Newmarket Draft Conservation Area Appraisal—June 2009. Fordham Road 1

FORDHAM ROAD

The road was developed in the late 19th-century during a period of sig-nificant expansion of horse training yards and stud farms. It has been said to have been the ‘golden age in the history of horse racing in Newmarket when training methods and the facilities required were be-coming more sophisticated: and patronage was still in the hands of a powerful group of aristocrats at the zenith of their wealth and influ-ence.

Substantial stables and paddocks with large, opulent houses, behind high brick or flint walls and set in significant gardens with mature trees

HIGH SIGNIFICANCE

General Overview

Fordham Road is a busy road carrying traffic from the A14 and from East Cambridgeshire. There is a horse walk on its eastern side linking the horse training yards with the gallops west of Bury Road.

Hunworth House Stables Sand Gallop La Grange Stables Clunch Wall of Maltings

Townscape Elements

Long linear space enclosed by high walls and garden trees. Medium to large yards with spa-cious paddocks and exercise areas

Large houses in individual styles and forms which together form an eclectic and unique har-monious architecture and townscape.

Varied roofscape, the product of the mix of one and two storey stable buildings sometimes en-riched by towers and spires.

Houses set in well established grounds provid-

ing a spacious, sylvan, semi-rural landscape

Open Spaces

The Severals: A wide open space and green wedge into the centre of Newmarket, and important public amenity and exercise track for race horses

Paddocks , exercise tracks, sand gallops and owners and trainers house gardens of Iduna Stables, Kremlin Stables, Flint Cottage Stables, Green Lodge Stables, Hunworth House Stables, La Grange Stables, Phan-tom House Stables, Somerville Lodge Stables, and Woodland Stables.

Gardens of Convent of St Louis, Fairstead Lodge School, Nowell, Long Cottage, Piers House, Lincoln Lodge, St Louis Primary School, The Kremlin & Way-side.

View of Fordham Road

Newmarket Draft Conservation Area Appraisal—June 2009. Fordham Road 2

Landscape Enhancement

The veterinary practice building in front of the malting site detracts from the conservation area and its re-placement as part of a redevelopment scheme for the malting would be an advantage.

Visually the street surface could be improved as the paving material is bland. It is vital that the green open spaces associated with the training stables and studs is preserved as an important element of the character of the conservation area

Redevelopment Opportunities

Permission has been granted for the conversion of the Fordham Road Maltings to residential use and the construction of new town houses and apartments.

Archaeology

The Road lies outside the area identified in the Sites & Monuments Record as the medieval town.

The Old Maltings (Record No 23250) are described as having been built between 1821 and 1850.

Building No/

Name Status Age Height

Wall Materi-

als

Roof Form/

Materials Architect Notes

Fairstead

House PC Early C19 2 Storeys

Rendered & painted

Hipped slate

Green Lodge PC 1855-1888 2-3 Storeys Red brick Slate John Clarke

Woodlands

House PC 1871 2 Storeys Red Brick

Fish scale slate

St Louis

School PC Late C19 2 Storeys

Red brick, gault brick dressings

Hipped slate

Old Stable

House PC Late C19 2 Storeys

Red brick, gault dress-

ings Hipped slate

Convent of St

Louis PC Late C19 2 Storeys

Gault brick, red brick dressing

Hipped & ga-bled slate

Long Cottage PC C19 2 Storeys Painted brick Gabled slate

Cadogan

Hotel PC C19 2 Storeys

Painted Stuc-co

Gabled slate

Hurworth

House PC C1880 2 Storeys

Painted gault brick

Hipped Slate Formerly Meynell

House

Hurworth House Sta-

bles PC C1880 1 & 2 Storeys

Gault brick & flint

Brown con-crete tiles

Somerville

Lodge PC Late C19 Gault brick Hipped Slate

Somerville Lodge Sta-

bles PC

Late C19 & 20

2 Storeys Gault Brick Hipped Slate

Fordham Road Malt-

ings

PC 1821 – 1835,

1897 1 ½ & 4 Sto-

reys Gault brick Slate Richard Hardy

Permission to demol-ish refused on appeal

Phantom

House PC Late C19 2 Storeys Slate Boundary wall

Phantom House Sta-

bles PC Late C19 1 Storeys Red brick Slate

Kremlin

House PC 1874 2 Storeys

Rendered & painted brick

Hipped slate For Dimitri Soltykoff

Kremlin House Sta-

bles

PC 1874 Painted brick Hipped slate High boundary wall

Southern-

wood PC C20 2 Storeys

½ Timbered painted ren-

der

Hipped plain tile

Iduna Stables C20 Single Sto-

reys Stained tim-

ber Roofing felt

Ensures continuity of equine activity in Fordham Road

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Proposed Additional AreaGlimpseImportant View

Horse WalkIntrusionInteresting Feature

WallTree Preservation OrderOpen Space

to be Retained

Building making a

Positive Contribution

Listed BuildingConservation Area

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Proposed Additional AreaGlimpseImportant View

Horse WalkIntrusionInteresting Feature

WallTree Preservation OrderOpen Space

to be Retained

Building making a

Positive Contribution

Listed BuildingConservation Area