Map 2 frampton cotterell & coalpit heath village design area 15 River Fr L ome a d d e n B Turnpike r o Cottage o k Corporation Wood A432 Frog Lane Pit Badminton Road North Old Withy Church Road Woods Bed Windsurfing Lake B4427 Shepherds Wood Old Gloucester Road Burn Wood B4058 Rockwell Bristol Road Wood Key N Ram e Blackberry m Hill Pit Boundary of Village Design Statement o Brake r F r Ramhill Frampton Cotterell Parish Boundary e Wood v i Principal Road R Railway Bridleway Lake Hotwater Brake Disused Coal Shaft River Bitterwell Lake View Point Woodland 65 Height (m) Green Belt 01.00.5 kilometres Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No 100023410,2004 Map 3 built area of frampton cotterell & coalpit heath Hovers Lane R i v e r F r o m e Frampton Cotterell Parish B4058 Old Iron Workings Bristol Road Bristol Centenary Field A st. peters P PH Church Bridge e b e l G PH PH Parsonage Bridge Frampton Cotterell C of E School Crossbow BeesmoorBe Rd House PlayingPl Field PH Pavilion The Park Frampton Court Nightingales Bridge N Key Parish Boundary Frome Valley Walkway Principal Road Dramway Railway P Post Office Rockwell Wood PH Public House Bridleway R i v e r River Listed Building F r o m e 65 Height (m) Community Building Woodland Church Green Belt A Allotments Recreation Area Bridge 0 0.5 kilometres 16 65 65 Westerleigh A432 PH Parish Highcroft School PH Church Road 75 PH Brockeridge School Badminton Road Brockeridge Centre zion Coalpit Heath Village Hall P Beesmooreesmoor Rd Playinglaying Field st. 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Frampton Cotterell & Coalpit Heath Village Design Statement Goose Green Park Farm Estate 3.14 Within the area may be found 3.17 This recent large development Step House, a fine Georgian comprises a range of house types House with a shell porch. Further from smaller properties to 5 along Park Lane are two former bedroomed houses. A degree of hat factories, now converted into variety has been achieved using housing, and the factory standard designs, but with a manager’s cottage. “The Live and mixed layout and by ringing the Let Live” public house stands on changes with materials and the corner of Park Lane and details. Some of the original open Clyde Road. Numerous workers’ space has been retained as play cottages survive along Park Lane. space and a pond has been The majority of houses within this created. area are semi-detached, of brick Cottage, Park Lane (built in 1800s) and pebble dash, and of 1960’s Coalpit Heath origin. The exception to this is the 3.18 Apart from Heath Cottage, very north side of Clyde Road, where little evidence remains of the can be seen houses with yellow original settlement. A fine brick quoins and window reveals example of early medievial open- with dressed stone infills and cast coal workings exists at sliding sash windows. This was a Blackberry Brake. The remaining style common during the early areas are mainly composed of years of the 20th Century. Other bungalows and semi-detached examples can also be seen in properties. The former Victorian Ryecroft Road. National School, now the Manor Hall, is a Listed Building with a Local Authority built Wheatley Houses of unfussy design and proportion, prominient bell tower. Built mainly Woodend Road. Watermore of Pennant stone with a 3.15 This area, centred on Watermore decorative slate roof, it faces St. Close, Meadow View and Saviour’s Church and vicarage Gledemoor Drive, consists mainly across the playing field. Together of 2 storey houses built in the with the “Ring O’Bells” and 1960s which are typical of that original Vicarage, this area is the period. nearest the two villages have to a typical village green. Adams Land Ram Hill 3,16 This is the area where Coalpit 3.19 This was a centre of the mining industry and has a range of Heath and Frampton Cotterell Railway houses opposite merge. A few of the old miners’ Pennant stone miners’ cottages. the dramway terminus. cottages still exist. The Land A small industrial park now contains period stone cottages, occupies the site of Coalpit Heath as does Church Lane. There are railway station many narrow lanes in the area with traditional stone walls. Some Henfield recent infill development has 3,20 A small settlement which used standard design of brick or provided pit props for the mines. A block and render. thriving golf course now occupies much of the Henfield area. 19 Frampton Cotterell & Coalpit Heath Village Design Statement Perrinpit Road Recently built farmhouse. MATERIALS 3,24 Bright red brick looks harsh and Pennant Sandstone. does not weather to a softer colour. A good example of the 3.21 This features prominently in older sympathetic use of brick is found buildings in the villages. It should in the bungalows on the corner of still be considered as a building Woodend Road and Oldlands material. If excavated during site Avenue. The mixed brown preparation it should, wherever brindled colours, together with possible, be re- used for these yellow brick quoins, harmonize purposes and not removed from with other stone buildings in the the villages. It may be vicinity. particularly relevant for garages, extensions, outbuildings and Building Styles walls, where it would be 3.25 The design of most older desirable and necessary to blend dwellings is simple and functional. with existing structures. Bath and Most cottages are built of Portland stone are not rubble stone, but some are of characteristic of the area. Where dressed stone. stone details are desired, they Rear of houses,.Badminton Road should be of Pennant stone. Stonework, roof tiles and Roofs chimneys using characteristic 3.26 They are usually gable ended with materials. 3.22 A number of recently built houses plain verges. They are steeper have been constructed with a re- than normal pitch ( 45o - 65o ) and constituted stone which covered with clay tiles, (pan or resembles the colour of Pennant Double Roman). Some have Sandstone. lower courses in stone. Slate roofing is uncommon. 3,23 Some older stone buildings have been rendered, and this now Walls forms part of the village character. 3.27 Boundary walls were traditionally dry stone with a hen and chicken coping. Woodend Road, Steep pitched roof. 20 Frampton Cotterell & Coalpit Heath Village Design Statement Porches 3.28 The porch, as a non-standard feature, adds interest to many dwellings. A small, pointed, sheltering roof provides a similar visual focal point. Even the supports of such a simple shelter can be treated in interestingly different ways. Windows and Doors 3.29 The windows are conventional box sashes or casements. These original features contribute greatly to the character of the building and should be retained during renovation. Dressed stone was used for mullions and quoins. In later years, some of the stone details were replaced with locally fired yellow brick. 21 Frampton Cotterell & Coalpit Heath Village Design Statement 3.38 Groups of houses should be RECOMMENDATIONS designed as a whole. Perspective drawings or models are essential 3.30 Replacement windows and doors and should be made available to should retain the scale and detail communicate the overall view. of original openings. Designers of new buildings should take 3.39 There is a need for more housing account of these proportions. specifically designed for young people, the elderly and those with 3.31 UPVC windows and doors are disabilities. inappropriate on historic buildings. Elsewhere, they should Extensions , Alterations, only be used in circumstances Conversions where they fully match the colour, 3.40 Alterations, conversions and form and proportions of the extensions to take design cues originals. from existing buildings in the vicinity in respect of scale, 3.32 Stone gate posts should be materials and locality. Detailing retained. should be complementary. Extensions should respect the 3.33 Scheduled ancient monuments character of the main building. and Listed Buildings must be protected and preserved. 3.41 Adaptations of larger buildings to Park Lane, be carried out in a manner which Doorway to Step House, 3.34 In order to protect the character of preserves their character. (Built 1733) the villages, residential development should not be 3.42 It is important that architectural permitted outside the settlement detailing is well proportioned and boundary.