Conservation Area: West Street (Congleton) Conservation Area (006)

The special character of West Street Conservation Area derives from the following elements: • A mixture of seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century residential and retail buildings on a historic thoroughfare, with their origins in the medieval street layout and burgage plots; • The number of buildings or monuments listed or of local architectural or historic interest; • Traditional craftsmanship, natural resources and energy of production embodied in original building materials and architectural features; • Visual harmony resulting from use of a limited palette of natural building materials of timber, brick and slate roofs and a limited variety of styles; • Hard and soft landscaped spaces and historic street surfaces in parts of the conservation area enhancing the environment. A detailed definition of the special interest of the Conservation Area is set out in the character appraisal.