Detail View: SHIMMER: Hardwick Hall

Title: 
Hardwick Hall
Creation Date: 
1597
Image Date: 
1987
Period: 
16th century
Start Date: 
1590
End Date: 
1597
Location: 
Hardwick, Derbyshire
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Display Creator: 
SMYTHSON, Robert
Image ID: 
87-2479
Description: 
Exterior view: the East (Garden) Front. Restoration of one the turrets is underway in the photograph. The stone tracery at roof level includes the letters: E & S - the initials of Bess of Hardwick (1527-1608) who had the house built.
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
SMYTHSON, Robert
Creator Dates - Born: 
1535
Creator Dates - Died: 
1614
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- England (Derbyshire)
Subject Heading: 
Heritage tourism -- England (Derbyshire)
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1500-1600
Subject Heading: 
Mansions -- England (Derbyshire)
Subject Heading: 
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Subject Heading: 
Windows