Not sure about this. It looks reasonably innocuous and thats the problem. It was clearly supposed to reflect the houses to the right but somehow fails. It is a boring building. On close inspection the proportions are wrong, the brickwork, even in the photograph doesn't look right and with its fake parapet and sunken undercroft to rear parking, it reveals itself for what it is, a block of flats more or less disguised as a Victorian building. It isn't and raises deep questions about how we should be building new dwellings in this context. Can truly innovative architecture have a place in an historic environment and where do issues like authenticity and integrity come into it?
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This is Chadwick Road not Lyndhurst Grove
This is Chadwick Rd junction with Lyndhurst Way - not Lyndhurst Grove although there are some examples there now as well. I'm a resident of Lyndhurst Grove.
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