Contemporary design: new South Kensington boutique flats with private roof gardens and original period architecture

David Spittles24 April 2018

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has more than 150 blue plaque properties dedicated to artists, far exceeding any other London council.

Impoverished painters have long since left this prized area in search of cheaper accommodation elsewhere in the capital but the architectural legacy of traditional artist studios endures.

Rosemoor Studios, a scheme of sleek Scandi-style flats in the Sloane Ranger heartland near Harrods, reinterprets those bright, airy spaces of the 18th and 19th centuries within a classic period streetscape.

It is a bold design statement, with a façade of pre-cast Portland stone, Flemish bricks and powder-coated metalwork, yet the architecture does not jar with the handsome townhouses alongside.

The flats have unfussy, open-plan interiors and roof lights. Prices start at £1.35 million.

A new conventional-looking four-storey corner house with 3,000sq ft of space forms part of the scheme and costs £9 million. Call Banda Property on 020 7937 9600.

The Arts House is the boutique conversion of a mansion in nearby South Kensington into 11 flats that make the most of original period decorative architecture, overlaid with contemporary design.

A pair of duplex penthouses have private roof gardens. Prices from £1.69 million. Call Knight Frank on 020 3826 0673.

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