Much of the CARA area lies in the Creffield Conservation Area.
Ealing is known for its varied heritage and historic townscape, including almost 600 listed buildings, and 29 conservation areas with a rich assortment of nineteenth and early twentieth century residential development, open spaces, industrial and transport heritage and remnants of ancient villages. The Creffield Conservation Area is one of the 29, and immediately adjoins the Ealing Common Conservation Area. It is in the ward of Ealing Common/South Acton and was first designated in 1993 and covered Freeland Road, Inglis Road, Creffield Road, Western Gardens, Montague Gardens and Layer Gardens, and extended in 2004 to include Birch Grove, Stanway Gardens, Hale Gardens, the south side of Oakley Avenue, Twyford Crescent, Twyford Avenue, Twyford School, the north side of Creffield Road to include the Japanese School, and the south side of the Uxbridge Road, from Grosvenor Court to the former Tram Depot. The current conservation area boundary is shown in this map:
Colin Sorenson, a local resident, was instrumental in getting the conservation area extended. Here’s a letter written by him to a contact at the Museum of London, detailing a walk around the area with a representative from the GLC’s Historic Building Division, who agreed about the completeness of the Edwardian housing and how it should be protected.
