Summary
The first floor of the East Range forms part of the main Showrooms route through the house (including Lady Betty's Rooms, the Spangled Bedroom and Dressing Room, the Billiard Room, Leicester Gallery and Venetian Ambassadors Rooms). The Chapel (part of the family apartments) lies at the southern end of the range. The ground and attic floors are also part of the family apartments and are not open to the public.
Identification Images (1)
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)
Description
In its current form, the east front presents a unified elevation of eight, regular timber-framed gables, with canted bay windows at first floor level, above a stone ground floor wall. An entrance arch towards the south of the elevation gives onto a passageway that leads through to the Water Court from the Private Garden. Examination of the masonry of the ground floor wall of the garden front, and within the Still Room Passage, reveals a number of clear straight joints, however, implying that the character of the range had developed over at least 3 separate phases prior to the unification of the elevation in the early 17th century. At each stage of its remodelling, the range has undergone fairly radical alteration which makes earlier layouts difficult to identify with any degree of certainty.
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.
- SNA68952 - National Trust Report: MJC Associates. 2016. Graffiti Survey of the East Attics, Knole Kent.
- SNA68953 - National Trust Report: Museum of London Archaeology. 2015. Building Survey of Fred West's Flat, Knole, Kent.
- SNA69056 - National Trust Report: Museum of London Archaeology. 2013. Building Survey of the East Range Roof and Façade at Knole, Kent..
- SNA69130 - National Trust Report: MJC Associates. 2022. Graffiti Survey of the East Range Showrooms, 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.
- SNA69712 - National Trust Report: Ian Tyers. Tree-ring analysis of timbers at Knole: Picture frames and carved figures from Venetian Ambassadors Room and Old Kitchen.
- SNA69713 - National Trust Report: Ian Tyers. 2017. Tree-ring analysis of timbers at Knole: a 'kussenkast' from the Spangled Bedroom.
- SNA69714 - National Trust Report: Ian Tyers. 2017. Tree-ring analysis of timbers at Knole: Brown Gallery and Leicester Gallery.
- 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.
- SNA69905 - National Trust Report: HB Archaeology & Conservation Ltd. 2020. Stores at Queen's Court, Knole, Kent: Historic Building Record.
Other Statuses and References
None Recorded
Associated Events
- ENA5636 - Field Survey, An Archaeological Survey: Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent
- ENA9966 - Field Survey, Graffiti Survey of the East Range Attics and Showrooms, Knole, Kent
- ENA9969 - Field Survey, Building Survey of Fred West's Flat, Knole, Kent
- ENA10080 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Building Survey of East Range Roof and Façade, Knole, Kent
- ENA10658 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Building Survey and Investigation of Under-Floor Archaeology at Knole, Kent
- ENA10661 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Excavation, Building Survey and Investigation of Under-Floor Archaeology at Knole, Kent (Inspired by Knole)
- ENA10751 - Field Survey, Building Survey of Roof Structures at Pheasant Court, Knole
- ENA10752 - Field Survey, Historic Building Survey: Queen's Court Stores, Knole, Kent
Associated Finds
None Recorded