Umsindisi okhazimulayo kanye nefa elikhazimulayo
Umphakathi wase-Edwardian ongumsizi kaMargaret Greville wathembisa ukuthi uzoshiya ekhaya lakhe, i-Polesden Lacey, emndenini wasebukhosini. Wabashiya amadayimane esikhundleni sakhe futhi washiya indlu enhle ku- National Trust ngakho sonke singakujabulela.
I-boucheron tiara ekhanda kakhulu ejwayele ukugqoka umkaPrince Charles, uCamilla, Duchess of Cornwall (njengoba kufanekiselwe lapha), iyingxenye ye-Greville Bequest, i-hoard emangalisayo yedayimane, amaparele, ama-emerald nama-rubi asele ngasekupheleni kuka-Queen Elizabeth, i-Queen Queen , umngane wakhe oseduze kanye noMaggie Greville othumayo.
Ukuthi u-Elizabeth Bowes Lyon (umama waseNdlovukazi) wazizwa kanjani ngokulahlekelwa yindlu ngeso lengqondo. Abazali baka-Queen Queen wamanje, u-Elizabeth noBertie (kamuva iNkosi King George VI) babehlangene futhi bahanjelwa ePolesden Lacey, uthando lwabo lukhuthazwa ngumnikazi walo, ukukhuphuka komphakathi uMaggie Greville nonina kaBertie, iNdlovukazi uMariya. Baze bachitha isikhathi sabo sezinyanga lapho.
Ngaleso sikhathi, wayeyindodana encane yenkosi futhi edinga indlu enhle kanye nefa elikhiqizayo engenayo njengePolesden. Kodwa lapho umfowabo omdala (u-Edward VIII) ephikisana "ngowesifazane engimthandayo", uBertie no-Elizabeth babe yiNkosi neNdlovukazikazi i-Consort enesigodlo , inqaba kanye nezindawo ezimbalwa zezwe ukuze bangqongqoze. Babengafuni ngempela i-Polesden I-Lacey ayisekho. Mhlawumbe yingakho uMaggie abuyele esithembisweni sakhe.
Ubani owayenguMaggie Greville, Umsikazi we-Hostess With the Mostest?
Indlela indodakazi engekho emthethweni ye-Brewery yaseScotland kanye nenceku yendlu yokulala ephakama ukuba ibe ngumdlalo wombuso wasebukhosini futhi osondelene nama-maharajahs, amakhosi ase-Greece aseGrisi naseSpain, izinkanyezi zezinkanyezi kanye nabadumile kuyizindaba ezithakazelisayo ezenzeka ngesikhathi uvakashela ePolesden Lacey .
Ngesikhathi esengena emphakathini, ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19, ubaba wakhe wezigidi wayinikeze indaba ehloniphekile yokuzalwa kwakhe, wayezibonele ngasese emfundweni yakhe, ekugcineni washada nomama wakhe futhi wayemtholile njengendlalifa yakhe.
Kungenzeka ukuthi into engcono kakhulu ayenzela yona kwakuwukugqugquzela isimo sakhe njengenkosikazi yakhe ukuheha u-Hon. URonald Greville (indlalifa nesihloko kanye nesidingo semali) kumyeni.
Ingxenye yesethi yomphakathi eyayihlanganisa u-Edward, i-Prince of Wales (kamuva u-King Edward VII), u-Greville wethula uMaggie emphakathini. "UNkk Ronnie", njengoba esaziwa, wayehlakaniphile futhi wayefisa ukuzinakekela abanye.
Mayelana nalawo madayimane
Ungathola umbono obuseduze we-Greville tiara (i-replica eqondile eyenziwe ngamakristenti futhi unamathisele empeleni) lapho uvakashela i-Polesden Lacey, unyaka wonke ovulekile futhi uhambo oluncane oluvela eLondon.
Kukhona i-resonance ekhethekile yokuthi uCamilla uyinkosikazi ejwayele ukugqoka amadayimane aseGreville.
U-Ronald Greville wayeyingxenye yokugembula nokugijima okufaka phakathi umngane wakhe oseduze kakhulu wezingane, uGeorge Keppel kanye neNkosana yaseWales. UmkaKeppel, u-Alice washesha waba umngane omkhulu kaMaggie. Ngenkathi iNkosana yaseWales yaba iNkosi u-Edward VII, u-Alice naye waba inkosikazi yokugcina neyintandokazi yenkosikazi (wayibiza ngokuthi "Kingy)." U-Alice neNkosi bachitha izimoto eziningi ezithokozile ePolesden Lacey ekamelweni lamakamelo. U-Alice Keppel wayeyinhlokokazi kaCamilla. Indodakazi ka-Alice, uSonia Keppel, wayeyinkosikazi kaMaggie nogogo kaCamilla. Ubani owayenguyise wangempela ka-Sonia? Awu, uma kuphela izindonga zePolesden Lacey zingakhuluma.
Ngesikhathi uMaggie noRonald Greville bethenga ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19 leminyaka eSyrey estate, i-Polesden Lacey, ngo-1906, baqala ukuguqula indlu yezwe ne-Neoclassical eyithulile kanye nefa lepulazi ebhokisini eliyigcoke elimhlophe lendlu efanelekile yokujabulisa ubukhosi. U-Greville washona ngo-1908 ngaphambi kokuba kuqedwe imisebenzi yokuvuselela. Kodwa uMaggie lo mfelokazi ojabule, isikhundla sakhe emphakathini wase-Edwardian manje siphenduke ngamandla, saqhubeka.
Waqasha abakhi bezemidlalo uMewes noDavis, abakhele iRitz Hotel eLondon , ukuvuselela indlu - kanye nekhaya lomdlali wezemidlalo uRichard Brinsley Sheridan - phezulu kuze kube sekugcineni, akukho mali egcinwe. Kwakukhona amakamelo angu-200 nalokho okushiwo iBrithani ngokuthi "yonke inhlonipho yomzimba" bese kuthiwa yiyo yonke into.
I-Polesden yayisetshenziswe ngokuphelele. Amakamelo ayo okulala amaningi ahambela amakholi futhi ayese-en-suite - anezindlu zangasese zokugeza - into eyayingakapheli ngaleso sikhathi, ngisho nasendlini enkulu kakhulu.
Indlu yakhe yokugezela yilezi zindawo zokugeza zangasese eMaritz ngaleso sikhathi. Uma unesifiso sokuthi izindlu zangasese zehhotela laseLondon zazifana nomphakathi wazo omkhulu kakhulu, ophakeme kakhulu, udinga ukuvakashela kuphela i-Polesden Lacey.
Ukuhlakanipha ngaphezu kwakho konke
Lapho ebuzwa ukuphawula inhlebo noma amangala amanje, uMaggie Greville uzokuthi, "Angilandeli abantu ezindlini zabo zokulala. Yilokho abakwenza ngaphandle kwabo okubalulekile." Futhi wenza konke angakwenza ukuze avikele ubumfihlo bezivakashi zakhe.
UNksz Greville wayenomunye wezakhiwo zokuqala ezifake indlu yangasese. Wahamba esuka ekamelweni letiye elikaMnu. Greville waya ekamelweni lakhe lokulala ukuze yena-noma izivakashi ezikhethekile-angakwazi ukuhlala ngaphandle ngokungahambi phakathi kwabendlu yakhe, okungenzeka ukuthi uyingxenye ye "saloon".
Uphiko olwengeziwe lwanezelwa endlini ukuze lusethele i-king's suite - eyakhelwe iNkosi Edward VII. I-Suite sika-King - okwamanje isetshenziselwa igumbi lomhlangano - ingavakashelwa kwelinye lezinkambo zokuthi "Izindawo ezingabonakali" zikaNational Trust (bheka ngezansi).
Ukuphatha ukufika nokuhamba kwezivakashi zakhe ezehlukene endlini yezindlu kwakufanele kube umsebenzi omkhulu kuMnu. Greville nezinceku zakhe. U-King Edward waya emhlanganweni wakhe wokuqala wendlu ngo-1909. Indlovukazi yakhe uNksz Alice Keppel (ugogo-dolobha weDuchess of Cornwall - uCamilla Parker-Bowles njengoba wayekhona) nomyeni wakhe babekhona futhi. Kodwa wayenjalo nkosikazi wakhe kanye nomyeni wakhe!
Izinceku Eziqotho Nabanye
Ngentando yakhe, uNksz Greville washiya izikhalazo ezikhululekile ebuthweni lezinceku eziphawulekayo, ezinye zazo ezazizisebenzele impilo yonke yokusebenza. Kodwa akuwona wonke umuntu osebenza ePolesden Lacey engabalwa ukuze alondoloze ukuhlakanipha kwendlu. Ukuhambela ama-royals angaphandle, ama-nawaab ase-Indian kanye nama-potentate asempumalanga bavame ukuletha abapheki babo kanye nabasebenzi basekhishini. Ukuze uzivimbele ekuhloleni nasekuhlekeleni mayelana nabafikayo nokuhamba, amawindi ekhishi ayefihlwe ngokuphelele. Uma uvakashela, ubheke umnyango wangaphambili bese ubheka amafasitela esezansi esezansi ekugcineni kwendlu. Okubukeka njengendwangu eminyene ye-ivy isidingo sokusika emuva empeleni isikrini esilusiwe sakhula ngamabomu ukuze uvimbele amawindi. Cabanga ukuthi kumelwe ukuba kwakunjani ukusebenza kulawo makhikhini angenakulungiswa, ngemuva kwamafasitele avaliwe, ehlobo.
AmaGrounds
I-Polesden Lacey yangaphakathi ingase ibe yinkimbinkimbi kuze kube yilapho sekudangala. Ngakho ngaphambi kokuba usebenzise wonke amandla akho okuzibuza ngaphakathi endlini, sebenzisa isikhathi esithile ezindadini ezingavamile nezizathu. Ijaji langaphambili lekhishi lenziwe insimu yase-rose ngasentshonalanga yendlu futhi kukhona insimu enkulu enodonga enezimangalo ezimnandi ezithintekayo, ikhontela lezinyosi ezibekwe amaqanda nenye yezinyosi zezinyosi. Izingadi, ngendlela, zigcinwa ngonyaka othakazelisayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kunamahektare angu-1 400 wezwe elinemephu ehamba ngamapulangwe, ehamba ngezinja ezihambisana nezinja nezintaba.
Izivakashi zamasimu zamahhala zenziwa nsuku zonke ngo-11: 30 ekuseni, ngo-12: 45 ntambama, ngo-2: 00 no-3:15 ntambama
Indlu
Amakamelo angu-200 ePolesden Lacey avulelekile emphakathini futhi kukhona amacebo okugcina abuyisele futhi avule elinye i-26. Kusukela eminithini oyifakayo, kubonakala sengathi indlu yenzelwe ukuzijabulisa. Ukunyakaza okuphakazelisayo okuphindwe kabili kwezitebhisi ezibomvu okuphuma e- Central Hall kwacaca kuhloswe ukuba kungene eminyangweni enkulu. IKhabhinethi evulekile ekuhambeni kokuqala okugcwele ama-porcelain amahle - Meissen, Limoges, Sèvres - iyisibonakaliso sokuqala sezinkazimulo ezizayo. Eqinisweni, yonke indawo obukeka ngayo (ngaphandle kwamakamelo okulala, anokuthula futhi anqotshwe), indlu igcwele amaqoqo ayo, i-silver, 17 ifenisha yaseFrance nesiNtaliyane, iFlemish neDutch Old Masters. Ngaphambi kokuba ushiye iHholo LaseHholo LaseHholo LaseHholo LaseKhaya, ujabulele imidwebo yamapulangwe eqoshiwe. Ihlanganisa isikrini se-altare esasindiswa esontweni esakhiwe nguChristopher Wren owadala iSt. Paul's Cathedral. I-chandelier enkulu kakhulu isiliva.
Eminye yemidwebo engcono kakhulu iboniswa kugalari ende ende ye-Jacobean eneveyili ehlotshiswe kakhulu, i-barrel-vaulted. Ngenkathi eshiya i-Polesden Lacey eya ku-National Trust, uMaggie wachaza ukuthi imidwebo engcono kakhulu evela ekhaya lakhe eMefafair, eLondon, izolethwa endlini yaseSurrey ukuba iboniswe ndawonye.
Umtapo wezincwadi uhlanganisa ideskini yama-mahogany yezinkulungwane ezingama-19 lapho uMnu. Greville ehlela impilo yakhe yomphakathi - manje ehlanganiswe nezithombe zabahle nabahle abazithokozile lapho.
Igumbi leBhilidi elinama-mahogany alo akha amatafula amabhilidi kwaba emva kokudla ukudla kwe-menfolk. U-King Edward VII ngokungangabazeki wadlala amabhilidi kuleli tafula futhi wamukelekile ukuba uhambe lapho uvakashela.
I- Dining Room enhle kakhulu eyayinezikhathi zokudla ezavame ukufaka amakhanda ambalwa, azinxusa, abahlakaniphileyo nabanakekeli - uNoel Coward ngezinye izikhathi wayekhipha izindlebe ngezivakashi. Hlola ibhuku lezivakashi, ukubona ukuthi ngubani owafika esidlweni, futhi amamenyu - ngesiFulentshi - ngezikhathi zokudla eziyisi-12 azijabulela. Phakathi kwalezi zithombe kuleli kamelo, bheka omunye kababa kaMaggie, uWilliam McEwan, isikhulu sezokwephuza saseScotland esinezigidi zakhe ekugcineni ezikhokhela impilo kaMaggie.
Igumbi leTiye likaMnu. Greville, ngokungafani nokugubha kwamanye amakamelo omphakathi, kulula futhi kuwesifazane, ngamasethi amancane kanye nama-Aubusson amaphepathi emakhasini e-pink, ukhilimu, kanye nohlaza oluhlaza. Yilapho uMnu. Greville engena khona abangane bakhe besifazane abasondelene kakhulu. UNdlovukazi uMariya wayeyaziwa ukuthi uvuka ekuseni futhi uzibizele itiye ngalo ntambama efanayo. UMaggie wayelokhu egcina ingxube yakhe eyintandokazi esandleni sakhe futhi abasebenzi bakhe babekwazi ukushaya zonke izidlo ezidingekayo ngokuphawula kwesikhashana.
Lokhu kuyisisekelo nje se-iceberg. Kodwa sesilondoloze okusemandleni okugcina ngoba igumbi elimangalisayo kakhulu, lapho kunezinhlangothi ezikhazimulayo kakhulu, yiGold Saloon.
Amakamelo we-Age Gilded
Nakuba uMaggie Greville enziwe uDame we-Order of the British Empire (OBE), kwakuyisihloko angakaze asisebenzise. Indodakazi ye-brewer yaseScotland, yathi udinga "kunokuba abe yizinyosi kunesiperesi." Noma kunjalo, waqoqa amakhosi njengezintelezi esikhwameni futhi wayehlala ebuhleni lobukhosi ngokwakhe. Uma kukhona ubufakazi obudingekayo, vele uhambe ngeGold Saloon e-Polesden Lacey.
Ngesikhathi leli kamelo lihlotshisiwe, uNksz Greville wayevakashele eNdiya lapho ebenesivakashi sabamanye ama-maharajahs abacebile kakhulu, abavele bajoyina uhlu lwabavakashi. Ekuhlobiseni i-Gold Saloon, utshele abakhi bakhe ukuthi ufuna igumbi "elifanele ukujabulisa uMaharajah." Bayibophezela ngokugcwalisa igumbi nge-gilt paneling evela e-palazzo yase-Italy yekhulu le-18. Noma yikuphi isikhala esingahlanganiswa nendawo yokugqoka sibonisa izibuko nakwezingcebele ezindala ze-antique.
Amatafula amancane anama-glasi amancane kanye nama-étagère asebezungeza ekamelweni akhombisa izikhulu zezipho eziyigugu - izilwane ezinamakhemikhali amabili ezenziwe yi-Fabergé noCartier, amabhokisi amancane e-jade eqoshiwe, ama-ayindlovu, i-koqweqwe lwawo negolide, ama-miniatures agcwele amapharele namagugu ayigugu. UNkk. Greville wayekuthanda ukubonisa izivakashi ezintsha izinto azithandayo futhi (hinting mhlawumbe) ememezela ukuphana kwesivakashi obekunike lona.
Ngokusho kweNational Trust, igumbi lenzelwe "ukugwinya nokudakwa." Ngokusobala, abanye abahlala naye babecabanga ukuthi leli gumbi lisihlamba futhi liliqhathanisa nomngcele. Kodwa iningi lalisithandwa kakhulu. Thatha isikhathi sokuthatha eyodwa yezinkambo zokuhamba eduze kwamasango e-Gold Saloon, ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nokubetha okumangalisayo.
Izindawo zokungena ezingabonakali
Amakhulu amakamelo awavamile ukuvuleka emphakathini futhi asetshenziswa njengamahhovisi, izindawo zokugcina kanye namagumbi okusebenzela. Kodwa ufike ngo-2: 15 nsuku zonke futhi ungajoyina ngemuva kokubukwa kwezigcawu zalezi ndawo ezifihliwe. Zibandakanya izinsizakalo zezinceku, izakhamuzi zezihambeli, imizila efihliwe, ihholo lezinceku, igumbi lokulala likaWilliam McEwan, kanye noBeard Greville's boudoir. Ngo-2017, ngokokuqala ngqa, lolu hambo luzothatha i-King's Suite - i-Edward VII ekamelweni lokulala.
Lezi zivakashi zikhululekile kepha ukuphakanyiswa kwe £ 2 umuntu ngamunye kwisikhalo sokuvula i-Polesden Lacey kuphakanyisiwe. Isikhalazo sikhulisa izimali zokubuyisela nokuvula cishe amaphesenti angama-40 ngaphezulu kwendlu yezivakashi.
Izivakashi Eziyisisekelo
Kuphi: I- Polesden Lacey, i-Great Bookham, eduze neDorking, i-Surrey, i-RH5 6BD
- Lapho: Nsuku zonke ngaphandle koKhisimusi noKhisimusi. Indlu ivuliwe kusukela ngo-11: 00 kuya ku-4: 00 ebusuku (ngohambo oluqondisiwe kuze kube ngu-12: 30 ntambama). Izingadi, isitolo, i-cafe, ne-restaurant zivuliwe kusukela ngo-10 ekuseni.
- Ukwamukelwa: Amathikithi abadala, abantwana, amantombazane kanye neqembu atholakalayo. Amalungu e-National Trust kanye nabanikazi be- National Trust Overseas Touring passes baya mahhala.
- Ukupaka: Kukhona imali engu-£ 5 yokupaka yabangewona amalungu.
- Vakashela iwebhusayithi ye-Polesden Lacey ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi.