Hardwick Hall, in Derbyshire, is an architecturally significant Elizabethan country house in England, a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house. Built between 1590 and 1597 for the formidable Bess of Hardwick, it was designed by the architect Robert Smythson, an exponent of the Renaissance style of architecture. Hardwick Hall is one of the earliest examples of the English interpretation of this style, which came into fashion having slowly spread from Florence. Its arrival in Britain coincided with the period when it was no longer necessary or legal to fortify a domestic dwelling. Ownership of the house was transferred to the National Trust in 1959. It is fully open to the public and received 285,379 visitors in 2018.
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwick_Hall
Official Website https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hardwick-old-hall/
Twitter https://twitter.com/NThardwick
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NationalTrustHardwick
English Heritage website https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/hardwick-old-hall/
Email hardwickhall@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone +44 1246 850 431
Address Doe Lea, Chesterfield S44 5QJ, UK
Coordinates 53°10'5.236" N -1°18'38.838" E