Photographs of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
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Facts and Figures
- Kedleston Hall lies in the county of Derbyshire, in peaceful countryside five miles west of Derby
- A significant neo-classical country house surrounded by some 820 acres of landscaped parkland
- Commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Lord Scarsdale (1726-1804)
- Keddleston had been the country seat of the Curzon family since the 1200s
- Kedleston Hall designed by James Palmer
- Construction supervised by Matthew Brettingham from 1757 to 1761
- Work completed by Robert and James Adam who remodelled the south front and interiors
- Robert Adam commissioned in 1758 to landscape the park
- Park and gardens still largely intact and represent Adams' original design
- Sunken rose-garden designed by Edwin Lutyens
- The hall is home to the Eastern Museum collection of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India
- Kedleston Hall is now in the care of the Britain's National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
- The National Trust is a charity dedicated to "preserv[ing] and protect[ing] the coastline, countryside and buildings of England, Wales and Northern Ireland"
- For further information please visit the National Trust website for visiting times and information and what to see and do at Kedleston Hall
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