Heritage restoration for Notting Hill’s stucco houses — painted facades, lime plaster, sash windows and decorative plasterwork restored with correct materials and craft, on listed and conservation properties.
Speak to the studio directly: 020 8054 8756
Notting Hill is defined by its painted stucco — the rendered, colour-washed fronts of the Ladbroke and Pembridge terraces — along with lime plaster, timber sash windows, decorative cornices and joinery. That fabric needs restoring with the materials and methods it was made with: patching a lime-rendered, soft-brick house with modern cement traps moisture and does long-term harm.
We restore rather than replace wherever the original survives: repairing stucco and render with lime, repairing sash boxes and reinstating cords and weights, running cornices and mouldings to match, and conserving joinery and plasterwork. Repainting a stucco front is also controlled in a conservation area, so colour and finish are considered, not arbitrary.
On listed buildings and within conservation areas this is also a consents exercise — we advise on what needs listed building consent, work to the standards conservation officers expect, and carry out the craft to match. One team, accountable for both the heritage and the result, with honest budgets in pounds sterling.
Heritage fabric demands the right materials and the right craft — modern shortcuts cause harm.
Soft, breathable rendered walls need lime-based repair; cement traps moisture and damages the fabric.
We repair stucco, sashes, plaster and joinery where the original survives, rather than stripping it out.
Repainting a stucco facade in a conservation area is considered — colour and finish are part of the case.
On listed and conservation properties we advise on consent and work to conservation standards.
From assessing the fabric to a faithful, lasting restoration — under one team.
Assessing what survives and what materials and methods the building needs.
Identifying listed building consent and conservation requirements.
Lime-based repair of stucco, render and soft brickwork, and considered repainting.
Repairing boxes, sashes, cords and weights; reinstating where lost.
Running and repairing cornices, mouldings and decorative plaster.
Conserving and reproducing period joinery and panelling.
Breathable, appropriate finishes that suit historic fabric.
Careful snagging and a clean handover with records.
We carry out heritage restoration across Notting Hill’s painted stucco terraces and listed villas in W11.
Notting Hill sits within the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea — see our Notting Hill area page and South West London refurbishment overview.
Book a no-obligation consultation at 2 Eaton Gate in SW1, at our Hampstead studio, or at your property. We will give you an honest read on approvals, programme and budget band — in pounds sterling — before you commit.
Site visit · approvals read · outline budget band (GBP) · programme indication. No obligation.
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