Itshathi Yayiyindawo yokuhlala ephambili Mnumzana Winston Churchill kunye nenkosikazi yakhe uClementine owayithenga ngo-1924 ukuze baphumle. Ime kwiikhilomitha ezimbini emazantsi eWesterham KwiKent County. Ukusweleka kuka-Sir Winston ngo-1965, umfazi wakhe wagqiba ekubeni ayinike iNational Trust ngoko nangoko.
Namhlanje kuguqulwe kwayimyuziyam yembali, ifanitshala yakhe, iifoto, iincwadi kunye neenkumbulo zobuqu zibonisiwe ezithi zikhuthaze umdla kunye nobuchule obunamandla beli gosa laseburhulumenteni, umbhali, umzobi kunye nendoda yosapho.
Izitiya ezisezindulini zibonisa uthando lukaChurchill lendalo kunye nendalo. Babandakanya amachibi awadalileyo, uNkosikazi Churchill's Rose Garden, i-Orchard kunye neMarycot, kunye neqonga lemidlalo elenzelwe ikakhulu intombi encinci kaChurchill.
Indawo yayakhelwe ubuncinci ukusukela ngenkulungwane ye-16, xa ilifa lalibizwa ngokuba yi "Well Street" nguHenry VIII owayedume ngokuba likhaya ngexesha lokuthandana kwakhe no-Anne Boleyn kufutshane neHever Castle. Indlu yoqobo yandiswa kakhulu kwaye yaguqulwa ngenkulungwane ye-19.
Indawo ephezulu yelifa imalunga neemitha ezingama-650 ngaphezulu komphakamo wolwandle, kwaye indlu inombono omangalisayo kwi-Weald yaseKent. Le mbono 'yayinoChurchill kwaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo yayiyinto ebalulekileyo ekumcengeleni ukuba athenge indlu' engenalo ixabiso lobugcisa '.
UChurchill uqeshe umakhi uPhilip Tilden ukuze ahlaziye kwaye andise indlu. UTilden wasebenza phakathi kowe-1922 nowe-1924, esenza lula kwaye ephucula izinto, kananjalo nokwaba ukukhanya okungaphezulu kwendlu ngeefestile ezinkulu zeklasi. Umsebenzi kaTilden wayiguqula ngokupheleleyo indlu.
Ngo-1938, uChurchill wanyanzelwa ukuba ancame uChartwell ngenxa yezizathu zemali, kwaye ngelo xesha indlu yayinamagumbi ama-5 okwamkela, iibhedi ezili-19 namagumbi okunxiba, izindlu zangasese ezisi-8, ezikwiihektare ezingama-80 ezinezindlu ezintathu zasezifama kunye nobushushu kunye nedama elikhanyisiweyo.
Ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, indlu yayingahlalwa mntu. Ubume bayo obabubekwe kufutshane kakhulu nokuhlala kweJamani eFrance kwakuthetha ukuba isengozini yoqhankqalazo lomoya waseJamani okanye kwi-commando incursion, engakhange yenzeke.
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