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Consultation DraftDurrington Conservation Area Appraisal and Management PlanFigure 16West End ManorFigure 17East End ManorFigure 18Bulford RoadArchitectural and historic qualities of buildingsDurrington has a broad range of buildings of quality which span a significant time frame. The survivalof the farmhouses which made up the essence of historic Durrington are important elements of theconservation area and display good use of materials and finishes.These former farmhouses can be easily divided into the formal, polite houses of the eighteenth andnineteenth centuries – Colins Farmhouse, West End Manor (figure 16) and Durrington Manor and themore vernacular but high quality of no.212 (East End Manor) (figure 17) a fine house dating from theC15th with significant phases of development and remodelling. In addition to this, The Old Rectoryis a confidently executed example of the Arts and Crafts movement.Unfortunately some of the true vernacular cottages have suffered from over restoration and/orunsympathetic replacements (windows, doors and roofs). This has in places significantly diminishedtheir historic value.Almost no agricultural buildings of any significant date survive, however the cob boundary wallswhich played such an important part in the agricultural character of early Durrington are still presentin parts and small pieces (see figure 5). These are important historic records.Durrington has also seen some unsympathetic new houses built within the conservation areaalthough two contemporary buildings of note, by Robert Townsend, display a confident use ofmodern materials in innovative and interesting ways – nos. 193 (figure 18) and 202 Bulford Road (seefigure 14) (despite the latter being rather unsympathetically placed within a former farmyard andcompromising the setting of the converted barn to the rear).Activity: prevailing and former usesThe settlement was formerly given over to a number of small farms, primarily located in the WestEnd. The East End has survivals of the modest cottages that would have housed the farm workersand trades which would have serviced the farmsteads and the associated manors.Presently, the conservation area is almost entirely residential. The exceptions being the offices locatedin the Red House complex, the Plough Inn, and the church. Additional pressure for residentialaccommodation in the conservation area (which is on the fringe of some large suburbandevelopments) is great and there is the potential for significant change through realising the fullpotential of sites.10
Durrington Conservation Area Appraisal and Management PlanConsultation DraftFigure 19 1 & 4 Cross StonesFigure 20Groups of Cottages to College RoadContribution made by key unlisted buildingsAppendix 1, Schematic Map 2 identifies the buildings which make a positive contribution to thecharacter and appearance of the conservation area. A list can be found in Appendix 4.There are two significant groups; Cottage Nos.1-4 Cross Stones (figure 19) and ‘The Old Rectory’ (seefigure 2) form an important part of the setting of the church and maintain enclosure to the streetfrontage. The Old Rectory in particular is a fine, well detailed Arts and Crafts house and is possibly ofsufficient quality to be added to the list of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest.The group of cottages to the College Road area are also of significance (figure 20), given theirinformal grouping, modest scale and character and vernacular materials and detailing. They arehowever compromised by the unfortunate use of modern materials, particularly uPVC windows.Prevalent local and traditional materialsThe predominantly chalk geology of the area has had a significant impact on the materials used inthe conservation area. In the absence of a good quality building stone, the traditional buildingmaterials were chalk cob and flint which was often combined with brick. The arable farming of thearea produced straw for thatch.Cob plays an important role in the character of the conservation area. There are a number ofsurvivals of cob cottages and boundary walls. Most of the walls have lost their traditional thatchcapping which has been replaced by clay ‘Bridgewater’ tiles. Salisbury District Council has produced1a separate leaflet on traditional materials used in the District. Reference should be made to thisdocument when considering the repair and maintenance of cob structures.There are some good examples of the use flint, notably St Mary’s Church, No.212 Bulford Road (EastEnd Manor) (figure 17) and Nos. .29 & 31 High Street (see figure 7), The flint is usually combinedwith brick used for quoins, window surrounds and banding although a few buildings including thechurch and No.212 (East End Manor) also incorporate various types of stone (Chilmark andGreensand) reflecting the higher status of these buildings.1Traditional Building Materials in Salisbury District, Salisbury District Council (2001)11
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