Kedleston Hall
Kedleston Hall is a stately home in Derbyshire, England, about four miles north west of Derby, one of the National Trust Properties in England.
This country mansion was designed by Robert Adam, started in 1759 and completed in 1765. It is the historic home of the Curzon family since 1765. In the house, Lady Curzon's Delhi Durbah Coronation dress of 1903 can be seen, as well as the Lord Curzon the Viceroy's collection of Far Eastern artefacts. There are also many famous paintings, sculpture and furniture, earning the Kedleston the name "Temple of the Arts".
The Gardens include parkland, lakes, cascades and woodland walks.
The Government House, Calcutta, built in the early nineteenth century, is modelled on Kedleston Hall. The House was once the seat of the Viceroys of India; later, when the Government moved to New Delhi, it became the residence of the Governor of Bengal, a function that it fulfils to this day. While the basic features of Kedleston have been faithfully copied (the Palladian Front, the Dome etc), Government House is a much larger, three storeyed structure. Also, the Government of India evidently did not have the funding constraints that forced the Curzons to leave their house incomplete: Government House has all four wings originally conceived for Kedleston. So today, a 'complete', brick built Kedleston, on a much grander scale, sits incongruously in its acres of gardens in the heart of the Calcutta business district.
