Heritage Now #10

CASEWORK

Casework review

Ross Anthony

Matthew Saunders

Our casework officers Ross Anthony and Matthew Saunders highlight recent casework which demonstrates the broad range of work we do across buildings and places of all types and ages.

THE STATUTORY ROLE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND PLACES Historic Buildings and Places (HB&P) is recog nised as one of the National Amenity Societies un der the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 . This means we are a statutory consultee on applications for listed building consent in England and Wales. The government has reconfirmed this role in the recently updated Arrangements for handling heritage applications – notification to Historic England and National Amenity Societies and the Secretary of State (England) Direc tion 2021 . The direction requires all local planning authorities to consult the amenity societies on all applications involving the partial or total demoli tion of a listed building. Our remit covers build ings of all types and all ages.

boundary and protect the curtilage and local views around the church. The leisure centre was recently demolished and the proposed new restaurant would be located on the car park site next to the church, particularly close to the ruins at the rear, and would extend across part of the graveyard. The overall site is large and, if a drive-through is considered an appropriate town centre use, there is opportunity to locate the restaurant in a less sensitive area toward the port. Our opposition has been widely covered in the local media.

Proposed restaurant development in Dover (Planware, part of the application)

SECULAR CASEWORK BY ROSS ANTHONY

LAND NEXT TO THE RUINS OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES, DOVER, KENT

HB&P have objected to a scheme for a drive through restaurant at the base of Dover Castle next to the ruins of the 11th-century Church of St James (later used as a court for the Admiralty and the Barons of the Cinque Ports). The ruins with extensive graveyard, once situated within the old town walls of Dover, were badly damaged during in the second world war, but were preserved as a memorial − both are a scheduled monument and Grade II listed. The graveyard closed in 1862 and, after a brief programme of archaeology and burial removal in the 1970s, a car park was built along with a leisure centre to the south. The car park was not ideal but it did demarcate the graveyard

GARTHMYL HALL, GARTHMYL, MONTGOMERY, POWYS

The first house on the site was timber-framed and built during the late-17th century. This was re placed in 1762 by the present house which in turn was substantially remodelled in 1859. This work by James K. Colling introduced stone quoins, new fenestration, a pediment and Tuscan porch, as well as a service range to the rear and a conserva tory to the side. The Grade II building also sits

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