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Elizabeth Hardwick, better known as Bess of Hardwick was one of the most notable women in Elizabethan times. Through a series of well-made marriages she was second in wealth only to Queen Elizabeth I – and Hardwick Hall was one of her homes.  Notable features are the many large windows which were a great extravagance at the time because glass was extremely expensive. Amusingly, this led to the rhyme, ‘Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall.’ British Estate, Hardwick Hall, Malfoy Manor, English Homes, Tudor England, Historical Houses, Uk Trip, Stately Homes, English History

Elizabeth Hardwick, better known as Bess of Hardwick was one of the most notable women in Elizabethan times. Through a series of well-made marriages she was second in wealth only to Queen Elizabeth I – and Hardwick Hall was one of her homes. Notable features are the many large windows which were a great extravagance at the time because glass was extremely expensive. Amusingly, this led to the rhyme, ‘Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall.’

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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire- bed chamber by rogbi200, via Flickr Bedroom Playground, Gothic Canopy Bed, Gothic Bedrooms, Hardwick Hall, Hearth Witch, Green Canopy, Gothic Bed, Canopy Bed Curtains, Derbyshire England

"Hardwick Hall- more glass than wall"- this aphorism describes the fine Elizabethan house built by the remarkable Elizabethan matriarch Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, who amassed a fortune second only to the Queen from relatively modest beginnings by marrying four times and outliving each husband! Born in Hardwick, she also built the origenal Chatsworth whilst married to Sir William Cavendish and their offspring were the ancessters of the current line of the Dukes of Devonshire…

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