area-number | 64 |
buildings | terraced semi-detached 1-storey 2-storeys |
buildings-text | STONE BARN CONVERSION IN HARRIETS YARD (13), MODERN RENDERED COTTAGES IN HARRIETS YARD (16), VICTORIAN TERRACED STONE COTTAGES (17) (MUCH ALTERED) IN ALBERT ROAD, POST & MODERN INDIVIDUAL DWELLINGS IN ST. CLEMENTS ROAD |
character-area | EAST OF ST. CLEMENTS RD INCLUDING HARRIETS YARD, ORCHARD, FAIRACRES CLOSE, THE KEYNSHAM HEALTH CENTRE AND THE TREE TOPS NURSING HOME |
date | 14/01/2014 |
details-text | OLDER HOUSES WITH CHIMNEYS (17). BRICK RELIEVING ARCHES & SMALL WINDOWS & PORCH HEADS ON NEW COTTAGES IN HARRIETS YARD (16), ALTHOUGH GLAZING BARS AND SINGLE GLAZING HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN MOST VICTORIAN STONE HOUSES IN ALBERT ROAD THE PROPORTION OF THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN RETAINED (17), MOST DWELLINGS HAVE TILED ROOFS (MANY NOW CONCRETE TILES), G II R POST BOX SET IN WALL IN ALBERT ROAD |
greenery | trees bushes hedges |
landmarks-text | HEALTH CENTRE (9), ANCIENT FOOTPATH (10) STILE (11) SAID ORIGINALLY TO HAVE CONNECTED KEYNSHAM VIA THE MEDIEVAL BRIDGE OR DAPPS HILL AS PART OF A MEDIEVAL BRIDGE. DAPPS HILL IS PART OF A MEDIEVAL TRACKWAY THROUGH ST. CLEMENT'S ROAD AND PARK HOUSE LANE TO QUEEN CHARLTON [EH LIST REVIEW OF KEYNSHAM & SALTFORD: WANSDYKE ENTRY 163] ALSO KNOWN IN PART AS 'HALES LANE' |
layout | linear buildings-close-to-the-road back-gardens |
layout-text | PLUS TWO CUL DE-SACS: HARRIETS YARD & FAIR ACRES CLOSE (4). SOME 40% OF THE AREA IS TAKEN UP BY THE HEALTH CENTRE & TREETOPS NURSING HOME (3), CAR PARK AND UNDEVELOPED BROWN FIELD SITE (5) |
materials | brick stone render tile walls hedges fences tarmac concrete setts |
materials-text | SEE (13) (16) (17) (4), OLDER BUILDINGS - STONE WITH CLAY TILES POST WAR & MODERN RENDERED OR BRICK (FAIRACRE CLOSE) |
negative-text | THE HEALTH CENTRE IS HUGELY OUT OF SCALE DOMINATING THE DAPPS HILL CONSERVATION AREA. NO ATTEMPT MADE TO USE LOCAL MATERIALS (AVAILABLE FROM THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD WORK HOUSE/HOSPITAL ON THE SAME SITE) (2), GRAFFITI ON HOARDINGS & BREEZE BLOCK WALLS (19) (20), INAPPROPRIATE 'SNAIL TRAIL' POINTING (21), BROKEN DOWN STONE WALL PLUS MORE MODERN PIPE RAILINGS (7), EXCESSIVE STREET PARKING |
positive-text | VIEWS ACROSS CHEW VALLEY TO WELLSWAY (1), VIEWS TOWARDS DAPPS HILL WITH VICTORIAN LAMP POST (14), STONE HOUSES IN ALBERT ROAD (17), ANCIENT TRACKWAY NOW A FOOTPATH THROUGH THE CENTRE OF THE AREA WITH ITS STONE STILE (18), COTTAGE STYLE MODERN DEVELOPMENT & CONVERTED BARN IN HARRIETS YARD (13 & (16) |
roads | pavements kerbs narrow-roads straight-roads cul-de-sacs on-plot-parking on-street-parking parking-courts |
roads-text | PAVEMENTS ON ALBERT ROAD & WESTERN LENGTH OF ST. CLEMENTS ROAD (8). EASTERN SECTION OF ST. CLEMENTS ROAD IS A VERY OLD COMMUNITY LANE WITH STONE WALLS (SOME VERY DILAPIDATED) (7), ALBERT ROAD IS A BUS ROUTE WITH INCREASING TRAFFIC SERVICING NEW ESTATES |
roofs | pitched-roofs varied-pitch |
roofs-text | SEE (16) & (17) |
spaces | gaps-between-buildings green-spaces |
spaces-text | LARGE PRIVATE GARDENS TO THE REAR OF SOME PROPERTIES HEALTH CENTRE CAR PARK IN CONTINUOUS USE. |
topography | plateau |
topography-text | LAND TO THE SOUTH EAST DROPS AWAY SHARPLY TO THE MILL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE VALLEY |
views-in-text | FROM ALBERT ROAD INTO HARRIETS YARD (13), FROM ST. CLEMENTS ROAD* INTO FAIRACRE CLOSE (4), FROM ST. CLEMENTS ROAD* ALONG ANCIENT PUBLIC FOOTPATH TO DAPPS HILL, [*WESTERN SECTION] |
views-out-text | PARTICULARLY FROM BACK (SOUTH EAST) OF HEALTH CENTRE (1) (12). OVER ALBERT MILL TO THE WELLSWAY AND SOUTH ALONG THE VALLEY OF THE RIVER CHEW TO OPEN COUNTRYSIDE . LOOKING NORTH EAST TOWARDS DAPPS HILL (14) |
weather | fine |
wildlife | area-used/inhabited-by-wildlife |
wildlife-text | GARDEN BIRDS, SQUIRRELS (GREY) OCCASIONAL FOXES AND BADGERS, NESTING MALLARD DUCKS IN THE SPRING. |
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