Old Vicarage, Beech Hill Road, Beech Hill, Berkshire, RG7 2BB

the blocking up of a single existing internal doorway into the formal dining room. In addition, a new centrally positioned internal double door will be formed. All doors, together with the associated ironmongery, will be carefully designed to reflect the period and architectural significance of the building

Authority: West Berkshire District Council
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Willis S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the scheme would preserve the Grade II listed building known as 'The Old Vicarage' and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses

What decided it

The proposal would fail to preserve the special architectural and historic interest of the Grade II listed building by eroding its historic plan form and introducing incongruous large-scale openings that would not reflect the building's former functional layout, and the claimed public benefits do not outweigh this harm.

Framework references: 210

Plan policies cited: Policy SP9

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