Marble Hill Revived
The outstanding location of Marble Hill Park reconnects both the Grade I listed Neo-Palladian Marble Hill House and its Grade II* registered landscape through a scholarly programme of repair, restoration and enhancement works to reveal hidden narratives and enhance everyday enjoyment of the park.
Marble Hill is one of a collection of gardens that forms London’s celebrated Arcadian landscape. It provides some of the most significant formal landscape structure as seen from the protected view from Richmond Hill, the only view in England to be protected by an Act of Parliament. To secure a future for the park the proposals balance the historic significance and design poetry of the place, including revival of the grotto, icehouse, avenues and meandering pathways originally designed by Charles Bridgeman in conversation with Alexander Pope, with long-term strategies for sustainable water management and woodland stewardship.
PROJECT INFO
Client English Heritage
Location London Borough of Richmond
Date 2015–2022
Area 26ha
Trees planted/proposed 352
CREDITS
Landscape Architect J&L Gibbons
Architect Acanthus Clews, VHH
Structural and Civil Engineer TMP
M&E Engineer MTA
Interpretation Designer Skellon Studio
Transport Consultant Vectos
Quantity Surveyor Firmingers
Historic Landscape Consultant Mark Laird
Access Consultant Earnscliffe
Soil Scientist Tim O’Hare Associates
Photography © J&L Gibbons
Image 2: Historic survey plan © Norfolk Record Office, MC184/10/1 (rights reserved)