Chatworth House (2) by sandra46

Photography • Architecture • posted on Jun 02, 2009

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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)

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allnaydi

1:06PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Splendid captures and collage Sandra! Beautiful architecture and landscape. I thought it looked somewhat familiar :)

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lyron

1:20PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Fantastic house and collage. Excellent work!!

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brycek

1:25PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Beautiful captures and wonderful history lesson!!

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flora-crassella

1:31PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

wonderful photos! Individually shown I would like them even better.....

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greensleeves81

1:49PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

You are filling the gap in my history lessons.

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witch_1612

2:01PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Wonderful Work!!!

bebert

2:06PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

belle demeure, bien présentée

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jocko500

2:55PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

wonderful history and images of this place

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Miska7

3:10PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Very nice collage. Great scenes! Really well done.

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erlandpil

3:10PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Splendid captures and collage erland

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virginiese

3:10PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

a majestic place for sure ! impressive setting!

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claude19

3:28PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

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

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Darkwish

3:51PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Wonderful pic! Very well done!

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nefertiabet

4:26PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Fantastische beautifully photographed images!!!

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Digitaleagle

6:47PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Beautiful captures, great place with wonderful architechure and character, excellent collage and information about this place, very nice work!!!

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schonee

7:46PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

WOW this is a wonerful well done!

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elfin14doaks

7:53PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Awesome all the way around Sandra.

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amota99517

8:33PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Neat scenery!!!

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Minda

8:55PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

beautiful house and great collage sandra!!

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Radar_rad-dude

9:17PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Most spectacular photos, subject matter and descriptives! A thorough delight to the eye and mind! Very much appreciated! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!

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MrsRatbag

9:52PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Very lovely addition to the series!

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Richardphotos

10:12PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

impressive collage and captures

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mgtcs

10:42PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Lovely photo!

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decie

3:24AM | Wed, 03 June 2009

Wonderful looking house, I wonder if its haunted i would love to spend a night in it,Excellent captures.

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lucindawind

8:18AM | Wed, 03 June 2009

such gorgeous landscape ! excellent shots

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furuta

10:54AM | Wed, 03 June 2009

Wonderful place and interesting history. excellent!!

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tennesseecowgirl

1:38PM | Wed, 03 June 2009

Great work!!

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ShadowsNTime

4:08PM | Fri, 05 June 2009

Very pretty place! Great collage and info Sandra...Beautiful captures all!!! Love Anthony Hopkins! This would make an outstanding postcard you know?:-)

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