Knole House in 1880.

Knole House from Kip and Knyff's Britannia Illustrata (1709)

The Green Court at Knole

Knole House (also Knowle House) is a stately home situated close to Sevenoaks in north-west Kent, surrounded by a large deer park, Knole (or Knowle) Park. It is remarkable in England for the degree to which the early 17th-century appearance of its state rooms is preserved: the interiors of many houses of this period were altered later on. The park is also a remarkable survivor, having changed little over the past 400 years except for the loss of many trees in the Great Storm of 1987. Knole from Morriss Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen (1880). ... Knole from Morriss Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen (1880). ... Knole from Jan Kip and Leonard Knyffs Britannia Illustrata (1709). ... Knole from Jan Kip and Leonard Knyffs Britannia Illustrata (1709). ... Hampton Court, from Kip and Knyffs Britannia illustrata, 1708 The inexorably linked careers of Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff trace a specialty of engraved views of English country houses, represented in minute detail from the birds-eye view that was a long-established pictorial convention for topography. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (883x547, 90 KB) Summary The Green Court at Knole from English Homes by H. Avery Tipping (died 1933). ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (883x547, 90 KB) Summary The Green Court at Knole from English Homes by H. Avery Tipping (died 1933). ... A stately home is, strictly speaking, one of about 500 large properties built in England between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property (after the Dissolution of the Monasteries). ... Sevenoaks is a town in Kent, in south-east England. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... The Great Storm of 1987 occurred on October 15 and 16, 1987, when an unusually strong weather system caused hurricane force winds to hit much of the south of England. ...

The house was built by Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, between 1456 and 1486. On Bourchier's death, the house was bequeathed to the See of Canterbury, but in 1538 it was taken from Archbishop Thomas Cranmer — and enlarged — by King Henry VIII. Thomas Bourchier (ca. ... Arms of the see of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... // Events July 7 - Joan of Arc acquitted (but she had already been executed). ... // Events Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies of poisoning. ... Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ... Thomas Cranmer (July 2, 1489 – March 21, 1556) was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. Born in 1489 at Nottingham, Cranmer was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge and became a priest following the death of his first wife. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ...

In 1566, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, it was presented to her cousin Thomas Sackville whose descendants have lived there ever since. Most notably, these include writer Vita Sackville-West (her Knole and the Sackvilles (1922) is regarded as a classic in the literature of English country houses); her friend Virginia Woolf wrote Orlando based on the history of the house and the Sackville family. Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. ... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536 - 19 April 1608) was an English statesman and poet. ... Front dustjacket of The Land, designed by George Plank. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was a British author and feminist, who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. ... Orlando is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published in 1928. ...

The many state rooms open to the public contain a superb collection of 17th century royal Stuart furniture, including three state beds, silver furniture and the prototype of the famous Knole Settee, outstanding tapestries and textiles, and portraits by Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Sir Peter Lely, Sir Godfrey Kneller and Joshua Reynolds. The eye is especially drawn to some of Reynolds' portraits in the house: a self portrait and the depictions of Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith and a Chinese page boy who was taken into the Sackville household have particular character and force. There are also extraordinary survivals from the English Renaissance: an Italianate staircase of great delicacy and the vividly carved overmantel and fireplace in the Great Chamber. The Coat of Arms of Queen Anne, the last British monarch of the House of Stuart The House of Don Torro Stuart or Stewart was a Scottish, and then Great Britains, Royal House of Breton(British) origin. ... The original Knole Settee, a type of padded and upholstered lounge chair to seat two or three people was made between 1610 - 1620 for the great house of Knole in Kent. ... It has been suggested that Textile manufacturing be merged into this article or section. ... Roman-Egyptian funeral portrait of a young boy A portrait is a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person. ... Self Portrait With a Sunflower Sir Anthony (Antoon) van Dyck (*March 22, 1599 - December 9, 1641) was a Flemish painter — mainly of portraits — who became the leading court painter in England. ... Self-portrait, painted 1759 Blue boy, painted 1770 This article is about the artist Thomas Gainsborough. ... Portrait painter and collector of Old Masters, Sir Peter Lely (original name, Pieter van der Faes) was active in England from the early 1640s. ... Sir Godfrey Kneller (August 8, 1646 -October 19, 1723) was an artist, court painter to several British monarchs. ... Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds (July 16, 1723–February 23, 1792) was the most important and influential of eighteenth-century English painters, specialising in portraits and promoting the Grand Style in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. ...

Today, the house and estate are in the care of the National Trust, which market them under the name "Knole". The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, NT or The Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ...

See also

• John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset

John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset (24 March 1745–19 July 1799) was a keen cricketer, billiards player, tennis player and womaniser. ...

External link

• Knole information at the National Trust
• Images of Sevenoaks and Knole