Conservation Area
Character Area E forms the historic core of Market Bosworth and the focus of the Conservation Area. It consists of the following:
- Listed and Locally Listed buildings
- District Retail Centre (retail, commercial and leisure services)
- The historic St Peter’s Church and Churchyard
- Bosworth Hall Hotel and grounds
- Community services and facilities.
The land uses and building form within Character Area E have the defined character of:
- A tight historic grain following historic street patterns with predominately terraced properties
- The setting of the Conservation Area defined by the views and vistas through the Conservation Area and out into the Countryside
- Traditional building lines
- Narrow pavements and winding roads
- Buildings fronting onto the street or defined with small frontages bounded by low walls or railings
- Dominated by red brick buildings
- Clay roof tiles and slate the most common roofing materials.
Description and definitions of the character of the Conservation Area are provided in the following documents:
- The Market Bosworth Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council (2014)
- Market Bosworth Conservation Area Character Appraisal, The Market Bosworth Society, (2006)
- An Appraisal of the Character of the Approaches to the Market Bosworth Conservation Area, Market Bosworth Society (2013)