Located in Hollingbourne’s Eyhorne Street Conservation Area, and also once a part of Grade II listed Eyhorne Manor (designated 1987), what was to become August Moon Cottage was a derelict structure of indeterminate use now located outside the listed building’s boundary.
Proposals sought the conversion of August Moon Cottage to residential use and, given its former relationship with Eyhorne Manor, the question of its status as a curtilage structure was therefore deemed a potential issue by the local planning authority.
However, the structure’s status as such was in due course disproved following archival research and the analysis of fabric by WS Heritage, which together served to determine a post-1948 date of construction and therefore that the building did not enjoy curtilage status.
Whilst entailing conversion to residential use, proposals further sought to address the then- poor form and state of repair of the structure, rendering the building a negative contributor towards both the conservation area and the near setting of the Grade II listed building.
Whilst focusing upon conversion and repair, by extension and with respect to its contribution towards the historic environment, with respect to national policy objectives proposals were argued an enhancement of both the conservation area and the setting of the listed building.