After lunch last Sunday we ventured out in the cold to visit Gunby Hall a beautiful Georgian National Trust house & Estate.
The weather was bitterly cold & very seasonal with frost covered trees glistening in the sun.
The house is shut up this time of year apart from a couple of weekends when it is open all decorated for Christmas.
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They welcome you with carols around the grand piano. We choose Once in Royal David City first as the children are to sing that at our Carol Service on the 16th of December at our village church.
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I love the colours & warmth in this room.
They have some beautiful old pieces of furniture dating to around 1600.
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Some of the family portraits.
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One of the two beautiful oak court cupboards in this room.
This one has the date on it.
I do love these cupboards telling of a couple's courtship, the future husband made these for his future wife.
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The hearth with warm oak panelling.
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The lovely entrance hall with a beautiful gate leg table.
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Crackers being made & present's wrapped in the library.
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This is a lovely little parlour at the end of the grand dining room.
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Sidney making a wish while he is stirring the Christmas pudding the in kitchen.
I love the below stairs rooms.
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Kitty's turn.
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The kitchen with beautiful copper pans & pewter.
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The scullery.
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A lovely range in the back kitchen.
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Old ice chests in the pantry.
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The children making paper chains in the butlers room.
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Outside in the grounds but not for long!
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Mary in the arbour which is in the formal rose garden.
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Best friends.
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Under the mistletoe.
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The chapel on the Estate.
It still holds services & weddings.
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Looking over the graves to the fields.
The grounds are very peaceful & have been untouched for many years.
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I hope you all enjoy the photo's of our visit to Gunby Hall.
We go there many times in the year watching the garden in the changing seasons.
Peace be with you all this Christmas time.
Fondly Michelle
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