18 Melbury Road

Historic house in Holland Park, London, England August 2023 August 2023 18 Melbury Road WILLIAM HOLMAN-HUNT also CETSHWAYO - 18 Melbury Road Holland Park London W14 8LT.jpg Front view of the building (No 18 left and No 16 right) from Melbury Road Greater London 51.49925 N 0.20223 W inline,title Melbury Road, Holland Park, London W14 8LT, England 1877 (18A studio completed by 1893) William Turner of Chelsea Flemish bond brick Privately owned Grade II listed building 16, 18 and 18A Melbury Road W14 7 November 198416, 18 and 18A Melbury Road W14 1225643 31 August 2023 1225643 18 Melbury Road is a large semi-detached house in the Holland Park district of Kensington and Chelsea, London W14, England, located just north of Kensington High Street.https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/DP047822 Exterior view of 18 Melbury Road from the north, showing the blue plaques and a window Historic England UK 31 August 2023 The house was built in Victorian times as a brick and stucco house with gas lighting by William Turner of Chelsea, London and originally sold on a 90-year lease.Amor Anne Clark William Holman Hunt, The True Pre-Raphaelite London Constable 1989 The 1877 building is semi-detached with No 16. Both houses have three storeys with attic dormers and a tiled roof, built in brick with Flemish bond and painted cement.https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/planning/listedbuildings/listeddetails.asp?ID=422086 16, 18 and 18A Melbury Road The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea UK 31 August 2023 Attached to the rear outer corner of No 18 is a single-storey brick studio building. thumb|upright|Blue plaques at 18 Melbury Road The building is Grade II listed, along with the semi-detached and mirror-image 16 Melbury Road and a later attached studio building at 18A Melbury Road.https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101225643-16-18-and-18a-melbury-road-w14-holland-ward 16, 18 and 18A, Melbury Road W14 British Listed Buildings UK 31 August 2023 It was the home and studio of the Pre-Raphaelite painter, William Holman Hunt, from 1903 until his death in 1910.https://victorianweb.org/painting/whh/homes/1.html The Home and Studio of William Holman Hunt in Holland Park Jacqueline Banerjee The Victorian Web 31 August 2023 https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/archive/w-holman-hunt-18-melbury-road-kensington-w-to-sir-edward-poynter W. Holman Hunt, 18 Melbury Road, Kensington, W., to [Sir Edward] Poynter 7 January 1906 Royal Academy of Arts UK RA Collection: Archive RAA/SEC/6/27/1 31 August 2023 Cetshwayo kaMpande (c.1826–1884), King of the Zulus, stayed here in 1882. Both Holman Hunt (in 1923)https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/hunt-william-holman/ Holman-Hunt, William, O.M. (1827–1910) English Heritage UK 31 August 2023 and Cetshwayo (in 2006)https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/cetshwayo/ Cetshwayo, kaMpande, King of the Zulus English Heritage UK 31 August 2023 are recorded with blue plaques by English Heritage on the front of the building, one above the other. In 1923, the MI6 British Secret Intelligence Service moved to 18 Melbury Road due to financial restrictions but moved back to Westminster within a year.https://www.theundergroundmap.com/wp/melbury-road-w14/ Melbury Road, W14 The Underground Map W14, West Kensington 30 August 2022 31 August 2023 See also Holland Park Circle Leighton House Museum References External links Category:1877 establishments in England Category:Houses completed in 1877 Category:Grade II listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Category:Grade II listed houses in London Category:Houses in Holland Park Category:Artists' studios in London Category:Brick buildings and structures in the United Kingdom