Dulwich Village Conservation Area Appraisal Part 3
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3.5.2 One of the few sites in the conservation area that offers a conspicuous opportunity for enhancement is the filling station at the corner of Calton Avenue and Gilkes Crescent with its garish canopy. This positively detracts from the setting of the interesting group of later 19th century cottages opposite the site. 3.5.3 Dekker Road, Desenfans Road and Druce Road date from the earlier 20th century. They were built to allow the replacement of insanitary cottages in Garden Row, and provide new homes for poorer residents. In Dekker Road are small cottages and maisonettes on two levels that are set at low rentals. A plaque at the Court Lane end of the road commemorates their construction in 1904 to the designs of the architect Charles E. Barry. Figure 18, Alleyn’s School, Townley Road, An impressive late 19th century red brick educational establishment, set in and amongst large, open grounds. The original clock tower is mirrored by a modern clock tower on a new pavilion to the south. It is unlisted but is a key building as a focus to views across the sports grounds and as a counterpoint to the spire of St. Barnabas’ Church on the ridge to the south. 28 Conservation Area Regeneration Department 3.5.4 Court Lane (figure 19) is mostly lined by semi-detached pairs of late Victorian, Edwardian and inter-War houses of consistent quality. Recessed doors, pitched roofs with gable ends and projecting bays add architectural interest. Some properties have dormer windows at roof level, which have detracted from the rhythm of the rooflines and the symmetry of the pairs. The later houses are generally more plainly detailed but they respect the scale and rhythm of the earlier pairs. Figure 19, Court Lane 3.5.5 Similar, turn-of-the-century development, mostly in the form of terraces or substantial semi-detached pairs is to be found in the streets between Court Lane, Woodwarde Road and Lordship Lane, and running down towards Townley Road, including Calton Avenue, Dovercourt Road, Eynella Road and Beauval Road, which were developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Brick is the predominant material, with decorative features such as bay windows and barge-boarded gables often establishing a strong rhythm along the street. Well-planted front gardens are also a consistent and important feature. Figure 19, Court Lane This is a long road, displaying some 3.5.6 St. Barnabas’ Church, Calton Avenue (figure 21), crowns the architectural diversity. Having suffered bomb damage during World War II, it is now a mix ridge that divides Dulwich Village from East Dulwich. W.H.Wood’s of Edwardian (lower view) and Post red brick Perpendicular Gothic church of 1892-5, with its prominent, War (upper view) buildings. Of the later buildings, those featured in the upper view square tower of 1908, burnt down spectacularly in 1992, though respond well to their Edwardian neighbours with their proportions and the rhythm the Vicarage survives. The church has been well replaced with the of bay windows, although their detailing is new church designed by the architects HOK, which was consecrated very much of its own time. in 1997. With its innovative glass spire it is one of Dulwich’s most striking examples of late 20th century architecture. Acting as a visual counterpoint to St. Barnabas is the prominent red brick main building of Alleyn’s School in Townley Road (figure 18), which dates from 1887. Another prominent landmark is James Allen’s Girls’ School in East Dulwich Grove with its late 19th century main building and an interesting Art Deco extension of the 1930s. Figure 20, Court lane Gardens Grand and imposing Edwardian houses, set in a row behind a shared private garden, shown above, these houses and their setting are very pleasant and their contribution to the character of the conservation area is a positive. 29 3.5.7 At the junction of Woodwarde Road and Lordship Lane is another noteworthy group of buildings centred on Charles Barry the younger’s Dulwich Library of 1896 in a free classical style. Opposite is an inter-War, red brick, neo-Georgian bank and next door is St. Thomas More’s R.C. church, a late, stone-faced, Gothic Revival building of 1929 by J.Goldie. Although it is outside the conservation area, the Decorated Gothic spire of the Emmanuel Church in Barry Road, designed by W.D.Church in 1890-91, makes a valuable contribution to the setting and to the view from Eynella Road. Views and Townscape 3.5.8 Its hilltop position makes the spire of St. Barnabas’ church the focus of key vistas from the south along Calton Avenue, from the north across the Townley Road sports ground and from the east along Woodwarde Road. Looking north across the sports grounds from the top of the ridge, Alleyn’s School performs a similar function, marking the northern limit of the area. Key spaces and Landscape Elements 3.5.9 Significant open spaces announce the entrance to this part of the conservation area from the north and the east. From the north the scene is set by the sports ground, defined by St. Barnabas’ church on the ridge, the turn-of-the-century houses sweeping down the side of Calton Avenue, and Alleyn’s School in Townley Road. From the east, Court Lane opens out slightly to accommodate the set-back gates and railings of the Court Lane Gate to Dulwich Park. This is followed by Court Lane Gardens with its fine selection of mature woodland specimen trees (figure 16). 30 Conservation Area Regeneration Department 3.6 Sub Area 5 The Velodrome, Griffins Sports Field and North Dulwich Station Detailed Character BM 8 65 42.82m Del 19 Hall ft Way 38 63 BM 1 41 TCBs 29.79m 15 40 to 29 12 84 1 38 48 to cent 9 s e 71 4 7 Cr r e El t 12 42.3m D Fn 1 66 Sub Sta 1 25 Y ROAD 3.6.1 This area covers the northern end of the village, bounded by Deven 7 GLENGARR 26 27 Shelter 35 2 Sunray Gardens 20 2 ROLLSCOURT AVENUE 44 27 13 St Faith's Church 85 5 78 10 31 51 Posts 30 Tennis Courts 27.7m 77 A 1 rnhem Way 4 0 24 36 The Charter School 1 1 FR 14 46 16 A G 4 NK 1 RE 01 40.6m FU 0 EN 3 the North Dulwich Viaduct, including North Dulwich Station, the 2 R T 25 DW RO DA 79 A 3 D 62 L E 2 8 1 13 Vicarage 2 DW 1 3 Ste Alleyn's Junior School 1 en Way 10 15 TCB 30.1m COTT LYT VE se O lo 67 PCs C GR Pond e 1 Isel Way l 3 1 1 2 a Ps nd 44 e 0 e 4 3 DANECROFT r LB 's House EA Schoolkeeper G 5 46 41.3m ST DULW 54 37 8 2 FB 11 NE HILL RO 29.3m ICH GROVE northern end of Dulwich Village and the sports grounds behind the 15 AD 2 W ICH HER B 91 M PLAYFIELD 54 30.6 DUL D El Sub Sta 1m OA CRES R EAST RO 7 Terb O 5 60 orch 9 Way SB L 2 IL 5 H 3 49 4 1 Hall 1 5 3 5 8 5 44 47 81 b Kempis Way 1 59 29.2m 62 1 1 83 64 1a 80 9 ILL 3 34.6m 64a NE H a 11 2 Sub St HER 9 El 1 Surgery early 20th century houses in Burbage and Turney Roads and their 2 66 6 DW 2 ELF 1a IND 1 56 57 A LE ROAD 99 FB 74 34 TCB 12 1 64 5 4 69 101 RE 8 38.4m 51 D BM PO 43 El Sub Sta 29 1 .44 3 ST H m 8 ILL 38 W FR 14 D 31.6m A 66 N BM KF 29.2m spacious front and rear gardens. 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