Decorating Young Street

Young Street is a short but characterful Victorian terrace running between Kensington High Street and Kensington Square, named in honour of the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray who lived here in the 1850s and 1840s. The street is lined with elegant mid-Victorian stucco and brick houses of four and five storeys, many of which have been converted into high-quality flats while retaining their original facades and ironwork. Its proximity to both Kensington Square and the High Street gives it a balanced mix of residential calm and urban convenience.

The mix of rendered and brick facades on Young Street requires a careful approach to exterior repainting, with lime-wash and mineral paint systems suited to older stucco and breathable masonry paint for exposed brickwork. Interior commissions frequently involve restoring original plaster cornices and ceiling roses in converted flats, where period details have been preserved.