Beltwood House is a Grade II listed Victorian Villa dating from 1851 near Dulwich, South London. Nestled within 3 acres of gardens, the grounds are also home to an Arts & Crafts gatehouse and two curtilage buildings, a garage and a cottage, all of which are listed. There is a site-wide Tree Protection order on the grounds, and the House has been on the Historic England ‘Heritage At Risk Register’ since 2011.

Cuozzo Fleming gaining planning consent in 2018 to convert the listed house back to residential use, following a string of failed planning attempts since the mid 1980s. In recent years, the house had been occupied by live-in guardians but was host to a range of non-residential uses since the 1940s, including a hospital, student accommodation, a YMCA and a even a brief spell as a nightclub.

Cuozzo Fleming proposed a comprehensive scheme which promoted the reinstatement of Beltwood’s built heritage and it’s grounds whilst carefully introducing considered, appropriate and well-designed new development within the grounds.

This is achieved through the design of the environment as a whole; the carefully planned location of units both within Beltwood House and the grounds, the design and location of the various forms of accommodation within the scheme, and the treatment of the gardens.

The site also promotes an improvement in well-being by creating an environment that encourages people to be active, to keep fit and healthy. The scheme includes a dedicated fitness suite for all residents, ample cycle spaces, promotes electric car use as well as the attractive external landscaped spaces to encourage outdoor activity and use of the grounds.

The proposed redevelopment will safeguard the heritage asset and provide 13 new residential homes through the sensitive heritage-focused restoration and subdivision of the main house with appropriately positioned new-builds nestled within the grounds.

The scheme provides seven new apartments within the Listed House, the extension and refurbishment of the existing Arts & Crafts gatehouse, and three new structures within the grounds of Beltwood – the New Gatehouse, the Pavilion House and the Terrace Houses – all of which have been carefully placed and individually designed with the character and setting of each specific area in mind.

The project is currently under construction.