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Walpole House
Walpole House — Grade I listed house in the London Borough of Hounslow, England,UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Stamford Brook · 0.7 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Walpole House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed house in the London Borough of Hounslow, England,UK". Coordinates: 51.4884°, -0.2462°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Grade I listed building Walpole House is the largest, finest, and most complicated of the grand houses on Chiswick Mall, a waterfront street in the oldest part of Chiswick. Both the front wrought-iron screen and gate, and the back boundary wall, are Grade II listed. The house was started in the Tudor era, with internal features surviving from the 16th and 17th centuries; the river frontage was built around 1730. The 0.5 hectares (1.2 acres) garden is listed in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens. Among Walpole House's famous inhabitants have been: Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of King Charles II; Thomas Walpole; Daniel O'Connell; William Makepeace Thackeray; and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.
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Background
History
Walpole House was the last home of Barbara, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, a notorious royal mistress of King Charles II, until her death in 1709; she is buried in St Nicholas Church nearby. The house was later inherited by Thomas Walpole, a Member of Parliament and banker, for whom it is now named. which begins with the words "While the present century was in its teens, and on one sunshiny morning in June, there drove up to the great iron gate of Miss Pinkerton’s academy for young ladies, on Chiswick Mall, a large family coach, with two fat horses in blazing harness, driven by a fat coachman in a three-cornered hat and wig, at the rate of four miles an hour. ... as he pulled the bell at least a…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4884, -0.2462
- District
- Hounslow
- Parish
- Hounslow, unparished area
- Postcode
- W4 2PS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick
- Nearest railway station
- Stamford Brook — 0.7 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q17527836 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Walpole House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Walpole House Chiswick Mall 702.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Walpole House?
- Walpole House is in London, United Kingdom (postcode W4 2PS), in the parish of Hounslow, unparished area.
- Is Walpole House a listed building?
- Walpole House is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- How do I get to Walpole House?
- The nearest railway station is Stamford Brook, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode W4 2PS.