Chatsworth House: 12 majestic photos of Mr Darcy's 'handsome' Derbyshire home

Every year thousands of fans of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice flock to Derbyshire to visit Mr Darcy’s house.

You may know it as Chatsworth, one of the county’s top tourist attractions and spectacular historic sites.

Chatsworth House is thought to be the inspiration behind Pemberley - a fictional estate owned by the romantic hero, Mr Darcy.

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It is believed that Jane Austen actually wrote the novel while staying in nearby Bakewell.

In the novel Austen describes Pemberley as: "The eye was instantly caught by Pemberley House, situated on the opposite side of the valley into which the road into some abruptness wound. "It was a large, handsome, stone building standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills; and in front, a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater, but without any artificial appearance. Its banks were neither formal, nor falsely adorned." Scroll on for some majestic photos of Mr Darcy’s Derbyshire abode. Or read more about the inspiration behind Pemberley here.