Newmarket Draft Historic Core Appraisal ● June 2009 Black Bear Lane ● Page 1

BLACK BEAR LANE

SIGNIFICANT

Historic Lane with a disjointed

streetscape containing historic stables

The Lane marks the western end of the large medieval burgage plots on the north side of the western end of the High Street. The lane owes its name to the former Black Bear Inn which stood on the site of The Fountain Public House in the High Street on

the western corner of the Lane. There were stables in Black Bear Lane in the late eighteenth century to which Fitzroy Stables were added in the mid-19

th-century

The Fountain, on the site of The Black Bear Inn

General Overview

Black Bear Lane is used by motorists to gain access to Fitzroy Street and its car park and Rowley Drive. The south-east end is occupied mainly by commercial premises while the north east end is com-prised of terraced housing.

Boundary wall of Fitzroy Stables

Ragotsky House

Offices & retail Warehouses

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Generally two storey buildings set in a low density landscape.

Lane dominated by offices and a retail warehouse, set back from the pavement edge.

Ragotsky House stands out in the disjointed streetscape at the south-east end of the Lane.

Fitzroy stables are on a rectangular site run-ning along side Black Bear Lane. The house and stables occupy the southern third, and paddocks occupy the northern two thirds. The historic buildings occupy the south-east corner of the site; the stables are ranged on four sides of a yard with the house at the east end of the north range. The house is set in a fine garden with many trees. The house has a two story rectangu-lar plan, with a two storey stable rage at-tached to west. It was built in the mid 19th century, and extended piecemeal to east in the mid 20th century .

Old flint rubble boundary wall extends from the stable gates to a point half way between Falmouth Street & Doris Street.

Townscape Elements

To be added if appropriate after public consulta-tion.

Open Spaces

The paddocks for Fitzroy Stables (and or Holland House Stables) occupy the land between Rowley Avenue and the Fitzroy stable buildings. They provide a green hedge and green space on the south-west side of Black Bear Lane.

Redevelopment Opportunities

The streetscape enclosure could be restored in the event of redevelopment of the land on the north-west side at the south end of the Lane. There are also enhancement opportunities in works to the rear of The Fountain and the bound-aries of Grafton House

Archaeology

The land within the conservation area falls within the boundary of the medieval town of Newmarket included in the Suffolk C.C. Sites and Monument Record (SMR).

Streetscape Enhancement

Building No/

Name Status Age Height

Wall Mate-

rials

Roof Form/

Materials Architect Notes

Rear wing of the Foun-

tain PH

Mid C19 2 Storeys Render Concrete slate Gault brick

stack, yard wall

Ragotsky

House PC Mid C19 2 Storeys

Painted brick, peb-ble dash

front

Hipped slate roof

Gault brick

axial stacks, sash windows

Walls to Fitzroy

House

PC Late C19 Flint rubble Long boundary

wall on west side of lane

Fitzroy

House PC Late C19 Red brick

Hipped slate roofs

Although be-hind high

walls, the build-ings are in the conservation

area and make a positive con-

tribution

Fitzroy Sta-

bles PC Late C19 Red brick

Hipped slate roofs

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Brompton House

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Holland House

Stables

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Proposed Additional AreaGlimpseImportant View

Horse WalkIntrusionInteresting Feature

WallTree Preservation OrderOpen Space

to be Retained

Building making a

Positive Contribution

Listed BuildingConservation Area