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Knole House
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Knole () is an English country house and former archbishop's palace owned by the National Trust. It is situated within Knole Park, a park located immediately to the south-east of Sevenoaks in west Kent. The house ranks in the top five of England's largest houses, under any measure used, occupying a total of .
Key facts
- Historic site.name
- Knole
- Historic site.image
- Knole, Sevenoaks in Kent - March 2009.jpg
- Historic site.caption
- Knole in 2009
- Historic site.type
- Country house
- Historic site.locmapin
- Kent
- Historic site.location
- TQ53955420
- Historic site.area
- Kent
- Historic site.built
- Mostly 1455–1608
- Historic site.architecture
- Jacobean architecture with other earlier and later styles
- Historic site.owner
- National Trust
- Historic site.designation1
- Grade I
- Historic site.designation1_offname
- Knole
- Historic site.designation1_date
- 14 April 1951
- Historic site.designation1_number
- 1336390
- Historic site.designation2
- Historic Garden
- Historic site.designation2_offname
- Knole
- Historic site.designation2_date
- 1 May 1986
- Historic site.designation2_number
- 1000183
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Location
- Early history
- Archbishop Bourchier's House
- Knole in the Tudor period
- Early-Stuart Knole and the Sackvilles
- Knole during the Civil War, Commonwealth and Restoration
- Knole since 1700
- Art and architecture
- House
- Rooms
- Collections
- Ownership, care and uses
- Gardens
- Remainder of the park
- Commercial and cultural uses
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- External links
Knole () is an English country house and former archbishop's palace owned by the National Trust. It is situated within Knole Park, a park located immediately to the south-east of Sevenoaks in west Kent. The house ranks in the top five of England's largest houses, under any measure used, occupying a total of .
The current house dates back to the mid-15th century, with major additions in the 16th and, particularly, the early 17th centuries. Its Grade I listing reflects its mix of late-medieval to Stuart structures and particularly its central façade and state rooms. In 2019, an extensive conservation project, "Inspired by Knole", was completed to restore and develop the structures of the buildings and thus help to conserve its important collections. The surrounding deer park has also survived with varying degrees of management in the 400 years since 1600.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knole House” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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