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Working at Knole

Stories from people who have worked for the Sackville-West family, as employees of Knole Estate or, after 1946, for the National Trust.

  • Alan Grubb

    Alan Grubb

    Bricklayer and builder at Knole, 1963-87
  • Barbara Tate

    Barbara Tate

    Housemaid to Head Guide, retired after 50 years' service
  • Bill Manning worked on the Ballroom sconces

    Bill Manning worked on the Ballroom sconces

    Knole's carpenter in the 1960s and '70s
  • Christine Sitwell

    Christine Sitwell

    Adviser, National Trust, Painting Conservation
  • Cyril Haysom meets the Queen Mother in 1980

    Cyril Haysom meets the Queen Mother in 1980

    Cyril was stonemason at Knole, 1963-84
  • David Cattell

    David Cattell

    Project Architect, Knole Project, 2013-2019
  • Helen Fawbert

    Helen Fawbert

    House and Collections Manager, Knole
  • Ian Tyers

    Ian Tyers

    Dendrochronologist
  • Introducing this website

    Introducing this website

  • James Finlay

    James Finlay

    Adviser, National Trust, Historic Interior Decoration
  • Kay Stratford

    Kay Stratford

    Kay's mother was roast meat cook in the Knole kitchen in 1900 - 1902
  • Leslie Farrow

    Leslie Farrow

    Leslie's mother was housemaid at Knole in 1880
  • Martha Infray

    Martha Infray

    Project Conservator, from 2015
  • Michael Doggett

    Michael Doggett

    Heating and Plumbing designer at Knole for 40 years
  • Siobhan Barratt

    Siobhan Barratt

    Knole's former Project Conservator, then Knole Conservation Studio Manager, 2015-2017
  • Stan Hollands

    Stan Hollands

    Assembling the Knole silver table after WWII
  • Vic Paler

    Vic Paler

    Related to one of the first 3 National Trust guides at Knole in 1946
  • Staff

    Staff (28)

    Not your usual 9 to 5
  • The 'Inspired by Knole' project

    The 'Inspired by Knole' project (15)

    Stories of today, from people working on Knole's major conservation and education project
  • Volunteers

    Volunteers (9)

    Stories from volunteers at Knole
Interviews by decade
  • 1880s (1 interview)
  • 1890s (2 interviews)
  • 1900s (2 interviews)
  • 1910s (2 interviews)
  • 1920s (3 interviews)
  • 1930s (5 interviews)
  • 1940s (13 interviews)
  • 1950s (8 interviews)
  • 1960s (14 interviews)
  • 1970s (10 interviews)
  • 1980s (11 interviews)
  • 1990s (6 interviews)
  • 2000s (5 interviews)
  • 2010s (18 interviews)
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