Strawberry Hill

Middlesex

Strawberry Hill. Photo © English Heritage photo library.

Eccentic and unique, Strawberry Hill is Britain's finest example of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture and interior decoration. It began life in 1698 as a modest house, but was transformed by Horace Walpole, man of letters and the son of England's first Prime Minister, creating Gothic rooms and adding towers and battlements in fulfilment of his dream

Address: 268 Waldegrave Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 4ST
Open 2008: Sunday tours are at: 2.00, 2.45 and 3.30.from March 23 – August except for July 13 when we host the RFU Music and Fun Day. Private tours by arrangement for information call 0870 626 0402 or email Tours@FriendsOfStrawberryHill.org
Website: www.friendsofstrawberryhill.org

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