点评:We have been members of the National Trust for years and also pay for membership for our sons and their children. We all love to visit and decided to take our grandchildren, their parents and us to Nostell where we have been previously. The house is lovely with some beautiful rooms, Robert Adam interiors and Chippendale furniture. The volunteers are lovely and are knowledgeable, we found the history interesting, including the Harrison clock. The grounds are well kept and our grandchildren aged 8 and 6 loved exploring and enjoyed the river walk. Up to now 5 stars all the way! Our only disappointment was the children’s playground which was tired and neglected. Some of it was taped off so couldn’t be used and this is not surprising given that it looked very unsafe. There was a sign saying some equipment was waiting for repairs but these looked as though they should have been done some time ago. Having been to both Wentworth Castle gardens and Fountains Abbey this trip, both NT in Yorkshire with excellent playgrounds it obviously isn’t a policy not to have equipment for children. I understand that the Trust is to preserve houses and their environments and I support this, however, we visit to show the children something different, to show them their history as well as for them to have fun. These children are future supporters so I do think it is not out of the way to maintain a few pieces of equipment for them. Also very few sandwiches available in the cafe.
翻译:我们多年来一直是英国国民信托的会员,也为我们的儿子和他们的孩子们购买了会员资格。我们都很喜欢参观,所以决定带孙辈、他们的父母和我们自己去诺斯特尔庄园,我们之前去过那里。庄园很漂亮,有一些精美的房间,内部装饰由罗伯特·亚当设计,家具则由奇彭代尔风格家具摆放。志愿者们热情友好,知识渊博,我们觉得庄园的历史很有意思,包括哈里森钟。庄园的庭院维护得很好,我们8岁和6岁的孙辈很喜欢探索,也很喜欢沿着河边散步。到目前为止,一切都非常完美,五星好评!唯一让我们失望的是儿童游乐场,它破旧不堪,年久失修。部分区域被警戒线围了起来,无法使用,考虑到它看起来非常不安全,这并不奇怪。那里贴着一张告示,说一些设施正在等待维修,但这些设施看起来早就应该维修了。这次旅行我们还去了温特沃斯城堡花园和方廷斯修道院,这两个位于约克郡的国民信托成员都拥有非常棒的游乐场,显然,没有儿童游乐设施并不是他们的政策。我理解信托基金的宗旨是保护房屋及其周边环境,我也支持这一点。但是,我们来这里是为了让孩子们体验一些不同的东西,了解历史,也让他们玩得开心。这些孩子将来会成为信托基金的支持者,所以我认为为他们保留一些设备并不算过分。另外,咖啡馆里的三明治种类很少。