Marble Hill House

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.

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Type: Museum
Description: Palladian villa built between 1724 and 1729 in Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Address: Richmond Road, Twickenham, TW1 2NL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marble Hill Park and Ham House.

Marble Hill Park

Park

Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.

Marble Hill Park is an area of 66 acres of parkland in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is an English Heritage site that surrounds Marble Hill House, a Palladian villa originally built for Henrietta Howard, the mistress of George II in 1724–29.

Ham House

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Ham House is a 17th-century house set in formal gardens on the bank of the River Thames in Ham, south of Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Ham House is situated 1,900 feet south of Marble Hill House.

Orleans House

Art gallery

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Orleans House was a Palladian villa built by the architect John James in 1710 near the Thames at Twickenham, England, for the politician and diplomat James Johnston. Orleans House is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Marble Hill House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petersham and St Margarets.

Petersham

Suburb

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Petersham is a village in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the east of the bend in the River Thames south of Richmond, which it shares with neighbouring Ham.

St Margarets

Suburb

Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Margarets is a suburb and neighbourhood in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 9 miles west-southwest of central London. It is bounded by the Thames Tideway to the north-east, and the River Crane to the north-west and north where the land tapers between those rivers.

Twickenham

Town

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Twickenham is a suburban town in London, England, on the River Thames 9.9 miles southwest of Charing Cross. Historically in Middlesex, since 1965 it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, whose administrative headquarters are in the area.

Marble Hill House

Categories: historic house museum, villa, history museum, building, tourism, historic site, historic building, and tourist attraction
Location: Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.44948° or 51° 26′ 58″ north

Longitude

-0.31332° or 0° 18′ 48″ west

Elevation

39 feet (12 metres)

Inception

18th century

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

English Heritage

Open location code

9C3XCMXP+QM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 24011012

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

11395385

Wikidata ID

Q1892426

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Portuguese—“Marble Hill House” goes by many names.

Chinese: “大理石山府”
Dutch: “Marble Hill House”
French: “Marble Hill House”
German: “Marble Hill House”
Irish: “Marble Hill House”
Portuguese: “Marble Hill House”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Horse Reach (Upper) and East Twickenham.

Nearby Places

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