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EXTRACTS FROM THE BENTFIELD GREEN CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL. The historic core of Bentfield Green is a high quality environment where the 13 Listed Buildings, or groups of buildings, and other structures in the Conservation Area make a significant contribution to its architectural and historical importance. All are classified Grade II and most date from the 16th to the 18th centuries, although the 19th century pump is also listed. A number of quality unlisted buildings have been identified as making a positive contribution to the character of the Conservation Area. These include: Rose Tree Cottage, Nos. 26-32 and 34-44 Bentfield Green, Nos.33-43 Bentfield Green, The Rose and Crown public house Nos. 37 and 66 Bentfield Road. At the southern end the imposing late 18th century Bentfield Green Farmhouse is the most prominent building in the street scene. Of red brick construction it has a number of quality features including large double hung sashes and a central doorway set within a pedemented casement. It contrasts in style and scale with the 17th century weather boarded barn just to the east. Important buildings or structures within the curtilages of Listed Buildings. A number of such structures have been noted and are detailed below. To the rear and side of No. 49 Bentfield End Causeway is a collection of 19th century simple farm buildings that make a specific historic and architectural contribution to the village’s heritage. One is a brick barn with simple slate roof to which is attached a single story outbuilding or stable. They appear on the 1877 Ordnance Survey map and add historic and visual interest to this part of the village. Another small weatherboarded structure is to be found to the south of No. 53. Other buildings that make an important architectural or historic contribution. There are a number of groups of buildings, all dating from the 18th or 19th centuries, which make significant contribution to the architectural charm and diversity of this area. These are detailed below. Rose Tree Cottage, now one house of pleasingly simple form, almost certainly dates from the late 18th or early 19th century when it comprised two separate residences. To the rear is to be found a small brick and flint barn, of single storey construction, retaining much original joinery but with a replaced tiled roof. Both are shown on the 1877 Ordnance Survey. Nos. 26-32 and 34-44 Bentfield Green comprise two blocks of terraced houses constructed ‘artisan style’ front to back. Originally constructed in either a Cambridge gault or a pink engineering brick with contrasting door and window arching, a number have now been either rendered or painted in a variety of colours. Roofs are slate with shared multi-shafted chimney stacks. Windows and doors are mostly replaced. There is a stone plaque on Nos. 34-44 giving a building date of 1906. Nos.33-43 Bentfield Green is a similar run of red brick terraced houses with slate roof and five square section chimney stacks. Each has two vertical sashes to the front, recessed doorway and rear access under slightly canted brick arches. The majority of the detailing and joinery is original. The Rose and Crown public house is a large brick building with a range of vertical sliding sashes and an early entrance porch extending along the whole of the front of the building. It probably dates from the mid part of the 19th century, has been little altered and is clearly visible on the 1877 Ordnance Survey. Probably associated with the nearby Hargrave Park estate and related in date and style to the former estate generator building, now No. 1 Bentfield Close (see parra. 1.111 below) are Nos. 37 and 66 Bentfield Road. Both are distinguished by their highly decorative barge boards and quality windows. The former has heavy stone mullions, similar to those used on the surviving stable block across the road. Whilst these two properties have been much extended in recent years, they are both quality buildings which contribute much to the street scene. Visible amidst the recent development on Bentfield Close is the distinctive 19th century red brick former generator building to the Hargrave Park estate. Now No. 1 Bentfield Close, this has now been successfully converted to residential usage but is of some historical interest. Hargrave Park, a large house which once stood on the site of the modern estatejust to the east is clearly visible on the 1877 Ordnance Survey map where a substantial building is shown set amongst tree cover in substantial grounds. No. 1 Bentfield Close is particularly striking with decorative stone mullions, Dutch gable ends and a centrally mounted lead-covered copula letting light into the centre of the building. The English Heritage PastScape record notes that it is a "Former generator building built for the Hargrave estate between 1897 and 1921.