Decorating Ovington Square

Ovington Square is a handsome Victorian garden square in Knightsbridge, enclosed by a mixture of stucco-fronted townhouses and later mansion blocks arranged around a private communal garden. Developed in the mid-nineteenth century, the square combines the grandeur of full-sized stucco terraces on its principal elevations with the intimacy of a gated garden setting, creating an enclave of considerable residential prestige between Brompton Road and Walton Street. Its mix of property types and immaculately maintained garden makes it one of Knightsbridge's most desirable residential addresses.

The stucco townhouses and mansion blocks on Ovington Square present a variety of decorating challenges, from large-scale exterior stucco repaints requiring full scaffolding to luxury interior fit-outs within lateral mansion apartments. Access to the private garden square can require liaison with the garden committee and careful protection of soft landscaping during exterior works.