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

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Term Knapped flint Lammas land Landmark Lime wash Linear London stock Medieval period Node Nolli Map Mansard roof ‘Metropolitan’ Mullion Nucleated Pebble dashing Polychrome Definition Split flints arranged with split face exposed for decorative effect e.g. in a wall. A class of commonable land, normally meadow, communally held and managed for part of the year, but open to commonable animals when harvest is over (historically between Lammas Day: 1 August and Lady Day: 25 March) (British Agricultural History Society, http://www.bahs.org.uk/09n2a5.pdf). A prominent structure or geographical feature that identifies a location and contributes positively to the townscape. Thin layer of lime plaster render. A settlement form where development is centred on one street, often with little depth and building pulled close to street frontages Bricks made of London Clay. Usually have a warm yellow appearance when fired. From 1066 (Norman Conquest of England) to the 16 th century. A junction or intersection formed perhaps historically e.g. by a market cross or milestone, a place where people congregate e.g. market/urban square or urban green. A figure ground map (named for Giambattista Nolli) A roof that slopes on all four sides, with each side divided into a gentle upper slope and a steeper lower slope. Relating to the suburban style of domestic architecture prevalent during the interwar period (1918-39). The vertical dividing bars of a window. A radial settlement form (depth). A type of render where aggregate is thrown at a wet plastered wall to create a textured effect. Often seen on interwar period houses. (Of brickwork). Use of multicolour brickwork in geometric patterns for decorative effective, for example
Term Definition courses of gault brick/London stock or blue brick ‘headers’ juxtaposed/contrasting with the principal coloured bricks for the face. Popular for higher status buildings in the Victorian era when an increasingly wide materials palette was available. Regency Riven stone Roman cement Sand faced Streetscape Stretcher bond Stucco Suburb Tegula Townscape character Townscape character types (borough level) Styles of architecture and design in Britain in the period 1800-1830 forming a natural continuation of the Georgian style. Typically classical in nature comprising brick buildings covered in stucco or painted plaster with fluted Greek columns and painted cornices. Where stone is cleft or split along the ‘grain’ as in case of York stone paving. Another word for stucco or decorative plaster, particularly where it used to use to create the illusion of carved/moulded stonework or ashlar. Of bricks: where sand is scattered over brick faces before firing, to give a decorative texture when burnt. The elements within and along a street that define its appearance, identity, and functionality, including adjacent building frontages, street furniture, trees, pavement treatments, and roads. A brick bond/pattern with each course made entirely of brick laid end to end. Fine lime plaster worked to a smooth surface. A residential district on the outskirts of a city or town. A form of modern sett paver, made of concrete, often coloured and in variety of sizes. Used in modern heritage paving schemes from the late 20 th Century. The distinct, recognisable and consistent pattern of elements that occur in a particular townscape and how these are perceived. It reflects particular combinations of geology, landform, land use, morphology and building types. Distinct types of townscape that are relatively homogeneous in character. They are generic in nature in that they may occur in different settlements across the Borough, but share broadly similar combinations of
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5: VICTORIAN VILLAGES Key Character
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has occurred along most village str
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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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8: INTER-WAR SUBURBS Key Characteri
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Streets are of generous proportions
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Erosion of grass verges due to pres
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9: EARLY POSTWAR SUBURBS (TO 1960)
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Architectural style is unified and
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Conserve the traditional use of low
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Page 25 and 26: Public Realm & Streetscape Typical
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Page 31 and 32: A. DESCRIPTION Location/distributio
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Page 35 and 36: Photos of character areas Area 11A
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Page 45 and 46: the key forces for change which wer
Page 47 and 48: Photographs of character areas Area
Page 51 and 52: There are no obvious landmarks, and
Page 53 and 54: Character Areas ASCOT GROUP There a
Page 55 and 56: RBWM Townscape Assessment 88 Final
Page 59 and 60: Views/Landmarks Glimpsed views are
Page 61 and 62: All of the generic guidance applies
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Page 69 and 70: STEP 1 COLLECT INFORMATION SETTLEME
Page 71 and 72: GLOSSARY OF TERMS Term ‘Ancient L
Page 73: Term Gable Gault brick Georgian GIS
Page 77 and 78: Appendix 2: Field Survey Form
Page 79 and 80: Nodes: Landmarks: Key views: KEY IS
Page 81 and 82: HUMAN INFLUENCES Evidence of evolut
Page 83 and 84: Block Pattern (including plot form
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Page 87 and 88: Trees and their contribution to the
Page 89 and 90: Distribution of open spaces, intera
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