Title

Kirby Hall, near Corby, Northamptonshire, 2008

Caption

Kirby Hall, near Corby, Northamptonshire, 2008. View of the front of the house with its bay windows and a peacock in the foreground. Kirby Hall was one of the finest houses built in the 17th century. Begun in 1570 by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was completed by Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor to Elizabeth I.

Date

2008

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B06_038

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36,3Mb (1,9Mb) / 9,7in x 14,6in / 2906 x 4372 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings England house architecture garden bird birds country path window British English color colour peacock gravel location century Britain outside Tudor 21st century country house 17th century stately home bay window 16th century Northamptonshire sixteenth century Stewart Stuart seventeenth century English Heritage 2000s Elizabethan Kirby Hall TGN photograph Christopher Sir Christopher Sir Humphrey Stafford Sir Christopher Hatton Hatton Christopher Hatton Sir Humphrey Stafford Historic England commissioned photographer Sir Humphrey Stafford Sir Christopher Hatton photograph