Watercolour of one ion the largest houses in England, over 4 acres!
 
Knole House is a vast late-medieval and Stuart country house set in Knole Park, immediately south‑east of Sevenoaks, in west Kent. The estate sits within about 1,000 acres of historic deer park, regarded as Kent’s last medieval deer park.
The core of the current house dates from the mid‑15th century and it was originally an archbishop’s palace. It later became a royal residence and then passed to the Sackville family, who have lived there for over 400 years.
 
Interesting facts...
Architecturally it is a complex palimpsest of late‑medieval, Tudor and early‑Stuart work. Investigations have found various articles behind walls and under floorboards which shine a light on the centuries of use such as:
Witch marks carved into timber near the bedroom prepared for King James I, intended as protective symbols after the Gunpowder Plot.
Ticket stubs, sweet wrappers, dead mice, fragments of 17th‑century textiles, and even a lock of human hair.
Over 100 servants are recorded on scraps of paper including chores such as 'greenfish' whatever that means?