Leighton House

London · United Kingdom

Leighton House, United Kingdom
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Leighton House in Holland Park was the studio-home of Victorian artist Frederic Leighton, built over three decades from the 1860s as a private palace of art. Its centrepiece is the Arab Hall, lined with genuine Islamic tiles from Damascus and Cairo beneath a gilded dome and fountain. The building blends Aesthetic Movement interiors with a grand top-lit studio where Leighton painted. Restored and reopened, it displays works by Leighton and his circle among the original decorative schemes.

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