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Stone moved into 8 Melbury Road with his wife, Laura Broun, the daughter of a merchant. Stone and Luke Fildes were the first two artists to build studio-houses in Melbury Road.
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at 8 Melbury Road. A green plaque placed by the Directors Guild of Great Britain on the house commemorates Michael Powell.
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Following Stone's death the house was occupied by artist Percyval Tudor-Hart. The film director
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lived at the house from 1951 to 1971 and shot parts of his controversial 1960 film
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The London Compendium: A street-by-street exploration of the hidden metropolis
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It was the first of two houses in Melbury Road designed by Shaw, the second,
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Grade II* listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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as a "studio-home" for himself. The house was designed by architect
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The Holland Park Circle: Artists and Victorian Society
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Queen Anne Revival architecture in the United Kingdom
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Percyval Tudor-Hart, 1873-1954: portrait of an artist
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Melbury Road
Melbury Road
Holland Park
51°29′57.28″N 0°12′13.49″W / 51.4992444°N 0.2037472°W / 51.4992444; -0.2037472
Richard Norman Shaw
Queen Anne style
Listed Building
8 Melbury Road is located in Greater London
Holland Park
Kensington and Chelsea
W14
Queen Anne style
Richard Norman Shaw
Grade II*
Marcus Stone
Richard Norman Shaw
Queen Anne style
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
William Morris
Philip Webb
Royal Academy of Arts
George Frederick Watts
Leighton House Museum
Frederic, Lord Leighton
Michael Powell
Peeping Tom
Woodland House
Luke Fildes
English Heritage

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