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Description: | A Palladian villa built between 1724-1729 to the designs of Lord Herbert and Roger Morris for Henrietta Howard, mistress of George II. The setting of the house was the work of the poet Alexander Pope and Charles Bridgeman, the royal landscape gardener. The building is composed of three storeys and is rectangular on plan, with the main elevations facing north and south. It is stucco faced with stone dressings and a lead roof. The Great Room has lavish gilded decoration and architectural paintings by Panini. The house also contains an important collection of early Georgian furniture and paintings. The building had been altered externally and internally but was restored to its original design by the Greater London Council in 1965-66. Listed Grade I and in the care of the Secretary of State. | Subjects: | Agriculture And Subsistence Villa Domestic | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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