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11. ANP5: Heritage

11.1Albury Parish is an area with an extensive history dating back to the Neolithic, Anglo Saxon, Roman times and progressing with its aristocratic, religious, and industrial past. It has a very large number of Grade 1 and Grade 2 buildings and ancient monuments which is notable. Full details of these can be found in the Heritage Report APPENDIX E. Many buildings in the parish are influenced by architect Augustus Welby Pugin and include his barley twist chimneys. The parish has a thriving history society which is underfunded and under resourced.

11.2The Parish has a rich cultural heritage, but this is currently not recorded in a central or easily accessible manner. The Parish Council is requested to invest in the collation and digitisation of the history of the parish and its buildings to provide better accessibility for parishioners and visitors.

11.3The Parish Council is requested to look at ways to improve identification and accessibility of historic buildings and sites in the parish e.g. historic walks via notable historic buildings, and a “blue plaque” scheme for notable buildings and assets.

11.4Guildford Borough Council maintain a list of buildings of special local architectural or historic interest, these are non-designated heritage assets. This is known as the ‘Local List’ and currently includes over 200 buildings and structures including telephone boxes, post boxes and walls throughout the Borough1. There are currently no buildings that are Locally Listed on the Guildford Borough Council register of Locally Listed Buildings in Albury parish.

11.5It is recommended that the Parish Council considers the following for Local Listing or local Blue Plaque scheme: “Resurrection Corner” in the graveyard of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul which is the burial place of several of the Albury Apostles, and The Barn Church at Farley Green which is the only public building in Farley Green. The latter was gifted to the Parish and is an original barn converted into a church and is a regular venue for public gatherings. These sites should be compared against the SCC selection criteria https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/land-planning-and-development/heritage-and-planning/listproject/selectioncriteria.

St Peters Church Graveyard – showing Resurrection Corner

St Peters Church Graveyard – showing Resurrection Corner

Farley Green – St Michaels Barn Church

(https://www.alburychurches.org)

Policy ANP5 – Heritage

  1. Retaining Heritage
  1. Any development should not detract from the heritage and be designed in a manner that is consistent that identified for each settlement area in the Albury Design Guide APPENDIX A.
  1. Listed Buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments

  1. Development proposals to (or within the setting of) a Listed Building or Scheduled Ancient Monument should be sensitively designed to conserve and where possible enhance the significance of the heritage asset and its setting.

  2. Development proposals that cause harm to the significance of a Listed Building or Scheduled Ancient Monument should require clear and convincing justification and will only be permitted where the public benefits of the scheme demonstrably outweigh the harm identified.

  1. Locally Listed Buildings
  1. The Neighbourhood Plan identifies the following buildings as potential to be Locally Listed Buildings. Development proposals affecting Locally Listed Buildings should be sensitively designed to conserve and where possible enhance the significance of the building and its setting. Any harm to, or loss of the building’s significance will be considered in line with National policy and guidance and the relevant policies of the Neighbourhood Plan.

  1. Resurrection Corner” in the graveyard of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul

  2. The Barn Church at Farley Green

  1. Guildford Borough Historic Environment Information - Appendix A Local List (2016)↩︎