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Camilty Wind Farm
10.5.106 HB number 14144 Mid Calder Parish Kirk (St. John's Church) Main Street is located in the
built area of Mid Calder, some 7.3 km north-east of the boundary of the proposed wind farm.
HB number 14153 Calder House is located in the built area of Mid Calder, some 7.2 km
north-east of the boundary of the proposed wind farm. HB number 14155 Gateway, Calder
Estate, West Calder Road is located in the built area of Mid Calder, some 7.15 km north-east
of the boundary of the proposed wind farm. These buildings are listed at Category A. HB
numbers 14145 Brewery House, 70 Main Street, 14147 29 Bank Street, 14149 41, 43, 47
Bank Street, 14150 Torphichen Arms Hotel, Bank Street and 14154 Calder Steading are all
listed at Category B and are similarly located within the built development of Mid Calder. All
but the last of these listed buildings are located within the Mid Calder conservation area and
are considered with the conservation area at paragraph 10.5.101 et seq, below.
10.5.107 HB Number 7366, St Cuthbert’s Church, East Calder Village and HB 13647 Merivil Cottage
are located within the built development of East Calder Village. HB number 7369, South
Gate-Way Almondell Park is located 8.5 km north-east of the boundary of the proposed wind
farm at the eastern edge of the built development of East Calder. The buildings are listed at
Category B.
10.5.108 The listed buildings are located within the built development of East Calder. The settings of
the listed buildings primarily comprise each other and the remainder of the built development
of East Calder. The assets are of medium importance. There would be no physical effect on
the assets, nor any effect on their setting. The level of effect is therefore assessed as no
change. The effect of the proposed wind farm on the assets is none.
10.5.109 HB number 7363, Anville Farmhouse is located some 5.9 km north-east of the boundary of
the proposed wind farm on the north side of the A 70 road at Little Vantage. The building is
listed at Category B.
10.5.110 The setting of the listed building largely comprises the farm buildings located to the west and
north-west and those located some 70 m to the north-east. The farmhouse looks southwards,
towards the Pentland Hills and away from the proposed wind farm. The asset is of medium
importance. There would be no physical effect on the asset There would be an effect on its
setting which would be detectable but which would not fundamentally or materially
compromise the ability to understand the setting. The level of effect is therefore assessed as
small. The effect of the proposed wind farm on the listed building is slight adverse.
Conservation Area
10.5.111 There is one conservation area containing very important buildings between 5 and 10 km of
the proposed wind farm and within the ZTV.
10.5.112 Mid Calder Conservation Area is located some 6.3 km north-east of the proposed wind farm
and covers the older part of the settlement and the surrounding woodland in the area of the
confluence of Linhouse Water and the River Almond.
10.5.113 Mid Calder conservation area contains a number of listed buildings including HB number
14144 Mid Calder Parish Kirk (St. John's Church) Main Street, which is located in the built
area of Mid Calder, some 7.3 km north-east of the boundary of the proposed wind farm. HB
number 14153 Calder House is located in the built area of Mid Calder, some 7.2 km northeast
of the boundary of the proposed wind farm. HB number 14155 Gateway, Calder Estate,
West Calder Road is located in the built area of Mid Calder, some 7.15 km north-east of the
boundary of the proposed wind farm. These buildings are listed at Category A.
March 2013 10-30 ES Chapter 10
Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
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