Hardwick New Hall (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Ault Hucknall.
In the historic county of Derbyshire.
Modern Authority of Derbyshire.
1974 county of Derbyshire.
Medieval County of Derbyshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SK4622963746
Latitude 53.16891° Longitude -1.30993°

Hardwick New Hall has been described as a probable Fortified Manor House.

There are major building remains.

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*.

Description

Walls and lodges enclosing the gardens in two rectangular enclosures. 1590-97 probably by Robert Smythson. Sandstone ashlar. Chamfered copings surmounted by unusual finials forming a kind of crenellation. Polygonal lodge to the west and triangular bastion-like banqueting house. The entrance has a chamfered round-arch and square tower-like central section. Polygonal finials and elaborate strapwork cresting. (Listed Building Report)

The high stone wall that defines the court to Hardwick New Hall in Derbyshire is punctuated by beaked towers and crowned by curious obelisk and strapwork projections, a fashionable alternative to battlements. The idea at Hardwick may in fact be lifted from the towered gatehouse set in the main facade of Chatsworth, built by Bess and her first husband, Sir William Cavendish, from 1549. (Goodall, p. 459)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1108997 , 1051617
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 316068.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 216; 264.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- National Trust
  Wikipedia entry
Books
- Goodall, John, 2011, The English Castle 1066-1650 (Yale University Press) p. 442, 459, 461, 476, 477
  Craven, Maxwell and Stanley, Michael, 2001, The Derbyshire Country House (Landmark Publishing) Vol. 1 p. 110-13
  Cooper, Nicholas, 1999, Houses of the Gentry, 1480-1680 (Yale University Press) passim
  Girouard, Mark, 1983, Robert Smythson and the Elizabethan Country House (Yale University Press)
  Pevsner, Nikolaus revised by Elizabeth Williamson, 1978, Buildings of England: Derbyshire (Harmondsworth) p. 150-5
  Pevsner, N., 1953, The Buildings of England: Derbyshire p. 41, 149-55
  Lysons, D. and S., 1817, Magna Britannia Vol. 5 Derbyshire p. ccxxxviii-ix online transcription
Periodical Articles
- Durant, D., 1980, 'Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 137 p. 437-40
  Stallybrass, B., 1913, 'Bess of Hardwick's buildings and building accounts' Archaeologia Vol. 64 p. 347-398
  1873, The Antiquary Vol. 62 p. 217-9
Guidebooks
- Girouard, M., 1976, Hardwick Hall (London: National Trust)

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