Plans to turn Coach House in ‘disrepair’ into Hebden Bridge holiday let
Reconfiguring a historic coach house into a self-contained holiday let could give the Hebden Bridge building a new lease of life, if planners agree.
The Coach House to Acre House at Savile Road is currently just used for domestic storage and is falling into disrepair, according to the application.
N. and H. Ferguson and King are asking Calderdale Council planners for permission to make the changes to see it restored.
According to supporting statements with the application from agents Alison Grant Architects Ltd, Acre House was built in 1869, while the former coach house dates to 1882.
Acre House is not a listed building and it is not located within a Conservation Area.
The aim is to conserve and restore the Coach House, which is set back from the main house and largely out of sight from the main entrance.
If approved, the self-contained accommodation can be used by guests and for short-term holiday lets, according to the application.
Renovation will include an energy saving retrofit – thermal insulation will be installed, and underfloor heating will be powered by an Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP).
The Coach House is a detached two-storey building built into raised banking at the rear, with three rooms on the ground floor, likely one for coaches, one for horses and tack room, while the first floor has one room the full length of the building and is likely to have provided living quarters for the coachman.
The first floor is currently inaccessible due to the partially collapsed roof and flooring, according to the agent.
“The primary motive of the development is to conserve and restore the Coach House and to protect it from further deterioration.
“The external walls are to be wholly retained and the original door and window opening reinstated.
“The roof and first floor structure will be reinstated in its original form, albeit using a new timber to replace the damaged sections,” says the supporting statement.
Materials that will be lost from the building are damaged and/or degraded first floor and roof timbers that are no longer viable as structural components.
Replacement of these is essential and considered to represent less than substantial harm to the significance of the building, argues the agent.
The application, number 26/00411/FUL, can be viewed on the council’s Planning Portal.