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| 1807 |
| | | J M W Turner, the artist, buys a plot of land in Twickenham. The site is bounded by what are now Sandycombe Road and St Margaret's Road. Turner also buys a separate plot nearby. | |
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| 1807 |
| | | Baroness Howe acquires Pope's Villa. | |
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| 1808 |
| | | Baroness Howe demolishes Pope's Villa, earning herself the sobriquet Queen of the Goths, and builds a new house next door. The demolition is recorded by J M W Turner in his painting 'Pope's Villa at Twickenham'. | |
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| 1810 |
| | | Mrs Daymer finds Strawberry Hill too expensive to keep up and relinquishes the estate to the eventual heir, Laura Countess of Waldegrave, the grand-daughter of Horace Walpole's brother Edward. | |
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| 1812 |
| | | Turner completes the building of his villa. Initially called Solus Lodge, the name is changed to Sandycombe Lodge a year later. | |
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| 1815 |
| | | Louis Philippe, Duc D'Orléans rents during his exile the house in Twickenham that becomes known as Orleans House. | |
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| 1816 |
| | | Henrietta Hotham dies and the Marble Hill estate is sold to Timothy Brent then living at Little Marble Hill. The house subsequently has a number of owners. | |
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| 1824 |
| | | The Cambridge Park estate is divided and Meadowbank is built in the southern part. | |
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| 1825 |
| | | Jonathan Peel, younger brother of Sir Robert Peel, buys Marble Hill. He lives here until his death in 1879 and his widow stays on until her death in 1887. | |
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| 1826 June 19 |
| | | Turner sells Sandycombe Lodge after his father moves to Turner's central London house in Queen Anne Street. The buyer is Joseph Todd, a retired haberdasher of Clapham, who pays £500. | |
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