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HARDWICK HALL

. In Englandin country houses Elizabethan, is one of the most significant Derbyshirein Hardwick Hall, Hall Wollatonand House Longleatother works at both 'sSmythsonRobert common with architect

Renaissance style of Hardwick Hall is one of the earliest examples of the English interpretation of the , which came into fashion when it was no longer thought necessary to fortify one's homearchitecture

HARDWICK HALL

Derbyshire, overlooking the Mansfieldand ChesterfieldHardwick Hall is situated on a hilltop between , Countess of Shrewsbury and ancestress of Bess of Hardwickcountryside. The house was designed for

th century and remained in that family 16in the late SmythsonRobert , by Dukes of Devonshirethe . The Treasury transferred the 1956in Estate Dutyin lieu of HM Treasuryuntil it was handed over to

.1959in National Trusthouse to the

HARDWICK HALL

Hardwick is a conspicuous statement of the wealth and power of Bess of Hardwick, who was the richest great hallherself. It was one of the first English houses where the Queen Elizabeth Iwoman in England after

was built on an axis through the centre of the house rather than at right angles to the entrance

HARDWICK HALL

Hardwick is open to the public. It has a fine garden, including herbaceous borders, a vegetable and herb garden, and an orchard

Nicholas Hawksmoor

born in architect) was a British 1736March 25 –1661 (probably HawksmoorNicholas [.Ragnallor East Drayton, probably in Nottinghamshire

Clarendon Building, Broad Street, Oxford

The West Towers, Westminster Abbey The Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford

Nicholas Hawksmoor's St George-in-the-East, built 1714-29

Nicholas Hawksmoor

farming family, almost certainly yeoman, into a 1661was born in Nottinghamshire in Hawksmoorhis death he was to leave property at nearby On ., NottinghamshireRagnallor East Draytonin Drayton'and a house and land at Great Dunham, Ragnall

the Royal Hospital, London, 1702 St Alfege Greenwich 03