Strawberry Hill House
Horace Walpole's own "little Gothic castle" in Twickenham, built and expanded from 1749 onward and now recognised as the founding building of the entire Gothic Revival architectural style.
- Landmark
- Price: £ · Budget
Did you know
Walpole, son of Britain's first Prime Minister and author of The Castle of Otranto, the first Gothic novel, started with what he called a couple of "little more than a cottage" buildings and rebuilt them in stages over almost 30 years purely to create the theatrical gloom he wanted for his antiquarian collection.
Local tip
This is the actual real-world origin point of the Gothic Revival style seen all over Victorian Britain, so it's worth visiting specifically for that architectural history, not just as another stately home.
Finding it
- Address
- 268, Waldegrave Road, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Greater London, England, TW1 4ST
- Nearest station
- Strawberry Hill (National Rail), 387 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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