Title

The Long Gallery, Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, 1998

Caption

The Long Gallery, Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, 1998. Kirby Hall was built in the late 16th century as a fashionable country house. The long gallery was one of the most important rooms in a 16th century house. At Kirby Hall it occupied the whole of the first floor of the west wing, and had a barrel-shaped decorated plaster ceiling. The House fell into decay from the late 18th century.

Date

1998

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19A78_391

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (1,8Mb) / 11,6in x 16,7in / 3485 x 5006 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings England interior indoors color colour decay shadow ruins ruin century inside derelict concept ruined decayed country house stately home Nineties 20th century Northamptonshire English Heritage 1990s decade Kirby Hall long gallery TGN photograph N Corrie Corrie N photograph