Fenton House is in Hampstead in London. It is now owned by the National Trust, given to it by Mr Fenton who made his fortune in Latvia and retired to this house towards the end of his life.
It is a modestly grand house, but what caught my eye for a photo was this corner of the garden with greenhouse, high wall, water butt, and wooden gate.
The house is made interesting by the collection of twenty-three harpsichords rescued in time from another house in London that was bombed in the Second World War.
Tamara and I went on a tour in the house of the instruments being played by a man who knew oodles about the history of the instruments.
He knew who made them and the variations in their layout and capabilities, and also about the development and waning of the harpsichord as an instrument against the coming of the piano.
He played several of the instruments and it was a magnificent tour – really memorable. And all the more special for Tamara because she plays the piano and is a good pianist.
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