Chatsworth

Bess of Harwick and Sir William Cavendish began building Chatsworth in 1552. The chapel was built by1693 and has remained unaltered ever since. The 4th Earl of Devonshire began to remodel and improve the property, remodeling the house, adding formal gardens and a cascade, and by his death in 1707 most of the work had been completed. Most of what is seen today of the gardens is from the work of Joseph Paxton. In the house there are many paintings, tapestries, fine furniture, sculpute, a large library with rare books. Mary Queen of Scots was placed in the custody of the 6th Earl of Shrewbery (Bess of Hardwicks 4th Husband) by Queen Elizabeth I in 1568. She was often brought to Chatsworth and her apartments, which were above the great hall, is now called the Queen of Scots rooms.