I spent a happy day last October showing Nicola Venning, a freelance journalist, some of the most impressive houses in Suffolk , Helmingam Hall and Sommerleyton Hall. Her article appeared in The Lady Magazine (13 January 2012 edition) under the title "My Devlish Day As An Aristocrat".
http://www.lady.co.uk/my_devilish_day_aristocrat
The families who live in these wonderful houses, also work very hard to keep doing so. We found Lady Tollemache of Helmingham Hall, on her small digger, digging out a new garden for this coming season, a downwards sprial in a snail shape. What I love about women like her is that they work very hard, and will get their hands dirty, and yet with a bit of "lick and polish" look stunning at the wedding of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales.
At Sommerleyton Hall, Hugh and Lara Crossley have only been at the helm for a few years, yet have already poured work and love into their new home, and what is so wonderful is that More Than Good Manners can arrange for you to meet these lovely people, who really do "ouse charm from every pore", and experience a stay, a "taste of a Grand life " in one of their ancestral and stately homes.
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