Caesars’ Hall, the everyday ground-floor entrance hall at Kedleston Hall. ©National Trust Images/Nadia Mackenzie
Part of the Marble Hall at Kedleston Hall. ©National Trust Images/Dennis Gilbert
The Marble Hall at Kedleston. ©NTPL/Dennis Gilbert
Pause amongst the pillars... at Kedleston.©NTPL/Dennis Gilbert
The Drawing Room at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire. The chimneypiece and ceiling were designed by Paine, while the doorcases and sofas are slightly later additions by Robert Adam. ©NTPL/Nadia Mackenzie
One of the sofas in its Drawing Room setting. The blue damask is meant to reinforce the maritime theme. ©NTPL/Nadia Mackenzie
Reclining mermaid on one of a set of four sofas supplied by John Linnell to Kedleston Hall in 1765. ©NTPL/Nadia Mackenzie
Chinoiserie porcelain cabinet by John Linnell, in the Wardrobe at Kedleston. ©NTPL/Dennis Gilbert
Detail of the State Apartments at Kedleston, with a blue-john urn and a gilded fillet surrounding the fireplace. ©NTPL/Dennis Gilbert
A design for the decoration of a state room at Kedleston, c. 1757-58, by James 'Athenian' Stuart. ©NTPL/John Hammond
The first Lord and Lady Scarsdale walking in the grounds of Kedleston Hall by Nathaniel Hone, 1761. ©NTPL/John Hammond
Design by Robert Adam for the Dining Room at Kedleston. Note the similarities with the south facade shown above. ©NTPL/John Hammond
The Dining Room at Kedleston. ©NTPL/Nadia Mackenzie
A set of twelve silver-gilt plates that was made for Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire. ©NTPL/John Hammond
It was part of a dinner service commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet and later 1st Baron Scarsdale, in 1756.
Sir Nathaniel and Lady Caroline Curzon, by Arthur Devis. ©NTPL/John Hammond
The south front of Kedleston Hall. ©NTPL/Rupert Truman