Decorating Chepstow Villas

Chepstow Villas is a prestigious Victorian residential street in Bayswater, running north from Notting Hill Gate to Pembridge Villas and lined with imposing mid-Victorian stucco semi-detached villas developed in the 1850s and 1860s. The street forms part of the densely developed Ladbroke and Pembridge estates, and its broad pavements shaded by mature London plane trees give it a particularly gracious character. Many of the original villas have been converted into flats while retaining their impressive street presence.

The large stucco semi-detached villas on Chepstow Villas require regular exterior repainting using flexible masonry paint systems capable of bridging fine surface cracks in the render, which is common on buildings of this age. The deep reveals of bay windows and the elaborate cornices and string courses demand skilled brush application to achieve sharp, clean lines.