Hartsop Conservation Area
We have carried out an Appraisal of Hartsop Conservation Area. The draft Appraisal assesses the special qualities which justify its designation and helps to determine whether any alterations in the boundary need to be made. A draft Management Plan has also been prepared outlining the measures for the preservation and enhancement of the area.
We would like comments on the draft Appraisal from local residents, local stakeholders and interest groups.
Why is Hartsop special?
Hartsop is a smallhistoric hamlet located on a historic route from the Patterdale Valley up onto the high fells with attractive architectural and historic character. This includes:
- Many buildings with architectural and historic quality, 12 of which are grade II listed buildings, and many others which make a positive contribution to the area’s historic character and appearance
- Buildings predominantly date from the 17th century and are good examples of the vernacular tradition
- Vernacular features displayed within the hamlet include stepped gables, circular chimneys and 'spinning galleries'
- Developed as Low Hartsop, probably in the medieval period
- Principal period of settlement growth dates from the late 16th and 17th centuries, as a series of scattered farmsteads for statesmen farmers
- Various industries associated with the hamlet and the immediate surrounding area: corn milling; wool trade; stone and slate quarrying and metal mining
- Rural location on the banks of the Pasture Beck, with the greater part of the settlement lying on the north side
- Principal route through the settlement is a narrow track which connects with a series of footpaths and bridleways across the fells, including the Roman road, the High Street
- Hamlet lies between two historic crossing points of the Pasture Beck, the 17th century pack horse bridge, Pasture Beck Bridge, and a ford
- Significant long views through the conservation area to high peaks, such as Hartsop Dodd, and further long views along the Patterdale Valley
- Tightly clustered dispersed settlement of farms and houses arranged predominantly around a central meandering lane
- Historic inbye fields, and later fields enclosed by the 19th century, form an important part of the landscape setting of the hamlet
- Buildings orientated to face onto the lane and arranged as detached houses, some with farm buildings attached under the same roof
- Palette of building materials reflects the underlying geology, carboniferous limestone, and Lake District slates
- Limestone rubble, sometimes with a limewash coat, used for domestic buildings
- Boundary walls of exposed limestone and cobbles
- Wide grass verges and fields enhance the relationship between Hartsop and the surrounding landscape
- Important areas of native hedgerow, individual trees and tree groups link the hamlet to the wider countryside, such as the significant historic woodland Low Wood, on the west side of the Patterdale Valley.
Public consultation
The involvement of local community, stakeholders and those with an interest in the local area in the designation of a conservation area and in the preparation of appraisals and management plans is an essential part of the process. Such involvement can integrate local knowledge into the appraisal and bring invaluable public understanding and ownership to proposals for the conservation area. The initial appraisal and management plan are draft documents to enable them to be amended if required.
Each appraisal and management plan involves a four week period of consultation during which time an exhibition will be held in the local area for the public.
Find out more
Hartsop Draft Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (opens Document Library)
Read more about the benefits of Conservation Areas and the Appraisals process.
To comment
We want to hear the views of local people, organisations and businesses and other interest groups about the proposed conservation area.
Please give us your views using the Conservation Area Assessment Questionnaire (opens Document Library). Please download and either print out and send to:
David James
Lake District National Park Authority
Murley Moss
Oxenholme Road
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 7RL
or email as an attachment to david.james@lake-district.gov.uk by 25 July 2008
Exhibition
A local exhibition has been arranged at Glenridding Village Hall on:
- Tuesday 1 July 2008 4pm to 8pm
- Wednesday 2 July 2008 10am to 2pm
Someone will be available at the exhibition if you have any questions.
If you can't make it, don't worry! You can look at the Hartsop Conservation Area Exhibition Panels online (opens Document Library)
