Urban design baseline report

244 The six parts of the Daedalus siteWaterfront(25.8 hectares)The Waterfront area is the most developedpart of Daedalus and overlooks the Solent.In broad terms it comprises a combination ofbrick faced former offices or domestic buildingsalongside large-scale industrial/warehousingbuildings. Part of the area is a conservationarea in which three buildings are listed andthree are recommended for listing.The Wardroom buildingStrengths• The Waterfront area has the strongest character andgreatest interest, with a variety of historic landmarkbuildings and important spaces.• A key focus is the group of World War One Seaplanehangars, the space between them and the slipway.The three hangars closest to the seafront have beenrecommended for listing. The hangars occupy aprominent position on the seafront while the largehard surface space has a functional character and thecapacity to be used for a wide variety of activities.• The grade II listed Wardroom is perhaps the mostrecognisable building on the site and views towardsit from the centre of Lee-on-the-Solent make itGrade II Listed Dining Rooms and Cookhousean important landmark for Daedalus. Forming thesetting to this building and the adjacent grade II listedWestcliffe house is a large lawn which provides a raregreen space within the Waterfront area.• Further into the site the Barrack Blocks and grade IIlisted Dining Rooms and Cookhouse form a formal,symmetrical group of buildings, fronting onto a clearlydefined square.• The grid-like arrangement of routes results in anumber of vistas towards the sea from different partsof the site. Very little of the site has sea frontage butthe clear views and routes between the waterfront siteand the sea are an important asset.WWI hangars (recommended for listing)Vista towards the sea