Leafield Mews, Wimbledon Chase
On the site of previous garages and small agricultural buildings, Silen Construction created a new mews development behind an Edwardian suburban street in Wimberlson Chase, South London. Our sister company Risner Design Limted completed the planning application and detail design. We then undertook the construction and fit out of these two new build single story residential units and associated landscape works.
Due to location and aspect, the buildings are intended have a minimal impact on their surroundings with low profiles and planted flat roof sections to enhance views from neighbouring properties. Externally the materials include black zinc cladding and roofing, red handmade bricks and sedum roofs. The interiors have a simple and cohesive material palette with oak (flooring, top unit kitchen doors, window sills, door and window liners and wall paneling), matt white (all walls and ceilings and skirtings), and touches of black (base unit kitchen doors and panels and the aluminium glazing). The large vaulted ceilings in both units and the 2.4m high doors in the lower ceilinged areas accentuate the volume of both houses and help maintain a sense of space.
Particular emphasis has been paid to the environmental credentials of this project both during construction and for the end user. Permeable paving has been used throughout the landscape design, and sedum roofs, solar panels, underground rain water storage tanks, and grey water recycling systems are all present within each unit. Both houses were built using timber frame construction.
