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

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17: INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ESTATES Key Characteristics Low density industrial and commercial development including industrial estates, business parks and offices. Development is within large plots, accessed by roads terminating in dead ends. Built form is large scale and simple, often comprising rudimentary sheds together with smaller subsidiary office buildings to street frontages and at entrances. Boundaries are delineated by palisade fencing and other security fencing including stout timber close board fencing and chainlink fencing topped with barbed wire. Open space includes car parking and ornamental landscape schemes in communal areas. Materials palette is simple, with steel framed sheds clad with metal sheet cladding, dark wire cut brick and asbestos roof tiles, in addition to concrete and yellow brick for office buildings. Business park developments include plate glass and stainless/painted steel construction. Surfaces are mainly tarmac, in situ concrete and DOT Type 1 (crushed stone) with concrete kerbs. Modern business parks use more ‘designed’ hard materials including concrete flags and block paving. Views are kept short by large buildings. RBWM Townscape Assessment 95 Final Report 2010: Volume 3
A. DESCRIPTION Location/distribution of type This type is located in discrete areas within a number of major settlements within the borough, including Maidenhead and Windsor. Physical Influences Underlying physical landscape characteristics do not heavily influence the character of the type. Bedrock geology is highly variable with settlements in the southern part of the Borough characterised by Baghsot Beds, settlements adjacent to the Thames around Windsor on London Clay, and to the north on chalk, associated with the scarps rising from the Thames. On the Bagshot Beds, the geology and associated sandy soils are expressed through vegetation including Scots Pines. Reproduced from Ordnance Survey information with the permission of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, Crown Copyright, Licence Number 10001926. Much of the development within this type dates from the 1930s. Each ‘estate’ grew in a relatively short period of time, resulting in a consistency of built form and character within each estate. Townscape Character Land Use/Image Land use is predominantly focused in the industrial, commercial and business sectors. Gas holders and related infrastructure are also present. Topography underlying this type tends to be flat or gently undulating and therefore does not greatly influence the urban form Human Influences The type evolved in a number of ways – some areas evolved on the site of railway sidings and goods yards/depots, while other areas evolved on poor quality or undesirable land (for example in floodplains, or alongside major roads) to provide sources of employment for nearby residential areas. This example from Sunninghill (Bridge Road) shows the presence of industrial infrastructure, such as gas holders. Urban Form Development is within large plots, accessed by roads terminating in dead ends, and typically has its back to residential areas. The scale of built development is large, typically 2-3 commercial storeys (approximately 9-12 metres) in height. Buildings are arranged as large, regular and often repetitive blocks, of relatively uniform height and simple rectangular form within each estate. There are generally large spaces between buildings resulting in a low density of development. Built Form & Architecture The type evolved in a number of ways – some areas evolved on the site of railway sidings and goods yards/depots, while other areas evolved on poor quality or undesirable land. Built form and architecture is characterised by 20 th Century industrial and employment development. Built form is simple and includes large sheds, often steel framed and RBWM Townscape Assessment 96 Final Report 2010: Volume 3
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5: VICTORIAN VILLAGES Key Character
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many through-routes) and the human
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This area is located along Ascot Hi
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including lodges with large gardens
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Page 13 and 14: Streets are of generous proportions
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Page 19 and 20: Architectural style is unified and
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Page 59 and 60: Views/Landmarks Glimpsed views are
Page 61: All of the generic guidance applies
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