Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, was originally built in 1552 by Sir William Cavendish and his wife Elizabeth (Bess) of Hardwick.
On Bess’s death in 1608, she bequeathed the contents of Chatsworth to her second and favourite son, William, along with a large fortune. Although Chatsworth was inherited by Bess’s eldest son Henry, William later bought out his brother's interest in the house itself in 1609. In 1605, he was created Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, and in 1618 became Earl of Devonshire.
The 4th Earl of Devonshire (later 1st Duke) did not inherit his title until 1684 when he was 43 and by this point Chatsworth had fallen into a bad state of repair. Initially the intention was only to alter the South Front, which was taken down in 1686 and replaced with new family rooms and a magnificent State Apartment. However, the East Front was soon after also rebuilt, including the Painted Hall and a long gallery (now the Library), followed by the West Front and finally the North Front. William Talman was the architect for the South and East Fronts. The West was perhaps designed by the Duke himself, working closely with his masons, and the North, with its bow front, by Thomas Archer. The new Chatsworth was finished just before the Duke died in 1707.
The 4th Duke was the next to make major changes to Chatsworth. The architect James Paine (c.1716-1789) was commissioned to build new stables, and he also designed a new bridge upstream of the house. Lancelot (Capability) Brown (1716-1783) was commissioned to replace the 1st Duke's formal garden and park with the natural, romantic look which he had helped bring into fashion.
The 6th Duke succeeded his father at the age of 21. He engaged the architect Sir Jeffry Wyatville (1766-1840) to build the long North Wing at Chatsworth, which was capped in 1827 by a belvedere storey built to the Duke's own design.
Chatsworth continued in the family and is today the home of Peregrine, 12th Duke of Devonshire and his wife Amanda.
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