Decorating Hays Mews

Hays Mews is a charming cobbled mews street running parallel to Hill Street in the heart of Mayfair, originally built as coach houses and stabling for the grand Georgian townhouses of the Berkeley Square area. Today the mews comprises beautifully converted two- and three-storey residences that combine original carriage archways and cobbled surfaces with thoroughly modern interiors, making them among the most characterful and expensive small houses in London. The quiet, private atmosphere of the mews belies its central position between Berkeley Square and Park Lane.

Mews properties on Hays Mews call for painters skilled in both historic exterior finishes — including the correct rendering of brick, rubbed stone and painted render on carriage archways — and contemporary interior schemes that honour the low ceilings, exposed brickwork and original timber beams typical of converted mews homes. Many owners commission bespoke decorative paint effects to make the most of these highly individual spaces.