Knole House Museum

One of the great treasure houses of England, set in a magnificent deer park. The original 15th-century house was enlarged and embellished in 1603 by the 1st Earl of Dorset, one of Queen Elizabeth's favourites, and has remained unaltered ever since - a rare survival.

The thirteen state rooms open to the public contain magnificent collections: 17th-century Royal Stuart furniture, including three state beds, silver furniture and the prototype of the famous Knole Settee, outstanding tapestries and textiles, and important portraits by Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Lely, Kneller and Reynolds.