Van Gogh House, London


  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The Van Gogh House is a mid-19th-century terrace house and Grade II listed building in Kennington, London. Simple in its Neoclassical styling — three storeys, a plain stucco facade, and restrained architectural detailing — the house is significant not for its ornament but for its association with Vincent van Gogh. The Dutch artist lived here during his early London years, sharing the home with his sister Anna while lodging with the Loyer family. Today the building serves as an art studio and cultural venue, preserving the modest domestic setting that shaped part of Van Gogh's formative period. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1850/00/00 A three-storey stuccoed end-of-terrace townhouse is erected c 1850, its sash windows set in moulded architraves and its entrance marked by a half-glazed four-panel door beneath a blocked fanlight.
1873/08/24 Vincent van Gogh Home A few months after arriving in London, Vincent van Gogh takes a room on Hackford Road, a boarding house run by the widow Sarah-Ursula Loyer and her daughter Eugenie.
1874/07/14 Anna van Gogh immigrates to England in search of employment, taking lodging with her brother Vincent at the Loyer boarding house in South London.
1874/08/00 In mid-August, Anna and Vincent van Gogh move north to 295 Kennington Road, taking rooms in the household of John Parker (now lost).

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National Heritage List for England List Entry: 1080441



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