Gainsborough Heritage and Character Assessment 28 February 2018 Gainsborough Heritage and Character Assessment Quality information Prepared by Checked by Approved by Hans Bedey Jon Rooney Graduate Landscape Architect, Technical Director, AECOM AECOM Joseph Critchley Heritage Consultant, AECOM Revision History Revision Revision date Details Name Position 0 07/02/2018 Internal Review Jon Rooney Technical Director, AECOM 1 12/02/2018 Draft Review Matthew Gleadall Clerk to Gainsborough Town Council 2 27/02/2018 Proofread Jessica Boekhoff Consultant Prepared for: Locality AECOM Gainsborough Heritage and Character Assessment Prepared for: Locality Prepared by: AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited Unit 1 Wellbrook Court Girton Cambridge CB3 0NA United Kingdom T: +44 1223 488 000 aecom.com AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited (“AECOM”) has prepared this Report for the sole use of Gainsborough Town Council (“Client”) in accordance with the Agreement under which our services were performed. 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Where field investigations are carried out, these have been restricted to a level of detail required to meet the stated objectives of the services. The results of any measurements taken may vary spatially or with time and further confirmatory measurements should be made after any significant delay in issuing this Report. Copyright © This Report is the copyright of AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited. Any unauthorised reproduction or usage by any person other than the addressee is strictly prohibited Prepared for: Locality AECOM Gainsborough Heritage and Character Assessment Table of Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 5 2. Approach ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 3. Public Consultation ...................................................................................................................................... 5 4. Context ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 4.1 Location ............................................................................................................................................ 6 4.2 Natural Factors ................................................................................................................................. 9 4.3 Planning Policy Context .................................................................................................................. 11 4.4 Historical Development ................................................................................................................... 14 4.5 Cultural Associations ...................................................................................................................... 18 4.6 Landscape Designations ................................................................................................................ 19 4.7 Existing Landscape Character Assessment .................................................................................... 19 5. Character Assessment ............................................................................................................................... 20 5.1 Townscape Character Area Profiles ................................................................................................ 20 5.2 TCA 01: Gainsborough Morton ....................................................................................................... 22 5.3 TCA 02: Castle Hill & Gainsborough/Corringham ........................................................................... 33 5.4 TCA 03: Middlefield......................................................................................................................... 40 5.5 TCA 04: Park Springs ..................................................................................................................... 48 5.6 TCA 05: Gainsborough/Lea ............................................................................................................ 55 5.7 TCA 06: Gainsborough Town Centre .............................................................................................. 65 6. Managing Change...................................................................................................................................... 83 6.1 Positive aspects of character .......................................................................................................... 84 6.2 Issues to be addressed................................................................................................................... 85 6.3 Character management recommendations ..................................................................................... 86 7. Next steps and sources of further information ........................................................................................... 88 8. References ................................................................................................................................................ 90 Appendix A - Historic maps ................................................................................................................................... 91 Appendix B - Schedule of heritage assets ............................................................................................................ 92 Figures Figure 1 Location and Context ................................................................................................................................ 7 Figure 2 Street Plan ................................................................................................................................................ 8 Figure 3 Topography and Hydrology ..................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 4 Character Area Overview ........................................................................................................................ 21 Figure 5 TCA 01: Gainsborough Morton ............................................................................................................... 23 Figure 6 TCA 02: Castle Hill & Gainsborough/Corringham ................................................................................... 34 Figure 7 TCA 03: Middlefield ................................................................................................................................. 41 Figure 8 TCA 04: Park Springs .............................................................................................................................. 49 Figure 9 TCA 05: Gainsborough/Lea ..................................................................................................................... 56 Figure 10 TCA 06: Gainsborough Town Centre ..................................................................................................... 66 Prepared for: Locality AECOM Gainsborough Heritage and Character Assessment 1. Introduction This report presents a summary of the history and character of Gainsborough within Lincolnshire. It has been prepared by consultants at AECOM on behalf of Locality, working closely with the Gainsborough Town Council and is based on a detailed appraisal of the area carried out through desk study and fieldwork. Landscape character assessment is a process used to describe and articulate what is special and distinctive about