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Doe Lea, Derbyshire
Doe Lea, Derbyshire

Hardwick Hall

An Elizabethan Masterpiece

Built in 1590-9 by Robert Smythson for Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury.

Elizabeth was more famously known as ‘Bess of Hardwick’ one of the most formidable women of Elizabethan England and the matriarch of the Cavendish family.

Hardwick is one of the earliest English interpretations of Italian Renaissance architecture, and stands as one of the greatest of all Elizabethan houses.

Huge grids of glass are used to great effect in this rectangular, turreted building, which caused leading observers of that time to rhyme: ‘Hardwick Hall, more window than wall’.

The impressive twin towers are each crowned with a balustrade incorporating an ‘E.S.’ motif (for Elizabeth Shrewsbury) and, unusually, each of the 3 main storeys has a ceiling higher than the one below.

Hardwick boasts arguably the most spectacular Elizabethan interiors in England, with plasterwork by Abraham Smith, overmantels by Thomas Accres, and a classical screen by William Griffin, all dating from the 1590s.

Hardwick was transferred to the National Trust from Bess’s descendants, the Dukes of Devonshire, in 1959.

Grade l listed.

My Image

Hatchment

The hatchment bears the arms of William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858) and was painted for his funeral.

Oddly located on the wall of The Great Kitchen.

I would have expected to see the in one of the churches associated with the Cavendish family – first one I've ever seen in a kitchen!

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hardwick-hall

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwick_Hall

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Taken on: April 11, 2018
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