Editing Cheam (section)

==Cheam Village==
[[File:Broadway, Cheam, London Borough of Sutton.jpg|thumb|left|Broadway, Cheam]]
[[File:Cheam Baptist Church - geograph.org.uk - 106458.jpg|thumb|left|Cheam Baptist Church, Cheam Village]]
'''Cheam Village''' is centred on the crossroads between Sutton, North Cheam, South Cheam and Ewell.

It has a [[conservation area]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=602 |title=London Borough of Sutton - Conservation Areas |access-date=12 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030233747/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=602 |archive-date=30 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and a number of historic buildings dating back several centuries, including Nonsuch Mansion, the gabled Whitehall and Lumley Chapel, and a Georgian former rectory.<ref>{{cite news |title=Properties perfect for a Jane Austen heroine: The Old Rectory |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/9819049/Properties-perfect-for-a-Jane-Austen-heroine.html?frame=2458978 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126200151/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/9819049/Properties-perfect-for-a-Jane-Austen-heroine.html?frame=2458978 |archive-date=2013-01-26}}</ref>

The Cheam Village Conservation Area was designated in 1970 – it covers historic parkland, housing of varying styles and age and a [[Tudor Revival architecture|mock Tudor]] shopping area with timber detailing and leaded-lights.<ref>[https://www.sutton.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=4520&p=0 Borough Heritage Study] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906155221/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=4520&p=0 |date=6 September 2014 }}</ref> The entrances to Cheam Park and [[Nonsuch Park]] with its historic mansion are approximately two hundred yards from the village centre crossroads.