点评:Had a fantastic guided tour of Stowe House on Sunday with John our well informed guide from the Stowe House Preservation Trust. John also kindly spent time with us in the galleries containing Stowe's comprehensive collection of David Wynne sculptural maquettes gifted to Stowe by the artist, a former pupil of the school. The house (school!) is magnificent - the Pantheon room is worth the trip alone and like most of the rooms beautifully restored by the Trust. I personally think the Trust could try and make more of the Wynn collection - if it could create a gallery with separate access it might get more visitors and could charge separately for access. Speaking of charging.......this is a very good value tour......much better value than many National Trust properties, at least for non-members! Its important to understand that Stowe House and Stowe Gardens are entirely separately operated, the latter by the National Trust. To visit Stowe House you must book a tour in advance and you can also arrange parking in the school grounds at this time. Your entry is therefore signposted for the school and NOT the National Trust Gardens parking.
翻译:周日,我们参加了由斯托庄园保护信托基金会的约翰带领的精彩导览,他知识渊博。约翰还热情地带我们参观了画廊,那里收藏着斯托庄园丰富的戴维·温恩雕塑模型,这些模型是这位艺术家——斯托庄园的校友——赠予斯托庄园的。这座庄园(学校!)非常宏伟——单是万神殿房间就值得一游,而且像大多数房间一样,它都由信托基金会精心修复。我个人认为,信托基金会可以尝试更好地利用温恩的藏品——如果他们能创建一个独立的展厅,或许能吸引更多游客,并且可以单独收费。说到收费……这次参观非常划算……比许多国民信托旗下的景点都更物超所值,至少对于非会员来说是这样!需要注意的是,斯托庄园和斯托花园是完全独立运营的,后者由国民信托管理。参观斯托庄园必须提前预订,届时您也可以在学校场地内安排停车位。因此,您的入口指示牌指向学校,而不是国家名胜古迹信托花园停车场。