Shugborough Estate

Rachael and I knew there would be a little time to fill in while we waited for all the preliminaries to be completed on the boat. We came prepared with our National Trust of Australia member cards which have reciprocal rights here in Great Britain. Today we went off to The Shugborough Estate in Staffordshire.

Shugborough was the home of the ancestors and finally the 5th Earl of Lichfield, Patrick Lichfield until his death in 2006. The main part of the Georgian Mansion was built in 1693 and has quite extensive renovations and extensions over the last 300 odd years. I must admit that the inside of the mansion was quite extravagant.

The working early 18th century Georgian farm was pretty interesting. I was watching the cheese making and it's amazing how quickly you forget about the past. I asked about refrigeration and the cheese maker, who was in costume and character, said 'what is refrigeration'.

Rachael managed to find the Tea House for English Tea to finish off the day.

If you would like to know more about Shugborough go here. I have added a few farm animals for Hollie and Ruby.