Hire of
Rooms
It is still possible
to hire some of the rooms for parties and functions.
Send your requirements
to
Housekeeper
who can tell you what
is available on the dates you specify.
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 Registered Charity No.
1089660
Horace Walpole's
'little Gothic castle' urgently needs your support.
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The
Strawberry Hill Trust and the Friends of Strawberry Hill are
pleased to announce that they have reached the final hurdle in
matching the funds offered by the
Heritage Lottery Fund.
Many people have been extremely generous:
English Heritage,
The Architectural Heritage
Fund, The Wolfson
Foundation, The Weston Family Foundation, The
Foyle Foundation,
The
City Bridge Trust and the Robert W Wilson Challenge Fund in
New York through the World
Monuments Fund Britain have all supported the project. Local societies, US
patrons and individuals have also contributed and out of a £4
million funding challenge we now need only £500,000 in
donations or pledges to allow the project to go ahead We are
very pleased with this progress and enormously grateful to all
our donors but we do need a final push to keep the programme on
target!
Over
the last two years a massive amount of research has been carried
out by Inskip and
Jenkins, the conservation architects, with the help of many
of the Friends and Guides. Strawberry Hill is now probably one
of the best documented houses in the country. We are all aware
of its unique importance to the history of architecture and of
literature and its significance as a local treasure.
Once the
funds are in place some more detailed research needs to be
carried out on the interior fabric of the house. If all goes
well, work will begin in 2008 and the house will open to the
public in spring 2010 to coincide with an important exhibition
about Horace Walpole and his collections at the
V&A, curated by Michael
Snodin, Chairman of the SHT.
Judith Lovelace
Chair
Friends of Strawberry Hill
The Friends of Strawberry Hill gratefully acknowledge
the generous support of:
The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Beinecke
Rare Book and
Manuscript Library, Yale University, the Provost and
Fellows of Eton College
and the Librarian and Staff of Eton College Library.
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