Best Historic Houses to Visit: Strawberry Hill House
For an intriguing day out that's as gothic as it is stately, head to Greater London's Strawberry Hill
Best Historic Houses to Visit: Strawberry Hill House
Strawberry Hill is a wonderful anomaly in the history of British Architecture. Subverting the contemporary taste for the classical language of columns, symmetry, and order, the English art historian Horace Walpole, made Strawberry Hill in the image of gothic literature and medieval imagery instead.
Please click here for more information about the current temporary exhibition: Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill: Masterpieces from Horace Walpole's Collection.
Practical
Opening Times: House: Sunday - Wednesday 12pm-5pm, Thurs-Sat closed, last admission 4pm.
Price: National Trust/National Art Pass Member/Student: £6.25. Non-member adult £12.50, children go free.
Where?
By train: From London Waterloo to Strawberry Hill station, then five/ten minute walk to Villa.
By underground: District line to Richmond and get R68 bus towards Hampton Court, alight at Michelham Gardens.
By car: Recommend going by public transport as limited parking and permit-controlled parking in surrounding area.
Disabled Access: Lift to first floor of the Villa, specialised group guided tours for visually impaired.
Please click here for more information about the current temporary exhibition: Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill: Masterpieces from Horace Walpole's Collection.
Practical
Opening Times: House: Sunday - Wednesday 12pm-5pm, Thurs-Sat closed, last admission 4pm.
Price: National Trust/National Art Pass Member/Student: £6.25. Non-member adult £12.50, children go free.
Where?
By train: From London Waterloo to Strawberry Hill station, then five/ten minute walk to Villa.
By underground: District line to Richmond and get R68 bus towards Hampton Court, alight at Michelham Gardens.
By car: Recommend going by public transport as limited parking and permit-controlled parking in surrounding area.
Disabled Access: Lift to first floor of the Villa, specialised group guided tours for visually impaired.
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