Stately Homes are not as stately as they used to be

Is it a sign of the times?

I have recently returned from a short break in Norfolk – a beautiful part of England which I wrote about here.

During my stay, I visited a National Trust stately home that was gifted to the NT by the owner in his Will when he died in 1969, having never married and he died leaving no surviving relatives.  The fact that this gentleman gifted his vast man…