Honeywood Little Holland House Gallery

A gallery of 52 pictures of Little Holland House - click on the thumbnails to bring up the large pictures


1960s - the Living Room with the dining table and rush stool	1960s - the division between the living and sitting rooms with the original curtains	1960s - the Living Room fireplace


1960s - the exterior: very little has changed	1960s - the Sitting Room: note the settee still has its original upholstery	1960s - the Sitting Room, looking into the Living Room


A view from the Master Bedroom looking across the landing into the Bathroom	Beeches Avenue, from a post card in the Local Collection printed before 1903	Beeches Avenue, a photograph dated 1913 looking south from the station - a few houses can now be seen between the trees


Isabella Waight (known as Belle), Frank Dickinson's sister	Herbert 'Bert' Dickinson, the second youngest of Frank's brothers	A watercolour by Frank Dickinson of Carshalton High Street, showing the stream which used to run down the south side of the road from Carshalton Park into the ponds. This was culverted over in the 1930s


Charlie Dickinson in his Merchant Navy uniform	The wedding of Charlie Dickinson and Minnie Marriott in 1901, three years before Frank married Florence Mariott Left to Right: Back Row: Mr. Palmer, Isabel Dickinson (Frank & Charlie’s sister), Frank, Florence Front Row: Charlie Dickinson and his bride, Minnie	The coal box which now stands in the Living Room This was the first piece of furniture made by Frank Dickinson for his new home


A social evening at Little Holland House Standing, left to right: Florence, George (Charlie’s son), Mrs Hughes, Jack, Julie Middle row, seated left to right: Frank, Lizzie, Belle, Jack Front row: Marjorie Waight (Belle’s daughter), ?, Frances Waight, Gerard	Frank and Florence Dickinson pictured at around the time of their marriage in 1904	The family of Frank's brother Charles (Charlie) Dickinson taken on 5th March 1921 Charlie married Minnie Marriott, Florence’s sister. Left to right: George, Charlie, Margaret, Mabel, James (Jim), Minnie, and Fred


Florence whilst Frank's fiancée - one of the two pictures which Frank Dickinson used to create the paintings of his wife and himself in the corner of the Living Room	Social gathering at Little Holland House Left to Right: Florence, Julie, Frank, Marjorie Waight (daughter of Frank’s sister, Belle), Richard (Dick) Sell (friend) and Dick’s sister, Barbara	Florence Dickinson (seated) with her daughter Isobel (known as Julie) behind, and her grandson Martin on her lap, c.1939


Florence sitting in the garden of Little Holland House, on the ‘Mistresses chair’ - Frank said that the mistress of the house was so busy, she didn’t have time to rest and take her ease, so the chair had no arms, unlike the Master’s chair!	Frank Dickinson in his garden at Little Holland House, with his older brother Charlie, and Frank’s children, Julie and Gerard - Charlie had helped Frank build his 'ideal' house	Frank and Florence in the garden with Frank’s niece, Margaret, on the left. From the style of dress it must be pre-1914


Frank in profile One of the two pictures which Frank Dickinson used to create the paintings of his wife and himself in the corner of the Living Room	Frank Dickinson and his wife Florence, outside their house - although the photograph is not dated, from the style of clothing it is probably the late 1940s/very early 1950s	Frank Dickinson in his sergeant's Uniform From an original loaned by Frank's niece, Frances


Frank Dickinson - a self-portrait	Fred Dickinson, Frank's oldest brother	Gerard Dickinson, Frank’s son, with his wife Doris, in the garden of his house in Banstead


Gerard and Doris Dickinson, shortly after their marriage	Gerard Dickinson and his wife Doris They are seen in the garden of their home in Banstead, sitting on the Marriage Chest he had made with the help of his father, Frank. The chest is now on view in Gerard's old bedroom at Little Holland House	Gerard Dickinson in uniform, in his back garden at Banstead


Harry Crosby, Julie's husband, in the garden with their daughter Mary	A social gathering at Little Holland House Left to Right: Florence, Frank (with his face hidden), Marjorie Waight (daughter of Frank’s sister, Belle), Harry Crosby (Frank’s son-in-law), Dick Sell, Barbara Sell	Herbert Harold (Bert) Dickinson, one of Frank's younger brothers


Julie Dickinson as a child	The garden at Little Holland House showing the fountain, in one of its incarnations the pond was filled in twice – once when Frank’s children were young, and again when his grandchildren were young, to avoid accidents. The shape of the pond changed from an octagon to a circle, and the top of the fountain went missing and was eventually replaced by a different shape	Frank's painting of Little Holland House


The Dickinson family in the back garden of Little Holland House, prior to 1914	Another painting of Little Holland House	An early photograph of the Living Room


The Lobby today	Minnie, Charlie's wife, with their daughter, Margaret	Mrs. Fred Dickinson


Members of the Dickinson family outside Little Holland House in the 1920s The picture was taken before any building work had taken place to the south. Frank can be seen in the middle From an original lent by Marjorie Hunt, one of Frank’s nieces	The Kitchen at Little Holland House before restoration in 1973	The silver tea service made by Frank Dickinson for his wife to celebrate their Silver Wedding in 1929 Also shown is the coffee pot which was the first thing he made in silver following an evening class in silver working at the Central School of Art in London


Another photograph of the Sitting Room	An early photograph of the Sitting Room	The Sitting Room in Little Holland house


	The wedding greetings card made by Frank Dickinson to celebrate his marriage to Florence Marriott on 28th March 1904 They moved into Little Holland House on their wedding night