Holdenhurst Village Conservation Area Appraisal - Bournemouth ...

the historical association of the area.
5.25 Figure 8 not only demonstrates
the impact of the new road on
the landscape, but also illustrates
properties that have been built
since this time to the eastern part
of the village, and those which have
been lost. The western part of the
settlement remained unchanged at
this time, but to the east a number of
building recognisable today have been
built, the Village Hall and Nos. 24 and
25 Holdenhurst Village (in place of the
old Dairyman’s Cottage at Manor Farm).
5.26 In the 1970s local authorities were
given a duty to designate Conservation
Areas and the properties within
Holdenhurst and the setting of the
village were duly given some protection
under the designation of the original
Holdenhurst East and Holdenhurst West
Conservation Areas.
5.27 Further protection for the setting
of the village came with the
establishment of the South East Dorset
Green Belt which includes the whole of
the Conservation Area within it.
5.28 Since its designation the Conservation
Area has continued to change. In the
1980s a new dwelling, No. 18, was
built on the site of Nos. 18 and 19
Holdenhurst Village. In the 1990s a trio
of listed cottages that were in poor
condition were repaired, extended
and converted into two dwellings
(Nos. 21 and 22 Holdenhurst Village).
Also several barns were converted
to dwellings (The River Barn, The
Old Dairy and Hockeys Barn). At
this time a small infill development
to an area known as Manor Farm
(eastern part of Holdenhurst) was
constructed to provide additional
housing in place of several redundant
agricultural barns/sheds.
5.29 During the twentieth century several
of the historic thatched cottages and
agricultural buildings were demolished
to the eastern half of the village.
Figure 9 illustrates part of the village
today with an overlay of 1898 to
highlight the cottages and agricultural
buildings that have been demolished
since this time, Figure 10 contains
photographs of examples of the lost
cottages.
5.30 As Bournemouth has expanded,
Holdenhurst has gradually lost some of
the essential characteristics of a village
such as its independence. For example
the post office and bus service.
Today the village is supported by the
The Village Green in 1973
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Holdenhurst Village Conservation Area Appraisal - March 2014