5: victorian villages - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

9: EARLY POSTWAR SUBURBS (TO 1960)
Key Characteristics
Medium density residential suburbs consisting of a distinctive network of curvilinear
streets (roads, avenues or drives), with dead end roads (closes) and cul de sacs.
Two storey semi-detached dwellings and short terraces are set in regular plots with
relatively short front gardens.
Built form is defined by simple dwellings constructed from dark wire cut or sand faced
brick and metal casement windows.
Roofs are steeply-moderately pitched, hipped or gabled, and finished in concrete tiles –
chimneys add to visual interest on the skyline.
The use of bitumen macadam on pavements and pre cast concrete kerbstones adds to
the utilitarian style.
Parking is predominantly off-street, within driveways;
Shared amenity greenspace in and around housing, grass verges and small ornamental
street trees contribute to the streetscape.
The underlying geology is reflected in occasional remnant structural vegetation e.g. belts
of Scots Pine, birch, oak on sandy Bagshot Beds; oak and ash on London Clay; and limes
and beech on Chalk.
Front gardens, containing ornamental lawns and ornamental planting, are bounded by
low brick walls and clipped hedges.
Quiet and peaceful residential suburbs with a spacious character due to the relatively
wide street proportions.
RBWM Townscape Assessment 49 Final Report 2010: Volume 3