Furze Platt Triangle - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

30Furze Platt Triangle Conservation Area Appraisal6The General Character and Form of the Area6.1 The street pattern is framed by the main routes of the Maidenhead to Marlow Road and CourthouseRoad, which join at an acute angle at Furze Platt. Building plots are long rectangular strips oriented end-onto both roads, with Camden Road following a similar pattern between. Linden Avenue runs in a perpendiculareast-west direction to form a triangle with Furze Platt Road and Courthouse Road, with larger plots on anorth-south axis.6.2 The buildings in the area are predominantly of local red brick, mostly built in the later part of the 19thcentury and first part of the 20th century. Building and detailing is often of high quality, with a wide varietyof special bricks, decorative ridge tiles and finials. Although the most common construction material is redbrick, a variety of other wall treatments such as tile hanging, half-timbered, white finished render, pebbledashand more rarely, pargeting add interest.6.3 Roofs are generally red clay tile, along with a number of slate roofs capped with red clay ridges.6.4 Building features such as bays, gables, towers and entrances are generally well considered designswhich enhance the facades, and some are of very high quality. Buildings are set back from the street enoughto allow planting in small front gardens, softening the appearance and giving the area a distinct suburban,rather then urban, feel.6.5 External joinery shows a rich variety of styles, from a period when both vertical sliding sash andcasement windows were current. Window and door styles are mostly of the Edwardian period, and somecan be recognised from George Ellis’ book “Modern Practical Joinery” of 1902. Much original joinery remainsin place, including barge boards, windows, doors and porches.