Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Bunny chats to Desmond MacCarthy at his stunning Wiveton Hall with its flint faced, Dutch gabled Jacobean manor and associated gardens.
Desmond MacCarthy starred in the BBC hit TV series ‘Normal for Norfolk’ which followed the life of this aristocratic gentleman through the seasons. It was the precursor to ‘Clarkson’s Farm.
Desmond has lived all his life here and puts all his efforts into keeping this historic grade 2* listed house and buildings in good order despite only having 250 acres to support it. He has started other ventures such as letting holiday cottages, an extremely successful café and he also does garden and house tours.
See the Walled Garden which was damaged by a massive invasion of the sea bursting through the walls in the 1953 floods. Now some of the walls are lower as a result. The sea sadly also washed away the old greenhouses. There is a sunken garden created in the early 1900 plus some stunning garden buildings. The marshes and sea are highly visible around the farm. The north Norfolk coast has lots to see nearby at Blackeney and Cley next the Sea. Blickling Hall and Houghton Hall are close too.
For a longer story of Desmond’s life including his trials and tribulations during the filming of BBC’s Normal for Norfolk series, listen to Bunny’s podcast ‘Bunny in the garden with Desmond MacCarthy’.
#normalfornorfolk #bunnyguinnesspodcast
Bunny chats to Desmond MacCarthy at his stunning Wiveton Hall with its flint faced, Dutch gabled Jacobean manor and associated gardens.
Desmond MacCarthy starred in the BBC hit TV series ‘Normal for Norfolk’ which followed the life of this aristocratic gentleman through the seasons. It was the precursor to ‘Clarkson’s Farm.
Desmond has lived all his life here and puts all his efforts into keeping this historic grade 2* listed house and buildings in good order despite only having 250 acres to support it. He has started other ventures such as letting holiday cottages, an extremely successful café and he also does garden and house tours.
See the Walled Garden which was damaged by a massive invasion of the sea bursting through the walls in the 1953 floods. Now some of the walls are lower as a result. The sea sadly also washed away the old greenhouses. There is a sunken garden created in the early 1900 plus some stunning garden buildings. The marshes and sea are highly visible around the farm. The north Norfolk coast has lots to see nearby at Blackeney and Cley next the Sea. Blickling Hall and Houghton Hall are close too.
For a longer story of Desmond’s life including his trials and tribulations during the filming of BBC’s Normal for Norfolk series, listen to Bunny’s podcast ‘Bunny in the garden with Desmond MacCarthy’.
#normalfornorfolk #bunnyguinnesspodcast
