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Building Form

The predominant building style is two-storey houses. As stated, many of them are terraced, although with a scattering of semi-detached houses throughout the area

Bransley Close

Detached houses in Horseshoe Drive

There are a few detached houses to the south of the schools in the Fairview Drive area as well as all the houses in Horseshoe Drive. These buildings are mostly rectangular although some of their footprints have been altered by extensions. The houses in Horseshoe Drive have more complex shapes, and they are larger houses than most of the others. Selborne Court and Winchester Court have complex footprints.

Some of the houses in Fairview Drive and Fairview Close have projecting front porches that provide entrance lobbies. Many of the terraces are groups of six homes, although other length groups are also found. Mostly the terraces form a rectangular group, although the individual blocks are set at different distances from the footpath giving more variety to the ‘street’ line.

Porches in Fairview Drive

Some of the semi-detached houses are arranged in staggered rows. The houses on the outer side of Horseshoe Drive have recognisable building lines whereas those on the inner side have a less formal arrangement. However the curving arrangement of the road and the placement of garages mean that the regular building line is not readily apparent.

Cupernham Infant School is single-storey although Cupernham Junior School building is partly two-storey. They are system-built structures beneath flat roofs, known as SCOLA buildings, and are well landscaped into the area. The Junior School has an open-air swimming pool which is not obvious from the public highway.

There are no bungalows in Great Woodley and few maisonettes. There have been pressures to split houses horizontally and form two flats out of single dwellings. This is contrary to the wishes of existing residents and has severe detrimental effects on adjoining homes and parking.

The garage blocks are plain rectangular in outline. They have ‘up and over’ doors and flat felt-covered roofs. Most garages are of insufficient size for the larger modern vehicle. Layout of many garage areas and indiscriminate parking makes some access difficult.

By contrast, the garages in Horseshoe Drive, many of which are double garages stand by the front drives of the individual properties with adequate turning spaces. Most of these garages are separate buildings from the houses. They have pitched roofs.

Design Recommendations

	Any new buildings and extensions should be designed to be sympathetic with the style of surrounding buildings.
	Consent should not be given for horizontal subdivision of family houses.

Materials / Fenestration and Chimney Details

Window in Horseshoe Drive

Most of the houses are built of pale bricks, although those in Horseshoe Drive are darker, nearer to the traditional red brick of this part of Hampshire. At the western end of the drive, several houses are tile hung. Elsewhere houses In Horseshoe Drive have been faced with large flints set between bands of red brick. The windows of those houses are picked out in red brick surrounds, with a shallow arch above.

In places variety has been provided by incorporating some darker bricks, often grey, into the structures. For example Winchester Court has a darker bricks randomly incorporated into its walls. The houses facing Woodley Lane are all faced with darker red bricks. There are no examples of patterned or decorative brickwork in Great Woodley.

Whereas Selborne Court, Winchester Court and the houses in Horseshoe Drive have substantial areas of visible brickwork, this is less true elsewhere on the estate. Much of each ground floor frontage is taken up with windows. Most houses have upper storeys faced with shiplap, weather boarding or tiles. Most of the finishes on the upper storeys are dark brown, although some houses have white or painted shiplap in either uPVC or wood. The upper windows abut the eaves. Thus the amount of visible brick on the fronts of the houses is very small, apart from the front edges of the dividing walls.

Ship lap and windows at the front of houses

Many houses have shallow-pitched roofs, though not all have the same pitch. The roofs are symmetrical above the houses with the apexes being over the middle of the buildings. Some houses have plain roof tiles, while others have been covered with interlocking concrete tiles. Selborne Court, Winchester Court and the schools have flat roofs. The maisonettes above the shops have a pitched roof.

Apart from Great Woodley Farmhouse and on a few houses in Horseshoe Drive, there are no dormer windows in Great Woodley. That roof space is being used is evident from those houses that have roof lights let into their roofs. Many, but not all, of the houses have modest single chimneys. The other houses have vents in the roof.

Porches in Woodlands Gardens

Where houses have projecting porches, porch roofs vary. Some have pitched roofs, for example in Bransley Close and part of Woodley Lane, while others have flat roofs, for example those in Fairview Drive.

Most garages are built of brick with flat felt roofs. Their doors are of the ‘up and over’ kind and painted in a variety of colours

 

Design Recommendations

Materials and finishes should be in keeping with the immediate area.