Knole

British  

/ nəʊl /

noun

1. a mansion in Sevenoaks in Kent: built (1454) for Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury; later granted to the Sackville family, who made major alterations (1603–08)

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Famous for its all-white garden designed by Vita Sackville-West, and for inspiring “Orlando,” by Sackville-West’s lover Virginia Woolf, Knole also has a Reynolds Room of Georgian portraits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Knole Park Oak in Kent, believed to have inspired an epic poem in Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando, also made the list.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

And in one of the state rooms, the National Trust has the original Knole sofa, upholstered in crimson velvet, enclosed in a protective clear case.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2021

There is even a very early self-reflexive photograph, “Silber Repousse Mirror from Knole House,” 1853, by the British photographer Charles Thurston Thompson.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 24, 2017

Another room at Knole was known as the "Spangle" bedroom.

From The Art of Interior Decoration by Wood, Grace