Decorating Vicarage Gate

Vicarage Gate is an elegant residential street in the heart of Kensington, connecting Kensington Church Street with Palace Gardens Terrace and running along the boundary between Kensington and Notting Hill. The street is lined with grand late-Victorian and Edwardian houses, many of which have been converted into lateral flats or retained as substantial family homes. Its leafy, broad character and proximity to Kensington Gardens makes it one of the area's most desirable addresses.

Vicarage Gate's grand stucco-fronted houses require methodical preparation of painted render facades to address weathering and substrate movement before applying durable masonry finish coats. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea conservation area controls apply to external colour and finish choices. Interior decoration projects are often extensive, encompassing original Victorian plasterwork ceilings, deep skirting boards and architraves, panelled doors and principal rooms with generous ceiling heights requiring scaffolding access for cornice work.