Stately Homes!

I love a bit of history, and recently (ish) I went to some good ol' stately homes. This, for me, is one of the points about England, about what it is to be 'British' - the heritage, learning about real people in the past, the grandeur and nostalgia of the good old days, and the sadness that comes with how they don't make 'em like they used to.

So here is a short snippet - Alexandra's guide to some (2) stately homes...

 

-Rushton Hall-

-Kedleston Hall-

I went to these over last summer and a bit afterwards. I know it sounds weird, but sometimes you can 'feel' the history there. Plus it's like being on a film set, like something out of 'Pride and Prejudice', or 'The Duchess' - the latter, incidentally, is not only one of my favourite films (as is P&P), but was also filmed at Kedleston Hall (if you've seen it, it's the scene in the round room, where Georgiana is given her children's letters). It will come as no surprise from my animated way of typing about this, that one of my all time favourite places, in the whole world, ever, is a stately home...Blenheim Palace.

Welcome to my world! 

Photos: I took these, copyrighted Alexandra Butler, thanks.