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Article: Strawberry Hill: I am going to build a little Gothic Castle', declared Horace Walpole as he began work on Strawberry Hill. Marion Harney considers the history of the house and its garden, one of the greatest Picturesque ensembles.(history)
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- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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The villa of Horace Walpole in Twickenham, acquired in 1747, started life in 1698 as a 'shapeless little box1, Chopped Straw Hall, which he renamed Strawberry Hill. The design of house and naturalistic landscape setting was one of the earliest Picturesque ensembles in England, and in Walpole's time, Strawberry Hill received many visitors. Today however, both house and garden are relatively little known or visited, and it is no longer possible to experience this garden in its original conception because much has been altered or developed. Listed in 2002 by the World Monuments Fund as one of the hundred most endangered buildings in the world, the Strawberry Hill Trust has ...
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Article: Horace Walpole, 4th earl of Orford
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...Horace Walpole, 4th earl of Orford 1717-97 ... 1747 he acquired a country house, Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, where he built ... private printing press he started at Strawberry Hill in 1757. Walpole's literary reputation ...
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