PROPOSED CCTV INSTALLATION BRIDGE END HOUSE FEATHERSTONE NORTHUMBERLAND NE49 0JW HERITAGE STATEMENT and DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT INTRODUCTION The National Planning Policy Framework and Planning Practice Guidance requires an assessment of the significance of the heritage asset and its setting relative to the application. A heritage statement is required for applications affecting listed buildings. The application is for internal alterations and replacement windows and door, This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. Bridge End House (and Yard Walls) is Listed Grade II (List Entry 1045294). 27 July 1987 The features of note mentioned in the Listing are all external. No internal features are mentioned in the Listing description or reference to the plan form. Since it was built, around 1840, the house has undergone numerous alterations including dividing the property into two dwellings and the renewal of windows some of which are low quality timber and some are white plastic. The installation has included bathrooms and toilets which discharge into external soil and vent stacks. Bridge End House is a substantial property located in a rural farming area close to the village of Featherstone and the existing building is a two storey dwelling. The property is located about 3 miles West South West of Haltwhistle on the South side of the River South Tyne. The property is substantial and overall in good structural condition with stone walls and Welsh slate roof. Some of the existing windows are original vertical sliding sash and these will be repaired and restored to full working order. The property does show a lack of investment over recent years and the Eastern dwelling is currently uninhabitable. 1/. PLANNING The property has obtained planning permission, 18/01526/FUL and listed building consent, 18/01527/LBC, for internal alterations, new roof light and new access from the highway with parking and turning area. The property has obtained planning permission 20/00417/FUL and listed building consent, 20/00418/LBC, for Proposal to convert 2 dwellings into1; internal alterations; replacement windows. LOCATION Featherstone lies in south-west Northumberland on the edge of the North Pennine hills, close to the border with Cumbria. The landscape is varied, ranging from the moorland of Featherstone and Broomhouse Commons to the wooded valley of the River South Tyne. Featherstone Castle and its parkland lie at the centre of the parish with small villages and outlying farms along the valley sides. Little is known about the parish in early prehistoric times. There have been no discoveries of prehistoric stone tools and the first evidence of human activity belongs to the Bronze Age. A quite unusual discovery made in the 19th century was the uncovering of more than eight tree trunk coffins preserved in a boggy field near Wydon Eals. The remains of two quite different types of settlement are known from the Iron Age or Roman periods. One is a small enclosed farm on the southern slopes of the South Tyne valley and the other is an unenclosed settlement on the gravel river terrace. A burial was also found on the river terrace, unusually, placed inside one of the round houses. Featherstone lies south of Hadrian's Wall and the course of Maiden Way Roman road runs through the western side of the parish between the forts at Whitley Castle and Carvoran. Following the end of Roman rule in Britain in the early fifth century, there is no evidence of any settlement in the parish until after the Norman Conquest. In medieval times two small villages are known at Featherstone and Wydon and a manorial settlement at Bellister. The area suffered from a period of warfare and many raids from Scotland. It was because of this that a number of fortified tower houses were built, including one at Featherstone Castle and Bellister Castle. Both these castles have earlier origins as medieval hall houses. The post-medieval period saw the beginning of more peaceful times and was a relatively prosperous time for the border region of England. The development of Bellister and Featherstone castles at this time was more in keeping with a country house and reflects the growing security and confidence of the region. This also extended to the laying out of parkland at Featherstone. Many of the buildings in Park Village were also built at this time. Farming has played an important part in the economic life of the parish and in the late 18th century, when improvements to agricultural systems were at their height, and in the years that followed, a number of new farms were built here, such as Lynnshield, Broomhouse and Wydon Eals. A number of industries developed alongside farming, such as millstone quarrying at Wydon Eals and Watch Law/Brockholm. Spiritually, the people of Featherstone appear to have adopted Wesleyan Methodism represented here by the chapel at Park Village. More recently, Featherstone Park was the location of a Prisoner of War Camp after World War II. Today, the parish offers pleasant walks along the valley of the South Tyne and the higher moorland of the commons 2/. EXTERNAL WALLS The external walls are of natural stonework some of which has been re-pointed in the past and any defective mortar is to be raked out and replaced with lime pointing slightly recessed behind the stonework face. INTERNAL WALLS The walls have been stripped of defective plaster, which is extensive, back to the stonework. The joints are to be pointed up in lime mortar, a lime based render backing coat applied and the walls lined with 50mm foam backed plasterboard and finish plaster skim. PROPOSALS The property is in a remote location and there will be times when the property will be unoccupied and so a high level of security is required. It is proposed to install a cctv camera system to monitor the property. This will alert the key holder so that an evaluation can take place and appropriate action taken. The proposal is to install 6 No Concept Pro MP 4-in1 AHD Varifocal lens eyeball cameras in colour grey to locations as noted on the drawings. The internal cables will be fixed to the walls before the insulated lining is fixed so there will be no visible cables. The cables from the cameras will go through the directly behind the cameras so that there will be no external cables. Christopher Reed date 8 April 2021 architectural design and planning limited 6/. .