点评:We visited Pitzhanger as we wanted to use our Historic Houses membership, which gave free admission. The house has been recently restored to former glories and is in superb condition. We went first to the gallery space which had an interesting exhibit centred around England footballers, two of whom - Saka and Chloe Kelly - had been to school nearby. We thought it very good.
You then enter via a basement/ cellar which has videos showing some of the rather sad family history associated with John Soane, who designed and lived in the manor. Several flights of stairs take you to the entrance hall, dining room, bedroom and living room. The architecture is striking and reminded me slightly of one of Gaudi’s designs in Barcelona. The combinations of stone and wood throughout are lovely. There is some signage in each room giving insights that partially bring the house to life. The only negative is that there is very little in the way of furnishings, so it is quite hard to imagine what it would have been like to live in. Soane moved all of these to his London house, so if time allows I would combine the manor with the John Soane museum in Lincoln’ Inn, a superb place to visit.
It is a 5 minute walk from Ealing Broadway tube station. Driving and parking is probably a hassle.
Toilets and coffee shop. Nice park behind the house. I’d say you will spend 60 - 90 minutes here.
翻译:我们参观了 Pitzhanger,因为我们想使用我们的历史故居会员资格,可以免费入场。这座房子最近恢复了昔日的辉煌,状况极佳。我们首先去了画廊空间,那里有一个有趣的展览,以英格兰足球运动员为中心,其中两位 - 萨卡和克洛伊凯利 - 曾在附近上学。我们认为它非常好。
然后你通过地下室/地窖进入,那里有视频,展示了与设计并居住在庄园的约翰索恩有关的一些相当悲伤的家族历史。几段楼梯将带你到入口大厅、餐厅、卧室和客厅。建筑引人注目,让我想起了巴塞罗那高迪的设计之一。整个房子的石头和木头的组合很可爱。每个房间里都有一些标牌,提供一些让房子栩栩如生的见解。唯一的缺点是家具很少,所以很难想象住在那里会是什么样子。索恩把所有这些都搬到了他在伦敦的房子里,所以如果时间允许的话,我会把庄园和林肯律师学院的约翰索恩博物馆结合起来,这是一个值得参观的好地方。
从伊灵百老汇地铁站步行 5 分钟即可到达。开车和停车可能很麻烦。
厕所和咖啡店。房子后面有一个漂亮的公园。我想你会在这里呆 60 - 90 分钟。