Kedleston Hall, Derby, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. 

Park and gardens laid out by Robert Adam during the period 1759-1775. Pleasure grounds on the north side of the park with early to mid 18th century or earlier origins.

DESCRIPTION

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Kedleston lies about 7 kilometres north-west of Derby in a rural and agricultural setting. The site, occupying about 400 hectares, is on land which slopes gently down on each side to the valley of the Cutler Brook which runs approximately north-west/south-east across the centre of the site. The village of Kedleston is situated outside the registered area at the north-west corner of the site. The boundaries are formed by Beech Avenue and Inn Lane to the east and by the edge of the former Ireton Gardens to the north which are defined by Cumberhill Road, the Gothic Temple (see below) and field boundaries east of the walled garden. The road between Kedleston village and Kirk Langley runs along the west boundary. The south boundary is formed by a track along the edge of Vicar Wood and fencing dividing agricultural land from the south-east side of the park.

REFERENCES

W Bray, Sketch of a Tour into Derbyshire (1783), p 116

J P Neale, Views of Seats of noblemen and gentlemen... 1 (1818), pp 14-16

D Yarwood, Robert Adam (1970), pp 124, 187-188

N Pevsner and E Williamson, The Buildings of England: Derbyshire (2nd edn 1978), pp 253-259

J Anthony, The Gardens of Britain 6, (1979), pp 98-103

Kedleston Hall, guidebook, (N Antram and G Jackson-Stops 1988; rev 1993; 1998)

Kedleston Estate Survey, (National Trust Archaeological Survey c 1989)

M Craven and M Stanley, The Derbyshire Country House (1991), pp 117-123

Country Life, no 10 (5 March 1987), pp 98-101

Maps

G Ingman, Map of the manor of Kedleston, 1764 (reproduced in NT survey c 1989)

OS 6" to 1 mile: 1913 edition with additions 1938

Description written: June 1998

Amended: March 1999; August 2002

Edited: November 1999