Gallery, Strawberry Hill House (1771)*

Artist/Designer: Horace Walpole

Project Location: London, United Kingdom

Figure 1: Studyblue, Flashcards- Janson's Chapter 23: The Enlightenment/ Picture Gallery at Strawberry Hill. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : February 14, 2014 )

Figure 2: Gallery. Source: Matthew Rees, Back to Strawberry Hill. 2011, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : February 14, 2014 )

Figure 3: Gallery. Source: Angel Interiors Ltd, Strawberry Hill. 2013, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : February 14, 2014 )

Figure 4: Gallery. Source: Strawberry Hill. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : February 14, 2014 )

Style/Period(s):
Gothic Revival, Revival Styles

Primary Material(s):
Wood, Paper

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

http://www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/

http://www.visitrichmond.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=3502290

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/feb/20/horace-walpole-strawberry-hill

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/h/horace_walpole_exhibition/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/london/8050529/Strawberry-Hill-House-blast-from-a-Gothic-past.html

Significant Date(s):
18th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print-

Chalcraft, Anna and Judith Viscardi. Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole's Gothic Castle. London: Frances Lincoln, 2011.
Harney, Marion. Place-making for the Imagination: Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013.
Snodin, Michael and Cynthia E. Roman. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.

Additional Information

Building Address

268 Waldegrave Rd, Twickenham TW1 4ST, UK

Supporting Designers/Staff

Connoisseur/Amateur Architect: John Chute (1701–1776)
Draughtsman/Designer, Richard Bentley (1708–1782)
Construction Overseer: William Robinson (

Significant Dates:

Whole House Built between 1749-1776
Gallery Room finished in 1771

Tags

Strawberry Hill House, gold leaf, paper mache, Gothic Revival,

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