8/60 Febrigg Hall is close to Blickling Hall (see yesterday's collage) and has been built steadily and adapted over hundreds of years since Tudor times as a country house.
William Frederick Windham sounds an absolute character and my favourite quote about him is in The Morning Room. Apparently he enjoyed dressing up in uniforms. "In addition to posing as a London policeman, William often impersonated a train guard whose unauthorised whistle blasts caused confusion on the platforms." I love him!
Pictured are entrance ticket, quote on the cafe wall, drawing room, library, main staircase, house exterior, 18th century handpainted Chinese wallpaper and a lovely kingfisher from The Bird Corridor.
I am always amazed when visiting such properties to see the pictures acquired when people like William Windham collected on their tours of Europe. Not only the fact that they travelled so far but they had these items transported back to their rural homes. Let alone considering the cost involved.
Beautiful pictures in a lovely collage. I don't think the guy ever worked in the outfits you have mentioned because it seems he was a very rich and educated person.
The lower left photo of the red room is very much like the style of one of the rooms at the Biltmore, an early 1900's home built about 1 hour's drive from here by one of the Vanderbilts. They were well traveled and probably brought the look from the UK to this home.
