sps1955's photos with the keyword: Windmill Estate

1960s system-built housing, due for replacement. The westernmost of the terraces between Cambridge Road and Farmer's Row, seen from the SE.

1960s system-built housing, due for replacement. One of the terraces between Cambridge Road and Farmer's Row, seen from the SE.

Replacement houses and flats on the corner of Cambridge Road and Haggis Gap, seen from Shelford Road. The new development will provide approx. 270 dwellings where there were formerly 160, according to www.scambs.gov.uk/Housing/StrategyAndDevelopment/Affordab... . Nonetheless, I wonder if three-storey buildings are appropriate for such a prominent position in a village (the previous estate included some three-storey flats, as seen here , but they were much less prominent). The neo-Georgian front doors seem aesthetically timid (but may be "what buyers want"); the untidily arranged solar PV panels on the three-storey sections were not part of the original design, and do not help.

Old and new (or modernist and neo-vernacular): some of the 1960s system-built housing awaiting demolition on the left with some of the replacement housing on the right, and a further phase under construction in the background.

1960s system-built housing, due for replacement. Rear view of one of the staggered terraces, with a 3-storey section of the replacement housing just visible above.

1960s system-built housing due for replacement. Looking W. along Farmer's Row. Most of the terraces were arranged to front on to greens, with parking areas mostly at the rear. Some terraces are staggered so that greens are triangular.