| Marble Hill House | |
|---|---|
.jpg) North (town) front, with pilasters | |
| Type | Villa |
| Location | Twickenham |
| Coordinates | 51°26′58″N 0°18′48″W / 51.44944°N 0.31333°W |
| OS grid reference | TQ 17296 73627 |
| Area | Richmond upon Thames |
| Built | 1724–1729 |
| Architect | Roger Morris |
| Architectural style(s) | Neo-Palladian |
| Owner | English Heritage |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Marble Hill House |
| Designated | 2 September 1952 |
| Reference no. | 1285673 |
  Location of Marble Hill House in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | |
Marble Hill House is a Neo-Palladian villa, now Grade I listed, in Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It was built between 1724 and 1729 as the home of Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, who lived there until her death. The compact design soon became famous and furnished a standard model for the Georgian English villa and for plantation houses in the American colonies.
The estate and house came under ownership of the London County Council and was open to the public in 1903. It was the first eighteenth-century house in England to be preserved by a public body. Restoration by the Greater London Council (GLC) began in 1965 and after the dissolution of the GLC the freehold of the house and estate passed to English Heritage.[1][2]
- ^ Bryant, Julius (2002). Marble Hill, Twickenham. Internet Archive. London : English Heritage. ISBN 978-1-85074-730-7.
- ^ Arcadia in the city at Marble Hill. London : English Heritage. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85074-842-7.