Discovering Jewish Country Houses: A Tour of Strawberry Hill House
A Tour of Strawberry Hill House
Strawberry Hill House has a fascinating history. Our tour will look at Horace Walpole’s gothic revival masterpiece now restored to its 18th century splendour, but it will also examine some of its later stories. In the 19th century Lady Waldegrave, who was the daughter of a famous Jewish opera singer, in the course of four marriages created herself as a political hostess and developed and expanded Strawberry Hill. The subsequent owners were the de Sterns, part of a European Jewish banking dynasty. Herbert Stern was ennobled as Lord Michelham and, together with his ambitious wife, continued the social and political tradition laying on lavish entertainments and using the House to showcase some of their notable art collections.
The tour starts 10am and lasts approximately an hour and a half. Booking is essential.
Please note that re-entry to the House is available to anyone who has booked to go on the tour after the tour is finished.
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A Tour of Strawberry Hill House
Strawberry Hill House has a fascinating history. Our tour will look at Horace Walpole’s gothic revival masterpiece now restored to its 18th century splendour, but it will also examine some of its later stories. In the 19th century Lady Waldegrave, who was the daughter of a famous Jewish opera singer, in the course of four marriages created herself as a political hostess and developed and expanded Strawberry Hill. The subsequent owners were the de Sterns, part of a European Jewish banking dynasty. Herbert Stern was ennobled as Lord Michelham and, together with his ambitious wife, continued the social and political tradition laying on lavish entertainments and using the House to showcase some of their notable art collections.
The tour starts 10am and lasts approximately an hour and a half. Booking is essential.
Please note that re-entry to the House is available to anyone who has booked to go on the tour after the tour is finished.
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