As I'm on a "hidden corners of Norfolk" kick at the moment, here's another gratuitous photo from my locale. Regrettably this is not my own dining room …
I'm with Petrea on this one, sugarpie! Where is this room? I think I've been watching far too many DIY shows because my eye immediately went to what appears to be water damage on the ceiling! xoxoxo
It's part of Stranger's Hall in Norwich, Petrea. It was a group of private houses built in the 1300s and still in private hands until after WWII when the City bought it and turned it into a rather wonderful local museum of mediæval Norwich life.
Savannah, there's plenty of renovation work going on there. It's a never-ending job. The museum is set in a whole block (we don't have those here, but it might give you a clue as to the size of it) of mediæval houses and it takes a ludicrous amount of time and money to keep those things standing.
It's well worth a visit, but very few people even in Norwich know it exists. xoxoxo
There are marvelous features in that room. It's surprising to me that local folks aren't more aware of this treasure. Why do you think that is? Over saturation of historical sites?
It would be a gorgeous place to live, Petrea. The gardens are fabulous as well as the house. I shall try to tempt you with other houses as this series goes on.
Ms.M, I think most locals are more interested in football and Z-list celebs than in history and culture. That's left to old fuddy-duddies like me.
Hee hee, Vanda. If you're going to be bloody marvellously British you would avoid sherry as it is the drink of the Enemy! We thrashed Catholic Spain almost as much as we thrashed the French over the past centuries. The English drink port! England and Portugal are proud of "the oldest alliance" and have remained allies since the 1400s. The port industry was and still mostly is an English run affair. The true Englishman drinks 20 year old Tawny Port (vintage port is for the Portuguese, all other types of port are for the tourists).
Courtesy of Dive's "How To Be English 101" course.
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Nice.
Okay, we know what it's not. What is it? Is it a private home? Looks like the table is perpetually set for dinner.
I'm with Petrea on this one, sugarpie! Where is this room? I think I've been watching far too many DIY shows because my eye immediately went to what appears to be water damage on the ceiling! xoxoxo
It's part of Stranger's Hall in Norwich, Petrea. It was a group of private houses built in the 1300s and still in private hands until after WWII when the City bought it and turned it into a rather wonderful local museum of mediæval Norwich life.
Savannah, there's plenty of renovation work going on there. It's a never-ending job. The museum is set in a whole block (we don't have those here, but it might give you a clue as to the size of it) of mediæval houses and it takes a ludicrous amount of time and money to keep those things standing.
It's well worth a visit, but very few people even in Norwich know it exists.
xoxoxo
Glad I'm not the only one to keep my drums in my dining room.
It's an ancient tradition. It's just that you've got a lot more drums than most people.
Okay, if I can't live in the other place I'll live at Stranger's Hall.
There are marvelous features in that room. It's surprising to me that local folks aren't more aware of this treasure. Why do you think that is? Over saturation of historical sites?
Oh wow, that's just so bloody marvelously British it makes me thirsty for sherry. Nice shot, old chap.
It would be a gorgeous place to live, Petrea. The gardens are fabulous as well as the house. I shall try to tempt you with other houses as this series goes on.
Ms.M, I think most locals are more interested in football and Z-list celebs than in history and culture. That's left to old fuddy-duddies like me.
Hee hee, Vanda. If you're going to be bloody marvellously British you would avoid sherry as it is the drink of the Enemy! We thrashed Catholic Spain almost as much as we thrashed the French over the past centuries. The English drink port! England and Portugal are proud of "the oldest alliance" and have remained allies since the 1400s. The port industry was and still mostly is an English run affair.
The true Englishman drinks 20 year old Tawny Port (vintage port is for the Portuguese, all other types of port are for the tourists).
Courtesy of Dive's "How To Be English 101" course.
Sigh. I have so much to learn.
You know way more than most, Petrea. But the more you learn the more you realise you have yet to learn; it's a vicious circle.
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