Appendix - Peak District National Park Authority

overpowers Bank Cottages in terms of scale andmassing.Western end of the Conservation Area7.39 To the west of the ent rance to th eMethodist Ch urch, the historic character of th eConservation Area has bee n dimi nished bytwentieth ce ntury develo pment, reb uilding an dinfill. The t wentieth century development s on thesouth side of the road now occupy an area thatwas still mo stly open l and a s re cently as the1930s (se e Section 3, p hotograph 3.5). Th emodern world dominates here, with the extensiveforecourt of the pet rol station contrasting starklywith the more traditional properties on the northside of the road to the west of The Croft. Tarmacdominates here and at the entrance to The Croft,with a large area of hard su rfacing in front of theParish Room also contributing to the reduction inhistoric character in this pa rt of the Conservatio nArea.Area. Together these frame the western exit fromthe main commercial centre of the village.P7.18 Front-facing gables frame the western exitfrom the main commercial centre7.43 The bla ck-painted bell -tower to th eEducation Centre i s an i nteresting a rchitecturalfeature, silhouetted a gainst the green backdropof surrounding trees and hills when viewed fromboth east and west.P7.17 Petrol Station forecourt contrasts starklywith more traditional properties across the road7.40 To the west of The Crofts, the no rth sideof Main Road still retai ns element s of thesettlement’s traditional histori c streetscap e:buildings are con structed u sing t raditionalmaterials, largely in the local verna cular styleand o riented to face the roa d, with onl yoccasional, sm all spaces b reaking thecontinuous building lin e; the Royal Bank ofScotland a nd the Georg e Hotel are p ositionededge o n to the ba ck of the pavem ent and thesmaller buildi ngs to ea st and we st of the Bankare set b ack a short d istance b ehind sto neboundary walls, which themselves edge the backof the pavement.7.41 Looking ea st from this part of theConservation Area th e la rge, twentiet h centuryNatWest b uilding is prominent in t he streetscene, domi nating the smaller, old er, moretraditional verna cular b uildings nearby. Th ebuilding interrupts the softer line of the hill risingto the e ast, which would otherwise have formeda backdrop to the vista from here.7.42 Looking west, the front-facing g ables ofthe Royal Ba nk of Scotla nd mirror tho se of theGeorge Hotel, the Educa tion Ce ntre and theYouth Ho stel, just outsi de the ConservationP7.19 Trees form a backdrop to the EducationCentre Bell-tower7.44 The jun ction of Station Road and Mai nRoad is particularly wide, with broad pavements,so that the dominant element in the street sceneis tarmac.7.45 The George Hotel is a prominent featurewhen ente ring the Conservation Area fromStation Road. Its rebuilding in the early twentiethcentury in creased its foot print considerably a ndreduced it s hi storical and architecturalcoherence, so that it spread s a cross a nextensive area at the bottom of the hill on M ainRoad, dominating the street scene here.7.46 The Hood Broo k, of histori calsignificance to the in dustrial development of thesettlement from the begin ning of the n ineteenth34