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