点评:Lovely, interesting place to visit. As others have mentioned, the volunteers were excellent; knowledgeable helpful, friendly and anxious to impart their knowledge.
Tea room good. Plenty of seating (inc a dog friendly area) and prices, for the Nat Trust, reasonable. Serving area small and on a busy day, I would think, cramped but the staff coped manfully. The families history was interesting and the later members philanthropy laudable. One of the vols we spoke to had first hand experience of the consideration given to local groups by the last occupant.
The model train was fascinating, just a great pity that they are struggling for volunteers for it.
Re previous comments about signage. We had no trouble finding it. (Brown signs are the responsibility of the local council not the NT) the way in is the same drive in or out.
Also as mentioned, it is nice to see this property is staying faithful to the family who donated it and isn’t being overtaken by the current NT ‘philosophy’. It just remains a nice house and landscape and telling a honest history of the family. Well done the local staff and volunteers!
Well worth a two or three hours visit.
翻译:非常漂亮,有趣的地方。正如其他人提到的,志愿者们非常优秀;知识渊博,乐于助人,态度友好,并且渴望分享他们的知识。
茶室很不错。座位充足(包括一个允许携带宠物的区域),价格也合理,就国家信托基金(NT Trust)而言。服务区很小,在繁忙的日子里,我觉得会很拥挤,但工作人员们勇敢地应对了。这个家族的历史很有趣,后来成员的慈善行为也值得称赞。我们采访的一位志愿者亲身体验了上一位住户对当地团体的关怀。
模型火车很吸引人,只是很遗憾他们现在缺少志愿者。
关于之前关于标识的评论。我们很容易就找到了。(棕色标识由当地议会负责,而不是NT),进出的路线是一样的。
另外,正如之前提到的,很高兴看到这家酒店一直忠于捐赠者家族的宗旨,没有被NT当前的“理念”所取代。它保留了美丽的房子和风景,真实地讲述着这个家族的历史。当地的工作人员和志愿者们做得真棒!
值得花两三个小时参观。