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Design Themes Common to the
Housing Stock
1. Terraces
Pitched slate or tile roofs. Gables
are a prominent feature in the later
terraces such as The Poplars and
Oaklands, and often have black or
white painted overhanging eaves.
Decoration also increases in the
later terraces with decorative clay or
terracotta ridge tiles. Chimney
stacks are of a reasonable height
and vary from plain to decorated,
often in terracotta.
A number of terraces have traditional
timber dormers such as West
Avenue, Woodbine Avenue and
Hawthorn Road. The principle
alteration to roofs has been the
addition of modern velux rooflights
as part of attic conversions. The size
and profile of these rooflights
detracts from the overall unity of the
terraces.
Plain/simple elevations. Bay
windows are largely restricted to the
later terraces although West Avenue
and Hawthorn Road do feature
ground floor bays. Later bays are 2
storey, square or polygonal in shape
with stone or terracotta decoration
and surrounds to windows.
Windows are typically timber sliding
sashes. The detail of the sash falls
into one of three types, the traditional
6 pane per sash arrangement (some
are 4 panes), the later Victorian
arrangement of a single pane per
sash with the introduction of horns to
support and strengthen the sash
frames and thirdly, the Edwardian/
Queen Anne Revival style with a
single pane in the lower sash and a
multi-paned upper sash.
Casement style windows (where
opening lights are vertically hinged in
24 Gosforth Consevation Area Character Statement