Haddon Hall

Strange to see school children being taken around Haddon Hall...just as I did as a child. Its only now though that I see the beauty of the buildings, its artwork, furniture and grounds. I remember singing at a baptism in the small chapel that has an amazing monument to the young Lord Haddon. Though why or how I could have been there is a puzzle as it is definitely at protestant chapel and we would not have been allowed into a protestant church. Mmm maybe someone can remember the story!

For his mother to have created such a beautiful piece of art to celebrate the life and death of her son is so sad.

The Manners though were no ordinary family. Nor is the Hall .... created as a fortified medieval manor house in 12 th Century, it is now the home of Lord and Lady Edward Manners whose family have owned it since 1567.