Bolsover Castle-Service rooms and Garden Fountain

 ovens

 kitchen hearths

 laundry room

 Little court garden fountain with Venus

 sea beasts and Roman emperors

 and cherubs

Bolsover- Little Castle, exteriors

Bolsover Castle-The Little Castle, interiors

 a nice 16th century Entrance hall

 Hercules features prominently in the wall paintings of this room

 in the Pillar Hall

 later addition of the a "gothick" window in the Pillar Hall

 an original door

 bedchamber

 from the Elysium room

 upon the upper floors-the paneling wasn't able to be saved

 View of the Lantern ceiling

 Upper floor Lantern

the supporting iron beams underneath the stone spiral staircase

Bolsover Castle-Horse Obsession

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

 from the viewing gallery you are staring directly

through the attic you can get face to face with the truss system

the comparably simpler stable truss systems

the dress up section

Bolsover Castle-Terrace Buildings

 Entrance to the Human bits of the lower castle

 the worn but still very elaborate 17th century stone carving

 the Gallery which is massively long

 view out over Derbyshire

 the front face

 there's me, taking a photo w/ my blackbird,fly camera

 Front steps (and Manny)

 skewed panorama demonstrating the massive length of this building which was built to house royalty when they came to visit

 unusual balcony

 peeking into the service rooms

the massive back entrance pillars