Numbers 5, 7 And 9 And Attached Wall To East Of Number 5

Numbers 5, 7, and 9, along with the attached wall to the east of Number 5, are a group of terraced bungalows built between 1962 and 1963 for a housing estate intended for elderly residents by the former Loddon Rural District Council. The architects were Tayler and Green. The bungalows are constructed of brick-red, black, yellow-grey, and dapple-light brick, with decorative detailing to the gable ends; Number 5’s gable features black glass bottles as headers in a Flemish bond pattern. They have orange and brown pantiled roofs with wood bargeboards, brick chimneystacks with angled concrete coping and clay pots, and flush eaves with rainwater pipes that do not have swan-neck terminals.

The bungalows have wide plans and incorporate changes in ground level due to the site previously being an old gravel pit. The elevations vary depending on orientation, but a typical bungalow has a recessed entrance with a half-glazed door flanked by white-painted wood trelliswork, which extends over smaller windows; a main three-light steel casement window; and a boarded door to an external store with glazed panel. The interior plans are interesting, but lack decorative features of particular note.

The Davy Place scheme, of which these bungalows form part, is a notable example of the architects' attention to detail and the reinterpretation of vernacular forms. The arrangement along Davy Place is carefully composed, featuring a terrace of four bungalows, a setback paved area fronted by a single bungalow, a day room, and a two-story warden’s house. Linked brick crinkle-crankle walls screen the gardens, and the raised gable ends of the bungalows to the south of Davy Place are visible. This block is an integral part of the wider housing estate, encompassing Numbers 1-16 and 10-15 Davy Place, the Common Room, Numbers 5-9 (odd) High Bungay Road, Numbers 6-10 (even) Low Bungay Road, and Numbers 3-13 (odd) Davy Terrace, Low Bungay Road. The scheme exemplifies a ‘picturesque’ design approach responding to a semi-urban setting, having received a Ministry of Housing Medal in 1964 and a Civic Trust Award in 1965.