Set in a vast medieval deer park in Sevenoaks, north-west of Kent, Knole has had close links with kings, queens, and aristocrat families, as well as literary connections with Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. The Sackville family still live in the house. Nevertheless, the historical rooms and the part of the surroundings are managed by the National Trust, and visitors are able to look round the principal rooms, e.g. Dining Rooms, Bedrooms, Drawing Rooms, Halls, Staircases, Galleries, and Ball Room with portraits of residents and celebrities, furniture, porcelain, and cosmetic items used by the James I and the Elizabeth I, and Dutch tapestries, and the statue of the lady whom Gainsborough used as a model, to name just a few. The highlight of the principal room is the King’s Bedroom which was newly designed for the
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