Historic character in the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands

Gaskell, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8830-5252 and Lake, Jeremy (2023) Historic character in the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands. Other. Natural England.

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Abstract

From its inception over 30 years ago Agri-Environment Scheme (AES) policy has consistently recognised the importance of protecting and managing the historic environment, including traditional farm buildings, to secure a range of public goods for society. In 2021 Natural England commissioned research to review the uptake and values of AES options designed to support the maintenance of traditional farm buildings. This case study is one of a suite designed to illustrate the range of public benefits provided by this investment. Actual site locations are anonymised but are described with reference to the National Character Areas (NCA) in which they are located. Understanding the success and value of such funding is crucial in supporting future conservation decision making, especially for AES development. This farmstead is in the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands National Character Area (NCA). This is an area of contrasts. There are village-based farmsteads which worked fields enclosed from medieval open fields. There are 17th century and earlier aisled barns and other buildings including some set in earlier enclosed landscapes and next to the earthworks of medieval settlements and there are some large-scale estate farmsteads of the 1840s-1870s set in estate landscapes with thorn hedgerows bounding large regular fields. These estate landscapes and farmstead types extend into the Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge.

Item Type:	Monograph (Other)
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > Countryside and Community Research Institute
Depositing User:	Peter Gaskell
Date Deposited:	15 May 2025 12:00
Last Modified:	15 May 2025 12:00
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/15032

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