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Painshawfield
The Painshawfield, Batt House and Birches Nook Estate is a housing estate in Stocksfield, established on the land of 3 former farms, under a Deed of Mutual Covenants in 1895. Batt Cottage (the original 18th century farmhouse) on Batt House Road is listed on the National Heritage List for England. Cranford (house), it's Gas Generator House and terrace walls (1903) on Batt House Lane are separately listed on the National Heritage List for England. The Church of St John The Divine, on Meadowfield Road, was built in the 1920s. There are now 301 houses on the estate.
In 1895 fifty three people purchased three farms consisting of 215 acres of land to establish a housing estate. They named the estate after the farms: The Painshawfield, Batt House and Birches Nook Estate.
They recognised from the outset that if building works or an increase of density of housing on the Estate were permitted to occur fettered only by regulation by a Local Authority the unique character and amenity of this new area would gradually diminish to eventual extinction. They formulated two simple regulations to protect the Estate from such development:-
- Nobody would ever be able to own land on the estate without being subject to a deed containing restrictions.
- Nobody would ever be able to build on the estate without permission of an Estate Committee elected by and constituted of owners.
These regulations were incorporated in a Deed of Mutual Covenants.
Source: Painshawfield, Batt House and Birches Nook Estate Website (accessed 27/05/2023)
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New Ridley Road, Painshawfield from Mickley Common
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New Ridley Road, Painshawfield from Mickley Common
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