Decorating Upper Belgrave Street

Upper Belgrave Street is one of Belgravia's grandest formal streets, running north from Belgrave Square towards Knightsbridge with an unbroken row of imposing stucco-fronted terraced houses designed by George Basevi and built by Thomas Cubitt in the 1820s and 1830s. The street is lined with embassies, private residences and discreet private members' clubs, giving it a particularly hushed and diplomatic character. Its scale and pristine white stucco facades make it one of London's most architecturally cohesive streets.

The iconic brilliant white stucco facades of Upper Belgrave Street require specialist lime-based paints applied by craftsmen experienced in historic render systems, with scaffolding programmes carefully co-ordinated around embassy and diplomatic protocols. Interior work typically involves grand-scale decoration across multiple storeys, including gilded plasterwork, marbling and bespoke colour schemes for formal reception rooms.