Highbury Hall

I went to Highbury Hall today for the Heritage Open Weekend. Fantastic gothic detail with plants and birds used as decorative features throughout. The marquetry was particularly notable.

Margaret Nettlefold would have been familiar with all this detail, as it was built for her uncle Joseph Chamberlain.

There will be a print based on Margaret's diary entry about a ball at the Nettlefold's house. In the absence of any photographic record of that house, I am considering setting the ball at Highbury. The hall would be a good backdrop to an image of Margaret and John dancing.