Changes to Lucien Pissarro's Former Residence Backed
Planners recommend retention of front boundary wall
The house where the artist lived on Stamford Brook Road
September 29, 2024
Changes made to a listed building that was formerly the home of French impressionist painter, Lucien Pissarro, have been recommended for approval by council planners.
A new boundary wall and replacement gate was added to the building by Justin Urquhart-Stewart a regular commentator on the media on financial matters.
He is seeking retrospective approval and listed building consent for the changes at the two story house at 27 Stamford Brook Road that was originally built in the 18th century.
The building has had a Grade II listing since 1951 and was originally two cottages and is situated within the Stamford Brook Conservation Area. Pissarro lived at the building from 1901 until the time of his death in 1944 which is commemorated by a blue plaque on the front of the house.
The new boundary wall has been in constructed with yellow-stock brick which the applicants says are meant to match the existing walls. The replacement gate was to be constructed in a white-painted timber although it currently appears to be a dark colour.
The application states, “The decorative element to the replacement gates provides a new craft-designed element to the house which is in keeping with classicism of the original building and provides an interesting element to the boundary treatment. The ornate pediment is also a flamboyant and
successful piece of design providing further visual interest.”
An existing white picket fence and original timber gates dating back to 1949 were removed without planning permission.
The new gate has already been installed
Objectors to the changes said that they were eroding the cultural and historical fabric of local community and that the designs were not in keeping with the house, out of scale and dominating the house obscuring the view of the house from the side.
Planners determined that the boundary wall was not mentioned in the Official Listing of the house and no objection to the changes were made by Historic England and Hounslow’s conservation team.
The application will be considered by councillors at a forthcoming meeting of the borough planning committee.
During his time at Stamford Brook Road, Lucien Pissarro, the eldest son of Camille Pissarro, continued his artistic work and was a founding member of the Camden Town Group of artists. The house became a central part of his life in London, where he worked and influenced the British art scene.
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