The centrepiece of Leighton House is its Arab Hall, a qa'a built into the home of the Victorian painter Frederic Leighton and decorated with tiles and other elements he bought in the Near East on his travels. Leighton, President of the Royal Academy and the painter of the popular Flaming June, made the house in Holland Park both his home and his studio.
The architect George Aitchison designed the building for him, and it grew in stages between 1866 and 1895, with the Arab Hall a later addition. The result is known for its elaborate Orientalist and aesthetic interiors, and the house is now Grade II* listed.
A museum since 1929, Leighton House is open to the public as both a historic house and an art museum. It suits visitors interested in Victorian painting, in how a successful artist lived and worked, and in the decorative interiors of the period.
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