Marble Hill (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
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- Work cat.: Linford, N. Marble Hill Park, Twickenham, London, 2016:p. 1 (Geophysical surveys were carried out in the parkland surrounding Marble Hill House)
- English Heritage website, Oct. 11, 2017(Marble Hill House. Palladian villa is set in 66 acres of outstanding riverside parkland near Richmond in West London. In 1903 Marble Hill opened as a public park, saved for and by the people)
- Wikipedia, Oct. 11, 2017(Marble Hill Park is an area of 66 acres (270,000 m2) 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 that was originally built for Henrietta Howard, the mistress of King George II in 1724--29. Extensive grounds provide many leisure facilities including rugby and hockey pitches, a cricket pitch and nets, tennis courts, and a children's play area)
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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 and 1729 as the home of Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, who lived there until her death. The compact design soon became famous and furnished a standard model for the Georgian English villa and for plantation houses in the American colonies. The estate and house came under ownership of the London County Council and was open to the public in 1903. It was the first eighteenth-century house in England to be preserved by a public body. Restoration by the Greater London Council (GLC) began in 1965 and after the dissolution of the GLC the freehold of the house and estate passed to English Heritage.
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