Chatworth House (2) by sandra46
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Description
The original house here was the work of Sir William Cavendish and his third wife Bess of Hardwick in the mid 16th Century. Sir William was a Crown Commissioner responsible for dissolving monasteries and his reward from Henry 8th (yes, that one with many wives) was a gift of land here. When Sir William died Bess completed a house with a central courtyard and four corner towers, facing east towards the hillside. No trace of this can now be seen, but the modern house retains many of the Elizabethan interior walls and the Huntingtower on the hill above the house dates from the 1580s. The first Duke rebuilt Chatsworth in Classical style between 1686 and 1707. The Library and North Wing were added by the 6th Duke between 1790 and 1858.
Many famous people have come to Chatsworth, some to stay and others to live there. Among the most famous are Mary Queen of Scots, who was here as a guest and prisoner of Bess of Hardwick and her fourth husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury, between 1573 and 1582. Another was Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who lived here in a famous 'menage a trois' with the 5th Duke and Lady Elizabeth Foster in the late 18th century.
Chatsworth House and gardens has been the setting for many films throughout the years. More recently Chatsworth House was used for all the exterior Pemberley sequences and some of the interior including the sculpture gallery, in the 2005 filming of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley as Elizabeth (Lizzy) Bennet and Matthew Macfadyen as Fitzwilliam Darcy. The Duchess was filmed at Chatsworth House and Kedleston Hall in autumn 2007. It starred Keira Knightley as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Chatsworth was used in the filming of the 2009 film The Wolfman, featuring Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, among many others.
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (29)
allnaydi
Splendid captures and collage Sandra! Beautiful architecture and landscape. I thought it looked somewhat familiar :)
lyron
Fantastic house and collage. Excellent work!!
brycek
Beautiful captures and wonderful history lesson!!
flora-crassella
wonderful photos! Individually shown I would like them even better.....
greensleeves81
You are filling the gap in my history lessons.
witch_1612
Wonderful Work!!!
bebert
belle demeure, bien présentée
jocko500
wonderful history and images of this place
Miska7
Very nice collage. Great scenes! Really well done.
erlandpil
Splendid captures and collage erland
virginiese
a majestic place for sure ! impressive setting!
claude19
FANTASTIC house, but I like better the two last photos here at the ground of your frame, because, these buildings are of an EXCELLENT manner, shown in all their beauties !! MASTERWORK ! Thanks
Darkwish
Wonderful pic! Very well done!
nefertiabet
Fantastische beautifully photographed images!!!
Digitaleagle
Beautiful captures, great place with wonderful architechure and character, excellent collage and information about this place, very nice work!!!
schonee
WOW this is a wonerful well done!
elfin14doaks
Awesome all the way around Sandra.
amota99517
Neat scenery!!!
Minda
beautiful house and great collage sandra!!
Radar_rad-dude
Most spectacular photos, subject matter and descriptives! A thorough delight to the eye and mind! Very much appreciated! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!
MrsRatbag
Very lovely addition to the series!
Richardphotos
impressive collage and captures
mgtcs
Lovely photo!
decie
Wonderful looking house, I wonder if its haunted i would love to spend a night in it,Excellent captures.
lucindawind
such gorgeous landscape ! excellent shots
furuta
Wonderful place and interesting history. excellent!!
tennesseecowgirl
Great work!!
ShadowsNTime
Very pretty place! Great collage and info Sandra...Beautiful captures all!!! Love Anthony Hopkins! This would make an outstanding postcard you know?:-)
danapommet
Wonderful collage and story. Always ready to learn a little more history. Dana