Wall paintings, fresco seccoes, in Haddon Hall Chapel, Bakewell, Peak District, Derbyshire, UK
The chapel’s extraordinary wall paintings, fresco seccoes, probably commissioned in the early 15th century and painted onto dry plaster. They are rare survivors from before the Reformation when much early church decoration was obliterated by plaster and whitewash. These paintings became visible in the 19th century and were fully uncovered in the early 20th century. Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, a former seat of the Dukes of Rutland. It is the home of Lord Edward Manners (brother of the incumbent Duke) and his family. In form a medieval manor house, it has been described as "the most complete and most interesting house of [its] period".[3] The origins of the hall are from the 11th century, with additions at various stages between the 13th and the 17th centuries, latterly in the Tudor style.
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