Perk’s Field, Kensington Palace Gardens.
September 2012
Architectural History & Conservation
Kensington Palace Gardens.
Heritage Statement
Temporary Exhibition at Perk’s Field
Professor Timothy Mowl and Dr Carole Fry
Carried out for Decorex International
Architectural History & Conservation
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Introduction
AHC Consultants has been commissioned by Decorex International. We have been asked to provide
a Heritage Statement regarding the proposed temporary erection of marquees in relation to the annual
Decorex International Exhibition to be held in the grounds of Kensington Palace. The scheme would
include the erection of temporary marquees and ancillary event space for a period of 28 days.
The proposed site for this temporary event is Perk’s Field which lies to the south of Bayswater Road,
north of Kensington Palace and on the northwest boundary of Kensington Gardens. This Heritage
Statement provides an outline of the historical evolution and development of Perk’s Field within its
wider historical context. It will provide an assessment of the heritage significance of the application
site itself and its setting and will also consider the potential impacts of the proposed scheme.
This Heritage Statement, its writing, site visit and research, was undertaken in September 2012 and
any statements made within this report are based upon facts or reasonable assumptions, correct at the
time of writing. It should be read in conjunction with all other documents and statements forming the
full planning application.
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1 Description of Site
1.1
Perk’s Field is a rectangular-shaped piece of land situated at the northwest edge of
Kensington Park (see Plate 1). The site constitutes a grassed area which is currently used as sports
fields incorporating simple wire fencing. A row of trees to the north separates Perk’s Field from a car
park, beyond which are houses along Bayswater Road. To the south is another grassed field, to the
east is an avenue of trees and to the west the rear gardens of the houses along Kensington Palace
Gardens.
Plate 1 Perk’s Field
1.2
The whole application site lies within Kensington Gardens which is a Grade I registered
Historic Park or Garden and which forms the setting to the Grade I Kensington Palace. The first
extensive, formal gardens at Kensington were laid out in the 1690s by the famous 17th century
landscapers, George London and Henry Wise. The site also lies within the Royal Parks Conservation
Area.
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2 Outline Description and Rationale of Proposal
2.1
Planning permission is sought for the temporary erection of two exhibition marquees.
Marquee 1, the largest, would measure 150m in length by 50m in width and with an apex height of
12.1m. This would be orientated axially, north-south, within the site. Immediately adjacent to it
would be marquee 2 measuring 150m in length by 15m in width and with an apex height of 6.5m.
Marquee 2 would also run axially north to south in the site.
2.2
This temporary event space would enable the annual Decorex International Arts Exhibition to
be held within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, other open spaces within the Borough
not having been found to be suitable for this particular event.
2.3
The objectives of the application are to enable the event to go ahead successfully within the
Borough, in an entirely reversible manner and without causing any harm to the site. The application
incorporates such measures as to ensure that, once the event is over, and all temporary structures have
been dismantled and removed from site, the site would be completely restored to its existing
condition.
2.4
It should be noted that the organisers wish to retain the Decorex Exhibition within the Royal
Borough. A co-operative and symbiotic relationship within the field of art has been forged between
Kensington and Chelsea, known as a centre for the arts, and the Decorex International Arts
Exhibition. The organisers wish to continue to build upon this base, enhancing the artistic and creative
opportunities within the Borough.
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3. Legislative Background
The Act
3.1
The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 provides specific
protection for buildings and areas of special architectural or historic interest. Section 7 of the Act
requires applicants to apply for and obtain consent for the demolition of a listed building or for works
of extension or alterations which would affect its character as a listed building. It is considered that
listed building consent would not be necessary in this instance since no part of the Exhibition would
be physically fixed to a listed building.
3.2
Section 16 and 66 of the Act require that where the setting of a listed building could be
affected by any proposed development, [whether temporary or permanent] that the Local Authority
must have special regard to the desirability of preserving that setting.
3.3
Local Authorities are also required, under section 69 of the Act, to designate as conservation
areas and areas of special architectural or historic interest the character of appearance of which it is
desirable to preserve.
3.4
A planning application at Perk’s Field will need to address the conservation area and its
setting, the setting of any listed buildings in the vicinity and the registered Kensington Gardens. It
will also need to identify any archaeological assets in the area.
National Planning Policy Framework
3.5
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) came into effect on 27 March 2012 and
sets out the Government’s planning policy for England. Several policies of the NPPF are relevant to
the current proposal and need to be taken as material considerations in assessing this application.
Section 12 of the NPPF, ‘Conserving and enhancing the historic environment and heritage assets,
relates specifically to the management of heritage assets.
3.6
The NPPF places great emphasis on the importance of assessing the significance of heritage
assets before making decisions concerning their management and or any proposed development
affecting the asset or its setting. Under the NPPF, Local Authorities require applicants submitting
applications which may affect the significance of a heritage asset to describe this significance. The
level of detail required in an application must be proportionate to the asset’s importance, but no more
than is sufficient to understand the potential impact on its significance.
3.7
The NPPF goes on to make it clear that, in determining applications, local planning
authorities should take account of:
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The desirability of sustaining and enhancing the significance of heritage assets and putting
them to viable uses consistent with their conservation;
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The positive contribution that conservation of heritage assets can make to sustainable
communities including their economic vitality: and
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The desirability of new development making a positive contribution to local character and
distinctiveness
Regional Planning Policy
3.8
The Mayor’s London Plan 2011 constitutes the regional level of policies for Kensington and
Chelsea. This plan supports the policies of the NPPF with regard to heritage. Policy 7.9B states that
‘the significance if heritage assets should be assessed when development is proposed and schemes
designed so that the heritage significance is recognized both in their own right and as catalysts for
regeneration’
Local Policies
3.9
As part of its Local Development Framework, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
adopted its Core Strategy on 8 December 2010. This contains its key policies with regard to the
historic environment of the Borough. Also relevant are the retained policies of the now superseded
Unitary Development Plan (adopted 25 May 2002). The most relevant heritage policies are set out
below.
Unitary Development Plan retained Policies
CD13 states that any new buildings in the Royal Borough which can be seen from Kensington
Gardens…are to be designed so as not to exceed the general height of buildings, excluding post-war
blocks, and to pay regard to tree lines
CD14 states that the Council will ensure that any new buildings do not impose themselves as an
unsympathetic backcloth to Kensington Palace, particularly when viewed from the east across round
Pond.
CD63 states that the Council will consider the effect of a proposal on views identified in the Council’s
Conservation Area Proposals Statement and generally, into, and out of, Conservation areas, and the
effect of development on sites adjacent to such areas.
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Core Strategy
Policy CL3 states that the Council will require development to preserve and to take opportunities to
enhance the character or appearance of Conservation Areas, historic places, spaces and townscapes
and their setting.
Policy CL4 states that the Council will require development to preserve or enhance the specific
architectural or historic interest of listed buildings, scheduled ancient monuments and their settings,
and to conserve and protect sites of architectural interest
Policy CR3 states that The Council will require opportunities to be taken… to create places that
support outdoor life…
In respect of the temporary use of open spaces it will require that the occasional use of Parks and
gardens…for special events as long as they have no adverse impact on
(ii) the setting of historic listed buildings
(iii) the setting of Registered Park and Gardens
(iv) the character and appearance of conservation areas
Policy CR5 states that the Council will protect, enhance and make the most of existing parks, gardens
and open spaces and require new, high quality outdoor spaces to be provided. To do this the Council
will
(b) resist development which has an adverse effect upon…sites which are listed in the Register of
Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.
Conservation Area Appraisal
3.10
Perk’s Field lies within the Royal Parks Conservation Area and is therefore subject to the
plans and policies of the Kensington Palace Conservation Area Proposal Statement.
English Heritage Guidance
3.11
The key guidance document relating to this application is ‘Temporary Structures in Historic
Places’ published in 2010. This document recognizes the value that the use of temporary structures
can have in historic places, in terms of affording better understanding of the historic asset(s),
improving access for all to the site, generating important cultural and social benefits and enabling the
site to have a useful economic function which, in turn, could help to secure its long-term future.
3.12
The document also sets out the necessity for good and thoughtful design which takes into
account the importance of its environment and which responds to its historic context in terms of
precise location within the site, height, form, materials and colour of the temporary buildings.
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3.13
The guidance document makes it clear that English Heritage supports a balanced planning
response to the erection of temporary buildings in historic places. In this report reference has also
been made to English Heritage’s guidance document concerning the setting of Heritage Assets,
published in 2011.
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4.0 Historical Development of the Site and its Heritage Assets
4.1
The relevant Historic Environment Record (HER) for this application site is the Greater
London Historic Environment Record (GLHER). A search of the HER has revealed a number of
designated heritage assets which are listed in Appendix 1. Non designated assets also need to be
considered in this application and these are listed at Appendix 2.
Archaeological Outline
Prehistoric to Medieval
4.2
The nature of the proposed application is such that it is considered that it would not be
harmful to the archaeological assets at the application site or indeed the wider context of Kensington
Palace or Gardens. Therefore, this analysis is based solely upon a desktop study of the area including
a search of the GLHER. This section relates to a 100m zone around the precise, red-lined application
site.
4.3
The Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has been occupied since the Palaeolithic period due
to its proximity to the Thames with its gravel terraces on the northern banks of the river. This lowlying, protected Wealden environment, was well-wooded and would have been ideal for early settlers
engaged in a hunting and gathering subsistence. The site of Kensington Gardens itself lies at the
sheltered base of the south and west slopes of Campden Hill.
4.4
Probable Mesolithic finds include residual worked flints, and a stone axe. Bradley, T (2003)
provides further analysis and suggests that these finds imply a short-term Mesolithic occupation of
this immediate area. The stone axe was discovered during trial excavations for the Princess of Wales
Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park.
4.5
From this period onwards the fertile Thameside area was farmed and evidence for field
systems dating to the early Bronze Age and Iron Age has been found at the playground site within
Kensington Gardens, just east of Perk’s Field, and in Hyde Park at the Princess of Wales Memorial
Fountain. Further archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement on this land is provided by an
excavation at Vicarage Gate House to the south-west of Perks field. This led to the recording of three
palaeo-channels running northeast to southwest, a hollow-way dating from the Bronze Age, an Iron
Age field system (‘V’-shaped ditch and possible ring ditch), a Mesolithic or Neolithic flint, pottery
dating from the Bronze-age and Roman pottery sherds. A Romano-British farmstead was also
recorded at the site of the Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, perhaps implying a wider Roman
occupation of the Kensington Gardens area.
4.6
This theory of wider Roman occupation is supported by the presence of ghost lines of two
Roman roads running from the Roman City of London, which lay approximately 6km to the east of
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the application site. This Roman city formed the basis of what is today the City of London. Holland
Park Avenue, Nottinghill Gate and the Bayswater Road all follow the route of the first Roman road,
which ran from Colchester to Silchester; and the second road is now Oxford Street and appears to
emanate from what was the Roman City. The Kensington area began as two medieval settlements
which straddled these two roads.
4.7
By the medieval era some of the agricultural homesteads of prehistoric and Saxon settlers
lying in what is now the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, had become organised into land held
and administered by Westminster Abbey. Land currently occupied by Kensington Gardens also
formed part of the holding of Westminster Abbey. This land was divided into three Manors (Hyde,
Neyt and Eyebury). A Manor house somewhere within this larger area was recorded in 1386 but
knowledge of its exact location does not survive and there is no evidence that it falls within the
Kensington Palace site.
4.8
Southwest of Perk’s Field was the Vicarage of St Mary Abbots. This appears to have been
constructed in 1610 and was rebuilt in 1744 when Vicarage Gate/Kensington Church Street was
constructed. To the northwest of the application site was a village present in both medieval and postmedieval times and known as Knotting Hill Gate as derived from its earlier name, recorded in 1356,
‘Knottynghull’.
Historical and Architectural Outline
Elizabethan to present day
4.9
Kensington and its environs has been popular since Elizabethan times for its healthy air and
distance from the City. At this time it is known to have had extensive market gardens and spas. It
was chosen as a site for several large, grand houses including that which became the site for the
present-day Kensington Palace.
4.10
By 1605 a Jacobean Mansion was being constructed on the site that is now Kensington
Palace. This was built for George Coppin, Clerk of the Crown, by John Thorpe. It was orientated on a
north-south axis and was based upon a long hall of two storeys with a semi basement. This Jacobean
mansion now forms the core of Kensington Palace. Eventually the house passed to the earls of
Nottingham and it was Daniel Finch, 3rd earl of Nottingham, who sold the house in 1689 for £20,000
to King William III who, suffering from asthma, wished to buy a country residence away from
London. The architect and polymath, Christopher Wren, was employed by the King to enlarge and
improve the mansion. Wren was then commissioned a second time, as Surveyor of the Kings works,
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when more remodelling was carried out after 1694. Queen Mary had died in 1694 and shortly
afterwards Kensington became King William’s principal residence.
4.11
Further works of remodelling and upgrading were once again carried out between 1718 and
1726 as initiated by the nefarious William Benson, Wren’s deposer and successor as Surveyor to the
Office of Works.
4.12
Land was appropriated from Hyde Park in 1689 and again in 1694 for the creation of formal
gardens for the residence, which only became known as Kensington Palace in the eighteenth century.
By 1689/90 King William had constructed a road, running to the north-east of the application site,
which connected the palace to Whitehall. Now called ‘Rotten Row’, it was originally known as
‘Route de Roi’ or ‘Kings Way’ and, illuminated by three hundred lanterns, was the first lit road in the
country.
4.13
Queen Mary was responsible for initiating the creation of what is now Kensington Gardens.
She employed the famous and, at the time, very fashionable, landscape gardeners George London and
Henry Wise. The scheme was fashionably Dutch in style, incorporating the use of formal flower beds
and parterres. During Queen Anne’s reign landscape gardening began to move away from the strict
formality of the Baroque period and started to lean very slightly towards a more informal style.
Between 1704 and 1711 Queen Anne allowed Henry Wise to improve and refine his previous scheme
and this involved the removal of some formal elements and the creation of a contrived wilderness
within a sunken terrace garden. Between 1704 and 1705 the Orangery was built and is an important
essay in the English Baroque style. This grand building was designed by Christopher Wren and built
by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
4.14
As part of the move towards more informal landscapes (which would eventually provide
context for proto-Palladian houses) water features became more prolific. This fascination with water
features was in part a result of George I’s garden at Herrenhausen in Hanover and was a pre-cursor to
the neo-Palladian movement which was about to burst upon the English architectural scene. As part of
the alterations to Kensington Gardens in this first decade of the eighteenth century, Wise introduced at
least ten ponds in the east of the park which were later amalgamated into what is now Round Pond
and Long Water. A rectangular canal was also introduced to the West. More land was appropriated
from Hyde Park to supplement the expanding landscape and to provide a foil for several new garden
buildings.
4.15
By the late 1720s much of Henry Wise’s landscape had been swept away to accommodate
Charles Bridgeman’s new gardens, created under the aegis of Queen Caroline. It was during this
period of alteration that Bridgeman separated Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens by the use of a ha
ha. His vistas, lawns and walks replaced much of Queen Anne’s formality and the Westbourne River
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was used to create the Serpentine and Long Water in Hyde Park. Both of these water bodies were part
of the more naturalistic, informal style which was gradually replacing the old Dutch style of
gardening. Much of Bridgeman’s scheme survives today consisting of a semi-formal garden crisscrossed with intersecting walks and paths focussed on terminating viewpoints such as Round Pond.
4.16
The Gardens did not remain static during the eighteenth and nineteenth century however and
further alterations were carried out by William Forsyth, employed in 1748, as ‘Gardener to the King
at Kensington’; George Rennie between 1825 and 1828 (who constructed the Serpentine Bridge) and
in the 1840s when flower walks and nurseries were established.
4.17
Despite Queen Victoria’s preference for Buckingham Palace alterations to the Gardens at
Kensington continued and flower walks and nurseries were established here. In 1860 Long Water was
embellished by the addition of the Italianate Fountain, in the style of Osborne House, the Queen’s
favourite residence on the Isle of Wight. Many other listed buildings adorn the park and the
boundaries of Kensington Gardens.
4.18
In the twentieth century very little was carried out in the Gardens until the construction of the
Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain. What remains today at Kensington is very much the
basis of Bridgeman’s garden plan, overlaid with later eighteenth and nineteenth century alterations.
Today the park is approximately 111 hectares of mainly grass intersected with paths and rides coupled
with the formal gardens immediately around Kensington Palace (east of the building).
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5 Setting
5.1
Perk’s Field lies entirely within Kensington Gardens on its north-western edge. The Palace is
located immediately south of Perk’s Field. Although within the boundary of Kensington Gardens, the
application site lies outside the main formal gardens, and has no historic garden features, paths, rides,
planned viewpoints or garden buildings within its boundary. It is simply an open grassed area used
for sport. However, the setting of the site is important as any development at Perk’s Field could have
an impact upon the registered Kensington Gardens, Kensington Palace and, or the nearby listed
buildings along Kensington Palace Gardens (see Appendix 1).
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6 Statement of Significance
6.1
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that
‘Local Planning Authorities should identify and assess the particular significance of any heritage asset
that may be affected by a proposal (including by development affecting the setting of a heritage asset)
taking account of available evidence and any necessary expertise. They should take this assessment
into account when considering the impact of a proposal on a heritage asset, to avoid or minimise
conflict between the heritage asset’s conservation and any aspect of the proposal.’(para 129).
6.2
Kensington Gardens are registered as Grade I. This means that they are of exceptional
national interest. Kensington Palace is similarly listed as Grade I and is also of exceptional national
interest and arguably of international interest given its link with the Royal Family. Historically and
architecturally both Palace and Gardens are of the highest significance and any application affecting
the assets needs to take account of this significance (see Plate 2).
Plate 1 Kensington Gardens
6.3
However, as with most heritage assets of this size and complexity, not all parts of the site
have the same significance or historic merit. Perk’s Field is part of the site that is of far less
significance than many other parts of the site. It is an outlying field on the edge of Kensington
Gardens and falls outside the formal, designed landscape which was created specifically to be a
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setting and pleasure park for the Palace. In considering this application it is important to note that no
architectural or historic features, no garden features, rides, paths, walks, viewpoints or garden
buildings fall within the application site. Perk’s Field is simply an open grassed area used for sports
pitches or large scale events and exhibitions. Indeed its long history with such uses underlines its lack
of significance in the context of the overall historic site.
6.4
It is considered that, despite being within Kensington Gardens, the value and significance of
Perk’s Field lies less in its association with the Grade I Gardens and more with its relationship to the
nearby listed buildings which are located outside the Gardens. The listed buildings in Kensington
Palace Garden, that abut Kensington Gardens itself, were built in the Victorian period as country
villas from which their occupants could travel to the City but reside in rural Kensington. These villas
gained prestige and status through their proximity to the Gardens and it is important that the visual
and historical links between the villas and the Gardens are not lost (see Plates 3 and 4).
Plate 3 Villas along Kensington Palace Gardens
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Plate 4 Villas along Kensington Palace Gardens
6.5
The open and undeveloped nature of Perk’s Field preserves the rural atmosphere and setting
of the listed villas, maintaining the openness of their original siting, on the edge of the park. Although
neutral in terms of its contribution to the Gardens, the Palace or the conservation area, the openness
and rural character it lends to the setting of the villas is a key function of Perk’s Field. The visual
relationship between Perk’s Field and the houses along Bayswater Road is almost non-existent, the
Gardens being hidden from view from this vantage point.
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7 Impact of the Proposed Application.
7.1
The proposal would involve the temporary erection of a large marquee and three ancillary,
smaller marquees to service the Decorex International Art Exhibition. The entire exhibition,
including set up and dismantling time, and the incorporation of any remedial works to the ground that
may be required to return the site to its current condition, would last for 28 days.
7.2
In its guidance English Heritage has highlighted the need for a reasonable and balanced
response to applications for temporary structures, particularly where they raise the profile of a
heritage asset or secure greater public access to it. This same guidance also stresses the need for the
sensitive siting of any temporary structures and for any mitigating measures to be undertaken.
7.3
With this guidance in mind the Decorex organisers have carefully selected the Perk’s Field
site as an area within the registered gardens which has far less significance than most other areas.
Located on the very edge of the Gardens and visually separated from Kensington Palace by a complex
of buildings (Wren House and others) it is considered that this is one of the least harmful sites that the
exhibition could be located. Perk’s Field has been used on many occasions for similar large events or
for municipal sports and, this being so, it is understood that the Local Planning Authority also
recognises Perk’s Field’s relatively low level of significance and also its suitability for such events.
7.4
The presence of the proposed marquees in otherwise open, undeveloped land would have a
visual impact upon the adjacent parkland. Views and glimpses of the marquees would be visible from
the north-west corner of the Orangery (see Plate 5). Perhaps more important however would be the
visual impact upon the listed early-Victorian villas located in Kensington Palace Gardens, whose rear
gardens back onto this part of the park. However the impact would be mitigated by the carefully
designed sides of the marquee, which have been superimposed with images of trees and parkland (see
Design and Access Statement). This visual impact would be experienced for only a few days, far less
than the 28 days of allowed for the exhibition in total, since this time allows for erection and
dismantling of the buildings as well (see Design and Access Statement for exhibition dates and
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construction / de-construction timetable).
Plate 5 Wren and Hawksmoor’s Orangery
7.5
There are no known archaeological remains or features within the Perks Field site.
Nevertheless the temporary structures would be fixed to the ground without the need for any belowground fixings, excavation or soil disturbance.
7.6
In terms of the impact of the proposals on the conservation area, Perk’s Field is identified in
the Proposals Statement as making a ’neutral’ contribution to the special character and appearance of
the Conservation area. The visual intrusion caused by the marquees would be mitigated by the use of
the designed exteriors of the marquee but there would still be a level of visual intrusion to the
conservation area where it abuts the site. However this would be temporary and, due to the presence
of treelines to the north, east and, sporadically, to the west, his impact would be limited in its extent.
7.7
The positive impacts of the proposed temporary development must also be considered in
order for a balanced planning decision to be reached. In previous years the Decorex Exhibition has
attracted 10,000 visitors. These numbers would be expected again in 2013 providing an increase in
public awareness of, and visitors to, the heritage assets within the Kensington Gardens site, not just to
Perk’s Field. Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough is committed to improving access to such sites
as well as to taking opportunities to both use and enhance its outdoor spaces. This exhibition would
do both.
7.8
The temporary nature of the event coupled with its reversibility and ability to bring wider,
long-lasting tourism benefits to the heritage assets of Kensington Park weigh heavily in favour of this
scheme which is supported by Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace.
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8 Conclusion
8.1
Kensington Palace and Gardens are of exceptional national interest. The impact of any
proposed development needs to be carefully considered in light of these designations.
8.2
The scheme put forward here has the potential to attract many more visitors to the wider site
and to raise awareness of the importance of Kensington Palace and its environs. The proposed
temporary marquees would have no physical impact upon any listed buildings, garden features, or
upon any below-ground archaeology of the site. There would however be visual impacts within the
abutting Park and some glimpses of the marquees from the east. There would also be impacts upon
the settings of several listed buildings, mainly those located along Kensington Palace Gardens whose
rural setting would be partially (but temporarily) impaired. Mitigating measures have been put in
place to limit these impacts.
8.3
Any impacts from the Exhibition would be temporary in nature and the site would be restored
to its original condition within 28 days.
8.4
The temporary nature of the event coupled with its reversibility and ability to bring wider,
long-lasting tourism benefits to the heritage assets of Kensington Park weigh heavily in favour of this
scheme which is supported by Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace.
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Appendix 1 Designated Heritage Assets
Scheduled Ancient Monuments
Kensington Palace
NHL 1002038
Listed Buildings
Kensington Palace
Grade 1
NHL 1223861
The Orangery at Kensington Palace
Grade 1
NHL 1223783
12 Kensington Palace Gardens
Grade II*
NHL 1223941
10&12 Palace Court
Grade II*
NHL 1065877
North Lodge
Grade II
NHL 1223938
Elfin Oak
Grade II
NHL1376784
Upper Stables
Grade II
NHL1223936
Gate Piers/wall to right of U. Stables
Grade II
NHL 1223937
6 & 7 Kensington Palace Gdns
Grade II
NHL 1223939
9 Kensington Palace Gdns
Grade II
NHL1224035
10 Kensington Palace Gdns
Grade II
NHL1267053
11 Kensington Palace Gdns
Grade II
NHL 1224065
12A Kensington Palace Gdns
Grade II
NHL1224080
13 Kensington Palace Gdns
Grade II
NHL 1266971
2 Palace Court
Grade II
NHL 1065876
4 Palace Court
Grade II
NHL 1357500
14 Palace Court
Grade II
NHL 1357501
10 & 11 Orme Square
Grade II
NHL 1266261
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Non-designated Heritage Assets
Mesolithic Stone Axe
MO9690
V-profiled ditch containing pottery from the Late bronze age, early iron age
MLO74297
Three Palaeo-channels
MLO77438
Bronze Age hollow way (field boundary)
ML078005
Early Iron Age ditches (field system)
MLO78006
Roman Road
MLO14883
Roman Road
MLO11208
Possible feature containing Roman/Medieval pottery
MLO74298
Land held by Abbey of Westminster
MLO18384
Knotting Hill Gate medieval village
MLO18384
Medieval Church Street
MLO12536
Medieval Knotting Hill Gate (road)
MLO12537
Vicarage of St Mary Abbots Church
MLO12525
Site of Nottingham House
MLO23442
Nottingham House conduit system
MLO39222
Infilled ponds (pre Wise)
MLO67348
Post-medieval quarry pit
MLO74299
Post-medieval foundation
MLO74300
Section of Serpentine path
ML074301
18th C Gravel pits/ 19th C over-layer
MLO077451
Foundations, extraction pits, 18th and 19th C ground deposits
MLO78008 and MLO77708
Albert Memorial
MLO94462
Possible WW2 Bomb Craters
MLO67339
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