Do visit, take it all in, house AND gardens, simply lovely.
Athelhampton House and Gardens的点评
点评:We stayed at River Cottage on the Athelhampton Estate for a weeks holiday during the heatwave in June - on the hottest day of the week we decided to stay local and visit the house and gardens.
We entered at 9.30am so we could make the most of the cooler morning hours to walk round the beautiful gardens. It was lovely, very well kept and the different areas so interesting, take a map with you so you don't miss any of it.
We then visited the restaurant where we were invited to sit in the rear wood panelled Long Hall Carvery room as it was cooler than the front of house Coach House area which, whilst it is brighter, is under a glass roof so was heating up. We ordered our lunch, croques which came with fries and ham, egg and chips. All tasty and good.
After lunch we managed the short walk to the house (visits are not timed so you can be flexible with when you want to enter - a guided tour had run at 11am but we found wandering round on our own following the tour route was fine for us. There are so many rooms and some interactive areas such as the cellar (no spoilers). As we made our way up the stairs to the top floor it was getting warmer and decidely stuffier but e enjoyed the visiting artwork of Silvia Pineda.
We congratulate current owner Giles Keating for a wonderful educational restoration and becoming Britain’s first net-zero carbon historic building. Thank you to all for a very enjoyable day.
翻译:六月热浪期间,我们在阿瑟尔汉普顿庄园的河畔小屋住了一周。一周中最热的一天,我们决定就近游览,参观庄园的宅邸和花园。
我们早上9点半就到了,这样可以充分利用清晨凉爽的时光,漫步在美丽的花园里。花园非常漂亮,维护得也很好,各个区域都各具特色,建议带上地图,以免错过任何精彩之处。
之后我们去了餐厅。餐厅邀请我们坐在后面的木镶板长厅烤肉室,因为那里比前面的马车房凉爽。马车房虽然光线更充足,但因为是玻璃顶,所以很热。我们点了午餐,包括炸三明治配薯条,以及火腿、鸡蛋和薯条。所有菜品都很美味。
午饭后,我们步行前往这座宅邸(参观时间不限,您可以灵活安排——虽然上午11点有导览团,但我们发现沿着导览路线自行参观也很不错)。宅邸里有很多房间,还有一些互动区域,比如地窖(这里就不剧透了)。当我们拾级而上来到顶楼时,天气越来越热,也越来越闷,但我们很享受欣赏西尔维娅·皮内达的画作。
我们祝贺现任主人吉尔斯·基廷先生出色地完成了这座宅邸的教育性修复,使其成为英国第一座净零碳排放的历史建筑。感谢大家,让我们度过了非常愉快的一天。