to a form, which steep hillsides of the Sett One of the most enduring im linear blocks of unbroken te background. The distinctive HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 3 the bridge, with changing focal few larger of the villa Treeshouses. ort to the at 90 degrees terraces alleys within terraces. alleys within mark aspects around the many from many pedestrian linkages, footpaths, alongside many frontage, the road with r Sett a soft green, trailingcreate rural setting, with very few gardens between the few gardensrural setting, very between with point of orientation homogenous historichomogenous character houses - these are reserved mainly for a mainly are reserved houses - these the river following of the Rive valley foreground. narrowand lanes Intimate scale with An urban character within a within An urban character terraced rows, on occasion rows, terraced running in sh into theLong descents terminate village at points and picturesque groupings The a prominent land is tower church and packhorse routes, steps, ginnels a strong, unified and and unified a strong, is dense,Development built largely road an and importantvillage •

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HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 4 very strong. Thevery Pl. 1 Steeple End Fold - flooded y through Little y w and Saddleworthw in 1931 in 1931 ▲ at 633 metres above which in a stretch parts of the conservation tively sheltered position tively sheltered h and, fed by springs andh and, fed by Sett downstream of the Park. There small is a nder Downfall, one of the gh Peak Boroughand Council further to the north, the & the landscape is he village, to over 600 ahe village, metres within Clough, works its wa Clough, works the Peak District, ngs arising at the the Pennine Hills, yshire through Bleaklo strict National Park and indeed a high and industrial les north. The due is Mills town of New andmarks a gritstone rocky are Kinder Low, on lies outside the area boundary. eak point on KinderDistrict. The highest to rivers. Like a giant clough sides, has rity of the run-off rainwater Hayfield. The construction meet at Bowden Bridge, meet at Bowden 1

rainwater. This landform, landform, Thisrainwater. the tributaries and rivers forthe tributaries and rivers w can be seen from clearly w over the centuries over had a very has to a certain r Sett which de Stream runs to the sout he River Sett & diverted he River at Hayfield Bridge. It was a network of watercourses a network here they become the River River the become they here tributary enters the River for the mills hough there was a dramatic flash located within thelocated within National Kinder plateau. Slightly Kinder plateau. Slightly Kinder Scout and enjoys a rela Kinder Scout and enjoys e administrative areae administrative of Hi peat is over-saturated it is prone to the east of the village, and Ki from 180 metres, in t the 1900s enabled the controlled ous flushes and spri bog landscape of KinderScout is d again in 1968. stone and shale on stone and shale LOCATION & CONTEXT & LOCATION by Foxholes Clough,by meets t proportion of the parishproportion of the is Road and on Glossop House Lanesection of the village Swallow the within National Park although the conservati The lies within th village mi are in Glossop, five the main offices to the west.situated three miles is located Hayfield at the southern end of band of moorland northwards from Derb The l most famous local natural Moor. is one hills in of the highest outcrop which lies to which sea level, although the relationship the between village and Topography Location lies on theHayfield edge Di of the Peak relatively short distance. relatively The undulating peat dissectedextensively a network of deep by drainage channels or “peat groughs”, feedrunning across the plateau into which small rocky in turn feed in clough heads, which sponge, the peat soaks up the the numer along with junctions of grit a source of water provided processes along the routes of generations. When the dramatic flash floods and this damaging effect on the of village in of Kinder reservoir into release of water the Rive reduced the risk,extent alt flood in 1931 an The Sett Kinder and River River kilometre east of Hayfield, w takeSett. Together the majo they side offrom the west the most dramatic waterfalls within the P within most dramatic waterfalls Scout moor is 636. Kinder Lo area. lies in the leeHayfield of land rises dramatically meets Swallow Clough, which Hollinworth and eventuallyHayfield this village of Hayfield.The Phosi HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 5 llstone Grit is e Hayfield by-pass e Hayfield y from the “Peak y ding areas provided the paper mills up ese have given rise to lding and tilting towards on that formed the cky tors, often punctuatecky end of Steeple End Fold,end of Steeple Grit series of the ndscape and built to supply ve the is one of ve village, much of its character to the ng the early nineteenthng the early ield, and later the during gritstone of the Mi by these rivers compressedby through these rivers creating mudflats and low lying sand the largest employers. ng place, a land mass to the north tas sediments ofcarrying fine silt, eau which define the Open Moors”. farms of the surroun wool to support thewool local of economy siltstones Dark and sandstones of the mmuter village for people in working mmuter village ss of sedimentati yfield and Little Hayfield, and yfield Kinder and to shops, pubs and small businesses. The s and the creation of th largest major employer,paper mill the oors dissected by narrow rocky cloughsoors dissected by y hasy been taken largel links the different between areas were were built to supply water to the nder and Wood and Mill heffield and the urban conurbations in from the Millstone Swallowhouse Lane, closed in 2010. been used for water catchment with the catchment with water for been used was shifting: was uplifting, fo fter shales and together th ape Strategy & Action Plan 2009”;ape Strategy he last census 2001 was in 2,852. stone outcrops, creating ro The duri major employer the George Hotelthe George the and at at Clough Mill, at Clough Mill, Little Hayf uction of the Hayfield by-pass in 1978-79. by-pass Hayfield of the uction Short cated within the moorland la cated within ments. Kinder Reservoir, abo ments. Kinder Reservoir, nd its tributaries were is an extensive area that owes ld from Hayfield. Hayfield. ld from Dark Peak these extensive areasthese extensive of upland plat “The as Millstone Grit. ThePeak, known hard Grit and broader valleys. sedimentation to create the shales, underlying coarseunderlying sandstones Carboniferous period. As the proce taki limestones of the White Peak was Caledonia in(now Scotland) and del the south. This rivers created seapebbles and sand into the shallow deposited was banks. The that material bedsinterspersed with so of topography of high m a distinctive

removed the lossremoved with of these industrie a co The has now become largely village century was the cotton century was mill the and down a valley century the economic In the twentieth Hayfie Little severed Glossop, Manchester, Stockport & S between. is limited the village within Employment last of the industrial processes and the Mill, as Slack’s of at the end known Geology The description following of the geolog District National Park – Landsc spinning and weaving wool. the raw materials from sheep farming for the raw the calico printing at Ki century works before re-emerging underbefore re-emerging Mill. Grotto Peak have of the Dark The valleys that several reservoirs construction of settlesurrounding urban reservoirs small several lo to the Manchesterwater conurbation. Economic Context The at t of Hayfield population the economic of Ha fortunes Historically completely entwined. ThePhoside were culverted during the culverted constr sections are visible behind are visible sections HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 6 e village with with e village he more rolling he more the north. By thethe north. By the 1970s, as these the 1870s & 1880s. of the bridge, the focal as there was increased as there was of the turnpike, although ll of plots around the r a short section along the and spread out along opment changed as longopment changed as h of New Mills Road andh of New Mills r lying areas intocut the nal weir downstream of the downstream nal weir onnecting the road with . The roads ran along main ound the churchyard, awith et and Highgate Road and nk and Glossop Road does he valley, he valley, Valley Road and elopment dominate the now teenth century. illage, where there more was on of turnpikes changed the and there is documentary so referred to as Mountain Mine, to Mountain Mine, so referred to as Road, connecting th then pass beneath t then pass Hayfield although Hayfield none in the parish, hange in the geology, the riverhange in the geology, where nd the corn mill on more established, although there was ng the village ng the village with Little Hayfield. During and upward. the 1920s and rn continued up until rbedded grey shales, siltstones shales, rbedded and grey with many freehold owners and no single many with village was so densely was that thevillage developed and comprehensive, andwith comprehensive, This no clusters. of coal ironstone.” and ound the river crossing where a ford or 1829 and recorded in und at Shude Hill developed on the higher ground above the approaches into the village. es until the nine whouse in Mills Road grew Lane and New that extend from the west towards the lower towards fromthat extend west the ury the patternury of devel the River Sett, downstream the River Sett, downstream there was considerable infi considerable there was ominence until the creation particularly betweenWhaley particularly Glossop and Bridge. ossed the river. The origi ossed the river. the lower routes into t the lower ttlement had clusteredar The settlement continued fo nder Road, an important c te a strong north-south li of the Dark Peak has Dark of the lowe y the plan formy changed again, and Kinder Road, to the sout local outcrops of local outcrops coal lt on the outskirts of the v nucleated form of settlement and the long ribbons of dev Road and along Church Stre ghteenth century, the introducti Western Fringe Western Lancashire Coal MeasuresLancashire the Dark Peak slopes of The inte consist of Coal Measures sandstones with occasional beds underlying, softer shales.underlying, These beds “The Spring Vale Road, seem to have becomeSpring Vale Road, seem to have little development alongthese rout At the end of the ei status of certain roads and Swallo importance. Throughout the nineteenth cent terraces started to be bui Form Plan developed ar The originally settlement bridge cr a medieval possibly bridge seems to have been located on a c created a natural waterfall. northern and southern banks of point being the church on the south side a century,seventeenth the se gro farms scattered on the higher few Kinder Road, creating a ofupland community Highgate Kinder, and Phoside to the south. Historic maps do not indica pr hadnot appear to have any connecti been trackways there must have village, all along Kinder is sporadic the pattern of development reflected the pattern of landownership, large landowner. At this time the north of Birch Vale,the north of Birch in established During the eighteenth century 1930s a number of cul-de-sacs were Street / Shudehill Market evidence of coal miningevidence around in the area including one colliery, Colliery al Aspenshaw the higher ground, along Ki plan form and characterise many of During the twentieth centur demand for housing. The centre of the place for development outward only was north of Swallowhouse Lane. This patte available buildingavailable land, Thisrise gave geology to HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 7 Saved scheduled character for the ish Heritage, which e heritage asset and setting and are an ition of Woodition the in Mill further details. In the lustrated on Figure 1. gnificance. In considering ervation areas as heritage using development in theusing development boundary, the majority of icy on conservationicy areas. l planning authorities should applications for development Its contextual landscape Its contextual oad and rail, it also has a e Conservation Area. The Area. The e Conservation erging Local Development own Landscapeown Character idering new development. Policies 17 to 25, on set out the landscape otection of conservation areas and the part of its wider part of its wider ide, written by Englide, written Peak Joint Core Strategy, (Derbyshire County County 2003) andCouncil, (Derbyshire nservation area in area nservation 1972. There two were tion Plan, Peak District National Park, the significance of th types of “Open Moors”, “Moorland Fringe”types “Moorland of “Open Moors”, – Planning for the Historic Environment is ervation the areas are found within he Dark Peak, Character Area 51 and the an industrial association and urban 1976 and 1994. There in no detailed were current in 2011 is il March e. PPS5 describes cons outside the National Park ibe the character of th and consolidated. The demol buildings within Hayfield, which are illustrated on are illustrated which buildings within Hayfield, vironment. Seevironment. Appendix 3 for thin the National Park. has also produced its he opportunitylarge ho for a anning authorities assess the and to seek to identify Adopted HighAdopted Plan Peak Local 2008. nservation areas, so that is and future generations.” ich defines government pol ontext includes16, Policies 12 and on the Conservation on any heritage asset, loca heritage asset, on any Open Environment, and consideration when cons an informed understanding of si formulated through the em communication networks of r communication networks thin a landscape character called “Settled Valley type of the Derbyshire Dales and High “the impact of a proposal take into account the particular nature of that it the value holds for th Landscape Character Assessment Although Hayfield village lies the parish of Hayfield lies wi character is an important 2009 are complementary documents, which area around Hayfield. t It falls within settlement itself lies wi Peak District Landscape Strategy and Ac Peak District Landscape Strategy Framework, Framework, for adoption in 2012. StatementPlanning 5 (PPS5) Policy the principal document, wh There Practice Gu a supplementary is also more detailedprovides guidanc assets and requires local pl particular significance of co can be judged based on The Landscape Character of Derbyshire', and “Enclosed Moorland”, form all of which Local Plan Policies The c local planning policy and Enhancement of the and pr future, policies for the enhancement be will built environment itscharacteristics with the landscape strong link with character Pastures”. Although Hayfield has conservation area boundary as There are a number of listed Figure 1. and listed in 1 Appendix Context Policy Planning The cons covering main local policies of the Built En Conservation important consideration. High Peak Borough Council twentieth century twentieth t provided bottom.valley DesignationsStatutory The designated was core of Hayfield a co tofurther extensions in this core, to descr statements prepared areas were further developed further were areas HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 8 beingGreen Belts High Peak Saved High Peak Saved the landscape should be prevent urban sprawl byprevent sprawl urban in the definition of Green some detailsome development including landGreen Belts: in and provides guidance on how See Appendix 3 for detailed thin the green Hazlehurst, belt; portant attribute of portant attribute the recreation ground. These are l character towns. of historic from further encroachment ap Figure 10 in the 1. Policy ent. Thisent. in sets out identity of settlementsidentity ion of nearby urbanion of nearby areas of Green Belt policy is to of Green Belt policy on a permanent basis five principal purposes of five otection and enhancementotection of pe around Hayfield falls with rial planning considerationrial planning ently open, the open, most im ently the conservation area fall wi the conservation deals with Green Belt deals with policy. to safeguard the countryside to safeguard the countryside to maintain the separate to assist in the regenerat the settingto preserve specia and to restrict urban sprawl to restrict urban

• • • • • measures to ensure themeasures pr as part of proposalsincluded development. for new Green Belt the landscaA large part of of Belt. Certain parts riverRockhall and the beyond meadows designationsillustrated on the m Local Plan Policies keeping land perman Theretheir openness. are

principles. Thisprinciples. a mate is policies. The aim fundamental Supplementary PlanningSupplementary Docum

HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 9 ” r but tend to be type trees and type ark Peak – Settled neath the fabric of the moors above, tributary, dominatetributary, nge landscapes is nge landscapes high points around the the southern end of the which have which been flooded Dark Peak to the east and rming on the slopes. lower thin the National Park. The their backs. andWithin the valley of similar characte of similar ges, that drop away to lower lying toges, that drop away lower tensive plateau upland steep with w lying the conservation fields within w r type definedr type as “D ately planted parklandately azing, later development for stock nt was influenced bynt was ssessment¹ describes the Dark Peak as; the Dark Peak describes ssessment¹ n and Western Fri and the Phoside, a ndary and these beyond walls extend the ansition to other landscape ansition to other character In long views from Inviews long am are culverted under buildings and at trees and follow some hedgerows the gritstone uplands at lying and deep valleys, some of and deep valleys, some to the upland moors of the e east of Hayfield falls wi teenth century, with pasture fa setting of the village.

a sparsely settled area of a sparsely settled “ Pennine Hills. The area comprises an ex area comprises Pennine Hills. The ed rocky with sometimes gritstone slopes, cloughsslopes, wooded gradual; these more much are landscapes settled intensively more lying, and more lower than managed the Dark Peak enclosed farmlandwith rather than open predominatingmoorland areas such as the Darkareas such as Peak Easter to create large reservoirs. ….. the tr to create large SETTING the village and emerge the village between along the tributaries of the river, and watercourses a combination of deliber ¹ Peak District Landscape Strategy and Action Plan, Peak District NationalPark, 2009 the village. Sections the village. of the Phoside stre Most of the land massMost to th predominatelyland was used for sheep gr rearing during the nine The fields are separated by drystone bou of springs,area. A network Sett the River village upwards and of the separate many lo which give and brooks. rise to thewhich rivers there are clearvalley views these form part of the The A Character District Landscape Peak

falls theHayfield within landscape characte developme Pastures”. Its form and Valley HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 10 side roads within of the 360 metres. The undulating, he huddled dense development around Hayfieldaround the surround he green fields and pasture on thehe green fields the landscape. Local quarry faces Local quarry the landscape. stinct line where enclosed farmland stinct line where ve way to rolling heatherve way moorland with many viewsmany buildings. of the The views within the valley bottom. the valley within views ry of the village and on the namic contrast t with he village, rising to around rising to he village, hese areas were both hese areas were Kinder Road, Valley the rolling, treelessthe rolling, hills the centre of Hayfield om the by-pass. The ge, spoil heaps from an old quarry behind fromge, spoil heaps old quarry an Glossop Road connected, so it is ll be an impact on their by the by-pass the by-pass by and its and Station Road have tion area but more lement providing shelter.lement providing T cricket ground. onservation area onservation also character and setting fr from within main views unaffectedare largely presence is largely unnoticed although views Road from New Mills affected.been radically inevitable that thereinevitable wi immediate hills encircle t hills encircle immediate createsstark landscape a dy sett and enfolds the the village, most cases, gi in slopes above and scarps and there is agritstone edges di moorland.changes to open To of the villa the north appear as strange amorphous moundsnow in on the periphe are also evident Rockhall is the most Quarry the Sett valley. fromprominent in views Road and from the The setting of the c Thisincorporates the Hayfield by-pass. between the two intrudes into a few views limbs of the conserva into the legibility of the particularly village and pedestrian movement. T and visually historically village and form a village and to dramatic backdrop the From within village, smaller self-set trees soften many many soften trees self-set smaller HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

² 1640 map “Thomas Hibbert and Samuel Barton – Survey of the Wastes and 11 Commons of the Constablery of Bowden Middlecale”, PRO Kew – ref. MR 1/10 nt. The original nt. The original t from as early al times the area leased parcels of

alisation. Much of thealisation. Much village was a chapelry in a chapelry was village the around, butvalley the larger upland farms. of Hayfield comes from a were severe penalties for severe were out from Forest the Royal recorded with two one of the field names at ancke”). However, the firstancke”). However, t on the site of the present y of Lancastery estate² and unning east to in andwest a stagingyfield was post on The pastoral landscape hurch was in 1420hurch was (Cox, Land which hadLand which part of the been precise route unknown. is across the Pennines. ll developed settlemell developed and developed at leas d (1330). In mediev le, to the north of Gamesley, and noof Gamesley, le, to the north Glossop, to Buxton. This according to ThisGlossop, to Buxton. according to Kinder Low, to the Kinder Low, east of Hayfield , due to the harsh climate., due to the harsh the However rt agreements of private before the Lancaster and they re found around Hayfield and across the century and it is century ok (1086) as Hedfelt - the Saxon lordok as Hedfelt - the Saxon (1086) trative areas, known as trative hamlets: Kinder, has been found. There also a Roman was Scout, the land was exposed Scout, the land boggy and to the Dark Peak have been used for human there is evidencehabitation, of the needsof humans since prehistoric times. mmon here prior to industri Forest of the Peak. There itish farmsteads scattered in itish farmsteads s of land may have been lets of land may have mited to a privileged few. where haywhere was obtained. The enabling the development of church in the centre of Hayfield as the church in the centre basesof Hayfield of the out of the Peak District. Ha the packhorse route evidence The earliest pictorial map of 1640 from the Duch this illustrates a we recorded evidence of a c Dark Peak running to sources and pastures, water quarries. Some are relic trade and commerce routes the moors, generally r over chapel attached to the in Glossop may main church been located athave Kinder ( Kinder in 1640 “Capellwas B 1876³). This buil church was land. The name “Hedfelt” derives from land. The Anglo Saxon name “Hedfelt” derives ttle Hayfield, althoughttle Hayfield, its created within the created within forest). ehistory to the present.ehistory ORIGINS & DEVELOPMENTORIGINS HAYFIELD OF recorded was in Domesday Bo Hayfield Aelmer held 4 bovates of meaning heathy open land the parish of Glossop the fourteenth by (1307)names – Hayfeld and Magna Hayfel part of the Royalwas Hunting li poaching and access was Forest descended of to the Duchy Royal co Dispersed farmsteads were Development Early The relatively unsettled Peak is now Dark landscape has been landscape has managed for moors, such as Kinder On the western Great Hamlet and Phoside. Tracks are also and braided hollow-ways and whilst there is no for and whilst evidence such as the barrow atprehistoric barrows, village. The deep cut in which valleys later pr agriculture from Cast There at Melandra a Roman fort was Romano-Brdoubt there were for theselittle archaeological evidence road running from the near fort, Melandra tradition runs close to Li running above the floor enclosedvalley was period.as the medieval Unit and assarted (clearings agreements,land in private enclosed as pa land around Hayfield was eighteenth century. divided into three adminis was Hayfield HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

³ Cox, “Notes on Churches in Derbyshire (1876)” 12 idge crossing the important route. important on at that time ason at that time ly the age of thely these maps has t at the crossing crossing the t at s a substantial settlement in Hayfield, can very few was notwas it a bridge chapel, e the arterial routes main scaled sketches have been scaled sketches have mmon feature in large towns on that was occasionally that was on herefore nucleated, but not historically me historically its church and a br for the location of the church new rate more accurate he river, was also an also he river, was literally built into the bridge, were literally century church. The location of a lopment of Hayfield is based on “map lopment of Hayfield th maps. Information from Middlecale”, PRO Kew – ref. MR 1/10 MR 1/10 ref. – Middlecale”, PRO Kew 1640 map and its descripti 1640 map “Thomas Wastes BartonHibbert and Samuel “Thomas Survey – of the of travellers, thanks give who would for safe arrival approximate direction of north north of approximate direction area, are included in Appendix 2. ll. Of the standing buildings fficult journey. Although this the river and in the river a locati the heart of the village, wher the heart of the village, ent OS map and schematic venteenth century but there wa ng point of a river was a co ng point of a river was plan form of the village is t plan form of the village he neighbouring hillsides from the 1640 map. date from the late 14 Century 1640 map of Bowden Middlecale Bowden 1640 map of th - Pl. 2 here by that time, as indicated by the here by that time, The Kindera Towne. tracked t Road, which river, and probably a corn mi be directly dated to the se SeventeenthBy 1640 the village establishedwas well with Century Phase Map columns in the crypt columns in the crypt church close to the crossi ▲ in the late medieval period. Bridge chapels, created for the spiritual needs long after a in a town and di flooded. The church lies in that descended from t onto thebeen overlaid curr produced. Detailed phase illust plans, which buildings in the conservation The 17 may have been may a closely connected reason it stands, so closewhere to The point of the river. planned. This is clear The analysis following of the phased deve regression”, the comparison of historic and Commons of the of Bowden Constablery HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 13

ing slate ent is typical of idge. The remains idge. The remains was recorded in was rge areas of landrge areas ed for roof “green” at the southern“green” ze of property andze of property et - 1829, Hayfield Moor – Moor et - 1829, Hayfield supported farming sheep l properties for this date, e propertiesin Great llstones and grindstones, common land at Foesyde land common nt farmers were able tont farmers were re 28 separate properties making. These a pre- were In 1849 there were several were In 1849 there ter known Station Road, as op Lane, op Lane, descendedwhich and (i.e. and (i.e. outthe Royal of “Cutler’s Green” the edge of a settlem e parish were relatively late (Commons out where they met the they land.met common out where e were two properties with five hearths two properties five with e were gritstone was quarri gritstone was the road to Bowden Brthe map of 1640 records la map of ent space from woodland around theent space from w thew plateau at Kinder Cluther Rocks and sleyan School which now which School encloses thesleyan ng eked out by small-scaleng farming was eked out by lie scattered in abandoned quarries on the an increase in the si settlement suggests that suggests settlement thewas village oads. The indicates a map ken out of theken out l king’s ting this with and spinning weaving quarrying and by of Kinder Print Works.of Kinder Print ed for scythe and sickle e Road, where it met the e Road, where it met me. The upland landscape Phosyde Hamlet there we ssments identify 34 separat identified includeidentified T Ridge of the cutlery trade. clearing suffici e having 3 hearths, 3 e having substantia gritstone for building stone, mi the church along what was la was what church along the and Phoside – 1829, Great Haml scale cattle rearing and independe century, later century, the site th Hamlet, with four of thesHamlet, with Broad Clough. The Asse 1662 Hearth Tax Like many upland communities,Like many the livi supplemented by other inco and on a domestic a living by supplemenprovide freestone and millstones. The more fissile and finishedof half-worked millstones terrain of the rocky western slopes belo 2 hearths.and eight with In Land – 1809, Ollersett and the larger blocks of regionally produc which were cursor to the development the 16 Wheel”fields named “Cutler’s located off and in Kinder there 1670 ther 14. By were four hearths,with and two illustrating wealth. The th Enclosure Acts within four separate more or less directly or less more to “green”. Other routes which can which routes Other be In 1814 the space In 1814 the space Wewas filled by the and a short section ofand a short Road. The Valley been enclosedthat had and ta Forest). of the Theform dispersed a resultestablished as of settlements, fanned roads medieval where common land which land which edged the r common end of the village on end of the village Highgat (Phoside) Common. of “green” This type on HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 14

Farm and Fox ure of parcels of ure of parcels century, before. if not Bank Bank. and Elle which By growing. were built to to provide access included Hayfield Hayfield Moor, included independent farming, the , even in a rudimentary Thisfinancial independence e Shude Hill earlier. Of the 51 farms village. By the end of the nesses during the Industrial d have beend have scattered throughout new streets were built streets new to improvewere ing land that was not enclosed by the not that ing land was enclosed by bers of freeholders. By the time of the bers of freeholders. By built to provide housing or weavers for e landowners, most most ownede landowners, of whom closure of the moors and waste. Two closure of the moors and waste. e east, and the enclose east, dispersed and taken out of the Forest. dispersed and 2,400 acres of pasture, 2,400 acres of acres of 701 land had which area already largely been more remote generally located remote more on the mmunity mmunity of its compact size. ng settlements and towns, ng settlements and towns, ury there were a large number of houses within theury there were a large number of houses within had origins in the seventeenth allocated piecemeal.allocated This ses and other buildings. business. Some roads were business. Some roads were r and with a longr and with of history entury origin or possibly hed in the centre of the number of distinct busi dent in the village itself ar medieval open fieldmedieval system road approaching Kinder – Kinder 1851 woul Census, the majority century th identified in the identified in the the parish. The 1849 Titheover records and only 135meadow acres of arable land. The corn mill probably village land along the side ofland along the There of a is no evidence c Hall, both of seventeenth neighbouri with communication the end of the eighteenth cent of being purpose-village, many which were unusual was Revolution for a co EighteenthThe outwards and village continued to grow Century Phase Map those involved in the textile enclosed by private by enclosed agreement. The remain the to th lying the landmass above village and scattered were ghosted form. Farms The 18 that had developedfarms following late en establis were mills woollen Without a Lord of the Mano characterisedcommunity by large was num Tithe of 1849 94 separatthere were Award the freehold of property, hou and the development of a 1840). This was symptomatic of an up of an symptomatic This1840). was early nineteenthearly century was The distinct farms evi only eighteenth century cotton mills were tributaries of the river. HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 15 did not, nor did did not, nor did ght of the junction Highgate Road. ger than Glossop atger than Glossop the Road from the rple Bridge in the said h century there was (revised in 1791) tly, therefore,tly, levied a length, just beyond length,Birch just beyond ed in the of Tithe Award eyan Methodist church in church Methodist eyan Bridge in the County ofBridge in the County croachments on the roadside. house was house was located at the (Shudehill) and controlled access north to Glossop of Philip www.picturethepast. Griffin and ted but Chapel Roadted but Chapel Road) stood to the ri century buildings century spreadwere evenly Bridge left the village at Swallowhouse were steadily improvedwere through turnpike main road north to Littlemain road north and Hayfield by C18 standards, lar by h now Swallowhouse the river, side of es for development arose through the Hayfield School Grammar in erected rez Burdett in 1767 e end eighteent of the epairing and improving 1880. Its sister toll Spinnerbottom. They join the Village of Hayfield to Ma the Village of Hayfield took a ribbon the form following different routes out ad only existedad only for a short llhouse and tollbar (record to or near to Enterclough Road, Market Road, Market Street he establishment of a Weslhe establishment a of and. Most of theseand. Most en were Church Street,Hayfield circa 1900 (courtesy - Pl. 3 ▲ The development of the village that time. This map records that by th that by that time. This records map to theone major route on the nort west, RoadLane, Highgate and Kinder Road exis in any Road formalisedValley The way. Glossop existed. New Ro Mills alongof the village, Kinder The shows how the eighteenth Phase Map out all along these routes as opportuniti piecemeal acquisition of l The the larger settlements roads between acts. In 1792 there for r was “An Act Town of Chapel en le Frith and also the Road from Derby; This to County”. route from Hayfield Marple Lane).Lane (then Miry The to 1849 as owned by the Trustees of Glossop Laneof Glossop Road and Swallowhouse and Road. It had been demolished by junction near The Inn at Grouse Jumble Lane in 1719Jumble and t 1782. The Peter Pe map produced by county asillustrates Hayfield settlement a large Hall. Its independence is is Its independence by the first marked org.uk) org.uk) HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

4 New Mills History Notes 7, R. M. Bryant 6 Lancashire Record Office QJB/48/26 5 John Aikin, “Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty 7 John Rylands Library – Manchester 16 RYCH/2826, Nov. 8, 1796 . The 1781 y after the arrival 5 was a flurry ofwas is junction, with is junction, with p Road. During the though it bears that by the end of the these and the historic ctory for cotton spinning, from the Highgate south; oughout the nineteenth complex industrial sites at ing Hayfield. It was ining Hayfield. It was r by ther by of the expiry rraced houses increased rraced houses ault of four were whom rraces of workers housingrraces of workers rith, Chinley and Glossoprith, Chinley ey Road, Rockhall, Spring probablywas at this time that Pl. 4 Church Street and the Bridge at Hayfield e, in 1783. There (courtesy of Derbyshire Local Studies Library and and StudiesLibraryLocal (courtesy of Derbyshire www.pitcurethepast.org.uk) ▲ on the corner of th on the corner of in the 1870s, shortl th “infill” thr th “infill” consolidation of the frontages along a cotton spinner and two worked with worked and two a cotton spinner der Road and Glosso model the Arkwright the water and ment of the village tollhouse al in 1849, of chapels and educational buildings other cotton mills fell out of use. Road of was the oldest as employing mainly “clothiers” s that are Glossop and to Marple Bridge. to Marple and Glossop the creation of the manufa o roads enteringo roads Hayfield a slight deviation on enter inting industry established ine, the water-fram h century the of te number en men indicted for an ass enth century a number of te ators, encouraged in particula Print Works, upstream. w Mills Road, Kin w veloped areas included Vall ll at Little Hayfield, road between Chapel-en-le-F this century and a 1780s. One of these odel, although it is . Calico printing was 6 e cotton mill e century. It had r and a fustian weaver.r and a fustian sted as a cotton two cotton mills were two cotton mills were

. at the and it end of the 18th century 7 4 Century th century. By the mid ninetecentury. By the mid had been built along Ne second half of the nineteent reaching a peak of developmentdramatically, de Newly of the railway. Vale Road, Cote Lane, and Vicarage Lane a number Mills Road. ThereNew were constructed and the calico pr Wood Mill and at Kinder recorded were probably too small to haverecorded were adopted Arkwright’s m that the first likely established during the the mill at Old Phoside.was li Edmund Hill was manufacturer in 1794 activity as entrepreneurs quickly adopted as entrepreneurs quickly activity th At Hayfield, frame. nineteenth century. The village developed wi Nineteenth overleaf illustratesThe map the develop Century Phase Map a cotton Clough Mill, mi 1830 established by was but when it was probably It first erected is not known. was around the turn of th and this power loom weaving developed led to its success, where ultimately The 19 also established during of Robert Royle of Hayfield, calicowarrant issued toWilliamprinter, was and John Lyon Jones in 1796 success in Richard Arkwright’s TheTithe tw 1849 shows map created as Chapel Road was by 1829. Theexistence stands building which its faceted walls, not recorded as a was name. 1795 the By village was recorded cotton manufacturers one (weavers) was dresse linen - a flax prompted a stream of imit patent for his spinning mach toll on all traffic which all traffic toll on to passed Road and Chapel Road.Road and Highgate the south. Theroute to turnpiked was listed sev Quarter Sessions HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

8 “General View of the Agriculture of Derbyshire with

Observations on the means of Its Improvement”, John Farey 1817 17 9 R Christian, Derbyshire Life June 1985 . He 8 . A flood 9 of each cottage level still level visible he availability of ahe availability of the century by of the century in 1838. At the same the beginning of the he earlier tower was tower he earlier Spinner-bottom, d off the a short road via wool spinning and and muslin, which both of 801, had grown by almost a801, had grown “ARNFIELD Jos. dealer in -mill, EYRE & CROWTHER, -mill, EYRE & CROWTHER, ng along the east side of the eaching cottonhouse, two chaeological Significance). that the ground floor ildings, the original d over the course d over buildings in the vicinity adapted.were Sett. At the River flowing streams and t & Salford (1824-5) lists a number of and this was rebuilt and this was pment of a number of mills and industries rinter, Garrison & uction row of a new of shops “Bridge End er mill. er mill. t in 1818, although t previous eighteenth rowprevious century of d a in 1891 of 2,956.peak sses within the textileindustry, thesses within his Description in 1817 of Derbyshire shop-keeper, Aaron, cotton- SHEPLEY s were cotton and s were rate ecclesiastical parish in 1837 792 at the census of 1 professions in Hayfield; nd weaving of both calico he first floor was approache he first floor was seph, cotton-spinner, Ned oollen cloth factory, a bl Street the buildings runni milling (see page 24 Ar tton, and a pap nineteenth century the main industrie the River Sett the bridge over destroyed Aaron, cotton-spinner & RANGELEY thousand by thousand by 1851 (1,757) reache and The mechanisation of industrial proce of a reliableavailability supply, fast water large local labour force to the develo led and Hayfield alongwithin the tributaries of displace but theseweaving were eventually calico printing and paper in Farey recorded by The was village spinning mills, a dyehouse a raised of and a number time the road was as BearThe adapted known Pitts was row so became the basement and t flight of steps. At Church also adaptedstreet were the constr with from the river bank. for Manchester Pigot & Dean's Directory based businessestextile and BOWDEN Jo cotton-waste, manufs. OLDHAM Thos.wollen calico-p The only population which was Buildings” by GeorgeBuildings” by The Rowbottom. recorded a fulling mill, a w of made entirely were co rebuil largely Church was St. Matthew’s becameretained. Hayfield a sepa amalgamatedbuildings were into the new bu HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

(reproduced by kind permission of Derbyshire Record Office D2426a pi/22/2) 18 for street lighting ories, and one forories, and one erected by public by erected site now partially undersite now STEEL Thos. silk & Son, ted on the map of Historic et is fixed within theet is fixed within “It is a populous “It is a populous the 1950s. A number of cast ngs although it is not recorded NTON, & Co. RIDGEWAY, ed. It supplied gas e cotton spinning fact e cotton spinning Sabbath School was was School Sabbath ) at Little Hayfield was owned by John by was owned ) at Little Hayfield re states that Messrs Hibbert and Alcock. -bleacher, Spinner-bottom.” High tic and industrial use and established was K Robt. tanner, Bank-vale, Bank-vale, tanner, K Robt. , near ‘Ridge Top Lane’, the Clough Mill ng. These illustra are mostly The tabl original foundation nufs. Bank-vale, THOR lists eleven industrial buildi lists eleven rvive in the village. in the rvive ass. The Gas Worksass. The Gas closed in Pl. 5 - 1849 Tithe Map of Hayfield of Hayfield Tithe Map Pl. 5 - 1849 whether they were all worki were they whether Mill Sites (Plate 6). Water ( 1. Rough Mill Cotton and Thomas Slack and occupied by ▲ in the village as in the village well as for domes alongside the Phoside stream spinner & shop-keeper,spinner SLAC In 1858, the Hayfield Gas Company was form was In 1858, the Hayfield Gas Company & cotton-spinner, and& cotton-spinner, ma subscription (demolished). churchyard wall. of Derbyshi The 1835 Pigot’s Directory the route of the by-p iron gaslight posts su TheTithe 1849 Award cotton-spinners, YATES John, yarn YATES cotton-spinners, HayfieldIn 1830 Town's and Church Day larg several district, having manufacturing goods.”woollen HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 19 around, including George Junior. Eyre en in front Village of the (paper mill, circa 1819), 1819), mill, circa (paper age, garden and a cowhouse.age, garden and on the south to the river, bank of Paper Mills. The closed inPaper Mills. mill was Rag MillRag of the properties of the properties of fulling. There was a nearby warehouseof a nearby fulling. There was as Walk probably because Mill, of the and was occupied by by occupied and was the site of the public gard the site of the llpond had been demolished by 1880.llpond had been demolished by he village hall), a house, cott he village in the centre of Hayfield lay the centre of Hayfield lay in Woollen Mill Woollen Pl. 6 - Historic Mill Sites overlaid onto 2010 OS map Pl. 6 2010 OS map overlaid- Historic onto Mill Sites ▲ Clough Mill and a mill pond or “lodge”and a mill pond (now which by 1880 1880 by which was known as Swallowhouse 1938. demolished1910 and by 3. The the standing of the west Mill, Grotto times This also known at various was clothpractice of treading process in the Senior a number owned Hall). George Eyre site ofoffices (on the t The mi mill with its woollen 2. John Slack also owned also Slack 2. John occupied and the HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

10 “Hayfield in 1851. A Derbyshire Textile Village as seen Through the 1851 Census”, 20 University of Manchester, Department of Extra-Mural Studies WEA, 1972 Primrose Bottom, Bottom, Primrose the conservation the conservation

owned and occupied owned

” (demolished by 1880), by ” (demolished Second edition Ordnance Survey editionOrdnance Survey Second was probably a cotton mill. was probably , althoughthe present onstruction (2011). and occupied George by 10 eighteenth century footings.eighteenth century ). This established in was rds as a woollen mill and the churchyard, was probably churchyard, the was the 1820s. It was known as a It was the 1820s. Pl. 8 r making bedcoverings and ▲ Cotton Mill xholes Clough, near Phoesdie within the builder’s behind within yard le, below Cloughle, below owned and Mill, or cotton or cotton andwaste to spun it was adjacent field name is up the valley (outside stry during the secondstry of the half Old Corn Mill or cotton waste were simply loosely simply waste or cotton were y this was used for the this y & of candles was wicks tom were recorded (1849)tom a Bleachworks were map 1898 modern house under c side of the river of the side to close rca 1787 as a mill woollen in 1851, worked by Howa in 1851, by worked ssibly 1830s, rebuilt on the mill historically known as “Primrose Mill”. mill historically Phoside stream, was owned was Phoside stream, the material found use fo mill was unrecorded although it unrecorded mill was the river was the “ was the river was also recorded (Wood was Mill as both Ned Mill and New and in Ned Mill as both Mill , which was located on the Fo was , which . Most of this mill still survives was also recorded at Bank also was Va ” in 1849 and was occupied was and John Bowden by ” in 1849 and Isaac Redfern and Entry Mill Entry Paper Mill Pl. 7 - First edition Ordnance Survey map Survey map Pl. 7 - First edition Ordnance Foxholes Mill Wood Print Works Bump Mill (1898) (1898) called Steeple End Fold. Calico printing became the dominant indu nineteenth century mill further with a rival ▲ the mill referred to the mill “ flax Peter by Mashiter. was “Bump” owned The yarn. fibres of flax make candlewick together totwisted make threads. Initiall later oil lamps but much It openedcoarse sheets. ci 6. 1810 A 9. John andoccupied by Thomas Slack. An probably the so this was 10 & 11. Outside Hayfield at Spinnerbot and a Block Works. recorded Another Mill was building is much later,building is much po side of 5. On the north is now near thewhich site of a into the fed which Moor, Fearn. The use of this on the Phoside, was a 7. Further downstream, Aaron Rangeley.by 8. 4. Grotto Mill, on the south the south on Mill, 4. Grotto HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 21 freeholders….Here s carried out on the 1938 edition Ordnance Survey map map Ordnance Survey 1938 edition of operation and a large Kinder Road and at Kinder Road and of the buildings were of the buildings were provide both a passenger onal school, and endowed, a was demolished circa 1908- demolished circa was Pl. 10 - Pl. 10 - and Whaley Bridge Railway,and ▲ e Sheffield and Midland were built around the village, often built around the village, were lord of the manor. There are cotton andlord of the manor. There opes. Small-scale quarrying is evident on is evident opes. Small-scale quarrying the gift of the resident 1966 but continued to carry passengers1966 but continued to carry Great Joint. It was Central and Midland et, Phoside and Kinder…The is a living rge scale wa quarrying yfield and as “a township chapelry, w Mills Road, along Road, along Mills w goods yard Trail the site of the is now Valley Sett

quarrying in scale grew in 1868. It was built to was finally closed. was Most is within 3 miles”. is within t works. The Stockport t works. Kinder Print Works. ThisKinder Print ent denominations, a Nati The run th line was by Pl. 9 - Third edition Ordnance Survey map SurveyPl. 9 - Third map Ordnance edition (1922) (1922) number of quarry workers terraced cottages number of quarry la workings. Relatively close to quarry demolished and the station and centre.car park and visitor During the nineteenth century high-level gritstone outcrops and scree sl Road.Rockhall, along Valley until January 5, 1970until January it when of thethe periphery village, off Ne reading room. The Duke of Devonshire is reading room. The of Devonshire Duke paper mills and calico prin in course of formation, now reached TheHayfield railway and a goods line.service Committee Railway, a subsidiary of the closed to goods traffic 1963 between to 1910. Directory of 1864Kelly’s describes Ha consisting of the hamlets of Great Haml £175,annualperpetual curacy, in value are three chapels of differ area) built in 1855, called ▲ HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 22 s to complete, Manchester House in the 1930s in Manchester House the 1930s , at the of the Kinderhead he cricket pitch and up the reet from the yard at the reet from the yard for a reservoir to supplyfor a reservoir ure were demolished to make way for the to make way for ure were demolished over nine year over There fragmentary are only (The Village Store) and (The Village er Reservoir passing theer Reservoir Road bottom of Spring passing Vale a separate railroad carved out from the water supply. This supply. water decision led to the selected Kinder as one of a number of arted to look a site for of the village of Hayfield ission of Derek Brumhead) ission of Brumhead) Derek ior to widening and demolition of ior to widening bridge, aroundof t the edge of No. 15 Church Street ran straight across Church St he present reservoir. It took the back of The George Inn). eft). Most of the buildings in the pict eft). Most of the buildings Pl. 13 - Market Street circa pr Pl. 11 - Station Road (l - Station11 Road Pl. ▲ (courtesy of Philip Griffin and www.picturethepast.org.uk) and www.picturethepast.org.uk) Griffin (courtesy of Philip by-pass. - the railroadright Kind 12 - Picture Pl. for (images reproduced kind perm with George Inn, past the flank steel a river via the crossed incline to the location of t remains of this railroad. It water to the town of Stockport. Theywater a miledevelopments, upstream because valley, of the of the reliability centre of the village (at unusual development of the town with unusual development with of the town The Twentieth Century In 1899 Stockport Corporation st ▲ HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 23 the twentieth rket Street. The 8 site of on the ition of a long row of This was one of the few This was s the construction of the ad been a narrow and ad been a narrow involved the demolition of involved roadside cottages, dominated roadside cottages, llponds. This extensive llponds. This extensive place during built between 1922 and 1938. tern side of Ma rge area of housing was the demolition of several buildings; the within the village and it appears to have the village within Station Road and Steeple End Fold. Street was further Street it was widened where easan Road, - Meadows of development et Street. Whath et Street. House shortened was its gable endand lt between 1922 and 193 rt opening off-set. is now he character wa of Hayfield dened by 1938 the demol with own as “Manchesterown House”. haracter of Hayfield took , running along the eas he demolition of a group of dening of Market Street. This Wood and its former mi Mill the twentieth centurythe twentieth a la ld Road & North Street were & North Street ld Road meets Kinder Road with t meets Kinder Road with a three-storey buildingby kn The to t change second major involved in 1978-79, which A624 by-pass school andold village a chapel, between During the latter part of on the site of developed straddlesdevelopment the river and provided a substantial increase in the amount the valley. of housing within had seventeenth origins. century Market The to the c main changes the firstly with wi century, a large number of buildings along Mark constricted road had been wi farm buildings at Shudehill is still attached to Shudehill barn which rebuilt, hence its once central ca lying farm courtyard complexes surviving allotments and Highfieallotments extension of Chapel bui was Street, extension with the opening the with 1912. in ceremony centuryThe saw twentieth new ar early HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 24 of the River on the Historic y in that it was ay ge industry basedge industry r mills; a mill on the detail, although dthe impact on its on the south bank, are identifiable two has informed the has informed lverts, all measures lverts, overlooked for their less, is evidence there l interest of the valley buildings, have oftenwhich the north side , the Historic Environment, the Historic the church and churchyard. the church and churchyard. village, both of which were were bothof which village,

the former industrial currently identifiedcurrently provide a provide local picture of the vivid t, and evidence in the archaeology 12 t of the rural econom ritage interest an ’s Society, which had which well-established ’s Society, larger. This area re not recorded in earing, had a cotta ldings has left Hayfield bereft of a he site of two furthehe site of two th century and muchth century the evidenceof ry within the centre of Hayfield and the centre of Hayfield within ry s. The importance of sheep rearing is the outlying farms still evidence the outlying of have pockets there is for potential where ervation area, there area, ervation s consulted. Thiss consulted. Church Street has considerable the sites of former mills and other r planning permission may on these sites They supported were by a few local and cu weirs, leats ins can be seenof which at the weir. ass and including the buildings around These be can easily of these sites are buildings have no the industrial archaeologica lls in the centre of the r its development. Neverthe and an early and an early corn mill on he study of maps and buildings.he study of archaeological interest bottom part of tributaries is evidence of aracter and form of domestic aracter and form medieval, located medieval, around the sixteenth century the sixteenth waterpower systems.waterpower ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCEARCHAEOLOGICAL probate inventories from MillsMiddlecale: in Bowden “New 12 DomesticbeforeTextiles inIndustrial the the Economy Rural RevolutiontheFactory Cotton”,to195-218, Brumhead, and D Change History, Textile 2002 (2), 33 Domestic woollen spinningDomestic woollen we and weaving Record at Derbyshire County CouncilatRecord Derbyshire wa County summary, asfollowing has t Widespread mill bui of industrial demolition in the ch for its industries the industrial where survived and of sites, rivers and its All along the river of development the in the form of valley of the assessment As part major part of the evidencemajor part of the fo designed to control the of flow water. importance. the cons Of the different industries within a leat, the rema fed by Sett, which was Large areas associated with been redevelopedhave during the twentie there are has been destroyed. However, buried archaeological interest, including buildings associated the textile industwith corridor.along the river Not all significance. The core of the village is once beenThis may have much churchyard the the river, between church, the by-p Steeple End Fold and the archaeological potential. The Textile Industry The upland fringe, which supported sheep r on spinning and This weaving wool. was par of the farmers. second income to many of and clothiers. Many specialist weavers their farmstead within workshops weaving the Shepherd own demonstrated by village’s rules by 1798 (Farey). former nineteenth century mi former nineteenth century the by Phostream.powered There is also t south bank of the River Sett application Record.fo Any Environment need a Heritage Statement the identifying he HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 25 fulling mill h century h century and form is not so form r loom invented right’s water frame right’s water ing have farms may us there two were One of the fields, tton manufacturing in ing machines. ation that a neteenth century butneteenth century - these were relatively- these were her than frame. the water ing the centurynineteenth ld Station, called was ll at Little Hayfield. (1849 Tithe) associated was probably was rebuilt from e industry, purchasing raw , silk and linen in the he map, not the size of a of the nineteent g the development of cotton d the experience of a domestic he New Mills area this was nothe New area this was Mills ill, the cloth was dried. ill, the cloth was us) is probablyus) to a reference . Their external . Grotto Mill, . Grotto Mill, which is visible from is was an industry dying out by 1841,industry an dying is was nners and weavers and then ng where handloomng where and local weavers y of Hayfield to markets in Stockport y (1779), and the powe ing mill, where the finished woven cloth the finisheding where mill, woven in the field names. e invention of Johne invention Kay’s flying shuttle y (1764), Richard Arkw y there are so few seventeenthy there are so few century the first half at 55 x 16 yards was the at 16 was size of a large 55 x yards ield in the 1841 Cens Lancashire Office) Record en, although the outly 13 , recorded the ni in , dryhouses and tenter apid development of co apid development Census to several “PauperCensus to several Handloom base where the Phostreambase where emerges. The . The increased mechanisation of the ng in the 1780s changed 1770s and the ed the spinning rat jenny (Q/AG/14 of cotton mills sprang up ling stocks. There is specul ciated with cotton, wool ciated with open-air tentering, but dur ” ld there were fields three urs of the domestic textil the goods yard for Hayfie the goods yard s, as indicated on the Tit fferent and indicate that it ll Square (1841 Cens (1841 ll Square oth Hall, a buildioth Hall, both demolished) - the name Walk Road derives both demolished)Mill - the name ocessed in the m fulling hat it was probablyhat it was Clough Mi They share large windows, with square with lintels at first share large windows, They cal influence of Arkwright an finished cloth. However, in t finished cloth. However, and putting it out to spi Hayfield in 1830 Hayfield pton’s spinning mule ed Tenter Field. heir finished cloth. heir finished l stand in the centre of Hayfield he industry having waned followin ng the tradition. they are similar in scale.they contained sashesfloor level, which have would Hayfield Bridge, hasHayfield at its a culvert courses of stonelower are di very different from domesticvery buildings of Evidence for tentering comes Evidence at Hayfield absorbed later was into which Further“Tenter afie Meadow”. sheep or rearing wool collecting together the all account small buildings by Two other mills stil Requests 13for registration cottonof millsfrom: “Hayfield: a buildingyards, where x 16 55 has been converted intocotton Jana factory 1830 A building recorded in the entrepreneClothiers were probably much olderprobably sites ( It from one of these. been have may a full developedthis was into indoor heated Upper Cliff call with reason be one the case and this may wh merchants’ houses in In Hayf Hayfield. t clothiers, woollen manufacturing. The in the reference Weaver”(s) support the evidence does that th maintained elderlyand only a few m by still been continui The development of cotton spinni industrial development of the valley manufacturing processes asso eighteenth century spurred on by were th spinning jenn (1733), James Hargreaves (1769), Samuel Crom Edmund Cartwrightby (1785). The proximit theand Manchester, lo all contributed industry to the r textile and around Hayfield. A number factory and they probably adopt cotton factory, indicating t was scoured and ful washed in was the former presence of a Cl presence of the former could sell t farmers existed mills in the villageTwo woollen from Hayfield.stood at The Ashes, up-river beenAfter the cloth had pr Traditionally this was done by industry. Theindustry. Ha Cloth name HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 26 in Cotton Mill to a cotton cord cotton to a and linen branches, ll (3), Piecer in cotton ll (3), Piecer in (2), Cattle Dealer (1), rks, Time rks, Keeper at and for cloth combined and for developed power loom early nineteenth early odation took a variety ofodation took a variety for linen-weaving. Theyfor linen-weaving. although many it was , Cordwainer (3), Hemp, Cordwainer s on top floors, some in s on top some floors, , Blacksmith, Innkeeper, floor raised street above he immediate area. Clergyman, Game Keeper er in Cotton mill, Mechanic (2), Tailor, Grocer, Hair , Carpenter, Plumber & Mill (10), WinderMill Printer, Tearer in Cal. print auper HandloomWeaver Cot., the appearance of the Bleachworks, Foreman at Cal P Bleachworks, oollen Mill, Slubber at Woollen Slubber at oollen Mill, Mill, len mill in the len mill Block Cutter at C P W,P at Cal Block P Cutter at C Dyer Little Hayfield Little Hayfield ill, Cot. Cord Winderill, Cot. Cord Power in Cot. Mill, rly in the woollen in the woollen rly thin the village of Hayfield include; of Hayfield thin the village ed during the century the ed during incorporate range a wide of textile- r in t employer er in Cal. Print Wo in Cal. Print er lding type found in Barnsley, the principal in Barnsley, found type lding , is now the builder’s, is workshopW. now of Nos. 43-47 New Mills Mills Road are possibly Nos. 43-47 New ed to changes in the organisation, scale windows are not evident windows on the front ng during and after the 1820s and 1830s ccupations are enlightening as and these (64), Stripper in cotton mi (64), Stripper in centuries increased dem th ll (1), Tenter in Cord Mill ated with domesticated with accomm Cotton Mill (8), Overlook Cotton Mill of steps, with low cellars, poorly lit, typically 1.2 lit, poorly cellars, typically low of steps, with Maker (1), Gentleman Farmer Maker oming a mill-based industry, er (2), Schoolmistress (1), - Stone Mason (12), Joiner her, Cooper, Tin Plate worker her, Cooper, Tin of these changes was th cellar loomshops, designed llars or on ground floors, other kshire. They share a ground ablished as a ablished wool be a later adaptation. Feeder at Woollen Mill tton mill (3), Carder in Cotton tton mill (3), Carder ant, Charwoman andant, Charwoman Pauper. abourer, Shoemaker, Dressmaker W, Calico finisher - Handloom Cotton Weaver, P (6) and 19 early - labourer at print works, Calico at print works, - labourer (2) (2) th - Cotton Cubing at bleacher, Cotton – owner and family, WeaverW and family, – owner at - Weaver in cotton mill Weaver - mill in cotton – Rag sorter in Paper Mill, elevation and this may elevation with the growth of mill-based the growth spinning l with and place of handloom weaving. The most noticeable effect loomshop. Loomshops associ accessed shortvia level flight ground Themetres below level. cellar Cotton Mill Cotton Blocker in Cal.works, Print Works, Hook W, Woollen Clothiers Handloom Weaver Paper Mill Glazier, Agricultural L Publican, Beer Seller, Butc WinderBand Maker, in Silk Mi Cutter, Carrier, School Mast Slater (2), female serv led to inevitably weaving bec forms, some of them in ce buildings, individual others in terraces. of a terracean example wi a bui with characteristics identical share town inlinen-weaving Yor Other trades & professions loom Theweavi introduction of power based industries. Thebased industries. occupations listed wi WorksCalico Print Woollen Mill WoollenPiecer at Mill, Handloom Weaving mill. The other mill, known as Entry mill. TheMill mill, known other & Sons. It wasGarlick est century. The different o 1841 Census lists the show how thethey villageto had evolved in co mill (13), Doubler Spinner at (4), Cotton Reeler, Warehouse Cotton man in at Cotton Mill, M Loom Weaver, Cotton Band maker Works,Cal. Print printer at C P W, Machine WasherW, at Cal P Bleachworks (2), Farmer, Collier (1) Paper hand, by decades before particulaweaving at superseded. completely was Clough Mill eighteenth century eighteenth footings. use chang Its weaving for cottonweaving and became the majo During the late 18 HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

27 Mill. TheMill. original y on the River Sett. Ity linen weaving, with cellar loomshops linenloomshops weaving,cellar with ity of the water, as highity of the water, supplies of cloth. The Print Works, a four- Print d setted road leading to 43-47 New Mills Road - possibly built for Mills Road - possibly built for New 43-47 that the calico printing 13-15 Kinder and second Road - first floor ▲ ▼ loomshops r was adapted of downstream r was th three reservoirs and a ity was as important as as important was ity ies downstream, made it an ndustrial use, principally valleys in the search Thevalleys for water. of for Woodwater sluice and a supply diverted bywas The river was then allowed a was to flow via The river ttages and At Stockport there were At Stockport there were by 1851 it was the Wood the by 1851 it was s Road built in were ed in the local cotton entually demolished. The ol ury row. They were set were They row. ury ed in the early nineteenth centured in the early ea in the eighteenth century demolishing part of a omford, where omford, where weavers, hat employment whilst plentiful supply and quant 1969 and fell into light i l tradition this building was the ground and first floor the supply at Hayfield and the pur thout pollution from industr They appear to have single storey sheds,single storey later wi op floors of co op floors y into the early cotton into the early y Road and further examples cond floor of a pair of Street and the attached the family, were able to the Road, New Mills which ed in the Derwent valley. 1770 and 1850, 1770 and were he nineteenth century the rive example of loomshops example ontinue beyond Birch Vale. l preserved off New l preserved off New Road. Mills century loomshops second floor century with th engineering, before it was evengineering, before it was important centre of the trade. first establish Wood was Mill adapted was and enlarged and gritstone mill with storey siding. It closedrailway in the mill is stil During the first half of t industry emanated in the region. trade spread out to the surrounding hills and neededprinting industry a upstream as possible, wi Bridge to createHayfield a separate supply for weaving. They were built with a second They built with for weaving. were element, possibly three-storey fornarrower a purpose incidental to perhaps textile weaving, materials. storage of raw were lit by rows long were These mullioned windows. of built between cottages, restrictedalmost entirely the woollen-cloth to 35 the Calder valley, typically producing areas, miles to theIn Derbyshire north of Hayfield. this building type finds its wa such as Cr spinning areas, men the intraditionally cloth andweave continue t and childrenthe women work short-liv mills but it was located on the first & se houses at 13-15 Kinder of loomshops located on of Wain House, Market house. According to loca a wool warehouse. Nos. 39-41 and 49-51 New Mill the late 18 been remodelled, perhaps much longer eighteenth cent onapart from the town at that time did not c Calico Printing from the StockportIt was ar to theWood pondspipe directly at Mill. we find anIn Hayfield quality. The reliability of Thequality. reliability stopped a damwatercourse was with and The were loomshops domestic most distinctive occupied thethose that t HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 28 the nineteenth large stone-builtlarge production site is h runs alongside theh runs alongside ough the millponds part of the industrial 1920. The a site is now the the village and within try of Derbyshire. Whiletry of Derbyshire. ctures are the largest Road, Glossop Road and New e established in hough it currently lies outside currently hough it ace in history and the masons skills and of local stone ace in history but the reservoir, walls retaining Moors, an isolatedMoors, hannel, separated by separated hannel, a an footbridge. Alth an footbridge. public whic footpath, Rockhall, at the eastern end of Valley hed Bridge Bowden near in the 1850s but left on the site it eventually closed down in it eventually closed down der Road, Spring Vale place around the periphery of place around the periphery Wood site and an important Mill land redeveloped these stru a recognised medieval indus lel stone-lined c lel stone-lined this structure survives, alt survives, this structure y have earlier origins. have y made all along the East hese becom to have quarries seem Date of plaques evidence local pride, alocal pl - sense of have been infilled been have and the and steps survive. Quarrying for millstones is Quarrying

structure. A large part of A large part structure. a via area.the conservation It is visible a pedestri with and crosses the river river remaining evidence of the of Hayfield. history establis Kinder Vale Printworks were a largealthough it was works, campsite. Thereno buildings are the millstones were on the known western flanks of Kinder. took Small-scale quarrying conservation area, along Kin at was Road. TheMills largest quarry of t Road. Most century although theycentury ma sluice to a separate, to a separate, sluice paral HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 29 Grotto Mill Grotto Mill ▲ of houses 18th and century 19th

39-61 New Mills Road a mixed row Mills - New 39-61 Entry Mill Mill Entry rows and incorporate rows to breakhed windows ▼ ▼ or door canopy and or door canopy nineteenth century nineteenth terraced houses were quoins and a more straddled the terraces were low two-storey rows, low terraces were with lintels and squared doorwedge narrow jambs and lintels. Later generally built in longer same conservative same conservative tastes. Eighteenth terracescentury built generally were in groups of three to andfive incorporated flush stone quoins, heavy quoined door surrounds three- and narrow are found in They light mullioned windows. and threeboth two storey form. Some of the earliest deeper lintels, no up the terrace. “classical” doorcase perhaps occasional arc

suggest that the suggest that of styles, of styles, or that the t, which woulditself t, which lend ; Grotto Mill lintels and pattern of housed a small internal built their own housing. ners, some in response to terraced properties in s and styles. Nevertheless, s and styles. w range of buildingw forms, have been demolished,have there providinglandowner the sashes). Thereis no he cotton mills, calico mills on details. The properties properties on details. The shallow 35-degree shallow roof neteenth century; two-storey, and details, which suggest e have thee have form of mills dating using the same local quarries, a narrow a narrow wheelpit. Various sources 77-91 Kinder Road - 1830s terrace 77-91 terrace Kinder Road - 1830s ▲ 51-65 Kinder Road - 1870s terrace 51-65 Kinder Road - 1870s ARCHITECTURAL AND AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIC QUALITY are two surviving the mills Entry are two and within village; Mill Both of thesGrotto Mill. of the ni from the first half plain deepvery with plan, pitches, deep squared stone (formerly regular windows externallyevidence for a wheel tostream and appears have undershot wheel within Terraced Houses There are a large number of that share commHayfield landow various built by were an generatedthe need for additional housing by increase in production at t and paper mills. of these businessesowners There no single large was that onecontinuity might expec to a small palate of material there is an unusually narro construction techniques all were either that they had a small patternwhich book and knew shared the landowners each other intimately Hayfield Building Types Mills of the mills Although most ▼ HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 30 Old Bank House House Bank Old on ▲ , was built by , was , is a fine bridge of ably forably and girls, boys classical form found in ldings in the conservation area, cal semi-circular arch and e end entrance, the main ctive horizontalctive bands of quasi- s and basement to Fisher’s trial Co-operative Society, trial Co-operative ely to avoid association to avoid ely the with Stones Head School ews area. a wide over century. It is an early purpose-builtcentury. dge and Chapel Road, was built indge and Chapel Road, was heffield architect Samuel Worth. The built. It combined ey, local men. It has a , crossing the River Sett , crossing the River ing a total accommodation for 300. lt in two large rooms1884 with for seniors and t to the Royal Hotel.t to the Royal The (side) west elevation l, iswhich no longer there. (now St. John’s Methodist (now were a two-storey were form of similarities, such as the similarities, such age with fourage with clock faces, 1868. It once had a central parapet. It was built or local standing and status. ominent in views along New nlight. They They nlight. are; The hapels classicalwith motifs, although it is less ornate. In rhythm of Y-tracery leaded Y-tracery of rhythm distinctive symmetrical, iod, incorporates simple but iod, incorporates es in the village they and clearly meant toclearly very be preacher, with preacher, with a classi ng had paired entrances prob of many Wesleyan chapels, of many an window, raised quoins and ongated proportion. The lower wide doorcase broad andwide with ed position and detached from , built in 1818 in a , built in 1818 in restrained e and parapet, centrale and parapet, projecting at ground level, and a gabl r date from 1793. e village when first when e village 1871. It is one of the largest bui with a hipped roof,with three storey Bridge Road, and enjoys vi Hayfield BridgeHayfield the1837, designed by S single-span structure has distin rusticated masonry. Indus Equitable and Hayfield the corner of Fisher’s Bri Wesleyan Chapel Wesleyan the Wesleyans1814 in a in Wesleyan buildings of nineteenth early the SundayMethodist School. Designed deliberat Anglican church, the buildi are still evidentwhich the gable frontage of many c the gable frontage of many such as the central Veneti semi-circular arched windows. remained pr has always very enlarged Road. It Mills in was bal a bell-turret, surmounted by The school bui adjoining day was class-rooms, hav infants, and two The Road, known as Old School at Highgate entrance for the teacher or dropped keystone. Early C19 Villas C19 Early There houses that are several villa, raised cornic with and ashlar a centralbay, arched segmental fa shallow formerLaurels and the bank nex sharesShulehill House some doorcase fanlight,wide with were design these houses properti different from other signified an owner with some Prominent Buildings Church St. Matthew’s typical ofgothic style its per long elevations regular with a battlemented and windows Bradburydesigned by Rangel and of 1894,raised tower st a fifth gives it a strangewhich el stages of the towe The former Church) of 1782 is typical isolat built in a relatively the main part of th HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 31

Bull’s Head ) replaced a row y. Another pub,y. rest, with prominent,rest, with present building Bourne chapel. The an Arts and Crafts style, an Arts and Crafts style, was built in 1867 and ne bands and is the most hamfered quoins. It has ahamfered quoins. eed with theeed with choice of ched houses some of the with tion built in 1577, although the Old Bank Surgery , Primitive Methodist Chapel, The Mount Mount The Chapel, Methodist , Primitive to an inn. Like the to an inn. Like Wesleyan chapel ely classical details, such as semi- ely the nineteenth centur om 1575 but the The low a ceiling, relatively without different from the gable, is a particularly prominent which tieth buildings to century make an impact time called the High bay and cast ironwindows details and are (now Hayfield Library) (now Hayfield idge Inn. Built in 1928 in he church. he church. are handsome deta are handsome Royal Hotel Royal has raised c ound the sash sto windows, the first half of any earlierany its shell. The building within Market Street (now Market . For forty years it years . For was forty

length, so increasing its found in Victorian Buxton. the village, although the village, not green Westmoreland slate. ding in the village. r’s name and on hisr’s name and on death s built in the mid - it was restored to its restored it was rsonage, but incorrectly 863, the freehold owner863, the freehold disagr part from t part from ans state that it was was ans state that it was, according to local tradi was, The Mount is the commanding most is also reputed to date fr and From Bank Surgery left to - Old right century buildings century called Br th Packhorse Inn Royal Hotel Royal Primitive Methodist Chapel Primitive steep, roof pitch clad in The at one deconsecrated in 1969. It was building is a gable-fronted chapel, looswith droppedcircular arches with keystones. focal point in the street. Vicarage The in the village, largelyin the village, it is subtly because has resultedgallery, in but plain a wide The building Hayfield in a in the centreLocated of street, it wa facing the century,eighteenth but been extended has by its original almost twice impact. Local histori built as a pa originally into theconveyed vica soldin 1764, his family it time an inn. After this in 1 original use, until converted back in it was and incoming vicar Fold,and 1 Steeple End the 18 of twen few it is unusual as it is one of the in the share They best views village. of the typical very villas present building dates from The George Inn appears to have absorbed The The moulded stone architravemoulded stone ar Georgian buildistinctly The the corner of bank on HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 32 are also stone. limited and, compared eaking the harder, ldingstheir rear (in at lar in character to the is part of the character is part particles of grit. Later century, built was with he elevations. Like many he mid nineteenthhe mid century. ldings and some larger quoinsof the lly quite conservative and old fashioned. Grit, chimney stacks stacks Grit, chimney xture. Generally sp xture. Generally the are quite details row courses of sandstone. The later lling, probably and was quarried on the t was knocked downt aswas highway part of een cleaned have aeen cleaned have provides uniformity to t provides uniformity ed with a coated with of arms, built in the twentieth early ns pebbles large and very stone slate. This survival acterised by acterised by its consistent ther than in the immediate most of the examples in most of the examples from decades of exposure that are not listed or The thinly bedded stone is simi inctive two-light mullioned have come from the upland have a long history and extensive a long historyextensive and bui ickwork was used. was Thisickwork is native slate roofs;native Welsh was partially re-facedwas in t of this contrast is 57-61 New Mills Road, which dates Road, which of this contrast Mills is 57-61 New lding and there one only are despread use of stone slate despread use of stone her, smoke and pollution. This hed niches in the gables. ties were built with more thinly bedded built ties were with more thinly sandstone and enigmatic buildingsand enigmatic in stone weathers over time and over stone weathers ting stone for millstones and ons. The sources for the ons. The sources 1625, the house 1625, the house was once of fficult to identify but thefficult to identify grey gritty oned windows oned windows on the south that b haven’t and its barn are perhaps the most and its barn are upland areas dominated by the Millstone the older properGenerally courses.running in narrow more fissile stone used for drystone wa edge of the village. Typical from circa 1830, which incorporates nar buildings adopted often or a more yellow golden textured coloured stone, moreand easier to evenly local stone mas by work different stones are di stone seemsand pebbly to extracquarries that were grindstones, on the moors, ra vicinity of the Grit village. the older properties blackened weathered patina of the weat to the vagaries theassociated with Dark Peak. The dark yellow sandstone local and dressed stonework contai terrace next door, Nos. 65-71, to towns like Buxton,to towns genera the taste was Stone and Slate The of Hayfield village is char Grit foruse of Millstone bui where br exceptions, or two further reinforced by the wi for roofs, obtained from A high local quarries. proportion of houses retain slate, Burlington slate & local is all the more remarkable as belongthe village to houses protected from alterations. The Grit varies in colour and te Millstone gritstone can greyer be found on the older bui architecturally interestingarchitecturally widening). Hall Fox Built in circaHayfield. embellish and was high status, mulli long, eight-light and dist the highly elevation mounted with arc windows MaterialsTraditional & Details The palette of materials in Hayfield and All of these buildings All of these share of Thethe case a large par Bull’s Head has a datestone of 1788. of a datestone has It HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 33 century andcentury is raising the gable n, close verge, the lled mortar. with still survivingfew a ke stone slate, was stone ke s combined a with durable and versatile durable and versatile and it was economical for a of the twentieth ways, Welsh ways, could be slate Cumbria was brought into was brought Cumbria example example of the use of imitive Methodist Chapel Methodist imitive Welsh suited that it was was slate h slate, DerbyshireWestmoreland slate, stone slate has a distinctive greenhas a distinctive hue. This was ed gable. There are several examples of examples ed gable. There are several itstone copings wa ng. Thisli material, yfield and there and there yfield are e gaps underneath fi buildings have a plai adopted in Hayfield for terraces after new been a long tradition of as an economic, incorporates the highly fashionable called a “kneeler” and stone ridges. Burlington slate from from Burlington slate part of a local tradition of ter the arrival of the rail ter the arrival in 1928 when built.it was of stone slate buildings of slope. There is one water away from the wall from the wall away water the wall andthe wall stone roof, h slate at the former Pr h slate at the former dual stones were placed in dual stones were nd Crafts buildings at the turn ic use of bargeboards. Traditionalroof slates left(from to right) - Wels not local, although common Thackstones “Thackstones” a common detail in north were AlthoughDerbyshire. most often associated with thatched buildings, they were stone slate roofing. Indivi above a roof,the wall stack on a chimney or an adjoining building, to throw and protect the junction of commonlywhich was mortared rather than lead flashed. Stone-coped gables & verges there had Within this part of Derbyshire as a stone parapet,a cop known with wall of majority this practice although the vast overlapping stonework, th the tiles simply There no histor was moulded gr Each raised coped gable with pair of large projecting stones The Bank Surgery) Bank (Old former Westmoreland slate, from Cumbria, which Westmoreland Cumbria, which from slate, used for Arts a widely (Hayfield Library).(Hayfield easily distributed aroundeasily and the UK supply, it material in plentiful widely was openedthe railway in 1868. The advantage of roofto the shallower pitches continuous uninterrupted ro bands of decorative Wels examples, although theexamples, is dwindli number courses.laid in graduated Af north Derbyshire. It found its way into Ha It found its way north Derbyshire. much wider courses courses wider much of stone. eighteenthDuring the century HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

34 ogee stone corbel with timber trow ogee stonetimber trow corbel with me status; notably ▲ not on the other moulded stone &cornice parapet gutter d mainly on buildingsd mainly ▼ ely cut andely squared, such ch as the Calder Valley toch as the Calder Valley the lling occurs only in the far north-lling occurs only of “watershot walling” in theof “watershot walling” g each course of stone so that it far more common in the villages far more common in the villages in the stone brackets. of the Royal Hotelof the Royal and the double-pile ce a building of so ite the church but during the nineteenth although century with slate roofs slate roofs a with were built with ng. At least one ng. At least ed quoins at The Laurels, 22 New Road.ed quoins at The Mills Laurels, 22 New the top. This is foun ally finished the surroundingally flush with masonry. many buildings can be spouts to eject spouts the ngs conformed more to eptions which were precis eptions which were protect the masonry. Inprotect the masonry. ve eaves ofve the building. ury gutters were fixed on gutters wereury fixed the ogee profiled trows, e or shaped with an ogee r to the development of Although cast iron Although cast could houses incorporated houses lead stone cornices. During ten during the seventeenth es corbels have a carved the timber trows were the timber trows architectural refinement one corbels, which could the case of the simpler e “trows” (gutters) are shape of the gutter was dings lead downpipes. As made from timber troughs made from timber The continuous eaves are ed for the face oppos he date of construction or a pitched tooli porated a moulding porated a moulding which and towns in Yorkshire, in places su and towns It north of Hayfield. entails buildin there are raised squar Watershot Walling of examples There are a number Thisvillage. traditional form of wa of Derbyshirewest although it is at inclines outwards Eaves Sloping incorporate as the terraced rows sloping eaves Many terrace rises up a hill. created through the use of brackets are carried on which stone eaves or corbels. Quoins most used Quoins were of and eighteenth centuries and this detail.dated by in greatly vary They colour, and size texture but are gener There notable exc are a few as the raised and chamfered shaped quoins at Steeple on Endproperty was Fold, which these quoins were us not in use generallycorners. Quoins were terrace incorporates t generous eaves and generous the thrown beyond water was Thethe wall. face of larger behind parapetsgutters with best or in the water buil andfashions changed buildi less at the with overhang national styles, eaves, guttersbuildings needed to Derbyshire, prio north west were cast iron, gutters as “trows”). locally (known forms,replicate the same retained. Thegenerally incor important as it became part of the decorati Prior to the nineteenth cent iron brackets,wrought in buildings, or where more required, on mouldedwas th the nineteenth century supported generally on st be plain and finished squar of these eav profile. Many emblem on the face Eaves and gutters Eaves Traditionally eaves of stone buildings rural HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 35 jambs & lintel, classical behind. These squared lintels and und in Hayfield and in the embellished with a embellished with very decades of the nineteenth New Mills Road, suggestingNew age incorporated these the corridor ent found on the terraced es of exposed masonry and es of exposed masonry and often gable ends, although shouldered lintel of the 1900s lintel of the 1900s shouldered flush quoins, plain squared plain squared quoins, flush ere is no practical reason why it should.ere is no practical reason why th a small moulded stone capital, are th a small moulded stone capital, hare the same narrow Hayfield up until the 1860s. of A wave Hayfield inspired doorcases surrounded a panelled ilasters. The lintels were is a distinctive pattern fo pattern is a distinctive ont elevation at Nos. 19-31 over the solid doorover to light 18th century flush quoins, raised plain ashlar and rusticated and rusticated ashlar plain raised quoins, 18th century flush the 1870s throughout the vill mmonly found during the first mmonly ngle most decorative elem ngle most decorative have been the quarry providedhave ready-dressed. by of the nineteenth century, of the nineteenth century, appropriate for large expans doorcase with pilasters and cornice, doorcase with pilasters Quoins (from left to - right) Door surrounds - (from left to right) -17th century Door surrounds - (from left to right) -17th century

elegant features are the si houses. dating from the first half it appears on at least one fr considered that it was Theselocality. elongated, classically- a glazed fanlightdoor with would help thewould with althoughweathering, th Door surrounds doorcases to Many historic s properties fine moulded stone cornice. This terraced house building in door jambs, which would door jambs, which lintels are moreNarrow co althoughcentury, this form is found in embellished when wi stone jambs which, transformed to become slender p HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

36 window with hood mould moulded stone canopy door ▲ C17 double chamfered mullioned C17 double ▲ C18 squared mullioned window window mullioned squared C18 Georgian semi-circular arched door Georgian door semi-circular arched ▼ ▼ lintel with fanlight lunette panels there are and retain their solid panelled with original doors is with

th and 18 th ck wedge lintelsck wedge quared stone ive bolection-mouldedive Hayfield is the use of a ing masonry, later lintels own out the of own fashion by the lintel would have beenthe lintel would have wnhouses incorporatewnhouses this the window surround, so this was a common style of a common style this was ll, incorporates “double- ght windows with lintels and with ght windows face of the lintels are an face of the lintels iginally during the 1820s and iginally are built with are built mullioned g the eighteenth century. used in conjunctionused in with have far fewer have doors. original ed lintel. Examples can be e also Victorian properties mimic the bri 18 New Road18 New Mills retains its neteenth century stone lintels an arched lintel over the earliest example of stone of stone example earliest ticular local fashion in the ticular local fashion mber of dated buildings mber of dated orian terraced houses still The number of properties perhaps an occasional arched ated deeper s with mullioned windows were mullioned windows with the century, lintelsthe century, being lintels and cills. third and two thirds third and two and mullions that 91 Kinder Road. century mullioned century had windows been largely century mullioned century had windows become th th dwindling. Older propertiesdwindling. some unusual variations. lintels and wedge lintels had gr 1860s. Some of the later ni and shaped, although this are carved uncommon in was until the turnHayfield of plain, with very generally to break up theterrace. of a window rhythm terraces incorporateA few Georgiandoorcase. Several to detail, and one example at original fanlight but there ar incorporate which arched lintels. Panelled Doors A large number of the Vict of these distinct doors. Many have Later properties incorpor in Another detail commonly found lintel. Whilststone wedge or intended1830s this was to of Georgian town houses, and into wedged theliterally surround beyond theextended jambs of functioned like athey squar seen at Nos. 77- replaced with gritstonereplaced with centuries, and were largely and were centuries, windows.leaded-light The Ha at Fox mullioned windows, chamfered” mouldings. the 18 By a cills broken into set back fromare slightly the andunusual variation a nu wasindicate that this a par 1770s. Not all buildings housing,used for weavers as in Derbyshire durin masonry the 19 By increasingly plain and narrower in profile plain andthere are and narrower increasingly Three-linumerous examples. Lintels & cills number of properties A large windows. Thesewindows. were 17 common in the HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 37 edge, such as at example of an old example corporate pilasters, ys to the brick bond. he vast majority of majority he vast oric setts slightly varies few examples left offew examples -to-wall use of gritstone en stone setts are revealed onen stone setts are revealed eatures, horns andeatures, patterns, glazing older. An slightly ly st cases the original paving flags havest cases the original paving kerbs line a pavement are replaced, and they have to comply have and they are replaced, ed, although not on New on ed, although not Road.New Mills e road, laid crosswa at Highgate Road. Setts adopted were he Whilstvillage. t neteenth century andneteenth in century here are only one or twohere are only whereexamples The dimensions of the hist dows, there are now only a now there are dows, te the widespread and wall equirements, the f equirements, for the main streets. Oft e the tarmac has eroded and this indicates that the uniform are becoming lost. s at the side of th enlarged sash There gritstone where are also occasions properties once had sash win once had sash properties setted path can be found on the “green” and channelfor gulleys laid in even courses and t Setts were the bond pattern. varied they Road. InSpringfield Terrace mo Valley and Sash windows Sash & Shopfronts t rare in are very sash windows Original Stone Setts and Paving Historic photographs illustra that once made the rows the rows that once made survivTraditional largely have shopfronts of these are of Most the mid to late ni original sash windows.original windows As these Regulations Building with r planted mouldings, traditional with cornices and decorative console brackets. The earlier shopfronts an often comprised and one of thesewindow survives at 1 Church Street. setts as the material used the edge of the road, wher underneath. material survives gritstone is generalbut the smaller, narrower HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 38 id drystone id drystone onolithic quality of quality onolithic ngs and gateways are s roots firmly entrenched boundary walls, of largerof walls, boundary to incorporate highly ar wall, without its railings, ar wall, without that deserve mention. rvived. In some places rvived.some In here are here instancesmany laid on edge. This of type ings were also added to aings were andom rubble, la latively thin stones. The latively 18 & more decorative stoops, with ornate ornate decorative with 18 & more stoops,

ags survive. Theags survive. m nd was retained, suchnd was as at Nos. 101- large flat slab copi drystone boundary walls that line the roads panels, lining a private path.panels, lining a private wrought & cast iron gates wrought & cast iron gates side the area. conservation ts throughout village, it the l frontage, with a low, finely-tooled l frontage, with a low, ashlar wall but on privatebut t frontages although few gates have su although few gates have House. In some cases rail treatments of boundary walls treatments of boundary walls n terraces have coursedn terraces have stone of the retaining walls are r of the retaining one stoops. This enabled them one stoops. This le gritstone, cleaved into re le gritstone, cleaved e railings. An example of an ashl the same material, with stones with the same material, the landscape. the ularly distinctive. ularly Plain stoops with boarded of gate the C Plain stoops with boarded ▲ Left and right - coursed stone walls with flat slab copings and stoops. Centre - fissile drystone wall - fissile drystone wall and stoops. Centre copings stoneLeft slab - walls and right coursed with flat ▼ A few properties had properties A few a forma decorativfinished with survives at Thesurvives Old Bank been replaced replaced been tarmac,with where large, heavy-dutywhere gritstone paving fl is partic the material wall, and railings Boundary gates Around the periphery the of the village occurs wall boundary in pocke a pair of formed by gritst cast iron gates, decorative form monolithic blocks of gritstone higher coursed stone the grou wall, where out 103 Kinder Road, currently are built from local, fissi are built from local, copings are built fromcopings are built Most in a rural tradition. and these blend with There different are a few of the later Victoria Many very have generally course sizes. These HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 39 2). In places, the l or footpath, or rming a continuous ich is prominent in many fficult to map all of these old packhorse that routes tree cover or by buildings tree cover or by ing line, in the form of ossop Road, are also there ample, there are extensive enticing and dramatic glimpses enticing and dramatic haracteristic of Hayfield. Thereharacteristic of Hayfield. ews across out cricket the access paths toof the backs ea. It provides a true sense of ying plan (Figureying amed by the neighbouring walls. oors are open in character above om the north and south and this in itself ge of the street fo ial analysis of the ial analysis conservation whole in 1894 to create four clock faces, it ge is, compared with ge is, comparedthe local hills. with yard, or a broad ginne d there are several places, such as ich the river and follows there are a s and provide long s and provide views over thedown oor on Lantern Pike, above the Pennine ld is the church tower, ld is the churchwh tower, high above. di It is very the conservation ar

north of the village, at Gl a sheltered bowl. For ex a sheltered bowl. footpaths, bridleways and terrelationship ofterrelationship andvistas views, key spaces, off hills. There are off hills. There are ring the village. fferent character areas.fferent character straddles the Sett climb out of the often took the high The more low-lying streets self-contained views,The have more low-lying which are often constrained either by glimpses down private tiny running along the ed enclosure. Breaks in the build entrances to a rear terraces, all together provide of the valley, with views fr views with valley, of the strong c This is a particularly are occasions where the development and stops abruptly there are more expansive vi ground. to the other. The old Hazlehurst and also extensive views fromextensive views the Sett Valley and the Sett Valley the m SPATIAL ANALYSIS SPATIAL area, the character andarea, the in landmarks. Theseaccompan marked on the are views three cross the di Significant Views Landmarks & The area conservation valley and there are valley one side of the the routes within valley village, there are panoramic views right to across the village far aboveimpressive Road Valley views on the public footpath to Kinder Road onabove Snake Path. Thisa spat comprises of the appraisal part ground and where they The by-pass has a long descent fr Hayfield is dramatic, although outside and howthe topography low-lying the villa to the Where the land rises important views on enteimportant views The upper slopes of the broadleaved native tree canopy wh of public network complex into from the village lead down views as they range mile several over is huddledvillage, which in views Hayfield over from the open m Bridleway. The true landmark only in Hayfie views. Notably, since the tower was raised views. was Notably, since the tower has become much more of a landmark an HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 40 e a great variety e, the frontages ety in the buildingety reet and the reverse es are an important es are an ontages occasionally eet. Key buildings eet. Key hills to the north and e are and Rockhall Quarry able to adapt these spaces andscape setting of Hayfield not have single building valley, for “crofting” or w Mills Road, which does Road, which Mills w nating a vista. Examples he river corridor and the ape unfolds. The focal points s unfold. Clusters of terraces or ing line. Elsewher l points and there ar ft undeveloped andft undeveloped this has preserved and road. This vari m of Church Str of millponds. ch as in the bottom of the valley, Street where the fr Street where the top of Church St walls, some of which are the remains of are the remains of which some walls, 91 isat the top of Kinder Road, which the from Street, Old Bank Surgery Market nse of intense historic development sts and the open spac visible until the tower was raised. was the tower until visible for a series ered along the street the industrial use of the Pike, are also prominent. ings were laidings were of another. one in front They to appear lie outside the village. Thes nolls. The of nearby nolls. summits with the exception of Ne with haracter, the village does were larger mill complexes aside for bleaching in the sun or drying on wooden e” from the botto pear in the distance termi idence that these low-lying areas were ever developedidence that areas were ever these low-lying storic distinction between t storic distinction between ter, whether the surrounding l ter, whether ned, continuous build her buildings as the streetsc picturesque views. tend to follow a well-defi tend to follow are often staggered, as build jostle and compete for space. The se on Church pressure is best experienced line creates highly The main natural landmarks andKinder Low the Three K during the nineteenth century some of the visual and hi view of “TheHous Old Toll emerge from behind ot are illustrated on Figure 2. Despite a strong enclosed c lines along the main streets, steps and with the street out into break old buildings, protruding into the pavement as such south west, Lantern Open Spaces The contains contra Sett valley many part of its historic charac or more central strategic open spaces su Sett. the River following theConventionally, meadows water were le no ev settlement. There is may haveand they origins in “tentering” (open areas set frames finished cloth). The The narrow winding Thestreets create local foca winding narrow of these as the views encount buildings canindividual ap of theinclude the view terrace Nos. 77- Street, of visible from Market view the of the nave the view of the church from along Valley Road, Valley along wasn’t it where

HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 41 rtant part of its yard has shrunkyard most visually self- most visually Fisher’s Bridge, Highgate Fisher’s Road & Chapel Road is an important node an node important Chapel Road is by historic buildings historic by se of development vation area, such as near lly quarried gravestones. lly eation ground and the of the churchyard of the churchyard wall View south up Church Street - the junction of Street - the junction of View south up Church these junctions framed by -making in the form of a ▲ Kinder Road, Spring Vale Road Hayfield is an impo Hayfield orientation. The a foil to the den ads. The is, therefore, an open space elopment of the land elopment the site ofaround of the highest architectural quality with ial processes. Thesespaces lie within on the Tithe as Award a rope-walk. g, although the church an important part of the historic Bank End, for example, upstream of the Terrace, which root the village in its root the village which Terrace, designed. These include the churchyard, s outside the conservation area, there are t ground, the recr development recreational use during the for h ran meadows the water through the and ct separation was the of character dge, Highgate Road and Chapel Road. reet and Steeple End Fold is another framed open space land lying within the conser land lying historic evidence of rope ng made from loca re-used paces in the strict sense, church, the river, space is important space is important important points of tension and the re-alignment it preserves one it preserves of junctions of a number the river therewhere erved in shape as an setting of the buildings lining s with the industrial s with millpond, which served millpond, which of the industrial and is suitable for to provide visual to provide also one of the few there are important The junction of Church St The junction of Fisher’s Bri

• • raised embankment which indicatedwas raised embankment which usefulHemp ropes were for many industr the protected Green Belt. intimate open spaces oftenMore were the addition of anwith ex is fronting Church Street. The churchyard continuous railings and pavi which is self-contained lookinwhich and inward terraced houses runningterraced houses ro along the valley the important part of Road and,and Valley of its by virtue earlynineteenth and centuries, twentieth of development the community. The surrounding open agricultural landscape rural setting. Although lie most of this pockets of open agricultural Rockhall Hazlehurst Farm and north of The at open hillside agricultural history. recreation ground, contains The Road “green” at Highgate separate has its own and intimatewhich The former identity. presWalk is now Mill, area in between the Villageopen play Hall Some and the river. for historic reasons, as surviving link the few of the area history interpretation. It is spaces on this side of is sufficient space connections between the Street. and Market weir the Within the village buildings form nodes and contained spaces are; archaeology related survive toarchaeology this use may buried underground. The spaces created at the of streets. Whilstof streets. open s not development of development railwaythe line, whic the late twentiethwas second century dev Wood for housing. Mill The the cricke space formed by open meadows upstreamwater bridge form of the Thethis distin to change first major HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 42 footbridge. The which are of are which ove the wet groundove of the wet sycamores within the sycamores within separating into the valley anaged. There are larger h. Some historically have th a stem diameter of eir amenity eir amenity Theyvalue. ngs feed into the river andngs feed into the river ee Preservation Ordersee Preservation sely scattered, with the scattered, with sely onservation Area. These fall Area. Theseonservation fall entary belt entary of species e been adapted to contain trees is permitted withouttrees is permitted ground level with a measure of level ground e are a cluster of e are a cluster odland, contain which birch, oak, by a small pedestrian ed around the village, ent areas for housing. of these cil. In addition Tr ed with trees. Treesed with have colonised and tion providesall trees wi d oak, on the higher ground ab icant part of landscape, the ibutaries, streams and spri are of particular value for th are of particular value s; alder, willow and some as s; alder, willow are generally more spar idor. In places these hav oups of TPOs fall outside the conservation area and may ded but they unm are generally bank and incorporate a fragm aced on several treesaced on several in the C lopping or topping oflopping or topping these associated with river margin associated with been coppiced and pollar parkland trees, beech, ash an Landscape Quality Trees Protected The designa Area Conservation 75mm and above measured75mm and 1 metre above felling,protection. No six providing weeks Coun notice to the oak, beech Therare mainly and sycamore. churchyard and occasional trees scatter corridors, linked occasionstwo on a few associat corridor is most densely river self-set along the river meadows. the water Small tr emerge along the river corr public wells. trees valley, the river Above The signif forms a highly river T.P.O.s)have been pl areas the central within and quality. gr Two individual redevelopm the been prompted by have of a fewexception areas of managed wo sycamore and beech.

HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 43 . They this appraisal, this appraisal, s and detail of the d often panoramas, ign or massing, or a rong contribution to ng topography or building stance, often viewed downstance, often viewed Positive Buildings Positive th century buildings and 3 and the analysis of the presence of buildings or trees. h century buildings that are are that buildings h century , terraces along the River Sett the River , terraces along views, subjects the eyeviews, to which parts of buildings that can be on, no longer preserve the t, for the purposet, for the of the best defining and most ; - Church Street, Market Street, Street, Market ; - Church Street, are also occasionally older propertiesare also occasionally ure, view or space this appraisalure, view within aphy, scale, material aphy, core of Hayfield, CharacterHayfield, core of 1, has Area d focal points are illustrated on the nts. They help to orientate people. fect on the historic character of the scale, materials, des are generally broadare an generally they are so numerous are so they and interconnected terest and make a st ees or over the rooftops.ees be a or over It may

described each street name. under e middle distance and far horizon. at it is of no interest. thing interesting in the di Road and adjoining and ginnels alleys not relate to the surroundi vation area. Most twentie vation ed in a prominent site. eas are shown on Figure eas are shown highlighted on the maps are buildings or trees. altered and, for this reas - these buildings in - these buildings are often 20t - these views are limited to views - these mark, or an interesting feature. mark, or an interesting feature. - these views are confined by the are confined by views - these - these are features within framed- these are features within - landmarks are usually buildings - landmarks are usually or Highgate Road, KinderHighgate Road, Character Area 2 - River meadows, houses 2 - River Character Area Road Mills 3 - New Character Area Character Area 1 - The heart of HayfieldCharacter Area CHARACTER ANALYSIS CHARACTER seen from several directions and viewpoi seen from several Focal Points glimpse of a land Landmarks • • Buildings Negative • The different Character Ar into three separate Characterinto three The Areas. of different character but multiple zones areathat for ease this has been The are: Character Areas the main landmarks an townscape, views, map, Figure 2. Townscape Spatial Analysis The particular building, feat omission of any an open thean alley, space tr between and framed is drawn by a negativecombination of these, have ef conservation area. do They situat form and are usually Neutral Buildings and respect the topogr usually unobtrusive, Area has ThebeenConservation spli Hayfield should not be taken to th imply Guide to Map TheTownscape is annotated Appraisal Map the following: with Panoramic Views sometimes linking subjects in th sometimes linking subjects in Glimpse Views They a glimpse of some offer surrounding building form. Neutral buildings beenthat have heavily area.character of the conservation All buildings that are not are of special architectural or historic in the character of the conser memorable views within Hayfield. They They memorable views Hayfield. within HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 44 private space. Inprivate is dense, lining theis dense, lining open public space. following flood following eentheighteenth and ever since as an open a mixed use character, a mixed ildings ofthere are unless . kely to strongly to kely resist the steep landform downhill). Narrow publicdownhill). Narrow ed by a randomed by pattern of along the riverbank along the riverbank where he settlement. Around the the bridge crosses the River ion. The former mill pond, ent, persistently developedent, persistently meet at the bridge. Together, the ets and little or no only an occasional building ancillary only riverside development a new with ilt together in 1838, mnant of the former the core of sevent between this and the river. The this and the river between river. development findwe today between lying ld Church - Street, Market Street, for the best frontages and lack of available Road. Once a green and more open Church Street, encroachment onto a much larger -looking and development Positive Buildings Positive d adjoining alleys & ginnels d adjoining alleys trial mill buildings, has now ine the oldest part of t t. The local authority is li authority t. The local effectively builteffectively "back-to-back", with on a frontage not identified as positive bu identifiednot as positive phill) and Market Street ( ed structure of stre , the character is dominat ed in and has been maintained ed in and has been maintained ntre of the where village eet and Kinder eet and Kinder Road oric "infill" and encroachm me high density canme high density be seen the gaps created by demolit the gaps created by the two streets, a re the two reet. It is the nishes short of Street. Further up des, stands out in views looking looking views he village, competition he village, the east window and chancel to and chancel window the east from the back ginnels and side streets. Its churchyard once encircled the church but the now fi wall boundary prevented backlandprevented development and there is at the back. Church Street Church stands on the St. Matthews south bank of the River Sett and is the focal point of true landmark in the village only a clockand its church tower, with face on all four si across themany andviews village north along Church St exceptional architecturalexceptional meri threadedbuildings were together and rebu damage, amalgamating eighteenth century frontage on Church those of recent decades of recent those are bridge and the churchyard def bridge and the churchyard proposals for the demolition of any for the demolitionproposals of any It buildings. inward century is mainly streets. Street, ChurchMarket Str perimeter of the churchyard resulted from have buildings that may occupy the spacechurchyard. They now some cases, the houses are each street - Kinder Road (u footpaths still connect At Church Street the sa bank, once dominated by indus bank, once dominated by building land, has led to the high density Areas Character 1 - Character The heartArea of Hayfie Kinder Road an Highgate Road, This area comprises the ce Church and St. Matthew's Sett alongside as cottages have filled fill as a "lodge", was known space. In the centre of t Bank Street, Market Road and Kinder triangular space, the hist time, has led to the tier over HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 45 public and private lls of former gable-fronted 17 Church Street windows, public it spoils g streetscape. The street ent alternate with privateent alternate with le curve repeated in the ings and poor pedestrian l and steps descending to d concrete kerbs in front of Nos. 4- one repeated in oldmany lack of definition of for its massing, impact on views andfor its massing, impact on views est are obscured buildings later by ngs spanning two hundredngs spanning two years of n elevation of the church Head and Steeple End Fold setting for listed build , there is considerable the frontage along movement scures many scures many the gothic of Sections of public pavem Sections of public ther dynamic andther dynamic interestin ristic of the space. ristic of the space. age and loss of enclosure at inues with railingsinues with ng line is interrupted by the wa ng line is interrupted by with the edge with the of side of Church Street s. There a large is doors above street doors above leve the churchyard and the churchyard from Church Street is ch and parapet are of the east window of the east s within the churchyards within is path, which leadsis path, which in 1837, is known Hotelde of the Royal he building. This is a a generous space with a gent an important apron.an important ock could have a drinkock could have ross theross river. The d gritstone gravestones dge End Buildings. 10 Church Street - poor provision therelationship with norther space between The Bull's Extension to St. Church - Extension Matthew's Loss of enclosure and historic setts, Gap in the street front tarmac an strip of pavement with Narrow Bridge The The bridge, built town Woolpack as the locally Bridge. The generous segmental ar best seen upstream from setted the narrow leads to thepath, which edge behind water's Warthe Memorial. Th from a ginnel at the si leading down to the river, been have may created so that livest from the river on busy market days. Buildings lining the east • • • • of the street, as the buildi Looking along Church Street views from this side. The of the church view photographs and it is frontage of Bri buildings, steps rising to below streetdoorways level. frontage, creating an altoge range of buildi incorporates a wide althoughdevelopment, some of the earli allow a footbridge ac allow immediacy of the church of the immediacy an unusual featurestreet is and the re-laid at thegravestones foot bridge form near the re-lai Large slabs of pathalso line all of the characteand are a defining The treatment cont unified around the perimeter of ironpaired wrought gate to the church,extension around which wraps of t the northern flank visible from many public As the viewpoints. designedchurch was two identical with "faces" and the extension ob and alterations.development Factors Negative HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 46 l focal point. storic utilitarian teenth century townteenth century although it may havealthough it may although where it although where Royal Hotel is not clear. yard and incorporates an ed. The original purpose tallest in The the village. s open out across the river. e row of eighteenth century e row sett paving, which leads tosett paving, which the site of the former not a natura de the War nearde the Memorial has been amalgamated into distinction between privatedistinction between . The constricted paths the bridge andthe form a good the narrow pattern set by town have town house and may rtant part of its hi active and spoils the and spoils active setting of the of woollen mills, of woollen ge area the surface of but patched ey, double-pile, eigh ey, The main building facing the church, No 1 vened its character, vened rd are fully developed and areviews although, of the space alongsi ed because of the loss of enclosure. er of the churchyard, dominateder of the churchyard, plain by towards the cricket ground len industry. This and th front of the Village Hall, ch Street are some of the e Georgian architecture.e Georgian the south side church of the the private car park, the s mullioned replac windows heavily tooledheavily stone as a large expanse of historic the Warthe Memorial, but it is late medieval churchyard street may be a relic from street may lines the north side Street, with a mixtureStreet, with pace between the and the bridge but it is not a conventional very important as it very rmer Wesleyan school hurch Street ent of Chapel Road, eak in the enclosure where eak in the enclosure where view w enclosed spacesw left houses, although the rear half houses and smaller space and closes the listed building and views views listed building and tarmac in this central location is unattr tarmac in this central The Royal Hotel car park covers a lar covers Hotel car park The Royal character. The open space in a br millpond, provides pair of gables fronting the example of planned, example set-piec The s the historic use of an provides It now area for The enhancement recent paving has enli Hotel the Royal the entrance to leads to the Royal Yard and been part of a much larger ofaround the majority the churchya channelled around the perimet andfeatureless walls tall boundaries, an impo Steeple End Fold leads past important private yard, with now used Entry Mill, as a builder's yard. Steeple End Fold, was part of a three-stor house, or pair of town The and it Skillet Restaurant been associated with the wool houses at the bottom of Chur Highgate Road a similar pattern ofHighgate Road follows to Churchdevelopment of eighteenth century nineteenth century terraces. once It was connected todirectly C the developm following Church Street changedits relationship with seems tuckedand it now a quiet away, residential area. The fo is a prominent and key building which dominates the green view. 11 Highgate Road of the street and is also acrosscloses the view the valley. The green fespace is one of very reflect the morewhich rural character of pre-industrialisation. Hayfield, Walk MillSteeple Road End and Fold inThispredominantly area evolved theassociation with industrial development • and public space is aand public space blurr little Factors Negative of this house is unclear (Nos. 1-15) share the same same share the 1-15) (Nos. HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 47 ervative Club. ream trapped ream trapped er the centuries with Kinder Road with ter. The route curving crofts). parapet A low into the available space, There are regular e of the road. Generally, d be remedied better with original purpose, which original purpose, the Phoside st rds the church and this follow a well-definedfollow building line groups. Boundary arewalls Restaurant and Cons Inn and the junction river has changed ov river hat would have general the beenhat would used by ce south (i.e. Thornton Hall and Shudehill ll and the smithy. ll and the smithy. access to the water's edge access in several water's to the this corner of the street the pavement edge and the undulating road its identity - this its identity coul ace and largely ace and largely redundant the street do not ings have now lost their probably developed after the the road or squeezed were is part of the village and theis part of the village eeple End Fold access to with s semi-circular ground arched sion (longsion thin as known plots rrival point in the village for point in the village rrival and a higgledy piggledy charac ings over the river towa building or a bank, which et provides a et provides glimpse of characteristic. t may have been have t may originally and occasionally the edg retain l in form. Following the severing of the severing l in form. Following and rises up Shude Hill. here are unusual, picturesque here are enclosure and perhaps a more obvious gateway. The dead end street has lost The underpass is out of pl Loss of defined space near The Skillet and as a result t defineimportant as they built to fa housesthe better quality were House) and others either face making interesting clusters Street is accentuatedof Market by rises surface, which outside the Packhorse before it dips again The properties on both sides of openness is an important Market Street The Street and the space between Market but it has a semi-public character with access to buildings t places and formerly public, such as the communal corn mi the build glimpses between • • in the wall fronting the in the wall stre medieval parcels of land parcels medieval divi between the between buildings. The it with Skillet Restaurant roof parapetfloor windows, and curved façade and the windows the Conservative of gothic style Club are both and were more cosmopolitan, opened,station was time which by havewould been the main a The Skille those visiting. commercialdesigned as a tended to be classica 1979Station Road in th from at St creation of a cul-de-sac the underpass, these build two to impress visitors. was Factors Negative HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 48 ll three-storey all and weir, theall and weir, is cloaked by treesis cloaked by (now Library) Hayfield over to the roofs across the eye into Kinder the eye public face of this of the Packhorse Inn and test available routes. rporates wide fluctuations rporates wide public and private he tall Corner House and ation of this important the street - the gable ends he Packhorse Inn car park al Garden on the north bank, lding is a local landmark. s are framed by ta s are framed by between the waterf between are generally quite deep are generally a narrow with a clear view through to the cricket view a clear the trees form a sudden,view. dynamic ossop Road are channelledossop Road the towards and infilledthe openings on Newsagents izontal runs of timber eaves. Set backizontal runs of timber eaves. the cricket ground and red, sometimes without pavement, red, sometimes without and creating highly dynamic, organic ea is the network of ea is the network frontage in front t of imitive Methodist Chapel Methodist imitive No. 1 Corner leads House higher part of Market Street higher part of Market ng clutter on the prominent Surgery are focal points. eep slopes taking the shor the street. The main elev he street, accentuated by t by accentuated he street, far distance. The street inco ure and paraphernalia in front are typically 35 degrees. are typically hills in the distance. is from the Memori he river are prominent in views along ght angle to the road, bui the attached to the Parish Council office building, close to the bridge (Bridge End) are distracti Gap and loss of enclosure in Clutter of street furnit The pipe, notice boards soil waste and shrubs. A particular characteristic of this ar the st footpaths running down The bold gable frontage of the Pr are staggered and punctuate over views building has private historic buildings to terraces in the in the building line, sometimes stagge inviting exploration sometimes with, The proportionsdevelopment. of buildings frontage, and roof pitches stands out in marked contrast to the hor from the street at a sli Hall and its old barn Fox Kinder Road - Lower section view From the bottom of Kinder Road narrow • • • the three-storey row row the three-storey there isopposite and Theground. of curve generous The descending views from Gl the street centre, through the neckcentre, of t Road - this and the Road - this and Old Bank There from the long views are andthe church tower the viewsOne of the best of t where the contrasts in the contrasts where and textures shapes and thearch of the bridge, church tower Factors Negative HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 49 rm theparallel with is wall, with its quirkyis wall, with he land falls away sharplyhe land falls away wall which retains Kinder retains which wall local landmark because of outh side of the and street has lost some definition has lost some he stone steps rising to Bank ccasional sharp bends, and oad (pictured left). more open and rural as it climbs the tween Bank Roadtween and the bridge has views along the streetviews focal and new mber of terraced buildings were buildings were mber of terraced eserved historic surfaceseserved in Hayfield. uses and terraces alongside the River the road in a long fo incorporated roadside encroachments and off-street parking space decorative bargeboard, be could which gradient from the centre of Hayfield towards Bowdengradient from towards the centre of Hayfield e for the large retaining e for the large retaining historic buildings historic its way, incorporating o its way, Loss of enclosure on the s he south side of the street he south side of Hayfield, is neverthelessHayfield, a laundry buildinglaundry up to th butting ey sides. Thereey are l cottages hugging the road. T acts as a foil - the acter Area is formed by ks, including the cricket creation of • demolished. The running be ginnel Road are generous and br some of the best pr repaired recently, t Sensitively FactorsNegative ng the narrow lanesng the narrow and defined largely by thedefined largely Poor condition of somePoor condition sash windowsLoss of Sett Sett The spine of this Char east-west, flows Sett, which the River the meadows fields surrounded by and river its lie along which ban ground. This area is valley, the of shape well-defined narrow, forms a dramaticwhich setting for buildings that contour along the vall ofsharp contrasts between terraced rows houses scattered alo the open space formed by the river meadows and flood plain, which area is highlywhole picturesque. Kinder Road – Upper Section Kinder Road rises in a gentle Bridge and Kinder. It winds creating continually changing picturesque points. The character of the street becomes occasional smal hill with meadows, 2 - River Character Area ho builtbuildings were close to or abutting down to the river meadows.down The development of Kinder Road early • Factors Negative • Bank Road memorabl Bank Road is most Road. In contrast, the tiny theRoad. In contrast, tiny of features, suchthe as mixture of placeconsidered out in its size and proportions. T and because the street was widened a nu HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 50 of the street they all available spaceall available forso comfort, and age at the bottom of as they were built by built were as they her, encroaching onto ly overly the centuries the ristic of the conservationristic of bit a wider range ofbit a wider most of Hayfield and a most of Hayfield th-east, as Snake known the north-east of Kinder of the north-east have deeper plana slightly h-facing fronth-facing elevations gardens descendinggardens the to evations areevations uniform generally with the with land retained at the and lead the up the hill. eye not follow the same regular w so dense thatw the stepped lopment to a farm a terrace of and ys leading to ys way. From the stone-walled enclosed way. front of each ot century examples examples century on the built were distinctive feature in views down Kinder down feature in distinctive views ge. On the north side onomy rather than he street, the th ilt up part of the vill s looking to squeeze ury development above development ury The the village. ed stone by aprons retained kerbs. rear elevations exhi rearelevations tside the conservation area. and 18 and , it widensMany a little. invariably these tiny invariably th , which climb, which steeply to the the church village, tween tightly the packed ted this blockted this form although rm is still a strong characte a strong rm is still the street. The terraces scending the hill to the nor e are also alle ey and offer surprising vistas some of the most interesting e or “apron” at the front. which meant that meant which the sout character to t of these glimpsed views. break out to open heather s and craggy s and craggy faces in quarry Some share precipitous Some share re fragmented character. Slow se in tiers up the slope, here are panoramic over views ens retained by ens retained by prominent far horizons beyond the stone stone paved and setted s and stone gulleys. chedWhilst houses. front el the stone setts. The area has a character Kinder Road the properties do buWithin the densely continuous built fronta the street, the builder buildingfrom the shallow plots, building line is a highly Road. rear. The is no development are often stepped out in Vicarage Lane and streets, it changes to a mo There a is one major footpath Path. From this footpath t of the landmarkclear view church tower. Kinder Road changes character in a subtle grade II listed weavers cottages, ou they often look north and face they deta than the earlier sunny,in character, the south-facing alterations. enclosed As a result of this suddenly encountered gaps be provide clusters of buildings the Sett vall glimpses across across the Sett valley to hill the middle distance and the fields settlement, where of moorland. Close to the heart in is prominent tower many ther Within the terraced rows and gardens.back yards Almost are lined with alleys surfaces, stone kerb As Kinder Road climbs the valley terraces have a private spac These gard are often tiny and settor paved coursed stone walls Cote Lane Road, set a precedent cent for twentieth houses lining Cote Lane ri Cote Lane leads through modern housing deve very high number of very grit overlooked the Sett valley. the Sett valley. overlooked meadows below. Thisriver fo adop also area. Terraced rows theylocal entrepreneurs for ec built were road. Most of these surviving 17 these surviving of Most road. southern edge of the street, edge of the street, southern HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 51 ear. The sides two it was approached via it was onship of the farm group od. The nineteenth oviding contrast in form also provide important r to other areas, although first developed in the eighteenth in the eighteenth developed first into a small worked-out quarry into a small worked-out quarry rms or smallholdings. The rows have filled in filled have the many of rows the regular rhythm of terraces. from this peri they provide a connection provide the they with ar industry is not cl e now in separatee now ownership but they destrian footbridges crossing the river ossed a ford, and by narrow, steep and well-worn footpaths. de above Hazlehurst. An survives Hazlehurst. old well de above larly occupiedlarly a small area. are striking features pr view between view the terraced rows along Kinder Road Spring Vale Road entury farm group.entury The relati p bends and changes direction. s agricultural roots.s agricultural They into the tight available ring Vale Road is simila of view andof view glimpses ce at Rockhall. These former privies and former privies ing assortment of tall There from are views courtyard breaks up courtyard Road and through to the backs of the terraced e the remains of a few fa 1 and 103 and Grey Beck side of the valley.side of many of the buildings were built The Jumble At gaps. The as are important remaining gaps and the rural setting village’ of the far glimpses face and jostle for position. short Houses and slottedterraced rows were space and the exchanges the between buildings and create narrow intriguing framed views. Kinder Road past the houses at Spring Vale backdrop of the quarry fa views take in an interest retainingdrystone walls, outbuildings. Nos. 10 are focal points in views on descending the hill, the road takeswhere in shar Along Kinder Road ar Jumble Farm arfarmbuildings which serve appear to be an eighteenth c ranged around a small Farm simi Another group at Holly Watery called Originally Hey, although Grey Beck nowcentury only dates open rural character rural character open as terraced has changed century developmentcentury of Sp particul associated any it whether with was of the valley are connected narrow pe of the valley by are reached of which from a network cr was this part of the river Historically an old packhorse route from the hillsi near the footbridge. There are many exchanges of Road. Longand Valley terraces HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 52 ng centre. During Valley Road have aValley This by is masked ass and backdrop to re the village opens out c views across Hayfield across c views inuous unbroken runs of e upland areas. Grey BeckGrey stands out as a se the space and the leaf important farm group, small where the terraces follow thewhere the terraces follow awn to the across theawn vista and later gritstone. yellow he conservation area. Valley at the end of Valley Road, at the end of Valley which ing north-west, overing north-west, the rooftops, the was first landscaped was - rhododendrons 1618, incorporates a mixture of hard 1618, incorporates a mixture tall retaining wall. tall retaining wall. lley. The the trees and shrubs within lley. apart from the bustli apart from the . The a houses have proper pavement e south-west side ofe south-west s the River Sett and the north across a prominent landm h century development, built in two the terraced can be rows seen at once. attered farms of th attered farms he it is a major feature.valley scape.Trees the in and greenery valley tes are out of placetes are all of the attention is dr white painted elevation of of paintedwhite elevation Valley Road to Hazlehurst. He found in other parts of t Spring Vale Road. The cont eighteenth century, it is an and substantial boundary wall. wall. substantial boundary and and there are wide panorami and there are wide ment can be found seventeenth origin, century ng to the north is ng to an even summit. established on its trees below Valleytrees below Road enclo it changes direction nd established by 1922. inent element of the landscape, The Recreation ground rough the Recreation Garages located on Garages gap-si natural contours of the land. Many of natural contours of the land. Many Hazlehurst Farm, which has a datestone of gritstone, grey pebbly of rebuilt inSubstantially the characteristics shared the sc with by Springfield Terrace,a long late nineteent the Recreation Ground terraces overlooks a gritstone lined with kerb A remote part of the settle • within the bleak, rolling,the bleak, within land upland bottom underscore thebottom views. Factors Negative Road Valley a quiet Road is Valley area set residential Therecreation ground. tall, the winter, there are there longthe winter, view panoramic through the trees. Look prominent landmark largely across the prevents views cover va Recreation Ground when were introduced it character a lush provide not a by Road is separated from the riverbank butundergrowth further along t east houses Modern built into the hillside on th neutral impact on the area as valley. Hayfield Moor risi the terraced houses, risi There to the river bank at is public access the playground Valley Road. An below sheer wall ofexposed bedrock has created a and bend in the river and runs north. Th Sett stoneGround the River is edged with protecting the banks from wear. revetments The cricket ground was present site in 1867. to the given was parish by Francis J Sumner Park Hall a of nearby Footpath 43 leads No. from it meets openwhere fields and over Kinder Road and slate roof are a prom church tower is also landmark.a prominent church tower The the of the year rest HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 53 with Station Road with built. It is aligned s. The of the rhythm om of the centre he church tower is, not Street, with its Street, with the into Hayfield views Top Lane, leading ground down into ground down the ve been displaced ve when pped lintels and plain These compact rows follow rows These compact eet was probably onceeet was a ristic as the streetscape eep continuous eaves andeep continuous eaves by buildings onto whichby front directly acterised the junction ea separated now fr enabled a degree of town planning by residential late use. Its relatively unadorned masonry is striking for its simplicity. This str unbroken eaves, ste continuation of Ridge long terrace at Chapel from the high directly unbroken slate roof slope ha but it may village, the Wesleyan Church was Wesleyan Church was the Station Road with and t of road are out of road are out of rows off the rows main street. he street, the terraces funnel et is an important characte vertical glazing bars at vertical dii and panel fencing the windows indicate the windows the identical doorcases cal doorcases, of high leway (No. 66) along (No. leway the e gentle curvature of the ly known as South known ly View shes survive. Gladstoneshes survive. king terrace, which relies king terrace, which one kerbs and loss ofone kerbs and inent as a backdrop. e characterised by a st built in 1871 and 1872 corporated tall sashes, building land in the nineteenth century led to the Here Terrace Rockhall and historic paving historic paving are out of place place Boundaries of leylan windows Widespread loss of sash Garages located on Garages located edge st Lack of care for • • • • Mills 3 – New Road Character Area residential ar Road is a mainly Mills New continues as a public as continues brid bank of the river. the river. bank of been appear toEllers Bank developed have in the with association of theexpansion at quarry in the nineteenthRockhall century. Factors Negative Hayfield by the by-pass. by Hayfield Shops once char but they have into all been converted in the eighteenthdevelopment century a continuoushaving line, dominatedbuilding the street, and wide pavements. The of the gentle curve stre unfolds. Looking east along t and the moors are prom original terraces The two and Gladstone Terrace incorporate elegant classi Thequality. proportions of have in would they that glazed single probably with this time, although no sa Terrace, th follows which road, is a particularly stri on the repeated rhythm of for its architectural character. Shortage of available of severaldevelopment short the steep hillside and ar HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 54 al origin. It is ble on the rear street to Church street to d its historic it seems have to maps and from the may be may blighted noticeably noticeably out of place Hayfield from New as the from New Mills Hayfield , particularly noticea , particularly busiest residential road in Hayfield ies. Evidence of this is theies. Evidence lack of surprisingly, a prominent landmark. surprisingly, Station RoadAlthough developed to station, the serve “back” early been an Street, a continuation of Ridge Top Lane, probably of mediev the main accessnow to the Sett Valley Trail car park an and the relationship with settlement is only from old evident of the church tower.strategic views & gates which once served gardens. front & gates which bungalows (Nos. 73-79 New Mills Road) (Nos. 73-79 New Mills bungalows and numberwagons of heavy using the ves are noticeable on particularly poor condition. They ndows & panelled doors ollystone built area, it is sidings. The land around de the conservation area agments of this important ining wall which lined the which ining wall oad which once servedoad which he conservation areahe conservation and is defined on its northern edge view is dominated byview the rendered may inhibit investment in some propert maintenance of eaves and gutters These been replaced hedges, have by walls and fences of Chapel Street. In a wh Gladstone Terrace by of the road the proximity slightly A6015 lie on the bend in the road which Satellite dishes fixed Satellite dishes fixed under the ea of the larger A few houses are in first impressionA negative on approaching Widespread loss of sash wi Widespread loss of sash Loss of traditional cast iron railings Introduction of render to rear extensions Large numbers of buildings the fronting • • • • • • • The Area is Character the old buttressedby reta old station goods and yard the former station lies outsi although the old setted r to descends Wood and which now the Mill, Sett Trail, t within lies Valley survivingone of the few fr site. Factors Negative HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 55 streets. This of these streets, Fisher’s Bridge, the corner of ion of buildings Church Street s mark on the Skillet Restaurant and there are an in some parts of the he need for planning ade more noticeable as a idge and Walk Road,idge and Mill of negative factors of negative have impacts on the historic tant focal point in the street. The legacy has left it legacy thecharacter of the village with creation of gaps at Church Street and and the corner of and Steeple End Fold. Large concrete kerbs have been Public Realm Before the construction of the by- pass, the presence of a main road through Hayfield led to the systematic demolit and the widening of introduced along Church Street and Street Market abundance of lampposts. Church Street both pact on not only the lives of locals, a link between thea link between two sides of the nts have into the village, been left

and the cul-de-sac at the of end om the village. The eof the designation the conservation he in centre, but also negatively historic acter of the village is weakest.acter of the village ide the by-pass in the form of in ide the by-pass ould be achieved ould be achieved by t which is urban in character and does which little to rial, such as panel fencing and a sense of well-being nd streets; Fisher’s Br ence of the by-pass is m e the boundary to a property moval of traffic has benefits, val of a stone boundary val wall

from fast moving traffic n was put in n was againstplace to safeguard further amples stand out. Although these issues, priorities can identify we for future The negative direct along Church Street along Church Street of character, a number of character, isolated both physically fr and visually advertisements promote community safety continued into which Station Road. From once importantwere entrance poi which pride once given of place as an impor was pelican crossing over the A624 provides although the turningvillage space here Fisher’s Bridge is where the char conservation area theconservation pres result of the road noise The creation of an underpass, The dead-e of two creation Road noise – whilst the re The introduction of clutter alongs the frontage and setting of the listed buildings buildings the listed of the frontageand setting Strip of tarmac and concrete kerbs detract from Strip from kerbs detract and concrete of tarmac NEGATIVE FACTORS NEGATIVE ▲ Alterations Boundary There instances wher are a few has been altered the remo with mate and replacement a new with hedge. Aor Leylandii ex few • • • • become clear. Some of these may predat these may clear. Some of become area in 1972. The designatio harmful development, so far as this c have been;environment of the assessment As part

permission. By highlightingpermission. By enhancement. Hayfield by-passThe A624 The in 1978-79 had by-pass constructed an im t traffic from in removing both positively community. separating the HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 56 on and detract alterations, therealterations, shes in a small, ilst satellite dishes are ilst seldom stand out in long vast vast of buildingsmajority ntage of the conservation ntage of edevelopment many over , although the number of instancesalterations. of ve the characterve the of ominent locati generally intact and well intact and well generally oofs have been replaced with oofs vation vation area. This occurs where ing was adopted in the eir cars on the street. Gardens e in Hayfield and residents in most ly, although the opportunities for infillly, to undertake certainto undertake spoilt by a break in the building line spoilt by ows now survive. now survivedows Doors have influenced by the age influenced by of the property easy to identify on to identify closeeasy inspection. yfield and they and they yfield noticeableare particularly temporary and concrete timber garages with wide visibility splays or the or splays visibility wide with e character of the village, although thise character of the village, large numbers of di w occasions where modern bungalows and occasions modern where bungalows w where historic where slate r building These a rigid framework. within buildings y there are few relatively y Road and Market Street. Wh Street. Road and Market they are easierthey to maintain are dark grey they in colour, car parking the adva to bay, instances they are in a pr instances they ng local pressureng local to preser nual process of change and r s historic sash windows. Thes historic sash windows. oundaries to properties are of “infilling” between build of “infilling” between the conservation area.the conservation modern buildings in the conser the settlement have to the settlement park th Roof Finishes nineteenth century and still occurs occasional limited. There very are a fe are now impact on had a negative houses have th to all does not apply Twentieth Development Century The has had village a conti are too shallow to are too shallow providea area as a whole, as the b these is dwindling. Loss of Historic There are occasional instances concrete tiles. Because they views across the although theyvalley, are centuries. The process and enclosurethe pattern of development is through the creation driveway of a private on the houses at lower Kinder the historic core of the historic core Loss of Historic Windows most it has lost of Hayfield to a greater degree because introduction of a new shape of are illustrated on the Townscape map. Satellite Dishes Theresatellite dishes in Ha are numerous village and this is probablyvillage and wh & Timber Garages Concrete There of garage shortage is a widespread spac maintained. Where has permitted, space been erected. Inhave most of from the character havewould had the pattern sash windows, and changing fashions. sash Very few wind problematicnot necessarily their own, on clutter.confined area introduce visual appears to be a self-regulatiappears villagers have permitted have villagers rights development HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 57 planters has obscured the historic character of the sive Streetsive Furniture il offices (former ckhorse Inn, where l stone forecourt, l stone forecourt, street furniture furniture street Street Clutter and Exces and Clutter Street In several places thereIn several are a large and signs of number in a smallconcentrated area. Whilst and advertisements have alwaysnotices streetbeen part of the scene, modern clutterextraneous in the form of and tubs,plastic planters and bollards, other unnecessary street furniture spoils the simple, unfettered character of some parts of the conservation area. are; the Pa Examples advertisementcanopies and an banner a negative impacthave on the historic pub and its traditiona and the Parish Counc clutter of the visual Lock-Up), where signs, lamp-post, flagpole and building. HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 58 mill buildings,

The public areas are where granite setts ystone boundary walls as does the rapid growth ensure that they do not ensure they that ervation area. are not well-maintained, ea is good, very nowith techniques, can be costly ge, industrial from lack investment of on area, setts arewhere stone setts. not These were the buildings lining New Mills

enhancement schemes to ition and are subject to hey are an important part of are hey , as their maintenance as , as their maintenance rge number of private spaces, which rge number of private spaces, which terial in this area. ouses in only fair condition,ouses in only but these uices and weirs vary inuices vary condition. As and weirs nts, have been nts,demolished have in Hayfield. footpaths the that track up and down on near Bank Road low key storage and key low light uses, industrial e condition of the dr l vulnerable from lack of maintenance. l vulnerable ed through conservation the area are tted roads and ginnels. ed road cons in the able in their current uses. shortfall in the local grit ited from a number of will needwill to be monitored to ngs along Kinder that Road Most of the vulnerable, lar of the vulnerable, Most character of the conservati but there are a la ldings in the conservation ar the conservation ldings in heir historic character. T heir historic character. llage. These cond in vary e footpaths needs monitoring, aditional materials repair and quite noticeable that some of e not a traditional ma ition, the area suffering no doubt om inappropriate alterationsom inappropriate the route of footpaths. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE AREA THE OF CONDITION GENERAL locally produced and ar produced locally restore paved areas, there is one occasi been used, to have make up a they have no economichave use, they are al they identifiable buildings identifiable buildings at risk. settleme other characterise nearby which because it is the most heavily traffick Water Management to the river and man-made sl Revetments Footpaths The of public has a large village network slopes, in and out of vi the use. Thcontinual erosion and intensive that line the routes of thes of self-set trees along Setts and Paving has a high rate of se Hayfield survival in good conditiongenerally are an important part of the vulnerable to re-surfacing or removal. has benef Although the village Buildings the conditionOverall, of bui The two small mills which survive are in Thesurvive small mills which two which has little impactwhich on t the of the history village and suffer fr deteriorate, or using tr historic buildings, not be economically and may vi There of buildi are a number gutters are leaking,where and scatter terraced of houses and larger h examples It is are in the minority. Road are in poor cond HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 59

al. This is the al. This is the one slate can . Stone slate is . Stone slate is mber of shopfronts eare quarries in stone for roofing slate. e are no local sources. e are no local sources. larly for a larly terraces, where age in recent years is aage in years recent onsidering opportunities to kward. Thekward. further loss of ew across the Sett valley. Along New Road, inAlong New Mills e, although st cases the existing materials can sk that the character of the village of the village sk that the character owners to need find suitable for replacement materials. Whilstfor replacement materials. in aracter of the village. aracter of the village. dual properties is norm local supply of stonelocal supply and roofing slate mand for shops, a nu sonry and domesticsonry detailed windows. , the character of Hayfield does come , the character of Hayfield does mpatible stone is Ladycross Quarry in Quarry is Ladycross mpatible stone om overseas has started to be usedom overseas a second hand supply. a second hand However, there ington slate and ther als introducedhave been e secondhand materials and are they hough both are very expensive hough both are very compared is a significant ri is a significant granite settsvill into the is purpose, to supply quarried is purpose, to supply e roofing materials, particu demands for alterations. of quarries nationally and therof quarries nationally of their useful lives, useful lives, of their yshire County Council are c of the long exchanges of vi were once shops were changed to residential have use. The l materials have a finite lif mpromise, which can look aw affect the historic ch properly maintained. In many PROBLEMS, PRESSURES & CAPACITY FOR CHANGE FOR PROBLEMS,& PRESSURES CAPACITY many towns and towns imported slate fr villages many Northumberland. In time, there Northumberland. as people change to look elsewherewill have becauseextensively a cheap material it is The has co quarry most frequented which from the uniform use of nativ thesmooth and seamless indivi join between produced by only a handful most striking characteristic be recycled and lossesany be recycled made up with of thes is not an inexhaustible supply The introductionexpensive. of materi case in point, where non-native The is to provide sustainable a answer only the National Park and Derb Loss of native roofing native Loss of materials end roofs come to As slate replacement materials. Al replacement materials. last for centuries if last for centuries open small quarries for just th there is no longer any de particular, where been removedhave maand replaced with The a co result is usually traditional shopfronts will There is a Cumbrian supplier of new BurlTheresupplier of new is a Cumbrian WelshWales slate, alt still producing imported slate.with Loss of Shopfronts A number of buildings that shopfronts are vulnerable to HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 60 and including designations are where an areawhere or up the hill and it At that time it was age of Hayfield the Award). It has a the Award). Shudehill House. “The

ped as a courtyard type of the farmbuildings that century, although it may corporates a curved though it always a had of Hayfield is interestingof Hayfield ectively at all areas and of a conservation area direction from the top of hether areasthere are any also refer to Figure 4. areas; New Mills Road and areas; Mills New he former school and the or altered modern by no obvious reason why theno obvious reason why y and the reviewy includes ran down the hill, parallel ran down with as Kinder Road uster of roads in the centre of part of the vill rket Street mid-way x, which once comprised a series of which x, should be considered possess the special interest led to which does not follow naturalany break in periodically review their review conservation periodically accompanied the formal on Area was originallyon Area was designated in only possible to surmise the reasons for only possible to oad, and Springfield Terrace”. It also ed appraisal character of the of the ervation area boundary, which has been t their special interest. farmbuildings that the road. This develo was of farm in the eighteenth earlier origins. have One the complex currently was within stands outside the conservation area, al functional relationship with time at one in use as a “Gig HouseBarn” was and Stable” (No. 524 - 1849 Ti datestone of 1831 and in outside corner, which often introduced was in described in a clockwise to the boundary, please to the boundary, praisal, involves looking obj in 1976 thenand in 1994. again ions to the boundary. ial character remains and w ea of 1972 was the cl ea of 1972 was ter extension included ter extension two oric development of this part farm complex. farm complex. There is ics also reveals mayinformation about places which een significantly damaged and Cottage but t excludes of the River Sett,of the River as far on of the historic development ide the area boundar conservation CONSERVATION AREA REVIEW BOUNDARY AREA CONSERVATION as Shudehill was an extensive farm comple an as Shudehill was extensive boundary was truncated was boundary at this point, as it historic character. The hist remainder of the Shudehill includes Shudehill House Market Street. For alterations Market Market Street The area conservation currently crosses Ma areas and their boundariesareas and agains The of the Conservati boundary Hayfield extended1972. It was twice, to not a requirement prepare a detail conservation area and the reports which detailed assessments,without so it is the extending conservation in these area areas. The ar conservation original TheHayfield. in 1976 included “that extension Ellers Bank. Rockhall Terrace and the cons The process of reviewing undertaken as part of this ap whether the spec identifying character the where has b Cancellationdevelopment. of designation part of an area is no longer considered to its original designation. The of investigati process and its spatial characterist outs lie currently recommendations for extens This of the boundary is review AuthoritiesLocal Planning toa duty have including Kinder Road, Spring Vale R reached Hazlehurst. The la to the north the land lying HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 61

rict National Park. Fairy ent movement ofent movement at Shudehill (now The FairyRoad (above) Bank all the other schools all the other schools tion is extended y walls and railings. The in the village, ain the village, sferred. The gritstone ourt) and the space in front of life and part ofvillage a well-defined historic a well-defined the barn at Shudehill towards the framing views a strong element ofa strong element the same stone was usedsame stone was to form to be intelligible as an inal alignment and theinal alignment and This prominent feature is a he hillside to the east of the conservation area, adopted 5th ry of the conserva 930s, the large retaining930s, the that wall ery present or frequ or present ery of former schools Housing Association) and the windows fall within the Peak Dist s the boundary betweens the boundary the historic iron the railings. Although former school Fairy Bank Road, Glossop Road and lines Market Street (5/10/11). of Market Street. The of Market rebuild the gable endrebuild the gable of this truncated.when was The side of west the the orig street follows surrounds retaining which the wall prominent wall is former Board School street,enclosure of the church. The created following Board School was Act and the 1881 Education wereclosed & pupils tran ude the former farm buildings of the street built. was rmer school yard, the boundar hey retain a strongly hey of education in the village. House Lane lie on the eet and Kinder Road. This is ses and eaves details, e slight, subtle variations portance of education as part portance of education as part the former school (Primrose C

retains enough of its original ed cottages along Fairy the doors and a slight gritstone and incorporating old maps. The of t development ssroads, there are striking

See extension No. 1 on the Revised Boundary map. October 2011. Bank Cottages are now included within Swallowhouse Lane, the buildings To the north of the junction with

Barn) and the retaining wall that boundary is extended to incl of the school, part of the fo (5/10/11) to include both Following public consultation, the bounda alignment evident on Market Street to Vicarage LaneMarket Street to Vicarage The follow area conservation boundary buildings fronting Market Str Alteration to the boundary farmyards farmyards thereheavy where was machin goods and carts.goods and in theWhenwidened Street was 1 Market follows the currently east side of the developmentthe story Glossop Road and Swallow of the Bank Nationalboundary Park. Fairy Road, lies however, High Peak Borough. within Where the roads meet at the cro views down over the towards the church.village 1900 all of theBy terrac Bank Road had been built. T unified palette of materials and details, with repeated patterns of doorca all built from the same ThereWelsh ar slate roofs. arched lintels overwith lintels.chamfer to the window wall still preserves itswall original wrought has been extended Primrose Court (now been altered, it still have old school and it contributes to the range testament to the historic im HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 62 to include all of ilt in front of the paddocks. At the above the road. Thisabove is too has a strong lex industrial history of industriallex history e valley it is part of thee valley public footpath known as the village has great these streets is almost ter with a large retaining ter with ciety erectedciety in 1906 are ment continued up until a number of terraces but ing down Kinder Road. area as do the houses Road and Sett the River aigmore. The stone steps the village as seen from ory of this areaory and the age. Just the beyond ve been ve originally used in the bungalow River View.the bungalow River gn erected by thegn erected by Peak blocks of gritstone which Lane, but did not really not really but did Lane, was built circa was 1910 but the and 103 Kinder Road, which e little relationship with the e little relationship with . The created open space was s and and cast iron wrought development of a smalldevelopment stone ch older. It was buch older. It was is extended (5/10/11) rmer quarry. Thisrmer quarry. ildings running along theildings running of the north side the south side of Kinder Road and and specifically Nos. 101 and 103 Kinder of their charm and quirkiness. Theyof their charm and quirkiness. are eep fields and small and sash windows with original details. hough of this part point in views look point in views modern housing development and the e “Sun View J & H Furness 1856”. The cottages and materials hav and materials the periphery of the the periphery vill the group known as The the group known Jumble. the conservation boundary. ts behind the street frontage nd is a reminder of the comp oad, as the enclosure along es outside the conservation d 1930s. Thed 1930s. develop 1930s District and N C Footpaths So an important part of the hist Craigmorerights of way. barn at the rear is mu face andold quarry may ha one of the many the quarry, small association with alongside, Craigmore and the eye updraws the hill thein association with lies behind which Cr quarry, and the historic footpath si This area has a strong charac made from monolithicwall 107-121 Kinder Road, rises the 107-121 Kinder Road, rises the pair of cottages Nos. 101 across th om the street, in views ghteenth century,ghteenth Cote with the conservation area includes tation, the boundary river meadows between Kinder river heir original boundary heir original boundary wall sual impact on the character of on the character sual impact rises so steeply. er Road – Jumble

See Extension No. 2 on the Revised Boundary map. Road and Rose Bank. the cluster of buildings at The Jumble, Snake Path. The footpath li quarries being worked around View, River is another small fo bungalow, character in the streetscene a the village. The follows area conservation boundary includes the fields and Footpathbut excludes No. 280. the 1960s but the buildingthe 1960s forms little it has elevation, vi and Kinder Street Market R landunbroken and the terrace, the Beyond Nos. Following public consul well preserved, retain preserved, t well No changes are Kind East section of made here to develop until thedevelop 1920s an t Even village. character of the historic Vicarage Lane,Beyond there is no conservation area is st backdrop to the Jumble, the boundary of some importantalso excludes historic bu street. These the include incorporate a datestone and nam are not an identical pair but this is part railings. They are an important focal Another house, Rose Bank, si historic building, also a well-preserved Although not prominent fr cluster of buildings which form Hayfield started in thestarted Hayfield ei HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 63 ance to the former oof. All of these th Hill Side and ots on the edge of led at the bottom of commonly occurredcommonly between. This ently lies within the Sett ury and which run and which ury currently outside thecurrently parated from Valley r, in views entering ther, in views and the track above leading (5/10/11) to include the hese cottages on the the cluster of buildings nent historic building, Nut nter from Road. Valley oups from there are where oad. TheWesleyan old ic Footpath No. 280, which of the road, which are an the conservation area but are an on area boundary. es and the land in d up towards Kinder Thisd up towards area has Low. group around the entr workers housing. Bo workers ry is extended (5/10/11) to include includes quarry workers cottages at workers includes quarry ndows and stone slate r in the eighteenth cent parallel with the road,parallel with buildings where were squeezed onto narrow pl the the road where boundariesnot were well frame defined. They along the road.views The Sett is River se lining retainingRoad by a massive wall the south bank, which is the valley is Cuckoos Nest, another terraceeighteenth century of houses, which conservation area. conservation Nest e encroachments which farm group above t farm group above

te Road there is a promi rrently lie outside rrently the conservati still visible still visible on gable the looking the green. Howeve as seen from Valley Road rrently drawn tightly around tightly rrently drawn Road, to the east, there ich are visible during the wi the during are visible ich the fields between these gr Hill Side, which lies on the Hill Side, which the conservation area which curr e a terrace of cottages, e a terrace of cottages, on, the boundary is extended village green onvillage Highgate R and Cuckoos Nest and Publ ed and extended ined and extended the not. Originally builtnot. Originally a as name “Joseph Bradbury”name “Joseph uses along the northern side

See Extension No. 2 on the Revised Boundary map. valley. See Extension No. 2 on the Revised Boundary map. complements the part of to Hazlehurst. connects these eighteenth century cottag important part of the village Hillside, Bank End Farm small quarries and ho far reaching views out anfar reaching views across the valley anda well-defined special character. The area conservation is cu No changes areHighgate Road made here to The Road and Valley Sett Valley Following public consultation, the bounda The of the area boundary conservation Ellers Bank and theRockhall Terrace and It also includes the Rockhall Quarry. hillside, at Hazlehurst, and that lie around the former school frames the space over conservation area from Highga further along Kinder Slightly groups are several of eighteenth century houses run parallel to thewhich End Farm road. Bank is a grade II listed building, but of the road, side river is the house in 1757, with a datestone incorporated into adaptend, Hill Side was nineteenth century to creat to meet the demand for more presumably of roadsid Bank End Farm are typical is very preserved mullioned well with wi Following public consultati eighteenth century cottages cu important historic group, wh HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 64 the historic retain sufficient mber casements. mber casements. ndow frames. The row character of the village. time formed part of a (5/10/11) to include Nut Glen Dene, Roche House a piped for supply water the water management portant for historic reasons for historic reasons portant ed left) lie a group of ed left) lie a group development of Chapel opportunistic expansionopportunistic of cs do not follow cs do not follow which demolishedwhich were to mestic buildings associated theand posses road a h the millponds have beenh the millponds filled have Overall their they Overall the properties on New Mills Road the properties Mills on New on area boundary. s that survive of thes that survive calico printing oof and traditional ti oof and st their original wi rtant part of the industrial of history ieth It has a strong cohesive century. eighteenthcentury encroachment, which ow to mills downstream. Works were hed pair are symmetrical in design and the village that establishedwere before the form part of the historic the conservati within thewithin conservation area. Seen in this view, it is im this view, Seen in of the outward,as part in thethe village eighteenthcentury. (pictur Behind Nut Farm houses built betweenand 1922. These 1900 were phasepart of the first of Road. These houses at one larger group, some oflarger group, some make way for the bypass.make way are elevated They on higher ground from Road, and Rowan House, millponds. Althoug grandeur which is compounded by their architectural demolished, the remains of the village. The cul-de-sa s and a lock, which provided on, the boundary is extended nishes at the road onsiderable evidence of do -lined channel was ond the by-pass the dominated the valley. inite edge to the neteenth century, neteentha century,

the historic elements of See Extension No. 3 on the Revised Boundary map and Hylstone on Chapel Road. Farm Cottages on Highgate in, and Wood has been Mill systems located on the are an impo river and oneHayfield of the standing few remain once industry, which Wood and its three large Mill No changes are to MarketA624 Street made The of the area boundary conservation here to the edgefollows of the by-pass. Hayfield The road forms a def contains all of of cul-de-sacsdevelopment in the twent c historic character, with the industrial historyof with conservation area. sails The A624 by-pass Sett and the River the conservationover currentlyarea boundary fi beybridge. However, to encompassriver widens an area of industrial archaeological interest. At this point, during the ni and stoneseparate weir created to divert the of the river and to flow enable an uninterrupted to supply water fl maintainingWood the river whilst Mill, undertaken to create sluice Road Mills New Following public consultati The running area conservation behind boundary retains its mullioned windows, stone slate stone its mullioned windows, retains r pattern of development do not and Farm, lying on the edge on the Farm,lying road, an of the somewhat imposing imposing somewhat air and and appearance.style The semi detac retain traditional they whilst doors have lo stone and retain surviving gates. walls boundary historic interest to be included HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 65 at it is contiguous with the lined by-pass channels vation area, as far as the Sett, the water management systems, s of the lock, stone- ted inside the conservation area. hat crosses the River Sett, so th

are included within the conser See Extension No. 4 on the Revised Boundary map. part of the river currently loca pedestrian footbridge t and the embankments weir, retaining walls, sluices, remain Following public consultation, the River Alteration to the boundary

HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 66 to be shot at teenth century entury buildings inentury aph. This enable will and inconsistencies in the part of the appraisal will y be necessary to identifyy re policies and the success needwill to be widely gital photograph should be a the following be put buildings nal joinery but most have have but most nal joinery of the eigh alterations areeffectively The need will image hould inform the nexthould inform of stage the conservation area the conservation appraisal is ten e well-preserved examples of historic e well-preserved ting survey. From this From record, audits ting survey. g the same file naming system, giving ag the same file naming system, conservation be carried out by This may ral early nineteenth c of or unauthorisedeach approved the Conservation the Conservation Management Plan more Hayfield has revealedHayfield a large number of he date of the photogr have lost have their origi ke it an effective tool. It ke it an effective the effectiveness of futu the effectiveness hat are not listed buildings cluding the roof.

rol staff. The standard di 1840. Further research ma for “spot listing”. Some raphic survey raphic survey undertaken as authority to ensure that ent plan for the ent plan ConservationHayfield Area. ngs and to research deeds to establish any textile y recommendationsy s ION OF IMPORTANCE ION OF IMPORTANCE ed buildings. It is recommended that Nut Farm Cottages, Highgate Road Grey Beck, Kinder Road 1-7 Highgate Road No. 11 Highgate Road Nos. 4 and 6 Highgate Road Road Cuckoos Nest, Valley No 20 Church Street Nos. 43-47 Church Street

RECOMMENDATIONS • • • • • • • • Historic Buildings – “spot listing” of historicThe buildings within survey regularly, say on a five-year cycle. on a five-year say regularly, RECOGNIT 2. eighteenth century buildings t current list of list years. It may be appropriate to review high resolution (typically and usin 1 meg), t with file name to match the existing the image to be easily slotted into the exis can be undertaken to monitor of grant schemes or other initiatives. Appraisal Area Conservation of the review A recommended timescale for to English Heritage forward distributed within the local monitored. A photographic record should be made alteration, to keep the record up to date. development cont staff or by full elevational in photograph, buildings have been altered and sympathetic joinery. There are also seve list, includedthe following because they ar buildings dating from 1800- buildi of key the history associated uses; require regular updatingrequire regular ma to preparation of a managempreparation CHANGE MONITORING 1. Record Photographic The photog street-by-street The list of ke following

HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 67 ies, as well asies, as well . Further examples Market Street Market quality to be listed, in quality retain the and preserve ent schemes to the public ts. In a number of cases fices, Market Streetfices, Market ght convey any additional any ght convey or they may simply be mayor they simply e, or because of their ul association locally,because either by-pass, the road leadingby-pass, to Steeple ed for the Local List ultation with the ultation with Parish Council and ons Builders), Steeple End Fold and reinstating boundar they individual have may architectural removing sites clutter. Key include the Street, the space between The Skillet John’s Church. New Mills RoadJohn’s Church. Mills New cognising the value of particular local he Bull’s Head and the Churchyard. rehouse, Market Street rehouse, Market of Parish Council of e and Shudehill Cottage, ttage, Market Streetttage, Market ch as Hayfield Civic Trust: ch as Hayfield Civic dings, Church Street Street Church dings, No. 58 New Mills Road No. 58 New which peoplewhich find their way. These are not of sufficient list does not ri in its own ngs that fall into this list. ties for further improvemen authority would endeavour to endeavour would authority portant people or events, ional, religious orpublic us ve been a numberve of enhancem The Street Old Co-op, Church School,Sunday adjacent to St. The Old Police Station, 37 New Mills RoadThe Mills 37 New Old Police Station, WoolWain Wa & the House Market Street Old Bank Surgery, Grey Beck, Kinder Road Walk Mill, Road Grotto Mill Garlick & S (now Mill Former Entry The Vicarage, Vicarage Lane The Vicarage, Vicarage Nos. 1-7 Bridge End Buil End 1-7 Bridge Nos. Walk off Road Mill, Grotto Mill The StreetBank House, Market Old Street TheNos. 1-5 Market Pits, Bear Co ThorntonTudor Hall & Wain Street House, Market Shudehill, Shudehill Hous 1 Ridge TopRidge House, No. Lane Road43-47 New Mills inK6 telephone kiosk front nearK6 telephone kiosk

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • and suggestions should in invited be cons societies, su other local amenity association with locallyassociation with im prominent local landmarks by Although identification in this control, the local planning special character of all buildi The buildings following should be consider realm. There are opportuni ENHANCEMENT 3. Traffic Management & Public Realm Improvements Within there ha Hayfield of their industrial, educat re-defining involve the spaces these may accordance with nationalaccordance with standards, but strong and meaningf interest or a particularly improving surfaces, street furniture and junction of Fisher’s Bridge and Church End Fold and the frontage t between Local List There no mechanism of re is currently the Club and Restaurant, the Conservative buildings to a wide audience. HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 68 the village. At the village. anning of the area. ed “Streets for All”, and to fix lights to talland to fix the realm. public he exercise of permittedhe exercise ould be to establish useful works carried out by the works carried out by the direction is intended “permitted development”, propriate, local planning to widenbut pavement, the tarmac. Restoration of e 4 directions in those rfacing of therfacing car park. r. This have may an impact onal sandstone paving flagsonal sandstone paving an crossing an crossing or via the alities that can easily be lost through of small businesses. There are a operties, from which they are at liberty are they operties, from which ty or the proper ty pl tween the two sidestween of e many opportunitiese many this in the for benefit from sympathetic landscaping is landscaping sympathetic from benefit oving street furniture oving and enhancement ign-led approach to enhancement. reets paved in stone setts and in places nhance the quality of hnical pamphlets entitl ller buildings, on these although rely d out the need for without planning r 1995 (978 2010 0117531024), November ing government guidance – Replacement the planning laws as the planning laws of the street lighting columns tional features. Many such tional features. Many here evidence suggests that t oes not necessarily relate to desire lines, which are still evident under the are still evident of the Environment Circular 9/95: General pense of historic characte cle 4 Direction would be ap cle 4 Direction would l Hotel car park l Hotel car the su and e to cross is at the pelic e to cross may consider makingmay Articl clearly the potentialclearly harm that furniture and historic paving w furniture and historic paving age and available from the to download HELM website he reinstatement of traditi be beneficial for public safety be beneficial for cant improvement.

). www.helm.org.uk desirable are to linkages be Improvements safe the only present, plac d underpass. This, however, relate to historic linkages. naturally some remove Opportunities to buildings would be beneficial, and there ar centre of Hayfield there are ta where agreementswayleave of pr the owners with to withdraw. it wouldIn some places this should not be at ex the on parking alongside shops and the viability number of places where t make a signifi would st complete Historic illustrations reveal such as Kinder Road these historic surfaces would considerably e produced by English Herit ( conservation Many areas have distinctive qu An audit of modern street piecemeal alterations to tradi the entrance into the Roya the entrance Design guidance on reducing clutter, impr in a series of tec schemes is available a consistent, authentic, heritage and des CONTROL 4. 4 Direction Article householder are classified under means that they can be carrie which areas. in conservation permission, even Local planning authorities circumstancesexceptional w to address. An area in private in private An area ownership which would development rights development would harm local ameni authorities should identify This under the follow is dealt with D to DepartmentAppendix Consolidation Orde Development (DCLG). an Arti In deciding whether HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 69 so that building will be building will These include; that to serve an that to serve implemented, Article 4 direction is A and Part 1 – Class E) ld, which a large relies to l planning authority mustl planning authority together make up a ng under the control of the ing a Direction all of the s and all aspects of roofs ts and the of these loss ) Direction be considered ass B & Class C) ll undermine the visual e listed for each property. e listed for each property. stone boundary andwalls ling or ancillary ancillary ling or map to avoid any confusion andmap to avoid any ticle 4 Direction. to buildings. All of these can have been so greathave or construction of an additional ndary gate, fence or forecourt wall, which windows andwhich windows doors should be of views between theof backs views and fronts of which have survived, largely which have unaltered, have been altered with the removal of sash removal the been altered have with on would be served inbe served on would Hayfield be would and be largely doors would an academic roof (Part 1 - Cl other details which nding (Part 1 – Class F) d be brought under control; or shed (Part 1 – Class a grant being scheme were to the character of Hayfie and identified on a red as a consequence an of a chimney on a dwel ldings as well as the front part of the process of serv If approved, this would bri If approved, this would ed within the areaed within conservation Part 31 - Class B) age the historicage the environment. be covered by an Ar h (Part 1 – Class D) ning application fee. The loca permitted development righ and a unified roofscape. non-immediate” Article 4 (1 als, stone chimney stacks, als, stone chimney rmitted developmentsrmitted wi rights h require planning permission ar (Part 2 – Class A and the enlargement of a dwellinghouse the enlargement of a dwellinghouse building, such as a garage addition any or alteration to its the erection of a porc the construction of a hardsta the alteration or demolition of a bou

• • • • • specify the propertiesspecify and as properties affected are named whic all of the works traditional roofing materitraditional roofing stone paved and setted forecourts and aprons be altered under currently usual from the plan exempt planning Any application requi amenity of the areaamenity and dam of the buildings Many the within village and traditionalwindows The doors. losses to protect windows Article 4 Direction circumstances The under only exercise. covered be if reasonably would could be protected.public investment there a number of are Nevertheless, characterstrong part of the of Hayfield, and it is these which should place a significantwould threat part on its completeness, the exchange subject to public consultation. to the backsLPA works of bui buildings across the valley It is recommended that a “ The alteration or demolition of that the exercise exercise that the of pe The woul and chimneys. following it is locat controlled wherever The an 4 Directi Article which basis on HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 70

Derbyshire Council, County eak Borough Council and are sign Section sign Section at High Peak formation pleaseformation either of contact cipal Buildings, Glossop, Derbyshire age as seen Through the 1851 for Shopfronts, Conservation Areas, partmentWEA, of Extra-Mural Studies Century” th ouncil by telephoneouncil by 0845 129 7777 3654 ext or tion Area Character Appraisal Appraisal Character tion Area l or any furtherl or any in Printing in the Sett Valley”, Printing in the Sett Valley”, ed and published by High P ed and published by the Planning Policy the Planning & De Conservation Officer Conservation st Midlands Region st Midlands A Derbyshire Textile Vill Textile A Derbyshire

USEFUL INFORMATION & CONTACT DETAILS & CONTACT INFORMATION USEFUL APPRAISAL 1972 National Organisations English Heritage, Ea tel: 01604 735400 www.english-heritage.org.uk Guidance Leaflets Design Guide for Signs, Design Guide request by available from the C email: [email protected] Conserva of Hayfield Author Conservation Morris Mel www.melmorrisconservation.co.uk the following officersthe following of in 1851. “Hayfield De of Manchester, Census”, University Listed Buildings These leaflets are prepar Borough Council; Tuffrey Richard Planning Policy Manager and Design tel: 0845 129 7777 Email: [email protected] Joanne Brooks and Principal Design Tel: 129 7777 0845 Email: [email protected] Council, MuniAddress: High Peak Borough SK13 8AF Bibliography of Calico “A Short History 1983 - “Hayfield in the 19 Joan Powell about thisFor advice appraisa HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL APPENDICES AN POLICY 2008 EXTRACTS AN URE & TRADITIONAL PAVINGURE & TRADITIONAL EVELOPMENT MAPS - PHASE

APPENDICES APPENDIX 3 - SAVED PL LOCAL 4 - STREET FURNIT APPENDIX 1 - LISTED BUILDINGS APPENDIX APPENDIX 2 - HISTORICD HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II GRADE GRADE

e, Highgate Road 2 Church Street APPENDIX 1APPENDIX - LISTED BUILDINGS Hazlehurst Farmhouse, Valley Road Hazlehurst Farmhouse, Valley 22 New Road22 New Mills 1 Steeple End Fold 4 New Road 4 New Mills RoadKinder Lodge, New Mills 49 New Road49 New Mills Road51 New Mills Methodist Chapel, New Chapel, New RoadMethodist Mills Road41 New Mills Fox Hall Barn, KinderFox Road Kinder Road Hall, Fox Bank End Farmhouse & Barn, Kinder RoadBank End Farmhouse & Barn, Hotel, Kinder Road Royal 13 Kinder Road 17, 19 & 21 Kinder Road 22 and 24 Church Street22 and 24 Church The Old School Hous Bull’s Head Inn, Bull’s Head Inn, Street 4, 6, 8 & 10 Church TheStreet Church Bridge, Church, Church Street St. Matthews ADDRESS ADDRESS

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APPENDIX 2APPENDIX - DEVELOPMENTHISTORIC PLANSPHASE

HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL of trees, unless eation or nature during construction idered appropriate in he character of the the National Park. ps and areas of trees and pose planning conditions he characteristics of the type the health of, a (in woodland ions sought, to ensure andscape character, shall be ual, group or area vernacular buildings and other andscape treatment, would n under section 106 of the Town and planting density planting density and location, be will r development r development which, due to its use, is appropriate to t to is appropriate S FROM THE PEAK DISTRICT DISTRICT PEAK THE S FROM good tree management or a scheme wider scape, amenity, recr is accepted, adequatereplacement characteristics of including regard having to and conserving: for development, provided that: opment and protected storic landscape features; of settlements and roads; wildlife habitats; wildlife on of trees and woodland; on of field boundaries; significant individ patterns of drainage; Planning Authority Planning Authority im will

granted for development cons loss of, or materially injure loss of, or materially e important to the local l management of individual, grou management of individual, a planning obligatio ed, and/or planning obligat ternal appearance or l development shall t accorddevelopment with made features. provided as part of the development traditional man planting, in terms of numbers, species, whole or in part) or other whole required in the interests safety, of of conservation and enhancement; orof conservation exceptionally, where loss or injury where loss exceptionally, it will not result in theit will the scale, layout, design detailing of and the landform and natural the pattern and compositi and distributionthe type of the pattern and compositi the pattern and distribution the presence and pattern of hi APPENDIX 3 - 2008 SAVED LOCAL PLAN LOCAL 3APPENDIX - SAVED 2008 EXTRACTS POLICY materially harm the purposes or valued materially 16 Policy OC10 - TREES WOODLANDS AND be granted Planning Permission will work. Where appropriate the Local and/or seek to enter into Country Planning Act 1990. 13 Policy OC5 - DEVELOPMENT CONSPICUOU PARK NATIONAL be granted not Planning Permission will fo scale, design, siting, ex adequate protection and woodlands arewhich for land important conservation reasons. be imposConditions will • Existing features Existing ar which • the Countryside providedthe Countryside that its design landscape. ofAppropriate design of landscape within it is located which retained, incorporated into the devel • • • • • • • and Enhancement of the Open Environment Conservation 12 Policy OC4 - LANDSCAPE CHARACTER AND DESIGN be will Planning Permission HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL on will be grantedon will cations conspicuous anges of use, provided protected from harmful ent shop fronts, and for the area; and particularly that of particularly the visually ribute to the special architectural or incorporatebe constructed to s, trees, walls and others, trees, walls natural and ct national park and in ct national park conservation character style of the and architectural l external they and the way materials acter of adjacent buildings the and fect on amenities of neighbouring the curity measures, provided that thecurity ings planning permissi ze, proportions, age, character and the character and appearancethe of ll be required in lo ll be required in preserve or enhance the special sign, external appearance and landscape r or appearance of for development, provided that: proportions and materials; and ance of the area will be ance of the area will materials predominate. materials predominate. and the wider area tensions, alterations and ch EAS AND THEIR SETTINGS THEIR EAS AND granted for newor replacem the and building; CONSERVATION AREAS man-made features which positively cont man-made features which treatment of the development will historic character or appear development occupants; and architectural or historic characte wider townscape andbuilding and the wider townscape; impaired are applied will be sympatheticare applied will to immediate surroundings settingsareas and their of architectural style traditional details, features, the use, siting, scale, detailed de important buildings, open spaces, view will not have an not have unduewill detrimental ef not unreasonablywill passage, impede public will respect the size, proportions, age, will where appropriate, thewhere development will the char respect will development the the development will respect the si respect will development the areas conspicuous fromareas conspicuous the peak distri naturalother areas where the type, colour and the type, specification of al that: • 21 Policy IN BC6 - DEMOLITION • • • • from public viewpoints within: within: from public viewpoints their alteration and/or that: additions, provided design, positioning and appearance: Within Areas and their sett Conservation includingfor development, ex 19 Policy BC3 - SECURITY MEASURES for se be granted Planning Permission will 20 Policy AR BC5 - CONSERVATION • • • 18 Policy BC2 - SHOP FRONTS be Planning Permission will • • • facingIn particular, natural materials wi Enhancement and Built Environment of the Conservation 17 Policy MATERIALS BC1 - EXTERNAL be granted will Planning Permission HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL es which es which bewill ectural or historic substantial part of h the original or to redevelop or befor granted tensions to Listed ting uses or to find repair or renovate, and repair or renovate, or historic character or character or or historic benefits for the demolition; and demolition; and ructure is such that it is ructure is such design, external appearance or other environmental integrity of the building integrity be will itectural or historic character of the itectural or historic character of contribute to the special architectural or historic character or appearance ofor historic character l benefits for the community l benefits for the community which Consent will not Consent will equiring that the featur s of its special archit on of the whole or a following demolition. following r development which would materially would which r development r development in in r development Conservationa Area r alterations or ex matc a manner which a substantial part of a substantial or a building tantial planning nd contracts made nd contracts to redevelop or made resulting from outweigh the loss resulting from le, design, external appearancele, design, external and olished make a positive does not IONS TO LISTED BUILDINGS ons will be imposed, and/orons will planning makes it impracticable to the special architectural architectural the special been made to sustain exis e building bewill retained; and and economic re-use;and economic or ervation Area; ervation or Listed Building ure that redevelopment scale, size, siting, detailed al repair of the buildingal repair of the or st carried out promptly carried out promptly community which would materially materially would which community demolition; or or historic character of th building in termsexisting of its sca detailing; and demonstrable efforts have uses for new the building; or viable contribution to the specialcontribution to architectural the area; or outweigh the loss materially would retained; and otherwise environmentally improve the site the improve environmentally otherwise appearance of the Consappearance incapable of reasonable redevelopment would produce subs produce wouldredevelopment there are detailed plans a approved the condition of the building the proposal will respectthe proposal will the special arch the historic form, character and structural the historic form, character and which architectural or historic elements redevelopment produceredevelopment will substantia plansthere are detailed a approved the building or structurethe building or to be dem the state of structur the demolition will not will the demolition harm or illumination. 24 Policy OF LISTED BUILDINGS BC9 - DEMOLITION Planning Permission and/or the demoliti require will which development a Listed Building, unless: • destroyed are suitably recorded.destroyed 23 Policy BC8 - SETTINGS OF LISTED BUILDINGS be granted not Planning Permission will fo harm the setting of a Listed Building in term character due to its use, • • existing materials, will existing be used. be attachedConditions will consent to any r • Facing materials, installed and finished in • • structure, unless: structure, • • • which includes demolitionwhich whole of the or • be improvements will Buildings, unless: • Planning Permission will not be granted not be will Permission Planning fo obligations sought, to ens 22 Policy EXTENS AND BC7 - ALTERATIONS not be grantedPlanning Permission will fo Where conditi accepted, is demolition HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

kely to result in kely t, provided that:t, provided , and that the that the , and portant site, its tained intact in situ; p approval will not bep approval will existing dwellings; other known archaeological in the use of land and age features are chaeological they interest, ill be imposed, and/or or other environmentalor other elopment which is li is which elopment ior to destruction by ior to destruction by development existing major developed sites; should not injure the amenities visual it maintains the openness of the Green Belt purposes. Development other nationally im other nationally following demolitionfollowing anted for developmen ological evaluation ofological evaluation the site and a sport and recreation and cemeteries; stances, for the construction of new ed to satisfactorily accommodateed or to satisfactorily ons will be imposed, and/or be imposed, ons will planning OTHER HERITAGE FEATURES OTHER HERITAGE tion or replacement of haeological or herit features are recorded re and granted, conditions w defined on the proposals ma uding material changes icant adverse effecticant adverse upon satisfactorily recorded. recorded. satisfactorily a feature or an area of ar ure that redevelopmenture that ied out promptly promptly ied out cal or heritage features. ught, to ensure that: limited infilling or redevelopment at limited infilling or redevelopment agriculture and forestry; essential facilities for outdoor alteralimited extension, • • • • or appropriately excavatedappropriately and recorded, pr or heritage features, or heritage features, ………. otherwise environmentally improve the site improve environmentally otherwise Other development, inclOther development, only bebuildings, will permitted where Green Belt and does not compromise or conspicuouswithin from Green Belts of the Green Belt. In the area of green belt circum in very special except given, buildings for purposes other than: archaeological or heritage this is impractical, arc where there will not be a signifthere will

and Enhancement of the Open Environment Conservation 10 Policy OC2 - GREEN BELT DEVELOPMENT • • • improvements improvements bewill carr setting or amenity value. Planning be gr Elsewhere, will Permission Where affect proposals will Whereaccepted, conditi is demolition obligations sought, toobligations ens building to be demolishedbuilding is 25 Policy BC10 - ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND not be granted will Planning Permission for dev harm to a Scheduled or Monument Ancient appropriate,where include an archae will, statement demonstrating it is intend how planning obligations so preserve the archaeologi the preserve Where Permission is Planning HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL Setted accesspaths - left and Place Market between - left far Road, Kinder Warbetween and memorial river ForecourtWellsprings to (below) Inn and Packhorse Apron of setts gritstone and gritstone at paving Road Kinder (left)

Village Wells and gritstone troughs troughs Wells gritstone and Village Top Lane Ridge (left), Road Bank at (right) Terrace & Springfield (above), Private access drives with large End Fold at Steeple setts gritstone Road Vale off Spring path (left), Wood(above), & drive offMill, to New all large are Setts Road (right), Mills courses brick-bonded in even and laid APPENDIX 4APPENDIX - &STREET FURNITURE PAVING TRADITIONAL HAYFIELD CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL

Left - K6 telephone kiosk at at kiosk - telephone K6 Left Mills & GRNew Road postbox. at kiosk K6 another is There Street Market Below centre - setts and stone Road Kinder alongside copings at kerbs - gritstone right Bottom Road Kinder Bottom left - thinly coursed settsfor path at the “green”, Highgate Road APPENDIX 4APPENDIX - &STREET FURNITURE PAVING TRADITIONAL Street furniture -reproduction style cast iron bollards infront of centre) (above Road Kinder along left), (above the church right) (above Road Highgate at gasolier for post iron Cast House Bank Old near ginnel to handrail and post iron - cast Right