| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:if you can't attend you can still object by... | |
| Posted by: | Richard Jennings | |
| Date/Time: | 15/01/13 01:10:00 |
| I was told that the architects' first design was a modern one, and they were advised by Hounslow that it was unlikely to be approved. But in my view the current design shows a lack of imagination. It is too slab-sided, which makes it appear larger than it is. It does in fact keep to the current building lines in both roads, and is no higher than the adjacent buildings. (The height is reduced to two storeys at the western end to match the neighbouring house in Barrowgate Road.) But having three identical storeys makes it seem overpowering. The view in the leaflet, with the trees shown as semi-transparent, is unhelpful. It muddies the colouring of the building while disguising the actual effect of the trees. Their intention is to retain most of the trees on the street frontages, though some heavy pruning will no doubt be needed, to the yew trees in particular. The proposed bricks are described as "buff", reflecting the London stock bricks in much of the conservation area, though the adjacent houses in Sutton Court Road are mainly in red brick. I have no objection to demolishing the existing house, which seems to me to be a poor example of Victorian architecture, but I don't want it replaced by one that on the current design is no better. |