In the 1860s, Lord Frederic Leighton commissioned his friend, architect George Aitcheson, to build him a house in Holland Park to house his extensive collection of antiquities and artworks.

Eh? Well, that’s the revelation from this enlightening exhibition at his home, Leighton House in Kensington. From the ...

British artist Frederic Leighton acquired the plot for Leighton House in 1864, and architect George Aitchison began work on the project the following year. Extensions and embellishments were added ...

Leighton House, a studio-property commissioned by the artist and developed over the 30 years he lived there, was regarded as his "private palace of art". The dome of the central Arab Hall has been ...