Southwell CA Appraisal.pdf - Newark and Sherwood District Council

Buildings
The majority of buildings date from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. There are
equal numbers of listed buildings to unlisted buildings in this part of the conservation area.
Many of the buildings in this area are constructed of the prevalent building materials, which
are brick with either slate or pantile roofs. Some have slate to the front, street-facing, slope and
pantiles on the back slope. This is illustrated at 67a, 69 and 71 Church Street. In the past, slate
became fashionable and in some cases owners could not afford to cover both slopes of the roof
but just had their most prominent one slated. Unfortunately, non-traditional materials such as
concrete tiles, have also been used in this area.
Buildings of particular importance are the three storey former
farmhouses that can be seen gable end onto the road most of which
have a semicircular window. At 22 Easthorpe the window is a
complete original ‘Diocletian’ (or Thermal) window as it has two
vertical divisions.
There is no church within this area but there is one shop, at 21
Church Street. One early nineteenth century building, which has a
small-paned shop front, is 64 Church Street. Other traditional shop
fronts can be seen at 65 and 77 Church Street although these are all
now residential.
22 Easthorpe
There are a number of details that are characteristic of the area.
These include red brick, red pantiles, hipped roofs, small paned casement windows, vertical
sliding sash windows and Yorkshire sliding sash windows, six and four panelled doors with
traditional mouldings and ogee boot scrapers.
Easthorpe is built on poor alluvial clays and there
are some spectacular examples of subsidence as
seen at 28/30 Easthorpe.
28/30 Easthorpe
The erosion of the character of the conservation
area can be seen through the use of UPVC windows
and the use of new bricks that do not match older
bricks in terms of colour, texture etc.
Summary
• Appropriate natural materials should be used for any new development within this part of
the conservation area
Spaces, Landscape and Boundary Features
There are paddocks and fields to the south that are included within the conservation area to
conserve the setting of the area. These are important spaces that show how close to the
countryside the village’s buildings are. To the north of Easthorpe, one of these areas extends
along the dyke from 53 Church Street to Shady Lane. Another extends to the east of Inglenook
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