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From Hardwick Old Hall

The view from the top of the west wing is quite spectacular.
Row Ponds can be seen in amongst the trees in the centre of the photograph SK4563 and the M1 motorway can just be made out in the mid distance: look carefully and you can make out some white lorries just through the trees, SK4564. The hills beyond hide Holmewood and North Wingfield.
In the viewpoint square you can see the west lodge, one of a pair built in the 17th century either side of the entrance court. This one houses the entrance to the Old Hall and includes a small shop and an exhibition space. The open space at the forefront of the photograph was a covered area leading to the entrance court and east and west wings. It was used as a small real tennis court in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Real tennis was a popular sport with the nobility across Europe. It was played indoors and was based on a much older 12th century French game called paume (meaning palm) akin to handball in that it involved hitting a ball with a bare hand and later with a glove. Paume evolved into jeu de paume, as real tennis is still known in France, with the introduction of rackets. Although the modern game evolved from this, Real tennis is still popular and has a following across Europe, Australia and the United States, playing to rules that have hardly changed since the 16th century.