A Hostess Anopenya uye Inopenya Legacy
Edwardian community hostess Margaret Greville akavimbisa kumusiya kumba, Polesden Lacey, kumhuri yeumambo. Akavasiyira madhaimani panzvimbo payo ndokubva asiya imba yakanaka kuNational Trust kuitira kuti isu tose tinakidzwe.
Iyo inofadza Boucheron tiara inowanzopfekwa nomukuru waCharles Charles, Camilla, Duchess ye Cornwall (sezvinofananidzirwa apa), chikamu cheGreeville Bequest, hoard inoshamisa yemadhamondi, maparera, emerald uye rubies yakasara kusvika pakupedzisira Queen Elizabeth, Queen Queen , neshamwari yake yepedyo uye chivimbo Maggie Greville.
Erizabheti Anobata Sei Lyon (iyekadzikadzi Mumamu) akanzwa nekusara kunze kweimba kune munhu anofungidzira. Vabereki vemazuva anokadzikadzi, Elizabeth naErtie (gare gare Mambo George VI) vakaunganidzwa pamwe vakakomborerwa paPolesden Lacey, rudo rwavo rwakakurudzirwa nemuridzi wayo, kukwira mumagariro evanhu Maggie Greville uye amai vaBertie, Queen Mary. Vakatopedza nguva yavo yechando ipapo.
Panguva iyoyo, akanga ari mwanakomana muduku wamambo uye aida imba yakanaka uye mari inowedzera mari yakafanana nePolesden. Asi apo mukoma wake mukuru (Edward VIII) akazvidza "kumukadzi wandinoda", Bertie naErizabheti vakave Mambo naMambokadzi Consort vane dzimba , nhare uye nedzimwe nzvimbo dzenyika kugogodza mukati. Havana chaizvoizvo vaida Polesden Lacey zvakare. Zvichida ndicho chikonzero Maggie akadzoka pane zvaakavimbisa.
Ndiani Maggie Greville, The Hostess With Mostestest?
Kuti sei mwanasikana asingabvumirwi nomutemo weScottish brewer uye mushandi weimba yekugara akasimuka kuti ave mutongi wemadzimambo uye anowirirana nemaharaja, avo vekare veGreece neSpain, mafirimu everedzi uye vanozivikanwa inhau inofadza inowedzera paunoshanya kuPolesden Lacey .
Nenguva yaakapinda munzanga, pakupera kwezana remakore rechi19, baba vake vane mamiriyoni vakanga vapa rukudzo ruremekedzo rwekuberekwa kwake, vainge vamuona muchivande, uye pakupedzisira vakaroora amai vake uye vakanga vamubvuma kuti ndiye mugari wenhaka yake.
Zvichida chinhu chakanaka chaakaitira iye ndechekusimudzira hupenyu hwake semuzinda wake wokukwezva tsime rakabatanidzwa Hon.Ronald Greville (mugari wenhaka uye mukuda mari) kumurume.
Chimwe chikamu chekugara kwevanhu chinosanganisira Edward, Prince of Wales (gare gare Mambo Edward VII), Greville akaisa Maggie muvanhu. "Mai Ronnie", sezvaakasvika pakuzivikanwa, akanga akangwara uye achida chaizvo kutarisira vamwe vose.
Neavo Madhaimondi
Iwe unogona kuwana maonero ari pedyo-maGreeville tiara (iyo yakanyatsogadzirwa yemakristasi uye kunyanya chaizvo) paunoshanya nePolesden Lacey, gore rose rakazaruka uye kungofamba pfupi kubva kuLondon.
Pane chimiro chakakosha mune chokwadi chokuti Camilla ndiye mambo woumambo anowanzotakura ma diamondi eGriville.
Ronald Greville aiva chikamu chekubhejera uye kumhanya kwaisanganisira shamwari yake yepedyo yehuduku, George Keppel uye Prince Wales. Mudzimai waKeppel, Alice akakurumidza kuva shamwari yaMaggie. Apo Prince Wales akazova Mambo Edward VII, Alice akazovawo madzimambo ekupedzisira uye aidiwa namambo (akamutumidza kuti "Kingy)." Alice naMambo vakapedza mafambiro mazhinji anofara paPolesden Lacey mune imwe imba yemakamuri yakawedzerwa mumba kunyanya kwaari Alice Keppel aiva mbuyakuru waCamilla Mwanasikana waAlice, Sonia Keppel, aiva mwarikadzi waMaggie uye mbuya vaCamilla uye aive ani baba vaSaia chaiye? Dai, kana masvingo ePolesden Lacey aigona kutaura chete.
Apo Maggie naRonald Greville vakatenga kutanga kwezana remakore remakore rechi19 Surrey estate, Polesden Lacey, muna 1906, vakashandura kuitora kubva kune imwe nyika yakanyarara yeNeoclassical neimba yepurazi kunzvimbo inobwinya yebhokisi bhokisi reimba inofanirwa kufadza vana. Greville akafa muna 1908 kusati kwagadziriswa mabasa. Asi Maggie murikadzi anofara, nzvimbo yake muvanhu veEdwardian iye zvino dombo rakasimba, rakaramba riripo.
Akashandira maumbirwo aMewes naDavis, avo vakagadzira Ritz Hotel muLondon , kuzogadzirisa imba - kana imba yevanyori vezvimhanzi Richard Brinsley Sheridan-kumusoro kusvika pasi, pasina mari yaisara. Yaiva nemakamuri mazana maviri uye izvo mabritan anotaura se "yose mod cons" uye zvakare mune imwe neimwe.
Polesden yakanyatsogadziriswa. Mhuri dzayo dzakawanda dzevaeni dzaiva nematafoni uye dzaiva dzose-dzakasara - dzine dzimba dzavo dzokugezera dzoga - chimwe chinhu chakanga chisinganzwisisiki panguva iyoyo, kunyange mudzimba dzakakura.
Mvura yake yokugezera inonyatsoratidza marble bathrooms muRitz panguva iyoyo. Kana iwe uchida kuziva kuti dzimba dzipi dzehotera dzeLondon dzakange dzakafanana nepamusoro-soro, yepamusoro sangano heyday, unoda kungoshanyira Polesden Lacey.
Kungwara Kupfuura Zvose
Paakakumbirwa kuti apindure makuhwa kana maitiro anonyangadza, Maggie Greville angati, "Handisi kutevera vanhu muimba dzavo dzekurara. Ndizvo zvavanoita kunze kwavo izvo zvinokosha." Uye akaita zvose zvaaikwanisa kuti adzivirire hupfumi hwevaeni vake.
Mai Greville vane imwe yezvikwata zvekutanga zvakambomira imba yega. Yakafamba kubva kuna amai vaGe Greville padzimba yega yega kusvika kuimba yekamuri yakawanda saka iye-kana kuti vashanyi vanokosha - vaigona kungwarira kunze vasingapfuuri pakati pevarume veimba yake, avo vangangodaro vari kupinda mu "saloon".
Rimwe bapiro rakawedzerwa mumba kuti riwane nzvimbo yamambo - yakavakirwa kuna King Edward VII. Basa raMambo - ikozvino rinoshandiswa seimba yekusangana - inogona kushanyira pane imwe yeNational Trust ya "Unseen Spaces" maziso (tarira pasi apa).
Kutarisira kuuya uye kuenderera kwevakashanyira vakasiyana-siyana muimba yeimba kunofanirwa kuva basa rakawanda kuna Mai Greville nevashumiri vake. Mambo Edward akaenda kumba kwake kwekutanga muna 1909. Tenzikadzi wake Alice Keppel (mbuyakuru veDuchess of Cornwall - Camilla Parker-Bowles sezvaive) uye murume wake vakange varipowo. Asi ndizvo zvaive zvakaita amai vake vekare nevarume vake!
Vashumiri Vakatendeka uye Vamwe
Muchido chake, Mai Greville vakasiya zvinyorwa zvechipo kune boka rinoshamisa revaranda, vamwe vavo vakanga vashandira kwaari mabasa avo ose ekushanda. Asi kwete vose vakashanda paPolesden Lacey vanogona kuverengwa kuti varambe vakangwara veimba. Kushanyira kune dzimwe nyika, maNawaabs eIndia uye nekumabvazuva mavambo aiwanzounza avo vanobika uye vashandi vekicheni. Kuzvidzivirira kubva pakutsvaga uye nekunyomba pamusoro pevanosvika uye vanoenda, mahwindo ekicheni ainge avharwa zvachose. Paunoshanyira, sangana nemusuwo wepamberi uye utarise mahwindo epasi pasi pasi kumucheto wekona weimba. Chinoita sechifukidzo chakaoma chebhu chinoda kucheka kumashure chiri chaicho chekudziridza chinyorwa chayo chichikura nemaune kuti chivhare mahwindo. Chimbofungidzira kuti zvinofanira kunge zvakange zvakaita sei kushanda mumaikirini iwayo asina kukodzera, shure kwemahwindo akapfigwa, muzhizha.
The Grounds
Polesden Lacey's interiors inogona kukanganisa kusvika pakuneta kwekunzwa. Saka usati washandisa zvose zvaunokwanisa kuti ushamise mukati memba, shandisa nguva yakawanda muminda inoshamisa uye nzvimbo. Iko yaimbova munda wekicheni yakagadzirwa kuva munda webindu kumadokero kweimba uye kune munda wakakomberedzwa nemasvingo ane mitsara inonakidza yemahara, kona yeii-yakaiswa hens uye imwe yenguva yenyuchi. Iyo minda, nenzira, inochengetwa gore rinofadza. Mukuwedzera, pane maekare 1 400 emunyika mazita ane mapapedhi, imbwa-inofamba kufamba kwezvikomo zvinoputika uye matanda.
Ruswendo rwemunda rusununguko runopiwa zuva roga roga pa11: 00 mangwanani, 12:45 pm, 2 pm uye 3:15 pm
Imba
Makumi makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe ePolesden Lacey mazana maviri akazarurirwa vanhu uye pane zvirongwa zvekupedzisira kudzorera nekuzarura imwe 26. Kubvira paminiti iwe unopinda, zvinoratidza kuti imba yakagadzirirwa kuchengetedza. Chinhu chinoshamisa chekutsvaira kwemashure matsvuku-akatakurwa kubva kuCentral Hall zvakajeka kuti chinangwa chekupinda kukuru. Bhuku rakavhenekera pakutanga kunyura kwakazadzwa neparcelain yakanaka - Meissen, Limoges, Sèvres - ndicho chiratidzo chokutanga chekubwinya kunouya. Ichokwadi, kwose kwose iwe unotarisa (kunze kwemakamuri okurara, ayo ane rugare uye akakundwa), imba yacho yakafukidzwa nemari yakawanda yevhu, sirivha, 17 yeFrench neItaly fenisha, Flemish neDutch Old Masters. Usati wasimuka muCentral Hall, uchiyemura mifananidzo yakavezwa yamapuranga nematanda. Inosanganisira shwindo reatari rakabviswa kubva kuchechi yakavakwa naChristopher Wren uyo akagadzira St. Paul's Cathedral. The giant chandelier is silver plated.
Mimwe yemifananidzo yakanakisisa inoratidzwa muJacobean kwenguva yakareba yakarongedzwa uye yakashongedzwa zvakanakisisa, denga-yakazara padenga. Paakabva kuPolesden Lacey kuenda kuNational Trust, Maggie akanyatsotsanangura kuti mifananidzo yakaisvonaka kubva kumba kwake muMayfair, kuLondon, inounzwa kuimba yeSurrey kuti iiswe pamwe chete.
Bhuku iri rinosanganisira doroki rakaoma remakore rechi19 mahogany dawati apo Mai Greville vakaronga hupenyu hwavo hwemagariro - ikozvino yakafukidzwa nemifananidzo yevakanaka nevakanaka vaifarira ivo pachavo.
Imba yeBilliard ine mahogany yakagadzira mabhiriyoni tafura yaiva mushure mekudya kwekudya kwemasikati. Mambo Edward VII hapana mubvunzo kuti akatamba mabhiriyoni patafura iyi uye iwe unogamuchirwa kuti uende apo iwe unoshanyira.
Iri rakanaka Dining Room rakagadzirirwa kudya kwaiwanzo kusanganisira misoro yakawanda yakavezwa korona, mamamiririri, vakanzwisisa vadzidzisi uye vaifarira - Noel Coward dzimwe nguva vaifungidza ivory kune vaenzi. Tarisa bhuku rekutsvaga, kuti uone kuti ndiani akauya kuzodya, uye menus - muchiFrench - nokuda kwezvokudya zvema-12 vakafara. Pakati pemifananidzo iri muimba ino, tsvaga mumwe webaba vaMaggie, William McEwan, muScotland brewing magnate uyo mamiriyoni akazobhadhara mararamiro aMaggie.
Mai Greville's Tea Room , zvakasiyana nehuwandu hwemamwe makamuri evanhu vose, iine chiedza uye yevakadzi, ine maketeti akaoma uye maApusson makapeti mumumvuri wepiniki, kamuki, nemucheka wakaoma. Apa ndipo apo Mai Greville vakamuwana iye shamwari dzepedyo dzepedyo shamwari. Mambokadzikadzi Mariya aizivikanwa achinyengetera mangwanani uye anozvikoka kuti adye tei musi iwoyo masikati. Maggie nguva dzose aichengetedza maitiro ake aidiwa uye vashandi vake vaikwanisa kurova zvikafu zvinonaka zvose panguva ino.
Iyi inongova chidimbu chechando. Asi isu takachengetedza zvakanakisisa zvekupedzisira nokuti imwe nzvimbo inofadza zvikuru, iyo iyo yakasvibirira mapato akabatwa, ndiyo Gold Saloon.
Makamuri eGilded Age
Kunyange zvazvo Maggie Greville akaitwa Dame weChirongwa cheBritish Empire (OBE), yaiva zita raasina kushandisa. Mukunda weBrooksburg brewer, iye akanyara akati aizoda "kunge ave muchengeti kupfuura peeress." Kunyange zvakadaro, akaunganidza madzimambo sezvipfeko pahombodo uye aigara muumambo hwakanaka. Kana pane humwe uchapupu hwaidiwa, tangotora kufamba kuburikidza neGold Saloon paPolesden Lacey.
Nenguva iyo imba iyi yakanga yakashongedzwa, Mai Greville vakange vashanyira India uko akanga ari muenzi wevamwe maharajahs vakapfuma zvikuru, avo vakakurumidza kubatana nevashanyi mazita avo. Mukupfekedza Gold Saloon, akaudza vashandi vake vaida kamuri "yakakodzera kufadza Maharaya." Vakasungirwa nokuzadza imba yacho ne gilt paneling kubva muzana remakore rechi18 reItaly palazzo. Chero chinzvimbo chisina kufukidzwa nekarukwa chinoratidzika mumirazi uye mune zvinyararire zvekare antique chandeliers.
Matafura maduku akadzikidzwa uye maberereji akaiswa kumativi ekamuri anoratidza mazana ezvipo zvinokosha - mhuka dzose dzakagadziriswa naFitergé naCartier, mabhokisi maduku ejade yakavezwa, nyori, enameri negoridhe, zvidhori zvakagadzirwa nemaparendi nematombo anokosha. Mai Greville vaida kuratidza vaenzi vatsva zvinhu zvaaida uye (vachida zvichida) kuzivisa rupo rwemuenzi uyo akanga amupa.
Maererano neNational Trust, kamuri yacho yakagadzirirwa "kukurira uye kudhakwa." Sezviri pachena, vamwe vevanhu venguva yake vaifunga kuti imba iyi inonyangadza uye yakaienzanisa nechemberi. Asi vazhinji vakafarira kubwinya kwayo. Tora nguva yekutora imwe yemakamuri ekufambisa pedyo nemasuwo kuGoogle Saloon, kuti udzidze zvakawanda pamusoro pechikwata chayo chinoshamisa.
Zvisingaoneki Spaces Tours
Mazana emakamuri haasati azarurirwa kuvanhu uye anoshandiswa sehofisi, nzvimbo dzekuchengetedza uye mahofisi. Asi svika pa2:15 zuva rega roga uye iwe unogona kubatana nechekumashure kwechitarisiko chezvi nzvimbo izvi zvakavanzika. Vanosanganisira vashumiri, vavakaroti vevaeni, makorati akavanzika, imba yevashumiri, muimba yaVilliam McEwan, uye Mrs. Greville's boudoir. Muna 2017, kwekutanga, rwendo rwacho runotora muIndamende yaMambo - muimba yekuronga Edward VII uye imba.
Nzendo idzi dzakasununguka asi chipo che £ 2 pamunhu kumusununguko wekudzima kwePolesden Lacey chinoratidzwa. Chikumbiro chiri kukwidza mari yekudzorera uye yakazaruka inenge 40 muzana yeimba yevashanyi.
Mushanyi Essentials
Kuno: Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham, pedyo neDorking, Surrey, RH5 6BD
- Apo: Zuva rimwe nerimwe kunze kweKrisimasi Eva neKrisimasi Zuva. Imba yakazaruka kubva muna 11: 00 kusvika 4: 00 masikati (kuburikidza nekushanyirwa kutungamirirwa kusvika 12:30 pm). Minda, mashamba, cafe, uye resitorendi zvakazaruka kubva 10 am.
- Kubvuma: Vakuru, vana, mhuri uye matikiti emapoka aripo. National Trust Nhengo nevatengi veZimbabwe Trust Overseas Touring vanoenda vakasununguka.
- Kupakira: Pane £ 5 yokupaka mari yevasiri vamiririri.
- Enda kunzvimbo yePolesden Lacey kuti uwane mamwe mashoko.