"Set at the heart of a timeless deer park, Knole has fascinating links with kings, queens and nobility, as well as literary connections with the novelists Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf.”
We caught the train to Sevenoaks, navigated a couple of hills, wandered through Sevenoaks town centre, trekked through a deer park, and were eventually, presented with Knole (still) in the distance. The house is gorgeous, with an impressive façade. Once you’ve found your way through various inner gardens to the entrance, you are welcomed a lovely entrance hall, heralding an impressive flag stone floor and a glorious log fire! We warmed our cockles on said fire and stared at the many grand portraits lining the room.
The house is magnificent, presenting the sheer wealth of the Sackville family, with numerous impressive state rooms, many, many paintings and a lot of upholstery. I think I read that Knole houses the most chair upholstery in the UK. So expect to get your fill! Disappointing, however, was that although you could see the magnificent walled garden through the windows, you could not in fact take a turn around them. The garden is open at times when no one with a 9-5 job could go!
When we were done with the Knole history, interior and much upholstery, we ventured back into the outdoors and cooed over deer, deer calves and other small mammals. It was fun walking around the grounds; it could take you all day. If I went again I would take a picnic and a blanket, and go in the summer! What a good day.
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