Property Description

Hugh Mews is a part-cobbled, private cul-de-sac off Hugh Street in Westminster, very close to London Victoria Station. There are 12 properties in the Mews, used for residential purposes.

A high explosive bomb fell onto Hugh Street, just outside the Mews in World War II, presumably affecting the properties and requiring them to be rebuilt. When the London Poverty Maps were published, the area was determined as being fairly comfortable in comparison to the standard household salaries at the time.

Hugh Mews is situated within Westminster City Council’s Pimilico Conservation Area. Constructed over a short period (1830’s to 1870’s), the area has a layout of formal streets and squares, lined by terraces of houses in the Classical tradition. The mews are situated behind the squares and fill in the street blocks. They are characterised by a more intimate setting than the main streets and are often entered through an archway. The buildings typically consist of two storeys and are generally scaled width-wise to the same size as the main properties that they are linked to.

The Mews has two and three storey, painted and rendered brickwork buildings with a mixture of mansard and parapet roof styles. The garages present are intact and surrounded by a part cobbled, part tarmacadam road surface.

Everchanging Nature

The original purpose of the Mews was to provide stable/ coach house accommodation to the main houses on Hugh Street and Eccleston Square. Now, it is predominantly used for residential purposes.

A few planning applications have been made before and since 2003 for alterations to the properties, mainly concerning mansard roof extensions. Conservation Area controls now apply to new development in the Mews.