Welcome to Staunton Harold Hall

We four country bumpkins from Staunton would make very unhappy jailbirds;  after five hours in the National Exhibition Centre at Birmingham there was palpable relief as we emerged into the open air once more.
We went there last week to explore the ‘Grand Designs’ exhibition, looking for new ideas in the care and improvement of our buildings.    We had some success, but less than I’d hoped for;   most of the offerings were aimed at the luxury market.   And...

The FERRERS CENTRE -Time for a Revamp
Forty four years, – that’s how long it is since we started to convert the derelict stables at Staunton Harold into workshops and studios.   There has been the odd blip along the way, but overall usage has increased steadily and for many years now all...

Shortly after we moved in to Staunton Hall in 2003 we were appoached by Nottingham University for permission to bring a coach load of their architecture students for a ‘field day’ in the grounds.    They had been doing this when the hall was a hospice...

‘’May you live in interesting times’ is the Chinese benefaction, and ’Boy’ – we certainly do.   Football in Moscow, Tennis at Wimbledon, Lads rescued from a cave in Thailand, Novichok in Salisbury, Donald Trump in Europe.  Oh! – and then there’s Brexit...