16/08/2026
Join me for a Sunday morning opening up of the Breakfast Room….complete with more creaking floorboards and doors.
It’s called that now but was originally probably an intimate Dining Room or Morning Room when originally built in 1707.
It was also the Staff Room when it was Earsham Hall School (the Boys’ School from 1948-1973) when the gorgeous panels were painted a thick letterbox red, gloss paint 😳.
In the Victorian period it was Helena Meade’s study (The Lady of the House) ….she would sit at her desk facing the front of the house….when a guest would call and the Butler answered the front door, he would know Mrs Meade’s reaction to the visitor…if she was sitting at her desk she was happy to receive the person…if she was underneath the table he knew she was NOT 🫣😝👌🏼
Stories abound here and we love sharing them!
And do comment if you can tell signs of how cosily warm this room can get in the winter…and it’s not the fireplace…🤔 and it involves a droop 😝.
Have a lovely Sunday…a bit cooler now 🤗