Bakewell - Chatsworth House

Chatsworth (15mi/24km to the east of Castleton), the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, is one of the great country houses of England. Little remains of the original Elizabethan house which was built in 1555 by Bess of Harwick on the banks of the River Derwent. It was replaced with the present building by William Cavendish, first Duke of Devonshire, between 1686 and 1708. A wing was added in the 19th century by Wyatville. Chatsworth contains a magnificent collection of old masters, sculpture, tapestries, furniture, silver and porcelain (at least one hour is needed to walk round).

Henry Cavendish, who discovered hydrogen and designed the maximum-minimum thermometer, lived here.