CLARENDON STREET - Derry City Council

Contents1 Status of the Design Guidance2 Introduction 7-112.1 Purpose of the design guidance 82.2 Methodology 102.3 Objectives 102.4 Guiding principles 113 Conservation Area Character Appraisal 13-233.1 What makes the setting special? 133.2 The wider setting: its role and importance 143.3 The immediate setting 143.4 Architectural and historical development 153.5 Design character 183.6 The importance of open and green spaces 203.7 Signature patterns and streetscape 215 Blending the New with the Old 45-545.1 Quality of conservation and design 455.2 Design quality 475.3 Prominence 485.4 Orientation 495.5 Size and scale 505.6 Form or shape 515.7 Volume and massing 525.8 Townscape and roofscape 525.9 Setting 535.10 Sustainability 546 Regulations and Planning Control 55-564 Protecting Character 25-444.1 Authenticity 254.2 Change 254.3 Principles of repair 274.4 Doors, windows and dormers 304.5 Roofs 344.6 Typical eaves, fascias, soffits and verges 364.7 Renewal of existing historic rainwater goods – gutters,downpipes, hopper heads 374.8 External wall finishes 374.9 Gates, railings and other ironwork 424.10 Signage and shopfronts 434.11 Appropriate materials 445