Step inside London’s Gothic fairytale castle at @strawbhillhouse 🏰✨ Built in the 18th century by writer, collector, and visionary Horace Walpole, this dazzling “little Gothic castle” is considered the birthplace of the Gothic Revival. Every corner feels like theatre — with fan-vaulted ceilings, gilded details, and that special atmosphere Walpole himself called “gloomth” (a mix of gloom warmth). 🌹 📚 Its library of 3,500 books was Walpole’s sanctuary, where he wrote The Castle of Otranto (1764)