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An historic Leicestershire must see
1620s House & Garden的点评
点评：The UK is seemingly littered with National Trust castles and ruins but there are very few "middle class" historic homes to have survived. 1620s House & Garden at Donington le Heath is a charmer and a big surprise. Built in 1290 with additions in 1620 for the landholding gent's daughter's wedding, this is a 2-bedroom, 2-storey house for a family of moderate wealth with a scullery, kitchen, dairy, great hall and study surrounded by kitchen gardens.
We had a toasted ham and cheese sandwich with a cup of tea and freshly made lime cake at the tea rooms, which have local products and gifts for sale and walked around the gardens which had all the herbs, plants and trees you'd expect to see, but also a fascinating "dye" garden with the flowers they grinded to obtain colours for dyeing fabric, but also food - ie red Leicestershire cheese.
Then we joined a small tour led by Helen from Leicestershire City Council and she was such a great guide, showing us all the tools and utensils of the time, such as the stone cheese press, wooden mice trap, leather beer jugs, copper cream skimmer, and cow horn sausage making tool for example, as well as telling us the history behind so many common phrases. Apparently the house and garden were in ruins and was bought by a farmer in the early 1960s and his building applications were rejected so he let his pigs live in the house. When the local community discovered this living piece of history was a literal pigsty, they were rightly outraged and urged the council to buy it and so Leicestershire City Council did so and undertook major structural restorations 1965-1972 before it opened as a museum, and in 2016 restored and "staged" the house as it would have been in the 1620s. I've been to more historic homes than I can remember but I learnt more today from Helen than any of them combined. Well done, Helen and Leicestershire City Council. If you're visiting Leicestershire this is a must-see.
We had a toasted ham and cheese sandwich with a cup of tea and freshly made lime cake at the tea rooms, which have local products and gifts for sale and walked around the gardens which had all the herbs, plants and trees you'd expect to see, but also a fascinating "dye" garden with the flowers they grinded to obtain colours for dyeing fabric, but also food - ie red Leicestershire cheese.
Then we joined a small tour led by Helen from Leicestershire City Council and she was such a great guide, showing us all the tools and utensils of the time, such as the stone cheese press, wooden mice trap, leather beer jugs, copper cream skimmer, and cow horn sausage making tool for example, as well as telling us the history behind so many common phrases. Apparently the house and garden were in ruins and was bought by a farmer in the early 1960s and his building applications were rejected so he let his pigs live in the house. When the local community discovered this living piece of history was a literal pigsty, they were rightly outraged and urged the council to buy it and so Leicestershire City Council did so and undertook major structural restorations 1965-1972 before it opened as a museum, and in 2016 restored and "staged" the house as it would have been in the 1620s. I've been to more historic homes than I can remember but I learnt more today from Helen than any of them combined. Well done, Helen and Leicestershire City Council. If you're visiting Leicestershire this is a must-see.
翻译：英国境内似乎到处都是国家信托基金会所保护的城堡与遗迹，但能够保存下来的“中产阶级”风格的历史住宅却少之又少。位于多宁顿勒希斯的“1620年代风格住宅与花园”便是这样一处迷人的所在，着实令人惊喜。这座房子建于1290年，1620年又为了当地乡绅女儿的婚礼而进行了扩建。它是一栋拥有两间卧室的两层小楼，适合经济条件尚可的家庭居住；屋内设有洗碗间、厨房、奶制品室、大礼堂以及书房，四周还环绕着菜园。我们在茶室里享用了烤火腿奶酪三明治，还喝了一杯茶，吃了刚做好的青柠蛋糕。茶室里出售当地特产和纪念品。之后我们漫步于花园中——那里有各种常见的草本植物、花卉和树木；还有一个非常有趣的“染色园”，里面种着那些被用来研磨以提取染料的花朵，这些染料既可用于织物染色，也可用于食品着色，比如制作出红色的莱斯特郡奶酪。
随后，我们参加了由莱斯特郡市政委员会的海伦带领的小团游览，她真是一位出色的导游。书中向我们展示了那个时代的各种工具与器具，比如石制奶酪压榨器、木制捕鼠器、皮制啤酒壶、铜制奶油撇除器，还有用牛角制成的香肠制作工具等等。同时，它还讲述了诸多常用短语背后的历史渊源。据说，这座房子和花园当时已破败不堪；20世纪60年代初，一位农民买下了它，但他的翻修申请遭到拒绝，于是便让自家的猪群住进了房子里。当地社区发现这座堪称“活历史”的建筑实际上却脏乱不堪、宛如猪圈后，顿时义愤填膺，于是敦促议会将其买下。莱斯特郡议会照做了，并于1965年至1972年间对其进行了大规模修缮，之后才将其作为博物馆对外开放。2016年，该馆又对房子进行了复原，刻意重现了1620年代时的原貌。我曾参观过数不胜数的历史建筑，但今天从海伦那里学到的知识远比以往任何一次参观所学到的都要多。干得好！海伦与莱斯特郡议会。如果您要游览莱斯特郡，这里绝对不容错过。
随后，我们参加了由莱斯特郡市政委员会的海伦带领的小团游览，她真是一位出色的导游。书中向我们展示了那个时代的各种工具与器具，比如石制奶酪压榨器、木制捕鼠器、皮制啤酒壶、铜制奶油撇除器，还有用牛角制成的香肠制作工具等等。同时，它还讲述了诸多常用短语背后的历史渊源。据说，这座房子和花园当时已破败不堪；20世纪60年代初，一位农民买下了它，但他的翻修申请遭到拒绝，于是便让自家的猪群住进了房子里。当地社区发现这座堪称“活历史”的建筑实际上却脏乱不堪、宛如猪圈后，顿时义愤填膺，于是敦促议会将其买下。莱斯特郡议会照做了，并于1965年至1972年间对其进行了大规模修缮，之后才将其作为博物馆对外开放。2016年，该馆又对房子进行了复原，刻意重现了1620年代时的原貌。我曾参观过数不胜数的历史建筑，但今天从海伦那里学到的知识远比以往任何一次参观所学到的都要多。干得好！海伦与莱斯特郡议会。如果您要游览莱斯特郡，这里绝对不容错过。
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