Interior, Strawberry Hill House, Waldegrave Road, Richmond upon Thames, London, c1955-c1980. Creator: Ursula Clark.

Interior, Strawberry Hill House, Waldegrave Road, Richmond upon Thames, London, c1955-c1980. Creator: Ursula Clark.

2-713-193 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

Interior, Strawberry Hill House, Waldegrave Road, Richmond upon Thames, London, c1955-c1980. An interior view of Strawberry Hill house, showing the Gallery on the first floor. The house was built by Horace Walpole between 1749 and 1979 with William Robinson and James Essex. The house has an L-shaped plan of an elaborate and irregular facade, with the two main fronts facing the south and east. The Gallery is situated on the first floor of the five bay wing extending east, above the Great Cloister. It was designed by Thomas Pitt, and has a five recesses with pierced canopies opposite each window, and fan-vaulting throughout. The room is highly decorated, with paintings hung in and around the recesses, and the ribs of the vaulting and canopies painted gold.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Ursula Clark, attributed to: British: photographer
People Related
  1. Horace Walpole: British: Author, wit, letter-writer
  2. James Essex: British: builder, architect

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London Richmond upon Thames Richmond

  1. 51 26 00 N , 000 18 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Locations & Buildings Palaces & Stately Homes


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4006x5857
File Size : 22,914kb


Aliases

  1. uxc01_01_02_047_04
  1. UXC01/01/02/047/04
  1. 0250009058
  1. 2-713-193
  1. 2713193
  1. uxc01_01_02_047_04


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