Decorating Wigmore Street

Wigmore Street runs east to west through the heart of Marylebone, forming one of the district's principal commercial and residential arteries between Oxford Street and Manchester Square. The street is defined architecturally by its late Victorian and Edwardian red-brick and Portland stone facades, developed largely as purpose-built mansion flats and medical consulting rooms in the late nineteenth century. Wigmore Hall, the internationally celebrated chamber music venue at number 36, is the street's most prominent listed building and represents a fine example of Edwardian concert hall architecture.

The varied red-brick, Portland stone, and rendered facades along Wigmore Street require a detailed substrate assessment before any external repainting, with Portland stone surfaces needing specialist cleaning rather than painting. Internal communal areas of the mansion blocks typically feature elaborate entrance halls with decorative tiling, plasterwork, and joinery that benefit from experienced heritage decorators.