The work took place at Hardwick Old Hall, Derbyshire, the birthplace of Bess of Hardwick, who married four times to become one of the richest and most influential women of her day. English ...

Bess of Hardwick as a young woman (c ... began the building of a grand new house nearby. With the assistance of Robert Smythson, the 'architect' of Longleat House, she oversaw the construction ...

"I quite fancy a go at Chatsworth House." Denise Edwards ... "I think that Hardwick's Elizabethan creator, the forward-thinking Bess herself, would rather approve of his efforts." ...