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![Holland House library after an air raid BB83_04456](/t/106/holland-house-library-air-raid-bb83-04456-1326365.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Holland House library after an air raid BB83_04456</figcaption></b><br>HOLLAND HOUSE, Kensington, London. An interior view of the bombed library at Holland House with readers apparently choosing books regardless of the damage. Photographed in 1940. The House was heavily bombed during World War II and remained derelict until 1952 when parts of the remains were preserved. Holland House, originally known as Cope Castle, was a great house in Kensington in London, situated in what is now Holland Park. Created in 1605 in the Elizabethan or Jacobean style for the diplomat Sir Walter Cope, the building later passed to the powerful Rich family, then the Fox family, under whose ownership it became a noted gathering-place for Whigs in the 19th century. The house was largely destroyed by German firebombing during the Blitz in 1940; today only the east wing and some ruins of the ground floor still remain. In 1940, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended the last great ball held at the house. A few weeks later, on 7 September, the German bombing raids on London that would come to be known as the Blitz began. During the night of 27 September, Holland House was hit by twenty-two incendiary bombs during a ten-hour raid. The house was largely destroyed, with only the east wing, and, miraculously, almost all of the library remaining undamaged. Surviving volumes included the sixteenth-century Boxer Codex. Holland House was granted Grade I listed building status in 1949, under the auspices of the Town and Country Planning Act 1947; the Act sought to identify and preserve buildings of special historic importance, prompted by the damage caused by wartime bombing. The building remained a burned-out ruin until 1952, when its owner, Giles Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester, sold it to the London County Council (LCC). The remains of the building passed from the LCC to its successor, the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1965, and upon the dissolution of the GLC in 1986 to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Today, the remains of Holland House form a backdrop for the open air Holland Park Theatre, home of Opera Holland Park. The YHA (England and Wales) "London Holland Park" youth hostel is now located in the house. The Orangery is now an exhibition and function space, with the adjoining former Summer Ballroom now a restaurant, The Belvedere. The former ice house is now a gallery space.<br><em>© Historic England Archive</em>")
![Lawrence - Duke of Wellington J040044](/t/106/lawrence-duke-wellington-j040044-480574.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Lawrence - Duke of Wellington J040044</figcaption></b><br>APSLEY HOUSE, London. " Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington " portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830).<br><em>© Historic England</em>")
![Battle of Waterloo map J020089](/t/106/battle-waterloo-map-j020089-4518071.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Battle of Waterloo map J020089</figcaption></b><br>WALMER CASTLE, Kent. "Battle of Waterloo &c" map "Exhibiting the Situation of the Armies on the 16th, 17th & 18th of June 1815". Battle of Ligny, Battle of Quatre Bras, Battle of Waterloo and Battle of Wavre.<br><em>© Historic England</em>")
![Rembrandt - Self Portrait J910070](/t/106/rembrandt-self-portrait-j910070-436808.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Rembrandt - Self Portrait J910070</figcaption></b><br>KENWOOD HOUSE, THE IVEAGH BEQUEST, London. " Self-Portrait " c.1665 by REMBRANDT, van Rijn (1606-1669).<br><em>© Historic England</em>")
![Lords Cricket Ground 24418_024](/t/106/lords-cricket-ground-24418-024-1705215.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Lords Cricket Ground 24418_024</figcaption></b><br>LORDS CRICKET GROUND, St Johns Wood, London. Founded on this site in 1814 the "Home of Cricket" is owned by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), and is host to Middlesex County Cricket and the England and Wales Cricket Board. The match in progress is the first day of Middlesex versus Hampshire in the County Championship. Photographed 8th August 2006.<br><em>© Historic England</em>")
![Bedroom suite, RMS Olympic BL24990_028a](/t/106/bedroom-suite-rms-olympic-bl24990-028a-18206459.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Bedroom suite, RMS Olympic BL24990_028a</figcaption></b><br>The "Louis XVI" bedroom suite in cabin C59, RMS Olympic, White Star Line, 1920-21. The Olympic was sister ship to the ill-fated Titanic and Britannic. This Bedford Lemere and Company photograph was commissioned by the White Star Line, which was also known as the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, and was probably taken at Southampton docks.<br><em>© Historic England Archive</em>")
![Velazquez - The Waterseller of Seville J040094](/t/106/velazquez-waterseller-seville-j040094-482074.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Velazquez - The Waterseller of Seville J040094</figcaption></b><br>APSLEY HOUSE, London. " The Waterseller of Seville " c1620 by Diego da Silva VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). El Aguador de Sevilla.<br><em>© Historic England</em>")
![Goya - Equestrian portrait of the Duke of Wellington N070532](/t/106/goya-equestrian-portrait-duke-wellington-1000764.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Goya - Equestrian portrait of the Duke of Wellington N070532</figcaption></b><br>APSLEY HOUSE, London. "Equestrian portrait of the Duke of Wellington" 1812 by Francisco GOYA (1746-1828). Wellesley<br><em>© Historic England</em>")
![Bedroom suite, RMS Olympic BL24990_029a](/t/106/bedroom-suite-rms-olympic-bl24990-029a-18206463.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Bedroom suite, RMS Olympic BL24990_029a</figcaption></b><br>The "Modern" bedroom suite in cabin C69, RMS Olympic, White Star Line, 1920-21. The Olympic was sister ship to the ill-fated Titanic and Britannic. This Bedford Lemere and Company photograph was commissioned by the White Star Line, which was also known as the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, and was probably taken at Southampton docks.<br><em>© Historic England Archive</em>")
![Vermeer - The Guitar Player J910551](/t/106/vermeer-guitar-player-j910551-435924.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Vermeer - The Guitar Player J910551</figcaption></b><br>KENWOOD HOUSE, THE IVEAGH BEQUEST, London. " The Guitar Player " by VERMEER, Jan (1632-75).<br><em>© Historic England</em>")
![Gainsborough - Greyhounds coursing a Fox J920623](/t/106/gainsborough-greyhounds-coursing-fox-j920623-559010.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Gainsborough - Greyhounds coursing a Fox J920623</figcaption></b><br>KENWOOD HOUSE, THE IVEAGH BEQUEST, London. " Greyhounds coursing a Fox " c1785 by Thomas GAINSBOROUGH R.A. (1727-88).<br><em>© Historic England</em>")
![Eltham Palace engraving K031289](/t/106/eltham-palace-engraving-k031289-691897.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Eltham Palace engraving K031289</figcaption></b><br>ELTHAM PALACE, London. "The North-East View of Eltham Palace in the County of Kent" Coloured engraving by Samuel and Nathaniel BUCK 1735.<br><em>© Historic England</em>")
![Landseer - The Illicit Highland Whisky Still J040064](/t/106/landseer-illicit-highland-whisky-j040064-462463.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Landseer - The Illicit Highland Whisky Still J040064</figcaption></b><br>APSLEY HOUSE, London. " The Illicit Highland Whisky Still " by Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)<br><em>© Historic England</em>")
![DE JONGH - Old London Bridge K080027](/t/106/jongh-old-london-bridge-k080027-14482224.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>DE JONGH - Old London Bridge K080027</figcaption></b><br>Kenwood House, Hampstead, London. "Old London Bridge" 1630 by Claude DE JONGH (active 1615 died 1663). Iveagh Bequest number IBK 952.<br><em>© Historic England Archive</em>")
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