Overview
- The owners repainted the Gibson Square frontage back to white after their appeal failed in July, restoring the facade to match neighbouring homes.
- Planning inspector Ahsan Ghafoor called the black-grey scheme "visually discordant and jarring" and concluded listed building consent was required.
- An enforcement notice specified three coats of wash to reinstate the characteristic white render within two months.
- The unauthorised work had coated window frames, cornices, architraves, entrance steps and the basement lightwell in dark paint.
- A source close to the family says council records show only one formal complaint and points to nearby grey frontages within the Barnsbury Conservation Area.