16-547: The Holland Park Circle was an informal group of 19th-century artists based in the Holland Park district of West London , England, especially in Melbury Road and Holland Park Road . George Frederic Watts , Frederic Leighton , Valentine Prinsep , Luke Fildes , Hamo Thornycroft and William Burges are considered key members of the group. The following are houses of special interest: Holland Park Holland Park
32-431: A blue plaque on the building. The building underwent significant alterations. When, in 1957, record producer Denis Preston was looking for a property in which to set up a recording studio, his assistant engineer Joe Meek found the premises, which had unusually high ceilings and a basement squash court , suitable for conversion into a studio. Preston, Meek and (a year later) engineer Adrian Kerridge then established
48-459: A northern half of semi-wild woodland, central section of formal garden areas, and southernmost section used for sport. Holland House is now a fragmentary ruin, having been devastated by incendiary bombing during the Second World War in 1940, but the ruins and the grounds were bought by London County Council in 1952 from the last private owner, the 6th Earl of Ilchester . Today the remains of
64-490: Is a Grade II listed eight-storey building which was originally constructed in 1902–04 by Scottish architect William Flockhart, for South African mining magnate Sir Edmund Davis. The building contained apartments and artists' workshops. Among the artists who had studios in the building in the early decades of the 20th century were Charles Ricketts , Charles Haslewood Shannon , Glyn Philpot , Vivian Forbes , James Pryde , and Frederick Cayley Robinson , who are commemorated on
80-677: Is a residential road in the Holland Park district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , London , England. It is especially known for Leighton House , owned by the artist Lord Frederic Leighton , President of the Royal Academy and leading light of the Victorian Holland Park Circle , an informal group of 19th-century artists, including William Burges , Luke Fildes , Frederic Leighton , Valentine Prinsep , Hamo Thornycroft , and George Frederick Watts , who lived in
96-643: Is an area of Kensington , on the western edge of Central London , that lies within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and largely surrounds its namesake park, Holland Park. Colloquially referred to as 'Millionaire's Row', Holland Park is among the most expensive residential areas in London and the United Kingdom . Past and present residents include David and Victoria Beckham , Sir Elton John , David Cameron , Ed Sheeran , Sir Richard Branson , and Robbie Williams , among others. The small neighborhood
112-465: Is further home to the embassies of several countries, including Azerbaijan , Ukraine , Greece , Jordan , Russia and Lebanon . The area is principally composed of tree-lined streets with large Victorian mansions and contains shops, cultural tourist attractions such as the Design Museum , luxury spas, hotels, and restaurants along Holland Park Avenue and Kensington High Street . Holland Park
128-463: Is located between Notting Hill and South Kensington , west of Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park . While there are no official boundaries, the Holland Ward was historically bounded by Kensington High Street to the south, Holland Road to the west, Holland Park Avenue to the north, and Kensington Palace Gardens to the east. Adjacent districts are Notting Hill to the north, Earl's Court to
144-457: The Kyoto Garden (1991) and Fukushima Memorial Garden (2012), a youth hostel , a children's playground, squirrels and peacocks . In 2010, the park set aside a section for pigs whose job was to reclaim the area from nettles etc., in order to create another meadow area for wildflowers and fauna. Cattle were used subsequently to similar effect. The Holland Park Ecology Centre (2013), operated by
160-593: The Phillimore Estate (there are at least four roads with the word Phillimore in their name) and the Campden Hill Square area. In the late 19th century, a number of notable artists and art collectors (including Frederic Leighton , P.R.A. and Val Prinsep ), known as the Holland Park Circle , lived in the area, especially in Melbury Road and Holland Park Road . Lansdowne House, at Lansdowne Road.
176-406: The area. The road links Addison Road (A3220) to the west with Melbury Road to the east. To the south, Kensington High Street runs parallel with Holland Park Road. The area was formerly occupied by Holland Farm. The Kensington home of Lord Holland was demolished in 1875 to make way for Melbury Road to the north and east, but the farmhouse of Holland Farm (rebuilt in 1859) remained. From
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#1732847964353192-514: The borough's Ecology Service, provides environmental education programmes including nature walks, talks, programmes for schools, and outdoor activity programs for children. In the northwest of the park near Abbotsbury Road , installed in 2000, is the outdoor sculpture Tortoises with Triangle and Time by Wendy Taylor , commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for the Millennium . Holland Park Road Holland Park Road
208-533: The house form a backdrop for the open air Holland Park Theatre, which is the home of Opera Holland Park . To the immediate south of the park is the former site of the Commonwealth Institute , now home to the Design Museum . The park contains a café, as well as the Belvedere Restaurant that is attached to the orangery , a giant chess set, a cricket pitch, tennis courts, two Japanese gardens -
224-467: The house. Large parts of Holland Park were constructed between 1860 and 1880 by master builders William and Francis Radford, who were contracted to build over 200 houses in the area. Notable 19th-century residential developments in the area include the Royal Crescent and Aubrey House . It also included some small areas around the fringes which had never been part of the grounds of Holland House, notably
240-415: The south, and Shepherd's Bush to the west. The district was rural until the 19th century, and most of the area now referred to by the name Holland Park was formerly the grounds of a Jacobean mansion called Cope Castle . In the later decades of that century the owners of the house sold off the more outlying parts of its grounds for residential development, and the district which evolved took its name from
256-448: The studio, and made their first recordings there in 1958. The studio was London's first independent music recording studio. In 1962, an enlarged control room overlooking the studio floor was opened. Kerridge later became the studio's owner. The studios closed in 2006 and the building was subsequently converted into 13 self-contained apartments, while retaining a small recording studio. The park covers about 22.5 hectares (56 acres), with
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