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2. Semi-Detached Houses
Roofs are predominately hipped in
plain clay tiles. Some are pitched.
Gables are a prominent feature
along Moor Crescent, Oaklands etc.
and are often rendered cream/white/
beige, pebble-dashed or decorated
using timber framing with infill panels
of render. Decorative ridge tiles
feature on an ad hoc basis.
Chimneys vary in height and detail
throughout.
Dormer windows are found on a
number of the grander semi’s,
particularly on Elmfield Road and
Graham Park 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
semis.
Elevations are either plain/simple or
grand/dominant. They are usually
red brick and often with pebble-dash,
render or timber framing at first floor.
Bay windows are ubiquitous the
conservation area and the norm is
for two storeys rather than single
ground floor bays although these do
occur. Bays are usually curved or
polygonal. Square bays are found on
the grander semis along Graham
Park Road and Elmfield Road and
circular bays can be found along
Woodlands and Fernville Road.
There are a number of 1930’s curved
bays on Oakfield Road, Kenton
Road and Elmfield. The space
between the ground and first floor is
usually rendered or pebble-dashed
or clad with clay hanging tiles whilst
in the grander semis plain red brick
is used. Oriel windows feature in
some of the larger semis.
Windows are typically either timber
sliding sashes or timber casements
(where opening lights are vertically
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