an English home-gray twilight pour’d
On dewey pastures, dewey trees,
Softer than sleep-all things in order stored,
A haunt of ancient Peace.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 15th 2010
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Hardwick Hall – The High Great Chamber
This room is so large and elaborate that photographs don’t do it justice. The theme on the frieze depicts a forest with the court of Diana, amid attendant deer, lions, elephants, camels and other animals along with scenes of country life and deer and boar hunting.
The court of Diana, the virgin goddess and huntress, [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 15th 2010
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Hardwick Hall – The Muniment Room
I like the fact that some National Trust properties are now allowing indoor photography. It was a bit of a challenge to get a decent indoor photograph at Hardwick because the rooms were rather dark, so I only took a few photographs.
I Particularly liked the muniment room because I have not seen one before. [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 13th 2010
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Hardwick Hall
The new hall as you can see is even more magnificent than the old Hall. It was built in the 1590s and has remained unchanged since. The silhouetted initials ES that adorn the top of the building are for Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury who was better know as Bess of Hardwick.
The National Trust [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 11th 2010
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Hardwick Old Hall – Views from the Hall
I have already shown you the view towards Chatsworth in this previous post so today I will show you the other viewpoints from the house:
View towards Bolsover
View towards Wingfield
View towards the new hall
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 10th 2010
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Green is the prime colour of the world and that from which its loveliness arises.
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
20 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2010
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Hardwick Old Hall – Hill Great Chamber
The picture to the left shows an artists impression of what the Hill Great Chamber would have looked like, showing clearly that the room is full of design elements taken from ancient Roman architecture. The pictures below are taken from the roof level and you can just see the remains of the balustrade that allowed [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 7th 2010
