London has been home to many famed artists over the centuries, but one you may not know lived in the capital for a time was Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh.

The former home of the artist is located at 87 Hackford Road in Stockwell, as he briefly lived at the address between 1873 and 1874.

The former home of the artist is located at 87 Hackford Road in Stockwell.(Image: Van Gogh House)

Van Gogh lived in London many years before he turned to painting, creating famed works like Sunflowers and Starry Night for which he is best known.

Arriving in the city in 1873 in his early 20s, young Vincent came to London to work as an art dealer for Goupil & Co. in Covent Garden – three miles from his south London home.

Van Gogh lived in London many years before he turned to painting.(Image: Van Gogh House)

It was at this address that he met Eugenie – daughter to landlady Ursula Loyer – who he became infatuated with, however he was later to discover she was engaged which led him to leave the address to spare his heartache.

Writing to his brother Theo, the soon-to-be artist described the house as the home he had always wanted, and would often walk around the streets surrounding the house and later sketched the house he stayed at years later.

The soon-to-be artist described the house as the home he had always wanted.(Image: Van Gogh House)

If not for the efforts of one Van Gogh enthusiast and postman, Paul Chalcroft, who discovered the links the house had to the famed painter back in 1971, the history of the house could have been all but lost.

A Blue Plaque commemorates the house and its links to Van Gogh.(Image: English Heritage)

But after Chalcroft traced the history of the house and Van Gogh’s brief time there, a Blue Plaque was installed, commemorating the house and its links to Van Gogh.

Today you can still visit the house and tour around its rooms and even see where Van Gogh slept, as well as objects that belonged to Ursula Loyer from insurance papers and written letters to children’s toys.

Alongside its history, the house hosts artist residencies, exhibitions and events, continuing the house’s legacy for fostering creative minds.