Area 15 - Essentially The Village which is accessed via Greenhurst Way. Views into and influence of other adjacent areas are important to consider.
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| 1. Location in Town |
Area15 is close to the Town Centre at the NE of the Town. It is bounded by Station Road to the North, Tor Way to the East and South and College Street to the West. The centre of the area, ‘The Village’ (Grenehurst Way), is the land within the 1-way circulatory system for most of the traffic traveling N-S through the Town. College Street is an important part of the Conservation Area and includes several Listed Buildings. |
| 2. Vistas/Views |
There are very few views of the countryside or the hills beyond. Looking out of the Village to the east there are many mature trees that interrupt the view of the Herne Farm Estate. From the entrance at Grenehurst Way the green finger into the surrounding countryside is visible. To the NE there is the old embankment from the Midhurst railway line. This is covered by mature trees and bushes. There are mature trees at the junction of Tor Way and College Street. Running beyond the bottom of the gardens to the E of Grenehurst Way there is a stream, Tilmore Brook. There are trees and bushes overhanging the footpath that runs beside the stream giving this path a rural feel. The view from the bottom of Tor Way looking S is of the EHDC car park and the Open Air Swimming Pool. As you look out from The Village going up Tor Way there is a good view of the new Landmark building at the junction of Moggs Mead and Tor Way. In almost every photograph taken of the area there is at least one tree and/or bushes.
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| 3. Landscaping |
The gardens at the fronts of the houses in Grenehurst Way are well tended with trees, bushes and flowers in evidence. To the right of Grenehurst Way, just after the entrance, there is a HCC building for Adult Services well treed and behind is a lawn and garden with water lily pond that is well used by groups after weddings taking place in the Registry Office. Just beyond there is a large area laid to lawn with some very large trees growing there. There is a maintenance contract for the up-keep of The Village. Outside of The Village E and S there are mature trees and bushes and grass. The houses on the E side of College Street have well maintained gardens. |
| 4. Building Characteristics |
The village is very well designed with a mixture of flats, two, three and four bed roomed houses. You never see two houses the same next to each other except for the flats. Even if houses are the same inside the treatment of windows, roofs and doorways makes them appear to be different. The buildings are two storey. This is quite a high density development but manages to look very attractive. To the W and S of the village there is a mixture of buildings. Along College Street from the junction with station Rd there is the Old College that is a three storey listed building covered in Virginia creeper. Next is a church that is having a community extension built. This is visible from The Village. There is then a terrace of small houses, an entrance to the Village, Quaker Cottage and then a listed building, well screened by a tall hedge. Along the next part of the road there is a listed wall, behind which there are some of The Village houses with a footpath leading in. There is a footpath running from College St to Tor Way beside, what was, Meon House. Part of this building is listed. Behind this are two of the original Herne Farm Cottages. They are two storey semi detached cottages and have both been extended in a very sympathetic way.
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| 5. Building Materials |
| The material used in The Village is a mixture of brick, rendered and tile-hung. There is one slate roof and the rest are tiled in a variety of tiles. Those that are rendered are painted in pale colours. All are well maintained. Two of the listed buildings are brick. One has an unusual end wall. The listed wall is brick and flint and one of the listed buildings is stone. The church is stone. |
| 6. Roofs |
The roofs in the area are mostly tile with some slate. The Old College has a flat roof. All the others are pitched, some with dormers. |
| 7. Special Features & Landmarks |
The special features in The Village are the very large trees on the green centre. The E side of College Street is in the conservation Area, including some houses in Grenehurst Way and has three listed buildings. As you look towards the area from E side of College Street you are looking at houses in the conservation area and three more listed buildings, Cat Cottage and the Good Intent are two of them. Looking W from Meon House there is the exit from the Central Car Park and the cycle way from Petersfield Station to the Taro Centre.
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| 8. Sustainability |
| All houses in this area are within easy walking distance of the shops and not too far from Petersfield Station. A few houses in The Village have solar panels, even one in the conservation area that could detract from the character of the area. The cycle way from Petersfield Station to the Taro Centre passes through the junction of Tor Way and College Street. |
| 9. Short summary description of area |
This area falls into three parts. There is the area known as The Village that was built on land belonging to Bailey’s Nursery. It is less than 30 years old. It is high density but so well designed that it is not obvious. Unfortunately this builder was bought up by one of the large building firms. The E side of College Street is in the conservation area and the majority of buildings are very old. The area outside The Village to the E has a small stream running through and is sheltered by trees and bushes. |
| 10. Main issues and recommendations |
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The main problem for The Village is parking. The officers from the HCC office overspill onto Grenehurst Way. There are also problems when there is a large wedding at the registry office. People who work in the town are beginning to use this road for parking. There were two appeals against decisions by EHDC to refuse permission to do work that would badly affect the setting of listed buildings. One was on the E side of College Street, Quaker Cottage and the other was opposite, Cat Cottage. Both appeals were lost but it shows we need stronger policies to protect our important buildings. Opposite the entrance to Grenehurst Way looking NE there is the old railway embankment. It is well wooded and provides a green entrance into Petersfield. There are groups who are interested in acquiring this land for building. I regard this as a threat not an improvement. HCC were retaining this land in case Tor Way was ever to become two-way traffic again. There is a view that people would like to see two-way traffic here and so reduce the amount of traffic on College Street.
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