Strawberry Hill House, Waldegrave Road, Richmond

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Strawberry Hill House, Waldegrave Road, Richmond

Image: © pam fray Taken: 26 Jul 2011

Horace Walpole, the politician, writer and collector, created the house between 1748 and 1790 as his summer villa. It is one of the earliest and finest examples of the Gothic revival and much of it has now been restored and opened to the public.

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