Decorating Bentinck Street

Bentinck Street is a distinguished Georgian street in the heart of Marylebone, running east from Manchester Square towards Welbeck Street and forming part of the Portman Estate's grid of well-proportioned terraced houses. The street is lined with original late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century brick and stucco-fronted townhouses, many now in use as professional offices and medical consulting rooms while retaining their fine domestic architecture. Its quiet, purposeful character is typical of the best of Marylebone's Georgian streetscapes.

The Georgian terraces of Bentinck Street call for painters with a clear understanding of historic lime render, original sash windows and the restrained colour palettes appropriate to the Marylebone Conservation Area. Many buildings have been sensitively converted for professional use, with interior decoration projects balancing the requirements of modern office presentation against the retention of original panelling, dados and cornicing.