Strawberry Hill House - Revision history

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−	\| The Robert Adam fireplace, situated in the Round Tower, was based on the~~<br />~~	+	\| The Robert Adam fireplace, situated in the Round Tower, was based on the Westminster Abbey tomb of Edward the Confessor.
−	Westminster Abbey tomb of Edward the Confessor.	+
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−	\| The most commonly identifiable feature of the Gothic revival style is the pointed arch, used for windows, doors, and decorative elements throughout Strawberry Hill House, based on cathedrals from around the world.	+	\| The most commonly identifiable feature of the Gothic revival style is the pointed arch, used for windows, doors and decorative elements throughout Strawberry Hill House. These designs are based on cathedrals from around the world.
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−	\| The Robert Adam fireplace, situated in the Round Tower was based on the tomb of Edward the Confessor ~~in Westminster Abbey~~.	+	\| The Robert Adam fireplace, situated in the Round Tower, was based on the<br />
		+	Westminster Abbey tomb of Edward the Confessor.
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Editor at 20:13, 23 November 2020

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	* Oxford Movement.		* Oxford Movement.
	* Palace of Westminster.		* Palace of Westminster.
		+	* Picturesque movement.
	* Queen Anne style.		* Queen Anne style.
	* Regency style.		* Regency style.

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	* Crenellations.		* Crenellations.
	* Eyecatcher.		* Eyecatcher.
		+	* Folly.
	* Georgian		* Georgian
	* Gothic revival style.		* Gothic revival style.

Editor at 20:43, 9 November 2020

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	* Palace of Westminster.		* Palace of Westminster.
	* Queen Anne style.		* Queen Anne style.
		+	* Regency style.
	* Unusual buildings		* Unusual buildings
	* Winchester House.		* Winchester House.

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	* Architectural styles.		* Architectural styles.
	* Crenellations.		* Crenellations.
		+	* Eyecatcher.
	* Georgian		* Georgian
	* Gothic revival style.		* Gothic revival style.
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	* Winchester House.		* Winchester House.

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Designing Buildings at 06:14, 15 June 2020

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	= Spreading Gothic revival =		= Spreading Gothic revival =

−	Strawberry Hill House was ~~frequently~~ visited by people of all classes and backgrounds (although children were apparently not welcome during Walpole’s time). This ~~was one of the factors that~~ helped to spread the popularity of the Gothic revival style. At one point, Strawberry Hill House was called the most famous house in Georgian England, although others viewed it simply ~~one~~ rich man’s folly.	+	Strawberry Hill House was visited by people of all classes and backgrounds (although children were apparently not welcome during Walpole’s time). This helped spread the popularity of the Gothic revival style. At one point, Strawberry Hill House was called the most famous house in Georgian England, although others viewed it simply a rich man’s folly.

	--[[User:Heidi_Schwartz\|Heidi Schwartz]]		--[[User:Heidi_Schwartz\|Heidi Schwartz]]

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	Other professionals were brought in to collaborate on the interiors, reproducing architecture from around the world. The fan vaulting in the gallery is a papier-mâché creation inspired by the chapel at Westminster Abbey. Walpole’s friend Thomas Gray described the results as ‘all Gothicism, gold and looking glass’.		Other professionals were brought in to collaborate on the interiors, reproducing architecture from around the world. The fan vaulting in the gallery is a papier-mâché creation inspired by the chapel at Westminster Abbey. Walpole’s friend Thomas Gray described the results as ‘all Gothicism, gold and looking glass’.

−	[[File:StrawberryInterior.jpg\|link=File:StrawberryInterior.jpg]]	+	{\|
		+	\| [[File:StrawberryInterior.jpg\|link=File:StrawberryInterior.jpg]]
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		+	\| The Gallery was built for entertaining, and was one of the later additions, featuring extravagant touches not found in earlier parts of the house.
		+	\|}

−	~~The Gallery was built for entertaining~~, and ~~was~~ one ~~of the later additions, featuring extravagant touches not found~~ in ~~earlier parts~~ of the ~~house~~.	+	Wallpaper motifs were copied from Gothic stone fretwork. Chimney pieces were based on tombs in Westminster and Canterbury, and one in the Round Tower was based on the tomb of Edward the Confessor, which was later reinterpreted by Robert Adam (despite his association with Neoclassical architecture).

−	~~----~~-	+	{\|
−	~~Wallpaper motifs are copied from Gothic stone fretwork. Chimney pieces were based on tombs in Westminster and Canterbury~~, ~~and one~~ in the Round Tower was based on the tomb of Edward the Confessor~~, which was later reinterpreted by Robert Adam (despite his association with Neoclassical architecture)~~.	+	\| [[File:StrawberryFireplace.jpg\|link=File:StrawberryFireplace.jpg]]
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		+	\| The Robert Adam fireplace, situated in the Round Tower was based on the tomb of Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey.
		+	\|}

−	~~[[File:StrawberryFireplace.jpg\|link=File:StrawberryFireplace.jpg]]~~	+	The property expanded over the years, although the building project had no coherent plan. Turrets and crenellated towers were added with no regard for symmetry, creating an irregular framework for an equally unconventional interior.
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−	~~The Robert Adam fireplace, situated in the Round Tower and based on the tomb of Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey.~~	+
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−	The property expanded over the years, although the building project had no coherent plan. Turrets and crenellated towers ~~would be~~ added with no regard for symmetry, creating an irregular framework for an equally unconventional interior.	+

	= Gothic revival =		= Gothic revival =
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	As the mastermind behind Strawberry Hill House, Walpole was also the author of what is often called the first Gothic novel,‘The Castle of Otranto’. Published at Strawberry Hill House on Walpole's private press, the novel’s premise allegedly came to him in a nightmare that combined medievalism and terror.		As the mastermind behind Strawberry Hill House, Walpole was also the author of what is often called the first Gothic novel,‘The Castle of Otranto’. Published at Strawberry Hill House on Walpole's private press, the novel’s premise allegedly came to him in a nightmare that combined medievalism and terror.

−	For his literary and architectural contributions, Horace Walpole is recognised as one of the primary founders of the Gothic revival style. He ~~certainly~~ embraced this picturesque and romantic movement ~~in architecture~~ which reflected his ~~own~~ taste ~~- and later that of the public -~~ for buildings inspired by mediaeval design.	+	For his literary and architectural contributions, Horace Walpole is recognised as one of the primary founders of the Gothic revival style. He embraced this picturesque and romantic movement which reflected his taste for buildings inspired by mediaeval design.
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−	~~[[File:StrawberryLibrary.jpg\|link=File:StrawberryLibrary.jpg]]~~	+
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−	~~Pointed arches in the library are based on famous cathedrals from around the world~~.	+

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−	~~This was a real departure from the previously popular styles that drew inspiration from the classical forms~~ of ~~ancient Greece and Rome. While distinctly different, both~~ the Gothic revival style ~~and~~ the ~~Greek revival style looked to the past~~, and ~~both remained popular~~ throughout the ~~mid 19th century~~.	+	\| [[File:StrawberryLibrary.jpg\|link=File:StrawberryLibrary.jpg]]
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		+	\| The most commonly identifiable feature of the Gothic revival style is the pointed arch, used for windows, doors, and decorative elements throughout Strawberry Hill House, based on cathedrals from around the world.
		+	\|}

−	~~The Gothic revival style~~ was ~~promoted as an appropriate design for rural settings, with its complex and irregular shapes and forms fitting well into~~ the ~~natural landscape~~. ~~Thus~~, the Gothic revival style ~~was often chosen for country homes~~ and ~~houses in rural or small town settings~~, ~~like Walpole’s Strawberry Hill House~~.	+	This was a departure from the previous popular styles that drew inspiration from the classical forms of ancient Greece and Rome. While distinctly different, both the Gothic revival style and the Greek revival style looked to the past, and both remained popular throughout the mid 19th century.

−	The ~~most commonly identifiable feature of the~~ Gothic revival style ~~is the pointed arch, used~~ for ~~windows, doors~~, and ~~decorative elements throughout Strawberry Hill House~~. ~~Other frequent features of~~ Gothic revival style ~~buildings - Norman castle-like towers with a crenellated parapet - are also very much part of Walpole's creation~~.	+	The Gothic revival style was promoted as an appropriate design for rural settings, with its complex and irregular shapes and forms fitting into the natural landscape. The Gothic revival style was often chosen for country homes and houses in rural or small town settings.

	= Spreading Gothic revival =		= Spreading Gothic revival =

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	= Introduction =		= Introduction =

−	Situated just outside London in Twickenham, Strawberry Hill House is ~~the~~ Gothic revival style villa that is the brainchild of Horace Walpole. The youngest son of the first Prime Minister of Britain, Sir Robert Walpole, Horace spent much of his adult energy on pursuing his cultural creations - both literary and architectural - that projected a unified, nightmarish tone that would become associated with the Gothic revival movement in England.	+	Situated just outside London in Twickenham, Strawberry Hill House is a Gothic revival style villa that was the brainchild of Horace Walpole. The youngest son of the first Prime Minister of Britain, Sir Robert Walpole, Horace spent much of his adult energy on pursuing his cultural creations - both literary and architectural - that projected a unified, nightmarish tone that would become associated with the Gothic revival movement in England.

	= Gathering inspiration =		= Gathering inspiration =

−	Horace Walpole was born in 1717. He was well-educated and affluent, and as a young man he travelled throughout Europe. Accompanied on his Grand Tour by his lifelong friend and fellow Etonian, the poet Thomas Gray (author of 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'), Horace observed the characteristics of mediaeval Northern European architectural cathedrals that would later inspire him. He would come to coin the phrase ‘gloomth’ to describe the sensation and would eventually incorporate that mood into his ‘little Gothic castle’ ~~that would become~~ Strawberry Hill House.	+	Horace Walpole was born in 1717. He was well-educated and affluent, and as a young man he travelled throughout Europe. Accompanied on his Grand Tour by his lifelong friend and fellow Etonian, the poet Thomas Gray (author of 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'), Horace observed the characteristics of mediaeval Northern European architectural cathedrals that would later inspire him. He would come to coin the phrase ‘gloomth’ to describe the sensation and would eventually incorporate that mood into his ‘little Gothic castle’ Strawberry Hill House.

	How Horace became attracted to this style is unknown, although it may have simply been the dramatic contrast to Neoclassicism (the popular style at the time) that appealed to him. He may have also been inspired by the natural surroundings of the modest plot of land and small cottages he purchased for his villa in the Twickenham countryside in 1747.		How Horace became attracted to this style is unknown, although it may have simply been the dramatic contrast to Neoclassicism (the popular style at the time) that appealed to him. He may have also been inspired by the natural surroundings of the modest plot of land and small cottages he purchased for his villa in the Twickenham countryside in 1747.
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	His friends John Chute (an amateur architect) and Richard Bentley (a draughtsman and designer) formed a ‘Committee of Taste’ or the ‘Strawberry Committee’. They looked for ways to build mediaeval structures entirely from scratch. All of the designs were original - they were not resurrections or refurbishments of existing Gothic structures - and this is what distinguished Strawberry Hill House from earlier Gothic architectural revitalisations.		His friends John Chute (an amateur architect) and Richard Bentley (a draughtsman and designer) formed a ‘Committee of Taste’ or the ‘Strawberry Committee’. They looked for ways to build mediaeval structures entirely from scratch. All of the designs were original - they were not resurrections or refurbishments of existing Gothic structures - and this is what distinguished Strawberry Hill House from earlier Gothic architectural revitalisations.

−	After an argument with Walpole, Bentley left the project in 1761, but Chute ~~would continue~~ to concentrate his attention ~~primarily~~ on the exterior of the house with additional work ~~from~~ James Essex. William Robinson of the Royal Office of Works took charge of overseeing construction, which progressed through marked stages - 1749, 1760, 1772 and 1776.	+	After an argument with Walpole, Bentley left the project in 1761, but Chute continued to concentrate his attention on the exterior of the house, with additional work by James Essex. William Robinson of the Royal Office of Works took charge of overseeing construction, which progressed through marked stages - 1749, 1760, 1772 and 1776.

−	Other professionals were brought in to collaborate on the interiors~~. They would reproduce samples of~~ architecture from around the world ~~and incorporate them to suit their own purposes~~. The fan vaulting in the gallery is a papier-mâché creation inspired by the chapel at Westminster Abbey. Walpole’s friend Thomas Gray described the results as ‘all Gothicism, gold and looking glass’.	+	Other professionals were brought in to collaborate on the interiors, reproducing architecture from around the world. The fan vaulting in the gallery is a papier-mâché creation inspired by the chapel at Westminster Abbey. Walpole’s friend Thomas Gray described the results as ‘all Gothicism, gold and looking glass’.

	[[File:StrawberryInterior.jpg\|link=File:StrawberryInterior.jpg]]		[[File:StrawberryInterior.jpg\|link=File:StrawberryInterior.jpg]]

−	The Gallery ~~is a space in the house that~~ was built for entertaining~~. It~~ was one of the later additions ~~and features~~ extravagant touches not found in parts of the house ~~that were built earlier~~.	+	The Gallery was built for entertaining, and was one of the later additions, featuring extravagant touches not found in earlier parts of the house.

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−	The property expanded over the years, although the building project had no coherent plan. Turrets and ~~crenelated~~ towers would be added with no regard for symmetry, creating an irregular framework for an equally unconventional interior.	+	The property expanded over the years, although the building project had no coherent plan. Turrets and crenellated towers would be added with no regard for symmetry, creating an irregular framework for an equally unconventional interior.

	= Gothic revival =		= Gothic revival =