Urban Conservation Areas kenilworth and whitnash
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Urban Conservation Areas kenilworth and whitnash
A Guide to Conservation Areas Kenilworth Conservation Area www.warwickdc.gov.uk Conservation Areas: Are designated under Section 69 of the 1990 Planning Act which defines Conservation Areas as “Areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance.” There are many different kinds ranging from whole town centres to squares, terraces and village centres as is evident from the different characteristics of each conservation area within Warwick District. Conservation areas may be designated by Local Authorities, the Secretary of State and English Heritage in London. Local residents can apply to local planning authorities to have their areas designated. The designation of a conservation area has several formal consequences as set out below. These are designed to protect the best qualities of the Conservation Area for the benefit and enjoyment of everyone. The demolition of most buildings is controlled, requiring conservation area consent from the local authority. It is always preferable to consult the Local Authority before carrying out demolition in a Conservation Area. Partial demolition is not always controlled and advice can be given on this by a Planning Officer at the local authority. Notification of Trees Works. Notification must be made to a local authority if works are proposed on a tree with a trunk of 75 mm diameter, or greater, at a height of 1.5 metres from the ground. If tree removal for thinning purposes is proposed then the diameter raises to 100 mm. The Act does refer to trees and not shrubs as this applies to timber which is 1.5 metres high with the requisite diameter trunks. All shrubs and hedges lower than 1.5 metres can be cut back without the requirement to make a notification. Any overhanging branches or hedges onto a highway can be cut back under the Highway Act without the requirement for notification. Pruning fruit trees within the bounds of good horticultural practice is permitted without the need for notification. Once notification has been made the Local Planning Authority may do one of three things, make a tree preservation order in the interests of the amenity of the area, decide to do nothing within a six week period after which the proposed works may be carried out or decide not to make a tree preservation order and inform the applicant. It is an offence to carry out works to trees which fall within the category of notification without first going through this process. The amount of “Permitted Development” which can be built without Planning Permission is more limited, although some minor extensions are still permissible without planning approval. The Local Authority Planning Department should always be contacted before carrying out any development. Article 4 Directions gives the local planning authority the power to restrict, selectively, certain permitted development rights in conservation areas and could cover:- the painting of external facades, replacement of roofs, replacement of rainwater goods, replacement of windows, replacement of doors, external boundary treatment. Where Article 4 Directions have been designated Planning Permission will be required to carry out works covered by the designation. A Local Authority may apply to the Secretary of State, to designate a conservation area as an area of special control of advertisements. Which largely effects commercial properties in the conservation areas. A Local Authority Planning Department must give special consideration to any new developments or alterations to existing buildings or requests to demolish a building, to ensure that the proposal will enhance and not detract from the quality of the Conservation Area. Various guidance leaflets relating to Conservation Areas are available on request from Warwick District Council and some are available on the Council’s website www.warwickdc.gov.uk and Planning Officers at the District Council are always happy to discuss any issues relating to Conservation Areas in the District. Further information concerning land uses within the Conservation Area is available within Warwick District Councils Local Plan which is also available on the Council’s website. All maps in this document are Ordnance Survey ‘Crown Copyright. All rights reversed Warwick District Council LA 100018302 2007 Conservation Area Boundary Kenilworth Conservation Area www.warwickdc.gov.uk All maps in this document are Ordnance Survey ‘Crown Copyright. All rights reversed Warwick District Council LA 100018302 2007 Conservation Area Background History Kenilworth Conservation Area www.warwickdc.gov.uk The first documentary reference to Kenilworth is in the Doomsday Book of 1086 when as Chinewrde it was a small farming village of 17 households probably in the Castle Street/High Street area. In about 1120 the King granted Kenilworth to Geoffrey de Clinton and built the first castle. In 1122 Geoffrey de Clinton founded the priory which became an Abbey in the mid 15th Century the remains of which are now in Abbey Fields. He reserved for himself enough land to make a park and by the mid 12th Century had also founded a "borough" along the Warwick Road the charter for a market being granted in 1268. The castle park also included a large lake or mere around the castle which is said to have been the largest manmade lake of its time. Development of the abbey in the 12th and 13th Century with substantial stone buildings being erected has determined the layout of Kenilworth to a great extent maintaining a large open area in the centre of the town now known as Abbey Fields. The Parish Church was probably built in the 13th Century adjacent to the Abbey site. In 1265/6 Simon de Montfort (the younger) was besieged at the castle at the end of the Baron's War. The castle continued to be of importance under different owners and in 1279 a great joust meeting called the Round Table was held at Kenilworth. Improvements to the castle included the construction of the building called The Pleasance 1414 as a moated garden and lodge adjacent to the Great Mere. In 1538 the Abbey was dissolved and the buildings were made uninhabitable, the brethren being granted pensions. The stone from the site was then used for various building works in the town including at the castle; the old gatehouse was later re-roofed for use as a house until the 19th Century. The principal surviving buildings are now the gatehouse and the building known as the Abbey Barn, together with various standing pieces of ruin including the Chapter House wall. In 1563 the Castle was granted by Queen Elizabeth I to Robert Dudley and extensive improvements and extensions were carried out to the castle which culminated in the visit of Elizabeth in 1575. She was then entertained by a great pageant. It was this event that inspired Sir Walter Scott to write "Kenilworth" supposedly in one of the rooms of the rooms of the Kings Arms and Castle in The Square. During the 16th Century a number of timber framed houses were erected in the town which still survive, however, the greater number of timber framed houses were erected during the 17th and 18th Century. In 1649 Cromwell's men arrived under Colonel Hawkesworth with the instruction to "slight" the castle or make it unusable and after this had been done, with the exception of the gatehouse which was converted into a dwelling, the mere was drained and the castle park divided up between his men and made into farms. This saw the destruction of the castle and left it as the ruin we largely see today. In 1765 all the common fields of Kenilworth was enclosed and divided up into allotments. This also led to the creation of a road pattern as seen in Kenilworth today, including Leys Lane, Glasshouse Lane, Crew Lane, Albion Street, Park Road, Malthouse Lane, Beehive Hill, Crackley Lane and Part of Red Lane. Changes occurred in the town with the growth of light industries relating to the agricultural economy, including horn comb making, tanning, fell mongering (skin preparation) and a short-lived Prussian Blue manufacturing. Industrialists from Birmingham and Coventry saw Kenilworth as a pleasant town in which to build large mansions for themselves such as Kenilworth Hall while the town started to expand with cottages being erected in Mill End and St John's. With the expansion of the town there was a need for more schools and churches there being 8 schools in existence in 1831 and the first Roman Catholic school being opened in 1841. The railway arrived in 1844, and land nearby was developed as a residential area in Station Road, in 1848, Southbank Road and Priory Road being laid out in about 1885. The Weslyian Chapel was erected in 1844 and the Congregational Church in 1873 and other non-conformist chapels were built between these dates. The existence of the railway allowed for the development of the large horticultural industry which prospered into 20th Century exporting fresh food far a field. The brick making industry also expanded to provide for the new housing developments which were expanding from the mid 1920's onwards initially as ribbon development along certain of the roads into the town. Following the Second World War a more planned expansion of the town has taken place, with some significant changes to the area around the clock tower which had been partially destroyed by enemy action in the Second World War, with the erection of Abbey End Shops, Talisman Square and in 1965 The De-Montfort Hotel. The significant interest of the historic parts of Kenilworth between Abbey Fields, High Street and Castle Hill were recognised with the designation of the first conservation area in 1971. It was followed by extensions to the conservation area resulting in the most recent extensions of 2005 to include Waverley Road, Station Road and Clarendon Road. All maps in this document are Ordnance Survey ‘Crown Copyright. All rights reversed Warwick District Council LA 100018302 2007 Conservation Area Key Map Kenilworth Conservation Area www.warwickdc.gov.uk 1. St Johns 2. Clarendon Road 3. Waverley Road 4. Abbey Hill 5. Forest Road and Castle Road 3. Bridge Street 7. Abbey Fields 8. High Street 9. Castle Hill and Little Virginia 10.Castle Green and The Castle 11.Clinton Road 12.Fieldgate Lane 13.New Street 14.Lower Ladyes Hill and The Allotments 15.Upper Ladyes Hill 16.Upper Spring Lane and Tainters Hill Area 16 Area 15 Area 12 Area 11 Area 8 Area 14 Area 13 Area 9 Area 6 Area 7 Area 10 Area 4 Area 5 Area 3 Area 2 Area 1 All maps in this document are Ordnance Survey ‘Crown Copyright. All rights reversed Warwick District Council LA 100018302 2007 St Johns www.warwickdc.gov.uk 21 6 13 168 2 1 2 AD RO ICK RW WA NUE CLARKE'S AVE 1 16 Small Conservation Area, focal point St. Johns Church, represents southern extension of 1 3 5 2 4 6 4a Vicarage 2 176 Flats hn's T St Jo REE 'S ST HN ST JO rch Chu hn's St Jo 180 19 Hazelwood House 186 23 Hall 2 1 6 UT WALN CLOSE TREE Lych Gate 1to4 Mix of buildings 2 and 3 storeys. 13 8 11 14 7 9 12 16 10 LE A ROMIN AD GTO N 3 to 13 202 LE DRIVE FERNDA 204a 204b 204c 204 5 201 Forge Cottage Grade II listed building. Newlands (Home for the Physically Handicapped) 206 Mixture of retail and residential. El Sub Sta 200 OW ES R WHIT 1 St Johns Church is a key building St John's Church Hall and car park are important to the setting of St John's Church. Important to consider immediate environs which are not in the CA as any development would impact on the Conservation Area. (e.g. the garage site at the Warwick Road bridge Junction). Brick and slate and render tile buildings. Enhanced by planters in the summer months. Timber bus shelter important in the setting of the Conservation Area. Kenilworth Conservation Area Gateway entrance to Kenilworth Town Centre. 20 Kenilworth in mid nineteenth century. 15 0 17 PH AREA 1 Clarendon Road www.warwickdc.gov.uk 99 3 10 29 ll Ha 28 15 9 11 11 AD RO ON D EN AR CL a 11 22 113 2 10 12 2 1 12 1 20 to 23 Small conservation area representing early/mid 19th Century residential development off Warwick Road. North side, early/mid 19th Century terrace, only one of its type in Kenilworth. 3 Storeys. Deep front gardens, one has lost its boundary treatment. Brick with painted dressings/slate roofs. Sash type windows and casements. South side, Edwardian two storey houses in brick and pebbledash. Original windows and door features remain. Interesting foil and juxtaposition with the taller terrace opposite. High brick boundary wall on north side is a remnant of a larger garden now built over. This forms an important enclosure to the conservation area. No Listed buildings therefore protection elements important. Kenilworth Conservation Area 133 25 0 11 135 si ssi fA h s ohurc i c n C Fra C St R 131 8 10 125 is nc i Fra sis St of As hurch C RC PH AREA 2 Waverley Road and Station Road 6 9 AD RO 41 2 10 T OF CR 30 55 50 35 8 RY IO PR FT CRO RY PRIO RY IO PR Mid/late 19th Century expansion of Kenilworth, southwards to the station. 46 www.warwickdc.gov.uk 22a 60 Kenilworth Methodist Church 70 38 20a 11 5 1 3 22 20 38 Alexandra Court 2 4 80 40 5 1 77 Abbey Medical Centre 24 73 20b 28 36 29 90 41 41a 1 to 40 82 to ST AT IO N Tannery Court Miller Court 83 RO AD 85 Predominantly 2 storeys with attic, brick with slate roofs. 81 to AD ION RO STAT 25 10 92 15 94 Station Road has a variety of detached villas of differing styles. Rich variety of detailing. Warwick House 95 8 D ROA TIE BER 18 PCs 2 Nursery School LO CK HA RTC LOS E 1 Surgery 6 Good front gardens with some significant trees. Surgery 22 DREWCR ESCEN T 16 1 WAV ERLE Y RO AD 33 25 31 33 28 19 17 14 18 7 8 D ROA TIE BER 9 2 59 50 35 31 1 72 76 78 to 82 Day Centre 77 86 67 AD RO EY RL VE WA 2 a 97 60 NT CE ES CR GLEBE 97 AD RO ICK RW WA 74 AD RO 6 89 EY RL VE WA 9 70 44 48 99 1 Boundary treatments need restoring, some front garden parking bays detract from the appearance of the area. A small number of detached houses with interesting timber detailing. Important to maintain detailed features and front gardens of these unlisted houses. Kenilworth Conservation Area GLE BE CRE SCE NT 40 5 1 42 28 25 17 26 1 20 49 10 66 22 45 12 69 68 47 49 35 37 35 2a 14 67 T UR CO ER RG HA d ge ag dR ) An H ar ff (P Be Sta 2b D ROA TIE BER T UR CO 1 1a Station House 18 ER RG HA 61 59 to 60 15 11 17 2 23 57 Well detailed large brick and slate terraced houses and some half timbered details and barge boards. 19 21 1 2 27 a 57 2a 25 12 5 3 to5 51 Waverley Road, late 19th Century/Edwardian residential development. 1 3 20 3 4 6 WS ME 11 12 ER RG HA c 47 Former cinema dominate building at south west side of Station Road, land around it forms a significant open space. 13 rt Cou Bertie Youth Centre Tank Some detailed reinstatements of windows etc needs addressing. 2 4 4 Boundary treatments need maintaining. AREA 3 Abbey Hill www.warwickdc.gov.uk 1 2 1a LL HI DS AR CH RI R PE UP RY MA SE RO 8 3 2 19 2 E OS CL 8 TH EB LU ND E 1 7 The Abbey 16 1 to 17 1 2 14 5 1 10 3 17 b h Clu ill C y H form E IV be Re DR Ab ed H it Un URC 6 1 to 4 4 9 Field House 11 2 1 Alca Lodge Shelter CH 9 5 11 8 12 6 10 16 R 12a 14 14a 15 14 1 to RY IO PR Priory House 16 16 7 9 3 4 24 k ban uth So Court 2 7 97 18 3 5 6 9a 5 18 11 Council Offices a 18 95 15 b 18 15 19 6 7 20 22 59 a 17 17 14 4 83 ND YE BE AB D OA KR AN HB UT SO 3 RD BE T HIBOUR C 91 1 73 2 to 10 De Montfort Hotel 2 5 85 Forrest House 15a 1 6 7 8 11 12 Historic boundary to the Abbey Fields. Open views to north access Abbey Fields very important to maintain. The War Memorial is a focal point at the junction of Abbey End with Abbey Hill. High quality town scape on south side with house types ranging from 2 storey timber framed, to three storey Georgian and various Victorian infill. Brick, render and slate and plain tile roofs predominant. Variety of front gardens and houses abutting the pavement. Some Grade II Listed buildings but important to maintain non listed buildings with original features, to maintain this fine mix of buildings. The Abbeys (former Abbey Hotel is a significant building with a turret at corner of Priory Road). Methodist Church mid Victorian has a earlier chapel behind front garden remodelled 1990's. The south side is viewed across Abbey Fields from High Street. It is important this skyline is maintained. Kenilworth Conservation Area 16 13 Wilson House 26 20 Club t ur Co ry er ulb M 19 10 2 cre gA Lon 3 York House 99 AD RO Coniston Grange 1 Lancaster House Dudley House Belmont Mews T ES RR FO AD RO U SO ILL YH BE AB lls de lun eB Th yn nw Bry 1 to 8 9c Hall e AD us RO Ho er NK eli 17 BA ntp1 to Mo TH York House St Nicholas C E Primary School 6 L HIL RY IO PR Y BE AB Important trees from the Abbey Fields. AREA 4 Forest Road and Castle Road www.warwickdc.gov.uk CA ST LE RO AD Ford House Ferndale Abbeyfield Lodge 28 Brays 22 Castle Grove 6 20 5 2a 2 21 21a 15 1 4 CAST LE 11 11a Castl e Gr ove 4a 35 2 4 10 Vistar RO AD 23 ILL YH BE AB 1 31 Borro well Te rrace 27 8 Abbey Mead Hill Cre st Robi n Hill South View 16 ROAD EST FORR LA NE 15 The Leas Luzley Brook Westward Ste pA-S ide Taiping Allestree Barnclose Green Bank BO RR OW EL L Max Gate 4 1 Wood Stile 20 FORR EST RO AD 99 a ad or M The Castle Pavilion 18 Meadows Lady-L ane Brent South 1 10 to 20 LA NE De Montfort Hotel 9 12 7 The Old School House 14 12a 13 Trepplins Barn 2 to 9 Farm rt ou yC err ulb M 11 2 1 Trepplins Barn Castle BO RR OW ELL Forrest House SMAL LEY PLAC E 5 4 Castle Barn Police Station 10 HIGHFIELD CLOSE Clinic CL OS E 1 1 1 UE EN AV E CLOS ETTS MARG 3 4 Bounding Abbey Fields and a western continuation of Abbey Hill. South and eastern sides have open views over the Abbey Fields which it is very important to remain. Forest Road developed as residential area early/mid 20th Century. Large detached houses in large gardens. Important to retain character and rhythm of large houses and mature garden, without smaller scale development. Good boundary walls in Forest Road and Borrowell Lane. No Listed buildings. Castle Road is a early/mid 19th Century development along an ancient routeway following the outer edges of the castle. Interesting mixture of brick early/mid 19th Century terraced houses on west side mainly two storey some attics but not a significant feature. Larger houses on east side with Edwardian detailing. Castle earthworks at north corner semi rural character needs maintaining. Good boundary treatments on west side with mature hedges and long front gardens. Kenilworth Conservation Area 16 7 21 IA RC ME NE LD LA OWFIE BARR 18 IELD HF HIG 25 E AVENUE BROOKSID 26 8 10 The Borrowell is an important feature in the wall of Borrowell Lane. AREA 5 Bridge Street www.warwickdc.gov.uk 8 6 2 1a 1b 4 6 2 1 1 1 2 9 1 E RENC LAWRDENS GA 31 33 8 8 E IDG BR REET ST T STREE HIGH 18 7 10 ol cho nt S nde epe Ind ford ts ws o Me Abb all hH ort 7 nilw 3 to Ke 11 2a P CL EAR OS S E 2 10 4 8 15 6 2 use Ho 31 Kenilworth Hall Mews SE LO SC AR PE St Nicholas's Church y ell sc rt PreCou 1 to 1 to 13 (P ns Virgi Thed Castle an H) 17 Important open aspect on west side the Abbey Fields. 11 don ren Cla Historic routeway linking two halves of the town along the east side of Abbey Fields. 53 8 30 32 42 43 4 6 NE LA OL HO SC 31 32 27 29 28 19 16 13 20 24 9 Fire Sta to 1 to 12 A 1 Ro Co vo 2 se ur n ma t ry Me ws 5 14 8 4 1 2 6b 6a 8 ory Pri atre e Th 1 ET RE ST 25 E IDG BR 6 Junction with Upper Rosemary Hill is bounded by high retaining wall this is a significant features of the upper end of Bridge Street. 1 Holmes Court a 29 Variety of buildings in scale and material give high townscape quality. 7 2 5a 1 5 L HIL 3a Hill Stable R PE UP RY MA SE RO L HIL 3 8 1 S RD HA RIC 2 1 1a 2 19 2 8 E OS CL 7 The Abbey 1 to 17 2 1 Significant front garden to smaller houses adjacent to the bridge. North section of Bridge Street has 2 and 2½ storey buildings at the junction with High Street, abutting Abbey Field. Significant boundary trees in Abbey Fields (Spanish Chestnuts) at northern end. East side of northern section has Kenilworth Hall and Abbotsford, two fine Grade II Listed houses originally single dwellings with their own grounds. The grounds of Kenilworth Hall were developed and in the 1950's and the stables are now converted to flats. Abbotsford is a school and the grounds abutting New Street are occupied by the school Good trees around Kenilworth Hall and Abbotsford are reminders of the original grounds around these two significant buildings. 10 Alca Lodge Middle and southern section is made up on east side of two and one and a half storey buildings, some with timber framing, brick panels and pebbledash. Kenilworth Conservation Area 3b 12 RY MA SE RO Priory Theatre is a former chapel, significantly extended with an open forecourt. Fine red brick Victorian house with a turret chimney, adjacent. Limit street clutter and traffic signage. AREA 6 Abbey Fields www.warwickdc.gov.uk 19 2 1 2 33 P CLOEAR SE S s ew lM Hal orth 7 nilw 3 to Ke 1 1 to 31 Kenilworth Hall Mews SE LO SC AR PE 13 5 rd tsfo ent Abbo pend IndeSchool 31 31 35 to 37 39 41 43 45 43a 1 15 80 10 9 51 53 13 12 STREET HIGH 13 1a 11 14 16 1 7 16a PO 8 78a 20 18 24 22 T HIGH STREE 10 16b 26 30 36 (PH 2 76 78 38 38 36a 52 62 T HIGH STREE 8 2 ELIZA BETH WAY 66 s Virgin Thed Castle ) an MALTHOUSE LANE 6 68 IDGE BR REET ST 64 72 1 Hall 4 8 ELIZABETH WAY 8 Vicarage 78b 81 1 2a 17 4 85 St Nicholas's Church 1 L HIL 1 Holmes Court 7 3 6 28 30 42 46 11 T EE STR 25 E IDG BR 9 1 3 50 19 Robsart Cottage 19 NE LA OL HO SC 16 23 15 13 20 (PH) The Stables 27 29 Clarendon Arms 4 29a 18 30 32 4a 6 LE ST CA 17 24 21 9 25 35 Fire Sta 12 to 8 4 1 1 to A 12 Ro Couvo se n ma rt ry Me ws 5 14 Kenilworth Abbey Barn 2 6b 6a The Ford ry Prio atre The 8 6 Pavilion 2 1 RY MA SE RO L HIL CA ST LE Baths ming Swim Swimming Baths Hill Stable RO AD 2 1 2 Abbey Ford House 1 to 17 1 2 Ferndale Abbeyfield Lodge 3 Shelter 4 CH Ch Hill m eyRefor IVE DR Abb ted H Uni URC b Clu 28 8 9 10 L HIL 9c Y BE AB 6 Brays Hall A se RO Hou ier17 NK tpelto BA 1 Mon TH 5 U SO 11 22 Grov e 2 16 9 21 11 11a 15 23 20 b 18 Hill Cre st Robin Hill Max Gate 15 The Leas Luzley Brook a 18 8 4 1 Westward 16 31 27 Ste pA-S ide 18 2 5 Allestree 5 6 1 18 3 5 Taiping Wilson House 7 8 Central greenbelt, significant historical relationship with St Mary's Abbey and its grounds. Important relationship visually and historically with the castle. Partly Scheduled Ancient Monument. Significant remains of St Mary's Abbey Gatehouse Abbey Barn, Chapter House Wall, Parlour remains and Lapidarian. Significant views both north and south across to the Abbey Fields. Abbey Fields Mere is an important water feature recreated in 2000. Many important trees within the Field and also in gardens adjacent to the Fields. Boundary treatments important to the interface with the surrounding streets. War memorial in a significant location with views. Swimming pool and children's play area occupy a significant location with views from Abbey Hill. St Nicholas Church and churchyard are within the fields, incorporating Abbey remains. Important relationship of church to rear of houses in High Street. 15 Barnclose Council Offices 13 Abbey Mead 1 6 South View AD RO NK BA UTH SO Wood Stile 3 4 2 7 Club 95 LA NE 11 ROAD EST FORR 9a 99 BO RR OW EL L 97 FORR EST RO AD Borro well Te rrace ank uthb So Court Belmont Mews a ad or M The Castle Pavilion Kenilworth Conservation Area 4 2 6 7 21a 16 35 1 15 Castle 14 2 ILL YH BE AB York House 14a 2a RO AD 10 6 5 a 12 4 CAST LE re Ac 4a Dudley House 3 York House 10 1 Lancaster House 20 Green Bank Long ells lund eB Th D Castle Grove n wy yn Br AREA 7 High Street www.warwickdc.gov.uk 25 15 4b 34 23 31 1 3 2 4 12 2 6a 13 6 20 22 26 20 5 21 E IV DR 8 4 T OT NC FA 21 23 28 30 32 BER KEL EY ROA D 1 14 13 1a 1b 31 ins Virg Thed Castle an (PH) 5 35 to 37 39 41 80 33 10 31 43 45 43a 1 12 STREET HIGH ET HIGH STRE 19 T HIGH STREE 15 66 14 16 13 68 16b 16a PO 9 72 2a 1 76 20 18 24 22 2 E IDG BR REET ST 78a 26 30 36 4 2 SE CLO Vicarage MALTHOUSE LANE 2 78 38 38 36a 52 62 6 8 10 1 6 7 1 TH OU NM MO 9 4 64 se ehou War Old 2 8 Hall The 18 use Ho don l ren ote Cla H 16 10 12 78b 1 7 D OA KR AN MB EL St Nicholas's Church 81 85 1 The High Street broadens out to the eastern junction with New Street and Fieldgate Lane to form a narrow market square (no longer used as such). The eastern end is a variety of buildings, running from 17th to 19th Century, of high townscape value. Significant buildings at eastern end with 2 Fieldgate Lane, Abbotsford, Virgin & Castle PH, Clarendon House Hotel, Cycle Shop, Bank Gallery, Parish church hall. All the infill buildings between are of equal importance to the character of this area. Brick and rendered buildings with slate and clay tiled roofs. Good street trees. Area resurfaced 1980, some changes made since. Surface treatment monitoring. Limit street clutter and traffic signage. Central and western section has high quality mixture of brick, stone and rendered buildings of 17th to 20th Century. Significant buildings in central western areas are Bank House and Clinton House. Section at western end has open aspect of the Abbey Fields. Significant views back to streetscape in Abbey Hill. Properties on lower slopes of south side of High Street, also visible from Abbey Hill. Some significant trees on western boundary. Good lamppost design. Kenilworth Conservation Area The original main thoroughfare of Kenilworth running east west front the castle along the north side of the Abbey Grounds. AREA 8 Castle Hill and Little Virginia www.warwickdc.gov.uk 0 3 35 37 13 19 12 8 Continuation of east/west route from the castle including High Street. 5 1 MALTHOUSE LANE 11 13 ELIZABE WAY TH 1a 4 6 2 2 80 81 7 ELIZ ABE TH W AY 1 2a 4 85 LL HI 3 7 LE ST CA 18 4a 1 6 30 Clarendon Arms (PH) 9 The Stables 42 46 11 19 Robsart Cottage 23 15 17 21 3 South side Little Virginia Significant group of 16th Century timber framed and thatched cottages around the potato patch (first area of cultivated potatoes). All well maintained, extensions, conservatories, should all be strictly limited as these could disrupt the scale and detailing. This is an area of high townscape value with many interesting views both inside and out of Little Virginia. The Ford The Wantage is a large arts and crafts house in its own grounds on the south side above Little Virginia. This is a Grade II Listed building and it is important to maintain the garden and boundary treatment of this important house. To the east of Wantage are three timber framed and thatched houses similar to Little Virginia these interface with Abbey Fields. Scale, detailing, materials, boundary treatment are all of high importance. Important views of the castle coming down Castle Hill. Kenilworth Conservation Area 25 1 50 35 Significant late 18th Century terrace on north side, brick with clay tiled roofs built on rising ground, rhythm and consistency of detailing needs to be maintained with these buildings. 2 storey with attics. 8 Clean break with High Street is achieved by the Abbey Fields boundary and 20th Century developments at junction with Malthouse Lane. Some pressures around, Clarendon Arms and the Queen and Castle car park. AREA 9 Castle Green and the Castle www.warwickdc.gov.uk 13 23 11 25 20 27 ELIZABE WAY TH 25a 63 65 24 21a 6 2 7 19 21 CLINTONLANE 1 Castle Bungalow 8 19 14 13 7 9 6 2a 15 4 ELIZ ABET HW AY 2 Hammonds Terrace 2a 1 12 2 8 3 2a 6 2 1 L ST CA 18 Purlieu Gate Cottage CAST LE RO AD Clarendon Arms 7 30 (PH) 9 The Stables 42 46 19 Robsart Cottage 23 15 17 21 35 25 1 3 50 11 Que en an (PH) d C astle The Ford Variety of building on east-side of Castle Green from fifteenth to twentieth century. CA ST LE Stone render, timber framing and clay tiled roofs. Brays Small front gardens abutting narrow road at back of green. Variety of rooflines all mainly traditional vernacular. Two 20th Century buildings, former post office, is timber framed detailing and 1950's house at north side of green. Limit any street furniture or street clutter. Spectacular views of castle from Castle Green. Castle Green car park in Scheduled Ancient Monument has a natural stone surface treatment. The Castle is Scheduled Ancient Monument in guardianship of English Heritage. Very important views into and out of Castle Green of the Castle and of the Green. Important views back along Clinton Lane. RO AD Kenilworth Conservation Area PURLIEU LANE Castle Green is adjacent to the Castle Gatehouse which would historically have been an area of significant activity from 12th Century onwards. 51 53 Works Hilltop Hilltop 8 25b to 25d 54 56 1a 25e 37 34 Nationally important location incorporating a primary English Castle. AREA 10 Clinton Lane www.warwickdc.gov.uk 41 43 Ancient route way north-east from Castle Green. 22 24 33 35 1 2 3 26 28 9 107 10 96 21 23 97 19 El Sub Sta Pockets of early settlements indicated by remaining timber framed houses. 89 93 84 87 13 7 85 72 ROAD AVENUE 1 6 70 61 El 60 Significantly 19th Century terraced houses, 2 storeys brick with slate and concrete tile roofs. 1 55 52 2 3 4 47 to 53 50 CLINTO N AVEN UE Garage 7 45 5 37 25a 25b to 25d 54 56 25e Works 20 25 19 21 2a 1 2 Hammonds Terrace CLINTONLANE 2 8 12 21a 23 27 Hilltop Castle Bungalow 8 15 4 19 14 13 7 9 6 3 2a PURLIEU LANE Purlieu Gate Cottage Garage site on west side is a break in the rhythm of housing. Very important view of the castle from Clinton Lane. Some scope for general improvements to the framing of the view of the Castle. CAS TLE ROA D 2 Kenilworth Conservation Area Hilltop 24 Boundary treatments important where they remain. Significant losses of boundary to terraced houses for car parking. 34 Hammonds Terrace at right angles to Clinton Lane contain a variety of houses, one of which is Listed. Significant terrace with pedestrian access only. AREA 11 Fieldgate Lane www.warwickdc.gov.uk St Augustine's RC Church 2 Presbytery Lych Gate LANE RING R SP UPPE Fieldgate House The Garden House Rose Cottage 55 23 Copper Beech Hous e 57 13 Small early/mid 19th Century cottages at the junction with High Street. Copper Beech House 27 55a ING PR RS PE NE UP LA ING PR RS PE UP E LAN Rose Cottage 51a 53 E ATE LAN FIELDG Alma House Hobournes 51 Spring Gardens 49a 37 26 24 8 47a 22a AMHE RST ROAD 47b 13 49 15 20 1 2 58 4 FERN HILL CLOS E 22 47 16 52 54 48 18 ate FieldgHouse Coach 49 Holly Cottage 45 Byways 53 33 5 WN LA TE GA LD FIE 14d 43 Birch Tree Cottage 14a 46 12 41 14b 14c 2 4 CLOSE LEY BROM 39 LANE GATE FIELD 1 38 3 2 1 7 63 33 6 25 15 4b 23 31 28 BER KELE YR OAD 4a 1 3 2 4 2 21 E IV DR 19 6a T OT NC FA 8 4 a 19 13 6 5 26 4 1 2 1a 1b W NE 6 7 14 12 2a ford ots Abb 10 16 ET RE ST ol cho nt S nde epe Ind ws Me all hH ort 7 nilw 3 to Ke 8 STREET HIGH 1 22 20 10 3 4 2 8 16b 16a PO E IDG BR REET ST 20 18 24 22 4 2 6 SE CLO Vicarage 26 1 1 TH OU NM MO 9 Hall 7 5 se ehou War Old The 12 17 11 8 D OA KR AN MB EL On the east side are several larger houses, including Fieldgate Lawn, set in their own grounds. Some further development has taken place in the grounds. Mature gardens, important to maintain this character. 15 7 se Hou on rend otel Cla H 6 1 No 25 is a brick with stone dressings. This house forms a very significant part of the group and represent an example of early20th Century housing. Some mature street trees. Mid 20th Century developments at northern end. Need to maintain character of the area. No 2 is a significant 18th Century corner property, with important high boundary wall treatment to garden. St Austins in Beehive Hill forms an interesting group of small scale Victorian buildings. Kenilworth Conservation Area 10 14 West side has a development of thatched houses by forming part of a housing layout of which was never completed. These houses form a very significant group and represent an example of early 20th Century housing which should be retained with original gardens. Lodge Spring Cottage The Coach House TE LANE FIELDGA Developed residentially in late 19th and early 20th Century. Nursery 3 On the line of the north- south thoroughfare through the centre of Kenilworth. AREA 12 New Street www.warwickdc.gov.uk MANO R ROA D 48 46 6 Old Manor 44 44a 39 42 The Old Malthouse 2 6 GL OS TE R 16 11 14 7 DR IV E 8 NE W ST RE ET 18 17 30 15 k Oa 19 a 19 al oy e R H) Th (P 23 The Coventry Cross (PH) 25 3 8 11 4 6 1 24 5 2 6 East/west thoroughfare with the High Street. Originally houses and shops. Now only houses and public houses. Variety of 2 and 2½ storey building from 17th to 19th Century. Junction with High Street is marked by significant high walls. Brick rendered and stone buildings with clay tile and slate roofs. Variety of window types and details. Noticeable high percentage of replacement windows. Need to emphasis historically correct replacements. Houses on north side at western end are marked by raised ground floor levels and steps to front doors. Larger houses at junction with Manor Road set on line of original road. Good detailing. Significant views to High Street and east to Ivy Cottage on rising ground which forms full stop to the street. Limit street clutter and road signage. No significant public realm works carried out. Views out to Parliament Piece at east end of New Street significant rural intrusion into street scene. Kenilworth Conservation Area P CL EAR OS S E 15 18 AREA 13 Lower Ladyes Hill and the Allotments www.warwickdc.gov.uk The Pleasaunce 34 36 38 40 33 42 35 37 39 41 6 2 38 43 to 18 48 17 21 11 12a 11 1 5 to 8 1 to 4 40 23 2 1 to 10 Manor Court Manor Te rrace 1 Washbrook House FORGE ROAD 11 10 6 12 ttage ary Co Rosem 15 20 S HILL YES LAD ER LOW 17 22 23 7 to 12 URT E CO ALPIN ALPINE COURT The Patch Brook House 37 13 17 22 Glyn House 24 29a HAWKES WORTH DRIVE 16 MAN ORR OA D 8 PH 2 48 6 45 20 21 14 15 14 Bridge End 12 7 1 to 4 CH 5 UR CH ILL AV EN UE 33 RO AD 17 1 21 ST ON EL EIG H 37 GL AVENDA EN LE UE 18 13 a 15 17 1 9 1 9 13 1 5 1 09 SC HO OL LA NE 4 2 ST ON 1 EL 3 EIG HA VE NU E 1 29 Castle Court 14 PA RK RO AD 2 8 8 Lower Ladyes Hill is an important area of townscape viewed access the allotments. The area has been developed since mid 19th Century and comprised a variety of houses. Good Victorian terraces with original detailing. Nos 18 and 19 are a good pair of 3 storey Victorian houses. Significant views across the allotments. Allotments are an important open space in this part of Kenilworth, bounded by the Conservation Area they represent a significant historical feature. Kenilworth Conservation Area 1 to 12 4 14 20 1 14 13 4 12 28 26 14 4 113 Th eC In ott (PHn age ) 10 15 4 36 9 38 Park Court 46 AREA 14 Upper Ladyes Hill www.warwickdc.gov.uk 7 1 R DD IEL HF UT SO 8 D OA YR TR N VE CO St Andrews 2 LA NE E RIV DD IEL HF T U SO a talp Ca SP RI NG EY KL AC E CRLAN UP PE R R DD IEL HF UT O S Stanford House Caversham House Pendle Croft Southfield Hazelwood Westfield LL TAINTERS HI The Coach House Rosebank Brackenhurst High House 28 Southbank UP LS PE R LADYES HIL 32 21 29 E PINRT ALO U C HAWKESW ORTH DR IVE 6 2 Glyn House 17 13 ALPINE COURT 37 39 41 22 COURT ALPINE Water Tower Cottage 38 40 33 42 35 11 12 15 34 36 9 29a The Pleasaunce A mid 19th Century planned development of detached and semi detached villas. Entered through gate piers to a private road which originally circled the development. Each house or pair of houses are different but have similar detailing. Central garden area with mature planting. Road way is loose gravel emphasising the garden feel. Each house has fine detailing. All are stucco with slate roofs. House to north east has been extended and altered sympathetically in 1920's. A very important set piece environment. Kenilworth Conservation Area 29 Dell House AREA 15 Upper Spring Lane and Tainters Hill www.warwickdc.gov.uk Lodge Spring Cottage E LAN RING ER SP UPP LANE FIELDGATE Rose Cottage ING PR RS PE NE UP LA R PE UP E AN GL RIN SP UP PE R Rose Cottage SP RIN G LA NE TE LANE FIELDGA Alma House Hobournes 51 Spring Gardens 49a TAINTERS HILL 26 47b 49 24 47a 22a CO VE NT RY 20 RO AD 22 Tainters House Fairfields Water Tower Cottage Eaton Lodge 18 Fistral Water Tower White Cottage The Ivy Cottage 5 33 The Old Forge 14d 14a Birch Tree Cottage 12 21 13 11 40 14b 14c WN LA TE GA LD FIE 4 7 MANO R ROAD 48 2 46 18 6 42 25 44 44a 4b Originally a rural lane now access to a number of large residences. Parliament piece is an area of national historical importance. Well treed with houses mainly set well back from road. 2 traditional houses with front gardens abutting road. Maintenance of semi rural limited residential use is important. Maintain soft edges to the roadway and general rural character. Limit street furniture and traffic signs. 22 Old Manor 39 14 1 LANE ATE FIELDG 3 Kenilworth Conservation Area 16 ate e us Fieldg h Ho Coac Holly Cottage AREA 16 A Guide to Conservation Areas Whitnash Conservation Area www.warwickdc.gov.uk Conservation Areas: Are designated under Section 69 of the 1990 Planning Act which defines Conservation Areas as “Areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance.” There are many different kinds ranging from whole town centres to squares, terraces and village centres as is evident from the different characteristics of each conservation area within Warwick District. Conservation areas may be designated by Local Authorities, the Secretary of State and English Heritage in London. Local residents can apply to local planning authorities to have their areas designated. The designation of a conservation area has several formal consequences as set out below. These are designed to protect the best qualities of the Conservation Area for the benefit and enjoyment of everyone. The demolition of most buildings is controlled, requiring conservation area consent from the local authority. It is always preferable to consult the Local Authority before carrying out demolition in a Conservation Area. Partial demolition is not always controlled and advice can be given on this by a Planning Officer at the local authority. Notification of Trees Works. Notification must be made to a local authority if works are proposed on a tree with a trunk of 75 mm diameter, or greater, at a height of 1.5 metres from the ground. If tree removal for thinning purposes is proposed then the diameter raises to 100 mm. The Act does refer to trees and not shrubs as this applies to timber which is 1.5 metres high with the requisite diameter trunks. All shrubs and hedges lower than 1.5 metres can be cut back without the requirement to make a notification. Any overhanging branches or hedges onto a highway can be cut back under the Highway Act without the requirement for notification. Pruning fruit trees within the bounds of good horticultural practice is permitted without the need for notification. Once notification has been made the Local Planning Authority may do one of three things, make a tree preservation order in the interests of the amenity of the area, decide to do nothing within a six week period after which the proposed works may be carried out or decide not to make a tree preservation order and inform the applicant. It is an offence to carry out works to trees which fall within the category of notification without first going through this process. The amount of “Permitted Development” which can be built without Planning Permission is more limited, although some minor extensions are still permissible without planning approval. The Local Authority Planning Department should always be contacted before carrying out any development. Article 4 Directions gives the local planning authority the power to restrict, selectively, certain permitted development rights in conservation areas and could cover:- the painting of external facades, replacement of roofs, replacement of rainwater goods, replacement of windows, replacement of doors, external boundary treatment. Where Article 4 Directions have been designated Planning Permission will be required to carry out works covered by the designation. A Local Authority may apply to the Secretary of State, to designate a conservation area as an area of special control of advertisements. Which largely effects commercial properties in the conservation areas. A Local Authority Planning Department must give special consideration to any new developments or alterations to existing buildings or requests to demolish a building, to ensure that the proposal will enhance and not detract from the quality of the Conservation Area. Various guidance leaflets relating to Conservation Areas are available on request from Warwick District Council and some are available on the Council’s website www.warwickdc.gov.uk and Planning Officers at the District Council are always happy to discuss any issues relating to Conservation Areas in the District. Further information concerning land uses within the Conservation Area is available within Warwick District Councils Local Plan which is also available on the Council’s website. All maps in this document are Ordnance Survey ‘Crown Copyright. All rights reversed Warwick District Council LA 100018302 2007 Conservation Area Boundary RO AD 19 2 6 6 58 2 103 60 70 1 65 72 17 MA ST ER S 4 18 21 11 12 13 55 22 14 35 25 SPA VIEW 29 56 LA NG LE Y 23 St Margaret's Church Centre AD RO Whitnash Conservation Area www.warwickdc.gov.uk 16 2 21 GREENH ILL ROAD 93 84 86 13 AVENUE 79 41 79 86 31 ITH ILLE SM GREV 58 77 77 79 88 88 81 81 81 18 32 83 48 51 61 71 2 6 1 36 3 1 CHURCH LANE 93 Church Green 59 St Margaret's Church 22 Green Farm 24 73 1 83 OAD HR NAS WHIT 71 THE DOGLANDS 26 1 61 103 38 113 CHURCH CLOSE 34 12 4 44 5 8 30 PALMER ROAD The Rectory 32 123 45 56 41 1 118 133 116 112 114 NT M CRESCE HOME FAR 122 33 31 2 124 2 Y CLOSE RECTOR 14 2 1 51 17 SE GREEN CLO 24 PALMER ROAD 11 14 1 to St Margaret's12 House 11 55 67 32 9 27 98 69 5 18 WH ITN AS HR OA D 79 CUR RAN AD RO 1 77 77ba 16 14 81 91 93 19 A 77 CLO SE 21 7 3 31 73 NG OU NY NO CA 75 75 75ba Elderfield 6 39 13 8 10 1 11 5 12 13 5 7 11 (PH) 44 5 35 9 5 1 15 Field View AVO N RO AD 22 Plough and Harrow 110 9 14 34 11 4 1 24 3 14 2 9 2 15 1 Chapel Court 17 SOUTH TERRACE 46 HO ME FA RM CRES CENT 9 HEATHC OTE RO AD 10 27 BARN CLO SE 1 2 THE SEEK INGS 4 2 3 2 9 WHITN ASH RO AD CANONYOUNG ROAD 11 1 58 1 Nursery House Shelter 9 68 1 1 13 2 36 108 28 27 32 30 23 29 21 26 19a MU RC OT TRO AD EA ST 19 Church 1 1 to 22 14 19 15 1 Chapel Green 26 14 Glebe Court 21 10 42 30 E OS CL 12 44 43 2 WHITNASH ROAD 83 17 89 AN RR CU 6 HALL'S CLOSE 78 8 2 84 12 18 19 17 21 22 9 22 3 All maps in this document are Ordnance Survey ‘Crown Copyright. All rights reversed Warwick District Council LA 100018302 2007 27 25 Conservation Area Background History Whitnash Conservation Area www.warwickdc.gov.uk The earliest settlers in Whitnash can be traced as far back as the Ancient Britons. The Town, endowed with an ancient holy well, derived its name from the copse of Great Elms, which are believed to be sacred by its pagan settlers. One of these Great Elms stood for many centuries at the heart of the Conservation Area, outside St Margaret's Church. The Church stands on a site known as St Peter's Mount, and dates back to Saxon times. Originally a wooden structure, the Saxon Church has been twice rebuilt, once in 1100 and again in the 19th Century. The church has had numerous rectors in its history, including Thomas Holyoke 1616-1675, who also captained an infantry regiment for the king during the Civil War, and practiced medicine. The Church was also witnesses to the farm labourer's strike in 1872 led by Joseph Arch, held underneath the great elm outside. Church Lane, which borders the church and runs to the eastern end of the Conservation Area, was once an important medieval road, known as "Regia Via". Within Whitnash Conservation Area, there are several 17th Century black and white half-timbered houses, such as Home Farm House which dates back to 1652. Under Norman manorial system, Whitnash was held by Humfrey De Hasculf Mansard. It remained under the same family until 1346, when it was sold to Thomas Savage of Tachbrook, changing hands several times until by 1800, most of the land was held by the Earls of Warwick. In 1826 the Manor House was acquired by the Landor family. From the mid 20th Century onwards Whitnash developed into the modern town we see today with the two historic core areas being designated as Conservation Areas. All maps in this document are Ordnance Survey ‘Crown Copyright. All rights reversed Warwick District Council LA 100018302 2007 Conservation Area Key Map Whitnash Conservation Area www.warwickdc.gov.uk 1. Church Green 2. Chapel Green Area 1 Area 2 All maps in this document are Ordnance Survey ‘Crown Copyright. All rights reversed Warwick District Council LA 100018302 2007 Church Green www.warwickdc.gov.uk GREENH ILL ROAD 93 E AVENU SMITH VILLE 58 77 13 79 77 81 81 79 79 18 32 83 48 51 61 OAD HR NAS WHIT 71 71 THE DOGLANDS 2 6 1 1 36 Green Farm 1 3 CHURCH LANE 22 59 St Margaret's Church 26 1 103 38 12 4 5 Historic core with green dominated by St. Margaret's Church. Distinct Cedar of Lebonon in Churchyard. Historical associations with Joseph Arch. Green Farm, Watts Cottages (no. 30 & 32), Lupin Cottage (63) all timber framed buildings relating to the Green. Significant tree belt in Church Lane. Coombes Cottages 17th Century timber framed cottages encased in 19th Century brickwork. The Doglands are a historic remnant of Whitnash Village with 3 timber framed houses. Distinctive view west down the Doglands needs maintaining/enhancing. Secluded nature of buildings in the Doglands needs maintaining by careful boundary and garden treatment. Visual linkages between various parts of this Conservation Area need maintaining and strengthening. Whitnash Conservation Area 2 Y RECTOR 56 The Rectory 8 30 32 123 45 44 OSE GREEN CL St Margare 12 t's House PALMER ROAD 17 14 1 to 11 113 CHURCH CLOSE AREA 1 Chapel Green www.warwickdc.gov.uk Significant grouping around Chapel Green with Plough & Harrow Public House and Field Terrace, with flagpoles and Towns Notice Board. 2 31 33 133 11 9 5 21 7 3 14 22 17 12 2 8 Important visual links back to Elderfield and Glamis Cottage, from Chapel Green. WHITNASH ROAD 19 21 19 A WH ITN AS HR OA D 31 18 16 Elderfield 15 19 6 HALL'S CLOSE 1 1 26 14 1 THE SEEK INGS 2 4 WHITN ASH RO AD 9 30 1 Plough & Harrow car park is a significant open space to be maintained and enhanced. Nursery House 12 2 Shelter 9 HEATHC OTE RO AD 3 5 7 22 11 4 1 17 SOUTH TERRAC E Plough and Harrow (PH) 9 44 35 5 1 5 110 9 Field View Home Farm, Elderfield, Glamis Cottage the Plough & Harrow Public House, are significant timber framed buildings. 10 Murcott Road also probably timbered framed. 15 36 108 EA ST 19 Church 27 Garden to Elderfield and Home Farm are significant mature gardens with good boundary treatments. Home Farm is a very substantial timber framed house. Good Views from Elderfield back to Church Green. 3/5/7 Heathcote Road and reconstructed herringbone wall are examples of late Victorian development. Field View altered 19th Century terrace, forms a good backdrop to Chapel Green. South Terrace significant survival of 19th Century farm workers cottages facing inwards to central green. Views of rear of South Terrace from Heathcote Road, also impact on the conservation Area. Whitnash Conservation Area 1 Chapel Court 10 AREA 2