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Erbistock Conservation Area Assessment and Management Plan Erbistock Conservation Area Assessment and Management Plan Adopted May 2010 Contact For more information or advice contact: Chief Planning Officer Planning Department Wrexham County Borough Council Lambpit Street Wrexham LL11 1AR Telephone: 01978 292019 email: [email protected] www.wrexham.gov.uk/planning This document is available in welsh and in alternative formats on request. It is also available on the Council’s website contents Part I - Character Assessment 1 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 History and Development 5 3.0 Summary of Special Character 8 4.0 Character in Detail 10 5.0 Summary of Negative Features 18 Part II - Management Plan 15 6.0 Enhancement Plan 16 7.0 Design Guidance 17 8.0 Conservation Area Controls 19 9.0 Sources of Funding 21 Appendix 1 22 Listed Buildings Appendix 2 23 Conservation Policy Guidance Appendix 3 24 Glossary of Architectural Terms Figures Figure 1 - Erbistock Conservation Area 2 Figure 2 - Erbistock Historic Map 1899 5 Figure 3 - Erbistock Conservation Area Character Map 10 Ariel View Erbistock Conservation Area Part 1 Character Assessment 1 Figure 1: Erbistock Conservation Area # Ordnance Survey (mapping) © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. 100023429. 2010 2 introduction 1 introduction Conservation Area Designation Planning Context 1.1 Section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and 1.4 This Statement should be read in conjunction with the Conservation Areas) Act 1990 requires Local Authorities to adopted Wrexham Unitary Development Plan 2005, and identify "areas of special architectural or historic interest the national planning policy guidance, in particular Welsh Office character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or Circular 61/96 Planning and the Historic Environment: enhance" for designation as conservation areas. Historic Buildings and Conservation Areas. Purpose Location 1.2 The purpose of the Conservation Area Assessment and 1.5 Erbistock is one of many hamlets and villages which Management Plan is: exist along the banks of the River Dee. At Erbistock the l To provide a clear definition of the area's special River flows through the last section of dramatic steep sided architectural or historic interest valley before it meanders north across its low lying and gently undulating floodplain towards Chester. Erbistock is l To identify ways in which their unique characteristics can be preserved and enhanced through the 2km to the west of the village of Overton and is reached Enhancement Plan down a network of narrow winding country lanes off the Overton to Wrexham Road. Erbistock Conservation Area is l To strengthen the justification for designation centred on the area around the Church, which sits on the l To create a clear context for future development in bank of the River Dee at the foot of a 45 metre high accordance with conservation area policies in the sandstone escarpment, set against a background of mature development plan trees. The surrounding area is rural in character, dominated by pasture fields. The majority of the Conservation Area lies l To provide a vehicle for engagement and awareness within the designated flood plain as identified by the raising Environment Agency. Erbistock Conservation Area Geology 1.3 This Assessment and Management Plan aims to 1.6 The geology is a mix of Permian and Triassic (Red) promote and support developments that are in keeping with, Sandstone and Carboniferous Millstone grit (yellow or enhance, the character of the Erbistock Conservation Area. sandstone). The dominance of the red sandstone as a It is not an attempt to stifle change. The aim is to strike a principal building material within the Conservation Area balance so that the interests of conservation are given their creates a sense of local distinctiveness. full weight against the needs for change and development. The Erbistock Conservation Area was first designated in Consultation August 1975 and its boundary amended in April 2000. This 1.7 Community Councils, Council members and a range of document is concerned with the reasons for designation, organisations and groups with an interest in the historic defining the qualities that make up its special architectural environment and the local area were consulted on this and historic interest, character and appearance. The omission document. Statutory bodies such as Cadw were also of any reference to a particular building, feature or space consulted. Public consultation was undertaken during March should not be taken to imply that it is of no interest. 2010. 3 introduction 4 history and development Figure 2: Erbistock Historic Map 1899 # Ordnance Survey (mapping) © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. 100023429. 2010 2 History and Development 2.1 The area is recorded as 'Erpestock' in the Domesday to St Hilary, who shares the same feast day as St Erbin, may Book of 1086. The name is likely to be a derivative of the have occurred. old English name 'stoc' meaning 'dairy farm', combined 2.5 The first description of the church building is in the with a corruption of Erbin, the Saint's name given to the Vestry Book of 1692, which recorded a 'building of timber original church. It has become 'Erbistock' with the passage frame and thatch construction.' The continuing decay and of time. the constant need for the repair and upkeep of this church 2.2 The present settlement pattern has remained largely resulted in it being completely rebuilt between 1859 and unchanged from that shown on an Estate Map of 1770-71. 1861, through the benefaction of Mrs Caroline Boates of It shows a cluster of buildings around the church and nearby Rose Hill, in memory of her husband Lt Colonel riverbank, with other dispersed farm buildings and cottages. Henry Ellis Boates. Following her death it was completed The stimuli for settlement may lie in the origins of St by their daughter Gertrude and is the design of an unnamed Hilary's Church, the ferry crossing over the River Dee and architect. the good surrounding agricultural land. 2.6 To the east of the church is the Old Rectory, 2.3 The church mentioned in 1685 and the Bishop's visitations of 1709. may have been The Rectory formed part of the parish's glebe, or land originally belonging to the church, that provided revenue for its founded in the upkeep. Other glebe property recorded includes a tithe 6th century by a barn, gardens, orchards and other land and tenements. The monk from the glebe lands were divided into long narrow strips called Celtic settlement 'quillets,' which were marked out by meer stones with the at Bangor Is-y- letter 'G' on them. The quillets and meer stones are noted Coed, charged on the 1844 Tithe Map to identify holders of land so that with giving safe one tenth of their income or produce could be paid to the passage to Church. The availability of prime agricultural land in the travelling monks from other nearby monasteries. The surrounding isolated setting of the Church, close to the riverbank is countryside typical of early medieval church sites in Wales. This early contributed to church is likely to have been deserted when the Bangor the continued settlement was sacked in the 7th Century. prosperity and growth of the 2.4 A 13th century record of a church on this site states area. that it was dedicated to St Erbin, a Celtic Saint. St Erbin may have been connected to King Erbin of Cornwall, 2.7 The whose brother, Digain, is said to have founded another Rectory was church in Denbighshire. It is unclear when the rededication originally 5 history and development considered 'an old scattered building,' too big for the Rector revived as a tourist attraction in the 1990's by the Boat Inn's to maintain. However by 1876, it had been extended to gardener. The winch that pulled the original ferry can still be include a coach house, stables, dairy, potting shed, cattle seen in the gardens at the front of the Inn. The landing stage shed and pig sty. The inclusion of servants' quarters and and river wall have been replaced by gardens after a high reception rooms hints at the lifestyle of the Rector, who may flood in 1947. Originally consisting of two stepped levels, have entertained wealthy landowners and visiting parish the stone steps leading down to the river are still visible on dignitaries. They also signify the growth in population and both sides of the riverbank. wealth of the parish in its ability to support such a large 2.11 The ferry gives its name to the Boat Inn, which stands Rectory. The coach house has since been separated from the above the banks of the Dee. It is likely to have been Old Rectory and is now a dwelling. The Old Rectory itself established to provide refreshment for ferry passengers, local has retained much of its original character, despite later agricultural workers and possibly churchgoers. The Inn additions and remodelling. originally comprised two dwellings with a barn built at right 2.8 The ford and ferry crossing are two of the few safe- angles to the river. One of these dwellings may have been crossing points along the River Dee. It would have been used as a workhouse for a short period of time in the early strategically important to local commerce and perhaps to the 19th century. An additional single storey, thatched roofed warring factions of earlier times. There is evidence that local building existed in front of the barn, may have been used as a people used coracles to cross the river at their own waiting room for ferry passengers. convenience. The building of the Overton Bridge, a mile and 2.12 The two original dwellings are now incorporated into a a half down stream in the 17th century reduced the single structure, importance of the ford and ferry not least because of their housing the pub and dependence on water levels, resulting in Erbistock retaining restaurant; however the its secluded and rural feel right up to the present day.
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