Period terrace frontage repaint

A bay-fronted terrace lives or dies on its frontage, and there is a lot going on across one of these elevations. Rendered upper storey, masonry below, a two-storey bay, gable detail at the top and low garden walls running out to the pavement.

The house was picked out in two tones: a clean white across the render, the bay surrounds and the gable, with a deep red on the masonry below and along the garden walls. Keeping the line between the two crisp all the way across a bay, around the door arches and along the wall copings is what makes an elevation like this look sharp rather than approximate.

Working on a street frontage means working in public, over a pavement, with neighbours either side and no room to spread out. The finished house stands out against the terrace without fighting it, which is exactly the balance a period frontage needs.