6. Soham Conservation Area - East Cambridgeshire District Council

9.5.3 All but the first couple of properties of Berrycroft at the junction with
Hall Street/Pratt Street are outside the conservation area boundary.
However, it is proposed to extend the conservation area to include the
Methodist Church, its Sunday school and Manse, together with other
properties of interest. The lane continues west as a footpath leading to
the modern housing estates that have subsumed the village.
Age 19 th century – including Methodist Church and Sunday
School
Wall Materials Predominantly gault brick
Roof Materials Predominantly slate
Windows/Doors Multi-paned metal framed narrow arched windows to
church and school. Modern PVCu and timber casements
to residential properties
Scale 2 storeys
Features Chimneystacks, red brick detailing to church and school
9.6 Pratt Street (east side)
9.6.1 Returning to the main north-south route of the village, Pratt Street
forms the central section, continuing the line of Hall Street after the
curve in the road at Croft House that blocks views north. Pratt Street is
a short straight road that merges into Churchgate Street at its southern
end. It is again almost exclusively residential with the exception of the
small cluster of commercial uses at its junction with Churchgate Street
where the village becomes more commercial in character.
9.6.2 The gault brick double-fronted houses that line Hall Street continue into
Pratt Street, but here they are larger and tend to be earlier, reflecting
their location closer to the village centre. A number of larger and/or
older vernacular properties, most of which are listed, also survive along
Pratt Street. One of these is the substantial Grade II Listed No.20 Hall
Street, the trees in the garden of which are a strong feature in views
along the street.
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