Chatsworth The House Author:Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish Devonshire, Duchess of Devonshire, Simon Upton (Photographer) Chatsworth is one of England's ten most visited great houses. In this tour of the house, Deborah the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire takes the reader into the private as well as the public rooms, and goes behind the scenes to explain the management of the household and the work of the staff needed to keep it going.