To be appreciated it must be viewed.
The main visual remnant of the time is a squat stone tower known as Queen Mary's Bower on account of a legend that was allowed to take the air there while a prisoner at Chatsworth.
Women would return to their bedroom many times during the day to change their outfits.
The work was finished in just six months, continuing at night by the light of flares, and the resulting water jet is on record as reaching a height of 296 ft 90 m.
The household was run by a and domestic staff were still available, although more so in the countryside than the cities.
It was created behind the stables in the early 1990s.
Its great many books make it one of at least six libraries in the house.
Two flower gardens occupy the rest of the site.