Decorating Pelham Street

Pelham Street is a charming Victorian residential street in South Kensington running between Fulham Road and Old Brompton Road, forming the spine of the Pelham Conservation Area alongside the adjacent Pelham Crescent. The street features an attractive mix of early and mid-Victorian stucco terraces, including handsome Italianate properties with columned porticos and decorative ironwork balconies typical of the period. Its location between two of South Kensington's most desirable thoroughfares makes it one of the more sought-after residential streets in the borough.

Pelham Street's stucco terraces require careful preparation of rendered surfaces and the use of elastomeric masonry paints to cope with London's freeze-thaw cycles. The decorative ironwork balconies are a defining feature and benefit from specialist corrosion-inhibiting primers followed by gloss or satin finishes in period-appropriate colours.