Marble Hill House
A Palladian villa in Twickenham built in the 1720s for Henrietta Howard, mistress of the future King George II, as her own retreat away from court life.
- Landmark
- Price: Free
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Did you know
Its compact Palladian design became so influential that it furnished a standard template not just for later Georgian English villas but for plantation houses in the American colonies. In 1903 it became the first 18th-century house in England preserved by a public body.
Local tip
Henrietta Howard built this specifically as an escape from royal court life, so visit with that in mind. It's a genuinely personal retreat rather than a grand state house, on a human scale compared to somewhere like Ham House nearby.
Finding it
- Address
- Richmond Road, East Twickenham, St Margarets, Twickenham, Greater London, England, TW1 2NL
- Nearest station
- St Margarets (London) (National Rail), 855 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Orleans House GalleryA free gallery in Twickenham built around the Grade I listed Baroque Octagon Room, with changing exhibitions, the Richmond borough art collection, woodland gardens and a cafe.
- Ham HouseA rare, largely unaltered 17th-century mansion on the Thames at Richmond, built in 1610 and transformed into an opulent Stuart-era home by Elizabeth Murray, Countess of Dysart, and her husband the Duke of Lauderdale.
- Eel Pie IslandA small Thames island near Twickenham reached by a footbridge, home to a community of artists' studios and a former hotel and jazz club that hosted early gigs by The Rolling Stones and The Who.
- Richmond Hill View and Terrace GardensA curving view of the Thames and Petersham Meadows from the Terrace viewing platform at the top of Richmond Hill, above sloping formal Terrace Gardens with a cafe.