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

TM 3698 1911/10/10008

LODDON HIGH BUNGAY ROAD (east side) Numbers 5, 7 and 9 and attached wall to east of Number 5

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Terraced bungalows and crinkle crankle wall attached to east of No 5, forming part of housing estate for elderly persons, built by the former Loddon Rural District Council, 1962-63, architects Tayler and Green Brick-red, black, yellow-grey and dapple light, with ornamental treatment of gable ends. 'Flemish bond red brick gable end to No 5 High Bungay Road with black glass bottles as 'headers'. Orange and brown: pantiled roofs, with wood bargeboards, brick chimneystacks with angled concrete coping and clay pots Flush eaves with rainwater pipes carried down without swan-necks. Wide (13 m.) plans. Change of level within Davy Place itself, the site of an old gravel pit. Variations in elevational treatment due to orientation and aspect, but standard arrangement has recessed entrance, with half glazed door flanked by white painted wood trelliswork, carried over subsidiary windows, 1 main three-light steel casement window, and boarded door to external store with glazed panel. While the interiors of the individual units are interesting in their plan, they do not have decorative features of special interest. The Davy Place scheme of which this form a part, is a fine example of the architects attention to detail and re-use of vernacular forms without pastiche. The street picture along Davy Place is carefully composed with, on the north, a terrace of four bungalows along the frontage, a set-back paved square fronted by a single bungalow, succeeded by the day-room and finally the warden's house giving a two storey accent; opposite are the raised gable end o the groups south of Davy Place, with linked brick crinkle-crankle walls screening the gardens. This block forms an integral part of this housing estate for the elderly with Nos 1-16 and 10-15 (Conseq) Davy Place and Common Room, Nos 5-9 (odd) High Bungay Road, Nos 6-10 (even) Low Bungay Road and No 3-13 (odd) Davy Terrace, Low Bungay Road (qv). The scheme is a fine example of these architects 'picturesque' approach to design, in this case responding to a semi-urban setting. Winner of Ministry of Housing Medal in 1964 and Civic Trust Award in 1965. Source: Buildings of England: North-West and South Norfolk: 250.

Listing NGR: TM3626098237