Vanbrugh Park Estate

The Vanbrugh Park housing scheme, designed for Greenwich Borough Council, lies on the south side of Blackheath, east of Greenwich Park. The level site, of just under seven acres, was previously occupied by war-damaged Victorian houses and their gardens and possesses a number of mature trees mostly lying along the old garden boundaries. The scheme consists of a mixture of houses and flats, built to a density of 90 persons to the acre. El complejo de viviendas Vanbrugh Park, diseñado para el Ayuntamiento de Greenwich, se encuentra en la ladera sur de Blackheath, al este de Greenwich Park. El terreno, de poco menos de siete acres, estaba ocupado anteriormente por casas victorianas dañadas por la guerra y sus jardines, y cuenta con varios árboles maduros que se extienden principalmente a lo largo de los antiguos límites del jardín. El complejo consiste en una combinación de casas y apartamentos, construidos con una densidad de 90 personas por acre. Most of the flats are in one block of eight stories (plus a low-level storage floor), which has been placed at the north end of the site to make the most of the good views towards the site from the Heath. Other flats occupy a single floor over the terraces of garages, which are on the perimeter of the site for reasons of access. Those facing the Heath have garages on the inner side only, so as to present an unbroken wall towards the Heath. This wall is of old bricks and continues the old wall of Greenwich Park. The houses are laid out in short terraces, enclosing courts connected by alleys, and each has a small garden, partly brick-walled. The site, being surrounded by wide roads, is screened from them either by its own buildings or by sections of brick walling, the latter being set back to preserve the lines of old trees. The access roads within the scheme do not allow through traffic.