Decorating Ladbroke Mews

Ladbroke Mews is a secluded cobbled mews off Ladbroke Road in Notting Hill, W11, originally developed in the mid-Victorian period as the stable and coach-house accommodation serving the grand stucco villas of the Ladbroke Estate. The mews has been comprehensively converted into private residential properties, typically presenting a mix of cream or white-painted render, exposed London stock brick, and substantial timber sliding or folding doors at ground level beneath residential floors above. It falls within the Ladbroke Conservation Area, one of the largest and most prestigious in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, encompassing the entire Victorian garden-square estate.

External decoration on Ladbroke Mews requires adherence to the Ladbroke Conservation Area guidance, with white or cream painted render being the dominant tradition on these properties; the Royal Borough strongly discourages colours that break with the mews's established palette or introduce a strongly individual character. Many conversions have created double-height living spaces behind the original carriage arch openings, and interior schemes in these dramatic volumes benefit from specialist colour advice and careful attention to the interplay of natural light across the day.