Braithwell conservation area

Braithwell was designated a conservation area on 23 July 1979. A full appraisal has yet to be carried out.

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

Braithwell has a linear plan based on the main north-south High Street which represents the medieval village form with vestiges of the medieval long plots surviving to the west. The focal point of the village is the village cross at its junction with Holywell Lane and Maltby Lane which, as well as being listed, is also a scheduled monument. As with many villages in the area the historic core has been surrounded by modern developments particularly to the east of the High Street which have erased the traditional narrow plots and by linear development reaching out of the village to the north.

The character of the conservation area derives from the traditional small scale random rubble limestone agricultural and residential buildings and the narrow lanes bounded with high random coursed rubble limestone walls. Roofs are generally clay pantile on these buildings. These traditional buildings tend to date from the 17th and 18th centuries added to by a number of 19th and 20th century buildings of brick with Welsh slate roofs.

The parish church of St. James is at the periphery of the village and is the village's oldest structure dating back to Norman times though substantially medieval in construction. It is Grade II* listed. There is a listed 17th/19th century manor house to the west of the church though the original manor medieval hall was sited outside the conservation area to the east of the village. The latter is also listed and a scheduled monument.

The village also has an interesting War Memorial mostly of Portland stone and takes the shape of a cross with a sword. It records the dead of World War I and World War II, and was listed Grade II in 2001.

Within the conservation area there are 13 listed structures. These can be viewed on the Heritage Map which gives the address, grade and reference number of the listed building. The reference number can be used to find the listing description for any individual listed building using the Historic England database.

The above description of the conservation area is only a brief overview subject to a full appraisal that will consider in more depth the features that make up the significance of the area.

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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