Felbrigg Hall number 17

Mary Mackie once wrote a book (she actually wrote two in the series but I've yet to read the second book)  about her husband and herself restoring,maintaining and the general housekeeping of a stately home for the National Trust. The house in question was none other than Felbrigg Hall, which I was rather excited to learn actually existed!

It would be an understatement to say that I asked my mother once or twice if we could go, more like persistent nagging and guess what, it finally paid off.

Felbrigg Hall was originally a Jacobean house that belonged to the Wyndham family-where I know that name I don't know -yes I know its a hotel
The house was later added to in the 1750s such as the library and the Chinese wallpaper in the Oriental bedroom. One of the unique points about Felbrigg is that it has never been decorated and retains all  its original furniture. Unlike where we would redecorate the rooms in our houses every couple of years, the rooms in Felbrigg have not been refurbished for hundreds of years.

We were not the only ones, it seemed, to think that today would be a good day to visit the hall as there was also a green energy day going on. They were encouraging us to get a wood burning boiler and solar panels- all good fun- but they made good cake so whose complaining