| Felbrigg is a small village which lies approximately
3 miles south-west of Cromer.
It is well known for Felbrigg Hall - a brick, flint and
ashlar construction dating from
the 1620s. Across the balustrade of the house are the
words: GLORIA DEO IN EXCELSIS.
The hall was the home of the Windham family and was
originally built by Thomas Windham. More recently it was
the home of Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer
(1906-1969) who was a distinguished historian and biographer.
Felbrigg Hall
Ketton-Cremer was educated at Harrow and Oxford and wrote a
number of books about the county including Norfolk in
the Civil War (1969) and A Norfolk Gallery
(1948). However, he is probably best remembered
for Felbrigg, the story of a House (1962) which
charts the history of his family from the early
seventeenth century.
Memorial Plaque to R.
W. Ketton Cremer, Felbrigg Hall
On his death, he bequeathed Felbrigg Hall to the
National Trust.
St. Margaret's church, which lies in the grounds of
Felbrigg Hall, contains many memorials to the Windham
family. It also contains some of the finest brasses in
the county. Sir Thomas
Browne was the Windham family physician and attended
both Thomas Windham (c.1585-1654) and his son John
Windham (1622-1665). In August 1892, Oscar Wilde
rented a house in the village of Felbrigg while working
on his new play A Woman of No Importance.
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