@janturnbull@nilsandcindy Just a bit of info for you.
The re-modelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside Hardwick New Hall which she had built later in the 1590s. Bess became famous for her building projects, especially two of them: Chatsworth, now the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire (whose family name is still "Cavendish", because they are descended from the children of her second marriage), and Hardwick Hall, of which it has been said: "Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall", because of the number and size of its windows. She was interred in a vault in Derby Cathedral, where there is a memorial to her.
The re-modelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside Hardwick New Hall which she had built later in the 1590s. Bess became famous for her building projects, especially two of them: Chatsworth, now the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire (whose family name is still "Cavendish", because they are descended from the children of her second marriage), and Hardwick Hall, of which it has been said: "Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall", because of the number and size of its windows. She was interred in a vault in Derby Cathedral, where there is a memorial to her.