Kedleston Hall
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Kedleston Hall is a large English country house with a Palladian exterior and Neo-classical interiors, now owned by the National Trust, built in the 1760s as the seat of the Curzon family, near Kedles
Kedleston Hall, the south front
Kedleston Hall was Brettingham's opportunity to prove himself capable of designing a house to rival Holkham Hall. The opportunity was taken from him by Robert Adam who completed the North front (above) much as Brettingham designed it, but with a more dramatic portico.
A cross section through the hall and saloon
Marble Hall 1763, decoration completed in 1776–77
Robert Adam
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Robert Adam was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam, Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his o
Kedleston Hall
…remains of the original village is the 12th-century All Saints Church. The current house was commissioned in 1759 by Nathaniel Curzon and designed by Robert Adam. The Curzon family, whose name originates in Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Normandy, have been in Kedleston since at least 1297, have lived in a succession…
Portrait attributed to George Willison, c. 1770–1775
Robert Adam by James Tassie (medallion)
Royal High School (1578–1777) on site of Blackfriars Monastery, Edinburgh.
Entrance front of Hopetoun House, designed by William Adam and modified by the Adam Brothers