Umninimzi oqaqambileyo kunye neLifa eliLungileyo
Umphakathi wase-Edwardian umncedisi uMargaret Greville wathembisa ukushiya ikhaya lakhe, i-Polesden Lacey, kwintsapho yasebukhosini. Wawashiya idayimane esikhundleni sakhe waza washiya indlu enhle kwiSizwe seTrust ukuze sonke sinandipha.
I-Boucheron tiara ephazimulayo idla ngoNkosana uCharles's wife, Camilla, Duchess yaseConwwall (njengoko ichazwe apha), inxalenye ye-Greville Bequest, i-hoard ephawulekayo yeadayimane, iiparele, i-emeralds kunye neerbies ezishiye ku-Queen Elizabeth, uM Queen Elizabeth , ngumhlobo wakhe osondeleyo kunye noMggie Greville.
U-Elizabeth Elizabeth Bowes u-Lyon (u-Queen Queen) wayeva njani malunga nokulahlekelwa ngaphandle kwendlu. Abazali baka-Queenkazi banje, u-Elizabeth kunye noBertie (kamva uKumkani George VI) behlanganisene kunye neentlophelo kwi-Polesden Lacey, uthando lwabo olukhuthazwa ngumnini wabo, ukunyuka kwentlalo yoluntu uMaggie Greville kunye nonina kaBertie, uMariya uMariya. Baye bachitha ixesha labo lokutshata.
Ngelo xesha, wayeyindodana encinci yokumkani kwaye enesidingo sendlu enhle kunye nepropati yokuvelisa imali njengePolesden. Kodwa xa umzalwana wakhe omdala (u-Edward VIII) egxeka "kumfazi endithandayo", uBertie noElizabethe baba nguKumkani kunye neNdlovukazi yaseConstitute kunye nenqaba , iinqaba kunye neendawo ezimbalwa zelizwe ukuba zidibanise. Lacey kwakhona. Mhlawumbi isizathu sokuba uMaggie abuyele kwisithembiso sakhe.
Ngubani owayengumGgie Greville, umNcedisi kunye noNgcono kakhulu?
Indlela intombi engekho mthethweni yaseBrooklyn kunye nesigqeba sendlu yokulala esenyuka ukuba ibe ngumdlalo wokumkani kunye nolwalamano lwama-maharaya, ama-anti-asearch yaseGrisi neSpeyin, iinkwenkwezi ze-movie kunye nabadumileyo ibali elincomekayo eliqhubekayo xa u tyelela ePolesden Lacey .
Ngethuba lokungena kwakhe emphakathini, ngasekupheleni kweXesha le-19, uyise wenzululwazi wayebonelele ibali elihloniphekileyo lokuzalwa kwakhe, wayezibonele ngasese kwimfundo yakhe, ekugqibeleni wayemtshata unina waza wamvuma ukuba uyindlalifa yakhe.
Into eyona nto ayenyenzele yona yayikuphakamisa isimo sakhe njengesigxina sakhe ukukhangela umthombo odibeneyo no-Hon .Ronald Greville (indlalifa kwisihloko kunye nokufuna imali) kumyeni.
Ingxenye yesetyenzana sentlalo ebandakanya u-Edward, iNkosana yaseWales (kamva u-King Edward VII), uGrville wazisa uMaggie kuluntu. "UNksz Ronnie", njengoko waziwa, wayeyilumko kwaye unxanelekile ukunyamekela abanye.
NgezoDayimane
Unokufumana umboniso osondeleyo we-Greville tiara (i-replica ecacileyo eyenziwe ngamakristal kwaye unamathele ngokwenene) xa u tyelela i-Polesden Lacey, unyaka ovulekileyo kunye ne-short drive ukusuka eLondon.
Kukho i-resonance ekhethekileyo kwinto yokuba uCamilla ungowokumkani odla ngokugqithisa idayimani zaseGriville.
URonald Greville wayeyinxalenye yokugembula kunye nomdlalo wokugijima owaquka umngane wakhe osondeleyo kumntwana, uGeorge Keppel kunye neNkosana yaseWales. Umfazi kaKeppel, u-Alice washesha waba ngumhlobo omkhulu kaMaggie. Xa iNkosana yaseWales yaba ngu-King Edward VII, uAlice naye waba inkosikazi yokugqibela kunye nentandokazi (wayeyibiza ngokuthi "Kingy)." UAlice kunye noKumkani basebenzisa iindibano ezinokubhokoxa kwiPolesden Lacey kwiqela lamagumbi elongezelelweyo endlwini U-Alice Keppel wayengumakhulu ka-Camilla. Intombi ka-Alice, uSonia Keppel, wayengumtshakazi kaMaggie kunye nogogo kaCamilla. Ubani oonyana baka-Sonia boqobo? Akunjalo, ukuba iindonga zePolesden Lacey zithetha kuphela.
Xa uMaggie noRonald Greville bathenga ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19 lempahla ye-Surrey, i-Polesden Lacey, ngo-1906, bahlala beyijika kwi-Neoclassical house yelizwe kunye neefama zasemaphandleni kwibhokisi eliyigcoba le-jewel yendlu efanelekileyo yokuzonwabisa. UGrville wabulawa ngo-1908 ngaphambi kokuba kulungiswe imisebenzi yokulungiswa. Kodwa uMaggie umhlolokazi ocolileyo, isikhundla sakhe kwintlangano yase-Edwardian ngoku ixilongo eqinile, yaqhubeka.
Waqesha abakhi bezobugcisa uMewes noDavis, abayilungiselele iRitz Hotel eLondon , ukulungiswa kwendlu - kanye nekhaya lomdlali odlala umdlalo uRichard Brinsley Sheridan - phezulu ukuya ngaphantsi, akukho mali egcinwe. Kwakunamagumbi angama-200 kunye noko iBritish ibhekisela kuyo ngokuthi "yonke intlawulo yesimo" kwaye enye inye nganye.
I-Polesden yachaneka ngokupheleleyo. Amagumbi amaninzi eendwendwe ezithengayo ayenamathelefoni kwaye ayenayo i-en-suite - kunye neendawo zokuhlambela zangasese - into eyayingakuqondanga ngelo xesha, kwindlu ezinkulu kakhulu.
Indlu yakhe yokuhlambela yindawo efanelekileyo yokuhlambela i-marble kwiRitz ngelo xesha. Ukuba ufuna ukwazi ukuba iindawo zokuhlambela ihotele zaseLondon zifana nobungakanani obuphezulu, uluntu oluphezulu, kufuneka uvakashele i-Polesden Lacey kuphela.
Ubulumko ngaphezu kwakho konke
Xa uceliwe ukuba ubeke iingcamango zamangqungquthela zamanje okanye izihlazo, uMaggie Greville uya kuthi, "Andizilandeli abantu ezindlini zabo zokulala. Yiloo nto abenza ngaphandle kwabo kubalulekile." Kwaye wenza konke akwaziyo ukukhusela ubumfihlo beendwendwe zakhe.
UNksz Greville unomnye wabaphakanyisi bokuqala abafake indlu yangasese. Wahamba esuka kwigumbi lakwaTy Greville langasese ukuya kwigumbi lakhe lokulala ukuze yena-okanye iindwendwe ezikhethekileyo-ahambe ngokugqithiseleyo ngaphandle kokudlula phakathi kwabendlu yakhe, othe wahlala ehlala "kwi-saloon".
Iphiko elongezelelweyo longezelelwe kwindlu nje ukuze lenze indawo yokumkani - eyakhelwe uKing Edward VII. Suite ye-King - ngoku isetyenziselwa njengendawo yokuhlangana - inokutyelelwa kwelinye leSizwe "seZithuba ezingabonakaliyo" (jonga ngezantsi).
Ukulawula ukufika kunye nokuhamba kweendwendwe zakhe ezahlukeneyo kwindlu yendlu kufuneka kube ngumsebenzi omkhulu kuMnu. Greville kunye nabakhonzi bakhe. UKumkani u-Edward waya kwindibano yakhe yokuqala endlwini ka-1909. Inkosikazi yakhe uNksz Alice Keppel (ugogo-ugogo weDuchess of Cornwall - uCamil Parker-Bowles njengokuba wayekho) kunye nomyeni wakhe bekhona nabo. Kodwa ke wayenkosikazi yakhe yangaphambili kunye nomyeni wakhe!
Abakhonzi Abathembekileyo nabanye
Ngentando yakhe, uNksz Greville washiya iindwendwe ezivulekileyo kumkhosi obalaseleyo wabakhonzi, abanye babo babemsebenzela bonke ubomi babo. Kodwa akusiyo wonke umntu osebenza ePolesden Lacey onokubalwa ukuba agcine ingqiqo yendlu. Ama-royals angaphandle ahambeleyo, amaNawaabs aseNdiya kunye neempuma zempuma zazivame ukuzisa abapheki babo nabasebenzi bekhitshi. Ukubathintela ukuhlola kunye nokuhleba malunga nabafikile kunye nokuhamba, iifestile zasekhitshini zazingcatshulwa. Xa u tyelela, jongana nomnyango wangaphambili uze ukhangele iifestile zomgangatho ongaphantsi komhlaba. Oko kubonakala ngathi isambatho esinyeneyo semigqomo eswele isidingo sokusika kwakhona empeleni isikrini esikhulisiweyo sakhula ngokuzithandela ukuvimba amawindi. Khawucinge nje ukuba kwakunjani ukuba usebenze kulezo khitshi ezingenakulungiswa, emva kweefestile ezivaliweyo, ehlobo.
Amaziko
I-polesden Lacey yangaphakathi iyakwazi ukuphazamiseka kwiqondo lokuxhalabisa. Ngoko ngaphambi kokuba usebenzise lonke amandla akho ukuba uzibuze ngaphakathi kwindlu, sebenzisa ixesha elithile ezindadini ezingavamile kunye nezizathu. Igadi yangaphambili yekhitshi yenziwe kwimiyezo yase-rose ngasentshonalanga kwendlu kwaye kukho insimu enkulu eneengcango ezinemizila eminquba emininzi, ikhonkco leenkukhu ze-egg-laying kunye nelinye ixesha leenyosi. Imiyezo, ngendlela, igcinwa unyaka wonke. Ukongezelela, kukho iihektare ezili-1,400 zelizwe elithile kunye neendlela eziphambili zeemephu, ezinobungqina bezinja zokuhamba kweenduli kunye neenkuni.
Iiholide zeegadi zamahhala zenziwa rhoqo ngosuku ngo-11: 30 ekuseni, ngo-12: 45 ntambama, nge-2 ntambama no-3:15 ntambama
Indlu
Amashumi ama-anesithoba anesithoba e-Polesden Lacey amacandelo angama-200 avulelekileyo kuluntu kwaye zikho izicwangciso zokugqibela nokubuyisela enye i-26. Ukususela kumzuzu oyifakayo, kubonakala ukuba indlu yenzelwe ukuzonwabisa. Ukuqhaqhaqhaqhaqhaqha kwamatye okubomvu okuphambili okuphuma kwiHolo eliPhakathi kwacaca kuhloswe ukuba kungene eminyangweni enkulu. Ikhabhinethi edibeneyo yokuqala ekuzalweni kokuzaliswa ngamapulangwe amnandi - iMeissen, iLimoges, i-Sèvres - iyisimboli sokuqala sozuko oluzayo. Enyanisweni, yonke indawo ubheka ngayo (ngaphandle kwamagumbi okulala, anokuthula kunye nokunqotshwa), indlu ifakwe kunye neqoqo le-porcelain, isilivere, ifenitshala ye-17 yesiFrentshi neyesiTaliyane, iFlemish ne-Dutch Old Masters. Ngaphambi kokuba uhambe kwiHolo eliMbindi, ujonge imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yemithi kunye nemigodi. Iquka isikrini sesibingelelo esilungiswa esontweni eyakhiwe nguChristopher Wren owenzela iSt. Paul's Cathedral. I-chandelier enkulu inesilivere.
Ezinye zezinto eziphambili zemizobo ziboniswa kwigalari yexesha elide kunye nesithambiso sayo esiqhenqileyo, esityebileyo. Xa eshiya i-Polesden Lacey kwi-National Trust, uMaggie wachaza ukuba izinto eziphambili ezenziwe ngephandle kwindlu yakhe eMefair, eLondon, ziza kufakwa indlu yaseSurrey ukuba iboniswe kunye.
IThala leencwadi liquka ideskliki ye-mahogany yekhulu lama-19 enqabileyo apho uMnu. Greville wayecwangcise ubomi bakhe bentlalo-ngoku ehlanganiswe nemifanekiso yabantu abalungileyo nabalungileyo ababezidla khona.
Igumbi leBhilidi kunye nama mahogany ayo akha iibhilidi zetafile yayidla emva kokuhlwaya kokutya kwidodafolk. U-King Edward VII akungabazeki ukuba wadlala ibhilidi kule tafile kwaye uyamkeleka ukuba uhambe xa u tyelela.
Izidlo ezithembekileyo zokuGcina iiDining Room ezazivame ukubandakanya iintloko ezininzi, iintetho, abahlakaniphileyo nabakhenkethi - UNoel Coward ngezinye iinkhathi wayedla iindlovu kwiindwendwe. Hlola incwadi yeendwendwe, ukubona ukuba ngubani oza kudla, kunye nemenyu - ngesiFrentshi - kwiidlo ezili-12 ezidliwayo. Phakathi kwezinye iifoto kule gumbi, khangela enye yooyise kaMaggie, uWilliam McEwan, umlenze waseScotland ozalisa izigidi zakhe ekugqibeleni ixhasa uMaggie indlela yokuphila.
Igumbi leTe likaMnu. Greville, ngokuphambene nokuxhamla kwamanye amagumbi oluntu, kukhanya kwaye kusemzimbeni, kunye namacwecwe amacwecwe kunye ne-Aubusson emaphepheni kwi-shades zelinki, ukhilimu kunye nohlaza oluhlaza. Yilapho uMnu. Greville amkela khona abahlobo bakhe abasetyhini. UKumkanikazi kaMariya wayeyaziwa evuka ekuseni aze azibizele itiye ngaloo mini. UMaggie wayololoko egcina umxube wakhe oyintandokazi esandleni sakhe kwaye abasebenzi bakhe babenokukwazi ukubetha zonke izidlo ezifunekayo kwisaziso somzuzu.
Oku kungumxholo we-iceberg. Kodwa siye sigcina iyona nto ibalulekileyo yokugqibela ngenxa yokuba igumbi elincomekayo kakhulu, apho iindawo ezigqithisileyo zigcinwe khona, yiGold Saloon.
Amagumbi okweBanga elibukeke
Nangona uMaggie Greville wenziwe ngeDame yoMyalelo weBrithani yoBukumkani baseBrithani (OBE), yayingumxholo awazange awusebenzise. Intombi ye-Brewerk yaseScotland, wayethetha ngokudanduluka ukuba "uya kuba yintlanzi ye-beeress kune-peeress." Nangona kunjalo, waqokelela ookumkani njengengqungquthela kwisongo kwaye wahlala ebuqaqawuli bobukhosi. Ukuba kukho ubungqina obuyimfuneko, vele uhambe ngeGold Saloon kwiLacey yasePolesden.
Ngethuba eli gumbi lihlotshisiwe, uMnu. Greville wayevelele eIndiya apho wayesisityezelo sabaninzi abacebileyo ba-maharajahs, ababethe bajoyina iindwendwe zakhe. Ekuhlobiseni i-Gold Saloon, waxelela bakhe abakhi bezakhiwo ukuba wayefuna igumbi "elungele ukukholisa uMaharaya." Banyanzeliswa ngokuzalisa igumbi nge-gilt paneling kwi-palazzo yekhulu le-18 leminyaka. Naliphi na indawo engagqunywanga ngumbumba ibonakalisa kwizibuko kunye neengqungquthela ezikhanyayo ze-antique.
Amacwecwe amancinci amancinci kunye nama-étagères asekwe ngeklasi abonisa amakhulu amakhulu izipho ezixabisekileyo - izilwanyana ezilwanyana ezinamathengi ngeFergerg neCartier, amabhokisi amancinane e-jade eqoshiwe, i-ndlovu, i-enamel kunye negolide, amashishini amancinci aneeperile kunye neempawu ezixabisekileyo. UNksz Greville wayekuthanda ukubonisa iintengiso ezintsha izinto azithandayo kunye (utshintshe mhlawumbi) ukuvakalisa ukupha ngesithende esithe sinike yona.
Ngokwe-National Trust, igumbi lenzelwe ukuba "lixakeke kwaye linxilise." Kubonakala ukuba, abanye abaphila ngexesha lakhe babecinga ukuba leli gumbi lingcolile kwaye lilifanisa nomda. Kodwa abaninzi banandipha ubomi obuhle. Thatha ixesha lokuthabatha enye yeekhokelo zamagumbi kufuphi neengcango kwi-Gold Saloon, ukuze ufunde kabanzi malunga nokubetha kwakhe okumangalisa.
Izibhengezo ezingabonakaliyo
Amakhulu emagumbi awahlali evulelekileyo kuluntu kwaye asetyenziswa njengeofisi, izithuba zokugcina kunye namagumbi okusebenzela. Kodwa fi kelela kwi-2: 15 imihla ngemihla kwaye unokujoyina emva kwesikhenketho seendawo ezifihliweyo. Baquka abahlali bezindlu, ii-guest suites, ii-corridors ezifihliweyo, iholo leenkonzo, igumbi lika-William McEwan, kunye noMnuz Greville's boudoir. Ngo-2017, ngokokuqala ngqa, uhambo luya kuthatha i-King's Suite - i-Edward VII igumbi lokulala kunye neparlor.
Iindwendwe zikhululekile kodwa umrhumo we-£ 2 ngomntu kwi- Unlock Polesden Lacey appeal. Isibheno sikhulisa imali yokubuyisela nokuvula malunga ne-40 ekhulwini kwindlu yeendwendwe.
Iimvakalo ezibalulekileyo
Kuphi: I- Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham, kufuphi neDorking, Surrey, RH5 6BD
- Nini: Nsuku zonke ngaphandle kweKrisimesi no-Usuku lweKrisimesi. Indlu ivuliwe ukususela ngo-11 ukuya kwe-4 ntambama (ngohambo olukhokelwayo kude kube ngu-12: 30 ntambama). Izitiya, ivenkile, i-cafe, kunye nevenkile yokudlela zivuliwe ukususela ngo-10 ekuseni.
- Ukwamkelwa: Amathikithi abadala, abantwana, iintsapho kunye neqela ziyafumaneka. Amalungu eNational Trust kunye nabanini be- National Trust Overseas Touring passes go free.
- Ukupaka: Kukhona i-£ 5 yokupaka iimali zokungabikho amalungu.
- Ukutyelela i-website ye-Polesden Lacey ukuze uthole ulwazi oluninzi.