Christchurch conservation area - Ipswich

Christchurch Street contains a number of fine buildings and has retained a good deal of its original character, particularly north of Withipoll Street where the initial phase of development resulted in a consistent quality derived from the use of materials (particularly Suffolk white brickwork) and an architectural style which is contained but always interesting. Further up the
hill, in Westerfield Road and Tuddenham Road, the predominant character is of later, larger elegant detached or semi-detached houses, all built of local red or white bricks. Most of those in Westerfield Road enjoy fine views over
Christchurch Park, and this together with the similarity of architectural styles, gives this stretch of road a cohesive, attractive and memorable
appearance.
The Christchurch Street/Westerfield Conservation Area mostly retains its mid-Victorian period character This attractive environment is enhanced by a limited palette of building materials for the original villas which comprise
most of the buildings in the area. The relationship between the scale of built form and the size of the plots creates predominantly spacious
Arcadian setting and the gardens with their many with mature trees of high amenity value are contained within well preserved boundary walls.
This setting is enhanced in Christchurch Street by street trees and Christchurch Park in the adjacent Park Conservation Area. To the south-west of Westerfield Road and Tuddenham Road, the conservation area is bounded by the Central Conservation area protecting the buildings in
Bolton Lane.