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Hardwick Old Hall – Plasterwork
Hardwick Hall has an extensive set of Elizabethan plaster over-mantles. The reason these have survived despite the hall being open to the weather is because they each have a little roof over the top of them to throw the rainwater forward. They were first installed during a conservation campaign in 1911.
The Duke of [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2010
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Hardwick Old Hall
In her sixties when Bess of Hardwick was estranged from her fourth husband, George Talbot sixth earl of Shrewsbury she returned to her childhood home at Hardwick. She then embarked upon the task of completely rebuilding the old manor and transforming it into a more modern hall in keeping with her status as countess of [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2010
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PhotoHunt – Public
A public bar rather lacking in members of the public!
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28 Comments CherryPie on Jul 30th 2010
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A Strange Disappearance!
For the second annual Blogger’s silly week.
By the looks of that strange light, it seems that both the man and the bus were beamed up to who knows where…
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 30th 2010
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There’s Always One…
For the second annual Blogger’s silly week.
13 Comments CherryPie on Jul 29th 2010
