2-696-633 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent, 1894. The deer park at Knole. The 16th-century house was once a bishop's palace, a royal house, and since 1603 it has been the Sackville family home. Author and poet Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) grew up here, and her connection with Knole inspired Virginia Woolf to write Orlando. From Beautiful Britain; views of our stately homes. [The Werner Company of Chicago, 1894]