Little Holland House

[13] In 1877 the original site of the school in Holland Park Road was sold by auction for £2,650, and in its place was built the present Nos.

However this was actually at Number 1 Addison Road, at the north-eastern boundary of the Holland House estate, and it is probable he was persuaded to buy the freehold from his father in order to attract other high society occupants to the new development.

After his death in 1873 Number 1 Addison Road was mostly demolished and built upon, but part of the house survives as the club-house of Holland Park Tennis Club.

Watts, Henry's wife Sara Monckton Prinsep and her sisters including Julia Margaret Cameron lived, worked and entertained here for 21 years, making it the centre of their salon on Sunday afternoons.

In its place was built a block of flats designed by Austin Blomfield, named Kingfisher House, which continues to occupy the site.

Little Holland House in the 1860s, west front, before demolition in 1871. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Libraries
"Hon ble Miss Fox", 1810 portrait by James Northcote (1746–1831) of Hon. Caroline Fox (1767–1845), then aged 43, only daughter of Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland. Collection of Royal Albert Memorial Museum , Exeter, Devon
Canting arms of Fox, Baron Holland: Ermine, on a chevron azure three fox's heads and necks erased or on a canton of the second a fleur-de-lys of the third