Free
Historic house
#110
Marble Hill House
A perfectly scaled Palladian villa on the Thames, built for Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk. Free to enter, it’s a crisp lesson in Georgian taste set within generous riverside parkland.
Opening Hours
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
What's not to miss inside?
Intro Film & First-Floor Circuit
Frames Henrietta Howard’s life and the villa’s elegant plan before you tour.Power, wit and architecture—her story is in the proportions.
📍 Ground-floor orientation room → main stair
Landscape Step-Out
Pope-influenced landscape ideas survive in views and paths.The house is a set piece; the lawn is the stage.
📍 Rear door to gardens and ice house
Volunteer Insights
Stories add people to the plasterwork.Ask about Henrietta’s network—kings, poets, and patrons.
📍 In-room guides
Inspire your Friends
- Marble Hill is the last complete survivor of a string of Thames-side villas between Richmond and Hampton Court.
- Henrietta Howard—once George II’s mistress—used the house to anchor an independent life and salon culture.
- The interiors showcase a costly mahogany staircase—exotic hardwoods were status signals in Georgian Britain.
