Golden age of the gentry and great houses
Golden age of the gentry and great houses
Alexander Pope’s Grotto
Alexander Pope’s Grotto
A source of inspiration and contentment
Garrick’s Temple
Garrick’s Temple
A shrine to Shakespeare
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace
Built by Cardinal Wolsey
Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk
Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk
An eventful but uneven life
Kneller Hall
Kneller Hall
The last of three houses
Laetitia Matilda Hawkins
Laetitia Matilda Hawkins
Nineteenth century local gossip
Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown
Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown
Landscape Gardener
Louis Philippe Duc d’Orléans
Louis Philippe Duc d’Orléans
sometime King of the French
Marble Hill House
Marble Hill House
Palladian Mansion for a Royal Mistress
Orleans House
Orleans House
A vast esteat to entertain soe many
Strawberry Hill
Strawberry Hill
The creation of Horace Walpole
The Statues at York House
The Statues at York House
Cascade, pool and Oceanides
Thomas Wolsey
Thomas Wolsey
Builder of Hampton Court Palace
William Chase
William Chase
Of a Whitton landowning family
William Hickey and Thomas Hudson
William Hickey and Thomas Hudson
Life at Cross Deep, Twickenham
York House
York House
Construction starts
