Our fourth day of our Norfolk holiday began with a brief visit to English Heritage site Weeting Castle.
Our main destination was Oxburgh Hall which was an unexpected delight. We had a newspaper voucher for free family entry to a National Trust property.
Inide the house I discovered that Oxburgh used to be the home of Henry Bedingfeld who was Elizabeth I’s jailor at the Tower of London when she was imprisoned there during the reign of her sister. He was an ardent Catholic but Elizabeth respected him for showing her compassion in her darkest hours.
Other historical elements that I found fascinating were the painting of the mysterious Countess whose identity is unknown but she was found dead in the moat in the late 1500s. There were also artefacts belonging to Mary Queen of Scots and many beautiful portraits.
Oxburgh recently featured on the BBC after a picture was discovered to be an incredibly rare mezzotint.
There were some activities dotted around the property. Our favourite was badminton and this brought back lovely memories of my childhood (in fact, I have now bought some racquets so we can play at home, yay!)
