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    Strawberry Hill House—often called simply Strawberry Hill—is a Gothic Revival villa that was built in Twickenham, London, by Horace Walpole (1717–1797)...
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  • Strawberry Hill is in a very affluent area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in Twickenham. It is a suburban development situated 10.4 miles...
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  • Strawberry Hill may refer to: Strawberry Hill, London, England Strawberry Hill House, Horace Walpole's Gothic revival villa Strawberry Hill railway station...
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    the story after a nightmare he had at his Gothic Revival home, Strawberry Hill House, in Twickenham, southwest London. Claiming he saw a ghost in the...
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    as Strawberry Hill, which was also the name of a house owned by Francis Light, founder of Penang colony. A number of hills are covered by Penang Hill, with...
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    historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whig politician. He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, southwest London, reviving the Gothic style...
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    Strawberry Hill is a hill in San Francisco, California, near the center of Golden Gate Park. The hill occupies an entire island in the park's man-made...
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  • St Mary's University, Twickenham is a public university in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, South West London. Its stated commitment is to the mission of...
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    Strawberry Hill railway station is in Strawberry Hill in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 5...
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    three grand period mansions with public access: York House, Marble Hill and Strawberry Hill House. Another has been lost, that belonging to 18th-century...
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    cultivar was named after Strawberry Hill House, an 18th-century Gothic Revival house in Twickenham, London. 'Strawberry Hill' is a medium, bushy shrub...
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    bought and displayed in the Blue bedroom by Horace Walpole in his Strawberry Hill House. The popularity of japanning continued to be seen as a womanly pursuit...
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    and was in the grounds of his home, Strawberry Hill House. Subsequent building separated the chapel from the house, as the nearest parts of those grounds...
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    creation of the word 'serendipity'". Strawberry Hill House & Garden. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Strawberry Hill Treasure Hunt. Remer, Theodore...
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    Barons' wars". The "Gothick" details of Walpole's Twickenham villa, Strawberry Hill House begun in 1749, appealed to the rococo tastes of the time, and were...
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    Robert Walpole (category Leaders of the House of Commons of Great Britain)
    parish of Twickenham. Catherine's youngest son Horace later built Strawberry Hill House on land purchased by him at Twickenham. Catherine Shorter died on...
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    Downe House is a Grade II listed house on Richmond Hill, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, which has been occupied by playwright Richard...
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    Clearwell Castle (category Country houses in Gloucestershire)
    Revival castle in England predating better-known examples such as Strawberry Hill House by over twenty years. A home of the Wyndham family for some 150...
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  • The Strawberry Hill Press was established on 25 June 1757 at Strawberry Hill, by the house's owner, Horace Walpole. He called it the Officina Arbuteana...
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    Peterhof, Russia (1857). Strawberry Hill House, residence of Horace Walpole (1749 onward) Entrance to Victoria's Tower of the Houses of Parliament, London...
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    Kew Palace (category Historic house museums in London)
    that style, of which my house will I trust be a good example. He had possibly been influenced by nearby Strawberry Hill House, by his earlier work on...
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    eight acres, chiefly pleasure-grounds, and in the centre is the Eel-Pie House, noted for the last two centuries as a favourite resort for refreshment...
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  • Cross Deep House was an 18th-century house, on the banks of the River Thames in Cross Deep, Strawberry Hill, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Twickenham town...
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    Leeds Confederation Hall, Canadian Parliament Buildings, Ottawa Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham Architecture portal Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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    Inveraray Castle (category Historic house museums in Argyll and Bute)
    is one of the earliest Gothic Revival buildings, together with Strawberry Hill House. It was built of ashlar lapis ollaris. Originally, all the roofs...
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    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...
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    Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world". Founded...
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    historical houses on the doorstep of Whitton including Ham House, Hampton Court Palace, Marble Hill House, Sion House and Strawberry Hill House. The only...
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    Richmond Palace (category Country houses in London)
    Palace, the latter palace being itself built on the site of an earlier manor house which had been appropriated by Edward I in 1299 and which was subsequently...
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    Brinsworth House is a residential and nursing retirement home for theatre and entertainment professionals on Staines Road, Twickenham, in the London Borough...
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