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Continente: Europa

País: Reino Unido

Localización: Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Año: 1724-1729

Estado: Terminado

Descripción: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. It was begun in 1724 for the remarkable Henrietta Howard, mistress of King George II when he was Prince of Wales, and friend of some of the cleverest men in England. The house and gardens were planned by a coterie of fashionable connoisseurs, including Mrs Howard's neighbour, the poet Alexander Pope.

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. It became renowned as a salon of literary wits, gathered round their learned hostess. The compact but carefully planned interior is focused on the first floor 'Great Room' where Mrs Howard held court.

Marble Hill's interiors have been exquisitely restored and recreated, and some of its dispersed original contents have been re-assembled from as far afield as Philadelphia and Melbourne, Australia. There is also a fine collection of early Georgian paintings, including portraits of Mrs Howard and her circle. There can be few places in England which better recall the atmosphere of Georgian fashionable life. A display recreates the Chinese wallpaper Henrietta Howard hung in the dining room. A unique paper has been designed to fit the room, each sheet different and hand painted by Chinese artists.

For further details see http://www.english-heritage.org.uk

Opening details

Entry by guided tours only. Tours last around 1.5 hours.

Saturdays: 10.30am and 12noon

Sundays: 10.30am, 12noon, 2.15pm and 3.30pm.

http://www.visitrichmond.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=3502279

Marble Hill House is a Palladian villa built between 1724 and 1729 in Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The compact design soon became famous and furnished a standard model for the Georgian English villa and for plantation houses in the American colonies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Hill_House

http://www.londontown.com/LondonInformation/Attraction/Marble_Hill_House/ad29/imagesPage/21955/

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