All Saints' Church, Kedleston, Derbyshire

Address:
Kedleston Hall, Quarndon, Derbyshire, DE22 5JH
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Open daily from 11am - 3pm. This church sits within a National Trust Property, for further information on visiting please visit their website https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/kedleston-hall#Opening For further information about the church please contact the Local Community Officer via email [email protected]
  • All Saints' Kedleston, with Kedleston Hall in the background.
  • G.F. Bodley's Curzon memorial chapel at All Saints' Kedleston.
  • East front of All Saints' Kedleston, featuring urns and a sundial.
  • View of the South Transept at All Saints' Kedleston, showing tomb-chest with a reclining Sir John Curzon (d.1456) lying with his wife Joan with their dogs.
  • East front at All Saints' Kedleston, with 2nd Baronet's sundial and urns.
  • Sir Bertram Mackenna's memorial to the 1st Marquess Curzon and wife Mary.
  • All Saints' Kedleston, with Robert Adam's Kedleston Hall in foreground.
  • South Transept at All Saints' Kedleston, with tomb-chest of Sir John Curzon (d.1456) and wife Joan & 1664 wall memorial to a later Sir John Curzon & wife Patience.
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Spectacular memorials and Norman monsters

All Saints' church is all that remains of the medieval village of Kedleston, razed in 1759 by Sir Nathaniel Curzon to make way for the magnificent Kedleston Hall.

Today, the hall is a beautiful National Trust property and you can easily combine a trip to both attractions at once. The Curzon family has lived at Kedleston for 700 years and their stunning memorials - created by several famous designers including Robert Adam - fill the church. The grandest was erected in 1909, commissioned by Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, for his wife Mary. A dazzling marble tomb -- with lifesize figures and watching angels -- floats on a sea of green translucent quartz in its own little chapel with superb stained glass windows.

Another monument from 1456 shows Sir John Curzon in full armour with his wife and their two dogs. Essentially thirteenth century, with a classical east end, All Saints is filled with fine fittings including oak box pews, pulpit and communion rails. However, its oldest feature is the Norman south doorway, which has zigzag moulding and grotesque bird heads.

Look out for the carving of the fiendish little cares of horseman and wild beasts that glare out at you just above the door!

A contribution can be made towards the conservation of the church by texting KED to 70970 to donate £5, or 70191 to donate £10. Thank you for your support.

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