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to be built in the grounds, linked to the main house by a covered walkway (1). de László obtained a licence to build the studio from
Spencer Maryon-Wilson, the original landowner and master developer of Fitzjohn's Avenue and its surrounding roads. The studio opened onto a stone patio and lawns, lined
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After the war, the
Sisters of Mercy also took over the two villas at No.s 5 and 7 (3). The Order linked and converted the three villas into a convent and girls' school. In 1985 the villas became the Fitzjohn's Lodge Hotel(3). In 2006 development company Mayfair Developments acquired the property and
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The interiors of Hyme House and studio had oak flooring with high ceilings, elegant ceiling cornicing and panelled doors (4). The furniture was predominantly
Italian, with Flemish tapestries and de László's paintings on the walls (4). Antiques included a 13th-century Sicilian chest, pieces by
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In 1875 Hampstead landowner
Spencer Maryon-Wilson commissioned land agent F.J. Clark and developer John Culverhouse, to design an architectural master plan to provide new housing on part of his Hampstead estate. Finalised in 1876, the master plan was centred on a tree-lined
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There were so many artists on the avenue that it became a tradition for their houses to be opened on special days – known as "Show
Sundays" - for friends, colleagues, and neighbours to see their latest artwork. According to novelist
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During the 1920s and 1930s many artists, writers, magazine and newspaper editors, merchants and physicians lived in
Fitzjohn's; its close proximity to the centre of London enabled people to commute daily (3).
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Located on large building plots, all the houses were detached or semi-detached villas set well back from the roads, with long front paths and generous front and rear gardens. The houses were designed in either
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Film footage survives of Philip de László entertaining
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke and Duchess of York at Hyme House in 1933. Other visitors filmed in the studio and lawns of the villa include
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In 1886 No.3 Fitzjohn's Avenue was built and was known as Hyme House. The house was built in the style of the Arts & Crafts movement, with a brick, tile-hung and terracotta facade with large
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In the studio and gardens of Hyme House de László painted many of his best-known portraits. At the height of his fame he could command an extraordinary £3,000 for a full-length portrait.
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at numbers 5 and 7. The Order linked the three villas into a girls' school, which operated up until 1985 (3). The house then became the
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diamond merchant, who acquired a second plot of land to the south of the main house on which was built garaging and a hard
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conferred upon him the Badge of the Corvinus Order of Honour, Hungary's highest award for artistic merit (2).
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