# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 RESPONSE TO SOCIAL CHANGES )N A FEW CASES TRADITIONALLY DETAILED SASH WINDOWS HAVE BEEN REINSTATED -ARYPORT 4HE TOWN WAS LAID OUT IN A GRID PATTERN IN THE MID TH CENTURY WHEN (UMPHREY 3ENHOUSE ,ORD OF THE -ANOR DECIDED TO DEVELOP A COAL PORT TO RIVAL -ARYPORT SERIOUSLY MODIFIED %LEMENT 0LASTIC -ETAL #OMBINATION .ONE /RIGINAL 2EPLACEMENT 2EPLACEMENT 3TATISTICAL !NALYSIS n 2AINWATER 'OOD -ARYPORTA -ARYPORTB %ALING !LEXANDRA 7OODGRANGE NEARBY7HITEHAVEN (E NAMED THE TOWN AFTER HIS WIFE $EVELOPMENT DID NOT TAKE OFF UNTIL THE TOWN WAS LARGELY REBUILT ON THE SAME LAYOUT FROM FOLLOWING CONNECTION TO THE RAILWAY NETWORK (OWEVER THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF THE PORT AND THE LOCAL COAL INDUSTRY WAS SHORT LIVED AND DECLINE WAS CONTINUOUS THROUGH MOST OF THE TH CENTURY 4HE CONSERVATION AREA IS CONSIDERABLY LARGER THAN THE OTHER RESEARCH CASES AND RESOURCES COULD NOT EXTEND TO A FULL SURVEY )NSTEAD FOUR SUB AREAS WERE SAMPLED TO REFLECT THE MAIN PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT FROM THE MIDDLE TO THE END OF THE TH CENTURY )RONICALLY THE LOW INVESTMENT RESULTING FROM ECONOMIC DEPRESSION HAS RESULTED IN A REMARKABLY HIGH SURVIVAL OF ORIGINAL SLATE ROOFS AND CAST IRON RAINWATER GOODS ! CONSIDERABLE PROPORTION OF THE ORIGINAL DOORS AND WINDOWS HAS ALSO BEEN RETAINED 4HIS HAS BEEN REINFORCED IN SOME PARTS BY GRANT AID !LTHOUGH -ARYPORT HAS AN !RTICLE DIRECTION ONE AREA IN PARTICULAR HAS SUFFERED FROM A VOGUE FOR PLASTIC WINDOWS THAT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO RESIST 4HIS IS PARTLY 4HE METHOD SHOWS THAT IT IS INDEED POSSIBLE TO RANK CONSERVATION AREAS AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THAT THIS MAY PROVIDE A BASIS FOR FINE TUNING CONSERVATION POLICY AND PRACTICE (OWEVER AS WITH ALL INDICES IT IS THE UNDERLYING INFORMATION THAT MATTERS ! COMMENTARY IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO ATTEMPT AN EXPLANATION FOR SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES !LEXANDRA #OTTAGES 4HE ESTATE WAS BUILT FOR RAILWAY WORKERS IN THE S 4HE FOUR PARALLEL STREETS ARE CONTAINED BY A DISTINCTIVE BOUNDARY WALL 4HE BRICK HOUSES ARE BUILT IN PAIRS UNDER A SINGLE GABLE FACING THE STREET AND WITH ENTRANCES ON THE SIDE ELEVATIONS !LL THE HOUSES WERE RECORDED 4HE ESTATE HAS CLEARLY BEEN AFFECTED BY INVESTMENT IN ILL INFORMED IMPROVEMENTS )T HAS BY FAR THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF ALTERATIONS THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO REVERSE SUCH AS ENLARGED WINDOW OPENINGS AND REFACED WALLS 2OOF MATERIALS HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY AS HAVE FRONT GARDENS AND BOUNDARY WALLS CLEARLY DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND FOR OFF STREET PARKING (OWEVER THERE ARE SIGNS OF RECOVERY APPARENTLY IN -ARYPORT SECOND COLUMN AND THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF PLASTIC REPLACEMENTS AT7OODGRANGE TENTH COLUMN MORE APPARENT THAN OTHERS AND THEREFORE HAVE MORE INFLUENCE ON THE PERCEPTION OF CHANGE 4HERE IS CLEARLY A SUBJECTIVE ELEMENT IN ASSESSING THE WEIGHTS TO BE APPLIED SO THE PROJECT S STEERING GROUP WAS USED TO TEST A SYSTEM 4HE CONSENSUS WAS THAT ALTERATIONS TO WALLS SHOULD BE RANKED HIGHEST AND CHANGES TO RAINWATER GOODS SHOULD BE LOWEST 4HE IMPORTANCE OF EACH FIELD WAS GIVEN A VALUE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE WHOLE AND FROM THIS A WEIGHTING VALUE WAS ASSIGNED 7EIGHTING %XTERNAL WALLS 7INDOWS DOORS 2OOFS CHIMNEYS ETC 0ORCHES ETC 2AINWATER GOODS 4OTAL 4HE CASE STUDIES 5SING THE SCORING METHOD OF SURVIVAL X WEIGHTING COLLECTIVE SCORES FOR THE STUDY AREAS WERE !LEXANDRA #OTTAGES -ARYPORT 7OODGRANGE (ANGER (ILL 'ARDENS "Y COMPARISON THE CONTROL AREA SCORES WERE -ARYPORT %ALING -ARYPORT#ONTROL !REA %ALING#ONTROL !REA !LEXANDRA #OTTAGES -ARYPORT 7OODGRANGE (ANGER(ILL 3TATISTICAL !NALYSIS 0ERCENTAGE OF /RIGINAL &EATURES PRESERVED WITHIN !REA %XPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE
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