Discover the fascinating history of Strawberry Hill House, Britain’s first and finest example of Gothic Revival architecture and the vision of Horace Walpole.

When thinking of gothic houses and architecture there’s a good chance that you’re going to end up thinking about a Victorian House at some point. As such, why not indulge in building yourself ...

But the key protagonist for the Gothic Revival by much of Victorian England was the architect, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852). After helping his father to survey and record medieval ...

The house predated and inspired the Gothic revivalism in Victorian architecture. After he had built Strawberry Hill House, Walpole claimed the idea for his novel The Castle of Otranto came to him ...