conservation area statement - Stroud District Council

CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT – CONSERVATION AREA NO. 16 – TOP OF TOWNSUB AREAS IN THE TOP OF TOWNWithin a Conservation Area, it is sometimespossible to identify parts of the Area, whichdiffer in character. Key factors in definingwhere one part of the Conservation Area differsfrom another include the density of buildings,and their relationship to one another and to thehighways. Where clear differences do exist,these are identified as sub-areas and theConservation Area is examined using thosesub-areas.Three areas have been identified as being subareaswithin the Top of the Town Study Area.See map 2.To a large extent, these sub-divisions reflect thehistorical evolution of the town centre.Changing tastes, styles and technicalcapabilities influenced the plan forms andbuilding sizes, creating pockets of not onlydiffering architectural styling, but also of variedscale, sense of enclosure and distinctivecharacter.Sub Area 1:The Old TownA large proportion of the StudyArea, taking in most of the Topof Towns ‘historic core’. Thiscovers most of the Western endof the Study Area, being Westof a line along Field Road,Trinity Road and Hollow Lane.Sub Area 2:The Brick QuarterThis covers over half the StudyArea, incorporating streets tothe east of the same line andincluding the two terraces atthe South end of Field Road.Sub Area 3:The Turn of the 20 th CenturyThis sub area is notconcentrated to one area butcomprises several smaller areaswithin the whole. These arethe hospital site off TrinityRoad, the school site offParliament Street and an areaoff Castle Street, which includesthe school and adjacentbuildings.Analysis: The Built Environment – Sub Areas Page 14