Kedleston Hall

References

Images

James Paine and Robert Adam: Kedleston Hall

Kedleston Hall

building, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Written by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Learn about this topic in these articles:

Robert Adam
The Adam style
The south front of Kedleston Hall (1757–59) provides an example of Adam’s exterior treatment. His theme of a triumphal arch as the exterior expression of the domed interior hall is the first use of this particular Roman form in domestic architecture. The double portico (an open space created by…
Read More
The south front of Kedleston Hall (1757–59) provides an example of Adam’s exterior treatment. His theme of a triumphal arch as the exterior expression of the domed interior hall is the first use of this particular Roman form in domestic architecture. The double portico (an open space created by…
Read More
Western architecture
Great Britain
At Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (c. 1765–70), he completed James Paine’s plan and added a garden front in which the central portion (centrepiece) is clearly derived from an ancient Roman triumphal arch, the first use of this form in domestic architecture. This use of antique forms in…
Read More
At Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (c. 1765–70), he completed James Paine’s plan and added a garden front in which the central portion (centrepiece) is clearly derived from an ancient Roman triumphal arch, the first use of this form in domestic architecture. This use of antique forms in…
Read More