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Camberwell Grove Conservation Area Appraisal Part 3 Camberwell Grove Conservation Area The Character and Appearance of the Area Figure 9 Regency streetscape at Grove Crescent – designated under the London Squares Preservation Act Figure 10 Brick paving and good modern lighting - St. Giles Churchyard Building types 3.1.12 The great majority of buildings in the Conservation Area are residential, particularly in Camberwell Grove and Grove Lane., the predominant type is three and four storey brick or stuccoed terraces of houses, dating from the late 18th/early 19th century and designed on classical principles, In other parts of the area there are two storey brick or stucco villas or pairs from the 19th century. Later, there are many examples of two storey brick houses built with arts and crafts/English revivalist influence, as at Grove Park, for example. 3.1.13 These residential building types provide the basis of the character of the Conservation area. Against their background a few institutional and public buildings are landmarks that stand out in the local context. On Denmark Hill, there is the main frontage of the Maudsley Hospital in early 20th century classical styles using red brick and Portland stone. Giles Gilbert Scott’s 1932 Salvation Army College employs a neo-classical style in dark brown brick. The Mary Datchelor School is in a Queen Anne revival style using red brick and plain tiled roofs, and St. Giles Church is an 1840s Gothic revival design. 3.2 Sub-area 1 - Lower Camberwell Grove St. Giles Church 3.2.1 St. Giles Church is a very important landmark in the Camberwell area, marking the "gateway" to the centre of Camberwell from the Peckham Road. It is notable as an early design by Sir George Gilbert Scott, won in competition with his partner Moffat. The key to its impact is the spacious setting of the churchyard, now filled with very fine mature trees, that affords views and glimpses of the pale grey and white spire from many angles. 12 Camberwell Grove Conservation Area The Character and Appearance of the Area Figure 11 The spire of St. Giles church glimpsed through a canopy of very fine mature trees in the churchyard. 3.2.2 East of the church, the approach to the Conservation Area has a metropolitan character: a broad street flanked by 4-5 storey housing blocks in open grounds and with tall avenue trees. At no. 86 Camberwell Church Street the building line jumps forward to the pavement line, narrowing the street and changing in character to a busy high street. This first building in the group is listed and faces onto Churchyard Passage and the church setting itself. It links in similar style to nos. 84 and 82, which are not listed and the block at far as the corner of Camberwell Grove. A number of the buildings remain as houses and a number have ground floors converted to shops. Camberwell Grove 3.2.3 The area of Camberwell Grove and Grove Lane around the Mary Datchelor School includes some of the older terraces in the Conservation Area and nos. 18-60 Grove Lane are particularly fine. The return frontage onto Camberwell Church Street is also strong and the Mary Datchelor School is a local landmark. 3.2.4 The entrance into Camberwell Grove is marked by a 4 storey corner building at 58 Camberwell Church Street, which includes the Lemon Grove restaurant and a less notable 3 storey wedge-shaped block at 1 Camberwell Grove. The junction itself is dominated by the traffic in Camberwell Church Street and ones eye is drawn easily past the immediate surroundings into the long vista up Camberwell Grove. The importance of avenue trees in the street is immediately apparent: they fill the narrowing perspective up the long straight incline of the street and contribute to a quiet and relatively protected character compared to the harsh environment of Camberwell Church Street. Figure 12 The Lemon Grove Restaurant: marking the corner of Camberwell Grove and Camberwell Church Street. 13 Camberwell Grove Conservation Area The Character and Appearance of the Area 3.2.5 The most notable element in this lower section of the street is the early 19th century 3-storey terrace on the eastern side from no. 15. They set a pattern repeated along the eastern side of the street of simply proportioned elevations of tall plain window openings with gauged flat arched lintels and round-headed doors. Almost all have coped parapets at roof level concealing the roof itself and have basements protected by decorated icon railings. Rising up the street, the houses are steadily set further back so that by the row from no. 35 to 45 they have front gardens, also with railings. Figure 13 53-55 Camberwell Grove: façades stepping back behind railings 3.2.6 A key building in the street is the Grove House Tavern, a mock Queen Anne building with strong red brick detailing on a brown brick background, that makes heavy use of recessed curves to emulate rustication. It is topped by a mansard storey in green slate laid to diminishing courses. Its eye-catching detailing contrasts with the quiet elegance of the terraces opposite and it exploits the prominence of its corner position next to the enclosure of the school playground. Figure 14 The Grove House Tavern Central Camberwell Grove 3.2.7 South of The Grove House Tavern, and as far as Lettsom Street, Camberwell Grove continues in a similar character, with well ordered continuous three and four storey terraces, well-planted front gardens and cast iron railings remaining in a number of cases to basement areas and front boundaries. A continuous building line on the western side makes for a particularly high quality street scene. There is a greater architectural variety on this side, including an Italianate group with arched windows and a stuccoed ground floor next to The Tavern and a pair of dark amber brick villas 14 Camberwell Grove Conservation Area The Character and Appearance of the Area above that. Nos. 38 to 60 are linked pairs of houses, similar in detail to the terraces on the eastern side, but linked by simple storey entrance lobbies. Figure 15 Italianate terrace north of The Grove House Tavern 3.2.8 Nos. 78-92 is a particularly fine group of eight houses, designed symmetrically in 3 storeys with 4 storey end and centre units. They are well renovated. Opposite, nos. 91-103 are amongst the earliest houses in the Conservation Area (91-95 are 1775) distinctive for their wide, 6 panelled round-headed entrance doors. Figure 16 78-92 Camberwell Grove 3.2.9 Some elements have been lost and rebuilt, notably north of the railway line where there has also been redevelopment of war damage with 1950s and 60s apartment blocks. Grove Chapel (1819) remains as a reference to the late 18th / early 19th century character of the rest of the street. Grove Lane 3.2.10 18-60 Grove Lane illustrate excellently the character of the late 18th century elements of the Conservation Area, which is defined by the interrelationship of well ordered and continuous building façades and strong front garden planting and street boundaries. The terrace is based on an original design of three storeys and basement, but with later extensions in parts to 4 storeys. It follows the basic pattern of square windows of reducing height on the upper floors, but here with round headed doors and windows on the ground floor. Mature trees mark the forward line of the gardens that curves out of view by the end of the terrace. Front boundary railings are important in the street and there is a variety of designs, including cast iron gate arches and railings. 15 Camberwell Grove Conservation Area The Character and Appearance of the Area Figure 17 18-60 Grove Lane; a late 18th century terrace. Front garden planting and railings are integral to the quality of the group. Figure 18 Lyndhurst Primary School 3.2.11 The character of the eastern side of Grove Lane is strongly influenced by the Maudsley Hospital complex. The Lyndhurst Primary School is a notable building on this side of the street behind the hospital. The school is in a well-proportioned Queen Anne revival style, to a symmetrical plan. Railings and a shallow garden area create a good edge to the street, with a wide pavement area: but traffic safety barriers are intrusive. The School-keepers house forms part of this group. 3.2.12 The buildings opposite are of very varied styles, but together provide a much stronger frontage than the western side. The main length from 69 to 77 is of good late Victorian brick houses, with strong gables and linking porch roofs. Most of the detailing is retained, and some have been re-roofed in slate, others have been re­ roofed in brown concrete tiles. Most retain their front boundary hedges. 3.2.13 79-85 Grove Lane is a much earlier group: no. 83 is a listed house in early 19th century stuccoed Gothick style; its high stucco boundary wall is positioned right on the footway south of it. Grove Lane Terrace is an ordinary group of 1930s houses and 85a is a contemporary block of flats set well back from the street. 16 Camberwell Grove Conservation Area The Character and Appearance of the Area Figure 19 83 Grove Lane – Regency Gothick Townscape Urban spaces 3.2.14 Because the Conservation Area is based on linear streets, there are no very significant formal urban spaces. Greenery is a strong feature in a number of incidental street spaces, and in the more significant green spaces of St.
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