It has long been speculated that Jane Austen based Pride and Prejudice's Pemberley was based on Chatsworth House.
Looking at the stately home, gardens, and stables I really did think I was looking around Pemberley... In fact such is the resemblance that the house has been used as Pemberley in the Keira Knightly version.
This was one place I badly wanted to see. I was so very glad we were able to get to visit it because it was breath-taking. Well worth the visit and the drive to get to it. It is an amazing place. Chatsworth even has a maze on the property -- all extremely palatial. The below picture is the stables!!
Now I didn't happen to bump into a Mr Darcy who I would fall in love with and with whom I could live happily ever after... But I still love Chatsworth House. It did beg the question though - what determines if a place is called a house or a castle? Chatsworth is bigger than some of the castles we've seen.
Mum did a fantastic job at driving such a long way with me working as navigator. As I said before the motorways are a little scary with lorries everywhere making it a little hard to read the signs but we got to our destinations in the end.
Next we explore Lechlade...
Hi Tafline,
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome place - did you get to spend any time in the gardens - this is not far from where Samara and Phil were living - I went there in winter one time when the house was not open but the drive was spectacular - and then going in summer when the house was open - and the gardens were full of families picnicing - got lost in the maze.