Kedleston Hall and the Church of All Saints

Kedleston, Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Saturday, 29 March, 2008

South front, Kedleston Hall

Kedleston Hall is a large country estate in the ownership The National Trust, consisting of a neo-classical mansion with Adam interiors and fine landscape gardens and estate.

Location

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Location name: 
Kedleston Hall
Coordinates (lat,lon): 
52.959103,-1.535894
Elevation: 
98 metres
OS Grid Ref: 
SK 31274 40293
Nearest Post Code: 
DE22 5JH

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Description 

"The Curzon family have owned the estate at Kedleston since at least 1297 and have lived in a succession of manor houses near to or on the site of the present Kedleston Hall. The present house was commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon (later 1st Baron Scarsdale) in 1759. The house was designed by the Palladian architects James Paine and Matthew Brettingham and was loosely based on an original plan by Andrea Palladio for the never-built Villa Mocenigo. At the time a relatively unknown architect, Robert Adam was designing some garden temples to enhance the landscape of the park; Curzon was so impressed with Adam's designs, that Adam was quickly put in charge of the construction of the new mansion." - Wikipedia

Information 

National Trust
Kedleston Hall
near Quarndon, Derby, Derbyshire DE22 5JH
Telephone: 01332 842191

Proximity

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Tissington via Ashbourne, Osmaston, Wyaston and NCN Route 68 Cycle 2006-09-16 10.80 km
Tissington to Carsington Water via Bradbourne Cycle 2006-07-01 12.19 km
Carsington Water, Ashbourne Visit 2008-06-29 12.93 km
Crich Tramway Village and National Tramway Museum Visit 2009-04-22 14.93 km
Cromford Canal Cycle 2005-10-11 15.37 km
Lea Gardens Visit 2006-05-14 16.87 km
Calke Abbey Visit 2005-04-30 18.50 km
Hartington via Wolfscote Dale, Gipsy Bank and Alstonefield Walk 2005-05-01 23.01 km
Hulme End via Manifold Way, Throwley Old Hall and Ilam Cycle 2006-04-15 23.54 km
High Peak Trail Cycle 2005-10-10 24.38 km