Conservation Areas in Harborough district - Slawston Conservation Area

Slawston is a small linear village in the Welland Valley. At the far eastern end the vista is closed by the Church of All Saints whose narrow spire and blue clock face look down the street. The Conservation Area includes almost all the built-up area of the village street and includes the large triangle of land between the Blaston Road and the Medbourne Road. This includes important views of the Church, and some new development at the apex which helps to link the Church with the rest of the village.

Slawston village partakes of both red brick and ironstone vernacular traditions, in some cases combined in one building where red brick has been used for upward extension of earlier ironstone. The buildings are of varied dates, styles and quality and mostly individual. They include 18th century red brick houses, a 19th century row of cottages, ironstone cottages and several former farmhouses with remnant yards. The brick agricultural range along the roadside at the far west of the village street has a very fine Swithland slate roof and effectively closes the street. Characteristic features of the village are: its boundary walls of mud, brick and stone, some flanking the roads; its trees - many within gardens but with a noticeable horse chestnut at the bi-furcation Main Street and the Blaston and Medbourne Road; the wide green verges between roads and houses or garden walls.

Slawston Conservation Area map