Great Expectations
Holly Village, built in around 1860, is in Highgate, North London. It consists of just 12 cottages and was created by Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts, one of the wealthiest women in Victorian England, second only to Queen Victoria.
Aided by the novelist Charles Dickens and architect Henry Darbishire, the Baroness set up this village using striking gothic architecture. These properties are all Grade II* listed.
Although it was believed that these houses were built as homes for former estate workers or retired Coutts Bank employees, evidence shows these were home to people from the professional middle classes.
Photo taken in April 2022.
Great Expectations
Holly Village, built in around 1860, is in Highgate, North London. It consists of just 12 cottages and was created by Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts, one of the wealthiest women in Victorian England, second only to Queen Victoria.
Aided by the novelist Charles Dickens and architect Henry Darbishire, the Baroness set up this village using striking gothic architecture. These properties are all Grade II* listed.
Although it was believed that these houses were built as homes for former estate workers or retired Coutts Bank employees, evidence shows these were home to people from the professional middle classes.
Photo taken in April 2022.