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Article: A fruity little sale ; Gothic Strawberry Hill is having a sale of gems to make way for a Pounds 5 million restoration, says Katrina Burroughs
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 30, 2008
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STRAWBERRY Hill, Horace Walpole's flamboyant Gothic Revival
castle on the Thames, had been quietly decaying for decades when,
finally, at the end of last year, a Pounds 4.9 million Heritage
Lottery Fund grant was confirmed and the lease passed to the
Strawberry Hill Trust. It can now begin to restore the outlandish
architectural gem, and the first stage of the renovation is a big
clear-out.
Stand by to purchase furnishings from an inspiring London
landmark at remarkably modest prices.
Walpole himself treated the building to a monumental makeover
between 1742 and 1792, turning it into a Gothic theme park in which
to entertain his friends, adding a crenellated roofline outside and,
inside, ...
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