Christmas has arrived at Shugborough and we are local, so we spent a wonderful Autumnal afternoon, having a stroll around the National Trust Shugborough Hall and Estate.

We walked around the house, both the lord’s area as well as servants quarters, both were beautiful, and had Christmas trees to gaze at.

I love stately homes and with the likes of Downton Abbey it’s easier to visualise how they lived and worked in these houses. I missed the love of art that new homes don’t show, attention to detail just because it’s pretty. Forever grateful we can visit areas like this to bring the past to life.