Marble Hill House Twickenham

The house and gardens were intended as an arcadian retreat from crowded 18th century london.

Marble hill house twickenham.

In 1902 the marble hill estate was purchased by lcc richmond corporation surrey county council and twickenham district council and in the following year the park was opened to the public. H22 r70 33 r68 490 for st stephens church stop less than a two minute walk to marble hill park entrance opposite the rising sun pub. Marble hill was built for the remarkable henrietta howard mistress of king george ii when he was prince of wales and friend and confidante of some of the cleverest men in england. The park toilets and car park will be open 7am 7 30pm.

Marble hill house is a palladian villa built between 1724 and 1729 in twickenham in the london borough of richmond upon thames it was the home of henrietta howard countess of suffolk who lived there until her death the compact design soon became famous and furnished a standard model for the georgian english villa and for plantation houses in the american colonies. The house and gardens were planned by a coterie of fashionable connoisseurs including mrs howard s neighbour the poet alexander pope. Marble hill park richmond road twickenham tw1 2nl bus. Marble hill park is open but the house and cafe will remain closed for planned renovations.

Marble hill is the last complete survivor of the elegant villas and gardens which bordered the thames between richmond and hampton court in the 18th century. Twickenham london tw1 2nl see park opening times. A lovely palladian villa still set in 66 acres of riverside parkland marble hill was intended as an arcadian retreat from crowded 18th century london. We hope to reopen almost all of them in august with a few exceptions.

Ricky pound is the current house director and a trustee of turner s house. Marble hill house more pages. In 2016 he curated a major exhibition on the georgian landscape designer lancelot capability brown at orleans house gallery. Marble hill house twickenham.

Previously he was the house manager of chiswick house and marble hill house and gardens both managed by english heritage. St margarets 0 6 miles twickenham 0 59 miles richmond 1 4miles. In 1965 ownership passed to the greater london council and since 1986 the house and park have been in the care of english heritage. Prices and opening times.

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