Cassandra Willoughby, Duchess of Chandos
Cassandra Willoughby, Duchess of Chandos was an English historian, travel writer and artist. She spent more than a quarter-century overseeing the restoration of the gardens and rebuilding of the family mansion at Wollaton Hall, now in Nottingham, inherited by her father, Francis Willoughby.
Wollaton Hall, family seat in Nottingham of Duchess Cassandra's family, the Willoughbys
Kneller's 1713 portrait, Chandos family, believed to show Cassandra, rather than the Duke's first wife, mother of the two children in the picture.
Their Cannons House estate in Middlesex, England, seat of the Duke of Chandos
Shaw House, an estate of Cassandra and her husband, Duke James Brydges
Wollaton Hall is an Elizabethan country house of the 1580s standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton Park, Nottingham, England. The house is now Nottingham Natural History Museum, with Nottingham Industrial Museum in the outbuildings. The surrounding parkland has a herd of deer, and is regularly used for large-scale outdoor events such as rock concerts, sporting events and festivals.
Wollaton Hall in the snow, November 2010
Wollaton Hall, rear view
The screen in the hall
Oblique view of the main facade
