Repton Conservation Area

Character Statement

2010 CONSULTATION DRAFT

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Conservation Area Views Views Development Historic Details and Building Materials Approaches

Map Area Conservation Conservation Area Description Area Conservation Loss Damage & • • • Conservation Area Analysis Analysis Area Conservation • Introduction Summary Appendix 1 Distinctive architectural details details architectural 1 Distinctive Appendix Map Designation Area 2 Conservation Appendix Area of Archaeological Potential Potential Archaeological Area of Repton LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement judgements on the merits of development applications. themeritsdevelopment judgementsonof • • twoofmonasticassociation houses; in withthedevelopment Thesettlementlargely evolved called water TrentWater”. “Old of expanse the in survive river the of course old the of remnants The stand. school old and church the which on outcrop sandstone the of foot the at flowed once river the and church the around area conservation the of part northern the at concentrated are development of phases Overlaid documented. well and ancient are Repton of origins The (See Summary Pastures. The and Road Burton on properties further to 2). Appendix 1982 and February 25th Drive on Council Mitre District include Derbyshire South by extended was It 1969. July 17th on Council County Derbyshire by designated was professional Area Conservation Repton The making when Council the by used be future also will for It opportunities document thus protection. and This interest of special enhancement. worthy that to Melbourne damage of of degree appearance the assesses and character the makes that interest architectural and historic special the out sets It Council. District Derbyshire South with, association in and for, Conservation Morris Mel by produced been has statement This Introduction Repton for their pastoral care dubiouspastoral andfor hadtheir astheorder reputation more for morality, ofcommunity a Augustiniana by and Prior canons thesecondan Priory, known led Abbey (Whitby abbess an by governed way), similar a in startedoff community monastic of form early an which was nuns, and monks of “double-house” a – monastery Christian early an first the Conservation Area Conservation

1 1 it does today, as the course of the the of course the as today, does it than Trent River the with relationship stronger much a had once village The on and based in thevillage. around finds time, Roman and this Prehistoric than be to earlier likely are origins its However, ridge plain. flood southern Saxon valley Trent the bordering the Anglo on other defensive settlements with similar a location shares Repton of obvious are tothese theeye. layers few although buildings, school old

LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement century. It was tracked th century in the wake of the centuries has had the greatest th th century. This is largely because most of th and 20 th 2 century were built on greenfield or infill sites. For th freedom the walls than of outside movement many other orders. Renaissance inRenaissance England intellectual was valued when than education highly devotion. more The development of the school during the 19 impact on physicalthe for of teachingappearance the village, of providing housing areas staff buildings. school as well purpose-built as numerous, large, pattern longsettlement is The of Repton and linear. pattern was partlyThis dictated by the gentle geology (the movement of the north-south) ice-cap elevated above creating the Trent a valley and broad the U-shaped presence of valley a water continuous running supply from of Repton Brook, which was fed industrial eraunlike the brook, the riverprone and flash floods to was which had enormous by numerous springs upstream. In power, the could pre- be more easily waterpower controlled, for early industries, sluiced such as corn and milling. The diverted, meandering path of to the defined brook the edge of provide the eastern side of the settlement until a the 20 source of the the large new buildings in the 19 by a long parallel road to its west running point of this linear is alignment just to north-south the south of School House (attached to the west end (High Street). The northernmost of Repton Hall), and it continues southwards, more or less straight, through the archway of the priory gatehouse, past the market cross and along High Street. This street pattern has not been altered since it was first certainly as laid early out, as possibly the as medieval early period. as “crofts” between the It road and the brook and of aplots similar size and pattern to the west Anglo-Saxon was combined times with but narrow landholdings or of the High Street. There was a road running west in front of the priory gatehouse, which may have served an early Anglo Saxon part of the settlement on Parsons Hills (approx. grid ref SK295268) and a medieval tannery to the west, although this was a more minor route and today the road is much more dominant. Trent at Willington The in 1839 meant that development the visitor from of the north now arrives a in a dog-leg bridge crossing the route around the churchyard and the linear street pattern is less clear on Repton. first arriving in There are two principal east-west connections (Burton Road – Brook End and Well Lane – Pinfold Lane) and a generally all well-trodden of medieval routes, origin. number of footpaths that cross the village east-west, One of the most remarkable things about Repton which is that the historic core has changed little are despite a huge amount of development in the 19 example, the land to the west Orchard until of it was sold the to the school school by the chapel Burdett estate on in construction 1890, of the which Willington Sanatorium (now enabled the Music the Road School), the school playing was fields and Fives the Hall Courts. Repton was also a centre for the Kingdom of Mercia, which developed in tandem with the first Christian monastery, but this was so long ago, and so little is known about this period nothinghistory, that at time. appearance of that its about its certainty cansaid with any be Repton is best known for its association with Repton School which has presence had in the avillage since it continuous was first established as a free grammar school on this site in 1559, following the Dissolution development of the of Monasteries. educational This establishments occurred in during the a wave 16 of LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement • • • asfollows: summarised be ThedistinctivecharacteristicsRepton of can • • • • •

t s pae f tog otat bten nin soe n 19 and stone ancient between contrasts strong of place a is it of heritage”;piece “living a years, 450 over for here presence a had has which School, Repton by dominated is it Mitre,St. Priory, Wystan); Mercia, originsbuildingsAbbey, street for names(e.g. namesassociatedits ofwithand early usetherecurring strongidentification demonstratedby itswith ithasa roots, historic totheeast. ny n h lre col ulig, u as i te ml dmsi bidns that buildings domestic small the Street; in High along redevelopment also and Lane butTanners and Road buildings, Willington onto encroached school large the in only it continued to expand during the 20 the during expand to continued it eind y rhtcs ih ntoa rptto, itnus i fo other from it distinguish reputation, national a with built; to continue be settlements,and architects by designed it was transformed by large expansion at the end of the 19 the of end the at expansion large by transformed was it or stonemany spaces;brick walledenclosuresdefine tall high quality individual and distinctive buildings (of the late 19 late the (of buildings distinctive and individual quality high of concentration greatest the with settlement the to end;interestthenorth at archaeological and historic pattern linear long a has it school buildings; scale large- and buildings vernacular domestic small of scale intimate the brick, red smooth Repton SchoolRepton -TheOld Priory th 3 3 century with large scale housing development housing scale large with century th th century, manifested not manifested century, and 20 and th n 20 and th century), manycentury), th century LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement century th Repton Music School Repton Music 4 properties and the Vicarage Road on strike Willington the only visually jarring note this in approach. prominent focal point for The 6 months year until of School the copper the beech comes into leaf, Chapel, the view closes before the road left. bears a From Newton Solney, broad a expanses of mown wide grass verge, road fields to with the south and large detached the north, houses gradually descends into the to village. The strong red brick and red clay tiled roofs of Repton Music School (formerly the From Willington, the first view of Repton emerges over the brow of Willington Bridge and it has a lasting impact; the skyline is broken by the tall spire of St. Wystan’s Church and to its left the rooftops and upper floors of Repton School provide a bold first impression. The red clay tiled roofs of the School House and The Hall, and roof of Pears immediately School, are striking. This behind is given greater emphasis these by the predominant theuse of strong red brickwork and the broken windows, eaves line full and gable roofline created bays by foreground and gable dormer tall trees red and brick shrubs Willington chimney Road planted and stacks. within along the The Vicarage garden the view and churchyard. water one is The of whole character strong softened meadows, is contrasts brought by along together by the the sandstone presence route of Old outcrop Trent of Water and above. the The modern boundary fence panels to the 20 ConservationArea Analysis An area of archaeological potential has been defined through an assessment of the known archaeological, documentary and plan-form evidence of the settlement. It has been carried out as part of the Archaeologist, review of the each Development conservation Control area Archaeologist Record County OfficerCouncil. at Derbyshire in and consultation the with Sites the County and Monuments An area of archaeological potential may encompass both statutory designations (including Scheduled Monuments and Registered statutory site information from the Derbyshire Sites Historic and Monuments Record. It shows the Parks and probable extent Gardens) of and settlement other and medieval periods. industrial non- activity during the medieval and/or post- Within the area of archaeological archaeological evidence potential relating to the medieval there and/or post medieval may periods may survive be reasonable below ground. expectation that Over the centuries, as settlements grow and develop, their focus may shift. Consequently, an area of archaeological potential need not necessarily coincide with the boundary of the conservation area. Approaches Areaof ArchaeologicalPotential LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement frontage that lined both sides of the street with small houses up until the middle of the 19 the of middle the until up houses small with street the of sidesstreet both lined that frontage enclosed more once a of remnants frontage, road the the with on flush appear aligned cottages side small north several where village, the of heart the into setting leafy a in grass continues vergessteeply and embanked between well-manicured thendrops Theroad chimney multiple and gables thelimes in mature foreground. large theskybutsoftened stacks,by silhouetted against Dutch incorporating roofline complex its and windows, bay road the As articulated approach. heavily its with revealed main is School Music the the of frontage the south, on the to bends landmark major a as out stand 1892) of Sanatorium o mr hsoi caatr ih ubetn budr wls n 19 and walls boundary rubblestone the with character historic more a to and changes gradually settlement bottom valley church the reaches road the as from the sight disappears The eventually above treetops. is high) prominent feet 212 (at which church, Wystan’s St. of spire church long, the of are views distant there ridge the from Descending pavements. by and verges grass dominated mown wide street, the lining development housing neig h cnevto ae ad hn otne t pntae h syie t intervals at skyline the punctuate to Highof thelength along Street. continues then and area conservation the on view entering into directly comes church of Wystan’s sense St. of poor spire a The core. gives historic which the to starts arrival area conservation the on before manner, road, straggling the long of a side in either distance some quite for continues Development Brook. Lane, Repton with Monsom parallel valley the along runs 1Repton into road approach the No. south, the From house, landmark prominent a road, the of closes withtheview thejunction End. at dramatically Brook Monsomand Lane end the At hard distinct edge. a form and road the meet painted) (some houses terraced brick key, low of backs the contrast, by road, the of side other the On level. road above raised and road the from slightly the only back in set being feature through prominence key added gaining another Milton, from is approach Road Milton 17 to 3 nos. houses Edwardian of terrace The nevertheless outlook The trees. houses. with lined brook, the modern to down sloping land overlooks the of fall the itof account on attractive remains where west, the to elevation s akd y hnsm Vcoin il (o 3 o te ih ad h hpe ros and roofs hipped the and right the 20 on early an 23) of chimneys (no villa Victorian handsome a by marked is area conservation the to entrance the and curves and narrows deepens, road The housing. rdal dsed into descends 20 through Repton, and ridge gradually the from down drops road the Milton, From well- a holloway, a was it that shows Road Burton from route early thewest. trodden of character sunken The century. th century th century house (no 16) on the left. No. 16 presents its principal principal its presents 16 No. left. the on 16) (no house century 5 5 No. 1 Monsom1 No. Lane th century terraced terraced century th

LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement 6 St. Wystan’ss o m e t i m conjunction with the cross e s Church, SchoolThe Chapel s e e n HallThe i n Lane1 Monsom Former School Repton Sanatorium School) (Music Some of the most important views within Repton are those on the main Repton approaches (described into above). A number of buildings form important landmarks in long views and the village; into approaches • • • • • In addition to these, the principal views within the conservation area are along High Street and Brook End. of section southern The High areas Street frontage distinct has two the street where tapers and opens out southwards to frame views looking south. The most southerly of these, The Square, is part of the southern limit medieval of the settlement village, and pattern, may have when looking up formed the valley, which was a probably quite this open in character. large Both sides of the street green space area, with sat views towards south fan out to the embrace this small space. The second of these views, looking south down High Street, incorporates the splayed frontages no. 46 to 72. This vista was only created by the construction of the present buildings after 1900. With the exception of no. 46, all the other properties were built onto relatively undeveloped plots of land. The eye is led around the corner tapers inwards.as the alignment individualthe Althoughvary properties and in detail material, they are united by the use of tall red brick chimney stacks with blue brick banding and red clay pots. Another important view on High Street is that looking north from the Pastures. junction with The This view includes numerous picture postcards. the It also incorporates a long oldest distance view of the church properties spire, which punctuate to the view Street.continues High along within the street and appears in Along Brook End views have hardly changed in over a hundred years and there is a timeless quality about this part of the conservation area. In both directions the enclosed boundary walls to the Priory precinct and the garden walls opposite long views eitherof the street. to end this line the street and frame As a result of the network of footpaths (based on medieval routes) running east-west From the south east, there is a secondary approach into Lane. Repton from The Milton road via curves Pinfold quite sharply to the giving south west an as it attractive reaches the view valley bottom, of complemented and two afforded greater prominence Edwardian by the undeveloped open terraces space opposite nos. and them. This Pinfold same Lane, open space which also are enhances side. west bound brook the open space south and on the bridge, the which setting of the United Reformed Chapel, Views LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement found in the northern part of the village. The earliest recorded version of the name name the of version recorded earliest as identified was The it when Chronicle, Anglo-Saxon the village. in 755 in the was Repton of part northern the in found been have tile and pottery of fragments as Roman, is occupation of phase known next the this, Following settlement. the of areas various flints in found been worked have pottery and prehistoric and village, present the of east the to Hill, Askew on existed once barrows Age Bronze as prehistoric, is Repton at occupation human for evidence known earliest The Development Historic view Repton. within defining best the isperhaps “Arch” School theRepton through Priory Old the of view glimpsed The • • • • Theseinclude: between views glimpsed offering passages narrow several walls. boundary tall and buildings are there Repton, through role as a religious and political centre for the Royal House and Kingdom of Mercia and a a and Mercia of 408 around in Britain from theRomans of place.thewithdrawal After burial royal Kingdomfavoured and House Royal the for importantcentre political an and religious had a have as to role appears and community Anglo-Saxon well-established a was It the called tribe Scandinavian northern a by occupied been have to appears it and Jitty towards the brook thebrook Jittytowards High Street Homelands, of south passage the Street 1-5High between from Mitre gipe ln te otah t h bc o Hg Street High of back the thePastures from properties at footpath the along glimpse a Matthew’s along glimpse a footpath the up glimpse a Old The of view glimpsed a

7 7 Hreopandune “Hreope” . , LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement Prior Overton’s Tower Tower Prior Overton’s 8 century they managed to regain two small relics of St. Wystan from Evesham where th AD, the provinces of Britain were left to their own rule and 650 borders were AD ill-defined. the By British Isles was divided into Kingdoms, each under was no separate over-arching monarch. Forrule, a long time and the Mercian kings controlled there a large part of the country. Mercia extended from the Welsh borders across the Midlands to the Sea North and they were able to occasionally take over Anglia andAnglia, with the Kingdom Middleuntil in 919 they merged of Wessex. other parts of Kingdoms, such as East An early Christian monastery, a Repton between double-house 660 and of 690 and monks was closely associated and with the royal nuns, several house of kings was Mercia, being established buried there. at One of these Eventually was his tomb Wystan, became who a place was of pilgrimage, murdered and he in became regarded 849. as a saint. The church was dedicated to him. In became a place of time pilgrimage, with St. Guthlac the also having strong associations whole with Repton. site of the The site parish was probably church managed by and the priory monks who would have source of income. sold tokens as a valuable The Anglo-Saxon monastic community was probably wiped out by 873, the Viking and invasion in they appear to have rampart, which incorporated replaced the church, the as part monastery of the buildings winter encampment of with army the of 873-4. Viking It was aanother 300 years (ca. 1172) before the site large was reinvigorated as an defensive Augustinian Priory. In the intervening period, the defensive of characteristics the site led to the construction of a Norman motte and bailey castle in the crossing vicinity of of the Trent the at Hall, the probably point to where command the Twyford. the road divided towards either Willington or The Augustinian Priory was occupied by a maximum of 18 canons at its height. In the early 13 Cnut Cnut had taken them after the Viking invasion. By 1272 the Priory had taken possession of the parish church. The Priory also had a shrine to St. Guthlac in the Priory Church. These provided additional accommodation income they offered visitors, which eventually led to the from relocation of the prior’s lodging. pilgrims and they were Following the able suppression of the to Priory whole in 1540, expand priory, the incorporating the Prior was sold Overton’s to tower, a private owner, private residence. Thomas Thacker, In 1559 as the a site was Thacker split and the family sold buildings to the the trustees of western Sir John Port’s establishment estate, range for as of a Priory northern part of the site as a residence. school Precisely how and the site was split is not documented and deserves more they retained study. the An approach maintained through to the Priory archway the (formerly part private of the residence Priory gatehouse), was by the maintained the gatehouse. ownership of Thackers, who also The prior’s lodgings were eventually The Hall, the main part developed of which dates from 1680. into The LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement mp f 72 Safrsie eod fie 65M81) evs s n important an 19 as the in serves enlargement its D615/M/8/16) before town Office the of Record development the (Staffordshire illustrating benchmark 1762 of map A a had once It school. the subsequently and to long butago. firstthisreferred 1330, in disappeared market, priory the upon dependent was village The the Buildings. Priory former of range western the incorporating School Repton became village the priory the of 1557 point the After pivotal Wystan. – St. of churches church parish neighbouring the and Mary two St. and its Trinity Holy was of church village medieval the of point focal The re-united was 1891. in therestPriory withof it and family Burdett the from it bought eventually school the before years hundred several for Dissolution the following ownership private separate in remained Hall h og 1896 1886 1886 1 (pre c1870 school1879) ofconverted 1975 (village 1880 1884 Willington Road TheOrchard, TheLodge 1869 Block Chapter 1885 School Pears Wystan’s) (formerlySt. called ThePriory The House,adj. School Hall 1858 TheCross, BurtonRoad School TheArt 1865 Street House,High Brook Boarding House,Burton Rd TheMitre Old Willington Road Chapel, School principal with datesof respective construction:their 1850, the from built of buildings list school following the in development of the school into the 20 the into school the of development going on the and sea-change huge This programme. building large a was there and 21 and e os,Bro od 1909 1890) (circa 1930 & 1911 c1890, 1907 House,Burton Road New Baths & Armoury Swimming Gymnasium, Divinity & Geography 1892 Block Teaching Main (Sanatorium), MusicSchool BurtonRoad e hamse, r er, n the 19 the in of Pears, half second Dr a headmaster, under revival new a had School Repton most buildings, school large and houses afterTohasin 1900. greatly from the dating expanded theeast,thevillage 80s. 1970s and semi-detached and detached by dominated are 20 early the Theseareas MitreDrive. 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and th century, century, th th century the th century. They th buildings in Repton from between the late 16 all date although there will undoubtedly be fragments contained within later buildings, whereabouts unknown. their present The fivesurvivals most of complete timber-framed late 17 incorporate box-framing, a type of construction associated with timber-frame construction and stone. There are few examples of small surviving in domestic Repton that buildings from date before the 18 this region.this century and early 20 th 10 century (except perhaps the brick walls within the th Tudor Lodge Lodge Tudor century the architectural styles are mainly vernacular, largely based on local th Repton Repton can boast one of the earliest examples of decorative brickwork in the country, Prior in Overton’s tower. However, there are few examples between of ca.1438 brickwork and used in the Repton early 18 building materials and details are no longer typical of the region and the emphasis is rather on as Gothic Revival,Anneandnationalsuch and RevivalCrafts.styles, Queen Arts Although brick only became popular and relatively commonplace during the 18 grounds of The Hall). In this intervening period the main materials used in Repton were building traditions and techniques, but by the late 19 Building Materialsand Details Local geology and availability appearance of Repton. rangeThe of materials and way the in which they were inused local of building materials building details directly is intricately influenced linked the with typical local form identity. traditional Appendix and 1 building lists byof the localsupplemented photographs, whicha vernacular details. provides snapshot details the special encountered and within the conservation area, One and of the is most distinctive architectural characteristics styles as a result of of a continual Repton process of change is and development. Up until that the it mid 19 has a broad range of Cricket Pavilion & Physics IT Grubber The Road) Old Squash (Burton Courts Mitre The Girls MitreBoarding House, Drive 1937 FourWalk Hundred Queen’s Hall, Chemistry Block,Walk Queen’s 1929 Abbey The House Boarding Garden The Boarding House 1957 Artextension School, Street, High 1900) (post Squash Road Burton Courts, 1957 gallery) (conversion to 1900) (post & 400 Hallextension Foyer Refurbishment 1900) (post 2001 1979 2010 1992 2007 LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement With the exception of the Priory buildings and the school buildings on that site, there is is there site, stone of that use on widespread little buildings school the and buildings Priory the of exception the With ad o ue fr eoaie aes Sot gue bikok eper i te 20 the in reappears brickwork gauged Smooth panels. decorative for used or bands n aho ad auatrn poess vr oe hn he cnuis Tpcly 18 Typically, centuries. three than more over processes manufacturing and fashion in changes the reflecting comprehensive, the Church of St. Wystan, the Priory buildings and the late 19 late the and buildings Priory the Wystan, St. of Church the Croft, The House, Stone The - stone building coursed in constructed were buildings few A and weathered a has and appearance. plinth eroded a as appears often it as brickwork, the of much to pre-date appears this and walls, boundary for used found is Rubblestone nearby. stone building and these would have provided a reliable source for building materials in the 18 the in materials building for source reliable a provided have would these and Solney) Newton and Ticknall at (notably Repton around developed brickyards of number A scheme. used in alsobeen modern associationtraffic-calming a withhave they here and walls, Precinct Priory the of front in pavements the and Cross The around is iesos f brickwork of and colours uses, dimensions the Repton, In of copings tile. or stone,clay brick-on-edge with prevalent, are walls the brick elsewhere but area, conservation within element of strong are, a precinct course, priory the to walls boundary stone The frontage. street of sections large to edge the defining prevent sometimes gardens, private and into views tall are these generally edr, s cmo faue n etn 20 Repton. in feature common a is headers, in combination with brickwork, particularly during the19 particularlyduring brickwork, with combination in cills, and lintels the of many for used found frequently however, is, sandstone Fine-grained placesmonastic in associateda with occurrence site. common a was pillaging but theory this disprove or prove to impossible almost is it dated, be can that stone decorative is there Unless subsequently. or Dissolution the of time the at down pulled were that buildings Priory from re-used stone incorporate buildings these of earliest the that suggestions been have There sandstone. fine-grained coursed from built The Pastures are a 20 a are Pastures The at road of section lower the lining kerbs stone The concrete. in replaced been have Street High of side east the on pavement the lining kerbs stone original the example, For survive. which of examples few very kerbs, stone for used been have also would stone Historically hr tee r budr walls boundary are there Where thatbricks have Repton alsobeen would in itis from likely although made timeto time. Anne” Revival, not a local vernacular tradition. Flemish bond brickwork dating from the from dating brickwork 18 bond Flemish tradition. vernacular local a not Revival, Anne” “Queen called style national a from collectively in are effect properties These decorative quoins). best brick its raised to used Street, High 50-54 and Road, Burton (13-17 century eaves dentilled 19 the a and Of End). Brook 26 lintels and Street High 49 brickStreet, High 4 Street, High rubbed 45 (“Hazeldine” course and gauged incorporates brickwork century th etr ad sd hogot h 19 the throughout used and century th century buildings some incorporate terracotta moulded bricks, forming decorative forming bricks, moulded terracotta incorporate some buildings century th century addition. The only historic place where stone kerbs occur occur kerbs stone where place historic only The addition. century as a walling material, although there were local outcrops of outcrops local were there although material, walling a as are are , , th 11 11 etr, oeie icroaig ae pink pale incorporating sometimes century, th etr bidns uh s e House New as such buildings century

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LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement century) – see century on the th th century example can th century (e.g. 50-54 High th century, relying on the simple and early 19 th th century. In combination with the th century) and chamfered and moulded stone th 12 century fashion for polychromatic brickwork can be th centuries. However, compared with other settlements in th and early 19 th century (e.g. The Grange, 4, 45, and 76 High Street and 26 Brook End). It th century segmental and gauged brick lintels were less fashionable and stone th the the semi-circular arch. There are examples of these at the United Reformed Church and was a the Court form This chapelHouse. inused often buildings. smaller domestic buildings. The most basic course (e.g. 6-10 Milton workers Road, 100-106 High Street and 6 Burton Road). This cottages was the had a single header construct andto confined the joints. easiest to as the tapersimplest was the gauged brick arch (with a flat soffit) used generally on more substantial houses in the 18 be seen at 53-55 High Street). This was the most was the most technically be construct. at This seen Highto 53-55 difficult Street). Street and School House). Street and School House). the cambered arch of rubbed bricks, with a flat top (a late 19 required special bricks and a skilled gauged bricklayer brick to lintel “rub” reappears the in Repton bricks in together. the The early 20 the the segmental brick arch, generally found in the 18 • Many of the early domestic buildings in Repton lintels (e.g. can 1, be 38, dated 67 and by 73 their High use Street of and during 10 segmental the Main Street). 18 These were commonplace • appendix 1. Within Repton the mid to late 19 weathering properties of the brickwork. In a number of instances shaped blue bricks have been addeda date. later cills to at In the 19 brick arches, stone cills were not normally used in the 18 • lintels lintels with square ends (generally found during the second half of the 19 found, although it is applied in a provincial diluted form – skinny rows of different coloured bricks (buff or blue) are incorporated into elevations as horizontal bands, into gable-ends as a diaper, within a corbelled eaves and appears pockets. material, as aused paving small inisolated some in bands within chimney stacks. Blue brick also The High Victorian fashion for illustrated using on the former terracotta Sanatorium on Burton can Road and School be House, adjacent found to The Hall. on Other examples some are limited buildings, to localised best areas or (e.g. the eavesa of decorative of Cross). The band terracotta on running along detail picked out in terracotta There are a large number of vernacular brick buildings within the village that are painted, a practice that (in most protection. cases) probably originated in limewashing to provide weather South South Derbyshire, they are not that prevalent development in and Repton, redevelopment which throughout had the a 19 large amount of became popular and easier to obtain with the introduction Trent of navigation the had railways, long although been the used for the found in transportation the form of of incised stone. wedge lintels with dropped Dressed keystones and stone plain wedge is lintels (generally found in the first half of the 19 incorporate subtle variations in the brickwork, using a different coloured pale pink header darker course pinkas a brickwork. band within There are four types of Repton: traditional brick arch used above the windows and doors in • LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement The use of render of use The hr ae vrey f ofn materials roofing of with variety or a School) are Music There and House School Farm, either with End roofs pitched Brook Street, 68 94-10648, High The (e.g. and Vicarage). and bargeboards and Street), (e.g. Main verges 1 and corbelled Street High 27-29 Street, High Head, 24 Bull’s Road, Burton The 35 31, (e.g. roofs hipped Street), Street Main High on 45 Grange Lane, The Monsom and 1 Lane, Well gables on brick Chapel coped Methodist raised Wesleyan include former types (e.g. Other eaves. corbelled dentilled or plain a with Roofdetails or “wet-dash” in replaced been occasionally has pebbledash. render lime Smooth buildings. Priory Old the on up high surviving still render “wet-dash” of patches are There years. recent in and The Old Mitre). The domestic-scale examples are early 20 early are examples domestic-scale The Mitre). Old The and Cross the The Orchard, in The interest House, New visual Hall, create (The architecture and Revival Gothic roofs the large of spirit very some of massing the up break to used were they Oldwhere buildings school The large at the on is prevalent only most building are features old the These an Priory. although in used Repton, historically were with windows associated dormer where commonly instance are dormers gabled and Hipped Street. and Street Main theoriginal than thoseon buildings High schoolon site, rather to related be can elements these of Most brickwork. ornate and patterns window gothic finished smooth using lime and occasionally lined-out to create the impression of ashlar. ashlar. of 19 impression original of the instances The create to lined-out occasionally and lime using smooth finished was Repton in render Historically tradition. vernacular national a represent it to thought as was time, this at finish Crafts and Arts common a was and finish, textured “wet-dash” or pebbledash as found is This Road. Burton 22-24 Cross, The 11 Road, Burton 31 Pastures, Many of the 19 the of Many slate, Welsh by supplemented - machine-made) lead. and thatch and handmade (both clay red and blue, materials roofing of Staffordshire - area conservation the dominate tiles clay but village, the within development variety a are There truncated, been have Mitre Old The on well. havebuttheremainder survived largely remarkably safetygrounds, on probably stacks The mass. large a had building the a when was particularly skyline, It picturesque a area. create to conservation architects ReptonVictorian High the the of of aim particular character of strengths the of of plethora one and is stacks patterns chimney multiple the schoolas unfortunate, very On be would necessary. features such become repairs of as removal The redundant. completely now pots are fireplaces occupation, multiple in buildings and stacks chimney redundant remove to desire a be there will that village any inevitable in is it centralheating, of advent the With slate, Welsh by supplemented - machine-made) fibresheet.corrugated cement concrete and less lead and attractive and thatch and handmade (both clay red and blue, Staffordshire - area conservation the dominate tiles clay but village, the within development - nos. 31 and 35 Burton Road and Mitre Cottage Cottage Mitre (Mitre Drive). Burtonand Road35 -nos.and 31 along Willington Road. This has been reinterpreted in tile in the early 20 early the in tile in reinterpreted survive been has This Road. Willington these along of examples and roofs thatched in found are line, eaves the above over windows arching dormers, “Eyebrow” Street. High 87 and 34 Hill, Boot 8/10 – introductions vary considerably in Repton and the only common type is a simple pitched roof pitched simple commontype is a only theRepton in and considerably vary th and 20 and can be found on early 20 early on found be can th century school buildings incorporate hipped and gabled dormers, gabled and hipped incorporate buildings school century th century render surviving are few, most having been replaced been having most few, are surviving render century 13 13 n etn I rfet te og itr of history long the reflects It Repton. in n etn I rfet te og itr of history long the reflects It Repton. in th century buildings – e.g. numbers 20-36 The 20-36 numbers e.g. – buildings century th century or more recent more or century th century buildings century LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement

th century century th century and the and 20 th th century, and were th , the best known being century planting. To the west of th 14 century it was functioning as a Minster for the th century buildings to update them (46 High Street, 45 High Street and th century. century. Area the earliestthe coreforms part of 1 of Repton. This location to the south of the Trent would have formed an important defensive location for a settlement, overlooking the flood plain. There is archaeological evidence for a large number of stone and timber structures dating from the Mid-Saxon period to the west and slightly to the These are the earliest known north physical remains of Repton and of the present church. were probably associated with the original and of nuns double-house monks. monastery, the The focal point of the oldest part Church of of St. Wystan. This has very early origins, which the predate the Viking invasion of 873. village and the main building A sense of its early of origins can be seen in the east end of the church, which has tall, Area austere 1 is the rubblestone chancel walls, visually elongated by the use forming of attenuated thin pilasters. bands The of church is stone extremely (lesenes) prominent on entering site and the has school an exceptionally tall spire, supplemented by four corner pinnacles with finials. This is prominent in both short views all along Willington Road and long distance views of Repton from the Trent cemetery valley. and they now sit outside The the present churchyard within the chancel Outer Court of the walls Augustinian originally Priory. fell This relationship within evolved closely. a The responsibility Augustinian for the much welfare monks and accommodation took of pilgrims larger (installing over them in their guest chambers – now the school library), and taking income from grew selling tokens. in The church importance and by the 10 extension extension and redevelopment of the Vicarage and its garden circa 1890. The whole of The Vicarage gardens are now dominated by mature late 19 those those added to The Old Mitre. The earliest examples date from the 19 houses houses - 48 and 70-72 High Street and 2-4 The Anne” Pastures, house. Revival a typical example of a “Queen often often added to 18 surrounding region. The large churchyard is fairly open to the south, with views from Willington Road the across stone churchyard wall, interrupted only by an abundance of yew trees and a row of 4 limes fronting Willington Road, running behind the churchyard wall. To churchyard the views the of the north church are limited of by tree-cover the although this was not always so as most of the land was an open field and undeveloped until the late 19 Brook Farm). They were also incorporated from the start into several 19 AREA 1 – Church, The PrioryThe School site Early Repton and Conservation AreaDescription Another characteristic building detail in Repton is the bay window This area includes the church of St. Wystan and its the site churchyard of and the formerVicarage, Repton Priory, its surviving buildings and precinct walls, and the early part of Repton School, developed between 1559 and the 19 LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement memorialcross. war a with reinterpreted been has which point, focal a as the feature sculptural strong a by well-head, or used conduit central a when contained often setting very a cloisters tranquil Augustinian the Now of similar centre The a monks. sides. had four have would all it on remembrance, passageway of a covered with garden square, a or by rectangle edged open (courtyard), an around “garth” built central court a was in) a shut – Claustrum and (Latin closed Cloister place The Block. Chapter The and School Pears Building, Priory Old The – buildings by sides three overlookedon Priory, Augustinian the to garden cloister precinct the is intimate most The enclosed spaces. enclosed walled separate five are there the Priory, the of walls to addition In yet and spaces. detail inward-looking and of walls scale high in with grand intimate, is Priory former the around spaces the of character The thecricket pitch. overlooking amphitheatre artificial an forming site, the of edge southern the at platforms grassy tiered the by illustrated best re-shaped, and away worked been however, have, contours natural The sandstone. Bunter of outcrop natural a of composed is which “bluff”, or cliff river the of part as naturally, arise level in changes These east. the to fields playing the the above church tower around priory the occurs of end also east former level the and in School Pears change where site significant the of A side eastern Hall. The of rear the at north, the to House School of garden the and churchyard the between drop a incorporates area The alignments. new on masonry medieval re-used have to appear large Others date. in medieval their are masonry sandstone of with blocks walls the of number A antiquity. spaces great has ofbut tarmac), by sequencethey dominated where are (particularly The special or unusual seem buildings. first at historic not may surviving site the through the moving as well as spaces historic the between relationship the of survival the in is Repton of area this of significance special The was this that possible quite is owned. Itwhilst still itwas privately The ofHall feature. setting the to landscape works landscaping of part as removed was canal-shaped silt the and enhanced re- deliberately been linear have to a appears channel as water the shaped Here, Hall. Old the beneath runs it where broader much but end either at narrow and up silted appears It characteristics. interesting some has Water Trent Old centre. the in island an with channels two maintained probably river the time some for but known not is route present its to changed River the of course theWhen settlement. theestablishment of defensive early the in role important an formed have must it and Trent the of channel early an of part was it than other about Water Trent known Old is little Very north. the the of from Reptonfoot entering the on at seen pool be tranquil can whichlong “bluff”, a now Water, Trent Old is 1 Area of north the To the from range. Priory theOldof view dating probably height, framed picturesque a provides It gatehouse. Priory original the in the of part was is which Archway, church the reduced to landmark largest now second The Priory. wall, Augustinian the of stone construction buttressed church, a old two is the the Between church. to spaces Minster the close of cemetery very vast the placed of half was eastern the (ca.1172) occupying Repton of Priory Augustinian The large boundary prominent treesand several a fence. by hidden well are exchange telephone the and Ley) (Annes house adjacent the landscaped This, former garden. its within built been has Garth) (Glebe house modern a Vicarage, The 15 15 LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement century th The Hall as viewed from The Priory from The viewed as The Hall century gateway to The Hall. The walls th 16 century in origin, designed to complement the th and the brick-lined walls are most period.from this likely to date A pair of gatepiers with brackets ball embraces finials the and main scrolled approach entrance to courtyard The Hall, circular which flight of descends steps a and with semi- along a brick passage lined walls. gateway echoes This the rather Priory. plainer grand The gatepiers walled entrance courtyard near is 17 the most likely late The The third, fourth and fifth walled enclosures form the walled gardens of The Hall to the north of the Priory. The origins documented. of It these was contained gardens walled fashionable gardens are during the to not 17 have self- Hall. Paired gateways with decorative scrolled step down frameto step the gatepiersHall.a The andview of Whilst Whilst the cloister garden was the reach monks’ inner the private Outer courtyard, Court, most people as relationship could between the the two Priory spaces is clearly church demonstrated on was the which the space Churchas a the betweenillustrates space. Priory The publicand parish also plan of available 1829, for lay people. This The cloister was reached from the Outer Court by a passage called a the slype, which main is still entrance used today. The monks’ another passage burial or slype beyond ground the cloister, would which also have survives on been the opposite reached the cloister. side of by The second walled space, the Outer Court of unaltered, and as the such is quite a rare Priory, survival. The is western largelyspace side is of the buttressed preserved wall, which separates in the churchyard the from the stone school, and probably is medieval in origin although it has lost its copings and reduced has in height. been The Outer Court has compartments, separated beenby a pair of gatepiers with ball finials. These are a splitlater addition, known as The Pillars of intoHercules, and were built c1670 as the result of a two lawsuit between the governors of the school and the Thacker family. The space was originally enclosed to the south by the gateway,which would have which typically contained formed a single part room on of either side, a by the gatehouse, churchyard wall to the west and the main Priory monastic buildings are likely buildings to have enclosed the to space. This is the now a courtyard east. used for To the car parking and has north a large concave wall defining further the northern boundary, and incorporating ranges of 2 large modern openings, in addition to the 17 LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement rud h st ae 16 are site the around and within both walls the capping copings stone of majority the that however, likely, most is It detail. in varies this although coping, shaped triangular a with masonry of blocks large from priory constructed are walls The the End. Brook borders of and site the surrounds enclosure which precinct, walled the with continuity of sense a have gardens walled a the as All perhaps Hall, The of development the garden. kitchen with association in built probably brickwork with were lined are and east and south the to walls stone coursed in other medieval the is and churchyard origin, the with shared wall west stone coursed tall The 1829. of plan copings, triangular parish the on garden walled self-contained with a as appears This House. School and churchyard finished and the between that Refectory, is garden walled fifth The Priory Hall. The of front the in garden large the encloses from adapted wall A date. similar of door, entrance the of side either on walls garden the in positioned are brackets cloistered buildings, usually to the east of the eastern range of the cloister. Excavations Excavations cloister. the of range eastern the thisdetermined of buildings. actual location to thehave north-eastthecloister of the of east the to the from usually apart buildings, set also cloistered was infirmary The buildings. other the from apart set often were aof bystream the ofthesedrain thechannel guided themain and wasor priory, reredorter the the of location The Priory. present the from of east and north the to removed enclosure, precinct walled slightly usually the within located probably were were These unknown. is whereabouts their and latrines) block cloister (monks’ reredorter and brewhouse, bakehouse, stables, kitchen, the sold. the as such buildings from other archaeology, and elements established surviving first accurately fairly was be can and Priory cloister the warming around the and typically were dormitory) when room (monks dorter produced (refectory), frater inventory the an of locations in the Although listed were these of Many site. the from missing are which but buildings, priory a several within found beencontained have typically once would which ground burial the of space large the that likely also is It so or 40 some and limes pollarded of row a Poplars. Lombardy with northwards framed is of precinct enclosure and the alignment the and out peters walls precinct the of enclosure walled the area this of side east the On ground. burial Priory former the of site the on pitch, cricket thecurrentof space open gardenscontrasts thegrand walled with the of Thescale intimate the late 19 thelate in altered was End Brook on perimeter southern its Indeed brook. the of length the along medieval be to assumed be cannot and places in drifted has walls precinct the of alignment Viewof End Brook from Steinyard Lane th century. century. th r 17 or th etr i oii, ahr hn eivl Te precise The medieval. than rather origin, in century 17 17 a fspns wt te ie f the of possible. is it but close, so being river line the with fishponds, had monks’ site the that the unlikely is It running reredorter. out flushing of for source water a and kitchen, and brewhouse the for water water, drinking provide to site the through flowed it as adapted been have would It sites. monastic at existed have to known are supplies water piped sophisticated and quite for are these adaptations Brook Sometimes functions. Repton several the adapted have would Priory Augustinian The LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement

th century. A th 18 century building on the site of the Priory church, it reflects century with the main complex we see today – The Pavilion, th th century and early 20 th century building. It was first referred to as the Tithe Barn in the mid 19 building is shown here on the 1762 plan, but only as a rectangular enclosure in 1829. something something of the orientation and relationship of the church with the other buildings, even if only is footprint half its of that the original church. Most of the south side of the school grounds shaped within within the last 100 years. A number of smaller school buildings the were replaced in the precinct has been built and re- late 19 The The Physics and IT Block, The Grubber, in assortment from c.1890 multi-phase brickandranging 1930. to stone and the Main Teaching Block, which is itself a The Tithe Barn adjacent to the arched gateway is a misnomer as it is predominantly a 19 There was also the mill, a documented However, structure, none of of these elements which survive and no there is visual no sense evidence now that survives. associated the in any Brook way was with the Priory. The straight channel of the Brook running past the school grounds is in suggesting that marked it has contrast been radically with altered. sinuous its The watercourse Parish running natural Plan across of the meandering 1829 present shows cricket course a pitch. original as it meanderedcourse of the brook walls The through tothe site. definingthe east separate upstream, This may have been the the edge of the precinct may, therefore, have been adapted Priory. after A the pointed suppression of arch the within the wall along walled the inlet definedplan. forformed up the brook, originally but on the 1829 Brook End has been relocated and is now The playing fields and cricket pitch manicured, having been longbeenwidespread the natural contours Thereremoved ago. has to the east of the re-shaping and earth cloisters moving to create building are platforms as well as very to remove soil. This flat in and part well explains the large changes in level between fields. the level of the church and the playing The Hall is a building originally of 1680, and it incorporated part of the the form of Prior Prior’s Overton’s Tower, although it lodging, may also incorporate more in of the medieval lodging, as yet heightened undiscovered. over the years. It had However, a distinct separation private from the access the drive running School, across with the 1680 northern a part separate of the sports building ground from the east, no longer evident. full The of medievalextent buildings occupiedthat of HallThe site the is has been enlarged not known. and The original Prior’s lodgings were contained within the first floor of the “Old Priory”, which also provided guest accommodation. lodgings were moved to the Hall site. Prior Overton’s tower It (now clasped within the later was much later that Hall), the was prior’s built shortly after Overton lodgings was varied considerably from site made to site. It was Prior common to move the in prior’s lodgings 1437. The to location new, of detached priors’ buildings, as the role shifted emphasis of over the the centuries. Following prior the Dissolution, and many monastic sites relationship were with adapted the brethren into houses and it with Hall. The as the prior’s as happenedsuch house, structures, lodgings, new the into was quite usual to incorporate the more secular types of The north side of The Hall and School House has become a forgotten space, storey and flat-roofed kitchen a block has single been built, which is quite out-of-place. Fortunately, the tree-cover along the water meadow is dense and the lower levels of The Hall and areHouse Willington visible Road. not from School Although Pears School is a 19 LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement ehp te al 19 early the Perhaps lnsd Te l Mte s fre mlig bidn, ovre it school into converted building, maltings former a is 19 Mitre late the in accommodation Old The Alongside the up break to helps by large Repton 1920 building standards. very otherwise massingan of and the 1870 of between evolution building The window. and bay windows, of incorporating stepped generations as evident, several manifest building level, floor of in phases changes three least at are There stacks. chimney with punctuated is roofline and the dormers gable ½ with storeys three of building the phase in roots its house. Itmulti- isa boarding asa Repton by builtSchool was has Mitre Old building present the although Thesite, this on inn an of presence name The north. the from approaches in street the of end the at point focal The Old Mitre Old The the surrounding trafficisland. centralcircular a cross form paving stone modern of area an site. and original This its on be to presumed and origin in medieval h mre cross market The the and Road) also Willington ashlar stone(TheRoad and Croft). Willington façade 1 of basement storey rusticated (11 is 1908-09 of space building style The Crafts and space. Arts Architects the Maule of perimeter and Forsyth rendered the eastern – exceptions notable two with buildings, the brick red by dominated defines precinct school the two of Here Road. Burton and Street High of enclosure Thewalled crossTheMitre. Oldand themarket – structuresthespace dominate junction the is 2 Area of point pivotal The area an End, Brook and Hill Boot includes also similar a time. probablyat developed arched It Street. the Main from and village, Street medieval High along and the place, market former of the through down Priory part the of gateway main the includes area This 2 AREA theon formerruin site.a from asd y fl soe i te ae 19 late the in storey full a by raised rsdd vr y h cuc ad donn te hrhad bt tat big yia of typical being traits both churchyard, market the provided have would width The etc.). Newark, adjoining Burton, (cf. places market medieval and church the by over presided street, market medieval a ofcharacteristic this intois theschool width and thearchway and cross the between Cross” “The as known street wide the along held was market the is that clear be to seems What End. Brook and the cross the between and level in changes Hill impractical Boot between buildings the given place, market medieval the larger much a onto encroachment not were thatcross market thought generally is Itis market a well-documented. of presence historic the Street, Market as named street no is a there Although as function the original was its comprehensive of evidence so distinct However, any longer maltings. no west. is the there that from remodelling junction the approaching prominent is on wall gable blank narrow The accommodation. house boarding into maltings encloses the space to the south and forms a forms and south the to space the encloses is n mlifctd ae wih is which base, multi-faceted a on sits th etr cntuto icroae r-sd eivl of timbers roof medieval re-used incorporated construction century

th century. The gable-end of the former maltings has been been has maltings former the of gable-end The century. th etr, n soito wt te ovrin f the of conversion the with association in century, 19 19 Themarket cross LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement 20 , to , to the the character west, of the village based loosely is medieval on its , to the east, the street is dominated by high boundary walls to both the

, the approach from the century (the July Fair & Statutes Fair). These have a long history, fairs rarely century (as evident in photographs and maps) but only fragments of this form of th th north side (the Priory precinct) and the brickwork). south This side frontage (rubblestone development garden continues walls along raised the only broken whole in by length modern of infill the housing street, (nos. 20-24 Brook End). The boundary walls curve settlement settlement pattern are now evident in the three standing cottages on the north side of the street. These are now oddly interrupted by gap-sites, although there have been recent efforts in years to close the gaps with tall street brick is boundary now walls. more The open southern and side properties of variety are the articulated of and irregularly-shaped set plots. back, No in 11 response Burton oddly isolated fronting rowpart street, the of cottages. of a former to Road a (dating from circa 1830) stands At Boot Hill At the northern end of this area, the street pattern is certainly medieval, if not earlier, with an east-west route defined by the precinct walls of the Priory along Brook End and Burton Road, the west. to On the corner opposite The Old Mitre stands the building, also known as The Cross (now school boarding accommodation), formerly a public house. At that time a large front door faced the corner of the street and was placed within a central bay and framed by railings on a curved stone plinth. This has now been blocked up of a focalconsequential loss designThe of the building, on corner. point the however, does and the railings removed, with the lead the eye around the corner into Burton Road and it has similar characteristics to The Old Mitrewith 3 - storeys gable red dormers, They anddressings. brick stone jointly create a junction. strong presence at the Along Road Burton changing site. east east is bold, inviting and promising. The entrance is “strong” buildings, i.e. framed the Boot Inn by on the south two side and the polygonal end of Repton and School Divinity Geography building on side. the The street north curves towards the south as it Beyond rises enticingly uphill. streetscape is an anticlimax and sadly this degraded. Nos. 8 and 10 on the east entrance, side have suffered from a plethora of the unsympathetic alterations, although their historic evident in character their massing remains belonging and to alignment. No. 3 On High Street the detracts Street the prominent is poorlybut end detailedof Spar the shop. gable west from the side, scene, and the at the poor junction boundary with High fence Along Brook End origins, when houses were built abutting the road frontage. This building form existed until the 20 stallholders with the opportunity to set up rows to or set with stallholders the opportunity to stalls abooths of considerable depth. Although a market charter was long ago forfeit, the site continued to be the used for 19 fairs in LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement itn Road Milton 1 and road the thestreet,point in Boottheroads at focal Hill. diverge classrooms) a where Geography is lining the (now farmbuildingsSchool Music former the by west, Looking space. the dominated enclose which Lane, Monsom character, strong particularly a has street the of end east The rebuilt). or demolished since (all road access the of side east the on buildings timber-framed and thatched illustrate photographs historic and phase medieval post- early the in developed village the of part This Lane). (Steinyard Trent the of crossing the On point. ford thisthe to down route main at the formed once track access widestfarm a bridge, the of its side north at is road the and Brook Repton cross they as outwards Despite the retention of the medieval street pattern, a large number of the properties properties the of number large 19 a the in pattern, built were street medieval the of retention the Despite thewest. to footpaths and lanes and east the to brook the of form the in preserved are beyond land Mitre (incorporating the and settlement north-south built-up medieval the between runs boundaries early the that Therefore, Drive). footpath public a in preserved is plots these of edge the where west the to scale similar a of are subdivisions The Brook. Repton the to down road, the to angles right at Street, Main and Street High the from run that crofts into Along High Street High Along group and highway the above themorewith distantwest. street further sceneattractively raised are Lane Monsom –12 8 nos. where Lane, Monsom from village the into view the in prominent however, not, are houses These settlement. the of character the on significantly more intrude which and together, grouped and prominent are which Lane Monsom and Road but Milton of corner the ones,on houses modern three are older there the by dominated are houses modern the general In context. informal an in placed being by more the all out stand 23) and 16 odd, 3-17 nos. notably (most buildings 19 Street, mid a probably case each in ashlar, High of imitation 46 in “lining-out” and incorporate as such 2 Some, numbers Head). Bull’s Wystan’s, The (St. render lime smooth a in rendered houses of number a are There replaced. been not has render of number authentictheoriginal where instances few a a only are there on but properties, used is Render or bluepink slightly brick. paler h fot lvtos s rdmnnl i Feih od ue fr oh 18 both for used bond, Flemish in predominantly is elevations front the on Brickwork gardens. sit fenced and that walled shallow or behind street street the the from removed front slightly either that ranges terraced or houses, substantial of grounds large the with juxtaposed are gardens front Small alignment. frontage in changes and types building materials, building of variety great the of because diverse area this of character The the to up built generally are buildings earlier The edge. highway Street). High 45 no. - Hazeldine and Street Main - Grange The (e.g. walls brick tall behind gardens front generous in street the etr bikok Te 19 The brickwork. century th century addition to the original original the to addition century s hrceie b dvlpet f ies ae n caatr ad h key the and character, and age diverse of development by characterised is , the street pattern is medieval, based on regular parcels of land divided land of parcels regular on based medieval, is pattern street the , th century. Several of the 18 the of Several century. th etr Feih od lo fe pcs u te edr i a in headers the out picks often also bond Flemish century 21 21 th century town houses are set back from back set are houses town century th n lt 19 late and th

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century. The road is visibly narrower, accentuated by the increase in height of the th buildings and the construction of buildings on the road frontage, rather than set back with front gardens. Front doors emerge onto the street, those to the west simply raised slightly by a stone stepped threshold. Properties are more substantial, with fewer terraces. There is a distinctive cluster of high quality street; No. individual 34, properties, Tudor Lodge, which Chapel House line (No. both 37), Stone sides House (No. and the three-storey St. Wystan’s No. 28. of 31), No. the 27-29, The Priory and Brook House stand out within the street because of their size. They were purpose-built large school 2 buildings. The accommodationPriory (still in use by the and 3-storey school) is the more interesting of these buildings, built in a Gothic Revival style and incorporating many unusual details – Gothic shaped chimney traceried stacks and lantern with windows, spire. It star- was designed in Victorian architects the such as style Butterfield, of to look irregular, evolved and had its own as history, and to though it had brickwork. The further south the direction of travel, the properties generally become lower in status, smaller in scale, later in date and more evocative of a village than a town. In particular the area surrounding the Square, which separates High Street and Main village Street, has character a distinct and the first edition probably the south end OS of the village at plan one time, and the shows regular plots to the a east side of smithy Main located Street here. probably This reflect was a population growth, planned during the late extension medieval or post-medieval period. of On the west the side of settlement, Main Street, in south of response Broomhills Lane, to the houses a were piecemeal 1762 the land,the plan. enclosure evident as is of on all built onto the open fields in This village character was at one time given greater emphasis as the west side of the street incorporated a raised footway, running along a large proportion of Street, above High the level of the road and Street separated from the road by a and grassy verge. Evidence Main of this can still be in seen the double kerb line and raised footway of in front nos. 8-10 Main Street. The wide footpath on this side of the street enabled the provision of a paved blue- brick apron in front of buildings, of which a few examples survive, although other examples may come to light under the tarmac. The raised footway was removed in the 1950s along the length of the street, when the levels were with “ironed-out” a andwide strip the of verge tarmac was and replaced kerb, now unfortunately zone. used The street has lost some of as its rural character and ancharm as a result, creating a much informal car parking harderedged environment. The further north the direction of travel, street the frontage – taller three storey the buildings start buildings to appear and lining the the street and narrower enclosing space. original The footway 34 finished raised nearNo. High Street. the the PasturesBetween The and Askew Grove the buildings have a much of historygreater sense and age, and appear in picture postcard scenes of Repton. Some of the buildings date from the 16 LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement At The Pastures The At line. building smoothbrick,of Flemishbond. mixture and itin is ofmuch a There render front the in changes subtle some are there and eaves straight horizontal in the continuity is there but varies height the as broken is line eaves The a and pavement. line narrow building the in breaks minor only are there Street High 73 to 49 number From half-gabled thedoor. ashlar around entrance coloured of blocks of alternating and moulding, use sawtooth of band a the and verge and in eaves corbelled the being elaboration for terracotta buff as such main mouldings, for details polychromatic of the choice the and dormers block, straightforward a as plainer, built is flats) private (now House Brook contrast, In skyline. picturesque a incorporate hpl eid n poal o te same the of Congregational probably the and behind to Chapel was Manse (it the 1830-1840 once circa built property Main detached handsome but and small a is It Street. Lane Pinfold of junction was the at Street out stands Street Main Main 1 No. before developed. village, the of point limit southernmost the this time one at with being relationship strong may some and a Repton, have of part pattern, this of street feature unusual and old an is This Street. High of sides both of bottom the are at out fan terraces they that so Other aligned square. village a of sense the create and space the Street, enclose to Main help They 2-6 1900. after built nos. were and terrace, north face The bargeboards. with gables by or eaves overhanging by either defined line eaves strong a incorporating profiles, roof and materials of mixture wide a is There street. the of qualities picturesque the to considerably adding cottages, four to 2- low by dominated three scale, of rows broken small in domestic built are rows terraced the intimate of Most housing. terraced storey an of is area this of character The space. the spoil and intrude also islands calming Traffic street. the facilities lining houses other terraced This the no for being there east-west. parking, running car Lane on-street by Well dominated and unfortunately Lane is space Pinfold and south, the to Street Main and with stone coping. The use of chamfered corners to 19 to corners chamfered of use The coping. stone with wall boundary brick continuous hood a stoneand bargeboards, brickwork, decorative the windows, the to over corners moulds chamfered share They 1852. in designed houses 3 of group unlisted distinctive very a 94-98 nos. are as windows, cast-iron and bargeboards decorativeincorporating row important arean properties, ofterrace listed a 100-106, Nos. Lane. downemerges Street, thepath Well at tobefore footpath theHigh other leading one is There Hill. Askew of ridge the to views Street High occasional on are properties of there rooftops here the across From boundary. old very a is and crofts medieval the of edge original the follows This Lane. Well as far as Street High on properties other the and Street High 46 No. of theback along ThePastures footpath from narrow runsvery A area. this dominating garages modern of number a and sub-station electricity an with character, thestreetofstone haslargely by lost kerbs. thisside,On itsdefined thenorth part historic edge pavement the Pastures, The of side south the encloses which plinth, stone a with wall The Square The (Chapel buildings Street House). other Repton,on found in 37 suchHigh asno. , as it is colloquially known, is an important space at the junction of High Street Street High of junction the at space important an is known, colloquially is it as , the road climbs west and is defined by a tall buttressed brick boundary brick buttressed tall a by defined is and west climbs road the 23 23 th century brickwork can also be be also can brickwork century 1 Main1 Street

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th century development of Repton School. Large 24 th and 20 th falls within Area 2 and is more built-up than the more rural the school occupies a large area, undeveloped until the mid 19 century barns and farmhouses in the locality. The only element th , as the name suggests, once housed the pinfold, an open walled pound used to century. Historically this area was occupied by backland plots - gardens, allotments and outbuildings serving the buildings facing a The Cross. ragged assortment of irregular-shaped To the west of this area was the Hall Orchard, sold to the school by the Burdett estate in 1890, which enabled the construction playingschool the conservation and area) fields (outside Fives Courts. of the Sanatorium (now the Music School), the Gradually the school has colonised this created with the development association school. of the in area and there is now a network of passages The first school building to occupy this site was the Chapel (1858). This was followed by individually designed buildings built over 100 years stand within extensive grounds. On the north side of Burton Road western western part of Well Lane. Numbers 8 and 10, which are built on the road frontage were part of a terrace of properties five on the south cottages, side of the which lane are also continued built up against east the former Wesleyanstreet Methodist frontage. as Chapel The (1815) is far the most distinctive of as these. This is High a very Street. conservative design Other with a raised coped associated with brick late 18 gable and dentilled brick eaves, features contain livestock that had settlements, perhaps lending support to the theory that this was once the escaped.south end of the These were village. usually placed on the outskirts of The main buildings of interest here are Chapel the of United 1837 Reformed, (later formerly extended Congregational, to the houses north nos east) 1-7 and the and two 9-19a, alongside terraces the present all no. of 35, outside the Edwardian groupedconservation area boundary. Nos. 33 around and 35 are an the remnantPinfold known longer rowas of aTerrace. formerly much open space. The pinfold itself was A public footpath gives access to an area of undeveloped land north west of Pinfold Lane, bounded to the south west by the brook and extending to the rear of Brook House. This unexpected green finger of land has footpaths great threading amenity through value arising it, and from its the setting of openness, the trees. village and effectively the separates It the strong, linear historic setlement also from the preserves a sense suburban of modern the development historic to the of identity it. of north the village,agricultural by enhanced the continued of part use east. It is thus important to the historic The eastern part of Well Lane that that now suggests that it was a religious building is the pointed arched window in the gable end. AREA 3 This area includes the Repton School campus to the west of Mitre the Burton Road, Drive Willington western Pastures.of half The and Road, Area 3 is dominated by the late 19 date - 1837). It has all the characteristics of a building of its age – hipped a slate roof, incised stone wedge lintels withsymmetrical a decorative keystone, sash windows and frontage, it also incorporates within of bond Flemish Repton. common feature use the brickwork, a Pinfold Lane LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement h Qens Walk Queen’s The buildings. the to foil open precise and well-kept a provide fields playing of views and lawn manicured of expanses open flat and trees) beechthree of (one Road Willington on Chapel School the of front in immediately stands beech copper large A house. boarding boys a Orchard, The ye ad rmd y rtsu msus Ti ws eind o e en prahn from approaching seen be to Queen’sWalk. designed was front, This masques. the grotesque by at framed a and gable-end like lyre, shaped opening, overhanging central a triangular with triangular-pediment, strong classical a like a look and to with designed building Technology Hundred brick Four Design is buff elevation the principal a one Hall, and with building Block, only The Chemistry Block. Studies the Business House, Boarding Girls Abbey The House, Boarding Orchard The Chapel, School The by comprise and designed architects were provincial They frontage. street true no is there as directions, several from seen be to designed were campus school the of part west the form that buildings main The stone low wall. plinth a on sit gatepiers the between railings steel Tall coat-of-arms. school the and wreaths stone carved with embellished parapets,flat piers, with gate entrance stone rusticated embrace and forecourt cobbled a surround – brick in Road walls entrance Willington concave on street the focal in a point forms an which by Four entrance, framed impressive is the walk This with Hall. Hundred conjunction in designed out garden suburb with broad grass verges, a row of trees (mainly small flowering cherry) flowering small (mainly trees of row a verges, grass broad with suburb garden out laid and designed carefully a of that is driveway this of character The settlement. medieval the of edge the defining Street, High front that houses of backs the along running footpath o h suh f utn od Mte Drive Mitre Road, Burton of south the To shrubsboundary. planted treesand theroadside onby hidden largely Road, Burton above embankment raised the on sitting tall building three-storied a is it – size overpowering potentially its despite first at imperceptible almost is south 31 Burton31Road (1957) is a precinct precinct a is (1957) 25 25 us ot ad olw te ie f n earlier an of line the follows and south runs school boarding house, New House, to the to House, house, New boarding school Along Burton Road Burton Along shrubs. The tall dark outline of the large large the of outline dark tall The with shrubs. overplanted side south the rubblestone to walls the with contrast buildings, school large to Road, foreground the form which Burton graded of side north and the to planting banks shrub of expanses large The road. the edging planting shrub of expanses broad well- and with verges view manicured public to open these of some gardens, large in housing with Drive, Mitre into turns it as particularly suburb, garden a of characteristics the of some has Queen’s Walk , the conservation area area conservation the , LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement century th 26 century. There are no signs of any development on the second th like Mitre Drive developed outside the western perimeter of the medieval forms the core of Area 4. Its present straight alignment was laid out by the century, and by ivy-clad deciduous th housing. housing. To the rear of The Mitre are fields separating the late cul-de-sac development, conservationthe 1950s outside area. village from Chestnut Way, a The Pastures edition OS map of ca.1900. The Pastures house faces east and overlooks the street (No. 7 is The Hawthorns) at the point at which the reached from High Street. A road tall bends. The modern western part of the street was laid out as a wide cul-de-sac. tucked At away, the is end, the private drive to Easton House, built by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1907 one and of the most distinctive of buildings in the conservation area. To Lodge, a cul-de-sac housing development. modern the south is Spinney Houses on the north side of Pastures The comprise a rowdistinctive of detached and semi- detached houses built by Repton School as timber paling staff fence and housing. there are They only limited sit views behind of the a Set properties well through continuousback the within deep trees. front gardens, the layout is typical of the “garden the suburbs” buildings and incorporate elements of Arts and Crafts architecture. details They share that common mark the casements (some single with ownership: leaded lights) rendered and are on southstreet the side of the colour. undistinguished. modernThe houses the walls blue painted and doors clay in the tiled Repton School roofs, timber To the north of The Pastures and built at the back of High Street are a number of modern houses, in a mixture contributethe characterthat characteristics to the conservationof area. of designs and materials, none of AREA 4 which have any distinctive This area encompasses Wellthe western Lane. of half Well Lane Enclosure Award of 1769. It previously had a different alignment (see map of 1762), which can be traced on the ground in the form of areaThis private has arural and character. distinctly boundaries within the grounds of Bowerhill. A leafy wooded valley runs east-west with a steep embankment to the north stream side of the lane. The running boundaries are informally defined by through the bottom and a chestnut paling, post and rail fencing and by the stream itself. the Otherwise enclosure on either side of the presence lane of is a created large trees; by yew, number holly the and of rhododendron planted evergreen in the 19 trees trees within the grounds of Danesgate. The houses to the south Bower side Hill and Bower Lodge, of were probably the lane, built originally as one large house, called lining the west side and several buildings in the Arts and Crafts style of Parker and Unwin (the architects of 31 Burton Road), incorporating swept eyebrow dormers, white painted walls, tiled hipped roofs and small-paned casement windows. The Mitre (a school boarding house for girls built in 1937) sits off Mitre Drive within a leafy development of 20 settlement settlement in the early 20 LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement hr ae eea isacs hr lre xass f ibr ae fne ae been have • fence panel timber of expanses large where make impactwhich significant theonstreetscape: historic a introduced, instances several are There of loss either area. conservation with altered or the within adapted note jarring a strike that been features new of introduction the haveor detail architectural boundaries instances of number a In Boundarytreatments mistakes thefuture. in to toauthority avoid thesameand reversesome alterations planning thedamaging of Itis these hoped willhouseholders,designersthat theidentifying help this and character. has or alterationshave cumulatively individually diluted suffered village losses thateither or thecharacter alsothearea defining instancesIn theconservation ofcan where identify we Damage and Loss 19 late a in brickwork diapered incorporate They map. Survey Ordnance edition first the on Bowerhill idn rm h mi pbi ves y h patn ad h i o te ad Dnsae (in Danesgate land. the of lie the 18 late the from dates House) Field as known and 1880 largely planting are the by lane views the public of main of north the from all the hidden to west, properties the remaining to The buildings replaced. farm plot, been additional large has and a which barn in standing large complex, a large with a farmhouse was a this possibly that suggest plan 1762 the and 1829 of plan parish Repton The site. same the roughly on buildings of group a replaced Bowerhill stream. the to down gardens landscaped with grounds extensive in valley the overlooking premises, designed to prevent balls from escaping the school grounds. This appears to be a be to appears This grounds. school the escaping from balls prevent to designed premises, school with associated fencing chain-link and netting high-level of use widespread a is There • postfences character ofthe and darker hedges replace area. rail thewooded hawthorn and and view into come fields as open more is character the Lane Well of end western the At Cottage. in built wasFieldgate Hill recent Bower years. 18 Gothic style around the 1830s. It was served by its mid 19 mid its by served was It 1830s. the around style Gothic Road th etr br ad i 19 mid and barn century fronting the new houses, Telephone Exchange and the Vicarage on Willington Willington on Vicarage the and Exchange Telephone houses, new the fronting behind thePost Booton behind Office Hill th etr sye ht a loey e ald enclr eia. hy stand They Revival. Vernacular called be loosely can that style century th etr rne f ubidns nw ovre ad called and converted now outbuildings, of range century 27 27 th century, but was heavily remodelled in remodelled heavily wasbut century, th century coach-house and the the and coach-house century

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th century th century photograph of the school th 28 century photographic evidence suggests that this row replaced a large 17 house, built directlyhouse, roadthe onto frontage. 1 Main Street High88-92 Street 46 High Street 1 CroftCross)The (The High70-72 Street Main2-6 Street in front of 20-24 Brook End. Because walls, the complete loss of enclosure in this one Brook location is very noticeable. Late 19 End has such well-defined boundary between The Priory and the Art School Street High betweenthe PrioryThe and at the rear wallsof the precinct along Brook End. plinth walls to The Old Mitre and The Road Burton Cross, Brick boundary walls of modern brick often out, stand such as that used at The Bull’s Head, a on semi-engineeringthisthe edgeswire-cut of andwhichand brick, sharpout-of-place are street. • • • • • • In one case the loss of a character area: of the conservation boundary wall has had a significant detrimental effect on the • precinct wall and cricket ground shows. The following sections of raised effect link streetscape: on the surrounding groundsfencinga have negative within school high-level chain- • • The boundary walls to a large number within of the conservation area have lost the their historic cast or terraced wrought-iron railings, probably properties and detached houses removed for the war effort, replaced and in have modern fence either panels been and materials. left Modern used at reproduction without St. Wystan’s School, railings in a a sympathetic have style. In strong been a number of cases the boundary original gates or and gateposts survive, providing evidence of the original pattern of iron followingrailings. The their railings: frontageslost have the cast or wrought- • Loss of building details details building Loss of There are a number of traditional properties where the original Staffordshire blue clay tiles and slate have been replaced with concrete roof tiles, with a damaging effect on the Highway Improvement Schemes Schemes Improvement Highway At The Square the works carried negative effect on out the quality of to the space, provide encouraging on street traffic car-parking and creating calming several small measures “islands” or have refuges, small elements had of clutter a that are out formerlyopen space. and large simple of place within a adjacent properties, made good when the previous properties were demolished. At no. 6 the gable was made good by an applied skin of mismatching Croft gablewas the exposed simply rendered. brickwork. At no. 59 Blanch perennial problem no (with easy solution) as an early 20 LullingtonRepton ConservationConservation AreaArea CharacterCharacter StatementStatement hr ae fw oen ulig ta cud e ad o aae h caatr f the of character the damage to said be could that Area. Conservation buildings modern few a are There plots,right at toStreetaligned thebrook. down to theHigh linear and angles long of pattern historic the respects site new Garage the Repton contrast, the In behind development street. housing the in feature backland alien and new new a the created has of houses, detailing the The with plots. combined thin layout, long, within frontage to street angles the backland right at aligned where generally are buildings pattern, settlement medieval strong Repton’s of grain characteristic the crosses Street, High the with parallel and behind running houses, the of layout The it. from visible but area Court Close Forge Main End. Street Brook Street, and High of character the of element strong particularly a is frontage building unbroken largely The as such doorsintact. windowsand examples joinery, Despite arestillthis, many frames. there traditional of traditional of chamfered lossinto sunk lights their with cumulative windows casement and sashes a horizontal and vertical been has there village the Throughout two-storey smaller the to particularly applies This seen. be theroofs easily cottages,where can area. conservation the of character The modern housing development of Richmond Richmond of development housing modern The historic existedbefore. the that patterns erased boundary and totally enclosures buildings, has at and and boundary Centre) Health area conservation the within lies Close, Brookside the High (including with junction Street the at development, this of Part village. the of side east the on century development 20th extensive the into Street High the ubr 2-4 ro End Brook 20-24 Numbers each of front in running strip tarmac unsightly an property. with point this at wider significantly is pavement The broken. been has pattern historic the as designfrontage, street a the in creates weakness This frontage. road the on houses immediately These built properties Close. several Forge replaced from emerging traffic for visibility of standards modern fulfil to order in splay a on built been have development) Close Forge the of (part Street Main 7 Askew Grove Askew enclosure. of form any without street the from back set are they to instance, this In pattern. relate building historic the not does which development housing Newdevelopment off High Street is outside the conservation the outside is Street High off on the east side of Main Street is a new housing development. Numbers 5 and and 5 Numbers development. housing newa is Street Main of theeast side on provides a point of entrance from entrance of point a provides r aohr modern another are 29 29 Brook EndBrook development Richmond CourtRichmond

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th 30 The The Spar Shop is very prominent in views looking north as it sits at the narrowest The Royal British Legion building on High Street was designed as a temporary No. 36 High Street and its associated outbuildings incorporate a number of modern details that are alien to the character of the conservation area: soldier course lintels over modern neo-Georgian casements, gable-end of overlapping timber boards and a modern concrete redevelopmentblockwork outbuilding. desirable. Again, would be Nos. 6 - 12 High Street is a poorly detailed and poorly proportioned Neo-Georgian terrace, building from back line.the set Nos. 44, 44a and 44b is a poorly detailed terrace. and poorly proportioned Neo-Georgian No. 47 High Street is a poorly detailed modern house constructed of unsympathetic materials. part of the street on the corner prominent of Boot site Hill and and High in Street. It form, character is a materials pivotal of and and the detail is village. desirable. discordant In with the view general of its prominence, redevelopment has building. It no would relationship with be its historic setting. building and line has It sits back no from the enclosure main view of its strident appearance and dedicated In car parking. to the creation of a gap to the street, infrontage, the street wouldredevelopment be desirable. the foreground space being century phenomenon, not a recent one. The instances where there are obvious gap-sites, which desirable it is with a are, fill building therefore, limited.to The large gap to the south of The Bull’s Head (High Street) forecourt was at formerly occupied the by a front building. of It creates the a widercar than average park gap within the conservation area. Although it has a low wall and railings, it still has expansive views of car parking and ideally this space should be enclosed with a new wall or a new building on the frontage. Proposed conservation area extensions area conservation Proposed It is proposed that the conservation area be extended byMilton Road and Pinfold Lane. These areas the are shown on the plan and have inclusion been described of two areas on inproperties The the text. wouldthat be in included the extended boundary are: Milton Road. Odd nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 11a, 15, 17, 19, 21 and 23. Even nos. 12, 14, 16 and Walnut KingfisherHouse, View and Brook House. Lane. 2, Monsom Nos. 6, 8, 10 and 12. Pinfold19 andLane. 7, 1, 19a.7a, Nos. 3, 13, 5, 15,9, 17, 11, Richmond Court. 1, Nos. 2, 3, and 4. Gap sites Gap Some sites within the conservation area have lost a boundary wall building. and The loss some of enclosure have and definite lost edge to a the building line creates a weakness in the streetscene, which it is desirable to fill. However, the pattern of development within the conservation area has included a tendency to infill every available plot and this is a 19 • • • • • • This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery O!ce Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Conservation Area boundary South Derbyshire District Council. LA 100019461.2010 Conservation Area Proposed Boundary Extension

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Distinctive Architectural Details

REPTON

Checklist of details

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

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

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

Chimney stacks & pots • Decorative chimney stacks with coloured bands of brick and terracotta elements

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brick wall and stone coping at Holly Bank, Main Street (below) BOUNDARY TREATMENTS Gates and railings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Above - elaborate doorcases of the High Victorian era.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stone kerbs (gritstone and sandstone)

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

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

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

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

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

Left - Paving flags ( crazy paving)

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Above) Thatched roof at 5 Willington Road.

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

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

Left - pitched roof with corbelled brick verge STREET FURNITURE

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

Locations:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Above - Cast iron lighting columns

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

Timber-frame

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Repton Conservation Area Phases of Designation

17th July 1969

25th February 1982