5: victorian villages - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
5: victorian villages - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
5: victorian villages - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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10: LATE 20TH CENTURY SUBURBS (1960<br />
ONWARDS)<br />
Key Characteristics<br />
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Medium density residential suburbs consisting <strong>of</strong> long curvilinear feeder streets with<br />
short subsidiary roads culminating in cul de sacs/dead ends.<br />
Housing estates planned to accommodate families with schools, parks <strong>and</strong> outdoor<br />
sports facilities e.g. tennis courts, sports pitches, playing fields.<br />
Built form defined by suburban style semi-detached <strong>and</strong> detached two storey houses,<br />
set in regular plots with short front, <strong>and</strong> long back, gardens.<br />
Consistency in plot form, density <strong>and</strong> building scale results in a harmonised streetscape<br />
character.<br />
Car-orientated developments with generous street widths, <strong>and</strong> private <strong>of</strong>f-street<br />
parking on driveways (sometimes with garages) or communal parking bays.<br />
Mostly ornamental tree species within public open spaces <strong>and</strong> private gardens.<br />
Unfenced front gardens, wide grass verges <strong>and</strong> shared amenity greenspaces blur the<br />
boundary between the public/private realms.<br />
Quiet suburban character due to dead-end street layout.<br />
RBWM Townscape Assessment 55 Final Report 2010: Volume 3
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