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Kedleston Hall
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(6km/4m NW of Derby) Stately home of the Curzon family, built from 1759 in a style developing from the *Palladian to the *neoclassical. Matthew Brettingham (1699–1769) produced the balanced Palladian design seen in the formal north front with its projecting wings, and he was briefly followed as architect by James Paine (1717–89). But from 1760 the young Robert *Adam was in charge. Recently returned from Italy, he was able to put into effect here many of his new ideas. The central axis through the house follows Roman themes, from the pillared Marble Hall to the circular Saloon (based on the *Pantheon) and then out to the north front, which has as its centrepiece a version of the arch of Constantine. In the decoration of the rooms to either side the young architect introduced what became known as the *Adam style.
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