The Historic Environment Consultancy The Granary A Heritage Assessment of the Proposals to Demolish a Historic Building High Street Streatley West Berkshire RG8 9HS National Grid Reference: SU 59481 80758 Dr Peter Wardle 22th December 2015 Document Reference Number 2015/1287 Historic Environment Consultancy 38 Elvendon Rd Goring on Thames Oxon RG8 0DU, T01491 875584 [email protected] www.historicenvironment.co.uk The Granary Streatley The Granary A Heritage Assessment of the Proposals to Demolish a Historic Building Dr Peter Wardle 22nd December 2015 Table of Contents 1. Summary ....................................................................................................................... 1 2. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Location .................................................................................................................. 3 2.2 Site Visit .................................................................................................................. 3 3. Planning Policy .............................................................................................................. 6 3.1 West Berkshire 2012 Core Strategy ....................................................................... 6 3.2 National Planning Policy ......................................................................................... 6 4. The Applicant’s Heritage Statement .............................................................................. 7 5. The Conservation Area Appraisal ................................................................................. 7 5.1 Conservation Area .................................................................................................. 7 5.2 The Character of the Conservation Area ................................................................ 9 5.3 The Granary ......................................................................................................... 10 5.4 The Setting of the Conservation Area ................................................................... 13 6. Historic Background .................................................................................................... 15 6.1 The History of the Settlement ............................................................................... 15 6.2 Documentary Evidence ......................................................................................... 15 6.3 Historic Photographs ............................................................................................ 16 7. The Building ................................................................................................................ 23 7.1 The Date of the Building ....................................................................................... 25 7.2 The Construction Sequence ................................................................................. 26 8. The Importance of The Building .................................................................................. 30 8.1 Levels of Importance ............................................................................................ 30 8.2 Is the Granary a Heritage Asset? .......................................................................... 30 8.3 Criteria For Listing ................................................................................................ 31 8.4 The Date of the Building .................................................................................... 32 8.5 Rarity ................................................................................................................... 32 8.6 Group Value ........................................................................................................ 32 8.7 Nearby Heritage Assets ........................................................................................ 33 9. The Setting of the Building .......................................................................................... 35 9.1 Visible Heritage Assets ......................................................................................... 35 10. Discussion The Building ........................................................................................... 37 11. Discussion – The Replacement Building .................................................................. 38 12. Discussion – Setting ................................................................................................ 39 13. Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 40 i Historic Environment Consultancy 38 Elvendon Rd Goring Oxon RG8 0DU, T01491 875584 E:[email protected] www.historicenvironment.co.uk The Granary Streatley 15. Appendix: Bibliography ............................................................................................ 42 16. Appendix: Views of the Building ............................................................................... 43 17. Appendix: Historic Maps .......................................................................................... 45 17.1 1764 Map of Streatley ....................................................................................... 45 17.2 1814 Enclosure Map ......................................................................................... 46 17.3 1873 Ordnance Survey ...................................................................................... 47 17.4 1912 Ordnance Survey ...................................................................................... 48 17.5 1915 Ordnance Survey ...................................................................................... 49 17.6 1960 Ordnance Survey ...................................................................................... 50 17.7 Modern Ordnance Survey ................................................................................. 51 18. Appendix: The Exterior ............................................................................................ 52 ii Historic Environment Consultancy 38 Elvendon Rd Goring Oxon RG8 0DU, T01491 875584 E:[email protected] www.historicenvironment.co.uk The Granary Streatley Table of Figures Figure 1: General Location Plan. Scale 1:10,000 ................................................................ 4 Figure 2: Detailed Location Plan. Scale 1:1000 ................................................................... 5 Figure 3: Plan of conservation area showing designated heritage assets and other buildings of interest, 1:5000 @ A4 ....................................................................................... 8 Figure 5: Floor Plan, 1:100 @ A4 ...................................................................................... 24 Figure 6: Phase Plan Scale 1:100 ..................................................................................... 27 Figure 7: Phased elevations, 1:100 @ A3 ......................................................................... 28 Figure 4: Visible heritage assets (yellow) 1:1000 @ A3 ..................................................... 36 Figure 8: 1764 Map of Streatley, not to scale .................................................................... 45 Figure 9: 1814 Enclosure Map, reproduced at 1:1000 @ A4 ............................................. 46 Figure 10: 1873 Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map enlarged to 1:1000 .................................. 47 Figure 11: 1912 Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map enlarged to 1:1000 .................................. 48 Figure 12: 1915 Ordnance Survey 1:10560 map enlarged to 1:1000 ................................ 49 Figure 13: 1960 Ordnance Survey 1:10000 map enlarged to 1:1000 @ A4 ...................... 50 Figure 14: Modern Ordnance Survey map, 1:1000 @ A4 .................................................. 51 Table of Plates Plate 2: Engraving of Streatley Mill, 1818 .......................................................................... 16 Plate 3: Detail of 1818 engraving ....................................................................................... 16 Plate 4: The mill from the south, H.W. Taunt, 1880 ........................................................... 17 Plate 5: Detail from 1880 photograph ................................................................................ 17 Plate 6: The mill from the bridge, H.W. Taunt, c. 1890-99 ................................................. 18 Plate 7: Detail from the above photograph......................................................................... 18 Plate 8: 1905 postcard, FGO Stuart ................................................................................... 19 Plate 9: Detail of 1905 postcard ......................................................................................... 19 Plate 10: The mill buildings viewed from the bridge, W Parker, 1911 ................................ 20 Plate 11: Undated postcard, published by Salmon ............................................................ 20 Plate 12: Undated postcard, published by Weely Tale Teller ............................................. 21 Plate 13: The Granary from the bridge, Francis Frith, c. 1955 ........................................... 21 Plate 14: The Granary from the bridge, Francis Frith, c. 1955 ........................................... 22 Plate 15: The Building .......................................................................................................