Rokeby Park, County Durham

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Rokeby Park in County Durham is an 18th-century English country house and estate, historically notable as the former home of Velázquez’s painting "The Rokeby Venus."

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rokeby Park 3
Rokeby Hall 1
Rokeby Park, County Durham canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country house ⓘ
listed building ⓘ
architect Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet of Rokeby ⓘ
architecturalStyle Georgian architecture ⓘ
Palladian ⓘ
builtFor Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet of Rokeby ⓘ
builtInCentury 18th century ⓘ
category Country houses in County Durham ⓘ
Grade I listed houses in County Durham ⓘ
constructionEnd circa 1730 ⓘ
constructionStart 1725 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentOwner Morritt family ⓘ
governingHeritageBody Historic England ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Rokeby Hall ⓘ
hasCollection antique furniture ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ
historic paintings ⓘ
hasFeature formal gardens ⓘ
landscaped parkland ⓘ
service wings ⓘ
stable block ⓘ
walled garden ⓘ
hasGroundsArea large estate parkland ⓘ
hasInspirationFor poem "Rokeby" by Sir Walter Scott ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry England ⓘ
laterOwner Morritt family ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf River Tees and River Greta ⓘ
linked to: River Tees
locatedIn County Durham ⓘ
locatedNear Barnard Castle ⓘ
nearbyCountyBoundary North Yorkshire ⓘ
nearbySettlement Rokeby ⓘ
notableArtistAssociatedViaWork Diego Velázquez ⓘ
notableFor Palladian architecture ⓘ
association with The Rokeby Venus ⓘ
picturesque riverside setting ⓘ
notablePaintingFormerlyInCollection The Rokeby Venus ⓘ
linked to: Rokeby Venus
notableWorkFormerlyHoused The Rokeby Venus ⓘ
linked to: Rokeby Venus
openToPublic yes ⓘ
publicAccessType limited opening times ⓘ
region North East England ⓘ
The Rokeby VenusCurrentLocation National Gallery, London ⓘ
linked to: National Gallery
usedAs private residence ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rokeby Venus → previousLocation → Rokeby Park, County Durham ⓘ
Rokeby Venus → namedAfter → Rokeby Park ⓘ
linked to: Rokeby Park, County Durham
Rokeby → mainLocationInFiction → Rokeby Park ⓘ
linked to: Rokeby Park, County Durham
La Venus del espejo → previousLocation → Rokeby Park, Yorkshire ⓘ
linked to: Rokeby Park, County Durham
La Venus del espejo → namedAfter → Rokeby Park ⓘ
linked to: Rokeby Park, County Durham
Rokeby Park, County Durham → hasAlternativeName → Rokeby Hall ⓘ
linked to: Rokeby Park, County Durham