Five To View: Studio Houses

In honour of the BBC’s lavish new series, Desperate Romantics, which is based on the lives of the artists behind the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti), this week’s Five to View focuses on studio houses.

The Pre-Raphaelite boys and their associates were often from privileged backgrounds, of course, so there was no need for roughing it in garrets or any of that “starving artist” nonsense.

Rather, they inhabited wonderful, light-filled houses or specially designed studio spaces, often in upmarket areas like Chelsea. Studio houses were a kind of 19th century live/work space, if you will.

These days they’re seriously sought-after and very expensive, but there’s no harm in looking!

So here’s our gallery of five studio houses currently on the market:

(Click on pictures for full property details)

1. Glebe Place  SW3

2. St Pauls Studios W14

3. Dovehouse Street SW3

4. The Vale SW3

5. Scarsdale Studios W8

For more, read our guide to Studio Houses.

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