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Also known as Knole House, Knole, Knole

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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Wikidata facts

Located in
Sevenoaks
Image
1336390 I KNOLE, Green Court, S side Sevenoaks 20250826 0001.jpg
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postal code
TN15 0RP
Commons category
Knole House
maintained by
National Trust
OS grid reference
TQ5396854190
social media followers
4640
street address
Sevenoaks TN15 0RP
has facility
accessible toilet
associated electoral district
Sevenoaks
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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections
Contents
  • 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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