OLD PORTSMOUTH Conservation Area No 4
Guidelines for Conservation
John Slater BA (Hons) DMS MRTPI Head of Planning Services (023) 9283 4334
The Ordnance Survey mapping included within this publication is provided by the Portsmouth City Council under licence from the Ordnance Survey in order to fulfil its public function as a planning authority. Persons viewing this mapping should contact Ordnance Survey copyright for advice where they wish to licence Ordnance Survey map data for their own use. Licence No LA 100019671
Conservation Area No 4 Old Portsmouth
Guidelines for Conservation
John Slater BA (Hons) DMS MRTPI Head of Planning Services
January 2004 updated November 2006
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION page 1
2. HISTORY page 4
3. ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES page 6
4. TOWNSCAPE ANALYSIS page 8
5. ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER page 9
6. LAND USES page 15
7. PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND GREENERY page 16
8. PROBLEMS page 18
9. GUIDELINES page 20
APPENDIX 1: FURTHER INFORMATION AND ADVICE page 28
APPENDIX 2: FINANCE AND GRANT AID page 29
APPENDIX 3: STATUTORY PROTECTION page 30
APPENDIX 4.1: PORTSMOUTH CITY LOCAL PLAN 2001-2011 page 40
APPENDIX 5: SUMMARY OF EXISTING POWERS page 41
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Boundary and location maps of the Old Portsmouth Conservation Area 1. INTRODUCTION
This publication is one of a series historical quarter. At approximately 40 providing guidance on conservation ha, it is also one of the largest areas in Portsmouth. These are conservation areas in the city. intended to provide supplementary planning guidance to the Portsmouth Local Authorities have a duty to assess City Local Plan 2001-2011 which was the distinctive appearance and special adopted on 21 July 2006.. Detailed character of all conservation areas policy guidance regarding development within their remit, and issue guidelines proposals within conservation areas is that protect these areas from contained in policy DC10 of the Plan. detrimental development. Together with the Local Plan, the resulting Old Portsmouth occupies a key documents form the basis for location at the mouth of Portsmouth development control decisions which Harbour, situated at the south-western aim to promote the overall corner of Portsea Island. Its enhancement of the city’s conservation areas, and thus of the city as a whole.
In an environment as sensitive as this, planning must emphasise the character and appearance of the entire area by overseeing a careful balance between preservation and improvement of the existing historic environment, and promotion of sympathetic new development.
This document appraises the qualities that give this conservation area its particular character, and outlines the way in which history has moulded its form. It is not intended to be a comprehensive account of the quarter, so the omission of any particular building or feature should not lead to the assumption that it is of no interest.
Bath Square looking towards Point Sections 2 to 7 describe the composition and character of the area, westernmost tip, Point, forms one side and sections 8 and 9 address current of the bottleneck to the harbour, with issues relating to conservation and the other side, Fort Blockhouse in design in Old Portsmouth, setting out Gosport, only 200m away. suggested guidelines for residents, prospective purchasers and developers. Conservation Area 4 was designated in 1969 and comprises the old town of Portsmouth, which, as home to the city’s original settlement, is its most
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M P 2. HISTORY
The Growth and Defence of defences. As a result of its Old Portsmouth conclusions, earthen ramparts and a moat, supplemented by wooden Prior to the 12th Century, the area defensive structures, were built around around the Camber was agricultural the town on its two landward sides. land. In 1180, a rich merchant encouraged the foundation of a chapel Continued war with France led to the dedicated to the martyr Thomas construction of the Round Tower in Becket, which was to become the 1418, the first in a succession of parish church for the small community defensive structures, progressively located around the Camber. In 1194, updated as technology moved forward. Richard I granted this small settlement In 1665, Charles II instituted a major a charter, and by the end of the century programme of reconstruction and in it was a thriving town, centred around 1770, the Duke of Richmond the dock. Weekly markets and the constructed a second line of ramparts. annual Free Mart Fair were held along the High Street, and later the Free Mart By the 17th Century the town had grown Fair spread into Grand Parade. further inland, away from the harbour. In 1687, King James' Gate and moat Over the following centuries, the town were built at the end of the High Street began to decline until its potential as a (replacing the existing Point Gate), Naval base was recognised, in the 15th thus isolating Spice Island from the rest Century. In 1386 a royal commission of the town. Point on Spice Island was appointed to investigate the town’s became a favourite gathering place for
Plan 2 Redrawn map of Portsmouth c.1545
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4 sailors using the Sally Ports for travel 20th Century Old Portsmouth to and from the town; consequently, this encouraged the development of By the early 1900s, the area was in taverns and other disreputable decline: development on Portsea establishments in this area. Island had spread further up towards the mainland, and Old Portsmouth, In the 18th Century, most of the houses now an industrial area, became cut-off. in the old town were refaced or rebuilt, This downturn was exacerbated by the and further house-building took place Second World War, when much of the throughout the 19th Century. As the area suffered substantial bomb settlement expanded, it became damage, the extent of which is necessary to provide fortifications indicated on the map below. As the city further afield. Lord Palmerston's series recovered, a programme of rebuilding of forts protecting the whole of Portsea began. Modern flats and townhouses Island and Portsmouth Harbour meant proliferated throughout Old that the original defences of Old Portsmouth. Even now, post-war Portsmouth were no longer required, repairs can be seen on many buildings and in the 1870s, the ramparts were in the area. demolished. The land was subsequently used for barracks, open However, the historic street pattern space and an extension to the remains largely intact; the changes Dockyard. over time are more evident in the architecture. Today, Old Portsmouth is a desirable residential area, with the Camber still busy with maritime activity.
Plan 3 Bomb Damage to Old Portsmouth shown on the 1933 map 5 3. ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES
The Old Portsmouth Conservation to circa 1300. Fragments of German Area is steeped in a history which stoneware and delft were found in the dates back from its time as home to the excavation adjacent to the Garrison city’s first settlement. However, Church. although it has a number of above- ground archaeological remains, notably In the Oyster Street excavation, the remaining fortifications, it is likely evidence of settlement in the 12th that many more unknown remains are Century was discovered in the form of buried beneath existing buildings - gulleys and post-holes, and of 13/14th remains that provide irreplaceable Century settlement with a timber water evidence of previous generations of cistern. This evidence hints at the settlers. important role that the site would play in the town's commercial shipping trade There have been a number of during the 14th and 15th Centuries. excavations in Old Portsmouth, carried out mainly prior to redevelopment - There is, undoubtedly, more to be notably on the site of Oyster Mews and discovered beneath existing properties the land to the west of the Royal and gardens in the Old Portsmouth Garrison Church. Nearly all of the area, and the city council is keen to excavations have unearthed various record settlements. The local Sites and shards of pottery, glassware, and clay Monuments Record is a record of all tobacco pipes, the oldest dating back
Plan 4 Fortifications around 1850 superimposed on modern map of the area
6 significant discoveries in the area, including the excavations mentioned above.
In addition to various findings beneath the ground, there are a number of Scheduled Ancient Monuments above- ground, most notably the surviving defences of Portsmouth.
Portsmouth’s defences developed from the first single Round Tower and evolved over the centuries into an extensive network covering land and sea approaches. Originally, only Portsmouth's sheltered harbour was protected, but as Portsmouth developed into a major naval base, the Garrison church defence system spread out to Portsdown Hill, Gosport and Portchester.
The Royal Garrison Church, to the east of Grand Parade, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument that dates back to 1212-20 and was originally part of the Hospital of St. John and St. Nicholas (God's House, or Domus Dei). Restored by George Street (architect) in 1866-8, it is now preserved as a partial ruin following bomb damage.
7 4. TOWNSCAPE ANALYSIS
The street pattern of Old Portsmouth Point on Spice Island is a popular has remained consistent for hundreds gathering point for tourists wanting to of years. The maps on pages 4 and 6 admire activity in the harbour, views of show how little the loose grid pattern which can be obtained from a number has changed over time. of other vantage points, most notably the Round Tower, which provides an Broad Street and the High Street are all-round panorama. Benches are the main thoroughfares, with Pembroke provided throughout the old Road providing access to Southsea to fortifications. The standard of the east. The houses are townscape is greatly improved predominantly three-storey Georgian, following extensive landscaping work built at the back of the pavement, while at the turn of the Millennium, refreshing the side streets are narrower, with a the area’s ability to attract visitors. greater predominance of two-storey houses. Frontages are generally Views into the conservation area are continuous and provide a strong sense just as important as those out of it. The of enclosure which has otherwise been Cathedral provides an obvious reduced by the removal of the old town landmark, but from the sea, the Round walls. and Square Towers and Tower House are just as prominent.
Plan 5 Townscape analysis 8 5. ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
The architectural character of Old In contrast, Point, lying outside the Portsmouth is diverse, mainly due to town's ramparts, was a mass of more the extent of post-war redevelopment. close-knit properties. Today, this has - Historic elements, such as the to the west of Broad Street at least - Georgian townhouses and the remained largely unchanged. The medieval layout of roads and spaces, block between Bathing Lane and the are still evident, although modern Spice Island Inn contains a number of terraces and flats are now a more listed buildings dating mainly from the dominant feature of the townscape. late 18th and early 19th Centuries. It is in this part of Old Portsmouth that a Most of the historic buildings within the sense of enclosure is most keenly felt, conservation area are included within despite its exposure to the elements. the Secretary of State's list of buildings of architectural or historical One noticeable feature of the buildings significance. These buildings are listed within this block is the large-scale in Appendix A at the end of this presence of bay and oriel windows. document and shown in black on Plan The latter in particular feature on the 5 (see p8). first floors of many of the historic buildings, and this is reflected in the The oldest surviving buildings in the architecture of modern infill buildings. area date back to the 16th Century, These modern dwellings slot in although parts of the Cathedral date between the Georgian properties fairly back to 1188. The predominant historic comfortably and have been architectural style, however, is successful in helping to maintain the Georgian, which prevailed from around general height and scale of the built 1714 to 1830. Portsmouth enjoyed a form; only Spice Island House creeps substantial construction boom during significantly higher, at 7 storeys. this period. The High Street would, at one time, have been lined with a A handful of notable public houses variety of Georgian houses, ranging survive as a legacy from the days from substantial properties for high- when the Point was a haven for sailors. ranking officers to more modest These include the Still and West dwellings for workers. The long, narrow Country House, the Spice Island Inn burgage plots laid out in medieval (formerly the Union Tavern and the times would still have been evident. Coal Exchange), both on the tip of Point, and the Bridge Tavern at the end Many of these buildings are probably of East Street, all grade II listed. earlier in origin and were remodelled in These premises help to prolong Spice the 18th Century in the classical style. Island’s vitality into the evening. For example, Buckingham House, 10 High Street, (where the Duke of Bath Square offers a welcome Buckingham was murdered in 1628), is breathing space from the enclosure of a 16th Century timber-framed structure, West Street and Bathing Lane. Here, altered and extended in Georgian the character is clearly nautical. times. Similarly, the facades of 13, 13a Quebec House (listed grade II) dates and 15 Peacock Lane also suggest a back to 1754, when it was built by timber structure beneath the present public subscription as a bathing house facade. and contained baths replenished by
9 harbour water. Clad in Further on is one of Spice Island’s weatherboarding, the building juts out chief landmarks, Tower House. Its into the Harbour and is a unique turret and steeple overlook the landmark when viewing the Point from surrounding buildings, offering 360- Gosport or passing Harbour traffic. degree views - its height matched only by Spice Island House.
To the east, the commercial and industrial uses of the Camber area mark a change in character and architectural style, with the Bridge Tavern (1850) on Town Quay the oldest building in this area.
At the heart of Old Portsmouth is St. Thomas’s Cathedral, cruciform in shape with a square tower over the Quebec House crossing, and built of assorted stone. The style is transitional between To the north of Quebec House is a Norman and Early English. It was boathouse (early to mid-19th Century) consecrated in two stages: in 1188 and the Customs Watch House (late (chancel and nave) and 1196 (transept 18th Century) with attached walkway altars and churchyard). In 1693 a new and observation hut. 21 Bath Square, nave and west tower were completed, now home to Portsmouth Sailing Club, but an enlargement planned in 1932 was once a sail loft and store. Again, was not fully completed until 1991, with weatherboarding has been used to landmark twin turrets and striking west clad parts of these buildings. doorway.
Tower House from Round Tower St. Thomas’s Cathedral 10 BROAD STREET
35 37 3939 41 43 45 th th th Early 19th Century Early-mid Late 18 /early 17 Century Modern Early– mid 19 th th Grade II 19 Century 19 Century origins infill Cent. Pleasing red brick Grade II Grade II Grade II Pleasant Grade II property with later Stucco faced Red and grey Partly timber property Typical shopfront. Flank with brick with plain framed, upper reflecting first floor tripartite wall to Bathing Lane prominent tiled hipped floors have been typical oriel window with th is of grey headers window roof rebuilt in the 20 features of pilasters dividing with red brick dressings Century. The in Spice sashes th dressings early 19 Century Island shopfront has been retained Further to the south, fronting Broad Here, the density of development is Street, a new development of reduced slightly. townhouses, Spice Quay, endeavours to reflect the vernacular style of Spice At the end of High Street is Grand Island’s historic built form, with Parade, a formal-looking three-sided characteristic oriel windows and roof city square whose hard landscaping is terraces making the most of the views now primarily used for car parking, across the Solent to the Isle of Wight. Grand Parade was, in the 18th and 19th Centuries, the most fashionable Adjacent to this development are three address in Old Portsmouth. The listed buildings, one 2-storey and a pair eastern side is lined by listed 19th of 3-storey properties. Dating back to Century 3-4-storey buildings, while the the early to mid-19th Century, again western side consists entirely of post- boasting oriel windows. Further south war rebuild. again are a pair of typical Portsmouth Edwardian terraces with shallow On the corner of Grand Parade and the forecourts, particularly unusual for this High Street is 59/60 High Street, part of Old Portsmouth. The extensive designed by Samuel Wyatt in 1786. A old Vospers site on the corner of Broad former bank, this substantial building Street and White Hart Road has has a grand rusticated ground floor and recently been developed with 3-storey attractive dentilled cornice. Georgian-style townhouses. The block to the west of Grand Parade Further back from Spice Island, the includes some of Old Portsmouth’s Square Tower completes the view most elegant houses, again with the down High Street towards the Harbour. bay windows typical of the area. 11 LOMBARD STREET
1-5 7 & 9 11 th Mid-late 17 Century Late 18th Century Mid 18th Grade II* Grade II Century Nos. 1-5 have unusual Dutch gables Typically Georgian – note Grade II possibly due to Dutch military engineers in the brick dentilled cornice Note the shell th the 17 Century who added the first floors and Flemish bond using decoration of the properties. The stucco (external grey headers. No. 7 has a within the plaster) was probably added at a later date particularly fine doorcase semi-circular panel over the doorway
Today, the High Street is characterised by 1950s and ’60s flats and townhouses, with some attempt to respect the Georgian dimensions and architecture of the more traditional elements of High Street. The demolition of houses to the south and west of the Cathedral following the war has opened up this area and given the Cathedral a setting appropriate to its status.
Tucked behind the Cathedral, on Lombard Street, is one of the most attractive groups of buildings in the city, made up of 18th Century buildings of varying heights, colours and materials. 7 and 9 Lombard Street are prime examples of Portsmouth Georgian dwellings: 3-storey buildings in red brick, with grey headers and bow windows at first floor level. Lombard Street looking towards Gunwharf Quays
12 LOMBARD STREET
17 19 21 23 13 15 Early-mid 19th Late 18th Century Early 19th Mid 18th Century Century front to 18th Grade II Century Grade II th Mid 18 Century Mid 18th Century building Stucco-faced Grade II Right hand side of Grade II Century Grade II with steeply Former store or the building has Grade II The old hipped plain pitched plain warehouse gone – possibly as This and no. 11 tiled roof hints that tiled roof restored as a a result of bomb were possibly this 18th Century dwellinghouse in damage one property at building has been the late 1970s one time as the refaced in brick gables have the same profile
A smaller terrace of 2-3-storey late 18th Post War Architecture Century properties in St. Thomas's Street completes the group. Post-war styles vary from 1950s redevelopment of bomb sites to more The north-eastern end of the High recent buildings designed to reflect the Street also has a number of notable Georgian heritage that was Old buildings. For example, Portsmouth Portsmouth’s trademark. The Grammar School occupies the old immediate post-war rebuild tended to Cambridge Barracks buildings built in consist of 3-storey terraces and blocks 1850/60. And 127 High Street has of flats with large picture windows. Portsmouth's only example of mathematical tiles. These tiles, on the The area to the north of the High Street flank wall adjacent to John Pound's is characterised mainly by housing built Memorial Church, were used as an incrementally between the 1960s and alternative to bricks and give the 1980s, including some 3-storey impression of neat, costly facing bricks. townhouses and some 2-storey dwellings facing communal gardens. Similar dwellings line the area south of High Street, with post-war townhouses fronting Pembroke Street.
13 Some of High Street’s examples of 1950s architecture have aged well, retaining the ‘Festival of Britain’ character with which they are imbued. 45 High Street’s distinctive tiled entrance feature is especially evocative of the period. Similarly, no. 50 has an unusual canopy of circular holes, with a pattern of small square windows scattered across the front elevation.
Less successful is Spice Island House (1967) on Broad Street, which is out of scale with its neighbours, and ugly in its own right. Other buildings from the same era, such as the early 1970s houses on St. Thomas’s Street, look equally dated.
The only noteworthy housing from the 1980s is in Penny Street. These red/ brown brick dwellings are stepped to 50 High Street take account of the line of the road and have recessed ground floor windows with brick corbel detail.
The mid-1990s brought a raft of new housing to the area, principally in the form of the King James Quay scheme, which enclosed the Camber with a large expanse of mock-Georgian housing located on cleared land previously used for shipbuilding.
More recently, an infill of three townhouses was completed at 17 High Street, slotting comfortably between the red brick Georgian townhouse at no. 16 and the 1950s block to the south. But the most striking contemporary building in the area is at 38-46 Broad Street: five 4-storey townhouses by Panter Hudspith and completed in 2003. The facades have been designed with glazed projecting and receding elements to open up multiple views of the harbour, sea and 45 High Street town from each residence (see p27).
14 6. LAND USES
Town Quay and the Camber
Old Portsmouth began its life as a teashops, cafés and B&Bs and, during harbour settlement, and the area the summer, the arches under Point around the Camber is still used to this Battery are occupied by local artists day by local fishermen and boat and traders. A few restaurants and repairers. wine bars are strewn at random throughout the area. Spice Island accommodates a diverse range of land uses, although residential High Street would once have been a predominates. Once crammed with bustling strip of shops and pubs. public houses and inns, it now has only Today, however, many of the older three pubs, all of which are crucial to buildings destroyed in the Second the vitality of the area. The theatre of World War have been replaced by passing harbour traffic at the tip of the residential development, which now Point attracts both tourists and locals to constitutes the overwhelming bulk of the pubs located there. This waterfront land use on High Street, as elsewhere activity gives Spice Island a unique and in the quarter. appealing atmosphere. A small number of the original pubs still A number of buildings on Spice Island survive, such as The Dolphin and The reflect the historical use of the area. Sally Port Hotel, and a small Boat yards are a particular feature of convenience store was included in the the Camber area, as well as the 1950s post-war redevelopment, which western shore of the Point. A number remains in situ today. A number of the of buildings along the eastern side of older buildings show signs of earlier Broad Street are used for storage, shopfronts, which have, as market workshops and a chandlery. trends changed over time, been converted to residential properties. Tourists to Spice Island are catered for with a limited selection of independent
15 7. PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND GREENERY
Portsmouth Cathedral in its green setting
Portsmouth has always been There are two Tree Preservation unusually built-up, with a limited Orders within the conservation area. provision of public open space. The No. 58 covers the flowering cherry Cathedral itself was once surrounded trees in front of the Portsmouth by buildings; only post-war demolition Grammar School building, as well as enabled its grounds to expand to their trees in Cathedral Green and th current size. 18 Century maps show Governor’s Green; and no. 144 covers how densely populated Old Portsmouth a single sycamore tree situated at the was even then. western end of the Cathedral.
Governor's Green, surrounding the Royal Garrison Church, is another open space that was once developed (in medieval times), but since the 19th Century only the church has remained. Pembroke Gardens lay beneath the old fortifications and the sloping land bordering them, but fortunately they were never developed and now form a green lung for the conservation area.
Point Battery separates two other public spaces of a different kind. Once dominated by military activities, the hard landscaping on Broad Street mixes stone paving and gravel, and reflects the severe character of the history of this particular space. On the other side of Point Battery lies a well- hidden beach, known as Hot Walls. Hot Walls beach beneath Point Battery 16 Street Furniture A number of original lighting columns still exist, but these are now Street furniture may be a contemporary foreshadowed by the modern lighting expression but the concept of installed along the Millennium landscaping urban environments is as Promenade, completed in 2001 as part old as cities themselves. In of the Renaissance of Portsmouth Portsmouth’s case, there are contracts Harbour project. The lights were dating back to 1764 for "the better designed by a team of landscape paving of the streets and lands architects from Portsmouth and commonly called Portsmouth Gosport Councils, and are unique to Common." These documents suggest Portsmouth Harbour. Their blue that Purbeck stone and Isle of Wight lanterns have become a memorable pebbles were the materials of choice in signature of both the Millennium the 18th Century. Although they refer Promenade and Old Portsmouth itself. specifically to the Portsea area, it is likely that the same materials were A chain motif in Spanish limestone used in Old Portsmouth. A substantial paving indicates the promenade route amount of this historic paving has and symbolises the Harbour defence survived over the years. chain which linked Portsmouth to Gosport and prevented enemy galleons sailing into the Harbour.
‘Wavy bench’ seating is provided all along the Promenade - apart from the Saluting Platform, where the contemporary concrete benches are another bespoke design created by Portsmouth City Council.
Attractive paving is a key asset
Some unusual bollards are dotted around the area: formerly cannon barrels, possibly dating back to the 18th Century, they are a legacy of the city’s long naval history. Many are listed.
Three K6 red phone boxes, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935, are also listed: two in Broad Street and one Contemporary lighting along the Millennium Promenade in Grand Parade.
17 8. PROBLEMS
i) Problems with built form between designing in a contemporary As a result of damage incurred during manner while simultaneously the Second World War, much of Old respecting context has resulted in Portsmouth consists of architecturally bland-looking buildings. indifferent buildings built during post- war decades, but due to the deference ii) Amendments to historic buildings displayed to the scale, vernacular, Unsympathetic home improvements, historic street pattern and grain of principally in the form of UPVC window development incumbent in the area, use on historic buildings, are apparent the overall visual appearance remains throughout the area. As a result, the pleasing, and even weaker parts are character and integrity of many of still markedly superior to other urban these older buildings have been areas characterised by post-war diminished. building. iii) Vandalism and maintenance Some exceptions are noteworthy: Although vandalism, especially along Spice Island House on Broad Street, the Millennium Promenade, currently the incongruous charmlessness of exists at a relatively low level, a which is compounded by its ignorance deterioration in the quality of the public of the scale of surrounding realm could result if allowed to grow development. unchecked.
Spice Island House: double the height of its neighbours on Broad Street
St Thomas’s Street (Lombard Street to St George’s Road stretch), King Recently planted sapling on Broad Charles Street and Warblington Street Street after act of vandalism are also somewhat weak, with suburban-style development in a rather iv) Lack of tree cover barren setting. Examples abound, also, Part of Old Portsmouth’s appeal lies in of individual modern buildings that its provision of generously proportioned have attempted to adhere too closely areas of public open space overlooking to historical styles, where the balance the sea, with its attractive harbour-
18 bound activity. However, some areas relatively unwelcoming to non-car- within the district could benefit from an users. increased level of shade in the form of tree cover; High Street, St Thomas’s Street, King Charles Street and Warblington Street are particularly treeless and extensive tree-planting along the entire stretches of these roads could help provide some street definition, visual amenity and a welcome sense of enclosure.
Most of the 1970s and 1980s developments on Warblington Street have allowed cars to dictate the design
vi) Paucity of shops and amenities Despite its fairly high population density, Old Portsmouth lacks the according amenities. Facilities for visitors are relatively scant. While there St. Thomas’s Street, where the planting of are some cafes and pubs scattered at trees could help soften the edges and reduce random throughout the area, there is the impact of excessive road width no food shop other than a single convenience store and some seafood v) Influence of cars on streetscape stalls on Town Quay, and no chemist, Some parts of Old Portsmouth are nor many other of the shops that one increasingly distinguished by the would expect to find in a desirable dominance of motor vehicles on the residential area and popular berthing streetscape. Indeed, in many location. developments this is quite deliberate: the provision of parking for cars has Were this situation to be addressed, been allowed to dictate the design of great care would have to be taken to new build properties. The street level is ensure that new development is dominated by driveways and garage appropriately sensitive to the prevalent doors, which have a deadening effect scale and layout of the area; one way on the street, rather than active this can be achieved is through retail frontages, which would, by contrast, provision on the ground floor of new enliven it. On thoroughfares such as apartment buildings, which would not St. Thomas’s Street and Warblington only benefit the residential community Street, this emphasis on enabling and visitors alike in a relatively discreet vehicular convenience at the expense manner but provide active frontages of other activity serves to accentuate that contribute to the vitality of streets. the excessive road space that already exists, making these streets seem
19 9. GUIDELINES
The overall aim of this document is to existing and original external preserve, and where appropriate, wall finishes as appropriate and enhance, the conservation area. This will actively discourage the section sets out reasons why individual introduction of materials such as elements are considered important, imitation stone cladding and and presents guidelines in respect of textured rendered finishes, which each of them. are likely to be inappropriate to the particular property and ill- 1) Buildings suited to the character of the a) Wall Finishes/Cladding area. b) Doors c) Windows • The City Council will discourage d) Roofs the painting of surfaces such as e) Details and Ornament stone and brickwork, particularly f) Extensions on 18th and 19th century buildings 2) Trees and Greenery where this was not originally 3) Road surfaces and pavements intended. 4) Street Furniture 5) New development and redevelopment 6) Boundary changes
1) BUILDINGS
a) Wall Finishes/Cladding
The conservation area contains buildings in a wide array of styles, where wall finishes vary largely Local colour and architectural detail on according to the period in which they Lombard St were built. Many of the late 18th Century / early 19th Century buildings b) Front Doors wear stucco facades, while almost all of the post-war development, by The prevalence of buildings from contrast, is in red or brown brick. In different architectural periods has some cases, buildings have been resulted in a wide variety of door type; painted, which doesn’t require planning for example, on the older buildings in permission on unlisted buildings. Some the conservation area, the great post-war houses, like nos. 21-33 majority of doors will be of wood, albeit Pembroke Road, have been partially with different patterns and detailing. A rendered in ‘seaside’ pastel colours, to painted finish is usually authentic for good effect. older buildings.
Guidelines: The aim, therefore, should be to match, wherever possible, the existing pattern • The City Council will encourage for the particular property or group of the retention and conservation of properties, rather than to use or 20 prescribe a ‘standard’ pattern. The different profiles, glazing bars and substitution of original doors with doors other details. These alterations can constructed of UPVC or metal would seem particularly conspicuous if be regarded as unsuitable and a factor executed on a property that is part of a that would constitute a detraction in the terrace where similar amendments appearance of the conservation area. have not been carried out, with original windows still intact in the other Guidelines: properties
• The City Council will encourage Guidelines: the retention or reinstatement of original or sympathetic external • The City Council will encourage front doors and will discourage the retention of existing the use of doors of inappropriate traditional window types, details size, design or material. and materials.
• The City Council will discourage • The City Council will encourage the use of UPVC, aluminium, the repair of existing windows stained wood or other wherever possible, and where inappropriate materials or this is not possible, their finishes. replacement by matching windows. c) Windows • The City Council will strongly discourage the use of UPVC, A building’s windows can have a aluminium and other materials or greater effect on the overall finishes inappropriate to the appearance of its façade than any area, and is prepared to issue other single factor. This applies to post- special protective measures war residences as well as period (Article 4[2] Directions) to afford properties. Any replacement of more protection against windows, then, has to be carried out unsympathetic alterations. with a high degree of sensitivity. Most older properties in this area have painted sash timber windows of various patterns, the existence of which is one of the principal factors that contribute to the immense character inherent in both the properties themselves and the area as a whole.
The incremental introduction of modern materials or finishes such as UPVC, aluminium and stained - rather than painted - wood has had an adverse effect on the appearance of Old A sequence of historic houses, with traditional Portsmouth, made worse by the fact sash windows very much in evidence that new materials frequently have (Lombard Street) 21 (d) Roofs where these are important features of the townscape, their The majority of older properties in this removal will, conversely, be area will have had either slate, clad or discouraged. clay-tiled roofs and these have often survived. However, many have been • Large dormer windows will replaced by modern interlocking tiled generally be discouraged on roofs, and sometimes this has elevations visible from a public demonstrated the problems caused by highway. the use of a heavier roofing material. The use of a variety of different coloured tiles can have a discordant e) Details and Ornament visual effect especially where properties form part of a terrace. The pre-war houses of this area boast some impressive detailing and Roof details such as ridge tiles, finials, finishing, as outlined in the decorative shaped slates or tiles and ‘Architectural Character’ section. All patterns are also important and should these features add significantly to the be retained wherever possible or visual character of the area and it is salvaged and reused where the roof important that they are retained. has to be replaced. This richness of detail is markedly less Roof extensions often lead to the loss prevalent in post-war development, of existing historic fabric such as which, while respectful of its context, is pitched roofs and chimneys. They can as lacking in flamboyance as most lead to an unacceptable increase in the architecture of its period. However, bulk of properties. However, there are there are a few exceptions, where some situations, particularly in Spice some of the features present express a Island, where roof extensions have certain charm and style distinctive to been carried out quite successfully. that era. Where these flourishes are identifiable, an assumption could be Guidelines: made that they may prove as valuable in the fullness of time as those of • The City Council will encourage previous centuries are now. the retention and use of traditional roofing materials Guidelines: (such as slate and clay tiles) and will discourage the use of • The City Council will encourage unsympathetic modern roofing the retention and reinstatement materials, such as interlocking of original architectural detail concrete tiles. and ornament.
• Roof details such as ridge tiles • The removal of any original and decorative roofing should be feature or interesting original retained whenever possible. details will be discouraged.
• The retention of chimney stacks and pots will be encouraged; 22 (f) Extensions • Large roof extensions will be discouraged, particularly at the Extensions on elevations fronting the front, where they would have an highway normally require planning adverse visual effect on the permission and will generally be existing building or townscape, discouraged, particularly in relation to or where they would lead to the the older buildings in the area. loss of original historic roofs or their features. Where an extension is required, the design should match or complement • Where roof extensions are the existing original building, not only in permitted they should match the more obvious respects such as existing building in respect of external materials, but also in the design and materials. detail, such as brick bonding and pointing, window style and associated dressings. 2) TREES AND GREENERY
Large roof additions can spoil the Within the boundaries of the appearance of a house and look Conservation Area are Governor’s incongruous in the general street Green, Pembroke Gardens and scene. Careful thought needs to be Clarence Ground, large expanses of given to ensure that dormers and other open green space bordered by both roof additions do not dominate the established and new tree planting. roofscape, and as such it will largely be Aside from these spaces, street trees necessary to keep large dormers to the are relatively rare in the built-up parts rear roofscape. of the Conservation Area and don’t currently play as significant a part in Guidelines: Old Portsmouth’s townscape as ideally they should. A diminution in the • Extensions will be discouraged already limited number of street trees where they would have an is therefore not considered desirable. adverse visual effect on the The situation is, however, actively existing building or townscape. being remedied: recent planting has taken place on Governor’s Green, • Where small extensions are Broad Street and on the corner of permitted they should match the Merchant’s Row and Lombard Street. existing original property in Tree Preservation Order boundaries respect of design, materials and cover Governor’s Green, the Cathedral detail. The size of an extension Green and parts of High Street and St. should not overpower the Thomas’s Street, with the majority of original building size. TPOs clustered around the Cathedral.
• Where large extensions are Guidelines: permitted, they might be better designed to complement the • The City Council will encourage original, so that both can be additional tree planting on both recognised and appreciated. private land and public land such as footways, where feasible. 23 • The City Council will discourage relates to roads, paving, street lighting, the loss of trees in this area and street furniture and other related will promote further Tree matters in conservation areas together Preservation Orders as with other areas of historic interest. necessary. Guidelines: • The City Council will continue to encourage the good management • The City Council will continue the of trees in this area and will existing policy of implementing encourage new and replacement higher quality surfacing and planting of appropriate species paving, with particular attention to help maintain and enhance the to detailing. character of the area, including the replacement of dead or • In resurfacing/repaving roads, vandalised specimens. particular attention will be given to retaining existing features and • The City Council will discourage details, including coalhole the loss of existing areas of open covers, etc. land (such as gardens) particularly to the front or side of • The City Council will encourage properties. the retention of existing private driveways, footpaths and forecourts and the retention of 3) ROAD SURFACES AND original or other suitable PAVEMENTS materials, particularly of historical value. The City Council has a long standing policy of higher quality paving in conservation areas. In addition, some areas of historic surfaces or details still survive, including some pavement crossings and various historic cast iron features such as coalhole covers, channels, buchan traps etc. and these add to the character of the area and should be retained. The continuing emphasis on robust, high quality, traditional paving is most evident on the Millennium Promenade, especially aound Spice Island, Broad Street and Grand Parade, where sensitively- executed ground treatment has accentuated the special qualities intrinsic in the townscape.
In 2001, the City Council approved a guidance document, ‘Roads and High quality paving the centrepiece of a Street Furniture in Historic Areas’. This traditional streetscape in Grand Parade 24 4) STREET FURNITURE
Street furniture such as street lighting, bollards, signage and cycle parking facilities can add to or detract from the visual character of the area. A notable recent addition to Old Portsmouth’s street furniture are the distinctive Millennium lighting columns along the seaside promenade, the gem-like blue illuminated ‘crowns’ of which form a necklace around the harbour - a bespoke design unique to Portsmouth,.
‘Roads and Street Furniture in Historic Areas’ relates to lighting, street Distinctive Millennium lighting columns furniture and other related matters.
Guidelines: 5) NEW DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT • The City Council will encourage the retention both of historic Old Portsmouth may be a key street furniture, where this Conservation Area but it is by no survives, and of street furniture means a museum piece. Rather, it is a implemented as part of the historical area that has evolved over programme of works to the past fifty years by integrating landscape the Millennium modern developments within the Promenade. parameters of certain basic design standards, in some instances more • The City Council will endeavour effectively than in others. However, as to match any subsequent new the area lost a substantial number of th th street furniture to that already good 18 and 19 Century buildings established so that the cohesive during the Second World War, further style of street furniture in Old losses to make way for modern-day Portsmouth is upheld. development would be resisted, as evinced by the extent of Grade II listing • Unsightly and unnecessary in the area. street furniture will be prioritised for removal by the City Council, There does remain some scope – and where possible. demand – for new development and redevelopment within Old Portsmouth. As a general rule, the City Council encourages the inclusion and incorporation of historical buildings on or near development sites into new development wherever possible, and in the past this has led to some invaluable but derelict buildings being 25 restored and brought back into and glass, may be more welcome use. appropriate.
Where this is not applicable, and • The City Council will encourage redevelopment consists entirely of new an ideal building height of 3-4 build, the key to its success in design storeys throughout the terms would be the pursuit of a general Conservation Area. policy of ‘reference, not deference.’ New buildings should respect Old • While the City Council accepts Portsmouth’s historical context without the necessity of car parking obsequiously attempting to reproduce it provision, this should be (or a subjective interpretation thereof). integrated as unobtrusively as This can be achieved by adhering to possible into the layout, and the general scale and character of should not be allowed to dictate development in the vicinity, the design of any new acknowledging the rhythm of development. neighbouring elevations, and noting the vernacular (such as the materials used) • The City Council will foster the in surrounding properties. provision of active ground floor uses and discourage design that Guidelines: includes dead frontages.
• The City Council will oppose the • The City Council will aim to redevelopment of existing older prioritise the attention paid to properties unless it can be window design in new demonstrated that the developments so that their redevelopment would positively appropriateness for both building enhance the character or and wider setting can be ensured appearance of the Conservation and so that they enhance, rather Area. than detract from, both.
• For new build, the City Council • The City Council accepts the will advocate the highest discreet addition of safety possible standards of design and railings across windows and architecture and will emphasise juliet balconies as necessary the development of buildings that safety features in certain add to the Conservation Area’s designs, but will discourage their unique qualities by respecting use as deliberate architectural local scale, street patterns, embellishments unless the elevations, features and balconies can offer proper materials. amenity use.
• Traditional materials such as brick, clay tiles, slates, timber, stone, lead and render would usually be preferred, although in a few situations more modern materials, such as stainless steel 26 An example of an unequivocally contemporary design on Broad Street that takes into account the scale, vernacular and rhythm of its neighbours’ facades
6) BOUNDARY CHANGES
Changes to the boundary of the conservation area are proposed in three places: where currently it cuts through Regency Court on King Charles Street, it would include both Regency Court and Haywards Court behind it. This is not a recognition of those buildings’ merit so much as an acknowledgement that it is illogical to draw the line arbitrarily so that half of Regency Court is included and the other half isn’t. Similarly, where the boundary currently cuts through the middle of the properties between Pembroke Road and Chatham Drive, it would exclude this terrace altogether, with Pembroke Road itself and Pier Road constituting the south-eastern corner of the Conservation Area’s boundary. Finally, the north-eastern boundary would extend further east from Portsmouth Grammar School to incorporate the City Museum and Records Office and grounds.
27 APPENDIX 1: FURTHER INFORMATION AND ADVICE
This document is intended to set a In appropriate circumstances, the help policy framework for this conservation of English Heritage or The Hampshire area. The Head of Planning Services Building Preservation Trust could be will be pleased to discuss any sought. National Amenity Societies proposals concerning this area and to publish a number of advisory leaflets advise on appropriate sources of on detailed aspects of conservation. advice and information. There is a long established series by the Society for the Protection of Please contact the Conservation Ancient Buildings (SPAB). The Officer John Pike on 023 9283 4303, Victorian Society and The Georgian Bob Colley on 023 9283 4310, or Ben Group both produce series of leaflets Cracknell on 029 9284 1127 in the on doors, windows, tiles, glass and Conservation & Design Section of the other features. Planning Services. A number of advice leaflets have been produced by the city and county councils – for further details contact the above officers.
It is always advisable to contact the Planning Services before carrying out any alterations to buildings in a conservation area to ascertain whether permission is required. For further details contact:
Planning Services Conservation and Design Team Civic Offices Guildhall Square Portsmouth PO1 2AU
28 APPENDIX 2: FINANCE AND GRANT AID
1. Historic Buildings grants For advice on what is available contact Historic Building grant aid may be the Helpdesk on 023 9283 4538 available from the City Council towards or visit the website on the cost of appropriate repair of listed www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/5293 and certain other buildings in this conservation area. For information telephone 023 92 834303/10. 3. Other financial assistance
2. Housing grants Other financial assistance may be available for example to assist with environmental improvement schemes The City Council financial assistance or other projects. The Head of Policy for Private Sector Housing Planning Services will be pleased to makes a range of assistance packages advise on possible sources of available to home owners. assistance.
Help is given for the improvement and repair of properties to meet the Decent Homes standard and to provide energy efficiency measures.
Assistance may be subject to a test of the owners resources.
29 APPENDIX 3: STATUTORY PROTECTION
1. CONSERVATION AREA hut late C19. Bath Square, Quebec House Old Portsmouth was designated as Grade: II th Conservation Area No 4 on 10 Listed: 30/10/69 September 1969. The boundaries were Owner: Private modified on 13 February 2004 to Built as bathing house 1754, later include the City Museum. hotel, now house. Weatherboarding on timber frame, early and mid C19 2. LISTED BUILDINGS alterations.
Listed 25/9/72 unless stated Bath Square, The Boathouse otherwise. Grade: II Owner: Private Bath Square (Point), Early to mid C19 boathouse, restored Still & West Country House late C20. 3 storeys, brick ground floor Grade: II with timber frame and weatherboarding Owner: Private above. Public house marked c1700, present building late C18-early C19. Bath Square, 2 Bollards Grade: II 11 Bath Square Listed: 18/3/99 Grade: II Owner: PCC Owner: Private 2 possible early C19 cannon barrels at Early C19 2 storey house. north side of junction with Bathing Lane. Probably reused mid to late C19. 21 Bath Square, Portsmouth Sailing Club 10 & 12 Broad Street Grade: II Grade: II Owner: Private Owner: Private Early to mid C19 3 storey sail loft and Pair of early C19 houses with later store, now sailing club additions, central passage with sign over reading ‘Dores Court’. Bath Square, Bollards Grade: II 13 Broad Street, Seagull Restaurant Listed: 18/3/99 Grade: II Owner: PCC Listed: 18/3/99 South side of junction with Bathing Owner: Private Lane. 3 possible early C18 cannon Former public house c1910 attributed barrels reused as bollards, probably to G.V Inkpen, lately a restaurant. mid-late C19. Two recently moved from Brown glazed tiles to ground floor, The Point. timber framed above, turret at corner.
Bath Square, Customs Watch-house 14 Broad Street Grade: II Grade: II Owner: Private Owner: Private Former Customs Watch-house with 2 storey house with mid C19 front, attached walkway and observation hut. included for group value. Watch-house late C18, walkway and 30 15 Broad Street, Former Post Office C19 house of 3 storeys Grade: II Owner: Private 55 Broad Street Late C18-early C19 house with C20 Grade: II alterations. 3 storeys and attic. Owner: Private Late C18-earlyC19 3 storey house 23 Broad Street Grade: II 63 & 65 Broad Street, Owner: Private Spice Island Inn Late C18-early C19 3 storey house. Grade: II Owner: Private 35 Broad Street Formerly 2 public houses but now one Grade: II (The Coal Exchange P.H & The Lone Owner: Private Yachtsman). Early C19 with extensive Early C19 house with later alterations, alterations in 1991, 3 storeys and attic. 3 storeys. Broad Street, 18 Gun Battery & 37 Broad Street Flanking Battery, King’s Stairs, Grade: II Sallyport & Point Barracks Owner: Private Grade: I Early to mid C19 house, 2 storeys and Listed: 30/10/69 attic. Owner: PCC Part of the fortifications of Portsmouth. 39 Broad Street, Camber House 18 Gun Battery late C17 by de Grade: II Gomme, reconstructed 1847-50. The 2 Owner: Private storey Flanking Battery has late C18 Late C18-early C19 3 storey house Sallyport known as ‘The Common with later alterations. Sallyport’.The ‘Old Sallyport’ formerly had a landing stage known as ‘The 41 Broad Street Kings Stairs’. Point Barracks are part of Grade: II the 1847-50 period of reconstruction. Owner: Private Incorporated within the fortifications are Partly timber-framed house of C17 parts of original C16 & C17 works. origin, C19 and C20 alterations. Interior has close studding framing in passage Broad Street, wall with red brick infill panels, K6 Telephone Kiosk opposite 45/49 probably C17. Small panel of wattle Grade: II and daub on first floor. Listed: 14/5/90 Owner: BT 45 Broad Street Type K6 kiosk designed in 1935 by Sir Grade: II Giles Gilbert Scott, made by Lion Owner: Private Foundry Co. Ltd. Replacement Early to mid C19 3 storey house. Elizabeth II crowns to top panels.
53 Broad Street Broad Street/Tower Street junction Grade: II K6 Telephone Kiosk Owner: Private Grade: II Includes former 53a. Late C18-early Listed: 14/5/90
31 Owner: BT 54 East Street, Bridge Tavern Type K6 kiosk designed 1935 by Sir Camber Dock Giles Gilbert Scott, made by Lion Grade: II Foundry Co. Ltd. George VI crowns to Owner: Private top panels. 3 storey public house c1806.
Broad Street, The Round Tower 8 French Street Grade: I Grade: II Listed: 30/10/69 Listed: 16/12/93 Owner: PCC Owner: Private Fortification c1415, ground floor Also known as Popinjays Warehouse reconstructed c1538-40. 2 upper and The Mayors Stables. Warehouse storeys probably late C17 by de with original fabric on ground floor Gomme, remodified early C19 possibly possibly late medieval. Certainly in as a Martello Tower with adaptations existence by late C16 or early C17, as gun platform c1850. upper floors C18; 2 storeys with 4 bay queen post roof. Broad Street, The Square Tower Grade: I Governor’s Green, Listed: 30/10/69 Iron Railings & Gates Owner: PCC Grade: II Fortification and Governor’s Residence Listed: 18/3/99 c1494, altered to form powder Owner: MoD magazine c1580 and then Admiralty Early to mid C19 wrought–iron railings Victualling Store c1780, was reinstated surrounding the green. as part of fortifications mid C19. Restored 1978-85. Niche facing Broad 2 Grand Parade, Aquitaine House Street contains copy of gilded lead bust Grade: II of Charles I by Hubrecht le Seur, Owner: Private (original in City Museum.) Mid C19 house of 4 storeys.
Broad Street, Cannon Barrel 3 Grand Parade Grade: II Grade: II Listed: 18/3/99 Owner: Private Owner: PCC C19 house with 3 storeys and attic Possible early C18 cannon barrel canopy. reused as bollard probably early C20. (2 recently re-sited to Bath Square). 4 Grand Parade Grade: II Cambridge Road Junction, Listed: 30/10/69 Portsmouth Grammar Lower School Owner: Private Grade: II Early C19 house of 3 storeys, War Owner: Private Memorial tablet of 1914-18 on ground School by A.E Cogswell 1879, neo- floor. Jacobean in style, 2 storey red brick building. 5 Grand Parade Grade: II Listed: 30/10/69
32 Owner: Private and lodges, Early C19 house of 3 storeys, iron Portsea balcony at first floor with metal tent roof Grade; II Listed; 25/9/72 6 Grand Parade Owner; Private Grade: II Former HMS Vernon site, (latterly HMS Owner: Private Nelson), perimeter walls, main gate Early C19 house of 3 storeys with and gun emplacements c1870 with return to Penny Street. later additions and alterations. Wall of brick, 3 m. high on ashlar base, main Grand Parade, K6 Telephone Kiosk gate with flanking brick towers and Grade: II machicolated parapets, 2 single storey Listed: 14/5/90 lodges. Owner: BT N.B.; Section adjoining Car Ferry is in Telephone kiosk K6 type, designed this CA 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, George VI crowns to top panels. 10 High Street Grade: II Grand Parade, Listed: 10/1/53 Royal Garrison Church Owner: Private Grade: II Late C18 house of 3 storeys with slate Listed: 18/3/99 roof. Owner: MoD Hospital and chapel (Domus Dei), now 10½ & 11 High Street, church, founded c1212 by Bishop Buckingham House Peter des Roches and extensively Grade: II* restored 1886-88 by G.E Street. Listed: 10/1/53 Church constructed of coursed rubble Owner: Private stone with ashlar dressings in Early Timber-framed house of C16 or early English style. Chancel has stained C17 date, altered and refronted late glass by Carl Edwards, Harold Thomas C17 or early C18. Interior has panelling and Farrah Bell. and partly exposed timber framing, , plaque on outside wall records Grand Parade, assassination of Duke of Buckingham Lord Nelson Monument, in house 1628. Grade; II Listed; 18/3/99 12 & 13 High Street, Cons. Area; 4 Felton House (No. 12) Owner; PCC Grade: II Bronze statue of Lord Nelson on Listed: 30/10/69 granite base by Dr. H.J Aldous LRCS Owner: Private and F Brook Hitch FRBS 1951. 2 houses C18 with 3 storeys and attic. Relocated from Pembroke Gardens to mark the bicentenary of the death of 14, 15 & 16A High Street, Lord Nelson in 2005. Rockingham (14), Nelson House (15) Grade: II Gunwharf RoadGunwharf Road, Listed: 10/1/53 HMS Nelson, perimeter wall, gate Owner: Private
33 Late C18 house now divided into 3 Listed: 18/3/99 properties. 3 storey red brick. Owner: Private House of C16 origins with early C19 16 High Street front and late C20 alterations. 3 storeys Grade: II and attic. Interior has C16 timber frame Listed: 30/10/69 truss with wattle and daub infill. Owner: Private Early C19 house, 3 storeys and attic. 127, 128 & 129 High Street Grade: II 23 High Street Listed: 25/9/72 Grade: II Owner: Private Listed: 10/1/53 Early C19 houses of 3 storeys, left Owner: Private return of No. 127 is of mathematical Late C18 house of 3 storeys. tiles.
24 High Street 131 High Street Grade: II Grade: II Owner: Private Owner: Private Early C19 house with 3 storeys and 3 storey house with late C18 front. attic. 132 High Street 53 High Street Grade: II Grade: II Owner: Private Owner: Private Late C18 house of 3 storeys and attic. Late C18 house of 4 storeys. 132½ High Street 54 High Street, Grade: II Monck’s Bar Owner: Private Grade: II Mid C19 house of 3 storeys with Owner: Private basement, stuccoed front with bold Late C19 house of 4 storeys. Greek key pattern to pilaster strips,
Baroque pedestals support pilasters 57 & 58 High Street, Sallyport Hotel Balcony at first floor with iron Grade: II balustrades; interior corridor has neo- Listed: 10/11/53 classical mythological relief plaques. Owner: Private Attached cast-iron railings are also Hotel with late C18-early C19 front, listed. 4 storeys and attic.
133 & 134 High Street 59 & 60 High Street Grade: II Grade: II Listed: 30/10/69 Listed: 30/10/69 Owner: Private Owner: Private Pair of late C18 houses, each of 2 Late C18 with C19 and C20 alterations. storeys and attic. No. 59 has 3 storeys and No. 60 has 3
storeys and attic.
63 High Street
Grade: II
34 High Street, Portsmouth Grammar School Cathedral Church of St Thomas Grade: II Grade: I Listed: 8/7/98 Listed: 10/1/53 Owner: Private Owner: Private Formerly 3 storey soldiers barracks, Chapel of Austin Priory founded c1180 part of Cambridge Barracks c1856-58 for Jean de Gisors, choir probably in Late Georgian style, includes fire- 1180-90, transepts c1190-1220. Old proof cookhouse at south end. Now tower and nave replaced 1683-93, C18 part of Grammar School and C19 alterations and restorations; additions 1935-39 by Sir Charles High Street, Nicholson and West extension by The Dolphin Hotel Michael Drury 1990-91. Mixture of Grade: II styles, Transitional, Early English, Listed: 30/10/69 Classical and Byzantine. Owner: Private Interior has fine series of C17 to early C18 and early C19 building of 3 C19 wall memorials and other storeys. memorials and floor tablets. Furnishings dating from late C17, C13 High Street, wall painting and C16 font. Pair of gas lighting columns in front of George Court High Street, Old Portsmouth Portsmouth Grammar School Grade; II Grade: II Listed; 8/4/02 Listed: 30/10/69 Gas lighting columns dating from 1824, Owner: Private formerly in front of George Hotel Former Cambridge Barracks officers quarters and mess c1855-60, 2 storeys 1, 3 & 5 Lombard Street and basement. Attached railings Grade: II* included in listing. Became part of Listed: 10/1/53 Grammar School in 1926. Owner: Private 3 mid-late C17 houses altered late High Street, C18, 2 storeys and attic, each attic has Outbuildings to south-west of Dutch gable. Grammar School Grade: II 7 & 9 Lombard Street, Owner: Private Powderham House & Formerly warehouses of late C18-early Lombard House C19 date converted to form part of Grade: II Cambridge Barracks (later Clarence Listed: 10/1/53 Barracks) 1825, offices added 1860- Owner: Private 80. 3 storey building, interesting Pair of late C18 houses of 3 storeys. example of traditional warehouse with fire-proof details. Now outbuildings to 11 Lombard Street, Grammar School. Benedict House Grade: II High Street, Listed: 30/10/69 Former Barracks to rear of Owner: Private
35 Mid C18 house altered early C19, English barracks and one of the most 2 storeys and attic. striking examples of the French Chateau style in the country. Formerly 13 Lombard Street, Clarence Road. The Greye House Grade: II Museum Road, Listed: 30/10/69 Iron railings to museum, Owner: Private Southsea Mid C18 house of 2 storeys and attic. Grade; II Listed; 8/7/98 15 Lombard Street Owner; PCC Grade: II Iron railings c1880 fronting former Listed: 30/10/69 Clarence Barracks officers quarters, Owner: Private now City Museum and Art Gallery. Set Mid C18 house, 2 storeys and attic. between restored gate piers. Formerly Clarence Road. 17 Lombard Street Grade: II 11 Pembroke Road, Owner: Private The Lodge Early-mid C19 front to C18 century 2 Grade: II storey house. Owner: Private Late C18 house, 3 storeys and attic, 19 Lombard Street inscribed plaque on wall reading ‘In this Grade: II house was born on the 17th April 1833 Owner: Private Vicat Cole, the famous landscape Late C18 house of 3 storeys. painter’.
27 Lombard Street 13 Pembroke Road, Grade: II The Provost’s House Listed: 16/2/70 Grade: II Owner: Private Listed: 30/10/69 Mid C19 house with late C20 Owner: Private alterations, 3 storeys. Mid C19 refacing of earlier building, stuccoed 2 storey house. Museum Road, City Museum & Art Gallery, 17 Pembroke Road, Southsea The Royal Naval Club Grade; II Grade: II Listed; 25/9/72 Owner: Private Owner; PCC 2 houses now Royal Naval Club, C18 Former 4 storey barracks of 1893 in with major alterations 1871-75 by French Chateau style, red brick with Thomas Hellyer in Italianate style. Grey stone dressings, designed under Lt. brick with red brick dressings and Colonel R Dawson-Scott RE, stucco, Royal Naval insignia converted 1973. Originally part of the decoration on door keystone. This is Clarence and Victoria Barracks of the only Royal Naval Club in existence, which this was almost certainly the founded 1867. officers quarters. A unique design in
36 Pembroke Road, one house with 5 Peacock Lane. Indian Mutiny Perthshire Volunteers monument, 31 Dolphin Cottage & Southsea 33 Penny Street Grade; II Grade: II Listing: 25/9/72 Listed: 30/10/69 Cons. Area; 4 Owner: Private Owner; PCC 2 late C18 houses of 3 storeys each. Monument of c1869, marble obelisk with plinth commemorating members of 36 St Thomas’s Street, the 90th Light Infantry Perthshire Flagship House Volunteers killed in the Indian Mutiny of Grade: II 1857 or dying in India between 1859- Listed: 25/9/99 1869. Owner: Private Late C18-early C19 house of 3 storeys Pembroke Road, and basement. The Fitzclarence Monument, Southsea 44 & 45 St Thomas’s Street Grade; II Grade: II Listed; 25/9/72 Listed: 18/3/99 Cons. Area; 4 Owner: Private Owner; PCC Two late C18-early C19 houses, Monument of 1852 by J Truefitt and W. converted to warehouse, restored to B Davis in Portland stone, tapering two houses C20, 3 storeys and attic. octagonal column on stepped base. Erected in memory of Lieutenant- 47 & 48 St Thomas’s Street General Fitzclarence, commander of Grade: II the Portsmouth garrison who died in Listed: 10/1/53 1852. Owner: Private Pair of late C18 houses, 2 storeys and 1 Penny Street attic. Grade: II* Listed: 10/1/53 49 St Thomas’s Street, Owner: Private Carlton House Originally 2 C18 3 storey houses, now Grade: II one dwelling, late C20 restoration. Listed: 30/10/69 Original sashes on first and second Owner: Private floors. Late C18 house of 2 storeys and attic.
3 Penny Street 50 St Thomas’s Street, Grade: II* Coopers House Listed: 30/10/69 Grade: II Owner: Private Listed: 25/9/72 C16-C17 timber frame house recased Owner: Private and altered late C18-early C19, 2 Late C18-early C19 3 storey house. storeys and attic. Interior has remains of timber framing with wall posts and ceiling beams. Originally formed part of
37 51 & 52 St Thomas’s Street 86 & 88 St Thomas’s Street Grade: II Grade: II Listed: 30/10/69 Owner: Private Owner: Private Bank, now two houses, early and mid Pair of C18-early C19 houses, 3 storeys C19 with late C20 alterations. and attic. Tower Street, 60, 61 & 62 St Thomas’s Street Bollard Grade: II Grade: II Listed; 18/3/99 Listed: 10/1/53 Owner: PCC Owner: Private Cast-iron cannon dated 1708 reused as Three late C18 houses of 3 storeys. bollard, probably in late C19.
69 & 70 St Thomas’s Street, Becket House & Peppercorn House Grade: II Listed: 10/1/53 Owner: Private Pair of late C17-early C18 houses, late C18 refronting.
3. ANCIENT MONUMENTS
Landport Gate Portsmouth Garrison Church Monument No: 140 Monument No: 138 Grid ref: SZ 634994. Owner: MoD Grid Ref: SU 633992. Owner: MoD
Long Curtain, Kings Bastion Point Battery including Square Tower, & Spur Redoubt King Edward’s Tower Monument No: 20208 Monument No: 261 Grid ref: SZ 632991. Owner: PCC Grid Ref: SZ 630992. Owner: PCC
38 4. ARTICLE 4(2) DIRECTIONS The following properties were included Various operations to houses do not nor- in Article 4(2) Directions as at 23 May mally require planning permission. This 2006:- includes changes to windows, doors, roofs, chimneys and boundary walls. Battery Row 1 ,2 ,3 The effect of these can gradually affect High Street 49 ,50 ,64 ,69 the appearance of a conservation area. Highbury Street 4a ,6 Lombard Street 4 ,6 ,8 ,10 ,21 ,23 ,25 Article 4(2) Directions bring work to vari- Peacock Lane ous features on elevations facing a high- 2 ,2a ,2b ,4 ,6 Farthingale Terrace way under planning control. Pembroke Road Williamsgate (the Cottage), 18 Penny Street 29 ,60 St. Nicholas Street 10 ,12 St. Thomas’s Street 33 ,43
5. LOCAL LIST
The following buildings are included in Lombard Street the Local List of Buildings of 4, 6, 8, 10 Architectural or Historic Importance. Peacock Lane Battery Row 2, 4, 6 2, 3 Pembroke Road Broad Street The Cottage Archway, Tower Street Rampart Wall Rear of 4, Boathouse Tower Street Tram track Black Horse Cottage, 3 High Street Tower House Letter box adjacent to Duke of Buckingham Public House The Lemon Sole, 123
6. ENGLISH HERITAGE REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS
Southsea Seafront is included in the English Heritage National Register of Parks & Gardens of Historic Interest. The part of this area between Victoria Avenue and Pier Road is within this conservation area.
39 APPENDIX 4: PORTSMOUTH CITY LOCAL PLAN 2001-2011
The Portsmouth City Local Plan 2001- into and out of the area; 2011 includes many policies which are (iv) a consistently high standard of relevant to conservation areas and to design has been applied and good this particular conservation area in quality materials are proposed to particular. General policies include:- be used; and (v) trees, open spaces and other DC1 Design Principles landscape features which DC2 Landscaping contribute to the character and DC3 Landmark Buildings and Features appearance of the conservation DC4 Access for all area are protected. DC5 Amenity & Pollution DC10 Conservation Areas (C) Change of use DC11 Listed Buildings Where a building contributes towards DC12 Locally Important Buildings and the character or appearance of a Structures conservation area, a change of use will DC13 Historic Parks and Gardens be permitted where it does not require DC14 Trees any changes in the appearance or DC15 Archaeological Sites and setting of the building other than those monuments that will preserve or enhance its DC20 Protection of Open Space contribution to the area. DC22 Telecommunications Equipment
(D) Demolition DC10 CONSERVATION AREAS Development involving demolition in a (A) Alterations conservation area will be permitted Proposals to alter an unlisted building provided that - in a conservation area will be permitted where the development is sympathetic (i) the structure to be demolished in design, scale, materials, colour, makes no positive contribution to landscaping and treatment to the rest the character and appearance of of the building and/or area. the area; (ii) its potential for repair, retention and (B) Buildings and spaces beneficial use is limited; and (iii) detailed proposals for the reuse of Development in a conservation area the site, including any replacement will be permitted where: building or other structure, have been approved. (i) scale, form, materials and detailing respect the characteristics of buildings in the area; (ii) architectural features such as walls and shop fronts and other features which contribute to the character of an area are retained; (iii) there is no adverse impact on the townscape and roofscape of the conservation area, including the protection of important views within,
40 APPENDIX 5: SUMMARY OF EXISTING POWERS
STATUTORY LISTED NON-LISTED BUILDINGS IN BUILDINGS CONSERVATION AREAS Boundary Walls, LBC required for alterations, CAC required for complete or Fences and Pillars extensions and demolitions substantial demolition if wall is more (including part thereof). than 1m high fronting a highway and 2m elsewhere. Planning permission required to erect a wall, fence, etc, if more than 1m high fronting a highway, 2m elsewhere. See Note: A 4(2) Trees, Shrubs and Six weeks notice for work to trees other Planting required. Buildings LBC required for demolition, CAC required for complete or alteration and extension. This substantial demolition of building where includes internal works. Demolition volume of building exceeds 115 cubic includes partial demolition metres. See Note: A 4(2) Doors Replacement with different design Houses No permission or CAC required or material would require LBC. to replace doors. See Note: A 4(2) Flats and commercial buildings Permission normally required if different from existing design. Windows Replacement with different design Houses Permission not required to or material would require LBC. replace windows. See Note: A 4(2) Flats and commercial buildings Permission is required for replacement windows unless they match the original in terms of method of opening and design. Roofs Replacement with different Houses Permission not required to materials would require LBC. change roof cladding material. See Note: A 4(2) Flats or commercial buildings Permission is required to change roof cladding material. Chimneys LBC required for demolition Permission & CAC not usually required (including part thereof), alteration for demolition. Houses: See Note: A 4 or extension. (2) Flats or commercial buildings Permission may be required for rebuilding Other Details LBC required for removal, Permission & CAC not usually required. alteration or extension. Houses : See Note A 4(2) Flats or commercial buildings Permission may be required for rebuilding. External Wall LBC required to remove/alter Permission required to clad exterior Finishes/Cladding existing cladding or fix new walls with stone, artificial stone, timber, cladding. plastic or tiles.
Note: Permission refers to Planning Permission. LBC refers to Listed Building Consent. CAC refers to Conservation Area Consent.
A 4(2) Houses or single family dwelling: Permission needed if Article 4(2) direction in force. 41