St Michael’s Square was laid out in 1882 by Daniel Pidgeon, of Putney in London. The land had previously been open fields and orchards. It represents an important example of late nineteenth century speculative residential development, unmatched elsewhere in the city. It was arranged around a central enclosed garden, and contains rare examples of high specification domestic architecture of the period.

Brunswick Road

I was employed by Gloucester City Council, to provide advice on the repainting of the external woodwork and metalwork in St Michael’s Square, Gloucester. This followed on from a similar project that I carried out in Penzance.

Although clearly not in Chelsea, the colours used in cities and towns across the country were very similar as can be seen in this article that I wrote for the Chelsea Society – here.




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