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Kirby Hall is an Elizabethan country house built from the 1570s onwards by Sir Christopher Hatton near the village of Kettering in Northamptonshire. The hall exemplifies the architectural ambitions of the Elizabethan gentry, with its distinctive multi-storeyed ranges arranged around a central courtyard and its elaborate stone facades. The site also preserves earthwork remains of the medieval settlement of Kirby, which was displaced during the construction and development of the hall and its ornamental grounds. The gardens, laid out in the formal style characteristic of the period, survive as archaeological features and demonstrate the integration of the house within its designed landscape during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Kirby Hall: an Elizabethan country house and gardens, including the remains of the medieval village of Kirby is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014421. View the official record →
Kirby Hall is an Elizabethan country house built from the 1570s onwards by Sir Christopher Hatton near the village of Kettering in Northamptonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014421.
Kirby Hall: an Elizabethan country house and gardens, including the remains of the medieval village of Kirby is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014421.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age enclosure (2.7 km), Little Weldon Roman villa (2.7 km), Roundhouse or lock-up (2.9 km).
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Kirby Hall: an Elizabethan country house and gardens, including the remains of the medieval village of Kirby stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.