Decorating Hampstead Grove

Hampstead Grove is one of the finest streets in Hampstead Village, running north from Heath Street past Fenton House — a National Trust seventeenth-century merchant's mansion — and offering some of the most desirable period houses in north London. The street is lined with an exceptional collection of Georgian and Queen Anne properties in red brick and painted stucco, many predating 1800, set behind high garden walls and mature plantings that give it an almost rural character despite its proximity to the village centre. As part of the Hampstead Conservation Area, Hampstead Grove represents an architectural quality rarely matched in inner London.

Hampstead Grove's exceptionally early building stock, including several pre-Georgian properties, demands decorators with specialist knowledge of lime-based paints and traditional oil-bound finishes that are compatible with the soft historic brickwork and lime mortar construction of these rare survivals. Conservation Area planning controls and the involvement of Historic England for listed buildings make pre-work consultation with the conservation officer essential.