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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
(Sources: English Heritage, Wikipedia).
(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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
(Sources: English Heritage, Wikipedia).
