Cherie's Place

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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

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

6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 15th 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

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