点评:An elegant country house built on site of an old Manor House in 1800. the front of the house faces south that has views of Portsmouth, harbour, the solent and the Isle of Wight but the entrance is on the east side. The entrance has four imposing Ionic columns that leads in to the hall with a magnificent stair case.
The house was requisitioned during WW II. after the Royal Navy School of Navigation, HMS Dryad in Portsmouth Naval Dockyard was heavily bombed in 1941. Later in the war the house was chosen to be the centre of the advance command post of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. In 1944, in the months leading up to D-Day, it became the headquarters of the main allied commanders, including Naval Commander-in-Chief Admiral Ramsay, Allied Supreme Commander General Eisenhower and the Army Commander-in-Chief General Montgomery.
In 1948 it was compulsory purchased by the MOD and today it is home to the tri-Service Defence College of Policing and Guarding.
Three rooms are now dedicated to Sir Ramsay, Dwight Eisenhower and a map room where it was used in planning D-Day is still in place, with the various markers showing the positions of the involved forces at the moment the first landing commenced. The visit included a talk by the curator Richard who was well informed and a good presenter. The visits have to be booked in advance. The Ramsay room had several artefacts related to Admiral Ramsay. Eisenhower Room is now the bar of the ward room of the commissioned officers who are based here.
翻译:这座优雅的乡间别墅建于 1800 年的一座古老庄园的旧址上。别墅正面朝南,可以俯瞰朴茨茅斯、港口、索伦特和怀特岛,但入口在东侧。入口有四根雄伟的爱奥尼亚式柱子,通向大厅,大厅里有一个华丽的楼梯。
这座别墅在二战期间被征用。皇家海军航海学校之后,朴茨茅斯海军造船厂的 HMS Dryad 于 1941 年遭到严重轰炸。战争后期,这座别墅被选为盟军远征军最高司令部前线指挥所的中心。1944 年,在诺曼底登陆前的几个月里,它成为主要盟军指挥官的总部,包括海军总司令拉姆齐上将、盟军最高司令艾森豪威尔将军和陆军总司令蒙哥马利将军。
1948 年,国防部强制购买了这座建筑,如今这里是三军国防警务和警卫学院的所在地。
现在有三个房间专门用于纪念拉姆齐爵士和德怀特·艾森豪威尔,还有一个用于规划 D 日的地图室,上面有各种标记,显示了第一次登陆开始时参与部队的位置。参观包括馆长理查德的演讲,他见多识广,演讲技巧高超。参观必须提前预约。拉姆齐房间里有几件与拉姆齐上将有关的文物。艾森豪威尔室现在是驻扎在这里的军官病房的酒吧。