Kedleston Hall is a neo-classical manor house owned by the National Trust, and seat of the Curzon family, located in Kedleston, Derbyshire, approximately 4 miles (6 km) north-west of Derby. The medieval village of Kedleston was moved in 1759 by Nathaniel Curzon to make way for the manor. All that remains of the original village is the 12th century All Saints Church, Kedleston.
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 1776-7
Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale
Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire was an English Tory politician and peer.
Portrait of Lord Scarsdale and his wife, Lady Caroline, by Nathaniel Hone the Elder, 1761
Portrait of Nathaniel and his brother John, with their mother, by Andrea Soldi, between c. 1738–c. 1740.
Kedleston Hall
Portrait of his son, Adm. Henry Curzon, by William Hamilton
