Kevington Hall was built in 1767-69 by the architect Sir Robert Taylor, for Herman Behrens, a wealthy merchant trader. Kevington is built from red brick, Portland stone and stucco. Herman Behrens' shipped the materials used in Kevington's construction from around the world. The red klinker bricks were purchased in Amsterdam, the tiles from Heidelberg and the marble from Leghorne. This impressive Georgian mansion is situated in close proximity to London set in sixty acres of parkland.

Kevington Hall, a Palladian villa, remained in private ownership until the Second World War. During the war Kevington was requisitioned by the government and housed a section of the Canadian army.

The present family have lived at Kevington for twenty years. The house had suffered years of neglect after the Second World War and a massive task of restoration began in the mid 1980's. The piano-nobile has been restored to a high-level and painstaking work to the exterior has now been completed.

Kevington Hall is open to the public for the London Open House weekend in September and private tours can be arranged at other times.
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Kevington Hall
Crockenhill Road
Kevington
Orpington
Kent
BR5 4EP

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