Doncaster - William Nuttall Cottage Homes conservation area

Doncaster - William Nuttall Cottage Homes was designated a conservation area on 8 April 1991.

The first appraisal was finalised in March 2010. This was reviewed to take account of any significant changes that had occurred there since the original appraisal was carried out and was itself subject to a public consultation before being finalised at the end of December 2014.

The original appraisal and the review are available below:

William Nuttall Cottage Homes Conservation Area Appraisal

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Appendix III - Gazetteer

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William Nuttall Conservation Area - Map 1

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William Nuttall Cottage Homes Conservation Area Appraisal Review

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To view the location of the conservation area please go to the Heritage Map.

The William Nuttall Cottage Homes are a good example of a planned development by a charitable benefactor, the sweet manufacturer William Nuttall. He set up a trust to provide 'cottage homes for aged spinsters' and the William Nuttall Trust purchased land in Bennetthorpe from the council on which to build these homes. The almshouses were erected in 1930, until then the area between Bennetthorpe and the racecourse had been relatively undeveloped.

The cottage homes were laid out in the pattern of traditional almshouses of standard size set in communal grounds. The buildings comprise a symmetrical group of 24 two storey homes at the centre of which is a linked terrace of eight dwellings around a central archway. To each side are four pairs of homes, each advancing forwards. The buildings are of red engineering brick with stone and concrete dressings and have either 'Rosemary' plain clay tile or Westmoreland slate roofs. The buildings are not identical but have common features and display typical detailing and materials of the inter-war period. The whole site was bounded by a low brick wall with a central vehicular access and symmetrical pedestrian side access.

The William Nuttall Cottage Homes development remains relatively unchanged and continues to have the use for which it was originally intended. Within the conservation area there are no listed structures but all the buildings are considered to be key unlisted buildings.

Further Information

Further Information about Conservation Areas can be found at Conservation Areas in Doncaster.

If you have any queries about the conservation area contact: conservation@doncaster.gov.uk
Doncaster Council, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Tel: 01302 734922 or 735199

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