Celebrating landscape character in the South Suffolk and North Essex Clayland

Gaskell, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8830-5252 and Lake, Jeremy (2023) Celebrating landscape character in the South Suffolk and North Essex Clayland. 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. The farmstead is set in a part of the South Suffolk and North Essex Clayland NCA, which is noted for its dispersed medieval settlement pattern of scattered farmsteads, hamlets and small settlements around ‘tyes’ (commons) or strip greens as here. Large fields, enclosed by around 1700 and enlarged or otherwise changed since then, also illustrate how large mixed farms developed from the medieval period.

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 12:04
Last Modified:	30 May 2025 11:14
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/15033

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