Ishadi Kwakuyindawo yokuhlala eyinhloko ye- USir Winston Churchill nonkosikazi wakhe uClementine owayithenga ngo-1924 ukuze baphumule. Itholakala ngamakhilomitha amabili eningizimu yeWesterham, endaweni IKent County. Lapho uSir Winston eshona ngo-1965, umkakhe wanquma ukuyinikeza iNational Trust ngokushesha.
Namuhla kuguqulwe kwaba imnyuziyamu yomlando, ifenisha yakhe, izithombe, izincwadi nezinkumbulo zomuntu siqu kukhonjiswa okuvusa izintshisekelo zobungcweti nezinamandla zalesi sikhulu sezombusazwe, umbhali, umdwebi kanye nomndeni womndeni.
Izingadi ezingasentabeni zibonisa uthando lukaChurchill lwendawo kanye nemvelo. Kubandakanya amachibi awadalile, uRose Garden kaNkk Churchill, i-Orchard neMarycot, kanye netiyetha elenzelwe ikakhulukazi indodakazi encane kaChurchill.
Lesi siza sakhiwa okungenani kusukela ngekhulu le-16, lapho ifa lalibizwa nge- "Well Street" nguHenry VIII okwakuthiwa yilo muzi ngesikhathi esathandana no-Anne Boleyn eHever Castle eseduzane. Indlu yoqobo yakhuliswa kakhulu futhi yaguqulwa phakathi nekhulu le-19.
Indawo ephakeme kakhulu yefa icishe ibe ngamamitha ayi-650 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle, futhi indlu inombono omangalisayo ngaphesheya kwe-Weald yaseKent. Leli phuzu 'lalinoChurchill futhi ngokungangabazeki laliyinto ebalulekile ekumncengeleni ukuba athenge indlu' engeyona inzuzo enkulu yokwakha '.
UChurchill waqasha umakhi wezakhiwo uPhilip Tilden ukuvuselela nokwandisa indlu. UTilden wasebenza phakathi kuka-1922 no-1924, enza lula futhi enza izinto zesimanje, kanye nokwabela ukukhanya okwengeziwe endlini ngamafasitela amakhulu. Umsebenzi kaTilden wayiguqula ngokuphelele indlu.
Ngo-1938, uChurchill waphoqeleka ukuba anikele ngoChartwell ukuze athengiswe ngenxa yezizathu zezezimali, futhi ngaleso sikhathi indlu yayinamakamelo okwamukela izihambi ayisi-5, imibhede engu-19 namagumbi okugqoka, izindlu zangasese eziyisishiyagalombili, ezisendaweni engamahektare angama-8 enezindlu ezintathu zasepulazini namachibi okushisa namachibi akhanyisiwe.
Ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe II, kwakungeke kuhlalwe endlini. Ukuma kwayo okuvezwe obala eduze kakhulu nokuhlalwa kweFrance ngamaJalimane kwakusho ukuthi kungenzeka kube sengozini yokuhlaselwa yizindiza zaseJalimane noma ukungena komyalo ongazange kwenzeke.
Ikheli:
UMapleton Road, Westerham, TN16 1PS