点评:I've been past the signs for this place so many times, but never visited, so I took advantage of the generous Heritage Week Open Day and satisfied my curiosity. At that price it's hard to complain!
The estate tour was very good, and helped set an overall context.
The house itself was fascinating - a maze of rooms with many interesting artefacts, though I'd have been interested to learn more about the domestic aspects too. I appreciate they can only display what they have on the record, but I couldn't work out even basic things like where the kitchen had been ( I could easily have missed something obvious!). I'd have liked to know something about the staff who would surely have lived there - or nearby. Might that be on census information?
Or have I got it wrong - were these two amazing cousins so far ahead of their time that they truly didn't have any 'people' who did the essential but dreary things for them?
Many of the volunteers were very helpful and welcoming. One or two were a little officious and a bit off-putting, unfortunately. Though, as I say, at the price I got in for today, I'm not going to grumble.
翻译:我以前多次路过这里的指示牌,但一直没来过,于是趁着遗产周开放日这个好机会来满足一下自己的好奇心。以这样的价格来说,实在挑不出什么毛病!
庄园导览非常不错,帮我很好地了解了整体的历史背景。
那座房子本身就引人入胜——里面有众多房间,陈列着许多有趣的文物;不过如果能多了解一些关于家庭生活的方面就更好了。我明白他们只能展示那些有文字记录的资料罢了。不过,我甚至搞不清楚一些最基本的情况,比如厨房原本在哪儿(我很可能忽略了某个显而易见的细节!)。我本希望能了解一些当时住在那里或附近的仆人们的情况。这些信息会不会出现在人口普查资料里呢?
或者我理解错了——这两位才华横溢的表兄弟是否远远超越了他们所处的时代,以至于真的没有任何仆人来为他们打理那些琐碎又乏味的日常事务呢?
许多志愿者都非常乐于助人且热情友好。可惜的是,有一两个人显得有些爱多管闲事,有点让人反感。不过,正如我所说,以我今天所付的价钱来看,我也没什么可抱怨的。