CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES

COLE PARK ROAD CONSERVATION AREA NO.78

Consultation Draft, November 2020

Note: Every effort has been made interest. Therefore, the omission of any process a more detailed and up to date to ensure the accuracy of this feature does not necessarily convey assessment of a particular site and its document but due to the complexity a lack of significance. The Council will context is undertaken. This may reveal of conservation areas, it would be continue to assess each development additional considerations relating to impossible to include every facet proposal on its own merits, on a character or appearance which may be COLE PARK ROAD contributing to the area’s special site-specific basis. As part of this of relevance to a particular case. 1 CONSERVATION AREA No.78 CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES Introduction

PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT The principal aims of conservation • Raise public interest and This document has been area appraisals are to: awareness of the special produced using the guidance set character of their area; out by Historic England in the 2019 • Describe the historic and publication titled Understanding architectural character and • Identify the positive features Place: Conservation Area appearance of the area which should be conserved, Designation, Appraisal and which will assist applicants in as well as negative features Management, Historic England making successful planning which indicate scope for future Advice Note 1 (Second Edition). applications and decision enhancements. makers in assessing planning This document will be a material applications; consideration when assessing planning applications.

WHAT IS A BUILDINGS OF CONSERVATION AREA CONSERVATION AREA? TOWNSCAPE MERIT APPRAISAL The statutory definition of a Buildings of Townscape Merit (BTMs) A conservation area appraisal aims conservation area is an ‘area of are buildings, groups of buildings or to describe the special historic and special architectural or historic structures of historic or architectural architectural character of an area. interest, the character or interest, which are locally listed A conservation area’s character appearance of which it is desirable due to their considerable local is defined by a combination of to preserve or enhance’. The power importance. The policy, as outlined elements such as architecture, uses, to designate conservation areas is in the Council’s Local Plan, sets materials and detailing as well as the given to local authorities through out a presumption against the relationship between buildings and the Planning (Listed Buildings and demolition of BTMs unless structural their settings. Conservations Areas) Act, 1990 evidence has been submitted by Many other elements contribute to (Sections 69 to 78). the applicant, and independently character and appearance such as verified at the cost of the applicant. Once designated, proposals within a the placement of buildings within conservation area become subject Locally specific guidance on their plots; views and vistas; the to local conservation policies set design and character is set out relationship between the street and out in Chapter 4 of the Council’s in the Council’s Buildings of the buildings and the presence of Local Plan and national policies Townscape Merit Supplementary trees and green space. outlined in part 12 of the National Planning Document (2015), which The conservation area appraisal Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). applicants are expected to follow is an evidence base rather than Our overarching duty which is set for any alterations and extensions a planning policy document. out in the Act is to preserve and/or to existing BTMs, or for any This means that it is the main enhance the historic or architectural replacement structures. document for recording what is of character or appearance of the principal importance in terms of conservation area. character and appearance of each conservation area. However, the relevant policies are contained within the borough’s Local Plan, specifically Chapter 4 ‘Local Character and Design’. Refer to the Council’s website for the latest Local Plan.

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1. Barnes Green 23. 45. Strawberry Vale 67. Parkleys Estate (Ham) 2. Green 24. Park 46. Rosecroft Gardens 68. Holmesdale Avenue 3. 25. Castelnau 47. Queens Road (Twickenham) 69. Sheen Common Drive 4. Richmond Riverside 26. The Grove 48. Amyand Park Road 70. Sheen Lane () 5. Richmond Hill 27. Lock 49. Crown Road 71. Fieldend (Twickenham) 6. Petersham 28. Broom Water 50. Sheendale Road 72. Hamilton Road 7. Ham Common 29. Belmont Road 51. Mortlake Green 73. Burlington Avenue and West 8. Twickenham Riverside 30. St Matthias 52. Avenue Park Road 9. Twickenham Green 31. Sheen Road 53. White Hart Lane 74. Defoe and Ruskin Avenue 10. Trafalgar Road 32. 54. Waldegrave Park 75. Oaklands Estate 11. Hampton Court Green 33. Mortlake 55. Kew Road 76. Madrid Road 12. Hampton Village 34. Model Cottages 56. Beresford Avenue 77. Gardens 13. Christ Church Road 35. Queens Road (Mortlake) 57. 78. Cole Park Road 14. Mill Hill 36. Kew Foot Road 58. Platt’s Eyot 79. Cowley Road 15. 37. High Street (Teddington) 59. Normansfield 80. King Edward’s Grove 16. Thorne Passage 38. Hight Street () 60. 81. Royal Road 17. Central Richmond 39. Blackmore’s Grove 61. Bushy Park 82. St James’s Avenue 18. 40. Pope’s Avenue 62. 83. Wick Road 19. St Margarets 41. Joanna Southcott Chapel 63. RoyaI Botanic Gardens 84. Broad Street 20. Lawn Crescent 42. Mays Road 64. Sheen Lane (East Sheen) 85. Church Road 21. Cambridge Park 43. Strawberry Hill Road 65. Hanworth Road (Hampton) 22. Park Road (Teddington) 44. Mallard Place 66. Richmond Road

COLE PARK ROAD 3 CONSERVATION AREA No.78 CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES Statement of Significance

Summary of special the area, allowing for glimpses them from so many other more architectural and historic through to greenspace and the standard suburban pattern interest of conservation area. river beyond; book housing developments of the time; • An example of an eclectic mix • The influence of the English Arts of late 19th century – early 20th and Crafts aesthetic is strong • Street trees are consistently century houses of particularly in the design of a number of planted along the road, and high quality; houses in Cole Park Road , with together with front gardens, the majority displaying high- contribute to the special • The houses along Cole Park quality decorative details such interest and character of Road have unusual and as mock Tudor timber boarding, the area; highly decorative designs tall chimneys, tiled roofs, red incorporating elements of • An Article 4(2) Direction is brick and pebbledash façades, different architectural styles being proposed in order to decorative plasterwork, oriel of time, including Victorian, preserve original architectural and bay windows, timber Edwardian and Arts and Crafts; detailing to buildings in this porches, and leaded and area, to protect character and • The gaps between buildings coloured glazing in windows and therefore significance of and front gardens of houses doors. This high-quality design the area. in this area are significant and with attention to detail elevates contribute to the character of their status and distinguishes

COLE PARK ROAD 4 CONSERVATION AREA No.78 CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES Location and Setting

General character and plan detached. The road has a curved railway station which pre-date the form, e.g. linear, compact, form as it is constructed to run construction of Cole Park Road. dense or dispersed; important parallel to the River Crane which Given their spacious setting, the views, landmarks, open spaces, runs along the rear of numbers gaps between the dwellings are uniformity. 2 – 46 (even). important and include views to the The area has a number of lanes trees within the recreation ground Cole Park Road represents an intersecting the road, many of which and river behind. The houses are eclectic mix of late 19th century lead to the River Crane and the also set in large gardens with mature – early 20th century houses of Moormead Recreation Ground, but planting which further contributes to particularly high-quality. The also between London Road and the the character of the area. dwellings are predominantly

COLE PARK ROAD 5 CONSERVATION AREA No.78 CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES Historical Development

Stages/ phases of historical London Road, some of which still were made to develop the Cole development and historic remain, for example Ivy Lodge (now Park Estate. This included a number associations (archaeology etc) Cole Court Lodge), Neville House of housing plots along Cole Park which may be influencing how the and Heatham House, all of which are Road, whilst still retaining rights of area is experienced. Grade II listed buildings. way from London Road to the River Crane and to a footbridge leading The land which later comprised Historic OS Maps show that the to Twickenham Station, which still Cole Park Road did not appear to be area surrounding Cole Park Road remain today part of the formal gardens of these comprised large dwellings fronting large dwellings and in 1897 plans

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Historic plans show that the area such as 44-36 (even), 43-45 (odd), gardens still exist further north was developed in one main phase & 31-37 (even) Cole Park Road of this site. During the late 20th between 1898 and 1920, with two all designed by architect Lionel century the allotment gardens main architects (amongst others) Littlewood. They are designated as were developed, but the properties involved in the designing of many of Buildings of Townscape Merit. remained well planted with trees, the dwellings. reinforcing the green backdrop to Originally what is now Lancaster Cole Park Road. Numbers 6-12 (even) were designed Place was Cole Park Gardens, which by local architect Richard W. Roe, then became allotment gardens with other interesting examples for the local community; allotment

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1. Architectural drawings for proposed housing on Cole Park Road, 1938. 2. Architectural drawings for proposed housing on Cole Park Road, 1897. 3. Architectural drawings for proposed housing on Cole Park Road, 1899. 4. Architectural drawings for proposed housing on Cole Park Road, 1898. (Source: Richmond Local Studies 3 Library)

COLE PARK ROAD 7 CONSERVATION AREA No.78 CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES Architectural Quality & Built Form

Dominant architectural styles, The houses along Cole Park Road Houses numbers 6-12 (even) are the prevalent types and periods were mostly constructed at the detached and incorporate ‘Dutch’ of buildings, their status and same time and are more unusual gambrel and deep pitched clay essential characteristics, and decorative in design than those tiled roofs with street-facing gables, and their relationship to the constructed north of Cole Road. The substantial chimney stacks and topography, street pattern and/ detailed design of each detached original casement dormers. The or the skyline. Also important is house is different and incorporates ground floors are constructed of red their authenticity, distinctiveness elements of different building styles brick, while the upper floors have a and uniqueness of materials, of the time, including Victorian, pebbledash render finish. Tudor- design, form, texture, colour etc.) Edwardian and Arts and Crafts. style half timbering is applied to gables and below eaves.

Street scene with mature plane trees. The curve of Cole Park Road affords long views of houses and street trees.

Landmark house at the entrance to Cole Park Road from London Road Imposing paired double height bays beneath a single and Cole’s Bridge. large half-timbered gable, with timber porch set back to the side.

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Other decorative features include and front doors with leaded and under deep eaves, along with a large bay and oriel windows, decorative decorative coloured glazing. Houses central timber porch. porches, and plaster cartouches. further along the road, designed by Although some houses have had Number 2 is a landmark building Littlewood, are similar to each other dormer windows added to their which addresses the corner of in appearance and incorporate roofs, their front façades still retain the development where it meets an Arts and Crafts-inspired many of their original features. the bridge at the intersection with Tudorbethan aesthetic, a simple London Road; this house square footprint and two storeys. Nos 20-24 were built later in the has particularly decorative gable They are constructed of red brick on 1930s and are more Art Deco in style. ends which also incorporate the the ground floors and render on the Nos 26-28 are later still and were built date ‘1903’. first with half-timbering, and large after the Second World War. two storey canted bay windows Many of the houses retain original projecting from the façade of each timber casement window frames

Houses with gambrel roofs, half timbering, oriel windows and This distinctive house has a gambrel half-hipped ground floor bays. gable with half-timber detailing, decorative central doorway and side porch entrance.

House with decorative entrance porch, leaded glazing and House with central chimney stack and Queen Anne-style plasterwork detailing. (This house has sadly now lost its fenestration. original window glazing except for the porch.)

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Other sites have been developed, details such as mock Tudor timber Many boundary walls and fences are subdivided or redeveloped in the boarding, tall chimneys, tiled roofs, not original, with many now including decades since the Second World red brick and pebbledash façades, vehicular accesses. The buildings War and the designs of buildings decorative plasterwork, oriel and are predominantly set back from and extensions have often not been bay windows, timber porches, the road, which has allowed vehicle sympathetic to the overall character and leaded and coloured glazing spaces to be incorporated within the of the area. in windows and doors. This high- larger front gardens. quality design with attention to The influence of the English Arts detail elevates their status and and Crafts aesthetic is strong in the distinguishes them from so many design of a number of houses in other more standard suburban Cole Park Road , with the majority pattern book housing developments displaying high-quality decorative of the time.

House with deep eaves under hipped roof, double Pair of Edwardian detached houses with decorative terracotta roof ridge height bays and central columned porches with tiles and timber porches. plaster detail.

House with gabled splayed corner bay, decorative timber Houses with deep eaves under hipped roofs, paired porch and landscaped front garden. symmetrical double height bays and central columned porches with plaster detail.

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Private and public land, nature of the street, with rear garden along the boundaries of houses front gardens, trees, hedges planting also visible through gaps abutting the Crane River, which form and street greenery, parks, between buildings. a green corridor and set a backdrop civic spaces their sense and to this housing development. Also, Street trees are consistently planted contribution to the character of note are the lanes connecting the along the road, and together with the and experience of an area. estate to the railway station and the green front gardens, contribute to recreation grounds beyond. the special interest and character The houses on Cole Park Road are of the area. Many mature trees are set back from the road and have planted within and on the outskirts good-sized maturely planted front of the conservation area, particularly gardens, which add to the leafy

Street trees and front gardens along Cole Park Road. Street trees and front gardens along Cole Park Road.

Access ways through the estate lead to the Moormead Bridge over the Crane River leading to Victorian footbridge to playing fields. railway station.

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PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR Streetscene: PRESSURES ENHANCEMENT AND • Retain/ reinstate traditional • Loss of authenticity and RECOMMENDATIONS paving slabs, granite kerbs and traditional architectural • Preservation, enhancement and channels; features and materials due to reinstatement of architectural • Lamp columns to be painted unsympathetic alterations and quality, unity and features that are green-black finish; extensions; preferably based upon historic • There are opportunities to evidence; • Loss of boundary walls and improve parking signage; garden space in residential areas • Seek the reinstallation of • The streetscape at the junction for hard standing, vehicular front garden planting and with London Road forms a poor parking, front lightwells and hard boundaries alongside planning entrance to the conservation surfacing; applications for refurbishment, area- a scheme is needed to that any lightwells are placed to • Loss of visual gap between simplify the paving and rationalise the side and rear of properties, properties and infilling with the signage; buildings which are not and that hard standing is sympathetic to the period and reduced; • Other measures should accord with the guidance in the Public style of the original houses in • Preservation of visual gaps Space Design Guide. the road; between properties; • Lack of coordination and poor • Coordination of colour, design quality of street furniture and and improvement in quality of paving; street furniture and paving; • Poor quality and disproportionate • Improvement of highways roof additions; conditions and pedestrian • Use of poor-quality products crossings, and rationalisation in building works such as uPVC, of existing signage and street roofing felt, GRP products and furniture; external cladding; • Seek to encourage good quality • Development which restricts, and proportionate design, and detracts or prevents use of better-quality materials that are historic laneways which run sympathetic to the period and through the estate. style of the building; • Ensure developments maintain accessibility and provide improvements to the network of historic laneways, and where development is adjacent to a historic lane seek design which enhances active surveillance and use of the lanes.

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• Conservation Area designation • We propose to issue an Article • Dormers and rooflights– New does not, in itself, introduce any 4(2) direction covering the dormer windows and rooflights greater level of statutory control following properties: should not be installed on front over minor works to properties, roof slopes. Rooflights should • 2 – 12 (even) such as the demolition of original be of a conservation type with features, the replacement of • 3 thin black metal framing and a windows and doors with uPVC, central vertical glazing bar; the • 5 – 7 (odd) the loss of garden walls or pebble- whole unit should be flush with dashing. Such works are normally • 14 – 20 (even) the roofline. Dormer windows ‘permitted development’ for • 11 – 29 (odd) should be of sympathetic design homeowners and no application in architectural detail, form and for planning permission is • 24 – 34 (even) materiality. required, despite the impact • 31 – 39 (odd) • External paintwork – Repainting these works can often have on of painted window frames, doors, the appearance of an individual • 36 – 46 (even) porches, brickwork and render on property and consequently, the • 43 – 45 (odd) a like-for-like basis will not require impact on the overall character of planning permission. Unpainted the conservation area. brick should not be covered over. • In order to control these minor, GUIDANCE Render texture (ie - pebbledash, but cumulatively harmful • Windows and doors – Timber smooth etc) is also of importance changes, the council would framed windows and doors of and should be replaced where normally issue an Article 4(2) original design, oriel and bay necessary on a like-for-like basis. direction, withdrawing some or all windows, glazing divisions and • Front boundaries – Original permitted development rights for decorative leaded and stained front boundary brick walls, piers, a specified group of properties. glass, should be retained and and gates should be retained A range of works, such as the restored or replaced on a like- where possible or reinstated to addition or alteration of porches for-like basis. Glazing should be match original. and alterations to roof covering installed, where replacements • Porches – Original porches materials, would then require are proposed, to replicate the should be retained and repaired a planning application. Local original materials, profiles and on a like-for-like basis. Original authority officers would be able proportions (including in double features should not be altered to provide advice and guidance glazed form which should be but should be restored, or re- to residents on appropriate slim section heritage-type or instated as closely as possible alterations. The directions cannot secondary glazing where original where they are missing. be applied retrospectively, and decorative glazing should not further details such as cost of be replaced.) • Roofs and chimneys – Roof tiles applications can be found on the should be retained if possible Council website. • uPVC replacements should not where original or reinstated and be used for window and door repaired on a like-for-like basis. frames. This is an unsympathetic Original chimneystacks and pots material, is environmentally non- should be retained or reinstated. sustainable and is not suitable for Where tiles and chimneys are use in conservation areas. missing these should be re- instated to match originals. • Satellite dishes – Satellite dishes should not be installed on the front or side elevations of houses.

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Text prepared by John Somers REFERENCES WEBSITES JS Conservation Management Historic England (2019) London Borough of Richmond Upon and Town Planning Ltd. in ‘Conservation Area Designation, Thames Local Studies conjunction with L B Richmond Appraisal and Management: https://richmond.spydus.co.uk Urban Design and Conservation. Historic England Advice Note 1’ Accessed March/April 2018 Published by Historic England, All site photographs by J Somers London. and LB Richmond Council. London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames (2018) ‘Twickenham Village Plan SPD’ Published by The London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

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