Regional Character Statements

A Preliminary Regional Character Statement has been produced for each of the 8 government regions, in order to support the national policy statement Living buildings in a living landscape: finding a future for traditional farm buildings. The statements have been written as a sourced synthesis of information, drawing together information that will enable the farmsteads of each region to be better understood within the national context of farmstead and agricultural development, and their surrounding fields and settlements. They are consultation documents and readers are invited to submit their comments.

Historic Farmsteads: Preliminary Character Statement click to view PDF in a new window	Size
East Midlands region part 1	2991 Kb
East Midlands region part 2	3262 Kb
East Midlands region part 3	2831 Kb
East of England region part 1	3637 Kb
East of England region part 2	3459 Kb
East of England region part 3	2980 Kb
North East region part 1	3126 Kb
North East region part 2	3392 Kb
North East region part 3	3270 Kb
North West region part 1	3575 Kb
North West region part 2	3915 Kb
North West region part 3	4109 Kb
South East region part 1	3446 Kb
South East region part 2	3441 Kb
South East region part 3	3092 Kb
South West region part 1	3120 Kb
South West region part 2	3541 Kb
South West region part 3	2817 Kb
West Midlands region part 1	3455 Kb
West Midlands region part 2	4472 Kb
West Midlands region part 3	3797 Kb
Yorkshire and the Humber region part 1	3429 Kb
Yorkshire and the Humber region part 2	3676 Kb
Yorkshire and the Humber region part 3	3621 Kb

Each statement is divided into 10 sections:

Section 1 provides an introduction to the Statement along with its aims.
Section 2 provides an introduction to characterisation and briefly describes the landscape character of the Region, examining the pattern of rural settlement across the Region.
Section 3 describes the predominant building materials used for farm buildings nationally and in the Region.
Section 4 provides a brief introduction to the agricultural history of England with particular reference to the development of farmsteads and farm buildings divided into the major periods, supported by statements relating to the survival and significance of farm buildings from each period. This is followed by a summary of the agricultural history of the Region.
Section 5 provides a national and regional background of types of farmsteads and farm buildings.
Sections 6, 7 and 8 provide a national and regional overview of key building types.
Section 9 provides a Glossary of terms both familiar and unfamiliar to the reader (e.g. dairy, linhay, enclosure).
Section 10 provides a list of national and regional sources for further reference.

Regional Character Statements

Regional Character Summaries