Decorating St Barnabas Street

St Barnabas Street is a short residential street in Pimlico, running off Pimlico Road near the border with Belgravia, and takes its name from the Victorian church of St Barnabas that anchors this quiet corner of the neighbourhood. The street is characterised by mid-Victorian yellow brick terraces interspersed with stucco-fronted properties reflecting the transitional architecture of the Cubitt estate at its southern edge. Its proximity to the smarter streets of Belgravia lends it a refined character that distinguishes it from much of the surrounding Pimlico grid.

Properties on St Barnabas Street present a mix of exposed yellow stock brick and rendered stucco facades, requiring different paint systems and preparation approaches for each substrate. Lime-based renders on older properties benefit from breathable masonry coatings, while timber joinery throughout the street is best treated with microporous exterior wood finishes.