Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's 'Little play-thing house', became one of the wonders of the 18th-century architectural world. The authors take us round the house (now being restored) and room by room reveal the theatrical planning, the deliberate contrasts of light and colour and the love of drama invested in every detail of th building, its decoration and its furniture. The book is illustrated with photographs and with many of the engravings Walpole himself commissioned.
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Prettily illustrated and absorbing. Evening Standard It is difficult to imagine that the history of the house will ever be better traced than in beautifully produced and elegantly written book. It is an object lesson in how the biography of a house should be put together. House & Garden This book is the result of evident enthusiasm and commitment to its subject!it makes a significant contribution in underlining how Walpole orchestrated Strawberry Hill as a series of moods - an approach to interior design which remains highly resonant today. Architectural Review
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Anna Chalcraft is a guide at Strawberry Hill. Her research helped secure the future of that historic building. Judith Viscardi is a guide at Strawberry Hill. Her research helped secure the future of that historic building.
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Wow, what a tremendous disappointment! Big coffee table book, feels hefty, looks like it'll be a treasure trove of Gothic architecture . . . and yet not. The entire book has exactly ONE full-page, full-color photo of the interior of Strawberry Hill. The rest of the book is more like a scholarly work, with small photos of wallpaper fragments, engravings of Walpole and his family and friends, close-ups of some interesting bits and piece of architectural detail, and lots and lots of text. There's nothing wrong with that; but what a false carrot to dangle in front of the architecturally-inclined reader ("Gothic" and "castle" together in one title--be still, my heart!). If ever a book deserved a subtitle, it's this one--and it should have been something along the lines of, "A Scholarly Overview" or something equally dry, to suit the book. What a great opportunity the authors missed in not showing the world more of the WHOLE of Walpole's beautiful castle.
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