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Day Tripping :: Kedleston Hall

I’ve wanted to share this house we went to for a while, but couldn’t think of the name! I searched everywhere for pictures that were similar to mine so I could figure out what this amazing house was called, but wasn’t having any luck. Finally I googled “country houses with bright blue furniture” and found pictures of the pretty blue interior. I found out this place we liked so much is called Kedleston Hall. We went before we had our National Trust membership summer before last so paid the full adult price (which was around £10) which seemed a bit steep, but once inside, we realised the price was justified. The ornate carvings and furniture were just so pretty, and everywhere you looked you saw something so different to other country houses from the giant pilars to a painting done directly on the wall or ceiling with a carved frame around it. 
Beneath the main house there is a basement of sorts housing treasures from Asia and India that were collected by Lord Curzon in the early 1900’s on his travels. The Curzon family still lives in part of the house today, which isn’t accessible to the public. When we were done inside the house, we headed into the back garden to discover that an outdoor play of The Tempest was going on, so we stayed and watched for a bit. We didn’t get the chance to really walk around the grounds as by the time we were done watching the play we had worn out our welcome and it was going to be closing time soon.
If you’d like to visit Kedleston Hall, it’s located in Derbyshire, and is a pretty drive to get there. Just make sure you check opening times before you go, and also to see if there are any special events coming up that you can catch when you go like their outdoor theatre productions in the summer time.

  • Great pictures. I love this type of stuff. I get really annoyed when I visit places like these and they don't allow cameras, so it's really great when they do.

  • Absolutely beautiful! I have been debating getting a National trust membership. Do you think it's worth it? x

  • Ahh yet another place I haven't visited but definitely need to. Love the pictures you took!! xo

  • This house if gorgeous!!! The blue furniture gives it such a delicate touch. I need to do a trip to the UK and follow your footsteps to all these amazing properties one day. 🙂

  • Wow! Great photos. It looks so regal. I wouldn't mind living in a place like this 😉

  • So beautiful! Haha that is a very resourceful way to find the name.

  • The beauty of all the amazing places all around England never ceases to amaze me! I think it would be so fun to a long road trip in the UK and to just visit a whole bunch of castles and impressive houses! The hall with the Pillars looks incredible! 🙂

  • I get annoyed at that too! I've only been to a handful of places that have said no, and it's normally because the families personal stuff is on display, or things are on loan from somewhere.

  • We have more than paid for ours, in just three house trips! I researched how many properties there were around to visit first, and realistically how many we would go to. We got a joint one so it was a bit cheaper, and with a lot of properties being around £10, it saved us loads. It also made us find places to go to we might not have thought about before.

  • Thanks Jennie 🙂

  • I was obsessed with the blue, it was the prettiest blue colour I've ever seen apart from the ocean.

  • Imagine the heating bills though!

  • I was searching everywhere! The funny thing was, I saw a picture of one of the blue couches on a book cover, but couldn't find the attribute, but that's what gave me the idea to google the furniture haha

  • My goal is to see them all for sure 🙂

  • I'm in lust with that sofa!!!

  • I really love it when you do these day trip posts! I get so many ideas for future outings! Maybe after we've been here awhile we will pay to be National Trust members for a year. I know there are some really cool places to see with that membership! My post today was one of the places included in the National Trust – it was gorgeous!

  • I just love England and how you'll have this grandiose building with sheep dotting the landscape in front! What a beautiful place!

  • I love that curved staircase up to the entrance of the house. Just beautiful!

  • It was seriously special.

  • I always try to pet the sheep, and they always run away haha. You'd think they would be used to people by now!

  • It's so bright! I definitely wouldn't have expected this colour. But then I may have gotten too used to all the red and gold of the Napoleon III era in France lol.

  • They really knew how to impress back then for sure!

  • You do see a lot of red and gold most places!

  • Great pictures. It looks gorgeous.
    I love that you googled "country houses with bright blue furniture". LOL!

  • hey needs must! haha

  • I love visiting these country houses with you Dannielle and especially love your photos of the fixtures in this post. It is really ornate inside and reminds me of Chiswick House.

  • Emma

    I think it's brilliant you googled that and found it! Such a British eccentricity of country houses.

    This looks like a wonderful place to visit.

  • I could so see having my bedroom in that pretty blue shade and damask texture…so beautiful. Also love the sheep. I still get excited when we are out and I see them. Cannot wait to see the baby lambs in spring. x

  • Thanks Mandy! I figure if people can't get there they can still see a piece of them.

  • I do think it was one of the nicer ones we've been to, the outside play just added to it!

  • I know I love that blue. I'm trying to go for a teal sort of colour in our bedroom, but it's so hard to match up colours they are all so different. I can't wait for the lambs either!

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