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norwich road • anglesea road conservation area

appraisal and management plan

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This statement is supplementary to the Ipswich Local Plan

(1997) and will be treated as a material consideration in all

planning and development decisions. This statement describes

briefly the purpose in declaring the area as a conservation area

and sets out in detail the special character of the area. The

Management Plan describes the particular supplementary

policies that apply within the area to protect its special status;

and specific measures for its protection and enhancement as

required under Section 72 of the Planning (Listed Buildings &

Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and as advised by the

Department of Culture, Media and Sport Planning Policy

Guidance Note [PPG]15: Planning and the Historic

Environment.

The statement cannot cover every eventuality, but further

advice on specific matters can be obtained from the

Development Control and Conservation Service of the Council.

Like all the Council's planning guidance this document has

been adopted in 1994.

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The Norwich Road/Anglesea Road Conservation Area Appraisal

1 Introduction 2

2 Extent of the Norwich Road/Anglesea Road Conservation Area 3

3 Reason for Designation 3

4 Summary of the Special Character of the Area 4

5 Historic Development 4

6 Archaeological Significance of the Area 4

7 Architectural and Historic Qualities of the Buildings 4

7.1 Norwich Road Identity Area 5

7.2 Anglesea Road Identity Area 8

7.3 Orford Street Identity Area 11

7.4 Alpe Street Identity Area 13

7.5 Redan Street/Oban Street Identity Area 14

7.6 Paget Road Identity Area 15

The Norwich Road /Anglesea Road Conservation Area Management Plan

1 The Council’s detailed Policies for the Norwich Road/Anglesea Road 16Conservation Area

2 Supplementary Policies for the Norwich Road/Anglesea Road 18Conservation Area

3 Protection and Enhancement 19

4 Further Information 21

Appendices

Appendix 1: Listed Buildings in the Conservation Area 22

Appendix 2: Glossary of Architectural Terms 24

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character. Conservation area designation andcontrol is intended to foster a more enlightenedattitude to change and improvement. Some ofthe alterations that can normally be undertakenwithout planning permission have beensuspended in this conservation area and planningpermission will be required. The provisions ofwhat are known as Article 4 Directions have beenin operation within the area since November1998. The implications for owners and occupiersare explained within the Management Plan for thearea.

The Council is aware that successfulconservation depends upon goodwill and co-operation between property owners, developersand the general public. The Head of Planning andDevelopment or his staff will always be pleasedto discuss any proposal however minor, andadvise upon the choice of suitable materials and

building methods and to give everyencouragement to individuals, amenity societiesand residents associations etc. to undertakeappropriate improvements to the environment ofthe conservation areas.

This document has three main aims. These are to:• provide an understanding of what is specialabout the character of the area.

• provide detailed guidance on the Council'sexpectations for all kinds of development andrelated proposals affecting conservation areasby way of its approved policies for the area;

• promote schemes of preservation andenhancement where appropriate;

Albert Terrace, Norwich Road


introduction Ipswich is fortunate to have a long and important history reflected in many fine

buildings and areas, which are distinguished by their architecture and landscape setting.

This creates an attractive environment that is theproduct of many different eras. These areas areunique examples of our social, cultural andaesthetic past and must be safeguarded fromindiscriminate or ill-considered change.

The Planning (Listed Building & ConservationAreas) Act 1990 states that:"Every local planning authority shall, from time

to time, determine which parts of their area

are areas of special architectural or historic

interest, the character or appearance of which

it is desirable to preserve or enhance and

shall designate such areas as Conservation

Areas".

Planning Policy Guidance Note [PPG]15: Planningand the Historic Environment also makes clearthat:"It is fundamental to the Government's

policies for environmental stewardship that

there be effective protection for all aspects of

the historic environment. The physical

survivals of our past are to be valued and

protected for their own sake, as a central part

of our cultural heritage and our sense of

national identity. They are an irreplaceable

record, which contributes, through formal

education and in many other ways, to our

understanding of both the present and the

past. Their presence adds to the quality of our

lives, by enhancing the familiar and cherished

local scene and sustaining the sense of local

distinctiveness, which is so important an

aspect of the character and appearance of our

town's villages and countryside. The historic

environment is also of immense importance

for leisure and recreation."

This designation is not intended to prevent allchange or development, but to ensure the specialcharacter of the area is protected and enhanced,that proposed changes are subject to particularscrutiny and to try to ensure that it is appropriateto an areas' special character.

Although conservation areas often contain"Listed Buildings" it is not always enough just toprotect these buildings in isolation. Theirsurroundings and general environment are oftenof equal importance and Conservation Areas areintended to protect that environment. This isdone through a number of additional planningcontrols, which mean that certain alterations, thedemolition of buildings or parts of them (withparticular exceptions), and works to trees requirethe prior approval of the Council.

This additional control is necessary because it isthe appearance of the area as a whole that isimportant and this could be spoiled byunsympathetic work, which diminishes its special

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This statement is supplementary to the Ipswich Local Plan (1997) and will be

treated as a material consideration in all planning and development

decisions. This statement describes briefly the purpose in declaring the area

as a conservation area and sets out in detail the special character of the area.

The Management Plan describes the particular supplementary policies that

apply within the area to protect its special status; and specific measures for

its protection and enhancement as required under Section 72 of the Planning

(Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and as advised by the

Department of Culture, Media and Sport Planning Policy Guidance Note

[PPG]15: Planning and the Historic Environment.

The statement cannot cover every eventuality, but further advice on specific

matters can be obtained from the Planning and Development Service of the

Council. Like all the Council's planning guidance this document has been

adopted in 1994.2


extent of the conservation area The Norwich Road/Anglesea Road Conservation Area was designated in

February 1977 to include the architecturally important mid-Victorian developments of Ipswich.

It was extended in 1985 to include the lower partof Orford Street and part of Redan Street. Aminor further extension to the rear of BowthorpeClose (incorporating No 68 Anglesea Road) wasmade in September 2003.

Fonnereau Road had already been designated aspart of the Central Conservation Area in 1974.Henley Road west of Christchurch Park and theChristchurch Street - Westerfield Road area eastof Christchurch Park were also designated in1977. To the north the conservation area has acommon boundary with the Park Conservationarea (designated in 1985), which abuts the rear ofproperties in the central and western part ofAnglesea Road and around Paget Road.

The present conservation area includes thebuildings and curtilages in Alpe Street, most of

Anglesea Road west of Nos. 6 and 27; PagetRoad up to Nos. 8 and 27; Oban Street, OrfordStreet, Redan Street and part of Newson Street(Nos. 2 and 3-13) and Nos.120-174 and 121-185Norwich Road.

The character of the conservation area is alsoconsiderably enhanced by a large number ofbuildings of special local interest in AngleseaRoad, Norwich Road and Paget Road (seeAppendix 1). Some of these are buildingspreviously Listed Grade III but downgraded toDoE Local List status in 1971. Although these arenot regarded as being of national importancethey have sufficient quality to make themparticularly noteworthy as far as Ipswich isconcerned. Most are representative of the mid tolate Victorian era.

This long and imposing terrace is listed Grade IIand was completed in 1840. It is one of the fewexamples of a large, formal, late GeorgianClassical terrace in Ipswich.

Albert Terrace

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reason for designation Designation of the Norwich Road/Anglesea Road Conservation Area in 1977

was undertaken in the light of a perception that there were pressures for change in the form ofalterations and upgrading to the smaller dwellings

These changes in particular which if carried out inan unsympathetic manner might lead to anerosion of the variety of attractive traditionaldetailing, including:• replacement of original windows, doors androof coverings;

• the painting, rendering or stone cladding ofbrick facades;• new vehicular accesses in front gardens thatmight, in turn, mean the loss of softlandscaping and hedging and/or the demolitionof boundary walls;

Undoubtedly, if such changes were to take place,the special character of the area could be erodedand its appearance would not be protected andenhanced.

Furthermore, prior to designation, there had beenseveral instances of gardens being severed inAnglesea Road, in particular to create buildingplots, thereby increasing the density of thedevelopment to the detriment of the well-established mature landscapes in that area. Oneof the visual assets of the area today is thenumber of trees, the legacy of the Victorianexpansion up the slopes of the basin of the townto the rim. This led to the establishment ofplanting that now defines part of its overallcharacter and indeed the landscape character ofIpswich generally.

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statement of significance of the area Renewed prosperity of the town in the Victorian period led to the development

of wealthy residential areas on the most favoured sites

These sites were the south facing slopesbordering Christchurch Park (then still a privatefamily estate to which the public wereoccasionally admitted) and the western northernmargins of the old town centre, close to theformer cavalry barracks. These areas display aunity of character, scale and materials which notonly create an attractive environment but whichalso make them especially sensitive to some ofthe less-welcome effects of modern-daypressures.

The area displays styles of architecture from allperiods of the 19th Century. The substantialhouses in Norwich and Anglesea Road give way

to more modest properties in Alpe, Redan andOrford Streets, however the consistency of scale,generally two or three storeys, combined with theuse of local red and white brick with slate roofing,imparts a strong sense of unity and gives thearea a special identity.

The area has remained almost entirely inresidential use. Many of the larger houses havebeen converted into flats and a few buildingshave changed into office use, but the generalambience of the area is of an attractiveresidential environment forming a pleasantapproach to the town centre.

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historic development of the areaNorwich Road was largely built between 1812and 1849 and Anglesea Road between 1849 and1890. From E. Whites map it can be seen that in1867 much of the land to the north of AngleseaRoad had yet to be developed in to what wouldbecome Constitution Hill. Similarly the streetswhich were to become Alpe, Redan and Obanhad not been built yet.

Most of the houses were developed in the mid tolate 19th Century with the development of OrfordStreet and the surrounding area occurring quiteslowly, possibly because of the close proximity tothe Militia Barracks to the immediate east.

The Barracks site was acquired by the Boroughwho then in 1929 converted the site into 100dwellings fronting on to Anglesea Road and liningGeneva and Cecil Roads.

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archaeological significance of the area

New developments within the area may involvearchaeological interest and the council might

impose conditions requesting an archaeologicalwatching brief.

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Only three of the dwellings retain their originalnatural Welsh slate roofs, the remainder havingbeen recovered in brown concrete tiles. Only tworetain their original sash window joinery. All havereplaced their original front doors with a mixtureof modern doors in a variety of materials anddesigns. The facades of two properties havebeen rendered or painted but the remainder, inSuffolk white brick has survived and althoughmost have had the brickwork cleaned, tworemain uncleaned giving a visually unappealingpiecemeal appearance. None of the frontboundary walls are similar in height or materialsor decorative treatment and severely detract fromthe character and appearance of theconservation area.

While generally the dwellings at the western endof this terrace retain more of their originalcharacter than those at the east end, much of thereplacement window joinery of the remainder is inneed of maintenance. Consequently when repairsor replacements are done in future, the characterof the conservation area and the value of thedwellings could be enhanced in most cases bythe reinstatement of the original window and doordetailing if carried out consistently.To the west, the dwellings get slightly larger, the

Suffolk white brickwork has not been cleanedand they are set further back from the road. Nos.146-150 forms an attractive short terrace,originally known as `Belvedere Place' and is incontrast to those to the east. The houses retainmost of their original early 19th Century featuresincluding the natural Welsh slate roofs andtraditional painted sash windows with glazingbars (with the exception of the ground floor of No150 where the glazing bars are missing. Theoriginal front doors also survive at Nos 148 and150 although at No 146 a particularlyinappropriate aluminium door has replaced theoriginal door, which detract from the appearanceof the group as a whole. The excavation of thefront gardens for parking spaces at Nos 146 and148 detracts from their setting in contrast to No150 which has a nicely detailed front boundarywall and piers. There is an interesting glimpsethrough a tall brick archway to extensiveoutbuildings to the rear and adjacent to No 152a,a detached early 19th Century house (but alteredto appear late Victorian) which provides atransition to the larger secluded houses set backbehind tall brick walls which comprise theremaining houses on the north side within theconservation area.

architectural and historic characteristicsMany conservation areas are composed of individual parts that while

creating a cohesive overall character are often composed of smaller parts with specific identities.

The inclusion of buildings in this section is notintended to be comprehensive and is intended toillustrate the range of building types, styles andmaterials in the conservation area. If a building isnot included this should not be taken to indicatethat it is of no interest. In this conservation area sixsuch identity areas are described. 1. Norwich Road2. Anglesea road3. Orford Street4. Alpe Street5. Redan Street/Oban Street6. Paget Road

The special character of these is set out ingreater detail below.

7.1 Norwich Road Identity Area

This wide road of ancient origin led as a mainradial route from the town centre to Norwich andBury-St-Edmunds. Its importance is reflected inthe substantial nature of the houses constructedalong it in the mid-19th Century. The road curvesgently northward from its junction with BramfordRoad and falls slowly downhill to its junction withAnglesea Road where it also becomes wider.

Towards the western end, the houses on thenorth side become larger and set further backfrom the road. Terraced house give way tospacious detached and semi-detached villas setabove the road behind tall white brick walls inlarge plots which provide ample opportunity forthe planting of large trees. In views within thestreet, these mature deciduous trees at thewestern end and coniferous trees in the middleare very important to the overall appearance ofthe street. Together with the strategically placedLondon Plane trees in the pavements, theirpresence helps ameliorate for the effects of theheavy flows of traffic.

In Norwich Road, the conservation area starts atthe junction with Cumberland Street. Nos.120-144 is a terrace of Suffolk white brick housesbuilt before 1840 and set slightly above the roadbehind short front gardens. This terrace wasListed Grade III for its special architectural andhistoric interest in 1951 but downgraded in 1971to DoE Local List Grade. The terrace has sufferedoverall from substantial unsympathetic alterationsto its architectural features. Most of these werecarried out prior to the designation of theconservation area in 1977.

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No 152 is an attractive Suffolk white brick housewith a stucco portico set well back behind a tallwhite brick boundary wall and gates. The houseis partly hidden by the tall Wellingtonia treeswhich flank the entrance and which are aprominent feature in views from the east.

`Wilbury' No 154 (once known as `Grove Villa’), isa large Suffolk white brick house of c.1840 with acentral pediment set over a rectangular oriel bay.It has a leaf decorated stone frieze above theflanking flat two-story bays and at eaves leveland rusticated pilasters. It is now a bed andbreakfast hotel. It is also partly screened by trees(Pines) and a tall and elaborate boundary wall.Until 1988 this was topped by an openbalustrade comprising shaped balusters ofRansomes patent stone that were quite a raresurvival and were of significant local interest. Onelarge patent stone globe gate pier remainsalthough the other pier has been truncated. Thefrontage would be greatly enhanced if theseboundary features could be reinstated.

No 160 `Taylor House’ is a good early Victorianvilla and virtually unaltered externally.

Nos 164-166 are a pair of plain early Victoriansemi-detached villas dating from around 1840.Their noticeable dark stained sash windowjoinery on both dwellings set against the cleaned

Suffolk white brickwork is out of keeping with thetradition of white painted window joineryprevailing elsewhere in the area. The villas wouldbenefit visually from reverting to the normal whitecolour scheme. No 164 has also lost its originalslate roof. The front gardens of the pair havebeen combined to form an almost entirely tarmacforecourt which seriously detracts from thesetting of both properties and the street scene.Fortunately the side boundary walls to theadjacent properties limit the unattractiveappearance in wider views.

Nos 168 and 169B originally a single largedwelling `St Matthew’s Lodge’ now two dwellingsin Suffolk white brick of about 1840. The originalhouse was built with a symmetrical front centredon the doorcase with a portico with columns. Alarge conservatory of the left-hand side waseventually demolished and shallow side wingadded disguising the hipped roof-form andincorporating a new entrance to the sub-dividedhouse. At some point the glazing bars to thewindows were removed which rather diminish thevisual interest and the building would benefit fromthese being reinstated. The original elliptical frontdrive remains.

The remaining single large Suffolk white brickdwelling in this range `North Lodge’ , ListedGrade II and dating from 1851 fronts ontoAnglesea Road and is described under thatstreet.

The sequence of large houses in the conservationarea on the north side of Norwich Road iscompleted by the large and imposing Italianatevilla of c.1850 on the west side of Anglesea RoadNo.172, now a hotel. This was one of an identicalpair (but No.174 was unfortunately peremptorilydemolished in 1977 just as the conservation areadesignation was to be declared). The belvedereto the corner has massive pilasters which arepaired in the top storey. The deeply projectingeaves to the belvedere and the three-storey gableto the principal front introduce a touch of theItalian Lakes to Ipswich. The property has well-wrought brick retaining walls with decorativecross-pattern brick panels in white brick to matchthe villa.

The property is particularly important intownscape terms as the tower to the corner is animportant visual stop to the conservation areaand now marks the end of the early Victorianexpansion of the principal private houses inNorwich Road.

On the south west side, the conservation areabegins at Nos.121-129, a short terrace originallyknown as Alfred Place. This short terrace runs upto the junction with a narrow lane, Beaufort

Street. These were built in the 1830s and are twostorey to Norwich Road with attics in Suffolkwhite brick with natural Welsh slate roofs and redbrick chimney stacks with mainly white clay pots.Nos. 121-125 have semi-circular headed singledormers (unusual for Ipswich) although theopening arrangements are no longer original,while No.127 has an uncommon flat headeddormer which originally contained 18 smallcasement lights. All retain their sash windowjoinery but only No.121 has its original glazingbars. Short front gardens are contained by lowboundary walls, none of which are original. Theterrace has attractive arched doorways withsemi-circular fanlights with radiating glazing bars.No.129 breaks slightly forward of the remainingterrace and has a wider frontage. It also has asingle storey flat-roofed front showroomextension (approved in c.1965 - prior to thedesignation of the conservation area). Thisextends to the back of pavement line and isvisually detrimental to the otherwise strongbuilding line throughout the southern side of thestreet. The terrace was originally Listed Grade IIIuntil 1971 but then downgraded to `DoE LocalList’ status. It is however a terrace of significantlocal architectural and townscape interest.

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case of No. 143 the front door had unfortunatelybeen set back from the façade. In several casesthe original single dwelling houses had beenconverted in the latter part of the 20th Century tohouses in multiple occupation and then to flats orreturned to owner occupation. In some casesconversion resulted in the imposition ofdisfiguring external pipe-work to the frontfacades which should now be removed when theopportunities arise.

Short front gardens are in the main retainedbehind a mixture of short brick boundary wall andfences, but in several locations the e.g. atNos.139, 155 and 157, the original rusticatedstucco gate pillars survive with evidence ofrailings (and probably gates) to the frontages. Theremaining, mainly truncated brick pillars or piersdetract from the character of the frontages. Thegardens have light wells to basementssurrounded by simple railings first installed insome properties before the terrace was Listed.Gradually a consistent pattern has beenintroduced as more light-wells have beenrepaired. The visual impact of these modernrailings is reduced by the various hedges to thefront gardens.To the west of Beaufort Street stands a most

distinctive terrace of four houses from c.1840"Beaufort Buildings" attractively identified inscript lettering in a plaster panel over the twocentral doorways. The terrace is in the TudorRevival style. The red brick facades have purplediaper brick panels between the bays, to thegable ends and on the chimney stack plinths tomassive tall, shaped stacks and pots. Eaves arecorbelled in brickwork and the central entrancedoors are recessed within Tudor arches withdistinctive vertical plank Tudor Revival doors. Thewindow bays break forward containing smallsashes all of which have their slim original glazingbars with the exception of No.137 and the baysrise through the roof in the form of large tile hungdormers which appear to be later adaptations orrepairs of the originals but are entirelysympathetic to the terrace. The roofs are plainclay tiled and No.137 retains remnants of fleur-de-lis tile cresting that would have extendedalong the entire ridge. Three of the four shortfrontages have been concrete paved over toprovide off-street parking and this greatlydiminishes the setting of these delightfulbuildings. The terrace was originally Listed GradeIII until 1971 but then downgraded to `DoE LocalList’ status. It is a terrace of significant localarchitectural and townscape interest.

Adjacent to "Beaufort Buildings" is "AlbertTerrace" Nos. 139 to 167 and Listed Grade II.This long and imposing terrace was completed in

1840 and has the date cast in one of therainwater hoper-heads. It is one of the fewexamples of a large, formal, late-GeorgianClassical terrace in Ipswich. Its otherwiseseverely plain design is offset by the pedimentedpavilions with pilasters (in practice two dwellings)at each end. Each dwelling in the main façadehas a two-window range but the pavilions have athree window range with the central windows asblank panels on the eastern pavilion and theground floor breaking forward with a tripartitewindow on the western pavilion.

The Suffolk white brickwork to the upper floorshas not been cleaned giving a strongly unifiedappearance assisted by the white paintedrusticated stucco ground floor and natural slateroofs. The short stacks in uncleaned white brickhave a variety of attractive chimney pot designs.(Exceptionally the raised podium boundarybrickwork to Wellington Street has been cleanedbut this does not affect the appearance of themain Listed facades.

This terrace retains all of its timber sash windowjoinery and the majority of windows have retainedtheir glazing bars. In some cases e.g. No. 141 theoriginal highly-prized Crown glass still survivesadding sparkle to the appearance. Front doors inthe main retain the original four panel designswith a fanlight with narrow marginal glazing barsabove. In some instances the upper door panelshave been modified by part glazing and in the

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Beaufort Buildings

Albert Terrace

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The terrace would greatly benefit architecturally ifthe detailing presently missing, particularlyglazing bars and door details and alignments;and the front boundary treatment of rusticatedpillars and railings were similarly reinstated to aconsistent pattern.

To the west of Wellington St, the properties are inuse by the YMCA and consist of Nos. 169-171,an imposing former semi-detached Suffolk whitebrick houses of c.1840 with stucco quoins andsegmental stucco pediments to the ground floor windows and banded decoration. There areplainer, lower side wings also in Suffolk whitebrick and also with slate roofs. The setting of thebuilding is diminished by the extensive forecourttarmac car park relieved only by very limitedlandscaping.

The remaining terrace in the conservation area onthe south side Nos. 173 to 179 also date fromc.1840 and mark the outer limit of developmentin this part of Ipswich until the early 1900s. Theterrace is now in hostel use associated with theYMCA and is severely plain in Suffolk whitebrickwork but retains its sash windows withglazing bars, four panel front doors, natural slateroofs and most of the white brick chimney stacksand pots. It was originally Listed Grade III until1971 but then downgraded to `DoE Local List’

status. It is however a terrace that by virtue of itsoriginal materials and detailing is of localarchitectural and townscape interest at theentrance to the conservation area from the west.The plainness makes a striking contrast to theelaborate Italianate villa opposite. The gardens ofthe terrace have been laid out by lawns devoid ofany other planting or boundary landscapingwhich somewhat detracts from the otherwisedomestic residential character.

On the south side, the gulleys comprise four linesof granite setts (one line slightly obscured bytarmac). On the north side the gulleys consist ofsingle lines of large granite slabs. The pavementson both sides of Norwich Road consist of 600 x800mm slabs that create the right scale not onlyfor the width of pavement but also the scale ofthe majority of fronting dwellings. They alsoenable the paving to be carried easily around theseveral large London Plane trees which alsocontribute to the street scene.

Several timber telegraph poles adjacent toNos.125, 137, 152 and 158, and an aluminiumpole adjacent to No.128 and the associatedoverhead wires are intrusive and detract from thestreet scene. The pole and many overhead wiresadjacent to No.137 and serving the Listed terraceare particularly intrusive and greatly detract fromthis important terrace.

7.2 Anglesea Road Identity Area

The road was originally known as Pedders Laneand by 1849, North Road. It was developedlargely between the late 1840s to 1870s. The lineof the former Cavalry Barracks defines theeastern boundary of the conservation area. Onthe north side the houses are predominantlydetached or semi-detached. Those to the east ofWarrington Road are set well above the roadbehind white brick boundary walls. Their elevatedpositions accentuate their two-storey height.Nos.6-10 are plain Suffolk White brick villas withslate roofs and white painted traditional windowjoinery. No.10 `Menai Lodge' has windows withattractive marginal glazing bars; No.8 `EarlhamVilla' has a most attractive etched Victorian glassfront door. This house was originally a plainfronted house but was refronted and embellishedin 1877 by the architects Cattermole & Eade. Itoriginally had an elaborate cast-iron filigreebalustrading to the shallow front parapet tomatch the central first floor balcony. No.12(Listed Grade II) is painted. It has an attractivedoorcase to its return frontage on WarringtonRoad.

To the west of Warrington Road are a group offive stuccoed early Victorian villas Nos.16-22(Listed Grade II). The end house No.16 and thetwo pairs of semi-detached villas originally stoodapart, but at some time in the past garages andother poorly integrated single-storey extensionshave led to a terracing effect which hasdiminished their setting and detracted from theirspecial architectural interest.

Further west are a series of large semi-detachedand detached Victorian villas Nos. 24-42 with astrong and distinctive character united by the useof traditional facing and roofing materials and

because almost all retain their original windowand door joinery. All are built with Suffolk whitebrick front facades (some are in red brick to thesides and rear) with slate roofs andchimneystacks with pots (apart from No.44 whichis in red brick with white brick dressings and hasno chimneys). All are of special local architecturalinterest and form an excellent and coherentgroup.

Within this group,Nos.24-28 `Rock Villas'were designed by theprolific Ipswichbuilder/architect W RMills in 1879 and aredistinguished byprojecting two-storeyoctagonal corner bayswith steeply pitchedslate covered turrets.Both pairs of housesoriginally had railings tothe front white brick boundary walls. At No.28 theboundary wall has also been removed to improvecar parking to the detriment of the group as awhole. Nos.32-34 ‘Clifton Villas' were designedby the architect J Rotherham Cattermole in 1866.These houses are three-storey with semi-basements and have projecting two-storey bays.Set above the road they dominate thesurrounding two-storey houses around althoughthis is somewhat offset by the landscaping to thefront gardens of the houses and those adjoining.The houses have flights of entrance steps withcast-iron decorative balustrading. The white brickfront boundary walls have wide opening for carsbut retain gate piers with stone cappings.Nos.36-38 `Caithness House' and BeaumarisHouse' were also built in 1879.

Clockwise from topDetailed drawing of original pierand railings from Albert Terrace Remaining Pier from AlbertTerrace Nos 173-179 Norwich Road

AboveNos 16-22 Anglesea Road

Below from left to rightEartham Villa, Anglesea Road

Roak Villas, Anglesea Road

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On the south side of Anglesea Road, thetownscape character is somewhat less coherentthan on the north side. This is partly attributableto the six road junctions which join AngleseaRoad from the south and which create adiscontinuity of frontage. The building line is alsovariable, with Nos. 22-31 and Nos. 41 to 45 beingat the back of footpath. At the eastern end thehouses are tall but are on narrow frontages closeto the road accentuating their height. Nos.23-31`Anglesea Terrace' date from 1879 are in red brickwith white brick dressings. They retain theirdistinctive arched four-panel front doors and No.30 retains its original sash windows with marginalglazing bars (mirroring No.10 opposite) but whileNo.28 retains its sashes, the remainder of theterrace has replacement top-hung casementsthat devalue the architectural integrity of theterrace as a whole. Although the chimneystackshave been retained and contribute to the streetscene, most of the original slate roofs have beenreplaced with modern concrete tiles. No.31 hasan attractive original cast-iron balcony rail to thefirst floor window facing Newson Street.

Between Newson Street and Orford Street,Nos.33-35 `Cambridge House' and Nos.37-39`Westmoreland Villas' were designed by thearchitect Edmund Catchpole in 1881-2. They arewell-detailed white brick three-storey houses withbasements which exploit the fall in ground to therear. The deep modillioned eaves cornices andlarge central stucco entrance hoods framing theoriginal panelled double front doors accentuate

the scale. The entrance hoods and paired frontdoors are both unusual features for Ipswichhouses of this period. The hood for No.33 iscurrently missing. All retain their original paintedtimber sash windows and chimneys intact.

On the west side of Orford Street the scale ofbuildings is smaller and the properties are set atthe back of pavement. Nos.41 to 43 were builtbetween 1866 and 1870 and were designed byBenjamin Backhouse in Suffolk white brick withslate roofs. They retain their originaldoor and window joinery. Adjacent areNos.47 and 49, two pairs of flats built inthe early1960s in a buff brick whichunsuccessfully attempts to emulate thepredominant, traditional Suffolk whitebrick of the area. These two buildingshave no special interest.

To the west of Oban Street, the buildingline is set back slightly. Nos. 51 and 53are a pair of plain 1870s Suffolk whitebrick houses with natural slate roofs andsix chimney stacks that have remainedunaltered externally. Despite the singlestorey front bays they have apronounced horizontal emphasis derived from thewidth of the frontage. The deep main groundfloor window of each retains its marginal glazingbars. The front garden wall of No.53 has beenreduced and the forecourt opened up to off-street parking to the detriment of the setting ofthe house. At the junction with Bowthorpe Close

(outside the conservation area) thereis a view to a cul-de-sac of smallneo-Georgian houses given undue

Their severe simplicity in the treatment of baysand window openings and lack of ornamentationsave for a raised brick string course between thefloors, reflecting the hand of the experiencedVictorian builder rather than the architect. No.40`Linden Lodge' is again a well-composed designby J C Cattermole dating from 1867. Its archedfirst floor windows make an interesting butrestrained contrast to the remainder of the group.The front boundary wall also once carried ironrailings. The property is particularly memorablefor the Monkey Puzzle tree synonymous withVictorian planting schemes. No.42 `South Lawn'and No.44 `Westhill Cottage' are detached villasand the smallest of the group. They were built in1870 and around 1866 respectively. No.44 hasbeen altered by the introduction of top-hungcasement windows and modification to theground floor front bays. A pierced brick wall addsinterest to the frontage.

Beyond the junction with Paget Road, theproperties on the northern side of Anglesea Roadare on a deeper building line from the road. Thereare five large Victorian villas Nos.46-54 with astrong and distinctive character united by the useof traditional facing and roofing materials. All arebuilt in Suffolk white brick; all retain their originalwindow joinery and all are contained behindwhite brick boundary walls with the exception ofNo.54 where a highly intrusive and inappropriatefront boundary has been built of multi-colouredconcrete blocks. All are of special localarchitectural interest and form an excellent andcoherent group in themselves but also with thehouses opposite and to the east of Paget Road.

No.46 `The Cedars' designed by the architectFrederick Barnes in 1863 dominates the cornerplot by being three-storey but incorporating semi-basements which elevates it above Nos. 48-54situated further down the hill. Nos. 48-50 (ListedGrade II) were designed by Samuel Baldiston in1862 and are semi-detached three-storey villaseach of which has a two-storey side wingcontaining the front entrance. The ground floorelevations of the main block are distinguished bystucco framed Venetian windows No.52`Anglesea Lodge' and No.54 `Westbury Lodge'area a similar handed pair of detached villas.Both have had their original slate roofs replacedby concrete tiles. No.54 has been seriouslydisfigured by its conversion to flats with theintroduction of new small inappropriate casementwindows to the side of the original sashes andadditional vent-pipework to the front. Althoughdisfigured, enough of the original characterremains for it to be capable of sympatheticreinstatement in line with the other houses in thisgroup.

The west side property boundary of No.54 is alsothe boundary with the Park Conservation Area.

From left to rightCambridge House, Anglesea Road

No 143, Anglesea Road Above

Iron crest

Clockwise from topLinden Lodge, Anglesea Roadand Venetian window

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entablature below an open pierced balustrade.The house has clasping corner pilasters,rusticated below and fluted to first floor, withComposite capitals. Over the porch is a stuccoedscalloped-headed niche to the right and a smallsash window to the left. The north front also hasa canted window bay to the left added in 1884and fitted with sashes. Above this is a truncatedpyramid roof with a pedimented dormer fittedwith a sash. One bay to right of the canted bayhas a scalloped-headed niche to first floor on astuccoed apron above a swag slung between 2keyed roundels. The roofs are hipped in naturalWelsh slate with the central roof surmounted byiron cresting. Although the gates to the propertyare modern, the wall and gate piers are excellentexamples of 19thCentury design and are Listed(Grade II) in their own right.

At this point Anglesea Road begins to falldownhill to the west and then south. There is afurther short unmade roadway at this point whichoriginally gave rear access to large properties inNorwich Road (in particular No.154 the former`Grove Villa’). The roadway leads to two Suffolkwhite brick villas of local interest. The firstformerly known as "Gothic Cottage" but withoutany overt Gothic detailing has been divided intotwo properties Nos. 79 and 81. The latter has anattractive shaped bargeboard to the front gableand a plaque reading ‘AE 1842 Ich Dien’.

To the south is No.83 a detached early Victorianvilla of possibly c.1850 ‘Edgehill House’ a plaintwo storey dwelling with a hipped gabled slateroof to which a classical open portico was addedin c. 1992. The roadway continues on to a newdevelopment outside the conservation area, butthe conservation area boundary encompassesNos. 91-95 a set of former coach-housesconverted to residential use. These are paintedbrick with some Edwardian modernisations butare of local interest.

Further down the slope but set down within itsgrounds and behind tall white brick walls (whichwith the slope to partly disguises its substantialsize) is a former pair of semi-detached villas nos97-105 ‘Richmond House’ and `Mount Pleasant’now converted to flats. These Suffolk whitehouses are well fenestrated to the road elevationsand all the timber sash windows are distinguishedby marginal glazing bars which add significantlyto otherwise plain facades. The subsidiaryelevations and rear wings have less sympatheticcasement joinery. Nos. 113 to 119 comprise fourdetached houses built in the early 1970s and theearly 1930s but of no special interest. Theprincipal frontage of No.121 is to Norwich Roadwhere it is largely obscured by a tall white brickboundary wall and extensive landscaping but aglazed verandah spanning this frontage can beglimpsed from the street. In Anglesea Road, thehouse provided a memorable incident with itsnarrow elevation comprising 6-panelled door setwithin doorcase composed of entactic stuccoedpilasters supporting a hood on brackets, slimsash window above set within paired pilastersoffset by a street lamp to the shallow frontforecourt entrance.

prominence by mostly being painted white,dating from c.1971-3. These were built on thesite of a large villa `Pembridge House’ originallybuilt in the 1870s and served by its own entranceLodge on Anglesea Road.

On the west side of Bowthorpe Close, the cul-de-sac development opened up views of No.61Anglesea Road. `Millhill Cottage’ (Listed Grade II)is a large detached villa designed in1875 by thesignificant Ipswich architect Frederick Barnes, forhis own occupation. The house is given addedprominence by being set close to the road andby its elevated position. It is built in Suffolk whitebrick under a natural slate roof and is a strongdesign with studied asymmetry to its north frontwhich is composed of 3 parts. In the centre is apanelled and glazed door set in a recess behindan elliptical pierced stone arch on a pair ofpilasters. A pierced brick balustrade above formsa balcony reached by a sash window with glazingbars. Wide eaves extend over the right part ofelevation, which has a small gable to the roof.The right part has 2 horned sashes to the groundfloor, each with margin glazing and each undersegmental arches. Above is a single sash under asegmental arch and within a projectingentablature. The left part of the elevation consistsof a triangular bay projecting to a point, with eachof its 2 faces lit through a segmental sash withmarginal glazing and segmental heads. A piercedbrick balcony above is reached from an archedsash with margin glazing bars with a large openpediment over this part. The prominent eastreturn has two elaborate external stacks rising totall decorated flues, two sashes to each floor ofvarious forms and a notable oval first floor

window. No.63 `Hill House’ (formerly "Northcote"is a detached Suffolk white brick villa dating fromc.1870 but extended in 1901 by J S Corder whoadded the characteristic Edwardian front bay andglazed entrance canopy. This enlivens anotherwise plain design relieved only by thetraditional painted timber window joinerycontaining marginal glazing bars. The eastwardextension shallow pitched slate roof helpsaccentuate a horizontal emphasis to the designcounter-pointed by the tall chimney stacks andvertical piers to the front boundary wall. Therailings between the piers have long beenremoved. The front garden has a large tree to thewestern street boundary, which in conjunctionwith the trees to the west greatly contributes tothe Arcadian feel of this part of Anglesea Road.

Between Nos.63 and 65 is a short unmaderoadway which originally provided a serviceentrance to the demolished `Pembridge House’.The surface treatment is a reminder of thecondition of the highways in the 19th Centurybefore they were permanently paved. On thewest side of this short roadway is No.65 a largeSuffolk white house (Listed Grade II in theuncharacteristic French Empire style dating fromc.1880 and probably by J S Corder, who addedthe north canted window bay 1884. It has anirregular plan with an Entrance porch set in anglebetween north and east wings and a half-glazeddoor with margin and overlights set behind porch.The porch itself is stuccoed and has a 4-centredarch supported on pair of unfluted compositecolumns. There is a Greek key frieze in the

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No 65 Anglesea Road

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7.3 Orford Street Identity Area

From Norwich Road the street rises straight uphillin a northerly direction to the boundary of theconservation area (where it becomes WarringtonRoad). This provides a long but confined vista tothe trees in the adjacent Park Conservation Area.

At the lower end of Orford Street between thejunction with South Street and the crossing withNewsom Street/Alpe Street, the properties areterraced and built at the back of footpath whichcreates a hard urban feel relieved only by viewsfrom side junctions with streets of dwellings withfront gardens, and the boundary hedges in theupper part of the street.

The buildings on the southeast corner withGymnasium Street include a public house andthe local area headquarters for the Women’sInstitute. The terrace of 10-18 is the earliestgroup in the street dating from c.1840. These twolater non-residential properties retain a domesticappearance and are three-storey while almost allthe remaining dwellings in this part of the streetare two-storey. No.32 was formerly a shop wherethe shopfront has been replaced by a tripartitesash window.

The terraced houses Nos.13-19 and 34-48 arebuilt of Suffolk white brick with slate roofs andwere mostly completed before 1867. Although anumber have been altered, they retain a strongoverall unified design, which is emphasised by

the treatment of door and window openings. Thehouses were originally designed with twocontrasting first floor window openings of atraditional painted timber sliding sash withglazing bars set back in a reveal with a stuccolintel above; and a fixed light with glazing bars ina semi-circular arched reveal itself set within anouter semi-circular arched reveal. Below, thedoorways were similarly set in twice-recessedarched reveals with keystones, containing frontdoors of two vertical panels. To one side, someretain their original attractive Gothic-arched footscrapers. On the west side of Orford Street thesemi-circular fanlights of Nos.13-19 are dividedinto three parts. The ground floor windows werecontained within segmental arched windowopenings. The original 12-light sash windowssurvive on Nos.15 and 19.

Some of these features in some of the terraceshave now been lost or altered, but enoughoriginal features survive (or have been altered in abroadly sympathetic fashion) for this originalcharacter to prevail. For example Nos.36, 38, 40,46 and 48 retain their original mid-Victorian two-paneled doors. Most of the properties retainattractive ogee-headed cast-iron boot scrapers.Nos.38 and 42-48 retain their original fixed lightfirst floor windows. Unfortunately the crude andheavy wide-framed PVCu arched window toNo.40 indicates the inappropriateness of non-traditional detailing. Some of the original sash

windows have been replaced similar top-hungcasements and while these present a less unifiedappearance when open, the white paintedtraditional timber joinery mimics to some extentthe originals. Concrete tiles have replaced mostof the original roof coverings but although manyof the chimneystacks have been partly truncated,those that survive add to the streetscapeparticularly when seen from surrounding streetsand in views southward down the hill fromAnglesea Road.

It is important for the preservation of thecharacter of the conservation area that furtheroriginal detailing is not lost and the appearanceof the area would be enhanced by thereinstatement of original pattern of doors andwindows and other details in future schemes ofrefurbishment to these two otherwise fairlyhomogeneous terraces.

On the west side between Anne Street and AlpeStreet, the central house No.25 has an attractivecentral doorcase with a guilloche pattern to thestucco framing. On the south side, No.29 forms aharmonious symmetrical elevation with centralstucco doorcase and 16-light sash windows(albeit with an unsympathetic modern door), whileon the north side the flank wall to No.31 providea distinct contrast with the entrance doorway onOrford Street having particular prominence in therelative absence of other features.

A number of the remaining houses have beenaltered by the removal of their original windowsand doors and altered by painting the brickfacades. The original timber modillioned eavescornice on No.37 survives; Nos.41-47 havedistinctive triangular and scrolled ground floorwindow lintels and Nos.43 and 47 retain theiroriginal 16-light sash windows. No.47 has a goodstucco doorcase with paneled pilasters and amodillioned eaves cornice while No.49 retains itsoriginal four-panel part glazed front door,attractive patterned Victorian encaustic tilethreshold and the marginal glazing bars to thewindows. No.51, which retains its originalfeatures intact, is a key townscape building,turning the corner with a wide splay intoAnglesea Road.


This page from left to rightNo 48 Orford Street andNo ?? Orford street

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Triangular and scrolled doorhead, Orford Street

Gothic arched bootscraper,Orford Street

Guilloche pattern on No 25,Orford Street

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Part of this Identity Area extends to a shortterrace of six white houses on the north side ofNewson Street.These houses (together with No50 Orford Street) were designed by the architectEdmund Catchpole for the builder J Newson in1880. There is a ropework brick string coursebetween ground and first floors. All these housesretain their original window joinery of whitepainted timber sashes, but unfortunately all havelost their original front doors. Nos.5 and 13 retaintheir original iron cresting to the ground floor frontbays. Nos 7-11 have their original slate roofs butthe remainder have unfortunately been replacedwith unsympathetic concrete tiles.

The upper east side of Orford Street fromNewson Street to Anglesea Road is dominatedby four tall three-storey semi-detached Suffolkwhite brick pairs of villas (Nos 64-78 `OxfordVillas' `Salisbury Villas' `Hampton Villas' and`Alpine Villas' respectively). These have two-storey brick bays and paired gables which facethe road. All have distinctive wavy-edgedbargeboards and shaped timber finials to thegables. A rope-twist horizontal brick stringcoursedivides the floors.

These houses have survived mainly unaltered. Allhave their traditional white painted timber sashjoinery intact. Most have their original front doorswhich are in four panels, the top pair of which are

arched and semi-glazed. These are set withinglazed arched doorways, and Nos. 68 and 70retain their attractive and delicate etched glassfanlights. Entrances are reached from black andred diagonal chequered tile paths. Unfortunatelythe pattern of front doors is broken by Nos. 76where it has been replaced by less sympatheticmodern type which detract from the group as awhole. Boundary treatments are low white brickwalls with hedges (except No 78 where theprovision of a car hardstanding seriously detractsfrom the architectural appearance of the group asa whole, and No.74 where the gate piers areconstricted from crazy-paving slabs. All thesehouses at one time had iron railings and irongates of which some slight evidence still remains.

Nos 52-62 are also nicely detailed (HeathfieldVillas, Rivenhall Villas and Dorsett Villasrespectively). There have fish-scale bands ofWelsh slates to the roofs, bracketed eavesdetails, elaborate cornice lintels and a rope-twisthorizontal band with flanking red brick headersconnecting the first floor sills. Fine dentil coursesrun around the heads of the timber ground floorprojecting bays. The harmony is undermined bythe top-hung casements on the first floor ofNo.52 and 54 where the clumsy central transomsand flush facing are a poor substitute for double-hung sashes with deep brick reveals which graceNos.56 and 58. Several houses have retained

their original four-light part glazed front doorsalthough No.52 has an attractive single upper-panel of late Victorian style stained glass. Aninappropriate door that detracts from theappearance of the group has replaced the doorat No 60.

Although of two distinctly different styles, Nos52-78 were all designed by the Ipswich architectEdmund Catchpole for the builder J Newson in1880 and 1881.

All the pavements in Orford Street have beenrelaid with 600mm concrete slab pavements andkerbs and street trees have been planted atintervals above Newson Street. At the junctionswith Anne Street, Alpe Street, Cardigan StreetRedan Street and Newson Street, the graniteVictorian pavement crossings have been re-laid.These enhance the character of the area and addconsiderably to the quality and interest of thefloorscape.

There are timber telegraph poles opposite Nos.58and 70 Orford Street carrying large numbers ofoverhead telephone wires which detract from thearchitectural setting of the houses and theappearance of the street.

7.4 Alpe Street Identity Area

Originally intended to be called St James Streeton the Ipswich plans of 1849 and 1867, AlpeStreet has a quite strongly homogeneousarchitectural character in marked contrast to thevariety of surrounding streets.

The first houses to be built in the street (Nos.2-4and 1-5) followed the pattern of terraced housesset in Orford Street. On the south side, Nos.1-3are tall and distinguished by attractive stuccodoorcases and sash windows with glazing bars.The hardstanding to No.5 detracts from thearchitectural distinctiveness of this short terrace.

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Opposite pageAlpine Villas, Orford StreetAlpe street Victorian granitepavement crossing

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Nos.1 and 3 were built as an identical pair ofhouses but whereas No.3 retains its originalground floor bay detailing including the slatedroof and marginal glazing bars, these have beenaltered at No.1 to the detriment of theappearance of both houses.

The terrace to the middle of the street (Nos. 5-11)was designed by the architect Alfred Hubert.They are deceptively tall with semi-basementsand extended brickwork above the first floorwindows to form attics with curved headeddormers containing 4-light casement windows.No. 11 retains the original cast-iron cresting tothe second floor of the projecting bay. The fourpanel doors and 3-light fanlights over remainlargely intact but the tiled pathways only surviveat Nos.9 and 11.

While No.3 retains its original mid-Victorianmarginal glazing bars, within 25 years thearchitectural fashion had changed significantlyand the marginal glazing to Nos.2-6 are of in anentirely different form - being confined almostexclusively to the upper part of the sashwindows. Here every upper sash window isdifferent but within a carefully considered, unifiedand cohesive overall design. The great variety ofthese marginal glazing bars is an importantcharacteristic of this street.

The front gardens of Nos.3, 10 and 12 have allbeen given over to parking which detracts fromthe areas character. Views at either end of thisshort street are closed by large houses in OrfordStreet and Oban Street giving Redan Street adistinct sense of enclosure.

The tall silver birch tree in the front garden ofNo.5 is a particularly prominent feature in thestreet scene as are the chimneystacks to thehouses on the north side. The telegraph pole andwires outside No.7 are intrusive and detract fromthe appearance of the area.

Although several of the early houses at the OrfordStreet end are either terraced or detached, withthe exception of the double-fronted detachedhouse (No.40), all the remaining houses are semi-detached with a central stack and hipped roof.The houses were laid out from east to westbetween 1877 and 1879. They are set withinshort front gardens; have projecting ground floorbays (the majority of which are flat roofed) andshallow vertical bands of rusticated brickwork toframe the front elevations and centrally whichdivide the semis into two. Boundary walls areconstructed in matching white bricks.

The generally regular spacing, white brick frontboundary walls and the slight slope from east towest adds further interest to the street scene.The monkey-puzzle tree much (beloved ofVictorian gardeners) in the front garden of No.16is a considerable townscape asset, which acts asa distinctive focal point.

On the north side, the houses are set above theroad and have semi-basements. The bayscontaining four-light front and two-light side sashwindows are framed in rendered brickwork withspear-leafed decorative capitals and a heavyfrieze. The front paths are paved in red and blackchequered paths laid on the diagonal and lead toflights of four or five stone steps. up to frontdoors set back behind porchways. These areformed within semi-circular archways withkeystones. The stacks at Nos.8-10 and 14-16 arepanelled with ornamental nailhead brick cappingcourses.

On the south side, the houses have no semi-basements. Front doors have four panels withheavy mouldings (the upper two usually glazed)and are flush with the facade and with a plainfanlight over. Each opening is contained within a

shallow stucco cornice supported by a pair oflovely stucco console brackets moulded withacanthus leaves. Front paths are paved in redand black chequered paths laid on the diagonal.The bays containing four-light front and two-lightside sash windows are framed in timber. Theeaves have a continuous saw-tooth brick band.

Although a number of houses have been thesubject of unsympathetic alterations to individualfeatures, including replacement of the originalWelsh slate roofs with concrete tiles; windowtypes and materials, doors, front steps, pathwaytilework and boundary treatments and the originalbrickwork facades dominate. The removal ofbrick boundary walls to create car hardstandings(usually of in-situ concrete) in the short frontgardens detracts considerably from thearchitectural harmony of the street.

The general architectural appearance hassurvived, but the character and value of theindividual houses (and the street as a whole)would be greatly enhanced if the missing originaldetailing were reinstated in the correct designand materials. The reinstatement of original partglazed four panel front doors and sash windowswould do most to enhance the character of thearea.

In one or two cases, as at No.4 and at No.33,later features such as the iron gates and railingshave been installed. While these are visuallyattractive, they are of a much later Arts andCrafts design of the mid-1890s and should notbe taken as models for the ironwork of the periodof the houses.

The street is paved in 600mm concrete slabs.Trees have been planted in the pavement atintervals.

From left to tightAlpe Street and Nos 2-6Redan Street

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7.5 Redan Street/Oban Street Identity Area

These short streets (laid out as John Street andWindmill Street -then Cumberland Street -respectively in the 1850s) contain a variety ofhouse types and sizes developed haphazardlyfrom the 1870s to 1890. They are built primarily inSuffolk white brick with Welsh slate roofs andtraditional white painted sash joinery. The viewswithin the streets are contained by the elevationsof buildings at the junctions giving an enclosedcharacter and giving added emphasis to the fewlarge trees in front gardens help frame views inseveral directions.

Redan Street is a short street of medium sizedhouses which although mainly terraced on thesouth side and semi-detached on the north sidewere built between 1871 and 1876 with theexception of Nos. 10-12 (1889) and Nos.2-6(1896-7) giving a degree of architectural varietybut constrained within a very limited palette ofmaterials; Suffolk white bricks and natural Welshslate roofs; the use decorative eaves detailed inthe form of modillioned eaves cornices in timberor ornamental brickwork; the projecting windowbays and the predominance of traditional paintedtimber sash joinery. Nos. 9-11 have four-panelfront doors, partly glazed with divided fanlightsover.

A number of the houses have been altered by theintroduction of unsympathetic modern joinery,Nos.13 `Burstall House' & 14 have been painted;and No.16 has a concrete tiled roof and at No.15shiny modern cement slates have replaced theoriginals and very thin framed top hung casementwindows have been used. These changes areparticularly noticeable departures from thegeneral consistency.

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7.6 Paget Road Identity Area

The southern part of the street slopes gently fromsouth to north before dropping steeply down toConstitution Hill. The area to the north of Nos.27and 8 is in the Park Conservation Area.

The distinctive character and appearance of thestreet derives in the main from the small numberof large detached and semi-detached Victorianand Edwardian houses that retain their traditionalmaterials and detailing. There is restrained use oflocal red and white facing bricks attractivelyoffset by white painted traditional sash windowjoinery with glazing bars. These properties standclose to the road in deep plots with widefrontages. The general relationship of these two-storey houses to their outbuildings and maturetrees is a significant feature of the character ofthe street.

On the west side at the southern end is a slightlyaustere Classically inspired plain semi-detachedpair of houses Nos.7-9 with hipped glazed pantileroofs designed by architects Johns & Slater in1933. Nos.11-13 built as one house in 1867 butwere altered and extended to form two dwellingsby the Ipswich architect by J S Corder in 1898.No.17 `The Moorings' is a nice neo-classicalsymmetrical design in Suffolk white brick with aslate roof. Brick pilasters which frame a triplesash window extend round the central stoneentrance porch with Corinthian columns to eaveslevel to support a broken pediment and a timberdentilled eaves. The tall chimneys and centraldormer add particular interest to the street scene.A pierced lattice Suffolk white brick wall withlarge piers encloses the frontage. No.27 (ListedGrade II) and built in 1877 is the largest house inthe street. It is now in flats. This rather plaindesign in Suffolk white brick is enhanced by afine painted doorcase with fluted pilasters andfine sash windows with glazing bars and flankedby external shutters to the four-window range atfirst floor. The tall elaborately modeled chimneyswith white clay pots and the three pedimenteddormers make a particular contribution to thestreet scene. A pierced lattice Suffolk white brickwall with six large piers encloses the frontage.

On the east side, the houses are in a contrastinglocal red brick with burnt brick random headers,but the slate roofs and white painted joineryreinforce the overall sense of a cohesivecharacter. No.2 dates from around 1860 and hasattractive main and subsidiary gables that facethe street, each of which has a projecting groundfloor flat roofed bay. There are squinted heavilymodeled Tudor-revival chimneys to the slate roof.Unfortunately, a horizontal boarded fence hasreplaced the original red brick front boundarywall. Nos.4-6 `Paget Villas' was built in 1872(commemorated on a central date plaque). Thesehouses are an interpretation in semi-detachedform, of No.2. They have attractive lean-toporches and similar heavily modeled Tudor-revivalchimneys. The red brick boundary walls enclosewell-landscaped gardens that screen the housesfrom the street. No.8 `Glenside' by the architectW R Mills was built in 1879 and is in Suffolk whitebrick with a slate roof mirroring the materialsused opposite. An arched window within a gabletto the projecting front bay is an unusual feature.The sash windows having slender marginalglazing bars and the ground floor windowsretaining the Victorian timber hoods for externalblinds distinguish the houses. The arched frontdoorway retains its original paneled door and hasa shallow blind stone balustrade over it. Tallmoulded gate piers to the Suffolk white brickboundary wall enclose the frontage and addinterest to the street scene. To the north theviews that might normally be panoramic arerestricted in part by the large Holm Oak treesgrowing in the gardens at the bottom of the hill inGraham Road.


Oban Street is a short street-connectingCardigan Street to Anglesea Road. On the westside are two pairs of large distinctive semi-detached houses (Nos. 3-9) built in 1897 that areset slightly below road level. All these propertieshave a wealth of intricate original details includingparticularly fine-gauged red brick arches to thewindows over the bays and to the front doors. Allretain their late Victorian ironwork to the parapetsabove the ground floor bays. There are attractivecarefully detailed timber dormers with pedimentsto the main front roof slopes. Verandahs in redplain clay tiles connect the bays.

Unfortunately these houses have also been thesubject of some unsympathetic alterationsincluding the replacement of the original naturalWelsh slate roofs with concrete tiles on Nos. 5and 7; the replacement of the main first floorwindows over the bays at Nos. 7 and 9 withsliding aluminium patio doors; and the removal ofthe fine gauged arches and front door to No.9

and its replacement with an inappropriatemodern standard casement window. Therestoration of the original detailing on thesehouses would improve the value of the houses,greatly contribute to the character of the streetscene and (in the case of Nos. 7 and 9) improvethe view from Redan Street.

The Anglesea Hotel on the east side north ofRedan Street has been similarly disfigured by theremoval of all the original timber sash windows,and the substitution of tilt and turn PVCuwindows of an inappropriate profile and materialswhich detracts from the traditional detailing of thearea. No. 8 is an infill scheme broadly in line withthe scale and materials of the area andcompleted in 1966.

All these streets are paved throughout in 600mmconcrete slabs.

This page from left to rightOban Street and The Anglesea Hotel, ObanStreet

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The Moorings, Paget RoadNo 27 Paget Road

Paget Road North and Glenside, Paget Road

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2. Supplementary Policies for the Norwich

Road/Anglesea Road Conservation Area

In addition to the Local Plan policies above, thefollowing policies are considered appropriate andapply to this conservation area.

Article 4 Direction

The aim of an Article 4 Direction is to encourageretention of the high quality features of buildingsin the Conservation Areas and to enhance theenvironment of which they are part. ‘Like for like’repairs and replacements of original architecturalfeatures will be encouraged, as will the removalof previous unsympathetic changes to buildings.

Prior to the Article 4 Direction manyunsympathetic changes could occur without theneed for planning permission - they would haveconstituted "permitted development". From the9th March 1999 the Direction came into force inthis Conservation Area and planning permissionis required for those items listed in the Order. Thefollowing notes indicate the approach the Councilis likely to take in implementing an Order.

Alterations to elevations

Material alterations to elevations will now requireplanning permission from the Council.Applications for porches, removal of architecturaldetails, extensions and other works materiallyaffecting the appearance of the building includingsatellite dishes will be treated on their merit. TheDirection is not meant to cover very minoralterations such as burglar alarms (n.b. differentcontrols apply to listed buildings). However, if youare in doubt please contact the Planning andDevelopment Service.

Roofs

A change of roof material will almost certainlyrequire planning permission. If a roof is a pitchedroof in a terrace or a group of buildings wherenatural slates dominate, re-roofing in natural slatewill be called for. Where a roof is prominent, man-made (fibrous cement type) slates are notacceptable as an alternative to natural slate.Generally the retention of natural roofingmaterials is sought.

Roof windows

Some roof lights do not greatly affect thecharacter of a building and would be acceptable.Applications for dormer windows would bepermitted only if they traditionally existedthroughout a particular group of buildings. Thebulk and design of a dormer would have toreflect that which previously existed or prevailedin the area, and was appropriate to yourparticular building.


conservation area management plan The general objectives, policies and proposals for the control of developmentand the use of land in Ipswich up to the year 2027 are contained in the Core Strategy and PoliciesDevelopment Plan Document (2011).

Policy CS4: Protecting our Assets

The Council will seek to protect and enhance thecharacter and appearance of conservation areasby preparing character appraisals and using themto guide decisions about development.

Development Management Policy DM8

The Council will seek to protect and enhance thecharacter and appearance of Conservation Areasthrough adopted Conservation Area Appraisalsand Management Plans. These will be used toinform the Council’s decisions when assessingthe impact of proposals for planning permission.

The Council is keen to protect and enhance thetown’s 14 designated Conservation Areas. Thecharacter appraisals and management plans foreach area highlight what is distinctive about thearea including building styles, street patterns,land form, historical development and key views.Proposals for development will need to indicateprecisely how each scheme will preserve andenhance the conservation area in which it islocated by a thorough appreciation of thesedistinctive charcteristics

National advice for identification and protectionof listed buildings, conservation areas,archaelogical remains is set out in the NationalPlanning Policy Framework (NPPF) and thePlanning (Listed Buildings and ConservationAreas) Act 1990. The general approach tomanaging heritage assets will also follow theguidance set out in BS79135.

The NPPF states that local planning authoritiesshould look for opportunities for newdevelopment within Conservation Areas andWorld Heritage Sites and within the setting ofheritage assets to enhance or better reveal theirsignificance. Proposals that preserve thoseelements of the setting that make a positivecontribution to or better reveal the significance ofthe asset should be treated favourably.

Loss of a building (or other element), whichmakes a positive contribution to the significanceof a conservation Area or World Heritage Siteshould be treated either as substantial harm orless than substantial harm as appropriate, takinginto account the relative significance of theelement afflicted and its contribution to thesignificance of the Conservation Area or WorldHeritage Site as a whole.

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Doors and windows

The original period design of doors and windowscontributes greatly to the character of theConservation Area and they should be retained.The installation of replacement doors andwindows in aluminium, in plastic, or in designsother than that which existed on principalelevations, would not receive permission, otherthan in exceptional circumstances.

Painting facades

Good quality facing bricks were used throughoutthe Area and it is appropriate that they shouldremain exposed for this reason. Permissionwould not be granted for exterior painting ofbrickwork in areas covered by the Direction.Where a facade has already been painted,planning permission would not be required forrepainting, or a change of colour, unless itmaterially alters the appearance.

Textured paint and render

Textured paint or render would not normallyreceive planning permission in areas where brickprevails.

Hardstandings and curtilage walls

It is recognised that householders will wish toprovide space for vehicles on their sites whereverpossible. However, some control is necessary toprevent cars from dominating the street sceneand the setting of buildings. Proposals for vehiclehard standings should be refused unless theycould be located or screened to minimise theimpact on the surrounding area. Careful attentionto paving and landscaping is required.Permission to erect a fence, wall or railing on thefront curtilage boundary, would normally beapproved if it was of a type which prevailed in thearea.

In all cases apart from alterations to chimneystacks, permission would be required where theproposed development fronts onto a relevantlocation. ‘Relevant location’ means a highway(including footpaths), or open space. Corner plotswill normally have two relevant frontages. Wherean application for planning permission is requiredas a result of an Article 4 Direction no fee ispayable. The Direction is not intended to coververy minor alterations. However, if you are unsurewhether any work you propose to carry out toyour property requires planning permissionplease contact the Area Planning Officer:

In this Conservation Area, the Council attachesparticular importance to encouraging theretention, repair or reinstatement of specialfeatures of the area such as original windowtypes and decorative ironwork to windows, brickboundary walls and gate piers, porches,chimneys and other features of interestirrespective of the terms of the Article 4 Directionabove.

In special cases, the Council will considersupporting the relaxation of normal PlanningStandards, Building Regulations, Public Healthand Housing Standards where these conflict withsound conservation principles or practice forprotecting or enhancing the character orappearance of the conservation area.

4. Protection and Enhancement

Uses

The appearance of the area is strongly residentialin character although some of the smallerterraced houses have lost some of theirarchitectural detailing in the past. Most of thebuildings are well maintained. The conversion ofproperties to flats has resulted in a change to thecharacter of some frontages with increasedparking and surfacing and changes in thelandscape treatment to simplify maintenance. Afurther increase in conversion to flats would belikely to have an adverse impact on the characterof the area.

New development

The composition of the buildings and spaceswithin this conservation area gives very littlescope for new development, but where newbuildings are proposed to stand alongsidehistoric buildings, their design will require verycareful consideration. In considering applicationsfor new development, the Council will need to besatisfied that these principles have beenadequately taken into account. This does notmean that new buildings have to copy their olderneighbours in every detail, but they should form aharmonious group.

Architectural features

Protection

The conservation area has a wealth of interestingarchitectural details, particularly ornamentalbrickwork to chimneys, gables, bays and originalVictorian boundary walls. The most prominentexamples of these are at the west end of thenorth side of Norwich Road and in AngleseaRoad.

Reinstatement

The Grade II listed Albert Terrace (Nos 139-167)in Norwich Road originally had sash windowswith glazing bars throughout and rusticatedstuccoed gate piers (three of which survive) withrailings to the frontages. The original boundarytreatment was altered many years ago but thereinstatement of the original pillars to aconsistent level of detail would greatly enhancethe appearance of the area. Perpetuation ofreplacement brick pillars, unsuitable frontboundary walls and railing designs will not bepermitted as a specific interpretation of LocalPlan Policy BE14.

The ornamental boundary walls elsewhere withtheir specially shaped bricks also contribute tothe character of the area and should be repairedas necessary. Where good historical evidenceexists of missing detailing, this should bereinstated in traditional materials when theopportunity arises.

Removal

No’s 139-167 Norwich Road have in severalcases been converted to flats and then laterrestored to single dwellings. This has led in somecases to the imposition of disfiguring externalpipework to the front facades that should now beremoved when the opportunity arises.

Brick Cleaning

Brick is the dominant building material in Ipswichboth red and local Suffolk Whites. Suffolk Whitebricks, over time, weather to a grey colour. Thesebricks are often cleaned to attempt to restorethem to their former cream colour however thiscourse of action, if done by inexperiencedcontractors, can lead to long term problems.

White bricks are made with a high quantity ofchalk which gives the bricks their distinctivecolour. When the bricks are fired a hard fireskin isformed whilst the inside of the brick remainsrelatively soft. When these bricks are cleaned by

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the process of grit blasting, the protective fireskinis removed and the softer inner brick is exposedto the weather and the atmosphere. This leads tothe slow erosion of the brick and the risk of waterpenetration into the wall. A light water orchemical wash using fine jet sprays is less likelyto damage the brickwork or pointing. Grit blastingcan also damage and remove the mortar jointsbetween bricks creating another opportunity forwater to penetrate and the need to repoint.

Cleaning of the front facades of No’s 139-167would require Listed Building consent whichwould not be likely to be granted except for acomprehensive scheme involving all theproperties. Piecemeal cleaning would not bepermitted in the interests of the specialarchitectural character of the terrace.

If any cleaning of Suffolk White bricks is desiredthen the use of an experienced cleaningcontractor is strongly advised. For further adviceand information on cleaning please contact theConservation Team on 01473 432935/4 or atwww.ipswich.gov.uk/Services/Conservation.

Paving & Landscaping

The existing paving with large paving slabsshould form the predominant repaving treatmentand granite setts, gulleys and street crossingsshould be retained. Further street tree plantingwill be considered where the restrictions ofunderground services permit. Several stone settpaving crossings have been the subject ofunsympathetic reinstatements. These requirecareful repair.

Traffic proposals & street furniture

Street furniture does not have a generally adverseimpact on the conservation area but wherepracticable, the aim will be to mount small trafficrestriction signs on existing street lightingcolumns or on walls rather than by introducingadditional poles. Signs will be repositioned in lessprominent positions when opportunities arise.This would enhance the appearance of the area.

Contacts:

Senior Conservation and Urban Design Officer

01473 432935

Conservation and Urban Design Officer

01473 432934

Team Leader Development Managemant

01473 432908

Team Leader Planning Policy

01473 432931

Risk Rating

The risk rating category refers to the EnglishHeritage system for measuring both the conditionof the fabric and the level of potential risk of alisted building. The ratings range from 1-6 where1 is in very bad condition and vacant, and 6 is ingood condition and occupied. Category 4 arebuildings which are increasingly in need ofmaintenance.

Buildings previously Listed Grade III but

downgraded to DoE Local List status in 1971.

Norwich Road Nos 120 –144, 121-129, 131-137,173-179

Unlisted buildings of special interest

The character of the conservation area is alsoconsiderably enhanced by a large number of

unlistedbuildings of special interest in AngleseaRoad and the smaller scale streets leading downto Norwich Road. Although these are notregarded as being of national importance theyhave sufficient quality to make them noteworthyas far as Ipswich is concerned. Most arerepresentative of the Victorian era.

Alpe Street Nos 1-5, 2-4Anglesea Raod Nos 33-35, 37-39, 41, 43, 45,63, 151-53, 79-81, 85, 91-95, 99-105, 6-10, 24-26, 28-30, 32-34, 36-38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 52 & 54Newson Street No. 2Oban Streeet No. 10Orford Street Nos 13-51, 10-16, 18-20, 30,32-48, 50, 52-62, 64-78,

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Listed Buildings The area contains a number of Listed buildings;

Building Risk Rating Grade

No.12 Anglesea Road 6 IINo. 14 Anglesea Road 6 IINo. 16 Anglesea Road 6 IINo. 18 Anglesea Road 5 IINo 20 Anglesea Road 6 IINo. 22 Anglesea Road 6 IINos. 48 & 50 Anglesea Road 6 IINo. 61 Anglesea Road 6 IINo. 65 Anglesea Road 6 IIBoundary wall and piers of No. 65 6 IINo. 121 Anglesea Road 6 IIIpswich and East Suffolk Hospital 6 IINo 153 Norwich Road 6 IINo. 152 Norwich Road 6 IIMilestone Norwich Road 5 IINo 167 Norwich Road 6 II No.160 Norwich Road, Taylor House 6 IINo 274 Norwich Road 6 IINo. 156&158 Norwich Road 6 IINo. 152 Norwich Road 6 IINo. 163 Norwich Road 4 IINo. 161 Norwich Road 5 IINo. 159 Norwich Road 4 IINo. 155 Norwich Road 6 IINo.139 Norwich Road 6 IINo. 151 Norwich Road 6 IINo. 141 Norwich Road 5 IINo. 157 Norwich Road 4 IINo. 165 Norwich Road 6 IINo. 143 Norwich Road 5 IINo. 149 Norwich Road 6 IINo. 147 Norwich Road 6 IINo. 145 Norwich Road 4 IINo. 27 Paget Road 6 II

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APPENDIX 2

Glossary of Architectural Terms

Acanthus A plant with thick fleshy leaves used oncarved ornamentation of Corinthian andComposite capitals and on othermouldings.

Bargeboards Projecting boards placed against the gableof a building and hiding the ends ofhorizontal timbers; sometimes decorated.

Bracket A small supporting piece of stone or othermaterial often formed of scrolls to carry aprojecting weight.

Canopy A projection or hood over a door orwindow.

Capital The head or crowning feature of a column.

Cartouche An ornamental panel in the form of a scrollor sheet of paper with curling edges,usually bearing an inscription.

Casement A metal or timber window with the sashwindow hung vertically and opening outwards or inwards.

Console An ornamental scrolled bracket, normally instone or timber, usually supporting aprojecting lintel, fascia etc.

Corbel A projecting block, which may itself becarved, supporting a parapet, lintel orbeam.

Cornice Any projecting, ornamental moulding alongthe top of a building, wall, arch etc finishingor crowning it.

Cupola A dome, especially a small dome on acircular or polygonal base crowning a roofor turret.

Dentilled A series of small square blocks forming amoulding used in classical cornices.

Diaper-work All over surface decoration composed of asmall repeated pattern such as lozenges orsquares.

Eaves The lower border of a roof which overhangsthe wall.

Entablature The horizontal group of bands in classicalarchitecture that rests on top of thecolumns or pilasters and consists of anarchitrave at the bottom, a frieze in themiddle (which is sometimes decorated), andcornice at the top.

Fanlight A window, often semi-circular, over a doorwith radiating glazing bars suggesting a fan.

Fascia The horizontal board over a shop frontwhich carries the name of the shop. Can beornamental.

Finial A formal ornament at the top of a canopy,gable, pinnacle etc.

Gable The triangular upper portion of a wall at theend of a pitched roof.

Hipped roof A pitched roof without gables where allsides of the roof meet at an angle.

Jetty The projecting floor joists supporting theoverhang of a timber framed building.

Keystone The central stone of an arch or a rib vaultsometimes carved.

Modillion A small bracket or console of which a seriesis frequently used to support a cornicearranged in pairs with a square depressionbetween each pair.

Mullion A vertical post or other upright dividing awindow or other opening into two or morelights.

Oriel A bay window which projects from an upperfloor only.

Pantile A roofing tile of curved S-shaped section.

Parapet A low wall protecting the edge of a roof.

Pargetting Exterior plastering of a timber framedbuilding usually modeled in designs.

Pediment A low pitched gable above doors orwindows, it may be straight sided or curvedsegmentally.

Pilaster A shallow pier or rectangular columnprojecting only slightly from a wall.

Porte-Cochêre A porch large enough for wheeled vehiclesto pass through.

Portico A roofed space, open or partly enclosed,forming the entrance and centre piece ofthe façade, often with columns and apediment.

Quoin The stone blocks on the outside corner of abuilding which are usually differentiatedfrom the adjoining walls by material, texture,colour, size or projection.

Rusticated A surface or face to a wall with roughsurfaced masonry blocks having bevelled orrebated edges producing pronouncedjoints.

String course A continuous projecting horizontal band setin the surface of an exterior wall and usuallymoulded.

Stucco Plasterwork

Terracotta Fired but unglazed clay, used mainly forwall covering and ornamentation as it canbe fired in moulds.

Tripartate Made up of three parts.

Venetian A window with three openings, the central Window one arched and wider than the others.

Voussoir A brick or wedge shaped stone forming oneof the units of an arch.

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