Elevation of an organ for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bt.

Adam took over the design of Kedleston for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bt., later Lord Scarsdale, in April 1760, after it had been begun by Matthew Brettingham (1699-1769) and James Paine (1717-1789). Whilst Paine was responsible for the entrance façade, Adam designed the garden façade and the interior. The organ itself was made by an anonymous builder in the 1740s. It was sold secondhand to Lord Curzon in 1765 by John Snetzler, for whose new organ there was no space in the scaled down design for the house. The present elaborate design for the organ case was not realised, but rejected for a simpler, more restrained construction.

We are grateful to Stephen Astley for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.