# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 7OODGRANGE BEFORE AND AFTER BECAUSE OF UNSYMPATHETIC APPEAL DECISIONS -ORE RECENTLY HOWEVER IT IS BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE FROM A LOCAL AUTHORITY SURVEY IS MORE THAN FOUR YEARS OLD 2ESIDENTS ARE AWARE THAT PLANNING ENFORCEMENT IS LIMITED TO WORKS WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND CAN CLAIM THAT THE WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN AFTER THE SURVEY BUT BEFORE THE LIMIT 4HE ONUS OF PROOF HAS BEEN HELD TO REST WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITY 7OODGRANGE %STATE 4HE ESTATE COMPRISES ABOUT HOUSES LAID OUT IN PAIRS AND SHORT TERRACES BETWEEN AND 4HIS WAS A SPECULATIVE VENTURE BY #AMERON #ORBETT ONE OF ,ONDON S MOST PROLIFIC DEVELOPERS )T PROVIDED HOMES FOR MIDDLE CLASS COMMUTERS IN RESPONSE TO IMPROVED TRANSPORT LINKS TO THE #ITY 4HE ELONGATED GRID COMPRISES FOUR PARALLEL STREETS ALIGNED EAST WEST INTERSECTED BY LESSER CROSS ROADS 4HE SURVEY CONCENTRATED ON THE MIDDLE THIRD OF THE ESTATE COVERED ALL THE HOUSES BUT NOT THE SIMILARLY DESIGNED BLOCKS OF FLATS 4HERE ARE PARTICULARLY GOOD SURVIVAL RATES FOR ROOFS WALLS AND WINDOWS (OWEVER THERE ARE FEARS THAT CHANGING PATTERNS OF OWNERSHIP WILL ACCELERATE THE INCIDENCE OF CHANGE -ARYPORT CONTROL 4HIS IS AN AREA OF LATE TH AND EARLY TH CENTURY TERRACES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TOWN MANY OF WHICH HAVE RECEIVED COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENTS UNDER (OUSING !CT FUNDING 4HIS HAS LED TO WHOLESALE REPLACEMENTS OF ROOF MATERIALS CHIMNEY STACKS AND WINDOWS 3OME TERRACES HAVE BEEN COATED WITH PROTECTIVE WALL COVERINGS )T IS NOT SURPRISING THEREFORE THAT THIS AREA HAS THE LOWEST SCORE %ALING CONTROL 3AXON $RIVE IS ADJACENT TO THE (ANGER (ILL 'ARDENS #ONSERVATION !REA )T IS ON THE EDGE OF THE '72 %STATE LAID OUT BY 4 !LWYN ,LOYD AND BUILT INCREMENTALLY FROM TO TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR MARRIED RAILWAY STAFF WORKING ON THE 'REAT7ESTERN 2AILWAY 4HE RAILWAY OWNERS EXERCISED STRONG CONTROL OVER THE APPEARANCE OF THE ESTATE UNTIL THE FREEHOLDS WERE SOLD TO 4HE REMARKABLY HIGH SURVIVAL OF ORIGINAL CLAY PANTILE ROOFS IN THE %ALING CONTROL AREA CONTRIBUTES TO THE HIGH OVERALL SCORE DESPITE IT NOT BEING DESIGNATED AS A CONSERVATION AREA 7OODGRANGE 3TATISTICAL !NALYSIS n 0ORCH /RIGINAL 0ORCH /RIGINAL 6ERANDA !LTERED 0ORCH 0ORCH -ODERN 0ORCH 2EMOVED .ONE !LTERED 6ERANDA %ALING 3TATISTICAL !NALYSIS n 2OOF /RIGINAL 2EPLACEMENT !RTIFICIAL #EMENTITIOUS /THER 4HE HOUSES WERE BUILT TO A SMALL NUMBER OF STANDARD PATTERNS 4HEY HAVE SEVERAL DISTINCTIVE FEATURES CLEARLY INFLUENCED BY RAILWAY DESIGN 4HESE INCLUDE GLAZED CAST IRON VERANDAS AND LOW BRICK BOUNDARY WALLS WITH DECORATIVE CAST IRON RAILS AND PANELS !LTHOUGH A FEW HOUSES HAVE SUFFERED DRASTIC ALTERATION THE COMBINED EFFECT OF AN !RTICLE DIRECTION AND A GRANT SCHEME HAVE LED TO CONSIDERABLE SURVIVALS AND REINSTATEMENTS 4HERE ARE FIVE TIMES AS MANY ORIGINAL SASH WINDOWS AS 06#U REPLACEMENTS AND ONLY TWO OPENINGS HAVE BEEN ALTERED 4HE MAIN LOSSES ARE OF ROOF MATERIALS AND RAINWATER GOODS (ANGER (ILL 'ARDENS 4HE ESTATE WAS DEVELOPED BY ARCHITECTS $OUGLAS 3MITH AND "ARLEY BETWEEN AND IN A DISTINCTIVE MOCK 4UDOR STYLE )TS QUALITIES WERE RECOGNISED WITH A PARTICULARLY EARLY CONSERVATION AREA DESIGNATION )T IS ALSO PROTECTED BY PROPERTY COVENANTS AS WELL AS AN !RTICLE DIRECTION 4HE SURVEY THE OCCUPIERS IN THE LATE S &OR INSTANCE THE PRIVET HEDGES THAT FORMED DISTINCTIVE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES WERE STRICTLY LIMITED TO M FT IN HEIGHT !S THE STATISTICS SHOW THIS HAS LED TO REMARKABLE SURVIVAL RATES OF MORE THAN PER CENT FOR WALLS AND FOR THE ORIGINAL CLAY PANTILED ROOFS (OWEVER AS THE LAST GENERATION TO EXPERIENCE THE RAILWAY COMPANY RULES BEGINS TO FADE IT IS CLEAR THAT CHANGE WILL SOON ACCELERATE UNLESS THE AREA IS FORMALLY DESIGNATED )NDEED THE OVERALL RATING COULD BE USED AS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE JUSTIFICATION FOR A CONSERVATION AREA
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