Heritage Statement: 44 The Chase SW4 0NH: additional dwelling room by way of first floor extension overtheexistinggroundfloorkitchen. May26th2021
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ANDREW PILKINGTON Riba
· A r c h i t e c t s & D e s i g n e r s·
202 BUSPACE STUDIOS· LONDON W10 5AP·
Heritage Statement: 44 The Chase SW4 0NH: additional dwelling room by way of first floor extension
over the existing ground floor kitchen. May 26th 2021
T HE FABRIC AND EVOLUTION OF THE PLACE
This house was built as a villa named Yarra Lodge in 1875 an interesting 2 ½ storey house, and is an individual
feature of this part of this street. The name is engraved into the stone capped street entrance piers. Located to
higher south of Thames alluvial bluff, the front elevation is a wide gable end with ornate bargeboards. The attic
window is centred in the peak of the gable, and has a fringed lead hood. There is a small coach house in a similar
style to the left of the Lodge joined with an untoothed brick line indicating it as a later thought.
The Chase is originally a drive linking Wandsworth Road and Clapham Common North Side, and was developed
with substantial houses in the 1870s, there are detached, semi-detached and terraced properties displaying a
range of architectural styles The Central part of the proposed Conservation Area consists of detached and
semidetached houses built circa 1875 in grey stock brick, with brick porches, bay windows and Dutch Gables.
Each house has these basic similarities but there are slight, differences of treatment. The position of the Dutch
gable varies from the centre to the side; some have stucco dressing while others use hath stone or red brick for
relieving arches.
The pattern of the development at the southern end consists of two red brick terraces on the western side of the
road. These terraces were built in 1885 in arts and crafts style. A distinctive feature of these houses are the
timber porches which are elaborately detailed with leaded coloured glass in the doors and tops of all the
windows. In contrast, the houses on the eastern side of the road are red brick and mainly classical. The northern
end has a large terrace built around 1875. There are four storeys and a basement with detailed projecting bays on
the ground and first floor and round arched sash windows on the second and third floors.
By comparison Yarra Lodge is a suburban detached villa in spirit with steeply pedimented gable with hexastyle
verandah’d front stoa. It has become as good as connected or attached onto adjacent houses at each flank.
Yarra Lodge above and below now (illustrated) supposedly built by an Australian architect and the Yarra River
provenance of its name.
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Also illustrated is the river below its source, being a series of swamps in the upper reaches of the Yarra Rnges
National Park, directly to the west of the Mount Baw Baw plateau, a thickly forested subalpine park. The park
features extensive stands of mountain ash, tall eucalyptus, tree ferns, as well as patches of remnant rainforest.
I DENTIFICATION OF WHO VALUES THE PLACE AND WHY THE Y DO SO
Walkers, the RIBA, urbanists and conservationists, Clapham society and historians, the owner and those
interested in the River Yarra heritage and connection with Melboune, Australia. The Upper Yarra Dam, one of a
number of dams in the Yarra catchment that supply a large part of Melbourne water, Yarra River, Wittons
Reserve, Wonga Park, Victoria, Australia.
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R ELATE IDENTIFIED HERITAGE VALUES TO THE F ABRIC OF THE PLACE
Under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 each Local Planning Authority shall, from time to time,
determine which parts of the areas are areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character and
appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance and shall designate such areas as Conservation Areas.
It has done so on a regular basis to this street, resulting with this CA map:
Conservation Areas in the London Borough of Lambeth
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This map is based upon Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
© Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. LB Lambeth 100019338 2004.
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202 BUSPACE STUDIOS· LONDON W10 5AP·
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THESE
The front and oblique views and main lodge plan, centralised rear original staircase and original floor finishes are
important to the heritage, along with front setting with trees and planting.
The front elevation and front and rear gardens set against the massing of the main house are significant to the
setting of The Chase and in the matrix of place.
CONTRIBUTION OF ASSOCIATE D OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS
The house Yarra Lodge is complemented by the objects, some here imaged. The proposal aims for the house to
be of more of a family use and enjoy the maintained collected objects and ornaments of Yarra Lodge.
inclusivity to the street, add interest and emulate geometries of its immediate neighbours. The appearance of the
extension will be in keeping with the existing build and will balance the overall appearance of the building. The
proposed roof is double-pitched and designed to complement the existing building style.
Illustrated original front tiling and the original hollow helical strapwork columns.
CONTRIBUTION MADE BY SETTING AND CONTEXT
The front garden is maintained as tranquil setback and is enhanced through Yarra provenanced planting. The rear
garden is maintained and offered greater theatre by making the current E plan more emphatic, Jacobean in plan
spirit.
The raised storey at the rear of the building is to the south side of garden and as an E plan wing echoes that to
the north both set to each side of the centralised stair tower. No garden is used for building on nor is any land
consumed. In line with the London Development Framework the design permits straightforward future
adaptation.
Illustrated below Riba awarded garden pavilion now with medal plaque 2009, these are heritage ornaments of
Yarra Lodge, the Chase.
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ANDREW PILKINGTON Riba
· A r c h i t e c t s & D e s i g n e r s·
202 BUSPACE STUDIOS· LONDON W10 5AP·
C OMPARE THE PLACE WITH OTHE R PLACES SHA RING SIMILAR VALUES
Adjacent streets such as Victoria Rise and Macaulay Road similarly provide cross links or drives or chases from a
lower main journey road to an upper, the houses and elevations read as tree’d green’d journey between these
rather than arrival.
A RTI CULATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLACE
44 The Chase is within The Chase Conservation Area. This was designated in 1981 for its significance as a drive
linking Wandsworth Road and Clapham Common North Side.
The conservation area consists of predominantly Victorian buildings, of various styles and size. The proposal
complies with Policy 47 set out in the UPD; Conservation areas policy.
EFFECTS O N AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY
The design responds to the existing disparate building context of the street, situated on the eastern side of this
wide road of substantial houses, namely the Chase. Neighbouring properties along the road display a variety of
styles ranging from red brick arts and crafts terraces to south Kensington classical, creating a diverse appearance
to the street elevation.
ACCOUNT OF SUSTAINABILITY
The Energy Performance Certificate is the way in which the EU directive was implemented in the UK, and is included as part of
the government’s Home Information Pack. From 1st August 2007, and later EPC’s were made a mandatory requirement for all
dwellings built, for sale, or let. All homes for sale are required by law to have an Energy Performance Certificate. The EPC must
be prepared by a qualified Home Inspector or Domestic Energy Assessor. It also provides information on how to cut costs by
recommending energy efficiency measures, ranging from thicker loft insulation through to solar panels. Domestic energy
consumption causes 25% of national CO2 emissions. Heating accounts for 90% of energy consumption within the home. The
specification of a calculation methodology is central to the Directive as it impinges on the requirements both for building
regulations and for energy performance certificates. Specifically it says that the methodology shall include at least the following
aspects:
(a) thermal characteristics of the building (shell and internal partitions, etc.) which may also include air-tightness; (b) heating
installation and hot water supply, including their insulation characteristics; (c) air-conditioning installation; (d) ventilation; (e)
built-in lighting installation;(f) position and orientation of buildings, including outdoor climate;
(g) passive solar systems and solar protection; (h) natural ventilation
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In addition the methodology needs to take account of active solar systems and other heating and electricity systems based on
renewable energy sources, electricity produced by CHP, district or block heating and cooling systems, and natural lighting. The
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive has far-reaching implications for the owners, operators and developers of all
buildings in the UK (both domestic and non-domestic). Already it has substantially influenced the new Part L Building
Regulations, which are set out in terms limiting the overall CO2 emissions of new buildings. The most visible impact is the
energy performance certificates, which needs to be prepared when buildings are constructed, sold rented or indeed adapted. It
will also impact on those responsible for maintaining heating and cooling plant, through the need for regular inspections.
A PPLY MITIGATION
Two extra storeys had been designed. In mitigation of bulk this current design offered here removed one storey
of addition to present this application as the proposal application for construction,
New work or alteration to a significant place should normally be acceptable if:
a. There is sufficient information comprehensively to understand the impacts of the proposal on the significance of
the place:
by way of survey and drawing and report, information has been offered, responded to and incorporated
b. The proposal would not materially harm the values of the place, which, where appropriate, would be reinforced
or further revealed:
the extension is to the rear, its configuraton is similar and in the minor to the main house ‘lodge’.
c. The proposals aspire to a quality of design and execution which may be valued now and in the future:
the aspiration it is hoped will be apparent in the architect’s drawings.
d. The long-term consequences of the proposals can, from experience, be demonstrated to be benign, or the
proposals are designed not to prejudice alternative solutions in the future:
the design work deploys same materials and shapes, is highly insulated, should reduce the consumption of
energy in the kitchen that exists in the storey below.
The extension is at the rear of the building to its south side and faces and gives out onto the garden. It does not
build on or consume any land nor impedes on any vehicular or pathway access. In line with the London
Development Framework the design permits straightforward future adaptation in the future whatever this might
be. The rest of the property is unaffected and set for continuing maintenance.
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