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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Example Sentences

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

It’s still there, cared for by the National Trust, which recently completed a multiyear restoration of Knole.

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

And in 1967 they shot a promotional video at Knole Park Golf Club, outside London, for their double release of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane."

From Golf Digest • Jul. 7, 2014

This kind of furniture was generally gilt, and under the black paint of those at Knole are still to be seen traces of the gold.

From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Litchfield, Frederick