Kenwood House
Kenwood House is a stately home in Hampstead, London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath. The present house, built in the late 17th century, was remodelled in the 18th century for William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield by Scottish architect Robert Adam, serving as a residence for the Earls of Mansfield until the 20th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: House
- Description: art museum and historic house in Hampstead, London
- Address: Kenwood Close
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hampstead Heath and Spaniards Inn.
Hampstead Heath
Park
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hampstead Heath is an ancient heath in London, spanning 320 hectares. This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, which rests on a band of London Clay.
Spaniards Inn
Pub
Photo: T. Thielemans, CC BY 3.0.
The Spaniards Inn is a historic pub on Spaniards Road between Hampstead and Highgate in London, England. It lies on the edge of Hampstead Heath near Kenwood House. It is a Grade II listed building, dating back to the 16th century. Spaniards Inn is situated 400 feet south of Kenwood House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North End and Hampstead Garden Suburb.
North End
Quarter
North End is located on the northern edge of Hampstead, just south of Golders Green. For much of its existence it was a rural hamlet but is now part of suburban London. Hampstead Heath lies both east and west of the settlement, while Hampstead Garden Suburb is to its northeast connected by Hampstead Way.
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Suburb
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hampstead Garden Suburb is a suburb of London, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green. It is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations.
Golders Green
Suburb
Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Golders Green is a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet in north London, 5.6 miles northwest of Charing Cross. It began as a medieval small suburban linear settlement near a farm and public grazing area green, and dates to the early 19th century.
Kenwood House
- Categories: historic house museum, museum, historic house, art museum, history museum, building, and residential building
- Location: Camden, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.57097° or 51° 34′ 16″ northLongitude
-0.17405° or 0° 10′ 27″ westElevation
387 feet (118 metres)Open location code
9C3XHRCG+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 478886893OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Kenwood House” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كينوود هاوس”
- Basque: “Kenwood House”
- Belarusian: “Кенвуд-хаус”
- Chinese: “肯伍德别墅”
- Chinese: “肯伍德宮”
- Chinese: “肯伍德府”
- Czech: “Kenwood House”
- Danish: “Kenwood House”
- Dutch: “Kenwood House and Garden”
- Dutch: “Kenwood House”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كينوود هاوس”
- Esperanto: “Kenwood House”
- French: “Kenwood House”
- German: “Kenwood House”
- Hebrew: “בית קנווד”
- Indonesian: “Kenwood House”
- Italian: “Iveagh Bequest”
- Italian: “Kenwood House”
- Japanese: “ケンウッド・ハウス”
- Korean: “켄우드 하우스”
- Malay: “Rumah Kenwood”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kenwood House”
- Persian: “کنوود هاوس”
- Portuguese: “Kenwood House”
- Russian: “Кенвуд-хаус”
- Spanish: “Kenwood House”
- Swedish: “Kenwood House”
- Turkish: “Kenwood House”
- Ukrainian: “Кенвуд-хаус”
- Welsh: “Tŷ Kenwood”
- “Kenwood House”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kenwood House”. Photo: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0.