Lesi sigaba esingaziwa kakhulu se- Hampstead Heath esithintekayo ngumcebo ofihliwe. Abanye bakubiza ngokuthi 'ingadi eyimfihlo' njengoba ungasondelana kakhulu ngaphandle kokuthi uyazi ukuthi ukhona. (Ngesikhathi sokuqala ngangiyifuna ngayahamba esiseduze isikhathi esithile ngaphambi kokuthola ingadi ukuze ubone izinkomba ekupheleni kwalesi sihloko.)
Insimu kanye ne-pergola akuyona imfihlo ngempela njengoba ivulekele emphakathini kusukela ngawo-1960 futhi iyisibonelo esimangalisayo sobukhulu obukhulu be-Edwardian.
Umlando we-Garden Garden
Indaba iqala ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20. Ngo-1904 idolobha elikhulu elisemaphethelweni eHoststead Heath elibiza ngokuthi 'The Hill' lathengwa nguWilliam H Lever owayengumsunguli weLever Brothers. Lesi sikhulu seseti, kamuva owaba yiNkosi Leverhulme, wayengumfelandawonye ocebile, futhi ungumphathi wezobuciko, izakhiwo nezakhiwo zokulima.
Ngo-1905 Lever uthenge umhlaba ozungezile futhi wahlela ukwakha i-pergola emangalisayo kumaqembu egadi futhi njengendawo yokuchitha isikhathi nomndeni nabangane. Wathuma uTomas Mawson, isakhiwo sezwe esidumile emhlabeni wonke, ukuba angamele ukwakhiwa. UMawson wayengumqondisi ohamba phambili wezobuciko nezobuciko futhi wahola u-Humphrey Repton; bobabili abamemezela ukubaluleka kokuxhumanisa insimu nezwe elibanzi ngokunciphisa kancane kancane amazinga okusebenza. I-Hill Garden nePergola isibe yinye yezibonelo ezisezingeni eliphezulu zomsebenzi wakhe.
Ngokweqile, lapho iqala ePergola ngo-1905, kwakhiwa isandiso seNorthern Line (Underground) eHoststead. Lokhu kuthungatha kwakusho inani elikhulu lenhlabathi eyingqayizivele okumelwe ilahlwe futhi iNkosi Leverhulme yathola imali enkulu yokulayisha inqola ngayinye yenhlabathi eyayithola eyamnika ikhono lokubona iphupho lakhe futhi i-pergola yakhe iphakamise phezulu, njengoba kuhlelwe.
Ngonyaka we-1906 iPergola yayiphelile kodwa izandiso ezengeziwe kanye nezengezo zaqhubeka iminyaka eminingi.
Ngo-1911 umhlaba owodwa ozungezile wawuthola futhi ukukhathazeka 'komphakathi ngendlela efanele' kwakhiwa ukwakhiwa kwebhuloho lamatshe phezu komphakathi.
Impi Yezwe Yodwa yayeka inqubekela phambili ukuze ukuthuthukiswa okulandelayo kungagcwaliswa kuze kufike ngo-1925 ngesandiso ePergola - engeza i-Summer Pavilion - kungekudala ngaphambi kweNkosi Lord Leverhulme washona ngo-7 Meyi 1925.
I-Hill House yathengwa nguBaron Inverforth futhi yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi yi-Inverforth House. Wahlala lapha kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe ngo-1955 kanti le ndawo yayinempilo emfushane njengendlu ye-Manor House Hospital.
Ngokudabukisayo, ukukhishwa kwangaphambili kweNkosi Lord Leverhulme's Hill Garden kwakungagcinwa futhi ukuchithwa kwamatshe kwakusho izitsha eziningi zangempela ePergola zazibolile ngaphandle kokulungiswa. Ngo-1960 uMkhandlu WaseLondon County wathenga iPerggola nezivande ezihambisanayo futhi waqala umsebenzi wokulondolozwa.
Ngenhlanhla, uMkhandlu kanye nezidumbu zawo (i-Greater London Council ne-City of London Corporation okwamanje igcina isikhala) sebenze ukubuyisela izingadi kubandakanya ukungeza echibini le-lily kwisayithi lenkantolo yezintambo. Indawo ivulekele emphakathini kusukela ngo-1963.
I-Pergola
Ngamamitha angaba ngu-800 ubude, i-Pergola iyisakhiwo esibhalwe phansi seBanga lesi-2 futhi isikhathi eside njengoba umthamo we-Canary Wharf ubude. Indlela ehloniphekile yamakholomu ezindawo zamatshe ezindala, ezinamapulangwe ezisekelwe ngamapulangwe, inikeza umgwaqo ophakanyisiwe ngemivini nemifino egcwele emoyeni.
Kunesimo esiyingqayizivele e-Hill Garden njengoba ungakwazi ukuqonda ubukhulu obuphelile kodwa bugcwele uhlamvu. Indawo enhle ngokuthula futhi indawo ephelele yepikinikini yothando.
Kuyindawo engenazo inja - isignali yesango ithi "AYI-DOGS (hhayi ngisho neyakho)" - ukuze ukwazi ukujabulela utshani futhi uphumule otshanini.
Izikhombisi-ndlela
Ikheli: Inverforth Vala, kusuka eNyakatho End Way, eLondon NW3 7EX
Isiteshi sesiteshi esiseduze: iGolder's Green (Northern Line)
(Sebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Citymapper noma i- Journey Planner ukuhlela indlela yakho ngokuthutha komphakathi.)
Phuma esiteshini uphenduke ngakwesobunxele uphinde ukhuphuke phezulu egqumeni ngaseNorth End Road.
Ngemuva kwemizuzu engaba ngu-10 uzobona ukungena ku-Hampstead Heath noGolders Hill Park ngakwesokudla, ngokuphambene nokuphendukela kweHalkstead Way ngakwesokunxele sakho. Kukhona ukuhamba ngezinyawo ukuwela epaki. Faka ipaki futhi kukhona i-cafe lapha nezindlu zangasese. Uma silungile, ngokumelene ne-cafe kuwuphawu olukuqondisa e-'Gold Garden & Pergola '. Thatha le ndlela, ukhuphuka izinyathelo, uphinde uqondise ngqo esangweni ukuze ufaka i-Hill Garden. Uyongena eduze echibini le-lily. Kunamanye amasango kodwa lokhu kufanele kube okulula ukuthola lapho uqala ukuvakashela.
Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni: www.cityoflondon.gov.uk