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Marble Hill House is a Palladian villa on the River Thames in Twickenham, southwest London. It was built 1724-1729 for Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, and mistress of King George II. It set in 66 acres (267,000 m²) of parkland, the Marble Hill park. The Great Room has architectural paintings by Panini and lavishly gilded decoration. The Marble Hill house also hosts a collection of early Georgian furniture and paintings as well as the Lazenby Bequest Chinoiserie collection. Missing image Marble_Hill_House-City(north)front.jpg The North (city) front Missing image Marble_Hill_House-River(south)front.jpg The South (river) front The house is now owned by English Heritage.
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