点评:We detoured our journey on the way to visit family just after Christmas to visit this National Trust, something we do regularly. We have been members for quite a few years now and visited lots of places. This was the most unhelpful National Trust house i have ever visited. The person who we saw when we went in scanned our cards, then told us there were no tickets to the house, I said what a shame we had travelled so far and if I had known I would have booked online. She said no bookings online has to be in person and they sell out early. She was quite abrupt and offhand. It seems odd that this, obviously popular house does not operate the same way as other really busy National Trust houses, such as Hilltop and go onto online booking, which is fairer for everyone. It also gives people travelling a few hours a chance to secure a place and not be disappointed when they arrive. The yew garden is ticketed as well, the lady did not even mention this to us, so no access there. We looked around the gardens and went for a walk. Twice we went into gates and walked a bit then the next area was closed so had to go back. We spent less than half an hour here. The toilets were very smelly - string urine smell and no toilet roll. I would not revisit the staff seemed unfriendly and I am not keen on driving another 3 hours to arrive and there are no tickets. The most unhelpful National Trust we have ever visited. The house did look nice from the outside.
翻译:圣诞节后不久,我们绕道去探望家人,顺便参观了这座国民信托旗下的宅邸,这是我们经常光顾的地方。我们已经是多年的会员了,也去过很多地方。但这却是我去过的最不友好的国民信托宅邸。我们进去的时候,接待我们的工作人员扫描了我们的会员卡,然后告诉我们宅邸已经售罄。我说我们大老远跑来真是太可惜了,早知道就应该提前在网上预订。她说网上不接受预订,必须亲自去,而且门票很快就会售罄。她的态度非常生硬,语气也很冷淡。这座显然很受欢迎的宅邸,却不像其他同样繁忙的国民信托宅邸(比如山顶庄园)那样实行网上预订,这实在令人费解。网上预订对大家都更公平,也让那些驱车数小时前来参观的人有机会确保能买到票,不至于到了之后失望而归。紫杉花园也需要门票,那位女士甚至都没告诉我们,所以我们没能进去。我们只好在花园里转了转,散了会儿步。我们两次进入大门,走了一小段路后,下一个区域就关闭了,只好返回。我们在这里待的时间不到半小时。厕所非常臭——一股浓重的尿骚味,而且没有厕纸。我不会再来了,工作人员态度很不友好,我也不想再开车三个小时过去,而且这里也不收门票。这是我们去过的最不靠谱的国民信托机构。房子从外面看起来确实不错。