Wilson Challenge to Conserve Our Heritage.

Strawberry Hill was placed the 2004 World Monuments Watch and we became involved in research and planning at the site with support from the Samuel H.

The return of the house to public enjoyment and accessĭeterioration from lack of regular maintenance and incompatible new uses led to a significant conservation campaign undertaken by World Monuments Fund, World Monuments Fund Britain, the Strawberry Hill Trust, and other partners. Mary’s College in 1925, the architecture and landscape of Strawberry Hill remained largely intact. Although much of Walpole’s extensive collection was auctioned by his descendants in 1842 and the property sold to St. One of the astonishing touches in the decorative scheme is the inventive, and often deceptive, use of papier-mâché to render flourishes that could be mistaken for stone or wood architectural details. Strawberry Hill was designed to display his collections of fine and decorative art amidst rooms reflecting Gothic aesthetics and his fascination with materials. The grounds and buildings, with their uniquely designed interiors, were the visionary project of writer Horace Walpole, the youngest son of Britain’s first prime minister. As the first Gothic Revival structure in Europe, Strawberry Hill seamlessly blended landscape design, architecture, and decorative arts to forge a new direction in eighteenth-century design and culture.

Strawberry Hill by Brad Perry