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Appendices

A Architectural Descriptions

B Street Elevations

C Consultation Photographs

D Contacts

E Bibliography

F Consultation Report

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Architectural descriptions

Market Place and High Street

The area contains a number of well proportioned Georgian detached and semi detached houses. Many buildings display refined and interesting details and the well maintained facades provide the area with its townscape quality.

Many of the buildings on the east side of the High Street date from the late 18th century and early C19th, with a number of C19th and C20th alterations. There is a diverse mixture of two and three storey buildings along the east side of the High Street. On the west side, there is one earlier C17th building (No’s 9, 11 & 13) and the buildings are on a slightly lower scale, with 2 storeys being typical. This creates a more horizontal emphasis to the streetscape on this side.There is a consistent building line on the east side, sitting on the pavement to accommodate shop fronts and pedestrians. This contrasts with the west side where the buildings are set back from the road to allow accommodate the Market Place.

On the east side the plots are generally denser as additional retail and commercial space has been constructed to the rear of the original buildings. Overall density levels are however relatively low with extensive undeveloped backland areas located to the rear. There is permeability through coach arches and access yards such as the Courtyard.

The dominant style is Georgian and Regency and many of the houses have curved bow window fronts and quoins and there is a pleasing emphasis on proportion, with doors largely set central. Regency is also typified by the use of stucco or cement rendered brick and some roughcast. Plain and pantile roofing is widespread, although isolated examples of Welsh slate (No’s 9, 11 and 13) and Westmoreland Slate (No. 48), provide further interest.

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Large sash windows are common and panelled wood front doors, usually topped with semicircular window vents with radiating fanlights, complete the effect of gracious functionality. The Georgian character of bows and quoins is broken only by the 1890 working mens’ club, which is stucco rendered on flaming red brick with a large gable.

The layout of the buildings is varied. Some of the buildings are detached on one side allowing access to the C20th shopping malls that occupy important positions in the High Street. Number 50 and the Granby have different aspects due to their position on the corner of Wharf Street.

The Granby has 3 bays facing High Street and one bay facing Wharf Street. Number 50 is an L shaped plan with 2 windows to the 1st floor facing High Street and 3 windows to 1st floor on eastern return facing Wharf Street. There is a later wing (No. 2B Wharf Street) that infills the rear–right angle. Dower House has a wing to rear of building.

The C18th building at numbers 9, 11 and 13 is a 2 storey, 8 bay town house with a wing to the right and 2 gabled wings in rear left angle. Evidence of an early date (c 1691) is given by fragmentary internal timber framing in the 3 bay cottage which forms the wing set back on left of the building. There are also stone plaques with relief carvings of lions at mid–floor level at each end of façade, which probably come from Old St. Georges’ Church, Doncaster.

Roofs are typically hipped, yet stacks appear to left of centre (No’s 16,18), to rear and right of ridge (No. 32), to rear left wing (No. 50) and to end (No. 48), offering a great visual variety to the street scene. Projecting stone sills and tripartite sashes comprising a mixed number of panes is a common feature of all the buildings at



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Number 32 is a fine example of a town house, distinguished by attached wing walls, supporting an urn, on either side. It has scrolled iron brackets supporting balconies with iron balusters to 1st floor bow windows, with unequally hung tripartite sashes of 10, 15 and 10 lights. The bow windows to ground floor at no. 48 have tripartite sashes of 8, 12 and 8 panes divided by panelled mullions beneath plain frieze and cornice.

The Crown Hotel is the most impressive surviving building in Bawtry, dominating the north end of Market Place. It announces itself with the words ‘Crown Hotel Posting House’ in raised lettering beneath ashlar copings which rise as a gable over original 2–bay centre.

The Crown is mid–late C18th, with extensive C19th and C20th alterations. It has a long, low front and is 2 storeys, with 1:2:1:2:1:2 bays. It has a pantile roof behind parapet and a colonnade of Tuscan columns in yard. Painted, cemented quoins to bay 1 set back on left (probably an addition to the original symmetrical front). Bays 4 and 7 have 2–storey round–arched recesses, bay 4 having panelled double door and fanlight with radial glazing bars, bay 7 having segmental–arched carriage entrance. All ground–floor windows have projecting sills to sashes with glazing bars in reveals.

The degree of change brought about by the transformation of ground floor to shop front is mixed through the area. The shopfront of number 32 still retains its historic proportions.

The shop window of the Crown is set in a pilastered and corniced surround and bay 2 has shop window on left of part– glazed door. Dower House has extensive C20th additions in the form of casements and louvered shutters.

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maintain their historic shop front, with vertical divisions, stall risers and fascia level and design in keeping with the early C19th style.

In the Courtyard shopping court, there is a more open interpretation of Georgian, but proportions are generally respectful on context. Doric pillars, sash, 1st floor cornicing and triangular door arches promote a strong likeness to the market place.

The 1890 town hall, with weather vane and brick with slate roof, is a rare example of this period in Bawtry. It is a set piece in the centre of the western edge of High Street over looking the Market Place and forms a handsome composition with the Barton building next door.Examples of other buildings adding interest to the street, include the Chinese restaurant and The Galleon. The former is a 3 storey Georgian Inn with a carriageway arch, and C19th bow windows, whilst the latter which stands next door, has its gable end facing street and a mock timber façade. There is however a number of shop fronts (i.e. Motor Company and Fish Bar) which add little character to the area, as the proportions and full length windows tend to distract from the historic context.

Church Street

Church Street is characterised by cottages (mid late C18th) mainly in red brick Flemish bond. Only number 38 (Rest Haven) is cement rendered brick and with the exception of the Weslyan chapel (on Chapel Walk) that has a Welsh slate roof, they all have pantile roofs. They are generally laid out in short rows and pairs at north end of the street, whilst at the southern end, there are two planned terraces with much wider spaces between.

It is characterised by longer rows, a low level roofline and a scale that reflects the low lying nature of the street. The west side is characterised by a number of infill developments designed in a way to reflect the prevailing building material. Number 36 is two storey with a C20th door flanked by bowed C20th casements with


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glazing bars, whilst numbers 34 and 38 have additional attic level. Dutch House and Wharf House, are both 3 story and reflect the scale of the church opposite.

Rest Haven is distinguished by its part glazed door beneath a canopy on shaped bracket.

Opposite the church, Wharf House has a panelled double door and overlight with Gothic glazing bars beneath altered flat brick arch. Outer bays have unequally hung 20–pane sashes beneath flat brick arches.

There is a strong mix of old and new at the southern end of Church Street and there is a row of brick cottages (No’s 80–90, dating from 1820) wich form a natural boundary to the Conservation Area.Wharf Street

The plot widths are generally irregular and the houses are detached, comprising a mix of 2 and 3 storeys. The buildings generally date from the late C18th and early C19th, with the exception of Dutch House which is known to have been built in the C17th.

With the exception of three buildings on the north side of Wharf Street (No. 3 Poplars, Wharf Farmhouse and Coach House), the buildings are predominantly Red brick in Flemish bond. There is a mixture of Welsh slate, Cumbrian slate and pantile roofing materials.

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C18th. In the C20th 2 roof dormers have been added. At the front the infilled central doorway has projecting stone sill to plain sash beneath cambered brick arch. The outer bays have similar sashes beneath rubbed brick flat arches. The wall along south side of Wharf Street is of stone, including 2 blocks of Millstone Grit and Drift boulders. It has a C19th cast iron nameplate.

The brick bands on ground and 1st floor and on the Wharf Street return are typical Georgian features. Further the moulded lead rainwater hoppers to brick parapet on the Church Street elevation is a feature of South yorkshire buildings. The shaped gable to the west of the Wharf Street return is a prominent Dutch feature.

Wharf Street contains good examples of doors (Leigh House), windows (No. 3) and arch detailing (Coach House). The Poplars is distinguished by the 1st storey Venetian window, with separated sills, blind side lights and round headed sash with Gothic glazing bars. Both Wharf Farmhouse and Granby Inn (south) have well preserved bow windows. A feature of the Coach House to the rear of Grove House is the central basket arch with 3 ashlar quoins in each arch jamb.

Leigh House (1800) has a symmetrical façade which is punctuated and emphasised by a central doorway with a wide 6 panelled door and fanlight with radial glazing bars in wooden door case with reeded pilasters and sunken cornice. Outer bays have bow windows either side of a central doorway on the street frontage, and a two room deep plan. With its lofty proportions and hipped


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roof, this represents the sort of town house being built all over eastern England in the early C19th.

On the northern side of Wharf Street is an asymmetrical three bay house (formerly youth hostel) with an C18th wing at the rear. The three unit plan of this house suggests an early C17th date, and the street façade is probably a C19th modernisation.Church of St NicholasThe Church represents the evolution in church design, when at the end of the C12th the Norman style gave way to early English gothic. It comprises a mix of medieval elements with the north arcade, north door and east window of the present church are survivals from this early building. It probably consisted of a nave, a north aisle and a small chancel, whilst its main portion C13/ 14th. The south aisle and south chapel are in the perpendicular style and so were probably added in the early C15th. The windows of the clerestory appear to be C17th and may represent a repair of that time. The churches main feature, the west tower, was built even later in 1713 and represents a late occurrence of ‘Gothic Survival’.

In a more detailed architectural description Pevsner and Ratcliffe (1967, 98) note that “The N arcade goes with the early doorway” featuring rounded piers with double chamfered arches. The presence of these elements of c.1200AD supports the early C12th dates generally assumed for the planning of Bawtry.

South Parade

At the southern end of the Market Place is a group of well defined terraces of 3 storey Georgian brick houses facing the brick wall enclosing the mansion. Architectural character is marked by the extended rhythm and pattern of the buildings.

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the red brick Flemish bond used predominantly for the walling and the pantile roofing.

The buildings are of uniform age and design. They are all early C19th, are 3 storeys high and laid out in a short terrace, giving some uniformity to the streetscape. The buildings are characterized by projecting sills to sashes with glazing bars and window arches.The development of this sub area on the south side stopped at No 1 yorkshire the building known to mark the county boundary.No 1 Yorkshire is traditionally the first house when entering the area from the south. The house is an attractive building with a central 6–panel doorway and fanlight with intersecting–tracery glazing bars in wooden door case, displaying a Doric pillar surround. The rendering of the window arches in rubbed brick offers a pleasing touch to its finish. Beyond that house are two attractive, double fronted properties (No’s 8 & 10) with a central carriageway entrance. The roofs have a mixture of end, rear and central stacks.

Two pairs of houses (No’s 2, 4 and 6; 8 and10) are now commercial premises, and are distinguished by the insertion of shop windows beneath the flat arch of the original window opening.Swan Street

The buildings in Swan Street are from 1800 to 1850 and have largely been transformed to shops or offices, with a number of reproduction alterations in the C19th and C20th. There is a mix of houses built in roughcast brick, Flemish bond and English bond brick, whilst all the roofs are finished in C20th cement tile, with the exception of the Dovecote and Stables behind number 9.

The street contains a number of splendid 3 storey properties and the width of the plots varies between 2 and 4 bays, giving it a varied and compact sense.

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stone sills to sashes with glazing bars beneath flat brick arches is a common feature of the 1st floor design.

The changes to shops fronts generally reflect the historic attention to design and detailing. A 3–light shop window, part glazed door, bowed casement and 16 pane sash are typical features of the shop front buildings in this group at ground floor level. At number 5, which is now a dental surgery, there is a central C20th part–glazed door and old overlight with radial glazing bars in altered doorcase. On left of door a 16–pane sash in flush wooden architrave, on right a later sash with glazing bars in similar surround.Two antique shops at numbers 6 and 8 have a central 6–panel door and overlight with intersecting–tracery glazing bars beneath flat brick arch. The early C19th shop window on left is retained and has a central door flanked by large casements with glazing bars curving in at each end.

The dovecote and stables that originally formed part of courtyard buildings to the Swan Hotel are now commercial premises. These form an attractive 1 bay dovecote with narrow 2 storey bays forming links to 2 storey wings which project forward. Although there have been a number of C20th additions including casement windows, the original form is still discernible.

Bawtry Hall

Bawtry Hall was built in the late C18th and is of brick. 7 bays and 2 storeys with a 3 bay pediment and a pediment porch on two pairs of columns. There are 2 storey canted bay windows at both ends of the south side. It has a concrete portico with a pediment and glazed roof. The hipped slate roof has a cement rendered parapet. The wing to the rear–right incorporates a water tower.

Doncaster MBC published a draft Planning Brief for Bawtry Hall and the adjacent land in April 2001. This document contains a detailed assessment of the architectural and landscape value of the Hall and its associated parkland and defines the areas where new development might be acceptable. Subsequently the recommendations of the Planning Brief have largely been followed by recently completed Pemberton Ings development.


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Doncaster Road

An early C19th pinfold, built of local rubble magnesium limestone with sandstone dressings, is located on the north side of Doncaster Road adjacent to the Methodist Chapel. It is a D shaped enclosure with a perimeter wall and entrance on the south side with sandstone gate piers. Magnesian Limestone is an important material in many rural areas of South yorkshire but is not common in Bawtry.

On the other side of the road from the pinfold is a row of early C19th (1844) cottages, known as School House. They are built in red brick in English garden wall bond with stone slate eaves courses to a pantile roof. Features such as 4 panel door, horizontally sliding sash with glazing bars and dentilled eaves to hipped roof are well preserved. The rear of the row is generally unaltered and in the same style as the front.

Adjacent to the row is the library which is in modern brick and of limited architectural value.

Top Street

Top Street comprises a mixture of terrace and detached buildings, with an area of car parking in the west side. Harmworth cottages are interesting pebble dashed structures and have large attic spaces. The row of 4 houses is early C19th with a total of 10 windows on the 1st floor. They have a similar range of panelled doors with segmental arches, glazing bars and projecting sills.

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Appendix DContacts

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough CouncilPeter Lamb (Conservation Officer)Urban RenaissanceDevelopment and PlanningDirectorate of DevelopmentDanum HouseDoncasterDN1 1UBPhone: 01302 734922 Fax: 01302 734949 E mail: [email protected]

Bawtry Town CouncilMrs J Worthington (clerk to the council) 19 Norwood Avenue, Auckley, South yorkshire DN9 3JA.Tel: 01302 771244Email: [email protected]

English Heritage 37 Tanner Row york, yO1 6WP Tel: 01904 601901 Fax: 01904 601 999 E-mail: [email protected]

Heritage Lottery FundCarlton Tower34 St Paul’s StreetLeeds, LS1 2QB Tel: 0113 3888030Fax: 0113 3888031e-mail: y&[email protected]

English Historic Towns ForumPO Box 22 Bristol BS16 1RZUnited KingdomTel: +44 (0)117 975 0459 Fax: +44 (0)117 975 0460Email: [email protected]


Appendix EBibliography

Sources used in appraisal

The Doncaster District: An archaeological survey. By J.R Magilton, 1977, p 11-14;Bawtry and the Idle River trade: Derek Holland, 1964;Bawtry Picture from the past, Connie Franks, Waterdale press;TBawtry & Thorpe, A Topographic History – Peck, 1813, pp 1-57;Roman South Yorkshire: A Source Book, by P.C. Buckland (Sheffield University), 1976;Pevsner, p. 98/99;South Yorkshire Sites and Monuments Record (Sheffield);Schedule of Listed Buildings;Victoria County History: History of the county of Nottinghamshire, 1910. pp 162-164;The Bawtry Landscape: New Light on Old Bawtry, by Bawtry WEA Local History society, Published in South yorkshire Historian. Supplement 3. 1978;The Making of South yorkshire, David Hey 1979;An archaeological field evaluation and buildings appraisal on Land adjacent to Bawtry Hall, Tickhill Road; CGMS on behalf of CG Property, September 2003;TExcavations at Wharf Farm, Bawtry; Archaeological services WyAS, October 2003;The results of the Archaeological Evaluation of 16-20 Church Street; R.E. Sydes, South yorkshire archaeological Unit, October 1990;Excavations at 16-20 Church Street; C.G. Cumberpatch & J.A. Dunkley in Tempus Reparatum, BAR 248, 1996;Excavation report – Land to the south of 20 Church Street; Archaeological services WyAS, June 2001;Archaeological desk based assessment of land near Bawtry Hall; Phil Jefferson, December 2002;Guidance on the Management of Conservation Areas, Guidance on Conservation Area Appraisals, February 2006;Doncaster UDP;

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Appendix F Consultation Report

Bawtry Conservation

Area Appraisal

Consultation Feedback Report

December 2007

All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission from the author. © Lathams 2007. This document and the material contained in it is the property of Lathams and is given to you on the understanding that such material and the ideas, concepts and proposals expressed in it are the intellectual property of Lathams and protected by copyright.

It is understood that you may not use this material or any part of it for any reason other than the evaluation of the document, unless we have entered into a further agreement for its use. The document is provided to you in confidence, on the understanding it is not disclosed to anyone other than those of your employees who need to evaluate it.

Contact

Jon PhippsDirectorLathamsSt. Michael’sQueen StreetDerbyDE1 3SU

Tel: 01332 365777Fax: 01332 [email protected]

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CONSULTATION METhOD

CONSULTATION DETAILS AND CAPTURE

CONSULTATION MATERIAL

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During March 2007 Lathams carried out a detailed conservation area aprasial of Bawtry on the behalf of Doncaster MBC. This study was based upon detailed field work and desk based research.

This report briefly explains how the Community Consultation for Bawtry was carried out and what information and feedback was received from the community.

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The approach to community consultation for Bawtry result of discussion and co-operation involving Doncaster MBC and members of Lathams team. The consultation requirements were initially established in broad terms by the client brief which was interpreted by the proposal contained within the Lathams tender submission. This was subsequently refined through a process of draft proposals being produced and modified. The method can be summarised as follows:

Event promotion via flyer/leafletEvent location within heart of communityManned exhibition of key Conservation Area Assessment findingsUn manned exhibition at Bawtry Library for 6 weeks (with comments post box)Community feedback to be captured via comment sheets

Promotion

Lathams provided text to Doncaster to place within their promotional flyer that was produced to advertise the event. Latham then distributed by hand to all households with the Conservation study area. Posters for the event were also placed in shop fronts throughout the Conservation Area.

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Exhibition

The exhibition material was printed on large format boards with large point text. The key findings of the Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan were highlighted in non-technical accessible language where ever possible.The exhibition consisted of the following content:

WelcomeBawtry Conservation Area TodayEvolution and ChangeStatutory Listing and Suggested Local ListingBoundary AmendmentsManagement Plan

Consultation

The exhibition was manned by Mark Lucy, Chris Garrand, Jon Phipps from Lathams, and Adam Harvatt and Peter Lamb on behalf of Doncaster Council, who were able to answer questions from the public concerning the content and significance of the conservation appraisal. The exhibition was manned continually throughout the event.

Members of the community were guided through the exhibition and the purpose, relevance, content and ‘what next’ questions were answered fully. Where questions arose that were not related to the conservation appraisal, members of the public were directed to the appropriate department of Doncaster MBC

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Recording

Members of the community were encouraged to make the following personal contributions:

Locate valued buildings and areas of concern on elevation photographs of the principle streets within the Conservation AreaFill out a questionnaire concerning the Conservation Area Appraisal, the Conservation Area boundary and the Conservation Area Management Plan.Provide views of any buildings in Bawtry that should be placed on the proposed Local Listing.

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DetailsDate and time: Saturday 10th March 2007 from 10am until �pmVenue: New Hall ( next to the Health Centre), Station Road, Bawtry andat Bawtry Libary between 12th March and Saturday 21st April.

FeedbackPersonal DetailsWe used individual questionnaires that provided a space for members of the community to add their names and addresses. The number of attendees and there geographical distribution was capture via the use of a table mounted a large scale map of the Conservation Area. Members of the community were invited to place a sticker on their own home.


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AttendanceThe public consultation event was well attended throughout the day with a total of over 50 Bawtry residents viewing the exhibition. Those attending come from throughout Bawtry and where representative of the population in terms of age, gender and race.There was keen interest from the community in the description of the Conservation Area, the proposals for boundary changes and the Management Plan proposals.QuestionnairesA total of 10 questionnaires were completed and returned (from the manned exhibition and the unmanned library exhibition). The feedback from these can be summarised as follows:

PART A The Appraisal A1 Do you think that the Appraisal accurately describes the special character of the Bawtry Conservation Area?

Response:90% yes 0% no 10% unspecified

A2 If you feel important characteristics of the Bawtry Conservation Area have not been captured by the Appraisal please note theseResponse:None

PART B The Boundary

B1 Do you agree with the suggested boundary changes to the Conservation Area?Response:60% yes 30% no 10% unspecified

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B2 Ifyoufeeltheboundarychangesshouldbemodifiedpleaseexplainwhyandadd your proposal to the mapResponse:• Should include area west of Bawtry Hall (2)• Should include area to south of Bawtry Hall but not to the west• Should be extended up Doncaster Road to include Woodstock• Should include houses on Station Road (2)Two respondents were concerned that should Conservation Area status be extended to the land to the west of Bawtry Hall amenity uses may be curtailed.One respondent suggested that the allotments to the west of Station Road should be protected from development.

PART C The Local List

C1 Please name/describe any building(s) in Bawtry that you feel should be placed on the proposed local list.Response:The following buildings were identified and selected by the given number of respondents:• Bawtry Hall 1 • Methodist Chapel 1• Theatre 1• Town Hall 1• The Cemetery and Cemetery Chapel 1

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Please look at the list of Management Plan proposals and let us know if you feel these should be included or notResponse:

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D1 Expertise 70% 10% 20%D2 Monitoring Change 80% 0% 20%D3 Appraisal and Management Plan review 80% 0% 20%D4 Policy Integration 80% 0% 20%D5 Planning Applications 80% 0% 20%D6 Listed Building Consent 80% 0% 20%D7 Advertisement Consent 80% 0% 20%D8 Article 4 Directions 70% 10% 20% D9 Urgent Works and Repairs Notices 80% 0% 20%D10 Enforcement Action 80% 0% 20%D11 Monitoring of Complaints 80% 0% 20%D12 Securing External Funding 80% 0% 20%D13 Design Briefs 80% 0% 20%D14 Parking Strategy 70% 0% 30%D15 Public Realm Design Guidance 80% 0% 20%D16 Highways 80% 0% 20%D17 External Services 80% 0% 20%D18 Utilities 80% 0% 20%D19 Conservation Plans 80% 0% 20%D20 Local Listing 80% 0% 20%D21 Local Buildings at Risk 80% 0% 20%D22 Shop Front Design 80% 0% 20%



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PART E Any Other Comments

Response:• Redirect traffic from Station Road could be redirected along Bawtry Road• Conservation area should adapt to modern thinking whilst preserving the old• Grants should be made available for works that enhance the conservation area• Concern about future of the Old Barn on Tickhill Road• Exhibition boards incorrectly label the Methodist Church as Bawtry Hall• Parking strategy for Bawtry is flawed and is leading to damaged public realm

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Welcome

Have your say on the architecturaland historical character of Bawtry

Bawtry Conservation AreaAppraisal and Management Plan

Public Consultation EventToday 10:00am to 4:00pm

www.doncaster.gov.uk

Thank you for sparing some time to review this information which explains the purpose and content of the Bawtry Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan. These are important documents which will have statutory recognition within the planning system and therefore their findings and recommendations will be of interest to property owners, businesses, town centre users and others.

Why your views countThe Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan are separate documents that will set out what is important about the Conservation Area and how this will be protected. Doncaster MBC now wish to know the views of the people of Bawtry concerning proposals being developed for the future of their Conservation Area. Please take this opportunity to record any comments you may have on the proposals. All suggestions are welcome and will be given careful consideration and where appropriate will be included within the documents to reflect consultation feedback.

If you need help completing the questionnaires provided please ask a member of the consultation team for assistance.

What is a Conservation Area?A Conservation Area is an area of special architectural or historic interest, the character of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance. Planning legislation requires all local authorities to identify these areas.

How Conservation Area status can affect youThe designation of a Conservation Area introduces a general control over the demolition of unlisted buildings, control over the felling and lopping of trees and provides the basis for policies designed to preserve or enhance various aspects of the character or appearance that define an Area’s special interest. Minor works that owners can undertake without planning permission is slightly restricted within a Conservation Area.

What is the Conservation Area Appraisal?The purpose of this Appraisal is to define the special character and interest of the Bawtry Conservation Area (designated in June 1970), to identify where this is vulnerable to loss or erosion, and to put - forward ways in which this vulnerability can be mitigated. The Appraisal has been researched and written in the context of the statutory obligation of the local planning authority - Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council - to preserve and enhance the character and appearance of the Conservation Area, using the framework set - out in guidance issued by English Heritage in August 2005. A Conservation Area Management Plan has also been produced.

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Bawtry remains an attractive and busy town with many important listed building. The strategic location of the town on national and local transport networks has led to its prosperity. Now the international transport impact of Robin Hood International Airport is beginning to be felt within the town. Residential property values within Bawtry have been positively affected by the airport and as a result residential and commercial development pressures are beginning to increase. Whilst change within the historic environment is inevitable, and can in many cases be environmentally and economically beneficial, it is essential that the distinctive character of the town is not eroded by or lost to unsympathetic new development.


Bawtry Conservation Area Today

Defining the character of Bawtry

Some negative characteristics of the Bawtry Conservation Area are:

• The impact of traffic and parking• Visible yards and car parks (often relatively recent) that create holes in the townscape• Poor quality and inconsistent public realm throughout the Conservation Area

SpacesThe Market Place is the most important and visible public open space within the Conservation Area. Generous gardens formed from historic burgage plots are distinctive of Bawtry.

UsesThe Conservation Area contains a vibrant mix of residential, retail, food/drink, service business and employment uses.

ArchitectureThe historic buildings of the Conservation Area are largely from the Georgian and Victorian periods. Recent infill development within the town centre has tended to respect height, building line and plot width conventions.

DetailDentil courses within brickwork at eaves level, gauged flat arches, rise and fall brackets to gutters, timber vertically hung sliding sash windows, vertical emphasis to windows, fan lights over front doors (not in them), chimney stacks

MaterialsPan tiles, natural slates, red brick, render, timber windows, timber shopfronts, timber doors, cast iron rainwater goods.

Public RealmFragments of historic external surfacing materials do survive throughout the Market Place and elsewhere. These are generally poorly maintained and surrounded by modern surfacing material. Signage and street furniture tend to be poorly co-ordinated and located without consideration for the impact on the historic context.

TownscapeThe relationship between the buildings, streets and spaces within the Conservation Area provides a positive and attractive character to the town. Gaps within the fabric of the town have generally been repaired or are such that they have not undermined the general impression of townscape quality.

Some distinctive positive characteristics of the Bawtry Conservation Area are:

• Historic grid pattern of streets• Linear burgage plots along High Street, Church Street and South Parade• Presence of mature deciduous trees in and visible from the Conservation Area.• Attractive variety of buildings which generally respect building line, height, plot

width and elevational conventions leading to cohesive townscape

Views There are a number of strong positive views within Bawtry including the glimpsed view of St Nicholas’s tower down Church Walk and the view of the Methodist Chapel from the Market Place.

Then and NowThe following photographs illustrate both how much and how little has changed in Bawtry over the past century. Many of the buildings that survive in Bawtry today would have been recognisable to the towns people of the late C19th. Where new development has taken place within the town this has attempted by and large to respect the character of the place. What has changed dramatically is the increased dominance of the car. Within Bawtry this can be seen (and heard) throughout the Conservation Area. Parking, widened junctions and highways signage and lighting have all helped to transform the way Bawtry looks and functions today.

Market Cross

Swan Street looking east

Market Place

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Church Street


Evolution and Change

Swan Street looking west High Street

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HistoryThe history of Bawtry has continually been defined by the Great North Road running through it linking the south with the north of England. From the early Middle Ages it was on the strategic route from London to York and formed part of the direct link between the peak district and Europe. Bawtry was once an important coaching stop on the old Great North Road, where horses were changed on the way to Scotland. Bawtry


Evolution and Change

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• Roman legions use the River Idle to distribute goods and

personnel and there us ample evidence of occupation in the 3rd

and 4th centuries AD

• Until its establishment as a market town in 1213 (any earlier

pre–Domesday settlement was probably centred around the west

bank of the river)

• Bawtry grew in the 14th century benefiting from a strong

strategic position as a port on the Great North Road.

• Bawtry utilized its position to survive troubled times (mid 16th

century) and continued to develop its river trade in the late 16th

and early 17th centuries.

• During the late 18th and early 19th centuries Bawtry became a

highly prosperous community, with new wealth flowing in to the

town from the coaching trade along the Great North Road.

• The opening of the Chesterfield canal in 1777 brought a decline

in Bawtry’s river trade, but the town was able to adapt and thrive

The construction of a new bridge and many large town houses

signified the towns growing confidence and great affluence

• Bawtry remained an important coaching centre

between 1780 and 1830

• Although the introduction of railways in 1848 saw the decline

in long distant coaching, Bawtry was able to adapt as a ‘feeder’

town with coach services linking to the major railway terminals

of Rotherham and Doncaster

• The majority of buildings in the present town centre date from

the years 1780–1840 Bawtry Hall, churches and a number of

coaching inns were established at this period

• In the late 19th century as Doncaster market gained importance

and the railway reduced the coaching business on north south

routes Although the new Town Hall (1890) established a sense

of revitalized public spirit, Bawtry entered period of decline, and

the number of recorded inhabitants dropped off

• During the Second World War, Bawtry Hall became one the

main headquarters of RAF Bomber Command

• Bawtry has grown in the 20th century much due to increase in

motor traffic and proximity to A1 Residential development has

taken place around the centre of the town and there has also been

much infilling in the old core, both for houses and shops

• The opening of Robin Hood International airport in 2005 at

nearby Finningley has affected development pressure on land and

stimulated traffic growth

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Statutory Listing and Suggested Local Listing

Conservation Area viewed from South West

Conservation Area viewed from South East

Conservation Area Boundary

Grade I Listed

Grade II * Listed

Grade II Listed

Suggestions for Local Listing

Statutory ListingBawtry Conservation Area contains 41 listed buildings. The church of St Nicholas is Grade I and Bawtry Hall is Grade II*. All the other listed buildings are Grade II.

Doncaster MBC is considering the production of a ‘Local List’ of buildings that make positive contribution to Conservation Areas. It will necessary for applications for the demolition of Locally Listed buildings to demonstrate that all reasonable efforts have been made to sustain existing uses on the site or to find viable new uses. The ‘Local List’ will be an important support to the effectiveness of the Management Plan.

Social ListingSuggestions have been made for a range of Local Listings. These include landmark buildings such as the Methodist Chapel and the Town Hall as well as important well preserved contextual buildings.

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Why change the Conservation Area boundary?There has been no review of the Bawtry Conservation Area boundary since its designation in 1970. In the intervening 36 year there have been a number of residential developments in Bawtry, particularly around the perimeter of the Conservation Area. The Conservation Area boundary has therefore been reviewed in order to establish its continued relevance and suitability in light of significant physical change

How was the boundary review carried out?Site visits were undertaken which covered the entire Conservation Area and its surroundings. Survey notes of recent changes including development activity were made, reviewed and recommendations for changes identified.

What were the findings of the boundary review?It was found that generally the existing Conservation Area boundary remains appropriate.

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What are the implications of a changed boundary?Where areas are removed from the Area they will no longer face the same planning controls which affect the Conservation Area, though account will still have to be taken of the impact of development generally on its character and appearance, and the setting of any listed buildings in proximity. Conversely, development in areas which are added will be governed by the same controls as currently apply to the Conservation Area. These give the local planning authority general control over the demolition of unlisted buildings, control over the felling and lopping of trees and provides the basis for policies designed to preserve or enhance various aspects of the character or appearance the define the Area’s special interest. Minor works which can be undertaken without the need for formal planning permission (Permitted Development) are also more restricted, and in some cases may be entirely suspended by way of what is known as an Article 4 direction

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A Peakes Croft – Doncaster Road Area of late C20th housing to the north of the town centre, largely screened from the heart of the Conservation Area by trees and fencing. The area is unlikely to experience significant development pressure.

B Bawtry Hall (land to the north) The conversion of the outbuildings associated with Bawtry Hall together with new residential development have transformed the historic arrival route from lodge to hall into a partially suburbanised area.

C Cockhill Close The two 1970’s residential properties located at the east end of Cockhill Close do not contribute to positively to the character of the Conservation Area and have little impact on the surrounding area to the north and west.

E Station Road West (29 – 67) This valuable collection of attractive buildings provides important context to the area to the south which could be subject to future change.

F Station Road East (14 – 22) This collection of buildings includes the theatre (recommended for local listing) as well as plots that could be subject to change which would affect the setting of the Conservation Area.

G Bawtry Hall (land to the west) The area provides a positive setting for Bawtry Hall which could be put under pressure for change.

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What is the purpose of a Conservation Area Management Plan?The purpose of the Management Plan is to present proposals that preserve and enhance the Conservation Area as well as help direct and control change. The Management Plan and the Character Appraisal should be read in conjunction with each other.

The Management Plan aims to address the issue of vulnerability, where character is at risk of erosion or loss. It also identifies specific actions, general measures and guidance which are considered to be the most appropriate tools to address the pressures confronting the Bawtry Conservation Area.

Doncaster MBC will undertake schemes to preserve and enhance the character and appearance of the Bawtry Conservation Area as resources permit. Individual and collaborative schemes with landowners, developers, statutory undertakers and others engaged in delivering positive change will be encouraged where feasible and appropriate.

The Draft Management Plan contains the management policies identified below.

Management ProposalsThe following are suggestions for Management Policies that would assist with the protection and enhancement of the character of the Bawtry Conservation Area as identified in the Appraisal.

ExpertiseDoncaster MBC is committed to a employing a historic buildings and area specialist.

Monitoring ChangePhysical change to buildings and spaces in the Bawtry Conservation Area to be reviewed at a maximum of five yearly intervals.

Appraisal and Management Plan ReviewDoncaster MBC will review the Bawtry Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan at no more than five yearly intervals in order to ensure relevance and compatibility with other policy.

Policy IntegrationDecision making concerning proposals and controls in the Conservation Area will relate to the Bawtry Conservation Area Appraisal and all relevant Supplementary Planning Documents.

Planning ApplicationsPlanning Application Forms and Planning Guidance Information should be reviewed to ensure that they are subject specific and informative. Applicants should then be required to submit appropriate contextual information.

Listed Building ConsentListed Building Consent Forms and Guidance Information should be reviewed to ensure that they are subject specific and informative. Applicants should then be required to submit appropriate information together with a Conservation Statement prepared by an expert.

Enforcement ActionEnforcement action should be taken against breaches of planning control in the Conservation Area. Unauthorised works on a listed building, unauthorised demolition and unauthorised works likely to damage trees are all criminal offences.

Monitoring of ComplaintsA complaints monitoring system will be established which records the distribution and severity of potential enforcement issues.

Bawtry Conservation Area Management Plan

Management PlanAdvertisement ConsentAdvertisment Consent Forms and Guidance Information should be reviewed to ensure compatibility conservation objectives.

Urgent Works and Repairs NoticesDoncaster MBC will ensure that Urgent Works Noices and Repairs Notices are employed as tools to ensure the repair of important buildings within the Conservation Area.

Article 4 DirectionsDoncaster MBC will give consideration to the application of a Conservation Area wide Article 4 notice. This will remove certain permitted development rights from property owners within the Area. The Article 4 Direction would control changes such as the replacement of roofs, replacing windows with PVCu and removing boundary walls

Securing External FundingDoncaster MBC and its partners will actively investigate all opportunities to secure external funding to assist with the management of the Conservation Area and to investigate and deliver change which can enhance the historic fabric of Bawtry and its context.

Parking StrategyDoncaster MBC promote the production of a parking strategy for central Bawtry that seek to ensure an efficient and safe use of the available spaces in a manner which is compatible with the economic, access and environmental requirements of the town.

Contemporary advertising signage in Bawtry

Alterations to Doors and windows

Design BriefsDetailed Design Briefs should be produced to guide the development on key opportunity sites within the Conservation Area boundary. These should include the petrol station site and employemnt at the junction of Scott Lane and High Street, the yard and backland site to the west of Top Street and the vehicle sales yard to the south of Gainsborough Road.

Parking in the market place

Public Realm Design Guidance and MaintenanceProposals should be developed that will identify appropriate public realm treatment throughout the Conservation Area with particular emphasis on the Market Place and High Street. This should cover lighting, street furniture and Doncaster MBC will seek to identify funding to allow this work to be progressed.

Highways A review of highways signage should be undertaken to establish where rationalision and reduction can take place. Representations for the implementation of change will be made to the appropriate authorities.

External ServicesExternal cabling, aerials, air conditioning and other unsightly services should be discouraged throughout the Conservation Area.

UtilitiesStatutory Service providers will be required to ensure that quality public realm treatment is replaced as found.

Conservation PlansConservation Plans will be promoted for significant listed buildings within the Conservation Area. Doncaster MBC will support the production of Conservation Plans and investigate the responsible management of its own heritage assets within the Area.

Local Buildings At RiskDoncaster MBC is committed to producing, and regularly reviewing, a register of Local Buildings at Risk.

Shop Front Design Guidance Doncaster MBC is committed to producing a ‘Shop Front Design Guide’. This should be in the form of a adopted Supplementary Planning Document.

Don’t forget to complete your questionnaireYou can either complete your questionnaire here and put it into the box provided (or hand to a member of the consultation team) or alternatively you can send your comments to:

Peter LambDoncaster Metropolitan Borough CouncilDevelopment and Planning Directorate of Development Danum House Doncaster DN1 1UB

A copy of the questionnaire can be found on the Doncaster MBC Planning web site as can copies of this consultation material. Electronic submissions will be accepted.

Your comments must be received no later than 23rd March 2007 for the Conservation Area Appraisal and no later than 20th April 2007 for the Management Plan.

Thank You

Bawtry Conservation Area Management Plan

Management Plan

Fakenham Market Place

High Street

High Street

Bawtry Hall

Methodist Chapel

The Double Barn, Tickhill Road

Local ListingDoncaster MBC is committed to producing a ‘List’ of locally important buildings.

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Bawtry Conservation AreaAppraisal and Management Plan

Public Consultation

Questionnaire

This questionnaire should be complete once you have had a chance to consider the findings and proposals of the Bawtry Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan.

By handIf you are attending the Consultation Event or Exhibition and you need help completing the questionnaire please ask for assistance.

OnlineIf you are completing the form online please refer to the Bawtry Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan exhibition material.

DeadlinesComments on the Appraisal should be returned by no later than 23rd March 2007 and comments on the Management Plan no later than 20th April 2007.

PART A The Appraisal

A1 Do you feel that the Appraisal accurately describes the special character of the Bawtry Conservation Area?

YES/NO

A2 If you feel important characteristics of the Bawtry Conservation Area have not been captured by the Appraisal please note these.


PART B The Boundary

B1 Do you agree with the suggested boundary changes to the Conservation Area?

YES/NO

B2 If you feel the boundary changes should be modified please explain why and add your proposal to the map below (please describe if completing online).

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PART C The Local List

C1 Please name/describe any building(s) in Bawtry that you feel should be placed on the proposed Local List.

PART D The Management Plan

Please look at the list of Management Plan proposals and let us know if you feel these should be included or not

Include Do not include

D1 Expertise

D2 Monitoring Change

D3 Appraisal and Management Plan review

D4 Policy Integration

D5 Planning Applications

D6 Listed Building Consent

D7 Advertisement Consent

D8 Article 4 Directions

D9 Urgent Works and Repairs Notices

D10 Enforcement Action

D11 Monitoring of Complaints

D12 Securing External Funding

D13 Design Briefs

D14 Parking Strategy

D15 Public Realm Design Guidance

D16 Highways

D17 External Services

D18 Utilities

D19 Conservation Plans

D20 Local Listing

D21 Local Buildings at Risk

D22 Shop Front Design


PART E Any Other Comments

PART F Contact Details (Optional)

Returning your comments:

Option 1: Consultation/ExhibitionPlace in box provided

Option 2: OnlineSubmit as directed

Option 3: PostReturn to:Peter LambDoncaster CouncilDanum HouseDoncasterDN1 1UB

Name:

Address:

Email:

Phone:

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