6. Soham Conservation Area - East Cambridgeshire District Council

traffic as a result. It also consequently has more street furniture such
as bus stops and bollards with space for parking allocated along the
roadside.
9.13.3 High Street is wider than most other streets in Soham, but does not
feel so, as it is cluttered with the paraphernalia associated with the
parking bays and commercial activities that line it. The tallest
properties, the Grade II* Listed Manor House and Ranthorne House, in
Soham are also found along the street, helping to enclose the wider
space. The tight building line, with virtually no gaps between buildings
increases the sense of enclosure.
9.13.4 The road narrows at both ends. The churchyard restricts the north end;
the south end constricts as the road meets Brook Dam Lane with
Nos.12 and 14 High Street forming the pinch point. The street
continues south to Brook Dam at which point it becomes Sand Street.
High Street gains a more residential character as its southern end with
the introduction of a 19 th century terrace as the commercial centre of
the village is exited.
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