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History |
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The houses are Grade II listed buildings. Until 1994 there were no official protective measures in place to ensure the arhitectural integrity of the houses were preserved. Until this time the houses had been fortunate in that owners had largely not made any significant alterations. Over the years one of the owners, an Architect, had done much to draw the neighbouring owners attention to the importance of the architecture and in doing so probably mitigated much probable change. Two requests were made for listing, one in 1990 and another in 1992. On both these occasions the Department of the Enviroment turned down a request to add the properties to the satutory list. In 2001 the DCMS (Department for Culture Media and Sport) were requested to look again at considering the house group for listing. The merits of listing were supplemented by information provided by this web site and a site visit by English Heritage. In May 2001 the DCMS reached thier conclusions and added the house group to the statutory List as Grade II. |
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1993 - Deed of Covenant |
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The Deed of Covenant slightly pre-dated the Article 4 directiion. It included the restrictions covered in the Article 4 Direction and preserved the properties for future DCMS assessment. |
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1994 - Article 4 Direction |
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Following the failure of the listing request in 1992 an Article 4 Direction was succesfully applied by North Somerset Council in 1994. The Article 4 direction removed certain permitted development rights that are normally allowed under the Town and Country Planning General Development Order. In removing permitted devleopment rights the Article 4 ensures that owners have to apply for planning consent before carrying out the following: - 1. Enlargement, improvement or other alteration, including replacement frames to the windows or doors. 2. Addition or construction of porches outside any door or the construction of any building within the curtilage of the houses. 3. The change of the roof covering. This includes re-roofing, improvement, maintenance or alteration to the material or form. These measures are supplemented by a Deed of Covenant. |
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2001 - Grade II Listed Building |
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This covers the terrace of 4 houses and the single detached house. It provides protection to all aspects of the properties; the exterior and interior. In general the overall shape and form of the houses is designed to be protected, the roof to be preserved, the external wall colour, design and colour of windows and the unique external doors. Other external items that are protected are the original front boundary walls and gates. Internally, the marble fireplaces and window cills, parquet flooring, staircases, picture rails, skirtings and doors are also covered. In terms of the overall appearnace the listing sets out that Listed Building Consent must be applied for before any alteration is carried out - externally or internally. One of the listing aims is to preserve uniformity which is key to the design and appeal of the houses. |
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