点评:Cragside – the country home of Lord Armstrong is perhaps the best NT property of all. He was just so ahead of his time with a lift, telephones (though not so obviously useful really if no one else had one), hydroelectric lighting and central heating. And lovely arts and crafts décor. Much of the fine art is no longer in the house as the second Lord Armstong lost the family fortune, and the most valuable collections had to be sold to pay his debts! Cragside is so much more liveable than the aristocrats and royals of the time had in their palaces. And it’s all beautifully, sympathetically restored by the NT who have brought back the William Morris décor that was destroyed in the 1930s when out of fashion. The staff and volunteers here are wonderful – really friendly and approachable, full of knowledge and yet not ‘in your face’. Well done NT. It’s perfect.
翻译:克雷格赛德庄园——阿姆斯特朗勋爵的乡村别墅,或许是国家名胜古迹信托(NT)旗下所有物业中最棒的。他真是太有远见了,庄园里有电梯、电话(虽然如果其他人都没有电话,这些设施其实用处不大)、水力发电照明和中央供暖。还有精美的工艺美术风格装饰。可惜的是,由于第二代阿姆斯特朗勋爵破产,许多珍贵的艺术品如今已不在庄园内,最有价值的藏品不得不变卖以偿还债务!克雷格赛德庄园比当时贵族和皇室成员的宫殿要宜居得多。国家名胜古迹信托对庄园进行了精美而又充满人文关怀的修复,并恢复了20世纪30年代因过时而被毁的威廉·莫里斯风格的装饰。这里的工作人员和志愿者都非常棒——热情友好,平易近人,知识渊博却又不咄咄逼人。国家名胜古迹信托做得太好了!这里简直完美。