1-12, Holly Village

Holly village is a Grade II* listed residential estate consisting of 12 cottages surrounding a central private garden in Highgate, London. The cottages are made from brickwork with masonry and woodwork decoration in Gothic style, being an example of a suburban cottage orné development. The Village is seen as a quintessential example of the philosophies of Victorian Gothic Architecture, and has also been appreciated for its enclosed feel, considered by some to be a "village within a village". The Village lies at the southern end of what was then the Holly Lodge Estate. and currently stands adjacent to the modern housing estate of the same name. Across the road is also the walls of what was at the time of its construction a newly acquired eastern extension of Highgate Cemetery, which itself houses various Gothic tombs and monuments.