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England

Debenham House (Peacock House) (8 Addison Road)

Holland Park, Kensington

London

England

Start Date: 1905

Completion Date: 1907

Status: Fully Extant

House Open to Public: No

Country House: No (Townhouse)

This house has been used for TV and Film

The house from a 1907 illustration

  • Built / Designed For: Ernest Ridley Debenham

    House & Family History: Debenham is an early 20th century house of three stories by five bays in the Holland Park section of Kensington & Chelsea. Famous for its green glazed pantile roof and its turquoise, green, and white faience glazed brick exterior walls (Royal Doulton Carrara ware with green and blue Burmantofts bricks), the exotic Arts & Crafts style house was built for department store owner Ernest Debenham. The sumptuous Arab style hall contains a mosaic dome painted by Gaetano Meo, William De Morgan tiles, and painted ceilings by Ernest Gimson. From 1955 to 1965 the house was used by the London College of Dance. In the 1990s Debenham House served as the headquarters of the Richmond Fellowship (today Waythrough), a nonprofit that provided mental health services.

  • Garden & Outbuildings: There is an adjoining garden house that features tiles by William De Morgan.

  • Architect: Halsey Ricardo

    Date: 1905-07
    Designed: House for Ernest Ridley Debenham

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  • House Listed: Grade I

    Park Listed: No Park

  • "Secret Ceremony" (1968). "What the Butler Saw" (1990s - TV series). "The Wings of the Dove" (1997). "Spooks" [aka "MI-5"] (2000s - BBC TV series). "Agatha Christie: Poirot" (2000 - TV series, as the exterior of Lord Edgware's home in the episode "Lord Edgware Dies"). "Marple: A Murder Is Announced" (2005 - TV series, as the interior of the spa hotel). "Agatha Christie: Poirot" (2006 - TV series, as the exterior of the London home of Shaitana in the episode "Cards on the Table"). "W.E." (2011).

  • Past Seat / Home of: Ernest Ridley Debenham, 1907-52.

    Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No

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