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Images from our recent visit to Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite/ ViewPoint and Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper TK-9 Panels).

You can find out more about Hardwick Hall by clicking Here.

Phil and Karen


1. Hardwick’s history is closely associated with the lady who built it, born Elizabeth Hardwick, who became Countess of Shrewsbury, known to many simply as ‘Bess of Hardwick’. Born on the site of Hardwick Old Hall, Bess rose to a position of great power within Elizabethan society.

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  • Canon EOS R5
  • RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
  • 14.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/400 sec
  • ISO 100


2. While at court in London as Lady in Waiting to a member of her extended family, Bess caught the eye of William Cavendish, Treasurer of the King’s Chamber. They married in 1547 and set up their family home at Chatsworth. William died in 1557.

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  • Canon EOS R5
  • RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
  • 30.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/320 sec
  • ISO 8000


3. Two marriages later and financially secure (she was the richest woman in England after Queen Elizabeth I) Bess returned to Hardwick and commissioned an architect, Robert Smythson, to design Hardwick New Hall. It was completed in 1597.

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  • Canon EOS R5
  • RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
  • 14.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/200 sec
  • ISO 6400


4. Following Bess's death in 1608, the house passed to her son William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire. His great-grandson, William, was created 1st Duke of Devonshire in 1694.

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  • Canon EOS R5
  • RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
  • 35.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/125 sec
  • ISO 6400


5. Duchess Evelyn Devonshire (1870-1960) was the last of the Cavendish family to call Hardwick her home. In 1959 ownership of the house was transferred to the National Trust.

RF-S-H-5.jpg
  • Canon EOS R5
  • RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
  • 18.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 1/200 sec
  • ISO 6400


6. Hardwick Hall was used for the exterior scenes and some interior scenes of Malfoy Manor in the 2010 film ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1’.

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  • Canon EOS R5
  • RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
  • 14.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/100 sec
  • ISO 160


(Sources: English Heritage, Wikipedia).
 
Great pictures and history, thanks for sharing.
Was this just a visit or was there special permission - noting the lack of peasants :D
 
Great pictures and history, thanks for sharing.
Was this just a visit or was there special permission - noting the lack of peasants :D
Hi John,

Cheers - much appreciated!

Standard visit - we arrived late (Saturday) morning, following on from our trip to Bolsover Castle.

I prefer to get 'people-free shots', employing a range of cunning tactics, which are outlined Here.

There were a lot of people already at Hardwick when we arrived, though we did get lucky at the back (Image #1), which was almost - but not quite - deserted.

(It was very busy in the long gallery so, despite our best endeavours, a few people were caught).

:)

Phil
 
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