William Cavendish who inherited Bolsover Castle in the early 17th
century was, quite clearly, obsessed with horses particularly the
Spanish riding style from the Viennese school. He devised one of the
least comfortable, despite the padding, saddles I've ever sat in for the
fancy footwork riding style. His stables-just wow.
This door is taller than the tallest man on the largest horse (has gotta be 1.5 stories high) and is wide enough to accommodate 3 horses next to each other. Just to give you some scale of the massiveness. It's the entrance to the horse gallery where the horses would exercise and perform.
the gallery itself with the later addition of a viewing vantage for when William Cavendish got too old to ride but wanted to still watch
the truss system is absolutely tremendous
through the attic you can get face to face with the truss system
the comparably simpler stable truss systems
the dress up section
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