Tettenhall Wood Conservation Area

The draft appraisal of the Tettenhall Wood Conservation Area was the subject of consultation during October / November 2007.  We approved it on Monday July 14, 2008.

The appraisal document is available to download below along with a map showing the conservation area boundary. Click on the relevant PDF icons below:

Tettenhall Wood Conservation Area Appraisal

Map of the Tettenhall Wood Conservation Area

Tettenhall Wood Article 4(2) Direction

There is an Article 4(2) direction in the conservation area which withdraws certain permitted development rights for most of the unlisted dwelling houses identified as buildings of townscape merit in the appraisal. This gives the us greater powers to ensure the preservation, and where possible restoration, of unique architectural features and traditional materials by requiring an application for planning permission before carrying out any work. A copy of the Article 4(2) Direction is available to download below.

History of Tettenhall Wood Conservation Area

Before the 19th century Tettenhall Wood was an area of common land on which villagers could pasture their animals and take firewood.

The enclosure of the common in 1809 and the construction of new roads, notably Wood Road, initiated the growth of a new village which came to be known as Tettenhall Wood most of which is now within the Conservation Area.

By the 1830s Tettenhall Wood was a mix of cottages and residences of local businessmen who would have been attracted to the area because of its good communications, views over the town and by the fact that it was upwind of the smoky chimneys of Wolverhampton.

Christ Church originated as a mission from St. Michael’s Church, Tettenhall and was established in the school which had opened in 1844.

Today’s Christ Church was built in 1865-6 and shortly afterwards Tettenhall Wood was created a separate parish. A Methodist chapel built in Mount Road in 1825 was later replaced by a United Reformed Church, designed by George Bidlake of Birmingham and opened in 1873.

A working men’s institute was opened in 1887 and moved to its present site in 1893.

Several Victorian houses were demolished in, or adjacent to, the conservation area during the second half of the 20th century and their grounds built over with houses.

Today, Tettenhall Wood is a desirable residential suburb of Wolverhampton containing a mix of old and new buildings served by two places of worship and several shops and pubs.

Contact us

For further information on the Tettenhall Wood Conservation Area, please contact using the details below:

e-mail:   conservation@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Phone: 01902 555625, 555617 or 555622
Minicom: 01902 555554
Fax: 01902 555637