Marble Hill was built in 1724–29 for the courtier Henrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk. At Marble Hill, however, the correspondence of Horace Walpole credits Herbert with the design and a poem by Jonathan Swift names him as ‘architect’. Fig 2: Palladian perfection: Marble Hill, an exquisitely scaled house, was designed for Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk. By September 1724, Pope noted: ‘Marble Hill waits only for its roof — the rest is finished.’ In 1729, there is a receipt from Morris for ‘finishing all works done at her house at Marble Hill at Twickingham’. The five pictures of the ruins of Rome by Panini that now hang here were bought by Lady Suffolk for Marble Hill.