MELBURY ROAD  –  KENSINGTON

Holland Park Home

Formerly part of the Holland Estate and latterly the Ilchester Estate  in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, this substantial corner property was transformed and extended into a magnificent family home in the closing decade of the 20th century.

Notable neighbours have included Richard Harris actor, Jimmy Page guitarist and Michael Winner film director and food critic.

Constructed in red brick, stone and plain clay tiles , once familiar materials in the pallet of the Queen Anne Style revival influence on locally developed  properties of the late Victorian period in question.

Alan Bayne’s successfully fulfilled the clients  aims to remodel and expand this already substantial residence, in sympathy with the style, influence and  detail of the original.

The Holland Park area is notable for outstanding examples of the works of renowned architects Richard Norman Shaw, William Burges ( the Grade 1 Listed Tower House - his former home ) and Halsey Ricardo and the home of artists such as Hamo Thornycroft, William Holman Hunt, Luke Fildes (Woodlands House- Grade 2*) and Lord Leighton. 

Holland Park was a veritable Mecca for up and coming young artists of the 19th century. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - in 2001 was the most densely populated borough in the UK. With arguably the widest range of income and wealth.