I really didn't know what to expect when we visited Hardwick Hall yesterday. I'd learnt about Bess of Hardwick, I think when I was a kid, but other than that I knew very little of the place. It turns out that the hall(s) is set in 100's of acres of parkland which in itself is reason to visit. The two houses; the first is like the carapace discarded for the new house but still sitting there slowly moulding away; the second the Elizabethan masterpiece commanding the surrounding parkland both have their own distinctive charms. Of the two I actually liked the old hall slightly more but that was because I could use my building style detective skills to try to piece together which part was built when. Looking at the sketches I made I can see that I have really been influenced by John Piper. Now I am not claiming they are in Piper's league, far far form it, but it is strange how concepts, ideas, styles and approaches can seep through the permeable layers of one's sub conscious to bubble out in the most unexpected way. Strange how life works out. 
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