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Hardwick Hall

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Hardwick Hall, built in the late 1500s and Hardwick Old Hall, renovated at about the same time were both homes of Elizabeth Shrewsbury (Bess of Hardwick). She was one of the most powerful women in Elizabethan England.
Photos taken in June 2008.

01 Jun 2008

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In the gardens of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire.

01 Jun 2008

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Hardwick Old Hall

Derbyshire, England.

01 Jun 2008

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Hardwick Old Hall

Derbyshire, England.

01 Jun 2008

135 visits

Window, Hardwick Old Hall

Derbyshire, England.

01 Jun 2008

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Hardwick Hall

Hardwick Hall, in Derbyshire, is an architecturally significant Elizabethan country house in England. Built between 1590 and 1597 for the formidable Bess of Hardwick (Elizabeth Shrewsbury), it was designed by the architect Robert Smythson, an exponent of the Renaissance style of architecture. Hardwick Hall is one of the earliest examples of the English interpretation of the style, which came into fashion having slowly spread from Florence. Its arrival in Britain fortuitously coincided with the period when it was no longer necessary or legal to fortify a domestic dwelling.(from Wikipedia). Picture taken from Hardwick Old Hall, Derbyshire, England.

01 Jun 2008

129 visits

Hardwick Old Hall

Derbyshire, England.

01 Jun 2008

127 visits

Hardwick Hall

Derbyshire, England.