South Range, Knole

Record ID:  143509 / MNA160619
Record type:  Building
Protected Status: Listed Building: Grade I
NT Property:  Knole; London and South East
Civil Parish:  Sevenoaks; Sevenoaks; Kent
Grid Reference:  TQ 5394 5417
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Summary

The first floor of the South Range forms part of the main Showrooms route through the house (including the Ballroom, Reynolds Room, Cartoon Gallery and Kings Room). The attics above - the Retainers Gallery, South Barracks and Upper Kings Room - are also open to the public. The ground floor spaces, including the Colonnade Rooms facing onto the Private Garden are part of the family apartments and are not open to the public.

Identification Images (1)

View of part of the South Range, Knole © National Trust / Nathalie Cohen
View of part of the South Range, Knole © National Trust / Nathalie Cohen

Most Recent Monitoring

None Recorded

Monument Types

  • (Former Type) ARCHBISHOPS PALACE (Medieval to Mid 16th C - 1066 AD to 1566 AD)
  • COUNTRY HOUSE (Early 17th C to Mid 20th C - 1601 AD to 1966 AD)
  • (Former Type) ROYAL PALACE (Mid 16th C to Early 17th C - 1533 AD to 1632 AD)

Description

The South Range reflects to a large extent the layout of the North Range and was presumably originally similarly arranged, though lacking the cellarage of the northern side. It has, however, been subject to significantly more drastic modification than the north range, particularly in the 17th century with the introduction of a series of state rooms, which served to remove most traces of any early layout. To the garden the elevation owes much of its appearance to Thomas Sackville’s reordering, with a seven bay arcade at ground floor level, regular fenestration of nine-light transformed and mullioned windows at first floor level, topped by three shaped-gables with Sackville leopard finials housing flat headed, eight-light mullioned and transomed windows lighting the attic space. To the west end, the elevation steps out twice with the perpendicular projection of the Boudoir and the block of the King’s Tower, mirroring the Poet’s Parlour/Ballroom an the Duke’s Tower to the east respectively.

References

  • --- SNA64037 - National Trust Report: Oxford Archaeology. 2007. Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent: An Archaeological Survey.

  • --- SNA64038 - Conservation Plan: Oxford Archaeology. 2007. Knole, Kent: Conservation Management Plan Vol. 1. 1.

  • --- SNA64039 - Conservation Plan: Oxford Archaeology. 2007. Knole, Kent: Conservation Management Plan Vol. 2. 2.

  • --- SNA64104 - National Trust Report: Archaeology South-East. 2009. Historic Building Record carried out during repairs to the lintel over the Ballroom bay window at Knole, Kent.

  • --- SNA68946 - National Trust Report: MJC Associates. 2013. Graffiti Survey of the Retainers Gallery, South Barracks and Upper Kings Room, Knole, Kent.

  • --- SNA68950 - National Trust Report: Museum of London Archaeology. 2017. Building Survey of Cartoon Gallery picture frames and void, Knole, Kent.

  • --- SNA68951 - National Trust Report: MJC Associates. 2016. Graffiti Survey of the Reynolds Room Doorway, Knole, Kent.

  • --- SNA69129 - National Trust Report: MJC Associates. 2022. Graffiti Survey of the Ballroom, 2nd Painted Stair Lobby, Reynolds Room and Cartoon Gallery, Knole, Kent.

  • --- SNA69664 - National Trust Report: Museum of London Archaeology. 2014. Building Survey of the Roofs above the Kitchen Range and South Range, Knole, Kent.

  • --- SNA69705 - National Trust Report: Museum of London Archaeology. 2015. Building survey of Under-Floor Archaeology at Knole, Kent.

  • --- SNA69709 - National Trust Report: Ian Tyers. 2014. Tree-Ring Analysis of timbers at Knole: Upper King's Room and Fred West's Flat.

  • --- SNA69711 - National Trust Report: Ian Tyers. 2017. Tree-ring analysis of timbers at Knole: Ballroom Panelling and South Barracks.

  • --- SNA69716 - Photographs - set of: MJC Associates. 2013. Graffiti survey photo records: Retainers Gallery, South Barracks and Upper Kings Room.

  • --- SNA69720 - National Trust Report: Museum of London Archaeology. 2019. Building Survey of Showrooms and New Spaces at Knole, Kent.

  • --- SNA69904 - National Trust Report: Triskele Heritage. 2023. Roof Structures at Pheasant Court, Knole, Kent: Archaeological Historic Building Survey.

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: KENT DOWNS

Associated Events

  • ENA5706 - Archaeological Intervention, Historic Building Record carried out during repairs to the lintel over the ballroom bay window at Knole, Kent, 2009
  • ENA5636 - Field Survey, An Archaeological Survey: Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, 2007
  • ENA9961 - Field Survey, Graffiti Survey of the Retainers Gallery, South Barracks and Upper Kings Room, Knole, Kent, 2013
  • ENA9964 - Field Survey, Graffiti Survey of the South Range Showrooms, Knole, Kent, 2016
  • ENA9968 - Field Survey, Building Survey of Cartoon Gallery picture frames and void, Knole, Kent, 2016
  • ENA10621 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Building Survey of the Roofs above the Kitchen Range and South Range, Knole, Kent, 2013
  • ENA10658 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Building Survey and Investigation of Under-Floor Archaeology at Knole, Kent, 2013-14
  • ENA10661 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Excavation, Building Survey and Investigation of Under-Floor Archaeology at Knole, Kent (Inspired by Knole), 2015-18
  • ENA10751 - Field Survey, Building Survey of Roof Structures at Pheasant Court, Knole, 2022

Associated Finds

None Recorded

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