Sunday 10 June 2012

Chatsworth

Chatsworth


Chatsworth House is a about 25 miles from Derby near Bakewell and is the home of the Duke of Devonshire.  It's been home to the Cavendish family, since Bess of Hardwick settled at Chatsworth in 1549. It's also where they filmed scenes from the movie Pride and Prejudice 


The castle is really nice, better decorated than most of the other buildings that we've toured. Nice wall and ceiling paintings in the foyer.   The carriage was used to bring the Cavendish family from Chatsworth down to London the the Queen's coronation in 1952. 





The Dukes' dining room


 We liked the Lion sculputres



Some beautiful gardens




One of the unique features of the land/castle is that they use lake water from the hill above as a pressurized water source for all the fountains and streams. 



The river Derwent is a little high with all the rain.  This river runs down through Derby.

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