About the Sherborne Conservation Area
The Sherborne Conservation Area covers about 231 hectares and was designated by Cotswold District Council in 1983. Inside the boundary are 72 listed buildings (3 Grade II*, 69 Grade II). The most significant is Cheltenham Lodges Including Gates, Gate Piers and Adjoining Walls, Grade II*. Part of the area lies in flood zone 3, so an extension may need a flood risk assessment.
What changes inside the conservation area
Conservation areas are “Article 2(3) land”. You keep most permitted development rights, but these are removed or tightened.
ProjectElsewhereIn Sherborne CA
- Rear extensionElsewhere: 3 m · 6 m with PANo 6 m / 8 m prior approval
- Two-storey extensionElsewhere: 3 mNeeds planning permission
- Side extensionElsewhere: Half the widthNeeds planning permission
- Loft conversionElsewhere: 50 m³Needs planning permission
- Garden roomElsewhere: 2.5 m high by boundariesNot beside the house
- PorchElsewhere: 3 m²Same limits
- Solar panelsElsewhere: 0.2 m projectionSame limits
- Air source heat pumpElsewhere: 1 unitNot facing the road
- Fences, walls and gatesElsewhere: 2 m · 1 m by a roadSame limits
- External claddingElsewhere: Matching materialsNeeds planning permission
- Tree workElsewhere: No notice6 weeks’ notice to the council
- Demolition (over 115 m³)Elsewhere: AllowedNeeds planning permission
Limits for a semi-detached house under the GPDO 2015. An Article 4 direction can remove more.
Listed buildings in the conservation area
Any work affecting these needs listed building consent, inside or out. Each links to its entry on the National Heritage List.
- Cheltenham Lodges Including Gates, Gate Piers and Adjoining WallsGrade II*
- Church of St Mary Magdalene, Adjoining Sherborne HouseGrade II*
- Sherborne HouseGrade II*
- 1 SherborneGrade II
- 2-3Grade II
- 59-62Grade II
- 63-64Grade II
- 68 and 70 SherborneGrade II
- 7 and 8 SherborneGrade II
- 78 79 81 83 84Grade II
- 88 SherborneGrade II
- 9-10 SherborneGrade II
- Barn and Attached Farm Buildings, Home FarmGrade II
- Barn and Stable Complex C10m West of Mill Hill FarmhouseGrade II
- Boundary Wall and Gateways Continuous From Nos 36-64Grade II
- Bourton LodgeGrade II
- Bridge Over Sherborne Brook in Grounds of Haycroft HouseGrade II
- Crosses BarnGrade II
- Dairy Farm and Dairy Buildings/pigstiesGrade II
- Duckleston MillGrade II
- East Lodge and Attached Garden Railing, Sherborne HouseGrade II
- Elm Tree CottageGrade II
- Former Wash House C5m South of Duckleston MillGrade II
- Former Wheelwright's Forge and Pigsty C20m North of No 1Grade II
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- Gates and Gate Piers Adjoining Bourton LodgeGrade II
- Haycroft HouseGrade II
- Home FarmhouseGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- K6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite Post Office, Main StreetGrade II
- Meat House Circa 15 Metres East of Sherborne HouseGrade II
- MilestoneGrade II
- Mill Hill FarmhouseGrade II
- Monk's FarmhouseGrade II
- No 2 Cottage and Adjoining Farmbuildings, Home FarmGrade II
- Northcote WestcoteGrade II
- Northfield Barn and Adjoining Shelter ShedGrade II
- Nos 14 and 15 and Former Forge at RearGrade II
- Number 37 (incorporating the Post Office) and Number 38 and Walls Either SideGrade II
- Number 43, Club, Outbuildings and Adjoining WallsGrade II
- Numbers 39 and 40 and Adjoining WallsGrade II
- Numbers 41 and 42 and Adjoining WallsGrade II
- Numbers 45 and 46 and Adjoining WallsGrade II
- Numbers 47 and 48 and Adjoining WallsGrade II
- Numbers 49 and 50 and Adjoining WallsGrade II
- Numbers 51 and 52 and WallGrade II
- Numbers 53 and 54 and Adjoining WallsGrade II
- Numbers 55, 56, 57 and 58 and Boundary Walls at RearGrade II
- Old Ice House to Sherborne HouseGrade II
- Open-Fronted Store Against North-East Corner of Walled Garden North of Rose CottageGrade II
- Open-Fronted Store and Stables With Lofts, Circa 5 Metres South of Sherborne FarmGrade II
- Orangery and Attached Garden Wall East of Sherborne HouseGrade II
- Outbuilding Circa 20 Metres West of Stones FarmGrade II
- Pair of Stephens Monuments, In the Churchyard of Church of St Mary, C9m North of the NaveGrade II
- Road Bridge Over Sherborne Brook at East End of Mareslaid Copse and Road Side Wall to NorthGrade II
- Road Bridge Over Sherborne Brook C60m West of Sherbrooke HouseGrade II
- Rose CottageGrade II
- SheafhouseGrade II
- Sherborne FarmhouseGrade II
- Sherborne GardensGrade II
- Stable Block Circa 25 Metres North East of Sherborne HouseGrade II
- Stable/barn Circa 35 Metres West of Stones FarmGrade II
- Stables and Store C5m East of Duckleston MillGrade II
- Stones FarmGrade II
- The BungalowGrade II
- The Estate Office, Sherborne HouseGrade II
- The GablesGrade II
- The Gazebo Circa 200 Metres East of Sherborne HouseGrade II
- The KennelsGrade II
- The Mead HouseGrade II
- Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, C4m East of the ChancelGrade II
- Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Circa 13 Metres South East of the ChancelGrade II
- Wall From Entrance to Sherborne Gardens to War MemorialGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBSherborne Conservation Area AppraisalCotswold District Council’s description of the area’s character — what planners look at when you apply.Open on council site ↗Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Cotswold District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.