{"id":747,"date":"2011-10-13T16:28:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T16:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=747"},"modified":"2011-10-13T16:28:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T16:28:19","slug":"kenwood-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=747","title":{"rendered":"Kenwood, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>English Heritage.<\/em><br \/>\nKenwood was remodelled by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1779 into a majestic villa for the judge, Lord Mansfield.  In 1927 Lord Iveagh bequested Kenwood to the nation, along with a collection of pictures.  The Iveagh Bequest includes important paintings by many great artists, including Rembrandt, Vermeer, Turner, Reynolds and Gainsborough. Upstairs is the Suffolk Collection of  portraits, notable for the costumes depicted.  The Kenwood interiors are also worthy of note.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t have a lot of time to enjoy Kenwood before it shut but I did manage to look at the pictures, which include some famous and impressive works. Surrounding the house is some pleasant leafy parkland.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to Kenwood is free to all.<br \/>\nBus 210 stops near Kenwood.<br \/>\nIf  you are planning a 3-in-1 day visiting Fenton House, 2 Willow Road, and Kenwood, don\u2019t try walking across the Heath \u2013 it takes too long for the purpose and it is too difficult to find one\u2019s way.  A taxi might be quickest. Or use Bus 210.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Heritage. Kenwood was remodelled by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1779 into a majestic villa for the judge, Lord Mansfield. In 1927 Lord Iveagh bequested Kenwood to the nation, along with a collection of pictures. The Iveagh Bequest includes important paintings by many great artists, including Rembrandt, Vermeer, Turner, Reynolds and Gainsborough. Upstairs is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=747\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kenwood, London&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,9,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":748,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}