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| English Heritage Reference: | 480017 |
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| RBKC Reference: | 249/24/10213 |
| Property: | 1 HOLLAND PARK AVENUE 1 |
| Street: | HOLLAND PARK AVENUE , W11 |
| Date: | 19/04/2000 |
| Grade: | II |
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| Description: | House and studio, built 1820-1 by James Brace, developer, artist's studio on second floor added 1864, building refurbished and embellished by the artist James McBey (18831959), in 1919-20, and subsequently with his wife Marguerite in the 1930s. Stucco and roughcast over brickwork, blue Welsh--slated roof margins behind parapet. Double-fronted villa with central entrance between 2 rooms, left hand bay added c.18645, when 'L' plan galleried studio, with store added on second floor. Irregular front facade. Ground floor has 2 canted, rusticated bay windows, with small-panel wood casements, entrance between with 4-panel door (upper 2 glazed), and fanlight. At far left is a bay added c.18645, with 1 full length French casement window, flanked by pilasters, with moulded consoles carrying projecting balcony with cast-iron balustrading with honeysuckle motifs. First floor has 2 wood sash windows, without glazing bars, at right, and 3 narrow full-length French casements, centre and left, behind continuous balcony, with wrought-iron balustrading, with scrollwork, ovals and Chinese Chippendale trelliswork. Single window at far left, as described above. Facade buttressed and tied with wrought-iron cross bands. Second floor dominated by large studio window at left, iron-framed, with 3 long lower panes, 3 square panes, and 3 opening casements, each with 9 small panes - upper part of window projects above parapet level as dormer. Single light horizontal casement, beneath dripmould upper centre, with small 9-paned bullseye lower right. Facade cut-back on diagonal, behind small balcony at left, and at right, ramped parapet, in the form of half Dutch gable, sweeps down, concealing lower roof slope. |
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