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West Side Common, LONDON, SW19 4UD

No 6, West Side Common. A large extended Grade II listed house, has been divided into flats. It has a rectangular blue metal plaque on the gate post. Which reads "Built early in 16th Century as the 'Mansion House' of the large Warren estate. It was the home of Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Chancellor 1827-30, and of Spencer Gore, the first Wimbledon Tennis champion in 1877." See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-205191-west-side-house-greater-london-authority for more details about the house. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Lyndhurst for more details on the politician. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Gore_(sportsman) for more details about the sportsman.

Grade II listed.

This large house is No 4, West Side Common. It is Grade II listed, even though it has been converted into three residences. See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-205190-4-west-side-common-sw19-greater-london-a for more details on the listed building.

This is outside the south facade of Cannizaro House, and this is the view from its terrace. It is planted with seasonal bedding plants - this use has been restored this year after a gap when it held perennials.

On a sunny saturday the lawns of the public Cannizaro Park were a popular destination. Cannizaro House seen beyond the lawns is a hotel http://www.cannizarohouse.com/ .

The Georgian-style house only dates from 1900 when the original residence was accidentally burned to the ground. The house and park take their name from Francis Platamone, Duke of Cannizzaro, a Sicilian nobleman who resided here for a few years in the early 19th century. Although the Duke's links with the estate were brief, it has borne his name (although wrongly spelt) ever since. The house is now a hotel. Wimbledon Football Club famously stayed here before their FA Cup Final victory in 1988. Merton Council's predecessor purchased the estate in 1948. The garden has well over 400 trees and shrubs.