Exploring KEDLESTON HALL Stately Home

Join me as I explore Kedleston Hall country house and gardens in Derbyshire :)

[@aalibasah2394]

Thank you for the beautiful tour.❤😊

[@AdamExploresBritain]

You're very welcome. Thanks for coming along for the tour with me! All the best, Adam :)

[@jeffreystitt8383]

This tour was filled with many interesting and beautiful things. I like how you show the entrance drive up to the property and detail the grounds for context. Amazing marble columns and intricate plasterwork. So many paintings. Like the Hermitage beside the enormous tree. And all for the delight of visitors. I used to watch a show on NHK Japanese TV about the life of Venetia Stanley Smith living a simple yet rich rural life, her garden and the traditions of Japan. I believe she was a member of the Curzon family and sadly passed away this year. Thank you for another interesting tour of someplace I'd like to see but will probably not ever make it there in person.

[@AdamExploresBritain]

Thanks again Jeffrey for your lovely feedback. I always feel that it's good to give a view of the approach to these houses as it gives a decent overall picture of the site. Thanks for dropping by again and watching my video, I'm glad you enjoyed it. All the best, Adam :)

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

Hello Adam: Thank you for this beautiful tour of one of the most wonderful great houses of the UK. I also would like to thank you for mentioning the great craftsman responsible for the beautiful stucco work throughout the house: Joseph Rose. In fact, there were two Joseph Rose (father and son) and they were responsible for some of the finest stucco work in Great Britain between 1750 and 1800. The large painting in the state bedroom (31.33) shows Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th baronet Curzon (1676-1758) and his wife; on her lap is Nathaniel Curzon Jr (1726-1804), the future 1st baron Scarsdale and the builder of Kedleston Hall. Regards Claudio

[@AdamExploresBritain]

Thanks Claudio, for your interesting further information, and thanks for watching my video :)

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

@@AdamExploresBritain You are most welcome. Thanks to your beautiful videos I can visit the UK without leaving home! 😁😁

[@marlenehunter6016]

Rooms bit empty. Must have sold furniture as well

[@BrendaOsif-zk4fp]

WOW! Thanks for this one Adam! It’s gorgeous. Words can’t explain how happy I am to see it. It amazes me that it’s still there.😀 The one thing that I loved seeing was the tree beside the hermitage! Of course I love trees❣️, can you just imagine how old it was? I know I’ll never get there in person, so thanks for taking us there Adam. 🌹🇺🇸

[@AdamExploresBritain]

You're very kind! I'm genuinely very happy when I know people have enjoyed joining me on my walkabouts, so I honestly appreciate your nice comments. The tree beside the Hermitage looks pretty massive. I just went back and had a look as I'd missed it when I was filming and talking haha. It's always my pleasure to share these videos and it's even more of a pleasure if people like yourself enjoy them. All the very best, Adam :)

[@AdamExploresBritain]

P.S. - I love the fact that you were still there with me towards the end of the video :)

[@kathleenogrady8459]

@@AdamExploresBritain Me too! I did as well! Kathleen from westcoast Canada.

[@AdamExploresBritain]

@@kathleenogrady8459 Thank you Kathleen, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Adam :)

[@lynnl6979]

This was lovely, as usual. I am needing to catch up on your videos. You have such a lovely voice to listen to during the tours! lol.

[@AdamExploresBritain]

Hee hee. I never knew my voice had this apparently soothing quality haha. It's nice to know! Thanks again, Adam :)

[@l.a.crenshaw5952]

This is also a very beautiful stately manor, i think i saw 2 game paintings from Frans Snyders and Jan Weenix , indeed a very classic house, i love itt

[@AdamExploresBritain]

You've got a very good eye indeed! Thanks for watching my videos, I'm really glad that people are finding them interested. I genuinely appreciate it, as I know some of them are quite long too, haha. Adam :)

[@stewartraesidem4473]

The grand approach is part of the experience definitely. Such amazing grandeur.

[@AdamExploresBritain]

Yes, definitely. Thanks for watching :)

[@kathleenogrady8459]

Nice. I liked that.

[@LizzieDripping67]

One of my favourite places, would be lovely to see the orangery restored and used as a tearoom

[@AdamExploresBritain]

I agree. It has potential. Thanks for watching, Adam :)

[@Rj4cg]

My family enjoys your tours very much! Your narration including the history is pleasing to listen to. I just watched the video where “Remains of the Day” was filmed for the front of the house. I would never have known what front landscaping, water cascade and behind the house how large the back is. Please continue to show the drives coming to the properties. It gives a larger perspective which other tours do not include. I enjoy the English countryside with its one lane roads, hedgerows and large views over hill and dale! We have a very different look here in N. California where there’s freeways, 4 lane roads, houses and businesses everywhere! There are signals every mile and not as green as England! Thanks so much!

[@AdamExploresBritain]

Hey there. That means a lot, thank you! It's great to know that people enjoy my videos, and the way that they're made, including the entrance drives etc. I do try to give a good overall picture of the estate and house. Yes, we have some lovely rural areas (not where I live, unfortunately haha). Thanks again for your lovely comments, Adam :)

[@kentonge1812]

Tell me Adam where has all these families with so much money in your series I am watching now,did their wealth first come from,.Great stuff. Kiwi fan.

[@AdamExploresBritain]

Some of them go back hundreds of years to their allegiances with whatever side had won certain wars internally. Then there were generals etc in the army fighting wars abroad who were awarded land and titles for their victories. Then you had those who married into already wealthy families. Others made their money through business (helped in differing degrees by the slave trade). I suppose some of it goes right back to being awarded land when conquering England (William the Conquerer etc) and then receiving rent/tax from people for using that land. You can probably trace some landed families right back until that time, I would expect. There will be many more reasons but I think those are some of the main ones. Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it, Adam :)

[@kentonge1812]

@@AdamExploresBritain ok makes sense i guess, why would you want to fight everyone to achieve power and wealth beyond imagination.

[@AdamExploresBritain]

Exactly 👍🙂

[@roxia7484]

22 YEARS AGO...😀 BEEN THERE, DONE THAT . THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US . DEAR ADAM YOU ARE WONDERFUL GUIDE 🍀🍀 YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB EACH AND EVERY TIME . 🥰🥰🥰

[@AdamExploresBritain]

That's so lovely of you to say 😊 I'm just glad that people enjoy the videos and it makes me want to make more when I know that they're appreciated. All the best, thanks, Adam 😊

[@marlenehunter6016]

Furniture bit spares. Tables.....???

[@mariasussman-rb9em]

Stunning…thank you

[@AdamExploresBritain]

Thank you :)

[@aisyahr6]

wow, such an enormous stately house! LOVE the plasterwork 😍Thank you so much for this wonderful tour. 😊

[@AdamExploresBritain]

You're welcome. Thanks so much for watching and for your nice comment, I very much appreciate it. Adam :)

[@elizabethroessner8487]

Really lovely and interesting!

[@AdamExploresBritain]

Thank you! Glad you liked it :)

[@KeydyHerrera]

Adam did you pay to see the garden or you only paid to entry the house?

[@AdamExploresBritain]

Hello. I have a National Trust membership so it was free. I think you can pay a lesser price just to see the gardens. Extra if you want to go inside the house. Adam :)

[@blundergaming7060]

Another fake story from their fake narrative. They claim on their site that the Hall was built for Sir Nathaniel Curzon between 1759 -1765. So we built this place in the middle of nowhere at that time period when they only had horse and carts, In 6 years, yeah right. And how is it these buildings are all over the planet. It’s as if they all had the ability of all being the best craftsman there has ever been, knocking out these finely crafted, mega builds. Even with marble that came from miles away on horse and cart, amazing stories they feed us. Remember all done in six years without power tools , such master builders.

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

I forgot to mention that the beautiful tomb (1907-13) of George Nathaniel Curzon and his wife was made by a brilliant Australian sculptor named Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931). He was George V's favourite sculptor and produced an enormous amount of works. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_Mackennal

[@AdamExploresBritain]

Thanks again. It's a beautiful piece of work, it really is :)

[@stewartraesidem4473]

@@AdamExploresBritain It is a very elegant sculpture and there is an angel watching over them as well.