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<p>The Leighton House Museum is a museum in Holland Park, London, England. It is based in the former house of the painter Frederic, Lord Leighton. The first part of the house (2 Holland Park Road, later renumbered as 12) was designed in 1864 by the architect George Aitchison, although Leighton was not granted a lease on the land until April 1866, with building commencing shortly afterwards, the building which cost £4,500 was ready for occupation by the end of the year. The building is of red Suffolk bricks with Caen Stone dressings in a restrained classical style. Subsequently the building would be extended over a period of 30 years by the original architect. The first phase was only three windows wide. The main room was the first floor studio, facing north, originally 45 by 25 feet, with a large central window to provide plenty of light for painting. There was also a gallery at the east end, and a separate staircase for use by models. The house was extended to the east in 1869-70.</p>
<p>The major extension was made in 1877-9, this was the two storey Arab Hall, this was built to house Leighton's collection of tiles collected during visits to the Middle East. According to Aitchison and Walter Crane the design was based on the palace of La Zisa in Palermo. The 17th century tiles are complemented by carved wooden lattice-work windows of the same period from Damascus. There are also large 16th century Turkish tiles. The west wall has a wooden alcove with inset 14th century tiles. The room also contains Victorian elements, the capitals of the smaller columns are by Sir Joseph Boehm, from Aitcheson's designs. The capitals of the large columns, gilded and carved in the shape of birds are by Randolph Caldecot. The mosaic frieze was designed by Walter Crane. The Marble work was by George P. White. Elaborate decorative paintwork decorates the domed ceiling and in the centre of the floor there is a fountain. The tiles in the passage to the Arab Hall are by William de Morgan.</p>
<p>In 1889 an additional winter studio was added to the building the final addition by Aitcheson was the top-lit picture gallery in 1895. After Leighton died in 1896 the contents of the house was sold, including at least 1000 of his own drawings, almost all of which were bought by the Fine Art Society. In 1927 Mrs Henry Perrin offered to pay for additional gallery space, the building was extended to the designs of Halsey Ricardo, the Perrin Galleries opening in 1929. This extension was in memory of Mrs. Perrin's daughter Muriel Ida Perrin, an artist who had trained at the Royal College of Art and worked for the catalogue section of the The Aircraft Manufacturing Company (Airco) during the First World War. Muriel had died on 12th March 1919, aged 29, of pneumonia following Spanish Influenza.</p>
<p>The museum has on permanent display works of art by various members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood including John Everett Millais, Edward Burne-Jones and George Frederick Watts as well as 81 oil paintings by Leighton himself.</p>
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