Marble Hill House

Marble Hill House, South (river) front

Marble Hill House, North (town) front

Marble Hill House, detail from a 1749 engraving by Augustin Heckell

Marble Hill House is a villa and for plantation houses in the American colonies.

Description

Designs for Marble Hill House by Lord Herbert & Roger Morris, 1724–29. Collection of Royal Institute of British Architects

Marble Hill House was built in 1724–1729 by Chinoiserie collection of the Lazenby Bequest.^[3]

Notable guests

Both Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift spent many happy hours at Marble Hill as Henrietta Howard's guests.

Derivative buildings

King's Nympton Park, Devon, built as "New Place" by James Buller (1717–1765) between 1746 and 1749 to the design of Francis Cartwright of Blandford in Dorset, based on Marble Hill House^[4]

Shortly after its building the architecture of Marble Hill House became widely known from published engravings, and was widely admired for its compact plan and tightly controlled elevations. Its design was soon copied elsewhere, rarely in the 1730s and 1740s^[5] but more commonly thereafter, and provided a standard model for the English villas built throughout the Thames Valley and further afield, for example New Place, King's Nympton, Devon, built between 1746 and 1749 to the design of Francis Cartwright of Blandford in Dorset.^[4]

One of the capricci by Giovanni Paolo Pannini in Marble Hill House

Present day

The house is now owned by English Heritage, which acquired it in 1986 following the abolition of the Greater London Council. The house with its extensive grounds are known as Marble Hill Park and provide many leisure facilities including a cricket pitch and nets, tennis courts, a putting green and a children's play area.

Access

Five London bus routes stop outside the park gates; the 33, 490, H22, R68 and R70. Another, the H37, stops nearby in St Margaret's Road. The nearest station is St Margarets on the Waterloo to Reading line, a short walk to the north.

Hammerton's Ferry links the gardens to Ham House on the opposite bank of the River Thames.

See also

• Marble Hill Park
• Yelverton Lodge – a hunting lodge across Richmond Road

References

Julius Bryant, Marble Hill (English Heritage, 2002)

External links

• English Heritage – information for visitors
• Teachers' resource kit : English Heritage

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Districts Barnes East Sheen Fulwell Ham Hampton Hampton Hill Hampton Wick Kew Mortlake Petersham Richmond St Margarets Strawberry Hill Teddington Twickenham Whitton Railway stations Barnes Barnes Bridge Fulwell Hampton Hampton Wick Kew Gardens Mortlake North Sheen Richmond St Margarets Strawberry Hill Teddington Twickenham Whitton Locks, bridges and river services Barnes Railway Bridge Chiswick Bridge Hammerton's Ferry Hammersmith Bridge Hampton Court Bridge Hampton Ferry Kew Bridge Kew Pier Kew Railway Bridge Kingston Bridge Kingston Railway Bridge Richmond Bridge Richmond Lock and Footbridge Richmond Railway Bridge Teddington Lifeboat Station Teddington Lock Teddington Lock Footbridges Twickenham Bridge former Twickenham Ferry Rivers and streams Beverley Brook River Crane Duke of Northumberland's River Longford River Sudbrook and Latchmere stream River Thames Islands in the River Thames Benn's Island Corporation Island Eel Pie Island Glover's Island Platts Eyot Swan Island Tagg's Island Trowlock Island Parks, open spaces and nature reserves Barnes Common Barn Elms Bushy Park Carlisle Park Crane Park Crane Park Island East Sheen Common Ham Common Ham Lands Hampton Court Park Kew Gardens Lonsdale Road Reservoir Marble Hill Park North Sheen Recreation Ground Oak Avenue Old Deer Park Pesthouse Common Radnor Gardens Richmond Green Richmond Hill Richmond Park Sunnyside Reservoir Upper Lodge Water Gardens Westerley Ware WWT London Wetland Centre Sports venues Athletic Ground, Richmond Barn Elms Playing Fields The Championship Course Fulwell Golf Course Hampton Pool Kew Cricket Club Ground Lensbury Sports Ground Pools on the Park Richmond Golf Club Richmond Park Golf Course Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Twickenham Golf Course Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stoop former Orleans Club Ground former Ranelagh Club former Richmond Ice Rink former St Ann's Ground Sports events The Big Game (rugby) The Boat Race Great River Race Head of the River Fours Head of the River Race IRB Rugby Aid Match Schools' Head of the River Race Scullers Head of the River Race Vesta Veterans International Eights Head of the River Race Wingfield Sculls Women's Eights Head of the River Race former Richmond Trophy Other annual events Hampton Court Palace Festival Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Breweries and pubs Britannia, Richmond The Bull's Head Dysart Arms Hare and Hounds, Sheen Old Ship, Richmond Richmond Brewery Stores Sun Inn, Barnes Twickenham Fine Ales Watney Combe & Reid White Cross, Richmond The White Swan, Twickenham‎ Theatres, cinemas and music venues The Bull's Head Crawdaddy Club Eel Pie Island Hotel Olympic Studios Orange Tree Theatre Puppet Theatre Barge Richmond Theatre TwickFolk Wathen Hall Museums, archives and art Diana Fountain, Bushy Park Hampton Court Beauties The Hearsum Collection Marianne North Gallery Museum No.1, Kew Gardens Museum of Richmond The Naked Ladies The National Archives Orleans House Gallery Public art The Queen's Beasts Riverside Gallery Royal Military School of Music Museum Shirley Sherwood Gallery Triumphs of Caesar The Twickenham Museum Windsor Beauties World Rugby Museum Film and recording studios Astoria The Boathouse, Twickenham Eel Pie Studios Olympic Studios Teddington Studios Twickenham Film Studios Media and publishing Richmond and Twickenham Times former Gaydar Radio former Hogarth Press Historical royal palaces Hampton Court Palace Kew Palace Richmond Palace Cemeteries, crematoria and memorials Barnes Cemetery Bolan's Rock Shrine Hampton Wick War Memorial Kilmorey Mausoleum Mortlake Cemetery Mortlake Crematorium North Sheen Cemetery Memorials in Richmond Park Teddington Cemetery Twickenham Cemetery Hospitals Barnes Cassel Richmond Royal Teddington Memorial former Normansfield Other places of interest 123 Mortlake High Street Asgill House Brinsworth House Bushy House Chapel House Chapel in the Wood Clarence House Doughty House Douglas House Downe House Fulwell Bus Garage Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare Garrick's Villa Grove House, Hampton Ham House Hampton Youth Project Harrods Furniture Depository Hogarth House King's Observatory Kneller Hall Langham House Langham House Close Latchmere House Lichfield Court Marble Hill House Montrose House National Physical Laboratory Normansfield Theatre The Old Court House Ormeley Lodge Pembroke Lodge Poppy Factory Royal Military School of Music Royal Star and Garter Home Strawberry Hill House Sudbrook House and Park Thatched House Lodge University Boat Race Stones Victoria Working Men's Club West Hall, Kew White Lodge The Wick Wick House Yelverton Lodge York House History Adana Printing Machines Admiralty Research Laboratory Alcott House Ashe baronets Barnes rail crash Camp Griffiss Cross Deep House GHQ Liaison Regiment Hampton Court Conference Kew Letters Mortlake Tapestry Works Mount Ararat, Richmond Murder of Amélie Delagrange Murder of Julia Martha Thomas Petersham Hole Pocock baronets Radnor House Richmond Flyers Richmond, Petersham and Ham Open Spaces Act 1902 Ringway 2 Sheen Priory Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond Towpath murders Treaty of Hampton Court (1562) Twickenham Park Vandeput baronets Warren-Lambert Wigan baronets Parliamentary constituencies Richmond Park Twickenham former Richmond and Barnes former Richmond (Surrey) Local government and historic geographic divisions South West (London Assembly constituency) Borough council Local elections 1994 election 1998 election 2002 election 2006 election 2010 election 2014 election former Ham Urban District former Municipal Borough of Barnes former Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey) former Municipal Borough of Twickenham Kingston upon Thames (parish) North Sheen Hundred of Brixton Hundred of Kingston Isleworth Hundred Spelthorne Hundred Other topics Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings People Schools, colleges and universities Sports clubs Richmond upon Thames parks and open spaces