Walmer Design Statement - Dover District Council

Design DetailTerraces with balconies viewed from the promenade on Walmer Green, The BeachColourful boundary wall, The BeachCarriage driveway, The BeachPrivate walled gardens on Walmer Green belonging to substantial properties on The Beach8Scale - predominately Victorian and Edwardian detached houses or terracesof three or four storeys; many with basements; a few two-storeyhouses on The Strand; three-storey blocks of flats and two-storeyterraces in Lord Warden Estate; some large bungalows onWellington ParadeRoofs - pitched or hipped, slate or red tile; many unique features such asturrets, parapets, Mansard roofs, decorative ridge tiles and finials;impressive ornate chimneys, centrally distributed in terraces butwidely distributed in large family houses; ever changing rooflineWalls - mostly red brick; some rendered and painted white or pastel colours;first floor hanging tiles; significant design details on the sides; ornatecanopied balconies - wrought iron, timbered and glazedDoors - Solid and partially glazed wooden panel doors; often three or foursteps up from pavement and/or down to basement with ironrailings or brick rendered banisters; many side entrances, encaustictile entrances and recessed shop entrances; elegant canopies, porchesand verandasWindows - two-storey Victorian and Edwardian bays; large-pane and multipanesash; first floor picture windows; ground floor shop windowson The StrandGardens - many properties opening onto street, pavement or small pavedgardens; some large gardens with carriage drives on Marine Roadand The Beach; unique, private, hedged and walled gardens onbeach side of The Beach belonging to properties across the road;Lord Warden Estate with communal grounds and features retainedfrom previous estateBoundaries - low brick walls, some with metal railings; high brick walls with largewooden gates and hedges along The BeachGarages - where available, situated at the rear; often accessed from roadbehind; uniform garage blocks in Lord Warden EstateStreets - relatively quiet roads except for The Strand, a busy shoppingthoroughfare between Deal and Dover