Holdenhurst Village Conservation Area Appraisal - Bournemouth ...

9 Contribution of Buildings
9.1 The buildings within the Conservation
Area have been divided into one
of three types – those which make
a positive, neutral or negative
contribution to the character or
appearance of the Conservation Area.
The classification of each building is
shown in the map Figure 14.
9.2 As highlighted by English Heritage
Guidance (Understanding Place:
Conservation Area Designation,
Appraisal and Management, 2011) a
number of factors help to determine
whether a property makes a positive
contribution to a Conservation Area.
A list of these factors can be found in
Appendix 5. Any one of these elements
is considered relevant to a building’s
classification, ‘provided that its
historic form and values have not been
eroded’.
9.3 The listed buildings (including
tombstones and gas lamps) within
the Conservation Area by their very
nature make a positive contribution to
the area and their individual merit is
identified in the later section ‘An Audit
of Heritage Assets,’ see page 56.
Positive Buildings
9.4 Buildings that make a positive
contribution generally have form,
features and characteristics that
define the period from which it
dates (as detailed in the following
paragraphs). The materials used;
components such as windows, doors
and chimneys; and the form and shape
of the building including roofs, gables
and bays, account for a major part
of the consideration. In addition,
the appropriateness of the setting,
landscape and boundary treatments
associated with these properties is an
important consideration.
9.5 Many of the positive buildings
within the Conservation Area are
also important evidence of the past
agricultural use of the village, such
as the various barn conversions; or
as evidence of a more self-contained
village, as demonstrated by the
converted school buildings.
9.6 The majority of the buildings
within Holdenhurst Village are
deemed positive contributors to the
Conservation Area. The demolition
of these buildings will be resisted by
the Local Planning Authority, and any
alteration should not harm or result in
the loss of any features or elements
that make an important contribution to
their character or appearance.
Vernacular Buildings: Pre 1700
9.7 The few surviving examples of pre
eighteenth century vernacular buildings
within the village are rare even when
considered across the Borough as a
whole. Whilst the thatched roof of
the cob barn to the former Townsend
Cottages has not been replaced since
its loss in a fire following an arson
attack, it is nonetheless important
for its use of cob construction. The
importance of the barn is also noted in
paragraph 10.11.
Barn to Former Townsend Cottages
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