Decorating Brunswick Gardens

Brunswick Gardens is a broad and handsome Victorian residential street in Kensington, running south from Campden Hill Road towards Notting Hill Gate and lined with substantial late-Victorian terraced houses of considerable architectural quality. The street was developed in the 1860s and 1870s as part of the wider residential expansion of Kensington, producing imposing four- and five-storey terraces with Italianate detailing, stucco cornices, and generous bay windows. It lies within the Campden Hill Conservation Area and is prized for its wide carriageway and mature street trees.

The large stucco-detailed facades of Brunswick Gardens require methodical surface preparation and flexible masonry coatings to address the movement typical of tall Victorian terraces. Bay windows with their complex mouldings and cornices demand skilled cutting-in and attention to detail, and the street's height means scaffolding is invariably required for exterior work.