点评:Like others we wandered round the car park looking for a machine to validate our NT card for parking, until a local told us it was in the building which you can’t see from the car park. Lovely walk down to the house even though everything is parched this summer. Volunteers in reception checked us and explained about parking and introduced us to the building. Volunteer in the first room explained features we may have missed without her guidance. Upstairs were two rooms with wall paintings. The black and white one more modern than the coloured one. Again an enthusiastic volunteer explained both to us which was needed with floor levels having changed over the years. The house is small, so you inly need 1 to 2 hours there including the gardens, so probably need to combine it with something else if you want to make a day of it. The cafe is not NT owned. Plenty if seating inside and out, but tables were not cleared or wiped quickly which was a pity. Sandwich good as was the quiche.
翻译:和其他人一样,我们也在停车场里四处转悠,试图寻找一台能够验证我们的NT停车卡的设备,直到一位当地人告诉我们,那台机器其实在从停车场看不到的一栋楼里。尽管这个夏天天气异常干燥,但沿着小路走到那栋房子还是一件很惬意的事。接待处的志愿者为我们办理了登记手续,介绍了停车的相关事项,还带我们熟悉了大楼的各个区域。第一个展厅里的志愿者则向我们介绍了一些若没有她的讲解我们可能会忽略的细节。楼上的两个房间内还有壁画。黑白照片中的房子比彩色照片里的更为现代。又是一位热心的志愿者向我们详细介绍了这两张照片的用途——由于多年来地面高度有所变化,它们起到了重要的参考作用。这座房子规模不大,因此包括花园在内,参观所需时间仅为1到2小时;如果你想把这一天安排得充实些,或许需要再搭配其他活动。咖啡馆并非由国家信托基金会经营。店内店外都有很多座位,可惜桌子并未及时清理或擦拭。三明治和乳蛋饼都很好吃。