Happy Easter! A new Blog, Chatsworth, and Lydia Bennet.

I’d like to wish you all a Happy Easter – I’m having a bit of a break from blogging to spend time with my family – I hope you all have a lovely holiday. This is quite a long post but one thing seemed to lead to another! I’m very busy writing another book at [...]

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Haddon Hall Gardens

The gardens at Haddon are lovely – I really enjoyed the views from the terraces – the formal gardens contrasting with the wildness of the landscape beyond. I have seen photos of the Hall in summer – I shall definitely have to visit again to see the riot of roses clambering over stone walls and [...]

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Haddon Hall Gardens

The gardens at Haddon are lovely – I really enjoyed the views from the terraces – the formal gardens contrasting with the wildness of the landscape beyond. I have seen photos of the Hall in summer – I shall definitely have to visit again to see the riot of roses clambering over stone walls and [...]

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The Dining Room at Haddon, Pride and Prejudice 2005

The dining room was used for a scene at the inn at Lambton in the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. It is quite a small room which would have been used by the family for their private quarters. The plaster ceiling dates from the early 1500s and is decorated with a Tudor rose and [...]

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Pride and Prejudice 2005, Haddon Hall Chapel

The chapel at Haddon Hall was used in the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen. It’s a marvellous example of an early chapel with separate seating for the gentry, wall frescoes, and 15th century painted glass. The south aisle dates from the 12th century and was widened during the [...]

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Pride and Prejudice, 2005, Haddon Hall Chapel

The chapel at Haddon Hall was used in the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen. It’s a marvellous example of an early chapel with separate seating for the gentry, wall frescoes, and 15th century painted glass. The south aisle dates from the 12th century and was widened during the [...]

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Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, a contender for Pemberley?

As they walked across the lawn towards the river, Elizabeth turned back to look again; her uncle and aunt stopped also: and while the former was conjecturing as to the date of the building, the owner of it himself suddenly came forward from the road which led behind it to the stables. They were within [...]

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