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Strawberry Hill House (lit., 'casa de la colina de fresa'), a menudo llamada simplemente Strawberry Hill, es una villa de campo inglesa del siglo XVIII de estilo gótico, que fue construida en Twickenham, Londres, por Horace Walpole (1717-1797) a partir de 1749 en adelante.
Strawberry Hill House —often called simply Strawberry Hill —is a Gothic Revival villa that was built in Twickenham, London, by Horace Walpole (1717–1797) from 1749 onward. It is a typical example of the "Strawberry Hill Gothic" style of architecture, [1] and it prefigured the nineteenth-century Gothic Revival.
Strawberry Hill House (lit., 'casa de la colina de fresa'), a menudo llamada simplemente Strawberry Hill, es una villa de campo inglesa del siglo XVIII de estilo gótico, que fue construida en Twickenham, Londres, por Horace Walpole (1717-1797) a partir de 1749 en adelante.
Walpole's lasting architectural creation is Strawberry Hill, the home he built from 1749 onward in Twickenham, southwest of London, which at the time overlooked the Thames. Here he revived the Gothic style many decades before his Victorian successors.
- King's College, Cambridge
- St Martin's Church, Houghton, Norfolk
The popularity of Strawberry Hill House was a key contributing factor in the emergence of Gothic Revival architecture that grew throughout the 18th and 19th Centuries, taking its inspiration from gothic cathedrals around Europe.
Strawberry Hill House—often called simply Strawberry Hill—is a Gothic Revival villa that was built in Twickenham, London, by Horace Walpole (1717–1797) from 1749 onward. It is a typical example of the "Strawberry Hill Gothic" style of architecture, and it prefigured the nineteenth-century Gothic Revival.
After a £9 million, two year restoration, Strawberry Hill House re-opened to the public in October 2010. It housed famous eighteenth-century literary figures such as Alexander Pope and Horace Walpole.
