Woodland House

Woodland House is a residence in Holland Park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in central London. The building of red brick shows large windows, several chimneys and sits on a plot with a spacious garden that holds tropical trees and green areas.

Richard Norman Shaw designed the house between 1875 and 1877 for painter Luke Fildes as part of a neighborhood that attracted many artists. The building followed the then widespread style and was later renovated and modernized several times.

Neighbors along the street once knew the residence as home to artists and painters who settled here in the late nineteenth century. Today several studios and houses along the road reflect this creative past, still recalling the time when makers and designers lived side by side.

The property sits on a quiet residential street where you can walk along the pavements and occasionally see other houses in similar style. The front is visible from the road, but the interior and gardens are private and not open to the public.

One of the large rooms in the house originally served as a studio with high ceiling and wide windows that let in much daylight. Later owners added a swimming pool and cinema room, which led to long discussions with a neighboring musician who worried about noise and vibrations.