Winchester Road (section between the 2 railway bridges)

Victorian Terrace in Winchester Road

The houses are predominantly Victorian, built between 1860 and 1900, although on the north side there are terraces of Edwardian houses. No 86 is set well back in its own grounds from the other houses on the north side. A factory building of brick, with roof of corrugated iron, it still has a crane in situ for raising materials to the upper storey loft entrance. There are also two outbuildings – a converted air raid shelter and a brick built storage shed with corrugated iron roof. (This will be superseded by the planned development described earlier.)

All the houses have two storeys and are of brick construction. The terraces have pitched, slate roofs and the later houses have gables. Three pairs of identical semis on the south side were built in 1869 and the pair named Victoria Cottages (99/101) is uniquely decorated with be-whiskered, plaster heads above the windows and a female head in the recess above the front doors. One or two properties have retained the original sash windows but most have changed to uPVC or aluminium. A number have added conservatories or extensions to the rear, and some have loft conversions.

Semi-detached housing in Winchester Road

Botley Road

Terraced housing in Botley Road

A mix of terraced and semi-detached houses with some detached properties including bungalows. Structural changes have been few, though several are of significance, particularly an extension added to No. 42 and a porch added to No. 29. Some houses have had extensions added to the rear and several have had significant change to the windows and doors, with the addition of rendering over the red brick (notably Nos. 34, 42 and, on the opposite side of the road, No. 43). A loft conversion has been added to No. 48.

Rosedale Avenue

Nine bungalows and one chalet built in the mid-1930s and one chalet built in 1980. The properties are mostly in their original state – brick built with tiled roofs – with the exception of one which has cladding, one which is rendered and another which has added a porch.

Entrance to Rosedale Avenue

Queens Close

Sixteen houses were built between 1970 and 1972 in two phases. Although by two different builders, they are of similar design, with a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced. Brick built, with tile hanging to the upper floor, they are roofed with Marley concrete tiles. None remains in its totally original state. Nos. 1 and 3 are probably the closest but their windows have been changed from wood to aluminium of roughly the original configuration. All windows and front doors have been replaced, mainly with uPVC windows and a variety of doors. The original ground floor front windows were glazed to floor level but most have now been bricked up to sill height.

Some owners have converted the original integral garage into a living room and erected an extra garage. In a few cases this garage too has been taken over as living space. Several properties have been extended to the rear or side, in two cases to two storeys, but planning permission for a second storey was refused to No. 9.

Queens Close reflecting the original design

Queens Close showing adaptation to design

Hillside Avenue

Nine bungalows and one chalet built in the mid-1930s and one chalet built in 1980. The properties are mostly in their original state – brick built with tiled roofs – with the exception of one which has cladding, one which is rendered and another which has added a porch.

Traditional bungalow in Hillside Avenue

Tadfield Road and Tadfield Crescent

These 62 dwellings were built over a 20 year period and reflect 14 different styles. There are 14 detached, 20 pairs of semi-detached and two blocks of four terraced properties. Some of the houses have been extended into the roof space and some have had extensions added to the original structure. Few houses have retained their original features, such as Crittall windows; most have altered the external appearance, with replacement double glazing, doors and fascias in a wide variety of styles.

Houses in Tadfield Road

Symes Road

Symes Road Garages in Symes Road

The four blocks of two-storey flats are of brick construction, with white uPVC, shiplap-style panelling below casement windows and shallow, pitched tile roofs, devoid of chimneys. Each block entrance has a plain wooden door and flat porch roof, supported by a white steel pole. A pair of semis in the same design stands between the flats and the stream on the eastern side. Blocks of garages are provided at the rear of the flats. These have recently been renovated but the two blocks by the river are particularly obtrusive, with the walls which border the river path being daubed with graffiti.

Chambers Avenue and Allan Grove

The 84 two-storey, three-bedroom, semi-detached family houses were built in the late 1940s, using steel reinforced concrete panels on a timber frame with concrete tiled roof (later known as REEMA houses). Roofs were either plain ridge or gable end. Whilst five properties retain the original structural features, a programme of work started in 2000 has provided the majority with brick outer facing and double glazed windows and doors. A variety of window patterns is now evident.

The conventionally built three-bedroom semi-detached houses at the higher, eastern end of Chambers Avenue, are brick built with gabled, tiled roofs with ‘pebble-dash’ upper storey facing and detached garages.
	As in Symes Road, the four three-storey blocks of flats at the western end of chambers Avenue, are brick built under plain pitched, tiled roofs. The casement windows are uPVC double glazed with uPVC 'shiplap style' panelling beneath.

Eight Acres and Field Close

This open plan estate consists of 54 semis, 26 terraced, 8 detached houses and two bungalows. They are all of similar design, being brick built, with hanging tiles on the front elevation. Roofs are of Marley concrete tile. The ground floor front window was originally full length but in many instances has since been bricked or panelled up, to waist height.
	Many of the semi-detached houses have been extended to the side or rear and, in some cases, the integral garage has been converted into an extra room. No 52, an end of terrace house, has doubled its size, by extending to the south, while the detached house at No. 59 has also added extra rooms on both floors by building into its garden.

Design Recommendations

	Where uniform design is apparent, this should be maintained.
	Suggested alterations to properties should be sympathetic to the existing design, e.g. Rosedale Ave, Hillside Ave.
	Consideration should be given to enhancement of area around garage blocks in Symes Road.