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Architects and Engineers in South Wimbledon

Local knowledge of South Wimbledon's tree-lined Edwardian streets and its neighbouring conservation areas, from first feasibility conversation through to a finished project.

Living and Building in South Wimbledon

South Wimbledon took its present shape when the Underground reached it in 1926, filling the land around Merton Road and Kingston Road with ordered grids of Edwardian and interwar terraces in yellow London stock brick.

Diagram X brings AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) together for homeowners in an area whose past includes Merton Place, the country house once home to Lord Nelson.

Living room with a linear sofa and glass doors open to a garden in South Wimbledon

Planning in South Wimbledon

Planning in South Wimbledon is shaped by the neighbouring conservation areas, including South Park Gardens, with its Victorian and Edwardian houses set around a small park, and Merton Hall Road, designated in 1987 and including the Grade II listed Long Lodge.

Merton's Article 4 directions are tied to specific areas such as John Innes Merton Park, so permitted development rights should be checked property by property before any design begins.

Edwardian bay window beside a pale brick extension in South Wimbledon

Refurbishing in South Wimbledon

Across the area's Edwardian and interwar terraces, most interiors have had little meaningful updating in decades, so refurbishment here starts from bringing a home's light, layout and performance properly up to modern standards.

A genuinely worthwhile period feature earns its place when it's retained, but a confidently modern result inside is always the starting assumption.

Refurbished open-plan space with a curved sofa and rooflight in South Wimbledon

Construction in South Wimbledon

Construction in South Wimbledon benefits from understanding closely built terraced streets, where access, party wall agreements and sequencing shape almost every scheme.

We plan for these from the outset, so South Wimbledon's settled streets and its individual homes are both well served.

Dark timber wraparound extension with a green roof behind Edwardian terraces in South Wimbledon

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