Sudbury Hall

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Sudbury Hall is a country house in Sudbury, Derbyshire, England.

Sudbury Hall is one the country's finest Restoration mansions and has Grade I listed building status.

The house was built in the 1660s by George Vernon, grandfather of George Venables-Vernon the 1st Baron Vernon and is notable for its fine Long Gallery, gardens and portraits of Charles II's mistresses. Inside there are a mixture of architectural styles with beautiful carvings, painting and plasterwork. The carvings above the entrance to the hall were sculpted by William Wilson. There are formal gardens with a tree-fringed lake.

The house was also used as the internal 'Pemberley' scenes in the BBC dramatisation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice".

The property was leased for 3 years from 1840 by Queen Adelaide, the widow of William IV of the United Kingdom. It is now owned and maintained by the National Trust.^[1] to whom it was gifted by the Vernon family in 1967. The National Trust Museum of Childhood is housed in the 19th-century service wing of Sudbury Hall. It should not be confused with the V&A Museum of Childhood, which is in London.

[edit] See also

• Catherine Pegge
• George John Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sudbury Hall information at the National Trust
• Sudbury Hall — The National Trust Museum of Childhood information at the National Trust

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