萨里郡多次被评比为全英国绿色覆盖面积最大的地区，独特的地理位置又让它无限接近历史与政治的枢纽，因此这里有很多名人故居、古典建筑及其所连结的历史故事与爱恨情仇，值得我们不断去探寻猎奇。今天的博客，便要带大家来看看萨里郡吉尔福德地区的一张名片-洛斯利庄园。
在去年九月份我刚入学时，在新生周头几天的报到注册时期，学校就组织新生去周边景区游玩，包括Losely park。为了让新生更好的适应本地生活、探索本地文化，学校的安排非常精心周到，Losely Park的游览包含免费的旅游客车接送、导览和庄园内用餐服务，也可以算作是新生周的一个福利吧。
Loseley Park is a large Tudor manor hourse with later additions and modifications 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of in Guildford, Surrey close to the hamlet of Littleton. The estate was acquired by the direct ancestors of the current owners, the More-Molyneux, at the beginning of the 16th century. The house built for Sir William More is a Grade I listed building, the highest rank in architecture or heritage.[1] Loseley appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Losele. It was held by Turald (Thorold) from Roger de Montgomery. Its domesday assets were: 2 hides. It had 4 ploughs, 5 acres (20,000 m2) of meadow. It rendered £3.[2] The papers of Sir Thomas Cawarden, Master of the Revels were formerly preserved in the house. Loseley Park is still the residence of the More-Molyneux family and is open to the public. The 17th century tithe barn is available for weddings.
庄园内主要建筑
目前的庄园主楼大约在1562至1568年间建成，建筑石材主要从旁边的Waverley教堂废墟中获得，它是对原有建筑的扩大营建。原有的建筑，因为伊丽莎白一世女王觉得太小而不适合作为一个造访目的地，所以被要求进行扩大工程。建筑内的大厅是楼内的主要房间，包括一个带有巨大的镀金天花板的客厅，由詹姆斯·汉斯·霍尔拜因（Hans Holbein）设计。还有一个图书馆，其中，壁炉上方的雕刻（建于1570年）是为了纪念当年伊丽莎白一世女王的到访。威廉·莫尔爵士的房间里摆放着18世纪的沃克斯豪尔镜子。国王詹姆斯一世和女王伊丽莎白一世分别使用了两间分开的额我是，它们后来便分别称为国王室和女王室。楼内有很多珍贵的艺术藏品，包含安妮·博林（Anne Boleyn）的少数画作之一。
The House
The present house was built between 1562 and 1568 with stone brought from the ruins of Waverley Abbey. The new house replaced a smaller one which Elizabeth I declared was not ‘adequate’ for her to visit and requested something larger be built. The great hall is the principal room containing panelling from Henry VIII’s Nonsuch Palace, a minstrel’s gallery, carvings by Grinling Gibbons, panels from Henry VIII’s banqueting tents and a collection of royal and family portraits.
The drawing room has a gilded ceiling that was commissioned for James I’s visit and a massive chalk fireplace designed by Hans Holbein. The carvings above the library fireplace (dated 1570) commemorate one of Elizabeth I’s visits. Sir William More’s room contain an 18th-century Vauxhall mirror. Two bedrooms named the King’s Room and the Queen’s Room were used by James I and Elizabeth I respectively. The house also contains one of the few paintings of Anne Boleyn.
花园
主楼旁侧的花园被石墙所包围，由Gertrude Jekyll设计，内部包含一系列不同主题的“隔间”。花园在1993-1994年的到进一步的营建，新建了一座玫瑰园，继而其他的诸如芳草园、鲜花园、白园，以及最新营造的有机蔬菜和盆景花卉园。大花园由一个建筑年代和庄园主楼相仿的围墙所包围，其中有一条穿行于葡萄藤间的小道，一大片紫藤花，纵横的沟渠以及许多桑葚树。
The Garden
The walled garden, based on a design by Gertrude Jekyll, contains a series of “rooms” with different themes running through them. The redevelopment of the garden commenced in 1993/4 with the Rose Garden and continued with the Herb Garden, Flower Garden, White Garden and, most recently, the organic Vegetable and Cut Flower Garden. The gardens are surrounded by an old wall of similar age to the house and contain a vine walk, a huge spread of wisteria, the moat and moat walk, and the old mulberry tree around which a family prophecy revolves.
影视剧场景
洛斯利庄园经常被用作影视剧取景地点，最早出现在1957年上映的Counterfeit Plan， 还包括，1968年上映的A Dandy in Aspic, 1978年的The Legacy, 1997年播出的电视剧Midsomer Murders, 还有1998年的电视剧系列The Worst Witch, 2008年的纪录片Agatha Christie’s Marple: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? 2006年电影By the Pricking of My Thumbs以及同年上映的电视剧Stately Suppers, 以及最近在2010年上映的 The Special Relationship。大家有兴趣的话可以去看一下，在电影中通过不同的角度与场景去寻找一个美丽别致的洛斯利庄园。
Film and TV scenes
Loseley Park and house has been used as a filming location for several productions. One of the earliest was The Counterfeit Plan (1957). The Internet Movie Database also lists : A Dandy in Aspic (1968), The Legacy (1978), Midsomer Murders (1997 TV series), The Worst Witch (1998 TV series), Agatha Christie’s Marple: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (2008) and By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006), Stately Suppers (2006 TV series), Sense and Sensibility (2008 miniseries), Emma (2009 miniseries) and The Special Relationship (2010). In 2016, the house was featured in the Netflix series The Crown. The film The Favourite (2018) was partly shot here. If these movies or TV series might of interest to you, you can probably choose one or more to watch then experience and ‘redefine’ the Losely Park in different film scene and historical context.
