Decorating Collingham Place

Collingham Place is a handsome Victorian residential street in South Kensington, running parallel to Cromwell Road and connecting Collingham Road with Earls Court Road. The street is notable for its attractive terraces of two- and three-storey Victorian houses, several of which overlook or adjoin private communal gardens, lending a garden-square character to the quieter sections of the street. Its position within easy reach of South Kensington's museums, Underground station, and the restaurants of Old Brompton Road makes it a consistently popular address.

Several properties on Collingham Place benefit from private or communal garden aspects, and exterior painting programmes must account for damp ingress from garden-facing rear elevations as well as the stucco front facades. Conservation area requirements govern the street's external appearance, and interior schemes frequently involve restoring high-ceilinged Victorian reception rooms with elaborate cornicing and original joinery.