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Stately Homes: Chatsworth House
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Stately Homes: Chatsworth House

In 2 collections by Macwelshman
Best of British: UK Unique Buildings Collection
36 items
Stately Homes Collected
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If you have a CS1 commission please use the link below.

Stately Homes Series
Houses created for this series have been put together in the 'Stately Homes Collected' collection.

Chatsworth House
Chatsworth House is a spectacular stately home situated near Bakewell in the UK county of Derbyshire. It is the seat of the Duke of Devonshire and has been home to the Cavendish family since 1549.

History
Standing on the east bank of the River Derwent, Chatsworth looks across to the low hills that divide the Derwent and Wye valleys. The house, set in expansive parkland and backed by wooded, rocky hills rising to heather moorland, contains an important collection of paintings, furniture, Old Master drawings, neoclassical sculptures, books and other artefacts. Chatsworth has been selected as the United Kingdom's favourite country house several times

Bess of Hardwick (see Hardwick Hall) began the house in 1553, completed it in the 1560s and lived there with her fourth husband, George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury.

The house has changed and been added to several times over the last 450 years. A structural survey in 2004 showed that major renovation to the house was required. A £32 million programme of works was subsequently undertaken, including the restoration of stonework, statues, paintings, tapestries and water features. The work, the most extensive for 200 years, took ten years and was completed in 2018.

Details
The House is constructed using nine sections which appear as a single asset in game. In addition to the house I have created a variety of prop, decal and network assets. Many of them have been used in the the main house asset and will appear automatically. The others are available to recreate the grounds.

Several of the networks have been used to set the ground level as the house is situated on a slope. To avoid too much landscaping I recommend setting a large enough area of flat ground and plopping the house in the centre.

NOTE: If the house is plopped on 'non-flat' ground some of the path and gravel areas may not be at the correct levels. This can be avoided by 'following the instructions above'.

The 'Retaining Wall' network requires the Quay Anarchy mod otherwise you'll get a warning that the house needs to be placed on the shoreline (not ideal). In addition the built in networks require the 'Fine Road Tool 2' mod otherwise you won't be able to plop it.

The pack contains:
1. Chatsworth House main building.

Decals
1. Gravel
2. Paved

Networks
1. Stone Wall
2. Block Wall
3. Retaining Wall
4. Gravel Road
5. Gravel Path
6. Invisible Path

Props
1. Wall Ornaments 1-7
2. Terrace Steps
3. Stone Steps
4. Wall Cap
5. Balustrade
6. Balustrade Pillar
7. Side Gate
8. Main Gate
9. Central Statue

House Geometry
Model: 92,700 tris (yes, I know this is a lot, but I assure you it's worth it)
LOD: 371 tris
Model texture: 2048 x 2048
LOD texture: 128 x 256

Props Geometry
This varies with each asset.
Model texture: 1024 x 1024
LOD texture: 128 x 128

I've tried to make this asset as beautiful as the real building and therefore the geometry tri count is high and the textures large. Most of the texture elements have been created specifically for this asset in order for full control over the final look.

The house sections share the same textures, as do the props and networks, so if you use the Loading Screen mod the textures will be shared by all the elements and this will reduce any load on your machine.

All files in this pack use the same naming structure to speed up 'Find It' searches.
SH (for all stately home assets)
CH (Chatsworth House, obviously)
P (Prop)
D (Decal)
N (Network)

So, for example, a search for 'SH CH P' will find all the props.
The only exception is the main house which is named 'SH Chatsworth House' for clarity.

The separate sections that make up the house will appear in searches (not in the menus) but the main 'SH Chatsworth House' is the one to plop.

I will be adding new houses as and when I am able, so keep checking for updates.

If you want to suggest a UK stately home to add to the series feel free to leave a comment and I will see if it 'takes my fancy'.

Please try this pack out and let me know how it works for you. If there are any problems let me know in the comments below.



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53 Comments
Macwelshman  [author] 8 Nov, 2024 @ 6:23am 
@alextjb99 The path is part of the asset pack so findIt should be able to 'find it'! If you are interested in commissioning me please follow the relevant links in the description.
alextjb99 7 Nov, 2024 @ 8:13pm 
Is there any way to use or subscribe to JUST the gravel path?
This one would be perfect for what I'm trying to do. Wouldn't mind doing a small commission also. Thanks!
burns3222 4 May, 2023 @ 5:39pm 
I don't know if it's just me, but this asset and a couple of the assets that are in the Stately Manors collection are no longer working. I can place them but they are bugged out, with only a quarter of the asset being visible. I hope there is some kind of fix for these assets since I love them and think they are some of the best manors/mansions in the workshop.
Viribus_Vale 25 Sep, 2022 @ 7:59am 
It seems to bug out for me. Is this compatible with Network Anarchy, the replacement for quay anarchy and fine road tools?
Macwelshman  [author] 11 May, 2022 @ 7:29am 
@duchessbutterfly I don't have any plans at the moment but if you follow the commission link at the bottom of this description you can submit a request.
DreamsongSims 10 May, 2022 @ 3:55am 
I just stumbled upon this collection and I am blown away! Do you have any plans to do Castle Ashby from Northamptonshire? Would you consider a commission?
Thoughtful 19 Jul, 2020 @ 3:40am 
Ok, and anyway i have already downloaded the mods and this is a great asset as well.
Macwelshman  [author] 14 Jul, 2020 @ 3:01pm 
@Thoughtful I understand what you're saying but this definitely not a vanilla asset and as such it requires mods to use it effectively. Simply put, "if you want to use this asset then, at least, use the recommended mods". Ultimately it will be worth it.
zefilipe 8 Jul, 2020 @ 3:55am 
Great work. I‘d like to use this as a university but failed to change the asset in the editor. Something like Oxford University would be very nice.
Thoughtful 8 Jul, 2020 @ 12:11am 
A suggestion about the placement of Chatsworth house, just to make things easier and for those of us who don't like to download over 5 mods (I don't mind downloading over 5mods) just make the placement of Chatsworth house like the others in the series so you can put it anywhere without having to go to the shoreline.