Appendix - Peak District National Park Authority

7.0 THE RELATIONSHIP OFSTRUCTURES AND SPACESGeneral7.1 Part of the special interest of Hathersagelies in its setting on the b ottom of the Derwe ntValley and within the cleft of The Dal e,surrounded on all sides by hills. This means thatfrom alm ost any lo cation within th e village, hill scan be seen above or b etween the buildings,providing a green ba ckdrop to the stonework.The Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angelssits higher up the hill on B ank Top, as a result ofwhich its tall spire can b e glimpsed a bove andbetween b uildings in many pa rts of theConservation Area.7.2 There is a distinct difference in characterbetween the eastern end and western end of theConservation Area: the eastern e nd extendsfrom the historic core on Church Bank and B ankTop and wit hin T he Dale, to the Pa rish Roomand th e M ethodist Chu rch ent rance on M ainRoad; the western end i ncludes the rest of theConservation Area, in cluding the Mill Lane an dBarnfields area at the south-western corner. Theremainder of this sectio n, therefo re, a ddressesthe two areas separately, to simplify description;the ea stern end i s separated into th e histo riccore and the east end of Main Road.Eastern end of the Conservation AreaHistoric Core7.3 The Church of St. Michael and All Angelsis a key focal point withi n the histori c co re ofHathersage, with the tall spire visible from muchof the eastern end of the Conservation Area. Thetall mill chimney at the bottom of The Dal emirrors the spi re at t he top, a nd the twostructures provide symmetry and frame thehistoric core between them.P7.1 The church & mill chimney frame thehistoric core7.4 The p redominance of l ocal buildingmaterials an d the verna cular scal e an d style ofbuildings in th is pa rt o f th e Co nservation Ar eamean that t he histo ric core of the settlementblends comfortably i nto the surroundinglandscape, with buff-coloured gritstone walls andbrown/grey roofs creatin g a fairly uniform col ourpalette throughout.7.5 In most pla ces the lan es are ed ged bystone walls, either boundary walls or the wall s ofthe buildi ngs themselves. The se stone wallsprovide a continuity that links the b uildings an dspaces thro ugh the historic core of thesettlement.7.6 There is no con sistent orientatio n o fbuildings and no regular layout within the historiccore. The area therefore has an informality to itscharacter. Properties clu ster hap hazardly upChurch Bank towards the church at the top of thehill, with differing orientations and heightsproviding variety to the scene. The Dal e bottomis characterised b y sh ort te rraces o f tw o- o rthree-storey cottages facing the road o n its northside, with the larger-scale buildings, including theformer mill building and the Scotsman’s Pack Innon the south side, p resenting larg ely b lank sideelevations to the lane.P7.2 Variety of orientations and heights ofproperties on Church Bank7.7 Bank T op i s characte rised by lon g-ranging views of the surro unding hills across therooftops of properties fu rther down the hill andpanoramic views to the west from the car park bythe church.7.8 The church i s p ositioned on the hig hestpoint of the ridge at Bank Top and dominates thenorth-eastern edge of the Con servation Area,blocking views to the so uth from the car p ark.The old Vi carage is also a domi nant featurehere, bl ocking views to t he we st; its frontagefaces away from the publi c domain, so t hat onlyits rear and side elevations are visible, giving it astrong sen se of privacy. Eastwo od House i slocated to the east within its own gro unds, and ispartially hidden behind mature trees, so that fromthe ca r p ark only its chim ney sta cks are visi bleabove the tre es. The re is a feeling of seclu sionand tranquillity here, with a sense of being in the29