Appendix - Peak District National Park Authority

century, now ha s little impact on theConservation Area, a s it i s hidden from view o nthe south side of the road.7.47 The bend in the road near the entranceto Barnfield s prevents v iews into the maincommercial centre of the settlement from thewestern boundary to the Conservation Area. Thegable end of The Cottage, set at a slight angle tothe back of the paveme nt, with its north-we stcorner proje cting towa rds the ben d in t he ro ad,prevents vie ws to wards the boun dary fromfurther east.7.48 The only element of the forme r BarnfieldWorks that h as a n impa ct on the ConservationArea on entering from t he west, is the tallchimney, as the mill buildings are set at a lowerlevel, down a long, en closed d rive. From here,hills a ppear above rooftops in mo st d irections,although the hills to the south, visibl e above theroofs of the mill buildings, are now dominated bytwentieth century development.7.49 The rem aining se ction of the Atla sWorks, pa rtially hidden at the re ar of theEducation Centre, retain s its ninetee nth ce nturyindustrial appearance, contrasting with the mo remodern b uilding in front o f it in both h eight an darchitectural style. The building, together with thenineteenth century industrial terrace at DowningRow on the other sid e of Main Road, are asignificant re minder of Hathersag e’s i ndustrialinheritance.7.50 Looking do wn Main Road f rom t heEducation Centre, the road ahe ad seem s todisappear into the hills that lie directly to the eastof the Conservation Area boundary.P7.20 View east from the Education Centre7.51 Higger Tor can b e glim psed thro ugh agap in the hills above the roof of Cliffe Cottage,when ente ring the Conservation Area fromJaggers L ane. There is n o view into t he rest ofthe Co nservation Area f rom here an d the ga bleends of Cliff e Cottag e a nd Downing Cottagecreate a gateway int o an d out of theConservation Area, frami ng views of the hills tothe south-east.P7.21 Higger Tor above the rooftop of CliffeCottage7.52 St. Michael’ s Rom an Catholic Church ,set at the bo ttom of a long, tree-lin ed drive, isalmost entirely hidden from the public domain.7.53 The cluster of small buildi ngs at Elliottsand Brook Cottage are dwarfed by the Little JohnHotel and E ducation Ce ntre, whi ch rise ab ovetheir roofs to the south and west respectively.7.54 The ga ble e nd of the fo rmer barn t oHathersage House, toget her with Ba nk Hou sejust outside the Co nservation Area an d the LittleJohn Hotel, act a s a visu al gateway o ut of theConservation Area, with the inn preve nting viewssouth alo ng Station Ro ad from it s ju nction withMain Road.7.55 Oddfellows Ro w, ju st outside theConservation Area, is po sitioned at right-anglesto Station Road, facing south. Altho ugh no wbarely visi ble from the publi c do main, thisindustrial te rrace pre-date s some of t he oth erterraces nearby, in cluding tho se within theBarnfield Mill complex and can be seen standingalone alongside Station Road and surrounded byfields on the 1880 Ordnance Survey Map (Figure6). The te rrace i s impo rtant as a relict o fHathersage’s indust rial pa st, as well a s havingassociations with the Oddfellows Society.7.56 Mill Lane is edged by the Hood Brook onits western side. Trees on the further bank of thestream, together with the tall, relatively blank rearelevation of the Little John Hotel, en close thelane a nd p revent views of the rest of thesettlement to the east. The tall chimney ofBarnfield Mill can b e gli mpsed from here, butlends a neglected feel to the Conservation Areaat this point, as it app ears slightly dilapidated,with trees growing out of the top. This area, oncefull of noisy, dirty indust rial activity, now lie squietly at the e dge of the settlement, thedominant sound that of the stream.35