Little Holland House
Museum · Carshalton Beeches, England
Little Holland House is at 40 Beeches Avenue, Carshalton, SM5 3LW, and is listed Grade II as NHLE 1065699. The operator states that the house "usually opens on the first Sunday of each month" with free entry, and that it opens for an extra day in September as part of Open House London and Heritage Open Days; published 2026 open days run 11:00-17:00 with last entry 16:30 in September and 10:30-16:30 with last entry 16:00 from October onwards, so the times vary by month. Visitors may take photographs inside, so long as it is done sensibly and in respect of other visitors.
History
The Grade II listing was made on 1 March 1974 as list entry 1065699, under the list entry name and statutory address "40, Beeches Avenue". The artist, designer and craftsman Frank R. Dickinson built the house and its furniture himself between 1902 and 1904, following the teachings of William Morris and John Ruskin, and the interior holds his own hand-made furniture, paintings, interior decoration, carvings and metalwork; the operator describes the result as a blend of traditional Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau. Dickinson named it in homage to the Victorian artist George Frederick Watts, who lived at a Little Holland House near Holland Park in Kensington from 1850. Carshalton Beeches station is 269 m away, which the operator gives as a three-minute walk, and bus route 154 passes the house.
Visit
40 Beeches Avenue, Carshalton SM5 3LW