The following historic houses are of special interest,[1][3] many listed and some with blue plaques for members of the Holland Park Circle[2] and others:
6 Melbury Road ("Little Holland House"),[4] designed by Frederick Pepys Cockerell for George Frederick Watts, built 1875–6; gallery extension by George Aitchison, 1878; demolished 1964 and replaced in 1965 by a block of flats, Kingfisher House. Watts lived here from 1878 until his death in 1904; he and his wife, the actress Ellen Terry, also lived in an earlier house here.
^ a b cWeinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher, eds. (1983). "Melbury Road". The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 507.
^ a b cBanerjee, Jacqueline. "Melbury Road, Leighton House, and the Holland Park Artists' Houses". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ a b"The Holland estate: Since 1874". Survey of London. Vol. 37, Northern Kensington. London: London County Council / British History Online. 1973. pp. 126–150. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^Bell, Godfrey (2021). The Story of 14 Melbury Road, Holland Park, London: The Homes and Residents of This Address Since 1876. Godfrey Bell Publications. ISBN 978-1527294837.
^"16, 18 and 18A, Melbury Road W14". British Listed Buildings. UK. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^Banerjee, Jacqueline. "The Home and Studio of William Holman Hunt in Holland Park". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^"W. Holman Hunt, 18 Melbury Road, Kensington, W., to [Sir Edward] Poynter". RA Collection: Archive. UK: Royal Academy of Arts. 7 January 1906. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^"Holman-Hunt, William, O.M. (1827–1910)". UK: English Heritage. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^"Melbury Road, W14". W14, West Kensington. The Underground Map. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2023.