Holland Villas Road

Holland Villas Road

15 & 16 Holland Villas Road
Location	Holland Park, Kensington, London, England
Nearest metro station	Holland Park tube station
Coordinates	51°30′04″N0°12′40″W / 51.5012°N 0.2112°W / 51.5012; -0.2112
From	Addison Road
To	Addison Crescent

Holland Villas Road is a road in the Holland Park area of Kensington in London. The street regularly features among the most expensive residential streets in the United Kingdom. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

From a junction with Addison Road and Upper Addison Gardens near Holland Park Avenue in the north, the road runs south to Addison Crescent.

History

Designed in the 1850s by James Hall, houses on Holland Villas Road are some of the largest villas in central London. Identical in proportions to Hall's houses on neighbouring Addison Road, the properties feature 60-foot (18.3m) frontages, generous carriage drives and large gardens. ^[4]

Most of the original houses built by James Hall remain intact. ^[5] Of the 30 original villas, only No. 7 has been demolished. ^[5]

Notable Residents

Holland Villas Road is home to various ambassadorial residences and has housed several notable figures. ^[6]

• No. 4: Lindy Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (née Guinness) and Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, both British patrons of the arts. ^[7] Their parties at 4 Holland Villas Road were "legendary in the late 60s. You would find yourself talking to Princess Margaret or Duncan Grant and Angelica Garnett, or Francis Bacon or Stephen Spender or the Queen Mother." ^[8]
• No. 6: Last residence of Jean Ingelow, English poet and novelist. ^[9]
• No. 8: The first resident was art collector and patron Constantine Alexander Ionides, whose private collection was later bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum. ^[5] Sir Geoffrey Eley, the High Sheriff of Greater London in 1966, later lived there. ^[10]
• No. 19: Former residence of François-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek. ^{[11] [12]}

References

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3. "Britain's 10 most expensive properties cost a whopping £288 million". Metro. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
4. "The Holland estate: To 1874 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
5. "The Holland estate: To 1874". Survey of London. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
6. "Court circular". www.thetimes.com. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
7. Mount, Harry (5 July 2023). "Harry Mount remembers his godmother, the colourful last Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava". Tatler. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
8. "Mark Lancaster interview". www.warholstars.org. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
9. "Jean Ingelow". minorvictorianwriters.org.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
10. "No. 43921". The London Gazette. 11 March 1966. p. 2704.
11. Williams, Helen (23 May 2024). "Hollywood star's $16m home had six floors but still wasn't big enough for all her clothes". Reality Shrine. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
12. Goss, Alexandra (23 March 2014). "Moving On: Hayek society". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 18 November 2025.