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PR-USA.net - 12th February 2008

Grants will help save Gothic masterpiece

- English Heritage Grant Will Help Fund Essential Restoration of Grade I Listed Mansion -

Horace Walpole's 18th Century Strawberry Hill House in Kingston Upon Thames, London, will be saved from disrepair in 2008 as work gets underway following a £100,000 grant from English Heritage.

Building.co.uk - 31st January 2008

English Heritage gives £100k to Horace Walpole mansion
By Eleanor Goodman

Money goes towards £8m restoration fund for Strawberry Hill House in west London.

Richmond & Twickenham Times - 20th January 2008

Cash to save gothic jewel
By Daniel Knowles

A gothic revival mansion in Twickenham has received a £100,000 grant for essential work to protect it from further damage.

24 Hour Museum - 30th January 2008

GRANTS WILL HELP SAVE HORACE WALPOLE'S GOTHIC STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE
By Narelle Doe

A Gothic 18th century mansion, which once belonged to author Horace Walpole, will be saved from disrepair in 2008 with a £100,000 grant from English Heritage.

Evening Standard - 30th January 2008

Walpole's Gothic villa to be restored

Rashid Razaq, Evening Standard

One of the most important examples of Gothic revival architecture is set for an £8 million renovation to restore the Grade I-listed building to its former glory.

Richmond Magazine November 2007

Gothic glory

A decade ago it was gradually falling to bits. Now Strawberry Hill House has a bright future ahead, Anne Sutcliffe explores the colourful history of Twickenham's fantasy home.

Richmond & Twickenham Times - 26th October 2007

Trust: £1m to stop sale of Strawberry Hill

One million pounds is still needed to secure the future of an endangered 18th century Twickenham building, according to the trust overseeing its restoration.

theGazette Autumn-Winter 2007

Agreement is Reached

Agreement has been reached between St Mary's University College and the Strawberry Hill Trust enabling the restoration of Walpole House to go ahead.

Richmond Guardian - 27th September 2007

Restoration to begin on Walpole's house

The future of an endangered 18th century Twickenham building was finally secured last week after an agreement was reached enabling restoration to commence.

Richmond & Twickenham Times - 21st September 2007

Future is safe for Walpole's house

The future of an endangered 18th century Twickenham building was finally secured last week after an agreement was reached enabling restoration to commence.

Independent Catholic News - 20th September 2007

Catholic college reaches agreement over historic house

Agreement has now been reached between St Mary's University College, Twickenham, London, and the Strawberry Hill Trust enabling the project involving the restoration of Walpole House to go ahead.

The Times - 20th August 2007

Walpole’s Strawberry Hill faces funding threat

A 14-year struggle to rescue a prime monument of the Gothic Revival is in doubt after the trust set up to save it has run into trouble over the lease of an education room required by the Heritage Lottery Fund as a condition of its £4.8 million grant.

Richmond Guardian - 9th August 2007

Refurbishment starts on Walpole's house

The keys to an endangered 18th century Twickenham building were handed over to a group who will oversee its restoration at a ceremony last week

Richmond & Twickenham Times - 3rd August 2007

Walpole house begins refurb

The keys to an endangered 18th century Twickenham building were handed over to a group who will oversee its restoration at a ceremony last week

Richmond Informer - 27th July 2007

Restoration project on

The restoration of a Gothic mansion and celebrity haunt once listed among the world's 100 most endangered sites is set to begin within months.

Richmond and Twickenham Times - 29th June 2007

Historic building gets £4.6m boost

ThirdSector - 27 June 2007

Valerie Humphrey, trustee, Strawberry Hill Trust

Valerie Humphrey, former director of communications and development at the Italian National Trust, has been appointed to the board of the Strawberry Hill Trust.

Vogue - October 2006

Moet's tribute to Nick Knight, held in the wonderful Gothic mansion Strawberry Hill House, was surely the party of the century. Gisele, Kate Moss and Pete Doherty, Jerry Hall and Alexander McQueen were among the guests paying homage to the renowned photographer but they were all elaborately masked so nobody could recognise each other.

Evening Standard - Wednesday 25th October 2006