BostonGonservation
Area
Pleasenotethatthe boundaryoutlinedin orangeon the firstmap(BostonConservation
Area
2012)is the currentconservation
area.
The nextdocuments
and mapsarefor information
onlyanddo notconstitute
a completerecord
of the listingandsubsequent
amendments.
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INILOIUQI]OL
Town jrr Holland and is classified
Boston is the principal
in the
Council for Britlsh
Archeol-ogy Lists as havi:rg an ancient t"*, pL;;with ancient and Geoxgian Bridge cr.ossiags and approaches. tt is
a'
tov,'11,possessing a rnajor eccl-esiasti-cal site arrd meaiaeval
waterfront
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to
th century and Georgia^ri and Regency brdldings
worthy of preserrration.
The conservation area is deslgnated on the resolution
of the County
Planning Comuittee and the council of the Borough of Boston.
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The conserwation area includes those parbs of Soston which it is
consid.ered-, with their opecial qualities
of architectural
ald histo::i-c
interest
a:rd tonnscape, give the tonn its indlvidual
character and identity.
The are.a is centred on the Parish Church of St. Botolph (hrowr as
3o9t9n Stump) a ltrnd and s earnark for many ni1es, and the l,{arket p1ace,
which, ldth its superb sense of enclosure and sequences of space, fo:ms
an unusuall.y cornplete focus of vlsual
interest
for the whole tovrir.
To the,east of the Market Place are the r'laneslr. These are part
the
med,j.aeval tornm pattern and are footv;ays wl::ioh Lead dom frln
of
the
Market Place to Punp Square, a space of pleasing proportions,
par.bially
spoilt by present day cond.itions.
North-east of the Market Place is
Bargate, where extrene
Strait
nafforiness and. inti,nacy p::ovide an irrterssti-ng
curved fuanel linki:rg
the
Market Place and trYlde Sargate.
wide BaJgate is an irnmense triangular
open
' spaoe
sufounded by pleasing buj-rding frontages and comprislng the cattie
narhetr the rrGreenrr, Vle<inesdaymarke.t and car parking ficilities.
ALso includoC arei [gl4gqqg,
a na]:row intjmate
street
renai-ning fron
the nediaeval tor.ltr layout and lead!-ng array fron the peaceful area
sunound in6 tho parish church.
- a tight
Church Strge_t aqg-glp[-!*
cluster_of ,br,lildings ald rr."""o" GETJ:foffi[
one side of the Market
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J!{e_qt_q.4q!!!!E_[q]l&re possesslng manylistcd buildings
oJ' great charo.cter and interesti-ng possibilities
for sF0pethetic
red.cveloprent.
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The nediaevaL entrance to
the centre 01' the tonn and tl€ norc recent river crossing.
linally
the
guiet pcaceful surround.ings of the Stump and flrat part oi ttrc rivei
(here ca11ed the Haven) which 6ives the to-Jn its nautical- flavour.
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Starting fron Haven Bank the boundary proceeds dolvn the westerar sid.e
of the river adjoining, in one pLace, the boundary to tho Irincoln lane
Redevelopnent Area. It then includes the Whi-teHart Hotel- prenrises,
I{atter Lrane, Snery Lane and 3rid6o Street, prooeedi-ngeastrvarclsalong
West Street and. southvrard.s to include the frontage to Hi6h Street as
far as tr'yd.e11
Crescent. The river is then inc}uded as far south as the
new llaven Sridge.
Northwards from this point both sides of South Square are included
together with parbs of Spain L,ane, Spain Court includjrr6 the St. Maryrs
Guil-dhal1 and the Sl"ackfriars t lriary vrhioh has now been successfuJ-J-y
converted. to a theatre.
The frontage to south street and shodfriors Halr
is then includecl together with Pump Square - and fithe lanes" cornprising
Craythorpe Lane, Grantts Lane, Stil-l- Lane, Cornhill
Lane, Dolphin lane,
Bonners lane a.nclpart of Petticoat
Lane. This section al-so includes the
whole eastern side of the lr{arket Place.
Strait
Bargate are included together vrith ttre
The frontages to
whole of the builclings forrdng the enclosure of the Wide Bargate area.
The boundary then proceeds fron
Strait
Bargate to inclurle part of
New Street ancl follows !'ountain Lane to include the Seosions House and
Cor:nty Hall frorn v;here it includes Wormgate and joins up a6ain across
the river
at Flaven 3a.nlc.
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Thc area lndicated is considered to be that rvhich, with its special
architecturaf
and historic
interest
i-s nainl_y responsible for giving
the tom its individual
character and identity.
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Additional
weLcome publlc participation
in planning p:rccesses will
be incurred.due to the necessity, undei conserxation area legislation,
for the L.,ocal- Planning Authority
to ad.vertise in the l_ocal press for
representations
in respect of any application
for plannilg pernission,
whioh lrill affect the appeara-nce of architectural
and historic
character
of the area,
should be sympathetic 5-n desigr and
New developnent or a.lterations
materials lrith its setting,
and t}. is can best be achieved by an
intensification
of the norrnal methods of d.evelopnrent oontrol by the
Local Plarining Author:ity and by enoouragin6 prospdctive cleveloper to
consult the authority
in the preliminary
stages of their schenes before
plans are prepared for submission.
The l,ocal Authorities
can afso contribute by re-routing
traffic
wherever possible to achieve a rcduction in the a.mount usiag the area.
This *i11 be coupled with the irnplications
of the approved. Toun Centre
Red.evelopnenb Plan (i.e.
relief
road, pedestrianisation
ald rear
servace,l .
buildings
fmprovement schemes rrilL be encouraged. for existing
together vith an iruprovement i-n traffic,
tlirectional
and other signs,
street lightin6
etc., uader the control of loca1 authorities
and
'dth other
statutory
unclerte,l(ers. Co-operation will be forthconing
authoritics
in respect of items l*r-ich help to make up the street scene
and a Later detailed
exauination
of aIL aspects lriLl talce place 5n
those localitics
shere action is required.
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The Departments of the Environment
and Transport;
East Midlands Regional Offi ce,
Cranbrook House,
Cranbrook Street,
NOTTINGHAM.
8th August , 1984.
Dear Sirs,
BOSTON CONSERVATION AREA - EXTENSION.
The Council have recently considered a reporE v,/ith
regard to extending the Boston Conservation Area.
On
the 23rd Ju1y, 1984, the Council resolved to extend
the Area as shown on the enclosed map,
The Council were saEisfied that the criteria
referred to
i n S e c t i o n 2 7 7 o f t h e T o w ns - - .C1 o u n t r y p l a n n i n g A c t , I 9 7 I ,
qs amended by the Town and County AmeniEies Act, L974,
had been met and notices, as per copy attached will
appear
in the London Gazetfe and Ehe local newspaper shortly.Yours fai thful lv.
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Chief
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Executive I
*HEN .ALUNG oR TELE'H.N,NG.pLEAsEAsK FoR Miss.
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N O T I C E I S H E R E B YG I V E N t h a t t h e B o s t o n B o r o u e h C J u n c i I h a v e
designated addiEional parts of Boston descriSed in the schedule
hereEo as an area of special architectural
or historic
interest
the characEer or appearance of which it is desirable
Co preserve
or enhance.
A plan showing the extended boundaries of fhe
Conservation Area c.an be seen at the Municipal Buildings,
Boston,
during normal office
hours.
Any. pers-on wishing t'o demoltsh the whole or part of a building
within the original
or exlended Conservation Area musE first
apply for consent to the Council,
Such application
may be made
separately or as part of an applicationfor
planning permission
for Ehe redevelopment of the aife.
Any person proposing to do work on trees within the Conservation
Area, which are noE already protected by a Tree Preservation
Order, must give the Council six weeks notice of their intention,
SCHEDULE
THE CONSERVATION
AREA IS EXTENDED:
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From South End to
Skirbeck Road.
include
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Johns Chutchyard
to include Grove Street
SouEhwards at West SCreet to include
bui ldings .
Municipal Buildings,
BOSTON,
Lincolnshire.
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a group of listed
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