Draft Barnes Supplementary Planning Document

BARNES

Draft Supplementary Planning Document I February 2015

Contents

1. Introduction 04 2. Planning Policy and Wider Context 06 3. Spatial Context 09 4. Vision for Barnes 14 5. Objectives 14 6. Character Area Assessments 15 7. Features and Materials 58 8. Guidance for Development Sites 66 9. Shop Front Guidance 68 10. Forecourt Parking 78

Appendix 1: Relevant Policies and Guidance 80 1. Introduction

The purpose of this Village Planning Guidance Supplementary Planning The London Borough of Richmond Document (SPD) is primarily to establish upon Thames has been divided into a vision and planning policy aims for, a series of smaller village areas. and assist in defining, maintaining and Each village is distinctive in terms of enhancing the character of, Barnes Village, the community, facilities and local character – as are many sub areas and to provide guidance in this regard. The within the villages. SPD forms part of the wider Village Plan. The villages of the London Borough By identifying key features of the village, Richmond upon Thames are the SPD clarifies the most important attractive with many listed buildings aspects and features that contribute to and conservation areas, the local local character to guide those seeking character of each being unique, to make changes to their properties or recognisable and important to the to develop new properties in the area, as community and to the aesthetic of well as being a material consideration in the borough as a whole. determining planning applications.

The core of this SPD is a series of character area assessments for the component areas of Barnes. These character areas have been identified through the similarity of key features that are deemed to define their individual local character. The assessments establish dominant features and materials as well as an overall description of the street pattern and housing types.

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4 The boundary for the SPD is based on: Wider Context (Village Plans)

■■ a review of how each area’s design Village Plans have been developed for each characteristics can best be grouped; of Richmond’s 14 villages. Each Village Plan ■■ taking account of physical and describes a vision for the village area and administrative boundaries, including identifies what the Council will do and conservation area boundaries to avoid what local people can do to achieve the these being split between village areas; vision together. It sets out the key issues and and priorities and provides background information on the village area. The Village ■ how local communities viewed their local ■ Plans are maintained on the Council’s areas when asked through the Council’s website and are updated regularly as works 2010 ‘All-In-One’ survey and subsequent are progressed. They cover a wide range consultations. of topics, including matters not within the This SPD has been produced by the Council remit of the SPD. working closely with the community. This has ensured that local residents, businesses This Village Planning Guidance SPD forms and stakeholders have been genuinely part of the Village Plan by providing a involved in defining the important features formal planning policy document which – as well as the opportunities and threats – can be used to guide new development that define their local area. that has responded to residents desire to The community was initially involved have greater control and influence over through: planning and development decisions in their local area. The involvement of the local ■■ ‘Drop in’ session at Rose House on community in the production of the SPD 15th November 2014 and North Barnes has been essential in ensuring it is a genuine Childrens Centre on 29th November reflection of resident’s priorities. 2014 ■■ Resident walkabouts on the 16th and 30th November 2014 ■■ Online questionnaire (from 7th November to 19th December 2014) ■■ Stakeholder workshop (19th January 2015, OSO Community Arts Centre, Barnes Green)

Consultation events for the Barnes Village Planning Guidance SPD

5 2. Planning Policy and Wider Context

2.1 Planning Policy Framework their Development Plan Documents. The part of the Local Plan when adopted. The boroughs must define the boundaries site-specific proposals in the SA Plan will National Planning Policy by taking into account: proximity to the be used to set out general principles for The National Planning Policy Framework Thames, contiguous areas with clear development when determining planning (NPPF) sets out the Government’s visual links between areas and buildings applications on these sites. Some SA Plan planning policies for England and how and the river, specific geographical sites in Barnes are included in Section these are expected to be applied. The features, areas and buildings which relate 8 of this document, which goes into NPPF is a key part of the Government’s or link to the Thames. The River Thames more detail on design objectives where reforms to make the planning system section of Barnes is designated in the appropriate. less complex and more accessible. The Thames Policy Area in the London Plan. A full list of the emerging SA Plan sites NPPF provides the context for local Local Planning Policy can be viewed at http://www.richmond. planning authorities and decision takers, gov.uk/home/services/planning/planning_ both when drawing up plans and making The London Borough of Richmond upon policy/local_plan/site_allocations_plan. decisions about planning applications. Thames current statutory planning policy htm. It must be taken into account in the framework is set out in adopted Plans preparation of local and neighbourhood including the Core Strategy, adopted 2.2 Key Planning Policies plans, and is a material consideration in in April 2009, and the Development planning decisions. Management Plan, adopted in November SPDs cannot create new policies but 2011. There is an online proposals expand on policies set out in higher Regional Planning Policy map and a range of guidance provided plans, notably the Core Strategy (CS) and the Development Management At a regional level, the London Plan through Supplementary Planning Plan (DMP). This SPD relates to a (adopted in 2011) is the overall strategic Documents (SPDs) and Supplementary considerable number of higher policies, plan for London setting out an integrated Planning Guidance (SPG) for the area. notably: economic, environmental, transport and This SPD will form part of the planning social framework for the development policy framework upon adoption. There DMP Policy DM DC 1 Design Quality of London over the next 20-25 years. is also a range of evidence base studies This document has been adopted to that the Council has undertaken which New development must be of a high ensure a longer-term view of London’s help to guide policy making. architectural and urban design quality development is taken when producing based on sustainable design principles. The Council is preparing a Site local plans, making planning decisions and Development must be inclusive, respect Allocations Plan (SA Plan), which will investing in infrastructure. local character including the nature of include site specific proposals for the a particular road, and connect with, and Policy 7.29 in the London Plan refers whole borough, other than Twickenham contribute positively, to its surroundings to the Thames Policy Area stating that town centre (which is already covered by based on a thorough understanding of relevant boroughs, including Richmond, the Twickenham Area Action Plan) for the the site and its context. must designate a Thames Policy Area in next 15 years. The SA Plan will become

6 In assessing the design quality of a proposal surroundings to create safe and DMP Policy DM OS 4 Historic Parks, Gardens DMP Policy DM TP 9 Forecourt Parking the Council will have regard to the inclusive places through the use of good and Landscapes The parking of vehicles in existing front following: design principles including layout, form, Parks and gardens as well as landscapes gardens will be discouraged, especially scale, materials, natural surveillance ■ compatibility with local character of special historic interest included in the where: ■ and orientation, and sustainable including relationship to existing Register compiled by English Heritage and construction. ■ this would result in the removal of townscape other historic parks, gardens and landscapes ■ architectural features such as walls, gates CS Policy CP8: Town and Local Centres will be protected and enhanced. ■■ frontages, scale, height, massing, and paving, or of existing trees and other proportions and form Retail and town centre uses will be DMP Policy DM HD 1 Conservation Areas – vegetation; or ■■ sustainable development and adaptability, supported providing that it is appropriate to designation, protection and enhancement ■■ where such parking would detract subject to aesthetic considerations the role in the hierarchy of the centres, and Buildings or parts of buildings, street from the streetscape or setting of the ■ layout and access respects the character, environment and ■ furniture, trees and other features which property. ■■ space between buildings and relationship historical interest of the area. make a positive contribution to the Policy DM OS 11 Thames Policy Area to the public realm CS Policy CP11 River Thames Corridor character, appearance or significance of the ■■ detailing and materials area should be retained. The special character of the Thames Policy The natural and built environment and Area (TPA), as identified on the Proposals Whilst all adopted policies are applicable, the unique historic landscape of the River DMP Policy DM HD 2 Conservation of Listed Map, will be protected and enhanced those of particular relevance are: (A full list Thames corridor within the Borough will be Buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments by ensuring development establishes a of relevant policies is appended). protected and enhanced. Preservation of Listed Buildings of special relationship with the river and takes full CS Policy CP7: Maintaining and Improving the CS Policy CP13 Opportunities for All architectural or historic interest and advantage of its location. Local Environment Ancient Monuments and seek to ensure The Council will work with all relevant that they are kept in a good state of repair. All new development should recognise agencies to reduce disadvantage, particularly distinctive local character and contribute to in the most deprived areas of the Borough DMP Policy DM HD 3 Buildings of Townscape creating places of a high architectural and and for disadvantaged individuals, and Merit urban design quality that are well used and ensure that a range of opportunities Preservation and enhancement of Buildings valued. Proposals will have to illustrate that are provided that can be accessed by all they: of Townscape Merit. The Council will use residents. its powers where possible to protect their (i) are based on an analysis and significance, character and setting. understanding of the Borough’s development patterns, features and views, public transport accessibility and maintaining appropriate levels of amenity; (ii) connect positively with their

7 2.3 Planning Policy Aims ■■ Ensure that new development is appropriate in terms of scale and This SPD reinforces the existing planning materials and includes sufficient car policy aims which have been established for parking. Barnes Village which seek to achieve the following: ■■ Ensure that grass verges, street trees and other vegetation are retained. ■■ Improve the vitality and viability of ■■ Improve areas which are less attractive Barnes High Street as a shopping and such as service roads, blocks of domestic service centre and the smaller shopping garages and inappropriate shop fronts. centres at Castelnau and White Hart ■■ Increase community use of Barn Elms Lane. Playing Fields through its development as ■■ Protect and enhance the sites of special a local centre for sports activities. scientific interest at the Wetlands and ■■ Ensure the construction of the Thames Wildlife Trust centre and the other sites Tunnel does not adversely impact on the of importance for nature conservation residents or businesses in the area and along the Thames and at Barnes that permanent structures do not have Common, Leg O’Mutton reservoir and an adverse effect on the open space. Barn Elms Playing Fields. ■■ Ensure local character and historic ■■ Undertake tree planting with open space buildings and features are retained and upgrading. enhanced particularly the Conservation Areas at Castelnau, Barnes Green, Thorne Passage, Mill Hill, Barnes Common and White Hart Lane. ■■ Prevent an increase in unsightly car parking in front gardens where possible through planning control and publicising design guidance. ■■ Reduce the impact of through traffic and congestion and improve rail and bus services. ■■ Improve Barnes Station and surroundings to create a high quality interchange and related public spaces.

8 3. Spatial Context

This section covers transport, green spaces, Applications for changes of use will be Green Infrastructure objectives of the SPG and the Council’s shops and services which are an essential considered in accordance with the following planning policies including: Barnes benefits from a number of significant part of the village’s character. These are policies: green spaces and recreation opportunities Core Strategy: CP4 ‘Biodiversity’ and CP10 detailed below and, together with its Core Strategy: CP8 ‘Town and Local including: ‘Open Lands and Parks’ historic assets, are mapped on the following Centres’ pages. ■■ WWT London Wetland Centre Development Management Plan: DM OS 9 Development Management Plan: DM TC 2 Floodlighting Facilities in Barnes ■■ Barnes Common and Barnes Green ‘Local and Neighbourhood Centres and ■■ Barn Elms Playing fields ■■ There is a wide range of local shops, Areas of Mixed Use’ and DM TC 3 ‘Retail restaurants and facilities along the High Frontages’. ■■ Barn Elms Sports Centre Street, Church Road (including the ■ Recreation grounds including at Suffolk Proposals that result in a loss of retail space ■ Olympic Cinema) and to the north of Road and Washington Road in key shopping frontages will generally be Castelnau. resisted. In secondary shopping frontages ■■ Leg O’Mutton reservoir ■■ There are several community facilities proposals will only be acceptable if they do The Barnes Village Plan area contains including Castelnau Library, Barnes not, amongst other things, result in an over- important sites of nature conservation Community Association and Castelnau concentration of such uses in the area. importance, including Barnes Common Community Centre. Connectivity and accessibility and Barnes Wetlands. Section GGA9 ■■ The area has five primary schools and of the Greater London Authority All three secondary schools. ■■ Rail services at Barnes Station and London Green Grid SPG (2012) relating ■■ There are four churches located in the Barnes Bridge Station. to the Arcadian Thames identifies the area. ■■ Several bus stops located along Beverley Brook corridor as a strategic link ■■ There are three GP practices, four Castelnau and Church Road. connecting the Thames Park National Trail pharmacies and one dental practice ■■ A ‘Hail and Ride’ service along Lonsdale through Barnes Common, Richmond Park within the area. Road. and Wimbledon Common. However, the effects of, amongst other things, lighting The Barnes Village Plan area has ■■ Good quality bus infrastructure. from sources outside of, but in close experienced a noticeable increase in the ■■ A range of walking and cycling routes proximity to, these assets can undermine number of Estate Agents (A2 Use) which including off road cycle paths, main road their importance, including from an has resulted, in areas such as Barnes High cycle routes and quiet cycle routes. ecological perspective. In determining Street, in an over-concentration of such ■■ The Barnes Trail provides a circular walk planning applications, and responding to uses. The Council’s planning policies in around the historic highlights of the consultations from adjoining Boroughs, the relation to shopping facilities seek to ensure village, marked out by silver discs in the effect of development on these habitats the long term vitality and viability of its pavement. will be considered in accordance with the town, local and neighbourhood centres.

9 Connectivity and Accessibility in Barnes

10 Facilities in Barnes

Open space designations are taken from the Council’s Adopted Local Plan Proposals Map 2013

11 Green Infrastructure in Barnes

Open space designations are taken from the Council’s Adopted Local Plan Proposals Map 2013

12 12 Historic Assets in Barnes

Legend Conservation Area Building Of Townscape Merit Listed Buildings Village Boundary

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13 4. Vision for Barnes 5. Objectives

The vision for Barnes is to maintain and enhance the The Barnes Village Planning Guidance SPD has been character of Barnes as an attractive residential area and developed to meet the following objectives, which as a place that people want to visit. correspond to those in the Council’s Design Quality SPD.

The key features of Barnes are the Green, and services for residents and visitors Identify local character – to identify Design Review – to provide a framework the pond and surrounding buildings within an attractive setting. It also gives a local character and historic assets for for the Council to use in reviewing the and trees which create an outstanding focus to improving the Castelnau shopping enhancement or protection. effectiveness of planning and other public village atmosphere; Castelnau with its area so it provides a more welcoming realm decisions. fine houses which provide a dramatic environment for shoppers and in its role Promote high standards of design - approach to Hammersmith Bridge; and the as an important gateway into both Barnes through high quality illustrative material and Local Policy Context - to identify those former Harrods depository building (now and the Borough. Improvements to facilities simple guidance and advice to local residents statutory policies (Core Strategy and converted into flats). for younger and older residents would also and businesses. Development Management Plan) which are contribute to the attractiveness of Barnes essential to addressing local issues. (See Development Management – to The River Thames and related towpaths and as a residential area. paragraph 2.3 above and Appendix 1) open spaces are the other defining features set design guidelines for householders, of the area. Key open areas include Barnes There are opportunities to support the developers and the Council (in relation Common, the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust vision through improvements to areas well to public realm) to encourage high quality London Wetland Centre, Leg O’Mutton used by residents and visitors such as the development and, if possible, avoid the need reservoir and the Barn Elms Playing Fields. High Street, the river frontage, river wall to refuse development proposals. and towpath. Barnes High Street and Church Road have Implementation of schemes – to a good range of local shops and services The impact of traffic and opportunities provide advice for householders and and there are also important local shopping to improve facilities for pedestrians and businesses that will help them achieve areas at White Hart Lane and in Castelnau. cyclists, and strengthen public transport repairs and modernisation which respects connections will be taken where possible, local character. The vision is based on maintaining and particularly where they strengthen links and enhancing the character of Barnes as an connectivity between different parts of the attractive residential area as well as ensuring Village. that Barnes High Street and White Hart Lane continue to provide a range of shops

14 6. Character Area Assessments

The identification of local character is one of the primary objectives of the SPD. The character area assessments sub-divide the village into a smaller set of sub areas, some of which are further sub-divided. 2 Each area has been defined by grouping properties where a large proportion have 1 similar characteristics, features and materials. These have been identified and recorded.

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15 Character Area 1: West of Boileau Road/Lowther Estate

Character Summary one- and two-storey brick and concrete flat- This character area comprises the streets roofed polygonal block of sheltered housing, north of Washington Road, north of and which replaced the former property Lonsdale including the Harrodian School, and west of Farm. Castelnau Conservation Area, extending to the On Jenner Place and lining Boileau Road are River Thames. a range of three-storey pavilions joined by Nowell Road / Kilmington Road shared stairwells, combining brick, concrete and weatherboarding on their facades. Neither This north Barnes estate was built by the of these later developments dominate the prolific Henry Boot Company during the prevailing character of the 1930s estate. 1930s. About 50,000 Boot houses were constructed between the wars, using precast Dominant Materials and Features reinforced clinker-concrete columns to Key features are: Rendered walls, brickwork, minimize the need for brick. Since the 1980s recessed arched porches, clay-tile pitched many have needed to be reconstructed due roofs, hedges, wide streets with trees and grass to the failure of the concrete. The facades verges, cul-de-sacs, off-road parking, satellite are generally rendered, however a number dishes and uPVC windows. of blocks are broken-up with exposed brick panels. At ground floor is an arched opening Lonsdale Road to a shared recessed porch. Clay-tiled roofs Around the north Barnes estate and south of are steeply pitched with gable-ends or hips Lonsdale Road, schools and twentieth-century and brick chimneys. Windows are set close housing developments fit among playing fields, under the eaves and flush with the front wall. the Leg O’Mutton nature reserve and the Satellite dishes are widespread and almost river edge, with the busy Lonsdale Road itself Verdun Road all timber windows have been replaced with connecting Mortlake and Hammersmith Bridge. uPVC double-glazing. At the north of Verdun Road are Windermere Court and Grasmere Court - brick-clad 1950s Larger detached or semi-detached houses are four-storey blocks of maisonettes. These are set back from the street in substantial gardens set in large open green spaces. The most lined with hedges or fencing. Streets are very notable of these is the open courtyard with wide, with cul-de-sacs opening off them, and willow trees to the north-west of Windermere incorporate wide green verges and concrete Court. The flat roofline of the two blocks is bollards, or planned open space such as that reflected by the single-storey corner-shop unit at Kentwode Green. At the corner of Nowell opposite the west end of Howsman Road. Road and Kilmington Road is Baynes House, a

Boileau Road Lonsdale Road Character Area 1: West of Boileau Road/Lowther Estate

17 To the west of Verdun Road is the Harrodian Threats from development School, although views across the playing ■■ Survival of boundaries to the 1930s fields (Metropolitan Open Land) are blocked estate houses is sporadic as off-road by the tall concrete wall which is suffering parking has been prioritised, leading to from erosion. a loss of hedges and walls which were Looking over the green spaces around designed elements of the character of the Swedish School and St Pauls School, large development. semi-detached houses are set well back from ■■ Unsympathetic dormer extensions, Lonsdale Road behind long drives and gardens rooflights and alterations to windows bound by solid brick-and-rubble walls with have detracted from the grandeur and hedges. The five properties furthest west regularity of the semi-detached houses on date from between the wars, characterised Lonsdale Road. by bow windows or canted bays with timber ■■ Satellite dishes appear prominently against decorated gables, dormers and porches with the substantial areas of blank rendered balconies above. Three smaller detached wall around the 1930s estate. houses, including one very recent building, separate them from a row of taller Edwardian Opportunities semi-detached houses, which are very similar ■■ Improvement of the street edge, public in design to their later neighbours, but are realm and planting around the streets of distinguished principally by their greater the 1930s estate could restore some of regularity and the black timber detailing of its lost village character. Notably where their gables. These Edwardian properties dropped kerbs for pedestrian crossing continue up to the edge of Castelnau have been introduced, any repaving Conservation Area. should use tactile paving or cut concrete Dominant Materials and Features paving (to match the existing footway) for example at the Boileau / Stillingfleet The area is characterised by: wide green junction. spaces and playing fields, mature trees, brick- and-concrete blocks, long flat rooflines, large ■■ The boundary to the Harrodian School semi-detached houses, projecting bays, applied is currently a deteriorating concrete timbering, gables and dormers. structure. Replacement with a permeable structure would greatly enhance the street scene along Verdun Road, potentially use of railings as at St Paul’s School on Lonsdale Road.

18 19 Conservation Area 2: Castelnau

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary now been converted into residential flats. Castelnau is situated to the north of Dominant Materials and Features Barnes Village and is bound by the River The defining features are: the terracotta Thames to the north, Barn Elms Reservoir clad river front building and landmark to the east and early twentieth-century cupolas. housing to the west. It adjoins the Barnes Green Conservation Area to the south. Southern Section The Castelnau Conservation Area was The Southern section of Castelnau designated in 1982 and has since been Conservation Area comprises large expanded 3 times - in 1983, 1991 and 1996. Victorian and Edwardian villas, mostly The buildings date predominantly from detached and set back from the road. The the mid nineteenth century when the area road is wide and straight with mature was developed for the first time to any trees and shrubs along well defined front significant extent. Notable development boundaries. The individual houses have began in 1824 when Parliament permitted steep pitched slate gables and roofs that the Hammersmith Bridge Company to are visible through the foliage. Glimpses of construct a toll bridge across the Thames to the houses from Castelnau reveal a pleasant Castelnau, building a road into the village of variety of style and an overall cohesion Barnes. through a use of similar building materials and bold architectural detailing. Harrods Depository Castlenau shopping parade Dominant Material and Features In 1894 Harrods opened a Depository having adapted and expanded the remains Key features are: Victorian and Edwardian of what was originally a soap and candle villas (detached and set back from the road), factory. A secondary building was mature trees and shrubs along well defined constructed in 1899 and the dramatic boundaries, steep pitched slate gables and terracotta clad river front building with roofs that are visible through the foliage and landmark cupola features was built in 1912. confident architectural detailing. The decorative river façade of this building hides an innovative form of reinforced concrete construction. The buildings have

Arundel Terrace Lonsdale Road

20 Conservation Area 2: Castelnau

21 Conservation Area 2: (continued) Castelnau

Northern Section typically (and originally), timber windows and doorways (some arched heads to doorways The Northern Section contains further / shop windows), pilasters flanking the Victorian and Edwardian villas. These are doorways, stallrisers and transoms. Some mainly in pairs and of a slightly smaller scale shopfronts have been altered and include than those at the southern end. The sense aluminium / uPVC fronts with illuminated of enclosure created by the greenery begins signs. to weaken due to parking on smaller plots, which leaves insufficient room for planting. Lonsdale Road Retail Parade Lonsdale Road is characterised by villas which mostly date back to the 1860s. Holy Trinity Church marks the transition Building styles are less constrained here from residential to commercial. The compared to the rest of the Castelnau various sections of retail frontage provide Conservation Area. Many houses are three- important amenities to local residents. and four-storey. The south side of the road The shop frontages and window displays contains mainly detached villas built in brick, provide an important splash of colour at first many of which have smaller scale coach glance. However, the quality and retention houses adjacent. The northern side of the of original features varies considerably road contains the most ornate houses which and although there are good examples, a are Italianate in style and built exclusively number of frontages have illuminated signs in stucco. Large numbers of mature trees and lack conformity which detracts from survive and most front boundaries remain the Conservation Area. The pavements and well defined by walls, hedges and shrubs, forecourt areas are often in a poor condition ensuring the road has a leafy enclosed and there is a lack of suitable street furniture character similar to other areas of Castelnau. which detracts from the overall quality of Arundel Terrace place. Further specific shop front guidance Dominant Material and Features for this area is provided later in this Key features include: Villas dating back to document. 1860s, three- and four-storey houses, mature Dominant Material and Features trees and well defined front boundaries. The area is defined by: Victorian and Glentham Road, St Hilda’s Road and Edwardian villas, pairs of houses smaller Lillian Road scale to that of the southern end, retail Apart from Glentham Road these roads area to north originally built as houses are residential in nature, developed in with groundfloors later converted to shops, conjunction with the rest of Castelnau in the

Castelnau Lonsdale Road

22 mid-nineteenth century. The character Dominant Material and Features Threats from development in the amount of hard surfacing in of these roads contrasts greatly with that Three- and four-storeys, warm red brick, ■■ Development pressure which may front gardens. of Lonsdale Road, and are narrow and horizontal strips of white stucco or stone, harm the balance of the landscape ■■ Co-ordination of colour and design, lined with charming terraces of, mainly, lined with plane trees, which forms a and river dominated setting, and and improvement in quality of street small Victorian cottages. There are no continuous tunnel of foliage during the the obstruction or spoiling of views, furniture and pavements. front gardens and doors open onto summer months. skylines and landmarks. ■ Improvement of the condition and the pavement, reinforcing the intimate ■ pedestrian convenience of pavements, scale. The cottages are generally two Clavering Avenue ■■ Introduction of basements. and rationalisation of existing signage or two and a half storeys high. There is The architectural style of Clavering ■■ Loss of traditional architectural and street furniture. cohesion in the use of building materials, Avenue is in complete contrast with the features and materials due to ■ Retain and improve the quality of shop with roofs of grey slate, and brick and rest of the conservation area. Charming ■ unsympathetic alternations. fronts and advertisements. stucco elevations. Glentham Road is Arts and Crafts inspired houses line both an anomaly being of a predominantly sides of the road. Each house is a modest ■■ Loss of original front boundary Conservation Area Statement: commercial character, built at the bottom two storeys. Elevational treatments are treatments and front gardens for car http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/ of the gardens of the Lonsdale Road a range of pastel coloured renders, both parking. services/planning/conservation_areas/ houses. Some of these are now becoming rough cast and smooth. Roofs tend to ■■ Lack of coordination and poor quality conservation_area_statements.htm converted to residential use. be of red clay tiles pierced by square red of street furniture and pavements, in Dominant Material and Features brick chimneys. some areas, particularly approaching Key features include: Narrow roads, lined Dominant Material and Features Hammersmith Bridge. with terraces of small cottages, two- or Key features include: Two storey, pastel ■■ Dominance of traffic and poor two and a half-storey, grey slate roofs, coloured renders, both rough cast and pedestrian safety leading to clutter of brick and stucco elevations. smooth, red clay tiles and square brick signage and street furniture. chimneys. Riverview Gardens ■■ Loss of original or quality shop fronts Riverview Gardens is a quiet residential The Riverside and unsympathetic alterations and advertisements. road. It contains long terraces of three The towpath along the riverside is within and four storey flats, all using a warm red the Conservation Area. The towpath Opportunities brick, horizontal strips of white stucco or is informal with vegetation separating stone. The road is lined with plane trees, ■■ Improvement and protection of it from the railings which form the rear landscape and river setting. the canopies of which meet to form a boundary of Riverview Gardens. Sloping continuous tunnel of foliage during the revetments are in poor condition. ■■ Preservation, enhancement and where summer months. Communal gardens run possible, reinstatement of architectural along the riverside properties adjacent to Dominant Material and Features quality and unity. the river towpath. Key features include: Informal towpath, ■■ Retain and enhance front boundary vegetation separating towpath and railings. treatments and discourage an increase

23 Character Area 3: Barnes Waterside and the London Wetlands Centre

Character Summary seven storey red or yellow brick apartment Threats from development This character area covers the north-east blocks, some overlooking the river, are ■■ The predominance of cars in the area part of Barnes near the riverside, between arranged around a central green and car and the lack of through-routes enhances the Castelnau Conservation Area and the park with views to the listed Harrods security but creates a rather suburban, River Thames. At the southern end it meets Depository, from which the development is depopulated character which stands in Barn Elms Playing Fields, which was formerly separated by decorative gates. contrast to the well-integrated streets part of the grounds of the manor house, Roads are wide and curving, neatly kept and busy main road in the Castelnau Barn Elms. This area is entirely occupied and in many places laid with pale red brick Conservation Area. by a recent housing development, known as or yellow manufactured setts. Planting is Opportunities Barnes Waterside. widespread and boundary walls and other ■■ As a very recently constructed The development took place at the same details are typically, again, in the same dominant red or yellow brick. development, the consistent design time as the conversion of the Grade II listed details of Barnes Waterside – including in Trinity Church Road Harrods Depository and adjoining buildings Dominant Materials and Features materials – ought to be maintained, and into flats (see Conservation Area 2) and the The area is characterised primarily by: Red since it retains co-ordinated management development of the nature reserve to the brick, pale yellow brick and manufactured arrangements this should be achieved south in the late 1990s. The development paving setts, railings, metal oriel balconies, with little difficulty. comprises 250 townhouses and apartment car parking, paved driveways, garages, green buildings. verges, hedges and planted avenues. Barnes Waterside WWT London Wetland Centre Trinity Church Road and the north of Wyatt South of Harrods Village, four nineteenth- Drive are both wide roadways, planted with century reservoirs were converted into the trees at regular intervals along their length. Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust nature reserve The houses are neo-Georgian brick terraces Trinity Church Road and opened in 2000. It has subsequently of three-storeys, with paved driveways and been designated a Site of Special Scientific garages at ground-floor level. Devereux Lane Interest (SSSI). A visitor centre with faces a pond, which is an important feature administrative and service buildings, all in within the development. The southern yellow brick with slate roofs, stands near a Wyatt Drive and Cartwright Way are wide, car park to the south of the site, accessed winding and green, with paved driveways and from Queen Elizabeth Walk. garages, attached to larger semi-detached or detached gabled brick houses. A series of apartment blocks lining Trinity Church Road have octagonal corner turrets. At the east end of Trinity Church Road, large six or

Cartwright Way

24 Character Area 3: Barnes Waterside and the London Wetlands Centre

25 Character Area 4: Barn Elms / Rocks Lane

Character Summary walls of brick, some combining railings or This character area consists of the Barn replaced with white fencing. Elms Sports Trust and Sports Centre, and a The area is bounded by Beverley Brook, small number of late-Victorian streets west which is set in an open channel, which can of Rocks Lane . The area is bound by Barnes be seen from gap and brick bridges with Common to the south and Church Road/ decorative ironwork panels between the Queen Elizabeth Walk to the north. Barnes terraced housing on Elm Grove Road and Green Conservation Area lies to the west. Bellevue Road and the terraced and semi- The whole area was formerly part of the detached housing on Rectory Road. On estate of Barn Elms, once the manor house each of these roads, the houses are highly of Barnes. The manor was granted by King consistent, brick buildings of two principal Athelstan to the Dean and Chapter of St floors with a gabled attic storey. They are Pauls and leased by them from about 1467 semi-detached or terraces with a recessed to a series of prominent persons including entrance bay. Some of the front porches Sir John Say, Chancellor to Edward IV and carry a balcony supported on columns; have Sir Frances Walsingham spymaster to Queen an arch of decorative brackets; or else have Elizabeth I. In 1820 the estate was sold to a small slate-hung eave porch, with a single the Hammersmith Bridge Company which window over. Roofs are mainly of slate, with constructed Rocks Lane as an extension some decorative ridge tiles and gable finials. to Castelnau. The house later became the Some streets incorporate more variations on Ranelagh Club, but, having fallen into disrepair, the above typology: stretches of Meredyth was demolished in 1954. Only an icehouse Road have slate-hung dormers facing the beside Queen Elizabeth Walk and the nearby street, and in parts tile-hung or applied- ponds remain of the original landscaped timber decoration to the gables. Glebe Road Rocks Lane gardens. has a row of large brick- and/or render-faced The parcel of land between Rocks Lane and semi-detached houses with large projecting Barnes Green was occupied by four smaller gabled bays at first-floor level, and shared grand houses: The Laurels (Beverley School), gabled porches with decorative arches. Hillersdon House, Priory Lodge and Elm They are particularly distinguished by highly Grove, none of which survive. While traffic decorative applied timber work. The terrace on the main through-roads is heavy, the of houses on Rocks Lane, facing the open residential streets themselves are relatively green space of Barn Elms, largely match those quiet, though dominated by on street parking. on Rectory Road, but towards the north end they gain a full third storey with an arched The roads are tree-lined and have a regular window and balustrade, and beyond that and neat character with low front boundary others have a different decorative gable. Glebe Road Rocks Lane

26 Character Area 4: Barn Elms / Rocks Lane

27 Dominant Materials and Features ■■ There is almost no off-road parking Key features include: Red brick, carved stone in front gardens in this area, yet some dressings, render, applied timbering, timber front-boundary walls have been replaced, frame windows, slate roofs, decorative ridge with inconsistent materials. There is tiles and finials, slate-hung porches, hung clay therefore an opportunity to encourage tiles, clay tiled roofs, clay chimneypots, brick replacement and upgrade of these front gate piers and walls. boundaries with in-keeping high-quality alternatives – preferably brick. Threats from development ■■ The houses on Rocks Lane facing Barn Elms enjoy views over valued greenspace, but their front gardens and facades are at times in a poorer condition than those on the streets behind them, and they are compromised by the heavy traffic on the main road. Many have later front-facing roof extensions. ■■ Rooflights, though generally not very aesthetically intrusive, are placed irregularly on the front pitch of roofs, detracting a little where they cluster from the attractive uniformity of appearance in the elevations of this area. Opportunities ■■ Many original or sympathetic replacement doors and timber window frames survive on most of the streets in this area, and gardens appear predominantly well-tended and planted. Where houses are similar to those which fall within the adjacent Conservation Areas, they are generally somewhat smaller or less ornate, but of a similar quality.

28 29 Conservation Area 5: Barnes Common

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary uses such as sports grounds and Barnes The Conservation Area is situated in the Cemetery. south east of Barnes adjoining Putney Houses in the area are mostly situated along Lower Common to the east and to the the western fringe of Barnes Common. south by the Upper Richmond Road. It surrounds the Mill Hill Conservation Area. Vine Road Vine Road has the earliest development The boundaries are well defined by Vine with substantial two-storey Victorian villas Road to the west and Beverley Brook to set in mature grounds behind walls and the north west, Ranelagh Avenue and the hedges which provide a strong boundary Rythe to the north. A blackthorn hedge and line behind the grass verge in the road. The historic ditch separates Barnes Common Victorian villas are occasionally interspersed from Putney Lower Common to the east with more modest later, semi-detached and the Upper Richmond Road. The area brick Edwardian houses. was originally designated as a Conservation Area in 1982 and extended in 1988. The Dominant Materials and Features common has existed since 1925. The Key features are: Victorian villas, semi- common extends to more than 100 acres detached Edwardian houses and strong and forms part of a green chain of related boundary line. open spaces. Scarth Road Barnes Common is Metropolitan Open Vine Road Land, a local nature reserve and a Site Scarth Road contains an impressive row of Importance for Nature Conservation. of three-storey late Victorian houses. The area dominates the south of Barnes The group is distinctive in its array of providing a rural setting to the village roof forms which includes half hipped, and a wealth of habitats with lowland gables and plain eaves with dormers. The acid grassland, scrub, broadleaf woodland variety of ornament features, which also and wetland. Despite being dissected by extends to dressing and bay treatments, roads and the railway, the Common has and the survival of many original chimneys, retained its overall character as an ancient contributes to the character of the group. managed open space. It has been able to accommodate a limited number of other

Vine Road Ranelagh Avenue

30 Conservation Area 5: Barnes Common

31 Conservation Area 5: (continued) Barnes Common

Dominant Feature Ranelagh Avenue ■■ Ongoing intensification of development, Primary features include: three-storey Ranelagh Avenue is a distinctive group particularly residential and recreational, Victorian houses, distinctive roof forms, of three storey Edwardian town houses can have an impact on areas of ecological variety of ornaments features and original with rendered dressings, facing onto the value. Due consideration should be chimneys. Common. The houses are set within well- given to the effect of development at the periphery or within key green spaces Beverley Road and Beverley Gardens defined front gardens bounded by low stone and rendered dressings. such as Barnes Common and Barn Elms. Beverley Road and Beverley Gardens Opportunities form a separate group of large Victorian South of Queen’s Ride and Edwardian houses with slate roofs, The Barnes Workhouse was built in 1778 ■■ Improvement and protection of landscape decorative features and grand entrance on a triangular piece of land enclosed from setting. porches. They are built in yellow stock the Common between Queen’s Rise and the ■■ Preservation, enhancement and bricks with slate roofs. Upper Richmond Road. Its supporting fields reinstatement of architectural quality and Beverley Gardens / Brook Gardens Dominant Features extended east to the Putney boundary and unity. are now entirely developed, forming part of ■■ Retain, reinstate and/or enhance front Victorian and Edwardian Houses in London the adjacent Conservation and Character boundary treatments and original garden stock brick, slate roofs, decorative features Area. Part of the monies for the sale of paving where possible, and discourage and grand entrance porches. fields is still held by the Workhouse Trust hard surfacing in front gardens. for initiatives for the good of the people of Cedars Road ■■ Co-ordination and unity of colour and Barnes. Cedars Road is dominated by terraced design, and improvement in the quality of Victorian housing in brick with slate roofs Threats from development street furniture and paving. and chimneys on the front roof slopes. ■■ Pressure for further development Conservation Area Statement: www. There are a variety of decorative porch generally, which may harm the balance richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ details and window dressings. The houses of the landscape-dominated setting, and conservation_areas/conservation_area_ Vine Road recreation ground have small but well defined front gardens. cause the obstruction or spoiling of statements.htm The effect of this together with the views, skylines and landmarks. enclosing nature of trees on both Barnes Green and Barnes Common contribute to ■■ Loss of traditional architectural features creating a secluded and peaceful character. and materials by alteration. ■■ Loss of front boundary treatments and Dominant Materials and Features front gardens due to parking. Victorian houses, chimneys on the front roof ■■ Dominance of traffic on large main roads slopes and small well defined gardens. and poor pedestrian safety leading to clutter of signage and street furniture, especially around the boundaries of the

railway. Vine Road

32 33 Conservation Area 6: Mill Hill

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary Western Half Threats from development The Conservation Area is formed by a small Houses within the area form two groups. ■■ General pressure for new development isolated group of properties enclosed by The western half has an eclectic group which may harm the balance of the Barnes Common and adjacent to Mill Hill of dwellings united by their scale and landscape dominated setting. Road which connects Barnes to Putney. The limited palette of materials and finishes. ■■ Loss of traditional architectural features area was originally designated in 1982 and The property known as Mill Hill is a and materials due to unsympathetic extended in 1988. plain rendered gothic villa with a three- alterations. storey octagonal tower with a leaded Mill Hill The area is a unique island site within the ■ Loss of front boundary treatments and dome. Mulberry Lodge has a distinctive ■ wider landscape, containing a variety of front gardens for car parking. Dutch gable and Mill Hill Lodge, which building types set on mainly irregular plots incorporates the eighteenth century miller’s ■■ Introduction of basements. within a clearly defined boundary. cottage, is finished in weatherboarding. Opportunities The main area of historic interest is on Dominant Materials and Features the western side of the Conservation ■■ Improvement and protection of Area, on the site of an old mill. Most of Key features are: lancet windows, drip landscape setting. these buildings are listed. They form a moulds and steep slate roofs. ■■ Preservation, enhancement and reinstatement of architectural quality and group of charming dwellings united by their Eastern Half scale, and restricted use of materials and unity. The eastern group was formed in the finishes. The area is the highest point of ■■ Retention and enhancement of front nineteenth and twentieth century. Trock’s Barnes at 8.15m above sea level and acts boundary treatments where possible. as a key viewpoint along Mill Hill Road and Mill Cottage is a low built range which is Mill Hill across Barnes Common. A rural character clad in weatherboarding. Brooklyn Lodge Conservation Area Statement: http://www. is observed across the area with the and Bracken View are larger brick houses richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ boundary treatment on the Common side with exposed painted timber frame gables conservation_areas/conservation_area_ being predominately either thick hedge, and decorative porches. statements.htm close-board fencing or both. There is a Dominant Materials and Features strong boundary along the road created by the weathered brick wall to Mill Hill Key features are: eighteenth, nineteenth and Lodge. Mature trees are an integral part twentieth century properties in brick, with of the landscape providing enclosure and a timber cladding or details exposed timber backdrop to the buildings. frame gables and decorative porches. Many are listed or locally listed.

Mill Hill

34 Conservation Area 6: Mill Hill

35 Character Area 7: Warwick Drive

Character Summary development sits on Beloe Close facing Opportunities This character area covers four small parcels Upper Richmond Road. ■■ The quiet and enclosed character of of land between the railway line and Upper These areas of twentieth century Warwick Drive could be enhanced by the Richmond Road, in the south-eastern corner development are characterised by wide, maintenance or improvement of street of Barnes, on the very edge of the Borough. winding streets , edged with pleasant shared furniture and shared green spaces around Barnes Common Conservation Area bounds green verges and grassed areas, the majority the apartment blocks and terraces. the area to the north and west. of which appear to be landscaped as they The main buildings in the character area were at the time of redevelopment. The two lie on Warwick Drive, off Gypsy Lane. terraces on Warwick Drive are somewhat Warwick Drive curves around three eight- distinctive, set-back from the road, and retain storey brick-clad concrete blocks, linked late-1960s street furniture. The area is well maintained and managed with a uniformity by an elevated platform, which were built Warwick Drive in the late 1960s upon the demolition of of character given by the largely unaltered some substantial Victorian villas. Two rows buildings. of two-storey terraces were built to the Dominant Materials and Features north and east of the large blocks at the Key features include: Mid to high-rise blocks, same time, fronting shared green verges. two-storey neo-Georgian terraces, yellow In the early 1970s, the remaining Victorian and brown brick, concrete-framed buildings, houses between Gypsy Lane and Dyers concrete lamp-posts, wide grass verges and Lane were demolished, and Warwick Drive car parks. was extended to serve a further five six- to eight-storey brown brick-clad blocks which Threats from development adjoin Gypsy Lane. ■■ Car parks dominate the layout of the East of Warwick Drive, an estate of two- landscaped 1960s and 1970s open spaces. Warwick Drive and three-storey houses and apartment ■■ The omission of islands of twentieth blocks with green spaces and a car park had century development from the Barnes been added by 1980. Three-storey yellow Common Conservation Area reduces brick-clad 1970s apartment buildings with planning control over the future balconies stand across Gypsy Lane on Beloe character of this area, and of the Close, facing the Common on Queen’s Ride, designated heritage asset. and at the corner of St Mary’s Grove and Dyers Lane. A similar seven-storey block overlooks the junction of Upper Richmond Road and Queen’s Ride, while a slightly later

Beloe Close

36 Character Area 7: Warwick Drive

37 Character Area 8: Priest’s Bridge

Character Summary Westwood Road This character area covers the south-west This sub-area contains two looped plots of corner of Barnes, including the bottom of interwar development. Leconfield Avenue White Hart Lane and Priests Bridge. It is forms a narrow lane off Priest’s Bridge, bound bound by Upper Richmond Road West to by garages, walls, shrubs and fencing. It is the south, White Hart Lane to the west and also the name given to a small cul-de-sac Barnes Common Conservation Area to the with two terraces of brick and render two- east. Its northern boundary is marked by the storey houses, with squared projecting bays beginning of White Hart Lane’s Edwardian and oriel windows over doors, some still terraces, the White Hart Lane Conservation supported on timber-framed porches with Area, and the railway line. decorative perforated screens. Westwood Road and Westwood Gardens, which ends Priest’s Bridge in a cul-de-sac, contain larger semi-detached The name Priest’s Bridge refers to the bridge and detached brick houses, typically carrying which formerly carried Upper Richmond render at upper levels, with tiled roofs Road across the Beverley Brook. The street and tile-hung bow-fronted projecting bay now called Priests Bridge was originally windows. Some semi-detached houses are Upper Richmond Row, before the curve painted white and have deep gable fronts, and was bypassed with a new route between the squared or canted projecting bay windows. World Wars. Rooflights and dormers can be seen. These streets feel very secluded and have a leafy A mixture of twentieth century buildings informality given by irregular greenery and ill- form a small high-street type row at the east defined front boundaries. end of Priests Bridge. It also includes two Buildings of Townscape Merit: one nineteenth- Rosslyn Avenue / Treen Avenue century survival and the Halfway House Preist’s Bridge pub of 1938. An interesting mid-twentieth The streets of Rosslyn Avenue and Treen century corner block makes a canted corner Avenue, and the two short connecting with White Hart Lane. streets Tudor Gardens and Priory Gardens, also provide no through-route and so feel Dominant Materials and Features quiet. These streets contain more interwar Key features are: Dark brick, concrete frames rendered, pebble-dash or brick-and-render and balconies, large apartment blocks, stone semi-detached or terraced houses with villas, street fronting commercial buildings. gabled bays and tiled roofs. They have tiled porch canopies and orderly street trees, and regularity is created by generally well-defined boundary walls, hedges or fences. There are

Upper Richmond Road West Leconfield Avenue

38 Character Area 8: Priest’s Bridge

39 few rooflights, though dormers can be seen Opportunities on some visible rear elevations; neither ■■ Redevelopment of Ruffell Garage may much disrupts the dominance of gables in provide an opportunity to deliver the character of the street. Houses of a pedestrian/cycle improvements at the similar style, several with ground-floors level crossing. converted to shop uses and others in need of upgrade, line this part of White Hart ■■ Upgrading the public realm on the short Lane, facing a three-storey post-war brick commercial stretches of street in this apartment block with a long hipped roof. area could reanimate it as a local hub for shops, cafes or small businesses, Dominant Materials and Features encouraging investment in buildings. The Brick and render, pebble dash timber fencing, Priest’s Bridge element benefits from stone boundary walls with hedges, bow, occasional granite sets and concrete squared or canted bays with gables, clay-tiled brick paving, whereas the White Hart roofs, hung-tiles, timber porches with tiles Lane stretch reverts to traditional and perforated screens. concrete slabs. Yorkstone or granite sets would be beneficial. Threats from development ■■ Off-road parking and parking on pavements to maintain access around Leconfield Avenue combined with loosely-defined boundaries results in poor legibility. ■■ Narrow and poor-quality pavements on the north side of Priests Bridge and lower White Hart Lane discourage pedestrians. ■■ Some of the typically regular boundaries – in brick, stone or fencing – around Rosslyn and Treen Avenues have been removed for off-road parking; this trend threatens the orderly character of the streets.

40 41 Conservation Area 9: White Hart Lane

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary with projecting eaves supported on corbels. Opportunities White Hart Lane Conservation Area lies Several have matching corbelled cornice ■■ Preservation, enhancement and on the boundary between East Sheen to details to their chimney stacks. Retained reinstatement of architectural quality and the west and Barnes to the east. It includes chimney stacks enliven the roofscape. unity. Houses retain a wealth of detail with Eleanor Grove and part of White Hart ■■ Co-ordination of colour and design and Lane just south of the railway crossing. The moulded window surrounds and either bow windows or square bays with tripartite improvement in quality of street furniture Conservation Area was designated in 1988. and pavements. The area includes two terraces of three- windows. The larger and well preserved ■ Improvement of highways conditions storey houses on White Hart Lane itself and buildings to White Hart Lane are of stock ■ and pedestrian convenience, and White Hart Lane the whole of Eleanor Grove. Being a cul- brick with render, set behind well planted rationalisation of existing and street de-sac the street has a sense of enclosure front gardens and brick walls to the street. furniture. creating a neighbourly character. Dominant Materials and Features Conservation Area Statement: http://www. White Hart Lane is an important historic Key features include: Terraced Victorian richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ route between the riverside and Upper houses, enclosed character, short front conservation_areas/conservation_area_ Richmond Road. The development of Eleanor gardens, painted brick or render, projecting statements.htm Grove and this part of White Hart Lane bay canopies, pilastered door reveals, arched - occurred together in the second half of the and pilastered window reveals, pitch slate nineteenth century. roofs and tiled canopies, retained chimney stacks. White Hart Lane contains two-storey terraced Victorian houses together with Threats from development White Hart Lane more imposing frontage of three-storey ■■ Loss of traditional architectural features commercial buildings, forming a gateway to and materials due to unsympathetic the Conservation Area. Terraced cottages alterations. with facades of painted brick or render enclose Eleanor Grove, either set behind ■■ Lack of co-ordination and poor quality of small front gardens and boundaries or street furniture and pavements. opening directly onto the street. ■■ Domination of traffic, parked cars and poor pedestrian safety leading to clutter The older properties on the south side have of signage and street furniture. shallow pitch slate roofs behind parapets with moulded cornice and blocking course detail. Younger properties display roofs White Hart Lane

42 Conservation Area 9: White Hart Lane

43 Conservation Area 10: Thorne Passage

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary Dominant Features range from two- to three-storeys, and Opportunities include rendered or stock brick facades Thorne Passage Conservation Area was Key features are: Tree bordered space, ■ Preservation, enhancement and with red brick detailing. Occasional canted ■ originally designated in 1969 as a small planted gardens, stock brick, original reinstatement of architectural quality and bay windows and a variety of treatments to cohesive group of mid-nineteenth century windows. unity. terraced cottages to the west of the railway. entrances and doors are evident. There is Beverley Path ■■ Co-ordination of colour and design, It was later extended in 1988 to include a view north to the landmark Church of St. rationalisation and improvement in Beverley Path and Railway Side to the east. Beverley Path is a single terrace with a Michael and All Angels. passageway through the middle allowing quality of street furniture and pavements. The Conservation Area is situated in the Dominant Features area known as Westfields (Little Chelsea). It access to the rear of the properties. The ■■ Improved management of tree and shrub Key features are: Mix of building scales, is stretched thinly either side of the railway houses of Beverley Path form a cohesive overhang along passageways. two- to three-storey buildings, stock line along Thorne Passage, Beverley Path and group, enlivened by red brick string courses brick with red brick detailing, canted bay Conservation Area Statement: http://www. Railway Side. and door arches, and original canted bay windows. Railway Side is formed of groups windows. richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ Thorne Passage Conservation Area is of terraced cottages set behind small front conservation_areas/conservation_area_ formed by charming and cohesive groups of gardens or opening directly onto the path. statements.htm Threats from development small scale closely packed terraced cottages, The tiled façade of the public house is a divided by the nearby railway lines and distinctive feature of this area. The name ■■ Loss of traditional architectural features green embankments. The distinctive narrow derives from an earlier loop line connecting and materials due to unsympathetic pedestrian passageways and private alleys of the Hounslow and Richmond lines, a stub alterations. Thorne Passage, Beverley Path and Railway of which can still be seen at the east end of ■■ Lack of co-ordination, clutter and poor Side unite these cottages. Archway Street. quality of street furniture and pavements, including in open spaces nearby, such Thorne Passage Dominant Materials and Features as around Brunel Court and the high The view along Thorne Passage is of green Key features include: Cohesive group of railings near Railway Side. and tree bordered space. The simple houses, red brick string courses and door ■ Development within the vicinity using cottages are distinctive, well looked after ■ arches, canted bay windows, terraced poorer quality materials and with with planted gardens. The cottages are made cottages and small front gardens. a different architectural scale and of stock brick and most have their original relationship to the street detracting windows. Archway Street and Cross Street from the harmonious quality of the Archway and Cross Street contain a greater Conservation Area. mix of buildings in terms of scale, height, style, colour and treatment. The buildings

Archway Street

44 Conservation Area 10: Thorne Passage

45 Character Area 11: Westfield (Little Chelsea)

Character Summary on corners, and the view of St Michael’s string course and parapet details and late This character area covers residential Church on Cross Street and by the wall twentieth-century infill blocks. on Thorne Passage, which may have been streets in the Westfield area between White Threats from development Hart Lane and the Barnes Bridge branch of the seventeenth-century boundary of the ■■ Replacement of original sash windows the London & South Western Railway line. . demolished Westfield House. with uPVC double glazing, and in some The Beverley Brook separates it from the On the eastern side of White Hart Lane, places dropped sills or shutters or small recreation ground within Barnes Common the Westfield development saw terraces of paned bow windows. Conservation Area to the south-east. around the same size built, but with regular canted bays and decorative pilasters around ■■ Rooflights and pantile roofs – especially The Westfield area was used for market on White Hart Lane – detract from the gardening for centuries until its sale by the windows on both floors. Here many of the original slate roofs have been replaced unity in the elevations of the planned the manor of Barnes for development in parade of houses. 1865. Between Charles Street and the mid with pantiles and have irregularly-placed Charles Street ■■ Front boundary walls are less well nineteenth-century cottages of Railway Side, rooflights. At the north end of the road, preserved, or less sensitively rebuilt, four parallel streets of terraced cottages these houses, are designated Buildings of along White Hart Lane than in the with shops and public houses were laid Townscape Merit. neighbouring Westfield streets. out in approximately the 1880s. They are At the corner of Cross Street and Archway small, tight terraced streets with only slight Street, a terrace of brick houses with Opportunities variations in the plots and street edges. The garages at ground-floor replaced a school ■■ The best parts of Charles Street, Thorne houses are two-storeys in stock brick with during the 1980s. A terrace on the north Street and Archway Street – especially red brick dressings, but many are rendered side of Charles Street is similar in date towards their eastern ends near Thorne and washed in different light colours. Their but lower in height and attempts a more Passage Conservation Area – have details vary: a few retain historic bow contextual vernacular. Brunel Court at coherence and strong historic character. windows, canted bays or arched openings the end of Westfield Street and Westfield This may best be protected from and tiled front paths, while some have newer south of Cross Street are four-storey brick erosion by the prevention of the further Westfields Avenue boundary fences or railings, uPVC windows, apartment blocks with balconies, dating to removal of original windows, loss of front dropped sills or shutters. the late 1960s, surrounded by un-landscaped boundary walls, or inappropriate colour However almost all the houses have grassed areas and car parking space. treatments and planting. Westfield Primary School is housed in two slate roofs, substantial chimney stacks ■■ The parking and grass areas around low modern structures, one recently rebuilt. and stepped eave corbels between the the late twentieth century apartment houses. Street trees are few and irregular, Dominant Materials and Features blocks are poor quality and are so the regular brick and render facades Key features include: Stock brick, decorative generally surrounded by garages or and chimney stacks dominate the area’s brick detailing, slate roofs and large chimney service structures; re-landscaping these character. Kerb stones and stretches of stacks, stepped eave corbels, white and pale- areas could help connect them to the cobbles remain in places. Interest is added coloured render, sash and bow windows, allotments, recreation ground and other by taller and irregular brick buildings, some tight terraced streets, taller buildings with valued green spaces nearby. with parapet and string course details Thorne Street

46 Character Area 11: Westfield (Little Chelsea)

47 Conservation Area 12: Barnes Green

This section provides a summary of the main characteristics of the Conservation Area. More detailed information can be viewed using the link provided.

Character Summary has great architectural variety, containing The Conservation Area extends along the buildings from the eighteenth, nineteenth Surrey bank of the River Thames at Barnes and twentieth centuries, but has reasonable and includes Barnes Green and some of consistency in quality and status. The grand the surrounding residential areas. It adjoins and eclectic houses of The Terrace on the Castelnau Conservation Area to the north, riverside are generally the buildings of the Barnes Common Conservation Area to the greatest architectural and historic interest south and Mortlake Conservation Area to in the area. the west. Dominant Materials and Features Barnes Green Conservation Area derives Victorian houses including four-storey its identity from four distinct elements; the mansion blocks, two-storey semi-detached Thames, the open space of Barnes Green villas and workers’ cottages, decorative itself, the Edwardian residential areas and Edwardian semi-detached and terraced the local shopping centres at Barnes High rows, including noted Lion Houses, eclectic, Street and Church Road. historic Georgian and Victorian riverside terrace, nineteenth and twentieth century Barnes Green Conservation Area was a shopping street, village green with pond very early designation, made just two years and paths. Specific guidance relating to the after the creation of the category in law, and Lion Houses can be viewed at http://www. was extended in 1982 to include Cleveland richmond.gov.uk/cg_the_lion_houses_ca1_ Road and its row of Lion Houses, similar in lr.pdf High Street design to those east of the Green. Between these and Station Road are Victorian houses Stanton Road ranging from worker’s cottages on Stanton To the north eastern end of Stanton Road Road to four-storey mansion blocks and the area is characterised by small Victorian two-storey semi-detached villas. While the cottage properties of simple appearance, Lion Houses on The Crescent face on to which are largely unaltered. The area the Green, much of the length of the streets has strong architectural and physical running at right angles off Station Road cohesiveness and was included in the and Barnes High Street also have strong Conservation Area by extension in 1988. visual connections with the Green for much of their lengths. The Conservation Area Church Road (A3003) Barnes Pond

48 Conservation Area 12: Barnes Green

49 Conservation Area 12: (continued) Barnes Green

Dominant Material and Features gardens in front of brick facades, strong Small Victorian cottages, simple appearance, enclosed character of historic community painted brick or exposed brick facades associated with local industry. meeting the street and pitched slate roofs. Grange Road and Kitson Road Cleveland Road This area includes a group of three storey This street contains to the east a terrace Edwardian semi-detached houses, and a of late-Victorian two storey brick houses unique group of interwar Arts and Crafts with pitched slate roofs and canted bay style houses including St Mary’s Lodge. windows. Some modern brick houses have These form a wider setting of the listed been built on vacant plots. To the west, early eighteenth century house The Grange. three-storey late-Victorian brick houses, Dominant Material and Features many with rendered facades and arch, The primary features of the area are: aedicule and pillastered door and window Edwardian semi-detached houses, group of reveals. Two-storey Victorian terraces and interwar Arts and Crafts. a pair of Edwardian Lion Houses finish the road. Cleveland Road was included in the The Terrace Conservation Area by extension in 1982. The Terrace runs parallel to the Thames and Dominant Material and Features has a number of eighteenth and nineteenth century buildings of exceptional quality. Two- and three-storey Edwardian brick houses. Dominant Material and Features Malthouse Passage Eighteenth and nineteenth century buildings built separately, varied original architectural This area was included in the Conservation details. Church Street Area by extension in 1988 and is characterised by Victorian workers’ Lonsdale Road cottages, small industrial buildings and a few Lonsdale Road is fronted by a number of earlier attractive cottage properties. These Edwardian properties whose balconies take buildings are mostly unaltered and together advantage of the River Thames view. Many form a group which is easily identifiable in retain the original features although there character, social and historical interest. are instances where unsympathetic uPVC Dominant Material and Features windows have been installed. At the junction with Barnes High Street are two typical Victorian workers cottages with little- Victorian pubs with decorative tiling and altered details including arched lintels, etched glass, and next door a red brick late enclosed alley with fenced or walled Glebe Road Station Road

50 Victorian former Police Station. This part The Northern End of the Green and Along the south edge, towards the Green, ■■ Retain and enhance front boundary of the Conservation Area is dominated by Church Street the variation in, and in some instances, loss treatments and discourage increase in the listed Barnes Bridge (1849) by Joseph The northern end of the Green is enclosed of original boundary features, impacts on its the amount of hard surfacing in front Locke. by a number of distinctive buildings, for cohesiveness. gardens. Dominant Material and Features example Milbourne House, St. Osmund’s Dominant Materials and Features ■■ Retain and improve the quality of shop RC School, and the Sun Inn. Church fronts and signage. Key features include: Victorian pubs, Key features are: Tiled stall risers, key Street is another important shopping area decorative tiling and etched glass, Barnes pattern pilasters, carved details, Victorian ■■ Development opportunities exist along characterised by a continuous frontage Bridge. brick, brick finish detailing. the High Street and to the rear. These of small shops many of which retain good should be sensitive to the local context Barnes High Street details such as tiled stall risers, key pattern Threats from development and historic environment (including pilasters and carved detail. Barnes High Street provides a key ■■ General pressure from development scale), to protect and enhance the connection between the River Thames St Mary’s Church, part of which dates which may harm the balance of the river character of the Conservation Area and and Barnes Green and is an important from the 11th century, is thought to be the and landscape dominated setting, and the functionality of the High Street. and sensitive route in the area. It has a second oldest church in London. Tradition the obstruction or spoiling of views, ■■ Enhance the connectivity between the mixture of traditional and modern building says that it was consecrated by Archbishop skylines and landmarks. river and Barnes Green as an important types, the former being in various states of Stephen Langton in 1215 on his way back ■■ Introduction of basements. historic and functional route, particularly preservation. Development opportunities from the signing of the Magna Carta at through improvements to the public ■■ Loss of traditional architectural features exist along the High Street and to the realm and materials. Pavement widening Runnymede. and materials. rear and these should be sensitive to the and a use of a range of materials, local context and historic environment. The Olympic Studios was constructed in ■■ Loss of front boundary treatments and including historic granite sets, has There are some good examples of retained 1906 and displays English vernacular with front gardens for car parking. proven to be effective in Richmond reference to early 19th century Dutch original Victorian buildings, and shop ■■ Excessive and increasing traffic affecting Town Centre and could be applied to fronts. A more detailed guide is provided modern architecture. It was originally called the character and functionality of the Barnes. Opportunities to better manage later in this document indicating how the ‘Byfield Hall’. It re-opened in 2013 as the area. the road space should also be explored. High Street shop fronts could be further new home for the Olympic Studios cinema. The building was a cinema for much of the ■■ Over concentration of shop types, ■■ Improved management of tree and enhanced. At times the High Street can notably estate agents. shrub overhang along passageways. be particularly congested and the traffic first half of the century, before becoming dominance detracts from the ambience a television then recording studio hosting Opportunities Conservation Area Statement: http://www. many famous artists including the Rolling and quality of the Conservation Area. ■■ Improvement and protection of richmond.gov.uk/home/services/planning/ Improvements to the public realm and Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The conservation_areas/conservation_area_ Beatles. river and landscape setting including management of the interaction between improvement to the river wall, as a key statements.htm people and vehicles would improve this. Residential properties on the south side feature of the river context. Dominant Material and Features of Church Street and those above the ■■ Preservation, enhancement and shops are distinctive and many have original reinstatement of architectural quality Key features are: Tiled stalls riser, key features, although there is not uniformity. pattern pilasters, carved details. and unity.

51 Character Area 13: South West Barnes

Character Summary Cleveland Gardens and Grove Road consist This character area covers a diffuse part of mainly of two-storey terraces in brick. Barnes near the riverside, around Barnes Grove Road mixes single-storey canted Green and the Barnes Bridge branch of the bays with double-height plain bay windows, London & South Western Railway line. It while on Cleveland Gardens the canted bays ends at Thorne Passage and the Thorne and window and arched door reveals carry Passage Conservation Area to its south, decorative pilasters and tiling or carving. while the Barnes Green Conservation Area Further south on Cleveland Gardens, bounds it on all its other sides. It ends on stretches of the terraces have square bays the railway line behind Brookwood Avenue. with a slate-hung porch canopy, or gain Lyric Road and parts of St Ann’s Road turrets or gables above the projecting bays. and Melrose Road also form part of this All have small, walled front gardens facing character area. narrow streets with irregular tree planting. These streets bend slightly, and buckle as Cleveland Gardens they meet the older riverside development Development in this area was defined by within the Barnes Green Conservation Area. the branch of the London & South Western Ellison Road has eclectic rows of small late Railway which left the mainline west of Victorian and Edwardian terraces: some are Barnes Station to cross the River Thames at irregular 1890s pairs in dark brick, while Barnes Bridge. The line of Thorne Passage, others reflect the canted-bay terraces on connecting Mortlake High Street to Barnes Grove Road; one pair has wider dimensions Common and Mill Hill Road, and which and a distinctive parapet and gable detail. follows the line of an historic pathway also These short streets have a sense of quiet defines the area. The area known as Elm enclosure given by verdant dead-ends. Bank, contained market gardens in the mid- Dominant Materials and Features Elm Bank Gardens nineteenth century. St Michael’s and All Angels Church was built at the beginning of Stock-brick paired terraces, square or the 1890s to a design by the local architect canted bays, slate-hung porch canopies and Charles Innes, at the same time as the first turret gables, low brick walls, decorative new housing was being built at Elm Bank. plasterwork or reliefs. Parts of Stanton Road and Cleveland Road, Elm Bank Gardens now in Barnes Green Conservation Area, The first houses on Elm Bank Gardens were and Cleveland Gardens were the first to built in the first decade of the twentieth be built. Grove Road was built in the first century. The two branches of Elm Bank decade of the twentieth century. Gardens curve attractively. Boundaries are

Cleveland Road Elm Bank Gardens

52 Character Area 13: South West Banres

53 Character Area 13: (continued) South West Barnes

a mix of hedges, brick and fencing and the Dominant Materials and Features Works. The streets are wide and curving street is characterised by lusher planting in Semi-detached interwar houses, eclectic with neat brick boundary walls. Slightly larger, less regular front gardens than are detailing, clay tiles, timber porch screens, earlier two and a half-storey semi-detached found in the Cleveland Gardens area. Some dormer windows and rooflights, curving brick houses of around 1950 stand on the of the houses themselves, especially around roads, fences, hedges and large leafy gardens. east side of Cambridge Road. On the north the fork in the street near St Michael’s side of Brookwood Avenue, an interesting Church, are of two-storey brick, with turret- Limes Avenue / Grove Road / parade of semi-detached brick houses gabled, decorated canted bays and arched Brookwood Avenue appears on an OS map of 1913, which reflect door reveals, as found on Cleveland Gardens. Blocks of interwar and Post war infill the structure of similar buildings around Beside the church, a row of gabled fronts take developments behind Barnes Green north them, but use detailing and materials in a way reference from the church’s gable-end. and south of Cleveland Road form another which is unusual for their date and location. Most buildings have replaced their timber or At the northern and southern ends of the sub-area. The short brick terraced blocks Willow Avenue metal windows and many have unattractive street, 1920s and 1930s houses are grander on Limes Avenue were built in the 1920s, or out-of-keeping dormer extensions. Beyond and more eclectic in their detailing, and providing two-storey workers’ cottages set- Thorne Passage, mixed 1980s and 1990s brick replace regular slate roofs with irregular back from the relatively wide street, planted developments of terraces, paired terraces and rooflines and clay tiles. They include The with lime trees, behind short gardens with detached houses create leafy cul-de-sacs with Vicarage which has a double-gable front dwarf brick walls. Matching houses line grassy areas. which backs onto the railway line and Thorne Terrace Gardens. The regular slate roofs Passage. The detached, brick, plain neo- and terracotta chimneypots and ridge tiles Dominant Materials and Features Georgian cottage beside The Vicarage faces give the street a neat and homely character, though most houses have mismatching plastic Key features include: Brick semi-detached a terrace with decorative gables and wide houses and larger Postwar infill blocks, brick, clay-tiled ground-floor bays with perforated double glazing. Post war four-storey blocks with balconies and two-storey terrace blocks concrete balconies, short closes, uPVC timber porch screens, enclosing the attractive windows, dormer window extensions. verdant cul-de-sac. stand between a large interwar light-coloured brick and concrete apartment building of the Lyric Road / St Ann’s Road / Melrose Beverley Engineering works Approaching the river on the western fork, in 1930s at the top of Grove Road and mixed Road the shadow of Elm Bank Mansions, two and brick apartment blocks of the 1970s, 1980s Lyric Road, Melrose Road and St Anns Road a half-storey houses are detached or semi- and 1990s on Stanton Road. detached, with clay-tiled roofs and porches, are similar in scale and building type and gables and shallow square bays. Many of To the south, Brookwood Avenue and Willow form, the two-storey paired terraces having the interwar buildings have highly irregular Avenue, a pair of closes which replaced mainly shallow square gabled bays and small rooflights and dormer extensions. A passage Grove House and its gardens, combine 1910s slated porches. These roads retain a number opens into a green-fringed yard of garages, semi-detached houses, which have twinned of decorative features including wooden adding to a sense of spacious informality. porches under a slate canopy and double balustrade balconies (west side of St Anns square bays, with 1950s brick semi-detached Road) and gable windows (Melrose Road). houses and a terraced block which were added on the site of the Beverley Engineering Grove Road

54 Dominant Materials and Features Stock-brick paired terraces, square or canted bays, slate-hung porch canopies and gables, wooden balustrade balconies low brick walls, decorative plasterwork or reliefs. Threats from development ■■ Rooflights particularly threaten the unity of elevations on upper Cleveland Gardens and, because of their gables, to a lesser extent on Lyric Road, Melrose Road and St Anns Road. The loss of front boundary walls on these terraced streets is also a threat to architectural coherence. ■■ While Elm Bank Gardens is characterfully eclectic, different garden and driveway treatments, dormer extensions, and the existence of spaces which might accommodate some further infill development pose a threat to the informal and leafy character of the street. Opportunities ■■ Some of the most interesting early twentieth century housing in the area on Ellison Road and Brookwood Avenue merits further attention and perhaps local designation.

55 Character Area 14: Suffolk Road / West of Castelnau

Character Summary Gerard Road Threats from development This character area consists of the streets At the west end of Gerard Road and further ■■ The survival of original windows is north of the Barnes Green Conservation north, semi-detached houses of up to three generally best on the most uniform Area, between the River Thames to the bay widths occupy wider plots and are set Edwardian streets to the south of west, Castelnau to the east, and bound by further back from the street. Many have this area. Further uPVC replacement the grounds of the Harrodian School and gabled square projecting bays, and most are windows should be prevented to avoid by Washington Road to the north. Traffic is rough-cast faced and have garages attached. loss of character. fairly frequent on Lonsdale Road, but limited Houses closest to the Barnes Green ■■ On streets in the northern part of the road access to Castelnau means the side Conservation Area – some Edwardian, area, the conversion of former garage streets are relatively quiet, with a strong some 1920s and early 1930s – are generally spaces or the paving-over of front residential character. grander and more ornate than those further gardens has resulted in a large amount of north. Nassau Road Grange Road off-street parking, involving the depletion Short rows of semi-detached houses in Throughout the area, streets and pavements of greenery and unsympathetic alteration exposed-brick, with rough-cast render, or are wide and lined with deciduous trees: of front boundary walls. Where possible with hung tiles and painted woodwork their planting is fairly regular in the the demolition of boundary walls should fill narrow plots along Grange Road, Edwardian streets, but sparser and more be resisted. varied on Nassau Road and the streets Kitson Road, Melville Road, Ellerton Road, ■ Inconsistently designed side extensions further north, which consequently have a ■ Westmoreland Road, Baronsmead Road, are evident on Ferry Road, which detract slightly more open character. The interwar Ferry Road, Byfield Gardens and Madrid from the clarity of the plot layouts and semi-detached developments sit further Road, and were developed in the first the leafy street frontages in this area. decade of the twentieth century. Some back from the pavement, contributing to streets retain good uniform front boundary a slightly less enclosed character. On the Opportunities larger plots of Nassau Road and Gerard walls in brick with painted copings and ■■ Many of the houses on Kitson Road and Road, off-road parking is evident, which panels of brick or infill rubble. Notably, Nassau Road retain distinctive original Gerard Road there is greater uniformity at the northern has led to the repaving of many front drives joinery; as far as possible these features end of Madrid Road than to the south. On with results of inconsistent quality and should be retained. Byfield Gardens, eclectic detailing including appearance. render, applied timber and irregular gables Dominant Materials and Features add decorative variety. Slightly larger Key features include: Red brick, render, gabled houses at the south end of Nassau rough cast, applied timbering, timber frame Road, set further back from the street, with windows, timber porches, hung clay tiles, predominantly rough-cast rendered facades, clay tiled roofs, clay chimneypots, brick gate date from the same period. piers and walls incorporating rubble panels, planted front gardens and street trees.

Lowther Road

56 Character Area 14: Suffolk Road / West of Castelnau

57 7. Features and Materials

The architectural features and palette Materials Features of materials used in the construction Barnes is fortunate in having a wealth of Georgian: The term ‘Georgian’ usually Victorian: The Victorian period (1837- and decoration of buildings are a large surviving historic buildings that vary hugely covers buildings constructed between 1901) saw an explosion of different styles part of what makes up the character in scale, age and character. Through the 1714 and 1837, during which time there and technological innovation. House of an area. They vary depending eighteenth and nineteenth, even into the were numerous stylistic developments. As a building increased at a great rate to deal on when and where a building was early twentieth century, a palette of similar general rule however houses conform to a with the surge in population. The terraced constructed. Even for buildings of the materials predominate in house building. Classically-derived idea of proportion which house continued as the most popular and same period, subtle differences in Using the correct materials (such as stock dictated how an elevation should be arranged. proliferate form of housing but mansion construction materials can be what and red brick, clay tiles, slate and timber) The most important floor, with the grandest blocks of flats became increasingly common distinguish buildings in one part of the is important for any repairs, alterations or rooms was the first floor (the piano nobile) in London through the nineteenth century. country from another, contributing to extensions to existing buildings but also which externally was expressed with the Whilst Classicism retained a strong foothold local distinctiveness. should be a consideration for any new tallest windows. The height of the windows through Queen Victoria’s reign and the development if it is to respect the context decreases from the first floor to the top of simple, brick terraced house persisted, and character of the area. This is also the house. In the early eighteenth century particularly as the most basic form of housing, important as traditional materials allow a the construction of the terrace house as we the Gothic Revival is most commonly building to ‘breathe’ (allow air to circulate know it today became widespread through associated with this period and was popular and the materials to both absorb water when London. Houses were flat-fronted (rather as a way of enlivening houses. Brick was still it rains and subsequently dry out). Using than jettied), constructed from brick, with the the basic load-bearing material for most modern, impervious materials can trap water main decorative emphasis on the front door buildings during this period though the and cause damp. and windows (see subsection on windows). decorative use of colours became more Later in the eighteenth and early nineteenth popular. Renders and ornamentation (the Sourcing materials is very important, and it is century render and stucco painted to imitate latter usually made from artificial stone or always advisable to ask for samples that you stone was commonly applied to the exterior terracotta) also became more widespread. can look at on site and compare with the or part of the exterior of houses. With the palette of existing materials. In the context Two and three-storey Classical Victorian innovation of Coade Stone in the second of historic buildings it is useful to look at the detached and terrace houses, some with half of the eighteenth century decorative directory of specialist professionals on www. stucco or stone detailing, are concentrated elements around doors and windows became buildingconservation.com in the south-west part of Barnes, with good more common. examples along Cleveland Road. Smaller Homestead House on Church Road is an Victorian terrace housing for workers stand early Georgian classically-proportioned villa on the streets behind The Terrace, as well in brick with simple detailing. Although not as on the west of the railway line, south of a uniform terrace, the fine houses facing the Beverley Path. These two-storey cottages Thames on The Terrace are good examples of have simple four-pane sash windows, simple Georgian town-house buildings. straight eaves and lack decorative

58 detail. Large Victorian villas on Vine Road Interwar housing: The vernacular semi- Post-war the 1960s and 70s – A radical shift illustrate the new forms and decorative detached houses that became popular away from the traditional styles of the past details associated with the Gothic Revival. pre-WWI became regularised into the century occurred with Modernism and a new These styles are echoed in rooflines and standardised designs of the ‘Mock-Tudor attitude to architecture and place-making. ornamentation on later terrace houses such semi’. Most of the houses to the west of Blocks of flats were seen as the ideal solution as those on Cleveland Grove. Castelnau, between Washington Road and to increasing density though regular terraced Gerard Road, were built in this style. These housing and low rise blocks of flats and Edwardian: The Edwardian period was predominate but Art Deco was often used as maisonettes persisted. The two forms were a high point in traditional construction an alternative style and though less common combined in Barnes at Warwick Gardens. and late-Victorian architecture is often is often present in the details. Examples in Concrete was more widely used and a indistinguishable from that of this period. Barnes are scarce, but a few semi-detached new stripped-down aesthetic distinguishes The architecture of this period confidently houses on the north side of Brookwood this period from others. Low rise in-fill mixes features from numerous styles. Terrace Avenue are closer to this style than the blocks such as those found on Beverley houses mixing brick, tile, render, timber and vernacular influence. The Neo-Georgian style Road demonstrate the difference concrete slate are found especially north of Church was also popular for flats, shops and public made to the form even of brick-faced street Road; Barnes’ distinctive Lion Houses buildings. architecture. demonstrate the heights of ornateness reached in the period. The work of Norman Although often faced with traditional Recent development – Recent development Shaw and the Arts and Crafts movement materials building technology had changed. less rigorously conforms to a particular had a profound effect on house-design that North of Washington Road, as far as Lonsdale style or ethos. Higher density developments was to dominate for decades to come with Road, an estate of houses constructed by the are more common as the pressure on land features of vernacular architecture becoming Henry Boot company incorporates precast is greater. Within sensitive historic areas much more common. The elaborate tiling reinforced-concrete columns to make up for like Barnes there is usually an attempt to and render with applied timbers around the a shortfall of brick after WWI. refer to its context with traditional facing gables of houses on the east side of Grange materials and detail, as at the Harrods Village Road, and to some degree on Nassau Road, development. are examples of this influence.

59 7. Features and Materials (continued)

GEORGIAN VICTORIAN

Depressed 3 centred arch Dormers Clay tiled roof Eaves Natural slate Pitched gable with keystone

Timber sash windows

6 over 6 timber sash windows Projecting bay

Classical doorcase Fanlight with stained glass

Brick string course Fanlight High level quoin transom Timber casement windows

60 EDWARDIAN INTERWAR HOUSING

Leaded timber casement Tile hung gable Half hipped roof Half timbering Timber oriel window Clay tiles windows

Quoins

Pebble-dash render

Decorative swags Timber casement windows Stained glass Pebble-dash

61 7. Features and Materials (continued)

Georgian Early Victorian Victorian Late Victorian / Edwardian

62 Late Victorian / Edwardian Interwar Post War Contemporary

63 7. Features and Materials (continued)

Windows Window Details: can achieve very slim window profiles that compare with Victorian and Edwardian Windows are key features in all the buildings ■■ Leaded light windows add much character single-glazing. in Barnes irrespective of the construction to a building and the street. period. The location of the windows, their ■■ Thin profile double glazed acoustic ■■ Stained glass should be retained and proportions, the number of glazing bars, the glass is available that can be fitted into incorporated where possible. Secondary use of coloured glass, or the presence of old existing timber frames. This can be a way glazing can be an effective alternative to glass and the decorative treatment around of upgrading the sound and insulation window replacement. the windows, all give each building its special performance of windows without the character. The diversity of window types Double-glazing and thermal efficiency: need for total replacement. across the area add to its character and Improving the thermal efficiency of historic uPVC is often considered as a cheaper reinforce the distinctiveness of the different windows is a common reason for replacing option than most timber double-glazed units. styles. If houses or flats have original windows them with double-glazing. If you are However, it is not authentic and generally they should therefore be restored or, if considering replacing your timber windows cannot achieve the same detailed mouldings necessary, replaced like with like. with uPVC bear in mind that the embodied or appearance. If you feel that this is your Timber windows: energy lost by disposing of your windows only option you should: and replacing them with uPVC which have a ■■ Historic timber windows are made ■■ Look to replicate the size, look and limited life-expectancy can be less sustainable from more durable timber than modern, proportions of original openings. than repairing them or installing secondary softwood timber. Repairing them is glazing. Traditional internal shutters are also ■■ If the original windows have sash openings, therefore often a more durable as well as a very effective means of improving thermal then avoid top-hung casements as these sustainable option. efficiency so if your property once had often do not replicate the look or ■■ Timber windows were always meant to shutters, restoring them can be a sensible proportion of the original windows. be painted to protect them from the option. ■■ Glazing bars should be kept as narrow elements. Keeping them painted will help There are a number of options to consider if as possible to replicate original details, prevent them from rotting. If maintained, the installation of double-glazing is preferred: should be integral to the structure of the they can last indefinitely. window and not applied to the outside of ■■ Have existing windows adapted by the glass, and ‘raised’ rather than flat;. inserting an additional pane of glass within the existing frame. This is only really ■■ Very thick frames not only look chunky, possible with unlisted buildings with deep but reduce light into the room. Outer window profiles. frame thickness should not be excessive. ■■ Timber double-glazing is now a good option with improving technology that

64 Georgian ‘six over six’ flush sash window Georgian-style ‘six over six’ and two-pane sashes in the same A Victorian three-light sash A twentieth-century uPVC picture window with side Victorian terrace; both windows have typically Victorian ‘horns’ casements at the bottom of the upper sash

Replacement narrow bar uPVC windows filling three long A tripartite late-Victorian or Edwardian window with central Typically Edwardian hybrid sash Late twentieth-century uPVC imitation sash window with openings in a late-Victorian bay sash and hybrid margin lights horns

An Edwardian timber-frame hybrid bay window with leaded Arts and Crafts-inspired leaded lights in an Interwar timber bay Interwar Crittall-style steel framed windows with casement transoms window openings 65 8. Guidance for Development Sites

This section provides guidance on sites BA 1 Barn Elms, Queen Elizabeth BA 4 Barnes Green Police Station, 96- identified for inclusion within the Council’s Walk, Barn 102, Station Road, Barnes emerging Site Allocation Plan (SA Plan) Site Allocation Plan Proposal: Rationalisation Site Allocation Plan Proposal: Residential, in relation to the potential development of sports use, enhancement of landscape, including affordable units. character of proposals. Guidance here is including provision of public indoor sports intended to complement the Council’s SA The existing development is of an hall. Plan. The following sites are considered: unsympathetic modernist design with brick The existing on site structure is a and metal roofing and harsh public realm. • BA 1 Barn Elms, Queen Elizabeth Walk, prefabricated building sited on Metropolitan There are elements of homage to the Barn Open land and central to the open space surrounding architecture, notably the sloping • BA 4 Barnes Green Police Station, 96- and surrounding sports pitches. It is in rooflines and dormers to the north along 102, Station Road, Barnes a prominent location although partially Station Road. Site developments should screened by mature trees along the consider: periphery roads. Site developments should ■■ Pay due regard to the policy context consider: for the site which adjoins the Barnes ■■ Any building must be carefully designed Common Conservation Area on three and sited so as not to detract from the sides, as well as nearby listed buildings and open appearance of the land. Buildings of Townscape Merit and their ■■ Proposals must be designed to have the settings. minimum visual appearance and impact ■■ Consider the heights of adjacent and on the open land, to avoid disturbance surrounding buildings being to two and a to wildlife on the site and the adjoining half to three storeys. Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Centre. ■■ Respond to the architecture of the ■■ Existing trees and planting that form locality which includes a range of buildings part of the historic landscape must be but most noticeably the large Victorian preserved and supplemented by further and Edwardian houses of Station Road landscaping and tree planting to enhance and Beverley Road. the parkland landscape and minimise the ■■ Make a positive contribution to the visual impact of the building on the open frontage of Station Road. land. ■■ Utilise the site area to provide a parking solution which minimises the impact of vehicles and on street parking.

66 1. BA 1 Barn Elms, Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barn 2. BA 4 Barnes Green Police Station, 96-102, Station Road, Barnes

67 9. Shop Front Guidance

The Council has an adopted general guide to consideration for how they will affect the Shutters Nos. 191 and 193 have what appear to be shopfront design (Shopfront Supplementary appearance of the whole parade and street. surviving shopfronts dating from when the Security shutters are not a traditional Planning Document (SPD), March 2010). ground floors were first converted to shops. When proposing alterations to a shopfront feature of shopfronts and do not, as a rule, This guidance does not replace that SPD They are both in timber with segmental or its replacement consideration should be enhance their character. Roller shutters, but provides area-specific information on arched shop windows and doorways, a given to: when lowered, can create an unattractive the design and character of the shopfronts timber fascia with a cornice and pilasters environment. If considered necessary, in Barnes to inform owners and developers ■■ the appearance of the host building as flanking the doorways. The glazing bars on metal lattice-type shutters on the inside of regarding alterations and replacements. The a whole and the designs of the adjacent No. 193 appear to be later additions. The the shop window provide the necessary Borough’s shopfront SPD sets out the policy shopfronts where these reflect an original elegant composition of these shopfronts is security whilst not dramatically changing context for when planning permission and high quality shopfront character attractive and their traditional proportions the appearance of the shop front. The other listed building consent is needed for new relate well to the buildings above. If this ■■ uniformity: where a parade historically alternative is traditional timber shutters shopfronts and gives borough-wide guidance. design was reinstated along the parade they had identical shopfronts, reinstating the that are fitted over the shop window on the Planning permission is invariably needed for would restore some of the uniformity of the same appropriate design and materials outside. replacement shopfronts and advertisement buildings. where the replacements are poor quality consent may be needed for new signage. This Castelnau can help create a more attractive street No. 189 next door is also a surviving Village Planning Guidance SPD should be There are four parades of shops on shopfront but has been faced in stone and read in conjunction with the 2010 SPD. ■■ If there are identical surviving historic Castelnau of mixed quality, interspersed with the fascia altered. shopfronts in a parade these may well be Barnes has a number of historic shopping large Victorian and late Regency houses set the original historic design, and replicating Nos. 174-200 Castelnau- These buildings parades and some surviving examples behind front gardens. Lowther Parade at the them in place of low-quality modern are actually made up from two similar of historic shopfronts. These should be south end of Castelnau is included under the shopfronts should be explored. parades, separated by the entrance to preserved and, where architectural details Church Road subsection below. Merthyr Terrace. They are both grander than are missing, they should ideally be replaced. Within a parade or building there are often The parades (Nos. 185 – 203 and Nos. 174 Nos. 185-203 with string courses and more As a general rule, shopfronts and alterations two or more good different examples of - 200) on Castelnau are on opposite sides embellished architraves above the ground proposed to them should respect the shopfronts which should be retained and of the street. They appear to have been floor. character, overall design and materials of the sometimes the subtle differences in detail built as houses and the ground floors later host building. will enhance the character of the area. There are no especially attractive or converted to shops. However, the basic structure and features historic shopfronts that survive on these Parades were often built with the same of traditional shopfronts (as identified in Nos. 185-203 Castelnau – This parade is parades. No. 192 is the best of them with shopfronts along their length. Over time the Shopfront SPD) are usually present and on the west side of the road composed of its traditional composition and framing. many get replaced and the uniformity of should be conformed to. simple, stock brick, three-storey Victorian Replacements should use traditional the parades is undermined. Sometimes the buildings of one bay each. The only real materials (wood and glass rather than uPVC/ replacement shopfronts have value for the decoration on the upper floors is an aluminium) and sensitive sizing of fascia quality of their design, craftsmanship or architrave around the first floor windows. boards, retain or reintroduce pilasters and historic value and should be retained. Often stallrisers and other decorative traditional however, the replacement shopfronts lack features. aesthetic value and are installed without

68 Awning Cornice Fascia

Console bracket

Clerestory

Transom light

Fanlight

Pilaster

Threshold Mullion Stallriser

Typical key features to shop fronts 69 9. Shop Front Guidance (continued)

191 and 193 Castelnau 192 Castelnau Positive features: Positive features: Opportunities for improvements along the parades: ■■ Timber fascias ■■ Stall riser Aluminium shopfronts; uPVC shopfronts; over-sized fascias; projecting box fascias; ■■ Cornice above fascia ■■ Transoms plastic hanging box signs; awnings with signage; ■■ Pilasters ■■ Timber fascia cluttered signage/advertisements in shop ■■ Arched heads to doorways and shop ■■ Console bracket windows; internally illuminated hanging signs; window ■■ Timber door with panel internally illuminated lettering.

70 Barnes High Street 52 Barnes High Street is an excellent example of an historic shopfront that should be There are a mixture of styles of shopfronts preserved. It is one of two shopfronts on this on Barnes High Street which reflects the early twentieth-century building. Above this variety in the age of the buildings. Many of shopfront the original fenestration survives the shops are not part of long parades which and relates to the multi-paned upper lights of were built at the same time making it hard to the shop windows. generalise about their character. Those that are part of an individual building or a pair Positive features (No. 52): Timber fascia; have not been addressed unless they have pilasters; multi-paned upper lights; timber exceptionally good shopfronts that should be panelled stall riser; timber door. preserved. No.53 is the start of an attractive short 35A Barnes High Street 24 Barnes High Street Working east to west: Edwardian parade. It is a good example of a shopfront which has some features in 35-36A is a small, curving parade of 4 shops, common with no. 52. 35A and 36A are good historic survivals which should be preserved and used as a Positive Features (No. 53): Timber fascia template for the other two in the instance of with cornice; multi-paned upper lights; stall replacement or alteration. riser; console brackets.

Positive features (No. 35A): panelled No. 18 Barnes High Street is another historic stallriser; spandrels; timber fascia; timber, shopfront which should be retained. It is part panelled double doors; pilasters with console of a pair of red-brick Victorian buildings with brackets. number 17. 52 Barnes High Street 53 Barnes High Street 24 Barnes High Street is an example of an Positive features (No. 18): Timber fascia historic shopfront on an individual building with cornice; multi-paned upper lights; timber that should be retained and restored. panelled stall riser; timber door. Positive features (No. 24): timber stallriser; timber fascia; console brackets; timber panelled door; tiled pilasters (could be restored as have been painted).

18 Barnes High Street

71 9. Shop Front Guidance (continued)

Nos. 14-15 and 16 Barnes High Street are Positive features (No. 1 and 2): Carved both attractive shopfronts and form part stallriser and pilasters (No. 1); tiled and of the same parade which includes No. 13. tessellated thresholds; decorative iron However these two shopfronts are very mullions; timber panelled doors with different. No. 16 is in the style of a Georgian fanlights; timber fascia with cornice; console shopfront and 14-15 is much simpler and brackets. Victorian in style. Opportunities for improvement exist On the south side of the road is a short on Barnes High Street by addressing: parade of four simple, apparently early ■■ Over-sized fascias Victorian shops that were probably ■■ Plastic fascias converted from houses. There are some 16 Barnes High Street decorative pilasters that survive that should ■■ Metal shopfronts be retained on Nos. 6 and 7. Both of these ■■ Branded shopfronts that do not relate to are historic shopfronts and should be their physical context retained. No. 7 (J. Seal) is particularly unusual ■■ Overly-dominant signage/advertising with decorative tiles on the stallriser and including through illumination columns flanking the entrance.

Positive features: (Nos. 6 and 7) decorative pilasters and console brackets; stallrisers (panelled on No. 6 and tiled on No.7); fascia on No.7 that relates well to the whole shopfront and the size of the console brackets. 6 and 7 Barnes High Street

Adjacent to this parade is another of a similar date with three good historic shopfronts at Nos. 1-2, 3 and 5. They all differ in detail but are timber shopfronts with similar characteristics. No. 1 is particularly fine.

Positive features (No. 5): timber panelled stallriser; timber fascia; timber panelled door; decorative mullions; decorative hanging sign. 1 and 2 Barnes High Street

72 Relating Parade frontages, Barnes High Street 73 9. Shop Front Guidance (continued)

Church Road, Barnes Positive features (No. 55): Decorative timber glazing bars; timber panelled stallriser; Church Road runs along the north side of timber door; pilasters. Barnes Green and links to Barnes High Street. The shops are more spaced out and the Further along there is a parade at the road feels more residential and spacious than eastern end of Church Road on the south commercial. side, opposite Lowther Parade (discussed below). Like Lowther Mansions, this is a fine From east to west: on the north side of Edwardian block with a number of attractive Church Road is a very fine red brick building historic shopfronts but it is hard to tell which, with stone dressings. Two shops occupy if any, are original. The parade appears to have its ground floor, the simple, black-framed been built in two phases – Nos. 68 to 100 windows of No. 15 do not distract from the 55 Church Road are one design and have distinctive pilasters strong architectural form of the building. decorated with the Greek key pattern which Positive features (No. 15): Simple, dark should be preserved. window frames. No. 100 (right) is a very good example of an A two-storey parade that occupies Nos. Edwardian shopfront. 49 - 63 Church Road is composed of three Positive features (No.100): Granite different buildings: an Arts and Crafts parade; stallriser and pilasters; tessellated threshold; a three-storey, mid-twentieth century building recessed entrance; timber door; thin glazing with flats above the ground floor shops and bars; fascia; curved glass, recessed doorway a simple, two-storey Victorian parade. Many with timber door and fanlight. of the shops have historic shopfronts which 15 Church Road 100 Church Road should be preserved. Most have awnings over the shop windows. These are largely in canvas with minimal signage and so form an attractive feature of this group. 55 Church Road is a good example of a surviving original shopfront with tripartite glazing of the shop window. There would originally have been green glazed tiles on the pilasters in between the shopfronts. 59 Church Road has a lovely tiled front which should be preserved and restored.

74 Positive features (No. 64): Timber fascia Positive features (No. 133): slim glazing of correct size; timber panelled stallriser; bars; panelled stall riser; appropriately- multi-paned clerestory; tiled pilasters with sized fascia; tiled pilasters; console brackets; console brackets; recessed doorway; tiled recessed doorways. threshold. Opportunities for improvement exist Other good shopfronts on this parade which by addressing: should be preserved are: No. 58; No. 60; No. 66 is a very fine historic shopfront with ■■ Over-sized fascias green glazed tiles on its stall riser; No. 86 ■■ Plastic fascias which is very idiosyncratic; No. 90; and No. ■■ Internally illuminated hanging signs 92. ■■ Plastic box hanging signs; worn awnings 64 Church Road At the South end of Castlenau is Lowther ■■ Metal shopfronts Mansions which returns onto Church Road. ■■ Branded shopfronts that do not relate to It is a red brick Edwardian mansion block their physical context with flats above ground floor shops (called Lowther Parade). 145A has a very fine ■■ Overly-dominant signage/advertising shopfront with delicate glazing bars and a decorative clerestory. The only harm that has been caused is that the tiles on the stallriser have been painted. This is likely to have been exceptional rather than the standard original shopfront but should be preserved. 133 Church Road The shopfront that survives on 133 Church Road is much more likely to have been the original standard shopfront for Lowther Mansions as there is another example with the same features on a shop also on Lowther Mansions fronting onto Castelnau. It should be used as a model for new shopfronts on this block. The glazed pilasters and capitals are much better preserved along the Church Road front and can be used as a reference for replacements on Castelnau. 145A Church Road

75 9. Shop Front Guidance (continued)

White Hart Lane Opportunities for improvement exist on White Hart Lane by addressing: White Hart Lane is a shopping street that runs north-south and leads off the junction ■■ Excessive signage with Mortlake High Street and The Terrace ■■ Over-sized fascias at its north end. Historic maps appear to ■■ Aluminium fascias indicate that the properties along the eastern side of White Hart Lane were built at around ■■ Aluminium shopfronts the same time as the residential roads within ■■ Box hanging signs the Westfields (‘Little Chelsea’) Character ■■ Internally illuminated signage Area (No. 11).

Working North to South:

East side: Nos. 1 and 3 White Hart Lane are attractive traditional shopfronts. These shops belong to a small group of buildings on the junction between White Hart Lane, The Terrace and Mortlake High Street. They were not built as a parade and are an eclectic group of old and new buildings some of which have shopfronts at the ground floor.

Positive features (No 1): Timber fascia with cornice; stallriser; timber glazing bars; No. 1 White Hart Lane ventilation grill; timber panelled door; recessed entrance.

East side: At the south end of White Hart Lane between Rosslyn Avenue and Treen Avenue there are a few houses where the ground floor has been converted to shops. There is no uniformity to the shopfront design and most are unremarkable. Although not used as a shop No. 151 is attractive with Georgian-style multi-paned shop windows.

No. 151 White Hart Lane

76 77 10. Forecourt Parking

The Council has an existing Planning Permission Fencing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) covering ‘Front Garden and In some cases alterations to front gardens When forecourt parking is unavoidable, Picket fencing, both stained wood and Other Off Street Parking Standards’ fall within the terms of ‘permitted this SPD seeks to ensure it is provided painted white, can be found in some Barnes (adopted September 2006). This development’, in which case planning in a sympathetic way. It is generally not streets, replacing lost brick boundary walls. document provides detailed advice approval is not required and therefore the considered that additional forecourt parking This is not common in Barnes and generally on the legal and design issues when Council has little or no control over the would significantly reduce congestion. not in keeping with the area’s character. creation of forecourt parking. creating a parking area in your front Important features in Barnes Iron railings and gates garden and access to it from the You will not normally need planning highway. permission outside of a Conservation Area, Many front gardens and frontage features in Eighteenth and nineteenth century iron Barnes contribute significantly to the overall railings (and gates) are a traditional feature The Barnes Village Planning Guidance SPD if a new or replacement driveway of any size uses permeable (or porous) surfacing character of the area and local street scene found at some of Barnes’s houses. Typically draws upon the 2006 SPD, providing updated both within and outside of the Conservation these are embedded into a lower boundary and specific information for Barnes Village. which allows water to drain through, such as permeable concrete block paving or porous Areas. These include: wall, enclosing the front garden whilst It is important that the 2006 SPD is read keeping visual obstruction to a minimum. in conjunction with the guidance below. asphalt, or by directing rainwater to a lawn Boundary walls or border to drain naturally. Examples can be found on Cleveland Road It is also advised to refer to the Council’s and Cleveland Gardens. St Paul’s School Supplementary Planning Document on Boundary walls are perhaps the most If the surface to be covered is more than important and defining feature of a street playing fields on Lonsdale Road also uses ‘Design Quality’ and ‘Public Space Design five square metres planning permission will iron railings which retains the sense of open Guide’. scene, and their preservation and uniformity be needed for laying traditional, impermeable adds considerably to an area’s character. space. driveways. In Barnes, as in other areas of Richmond They enclose front gardens and define public Hedges and across London as a whole, increases in It is important to note that in Conservation and private space. Low walls create this population and car ownership have resulted Areas, planning permission is required space without reducing visibility. Conforming Hedges enclose front gardens and define in greater demand for car parking spaces. for demolition of boundary walls, fences traditional brick types and brickwork along public and private space. They provide an Where houses are not able to have garages, and railings over 1m in height. Article 4(2) a street is an important characteristic. Many attractive green feature to the streetscape or where there is insufficient on and off Directions can also restrict the removal Barnes streets retain their original brickwork therefore it is important for them to be street parking, this can lead to increased of structures such as those that would be which dates back to the nineteenth century. retained as frontage features either on their demand for front garden parking. required to allow access for parking (see the A typical example is Gerard Road, with low own or in combination with walls or railings. 2006 SPD for details). brick boundary walls and a central rendered Hedges are extremely common in north Conversion of front gardens for car parking or painted (often white) section, as on the Barnes and due to the lack of any formal can adversely impact on the appearance The Council’s Development Management north end of Madrid Road. Westmoreland structures, appear to have been the original of an area and detract from its overall Plan (Policy DM TP 9) generally discourages Road has consistent brick with white painted boundary treatment to the Boot Houses. character if undertaken without careful front garden parking because of the impact pillars and walls. Maintained and conforming hedges create consideration. The Council is keen that on the appearance of the street and loss of an attractive street scene – although less so where front garden parking is necessary, it is vegetation and biodiversity. with excessive heights. done in the best possible way.

78 Guidance on front garden parking The following key considerations should be can be established with the agreement of the made where residents do feel an imperative Water Authority. to replace front gardens with car parking: Green features Retention of existing features Loss of existing green space may be The general aim of any design for car parking inevitable however retaining and / or in front gardens should be to retain as much replacing some planting in as generous a of the existing features as is practical – such manner as possible helps to maintain the as existing walls, railings or hedging. Where area character, screen vehicles and create an opening has to be made in an existing a more pleasant natural environment by wall, railing or fence, it should be made good absorbing local exhaust fumes. at both ends to match existing materials and details.

Enclosure Boundary wall - Madrid Road Hedgerow - Kilmington Road Retaining a form of enclosure of front gardens and forecourts is an essential part of retaining local character and maintaining the street scene. Partial loss of existing structures is inevitable to allow vehicle access but some structure should be retained. Inward opening gates help to complete a defensible line.

Permeability The base and finished surface should be laid at a slight gradient and be of a permeable material, to allow the satisfactory drainage and absorption of rainwater. Water should drain from the property onto the footway. A length of drain or soak-away may be required at the site boundary to prevent this White capped walls and pillars - Westmoreland Road Low boundary walls with railings - Cleveland Gardens or a connection to a surface water sewer

79 Appendix 1: Relevant Policies and Guidance

LBRuT LDF Core Strategy (April layout, form, scale, materials, natural compatible with local context, while Other relevant policies: 2009) surveillance and orientation, and respecting the quality, character and CP10: Open Land and Parks sustainable construction. amenity of established neighbourhoods Main policies that the SPD will support: and environmental and ecological The open environment will be protected and CP8: Town and Local Centres CP7: Maintaining and Improving the Local policies. The London Plan consolidated enhanced. In particular: Environment 8.A The Borough’s town and local centres with Alterations since 2004 Density 10.A The Borough’s green belt, metropolitan have an important role, providing shops, Matrix and other policies will be taken 7.A Existing buildings and areas in the open land and other open land of services, employment opportunities, into account to assess the density of Borough of recognised high quality townscape importance, World Heritage housing and being a focus for proposals. and historic interest will be protected Site (Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew), community life. from inappropriate development and CP20 Visitors and Tourism land on the Register of Parks and enhanced sensitively, and opportunities Retail and town centre uses will Gardens of Special Historic Interest, The Council will support the sustainable will be taken to improve areas be supported providing that it is green chains and green corridors growth of the tourist industry, for the of poorer environmental quality, appropriate to the role in the hierarchy will be safeguarded and improved for benefit of the local area by: including within the areas of relative of the centres, and respects the biodiversity, sport and recreation and disadvantage of Castlenau, Ham, character, environment and historical 20.A Encouraging the enhancement of heritage, and for visual reasons. Hampton Nurserylands, Heathfield and interest of the area. It should be of an existing tourist attractions, such as Kew 10.B A number of additional areas of open Mortlake. appropriate scale for the size of the Gardens, Hampton Court Palace, Ham land of townscape importance will centre and not adversely impact on House and the River, including sport 7.B All new development should recognise be identified, which will be brought the vitality and viability of any existing stadia particularly those of RFU and distinctive local character and forward through the Development centre. Out of town retail development Harlequins; contribute to creating places of a high Allocations DPD. is not usually considered appropriate in architectural and urban design quality 20.B Promoting sustainable transport for this Borough in line with The London CP11 River Thames Corridor that are well used and valued. Proposals tourists to and within the borough, Plan consolidated with Alterations will have to illustrate that they: including the passenger services along since 2004. 11.A The natural and built environment the Thames; and the unique historic landscape of (i) are based on an analysis and The Council will improve the local the River Thames corridor within understanding of the Borough’s 20.C Directing new hotels to the Borough’s environment to provide centres which the Borough will be protected and development patterns, features and town centres or other areas highly are comfortable, attractive and safe for enhanced, and the special character views, public transport accessibility accessible by public transport; all users. The historic environment and of the different reaches identified in and maintaining appropriate levels of river frontage will be protected. 20.D Requiring accommodation and the Thames Strategy and the Thames amenity; facilities to be accessible to all; Landscape Strategy respected. (ii) connect positively with their CP14 Housing Standards & Types 20.E Enhancing the environment in surroundings to create safe and 14.D The density of residential proposals areas leading to and around tourist inclusive places through the use should take into account the need to destinations. of good design principles including achieve the maximum intensity of use

80 CP17 Health and Well-being LBRuT LDF Development Policy DM TC 2 Local and Neighbourhood Policy DM OS 3 Other Open Land of Management Plan (November 2011) Centres and Areas of Mixed Use Townscape Importance 17.A Health and well-being in the Borough is important and all new development Main policies that the SPDs will support: The Council will protect and improve the Other open areas that are of townscape should encourage and promote provision of day-to-day goods and services importance will be protected and enhanced Policy DM TC 1 Larger Town Centres healthier communities and places. in the local and neighbourhood centres in open use. To maintain and improve the town centres, of the borough (See Policy DM TC 3 17.B The provision of new or improved It will be recognised that there may be the Council will require appropriate ‘Retail Frontages’). These centres are often facilities for health and social care exceptional cases where appropriate development to take place within the designated as Areas of Mixed Use and are and other facilities will be supported. development is acceptable. The following identified Town Centre Boundaries of thus seen as appropriate for a mix of uses Such facilities should be in sustainable criteria must be taken into account when the five maintown centres. These are that meet primarily local needs. locations and accessible to all and assessing appropriate development: Richmond, the major centre, and the four priority will be given to those in Proposals for development will be district centres – Twickenham, East Sheen, 1. It must be linked to the functional use areas of relative deprivation which acceptable in the smaller centres if they: Teddington and Whitton. of the Other Open Land of Townscape are identified in Core Policy 13, an (c) Respect and enhance the heritage, Importance; or immediate need for primary health Proposals that contribute towards a character and local distinctiveness of care facilities (especially doctor’s suitable mix of uses will be approved, 2. It can only be a replacement or minor the centre, whilst making the most surgeries) has been identified in Kew, provided that they are appropriate to the extension of existing built facilities; efficient use of land. Richmond, Whitton and Ham. Sites function, character and scale of the centre. 3. In addition to 1. or 2., it does not harm for larger facilities may be identified Acceptable town centre uses could include (d) Include overall improvements and the character and openness of the open in the Site Allocations DPD. retail (if within or well related to designated enhancements of the small centres; or land. frontages), business, leisure, tourism, modernise outmoded premises. 17.C A pattern of land use and facilities Improvement and enhancement of the community uses, health and residential will be promoted to encourage Development should improve and maintain openness and character of other open land development compatible with other walking, cycling, and leisure and commercial provision in the smaller centres, and measures to open up views into and development in the town centre. recreation and play facilities to without significantly expanding it. out of designated other open land will be provide for a healthy lifestyle for all, Proposals will be acceptable within the Policy DM TC 3 Retail Frontages encouraged where appropriate. including provisions for open and play Town Centre Boundaries if they: B Secondary Retail Frontages When considering developments on sites space within new development as outside designated other open land, any appropriate. (f) Maintain or enhance the amount of active frontage, subject to Policy DM TC Non-retail proposals will be acceptable in possible visual impacts on the character and 17.D Existing health, social care, leisure and 3 ‘Retail Frontages’. the secondary shopping frontages only if: openness of the designated other open land recreation provision will be retained (h) Respect and enhance the heritage, (b) The proposed use retains a “shop-like” will be taken into account. where these continue to meet or character and local distinctiveness of appearance with an active frontage and The explanatory text is relevant to the SPD can be adapted to meet residents’ the centre. will not have a detrimental visual impact as set out below: needs. Land will be safeguarded for on the shop-front and respect the such uses where available, and the heritage and character of the centre. 4.1.6 Other Open Land of Townscape potential of re-using or redeveloping Importance (OOLTI) can include existing sites will be maximised. public and private sports grounds,

81 school playing fields, cemeteries, ■■ Value to local people for its The Council will prepare a Conservation 3. alterations and extensions including allotments, private gardens, areas of presence and openness. Area Appraisal and Management Plan for partial demolitions should be based on an vegetation such as street verges and ■■ Immediate or longer views into each Conservation area, these will be used accurate understanding of the significance mature trees. The designated areas and out of the site, including from as a basis when determining proposals of the asset including the structure, are shown on the Proposals Map but surrounding properties. within or where it would affect the setting and respect the architectural character, there will also be other areas which ■■ Value for biodiversity and nature of, Conservation Areas together with other historic fabric and detailing of the original could be considered as being of local conservation. policy guidance. building. With alterations, the Council value to the area and townscape will normally insist on the retention of ■ Note that the criteria are Buildings or parts of buildings, street which merit protection. ■ the original structure, features, material qualitative and not all need to be furniture, trees and other features which and plan form or features that contribute 4.1.7 In some parts of the borough, open met. make a positive contribution to the to the significance of the asset. With areas, including larger blocks of back character, appearance or significance of the Policy DM OS 4 Historic Parks, Gardens and repairs, the Council will expect retention gardens, which are not extensive area should be retained. New development Landscapes and repair, rather than replacement of enough to be defined as green belt (or redevelopment) or other proposals the structure, features, and materials or metropolitan open land, act as should conserve and enhance the character Parks and gardens as well as landscapes of the building which contribute to its pockets of greenery of local rather and appearance of the area. of special historic interest included in the architectural and historic interest; and will than London-wide significance. Many Register compiled by English Heritage and Policy DM HD 2 Conservation of Listed require the use of appropriate traditional of these are of townscape importance, other historic parks, gardens and landscapes Buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments materials and techniques; contributing to the local character and referred to in para 4.1.11 below, will be are valued by residents as open spaces protected and enhanced. Proposals which The Council will require the preservation of 4. using its legal powers to take steps to in the built up area. Policy DM HO 2 have an adverse effect on the settings, views, Listed Buildings of special architectural or secure the repair of Listed Buildings, ‘Infill Development’ and Policy DM and vistas to and from historic parks and historic interest and Ancient Monuments and where appropriate; HO 3 ‘Backland Development’ also gardens, will not be permitted. Royal Botanic seek to ensure that they are kept in a good 5. protecting the setting of Ancient recognise the importance of gardens, Gardens, Kew referred to. In addition Kew state of repair by the following means: Monuments and Listed Buildings where which will be considered as greenfield Green is referred to as an area which could proposals could have an impact; 1. consent would only be granted for the sites. Green oases are particularly be included on the English Heritage register 6. taking a practical approach towards the demolition of Grade II Listed Buildings in important and will be protected in of historic parks and gardens and which alteration of Listed Buildings to comply exceptional circumstances and for Grade areas of high density development and merits protection and enhancement. with the Disability Discrimination Act town centres. II* and Grade I Listed Buildings in wholly 2005 and subsequent amendments, Policy DM HD 1 Conservation Areas – exceptional circumstances following a provided that the building’s special 4.1.8 OOLTI should be predominantly open designation, protection and enhancement thorough assessment of their significance; interest is not harmed, using English or natural in character. The following The Council will continue to protect 2. retention of the original use for which Heritage advice as a basis. criteria are taken into account in the listed building was built is preferred. defining OOLTI: areas of special significance by designating Conservation Areas and extensions to Other uses will only be considered where ■■ Contribution to the local character existing Conservation Areas using the the change of use can be justified, and and/or street scene, by virtue of its criteria as set out in PPS 5 and as advised by where it can be proven that the original size, position and quality. English Heritage. use cannot be sustained;

82 Policy DM HD 3 Buildings of Townscape Policy DM HD 7 Views and Vistas Policy DM HO 2 Infill Development Policy DM HO 3 Backland Development Merit The Council will seek to protect the quality All infill development must reflect the There will be a presumption against The Council will seek to ensure of views indicated on the Proposals Map. character of the surrounding area and loss of back gardens due to the need to and encourage the preservation and It will also seek opportunities to create protect the amenity of neighbours. maintain local character, amenity space and enhancement of Buildings of Townscape attractive new views and vistas and, where In considering applications for infill biodiversity. In exceptional cases where it is Merit and will use its powers where appropriate, improve any that have been development the following factors will be considered that a limited scale of backland possible to protect their significance, obscured. taken into account: development may be acceptable it should character and setting, by the following not have a significantly adverse impact upon Policy DM HO 1 Existing Housing (including 1. Plot width - plots must be sufficient means: the following: conversions, reversions, and non self- width to allow a dwelling(s) to be sited 1. consent will not normally be granted for contained accommodation) with adequate separation between 1. Garden land – rear garden land which the demolition of Buildings of Townscape dwellings; contributes either individually or as part Existing housing should be retained. Merit; of a larger swathe of green space to Redevelopment of existing housing should 2. Spacing between dwelling - new amenity of residents or provides wildlife 2. alterations and extensions should be normally only take place where: dwellings must have similar spacing habitats must be retained; based on an accurate understanding of between buildings to any established 1. it has first been demonstrated that the significance of the asset including the spacing in the street; 2. Impact on neighbours – privacy of the existing housing is incapable of structure, and respect the architectural 3. Height - dwelling height should reflect existing homes and gardens must be improvement or conversion to a character, and detailing of the original the height of existing buildings; maintained and unacceptable light satisfactory standard to provide an building. The structure, features, 4. Materials - where materials on existing spillage avoided; equivalent scheme; and if this is the case: and materials of the building which dwellings are similar, new dwellings 3. Vehicular access or car parking – these contribute to its architectural and 2. the proposal improves the long-term should reflect those materials; must not have an adverse impact on sustainability of buildings on the site; and historic interest should be retained or 5. Architectural details - new dwellings neighbours in terms of visual impact, restored with appropriate traditional 3. the proposal does not have an adverse should incorporate or reflect traditional noise or light. Access roads between materials and techniques; impact on local character; and architectural features; dwellings and unnecessarily long access roads will not normally be acceptable; 3. any proposals should protect and 4. the proposal provides a reasonable 6. Trees, shrubs and wildlife habitats- enhance the setting of Buildings of standard of accommodation, including features important to character, 4. Mass and scale of development on Townscape Merit; accessible design, as set out in Policy DM appearance or wildlife must be retained backland sites must be more intimate in 4. taking a practical approach towards the HO 4 ‘Housing Mix and Standards’ and or re-provided; scale and lower than frontage properties; other policies. alteration of Buildings of Townscape 7. Impact on neighbours - including loss of 5. Trees, shrubs and wildlife habitats– Merit to comply with the Disability privacy to homes or gardens. features important to character, Discrimination Act 2005 and subsequent appearance or wildlife must be retained amendments, provided that the building’s or re-provided. special interest is not harmed, using English Heritage advice as a basis.

83 Policy DM TP 8 Off Street Parking - ■■ where the use of the access would create ■■ frontages, scale, height, massing, style” of a particular store. Retention and New Provision a road or pedestrian safety problem; or proportions and form New shop fronts must be designed to Developments, redevelopments, conversions ■■ where the width of the proposed ■■ sustainable development and adaptability, allow equal access for all users, and can and extensions will have to demonstrate that entrance will be greater than the width of subject to aesthetic considerations incorporate flood protection measures the new scheme provides an appropriate a normal driveway. ■■ layout and access where appropriate. Proposals should take level of off street parking to avoid an For any proposal the area of impermeable ■■ space between buildings and relationship account of the Councils SPD on Shop fronts unacceptable impact on on-street parking paving should be minimised and soft to the public realm and Shop Signs. conditions and local traffic conditions. landscaping maximised. ■■ detailing and materials The Council will welcome proposals from A set of maximum car parking standards and The Council will seek to restrict permitted Policy DM DC 7 Shop fronts and shop signs groups of shops to add character to the minimum cycle parking standards are set development rights for forecourt parking street scene by the use of harmonious high The Council will resist the removal of shop out in Appendix Four - Parking Standards through Article 4 directions, where quality design, colours and materials for their fronts of architectural or historic interest. ‘Appendix Four - Parking Standards ‘for important townscape or surface water shop fronts. all types of development, these take into flooding issues exist. The Council will have The Council will expect proposals for Other relevant policies account bus, rail and tube accessibility as regard to the impact of forecourt parking in new shop fronts or alterations to existing well as local highway and traffic conditions considering proposals to extend or convert shop fronts to demonstrate a high quality Policy DM OS 2 Metropolitan Open Land including demand for on-street parking. existing residential property. of design, which complements the original The borough’s Metropolitan Open Land will These standards will be expected to be met, design, proportions, materials and detailing of Policy DM DC 1 Design Quality be protected and retained in predominately unless it can be shown that in proposing the shop front, surrounding streetscene and levels of parking applicants can demonstrate open use. Appropriate uses include public New development must be of a high the building of which it forms part. and private open spaces and playing fields, that there would be no adverse impact on architectural and urban design quality based Blinds, canopies or shutters where open recreation and sport, biodiversity the area in terms of street scene or on on sustainable design principles. street parking. acceptable in principle must be appropriate including rivers and bodies of water and Development must be inclusive, respect local to the character of the shop-front and its open community uses including allotments Policy DM TP 9 Forecourt Parking character including the nature of a particular setting; external security grilles will not and cemeteries. The parking of vehicles in existing front road, and connect with, and contribute normally be permitted; in sensitive areas, It will be recognised that there may be gardens will be discouraged, especially where positively, to its surroundings based on a rigid and gloss finish blinds will generally be exceptional cases where appropriate thorough understanding of the site and its unacceptable; development such as small scale structures is ■■ this would result in the removal of context. acceptable, but only if it: architectural features such as walls, gates Signage and illumination to shop fronts must and paving, or of existing trees and other In assessing the design quality of a proposal demonstrate a high quality of design, which 1. Does not harm the character and vegetation; or, the Council will have regard to the following: complements the character and materials of openness of the metropolitan open land; the shop front and surrounding streetscene, ■■ where such parking would detract ■ compatibility with local character and ■ and does not compromise public safety. from the streetscape or setting of the including relationship to existing 2. Is linked to the functional use of the Large illuminated fascias will not normally property; or, townscape and Metropolitan Open Land or supports be permitted, even if these are in the “house outdoor open space uses; or

84 3. Is for essential utility infrastructure 3. ensuring development establishes a Policy DM TP 6 Walking and the Pedestrian Relevant SPDs/SPGs and facilities, for which it needs to relationship with the river and takes full Environment ■ Design Quality SPD Adopted Feb 2006 be demonstrated that no alternative advantage of its location, addressing the ■ To protect, maintain and improve the locations are available and that they river as a frontage, opening up views and ■■ Front Gardens and other Off-street pedestrian environment, the Council will do not have any adverse impacts on access to it and taking account of the Parking Standards SPD Sept 2006 ensure that:- the character and openness of the changed perspective with tides; ■■ Residential Development Standards metropolitan open land. 4. encouraging development which includes 1. New development and schemes protect, March 2010 maintain and, where appropriate, ■ Shopfronts SPD March 2010 Improvement and enhancement of the a mixture of uses, including uses which ■ improve the existing pedestrian openness and character of the Metropolitan enable the public to enjoy the riverside, ■■ Small and Medium Housing Sites SPD infrastructure, including the Rights of Open Land and measures to reduce especially at ground level in buildings Feb 2006 Way network. visual impacts will be encouraged where fronting the river; ■■ Design Guidelines Leaflets 3 and appropriate. 5. protecting and promoting the history 2. New development does not 4: House Extensions and External and heritage of the river, including adversely impact on the pedestrian Alterations. Adopted Sept 2002. When considering developments on sites landscape features, historic buildings, environment and provides appropriate Reformatted with minor updates July outside Metropolitan Open Land, any important structures and archaeological pedestrian access (see Policy DM TP 3 2005. Based on UDP policies possible visual impacts on the character and resources associated with the river and ‘EnhancingTransport Links’). ■ Design Guidelines leaflet 11: Shopfront openness of the Metropolitan Open Land ■ ensuring new development incorporates Security. First published 1997 and will be taken into account. 3. New development and schemes improve existing features; Reformatted with minor updates July the safety and security of the pedestrian Policy DM OS 11 Thames Policy Area 6. protecting and improving existing access 2005. Based on UDP policies points to the River Thames, its foreshore environment where appropriate. The special character of the Thames Policy Also of relevance is the Council’s ‘Public and Thames Path, including paths, cycle Policy DM TP 7 Cycling Area (TPA), as identified on the Proposals routes, facilities for launching boats, Space Design Guide’ (Jan 2006). The overall Map, will be protected and enhanced by: slipways, stairs etc. and encouraging To maintain and improve conditions for aim is to provide guidance to help deliver cyclists, the Council will ensure that new the goal of improved streetscene and public 1. ensuring development protects the opening up existing access points to the development or schemes do not adversely spaces. individuality and character, including the public, both for pedestrians and boats; impact on the cycling network or cyclists views and vistas, of the river and the 7. requiring public access as part of new Thames Landscape Strategy (2012 and provide appropriate cycle access and identified individual reaches; developments alongside and to the River refresh). This can be viewed at www. sufficient, secure cycle parking facilities, see Thames, including for pedestrians, boats thameslandscape-strategy.org.uk 2. discouraging land infill and development Policy DM TP 3 ‘Enhancing Transport Links’ and cyclists, where appropriate; which encroaches into the river and and Policy DM TP 8 ‘Off Street Parking - its foreshore other than in exceptional 8. increasing access to and awareness Retention and New Provision’. circumstances, which may include where of the river including from the town necessary for the construction of river centres. dependent structures such as bridges, tunnels, jetties, piers, slipways etc.;