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Created in the 18th Century by Horace Walpole, this extraordinary building is internationally famous as Britain’s finest example of Georgian Gothic revival architecture and home to an increasingly important collection of paintings and objects.

Strawberry Hill House is a registered, independent charity relying on self-generated income, so we need your support. You can help us to care for this magnificent building by making a donation, no matter how small, it would make a big difference to Strawberry Hill.

Thank you.

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How to donate

USA Donors

Donors in the USA can make a tax efficient donation by completing this form and returning it to CAF America.

By Post

Send a cheque written out to Strawberry Hill Trust to this address:
Fundraising and Development,
Strawberry Hill House,
268 Waldegrave Road,
Twickenham,
TW1 4ST

A new shell seat for strawberry hill

Help us raise £30,000 to bring back one of the most iconic features of Horace Walpole’s historic garden.

Strawberry Hill House & Garden is launching an appeal to recreate the Shell Seat, one of the most visually arresting and evocative features of Horace Walpole’s eighteenth-century garden. Designed as a place for rest, conversation and delight, the Shell Seat formed part of Walpole’s celebrated “land of beauties” — a landscape shaped by imagination, sociability and theatrical effect.

With your support, we can ensure this extraordinary garden feature endures for generations to come.

This ambitious project will employ cutting-edge digital mapping technology from Factum Arte to design and create a faithful, weather-resistant replica based on the original eighteenth-century drawings, ensuring the seat endures for future generations.

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Richard Bentley, Design for a Seat at Strawberry Hill, 1754. Ink drawing showing Bentley’s original concept for Walpole’s Shell Bench. Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.