Restoring Wimbledon's Victorian and Edwardian Villas
Properties bordering Wimbledon Common face additional scrutiny, Merton Council and the Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators both take an active interest in how new work affects views from the Common, particularly roofline and ridge height. Within the Wimbledon Village conservation area specifically, loft conversions (a common project on the area's high-ridged Victorian and Edwardian roofs) are generally expected to use set-back dormers in traditional proportions and matching materials, rather than the larger, more visible dormers that might be acceptable outside the conservation boundary. Original features, plaster cornicing, cast iron fireplaces, stained glass, ornate joinery, are common in the area's Victorian and Edwardian villas and worth restoring rather than stripping out during a wider refurbishment.
