Green Hill Conservation Area

The appraisal comprises of the following:

• Foreword and purpose of the report
• Introduction to Green Hill conservation area
• Summary definition of special interest of Green Hill
• Location and setting of Green Hill
• Origins and historic development
• Prevailing and former uses and their history
• Archaeological significance and potential
• Architectural and historic qualities of buildings and their contribution to the special interest in the area
• Character and relationship of spaces within the area
• Prevalent and traditional building materials, textures and colours
• Local details
• Contribution made by green spaces, trees and hedges to the character of the area
• Setting and relationship with the surrounding landscape
• Existence of neutral areas
• Potential threats to the character
• Development control implications
• Appendices

You can view the document here:

• Green Hill, Wigan Conservation Area Appraisal (.pdf, 99Kb)

Plans and Photographs

• Drawing 002: Photographic Building and Streetscape Survey Record (.pdf, 86Kb)
• Dwg 003: The Growth of Green Hill (.pdf, 88Kb)
• Dwg 004: Heritage Assets (.pdf, 89Kb)
• Dwg 005: Townscape Analysis (.pdf, 88Kb)

Visual dictionary of architectural terms

• Dwg 006: Typical Late Nineteenth Century Properties (278 and 280 Wigan Lane) (.pdf, 365Kb)
• Dwg 007: Typical Late Nineteenth Century Properties (282 Wigan Lane) (.pdf, 415Kb)
• Dwg 008: Typical Interwar Properties (359, 357, 355 Wigan Lane) (.pdf, 394Kb)
• Dwg 009: Typical Interwar Properties (324, 326, 328 Wigan Lane) (.pdf, 345Kb)

Archives

• Dwg 010: Historic Ordnance Survey Plan Extract 1847 (.pdf, 223Kb)
• Dwg 011: Historic Ordnance Survey Plan Extract 1892 (.pdf, 673Kb)
• Dwg 012: Historic Ordnance Survey Plan Extract 1909 (.pdf, 445Kb)
• Dwg 013: Historic Ordnance Survey Plan Extract 1956 (.pdf, 354Kb)
• Dwg 014: Archive Photograph: Wigan Lane in 1905 (.pdf, 423Kb)
• Dwg 015: Archive Photograph: the Bee Hive Inn, Wigan Lane (.pdf, 255Kb)

Supporting documents

• Consultation Statement (.pdf, 251Kb)

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