The secret place where time stands still: exploring the monastery of Kalker-a photographic journey

During the years of exploring this beautiful country, I have been to many places in England, but my favorite place so far is Calker Abbey. On the surface, it looks like a rather humble and solemn home-it looks like many other similar architectural styles, which you will find all over Britain. But the real treasure is inside. The house has been "arrested and rotted" and has not been affected, just like the family donated it to the National Trust. After the article was published, we had a big photo studio.

When it was donated to the trust fund, houses and families were in decline. When the trust company took over the house, they decided to do their best to keep it in a decaying state. Why? As an example of the decline of the British aristocracy. Getting there was an extraordinary experience. At the entrance of the venue, you will get a CD, which will tell you all about the history of the property and how the owner is very private. The road leading to the house goes straight ahead. It is isolated. Isolation is very attractive.

Dark, dirty, dusty and cold are not the words you usually use to describe the property managed by the national trust fund. But you may never have heard of Calker Abbey. Calker Abbey is unique among British luxury houses because it has been in a state of stagnation and decline, helping tourists understand the dangers faced by luxury houses in recent years. The 20th century was not friendly to a mansion like Calker Abbey. This mansion is not particularly stunning in architecture; It was a typical design at that time. The magic of Kalker Monastery lies in how it was preserved. Calker Abbey, located in Derbyshire, England, a few miles from Tickner, can be traced back to 170 1. This house has been almost forgotten for decades. In the 20th century, the baroque mansion was in disrepair in the hands of the owners who could not afford to maintain it.

In 1980s, Calker Abbey was taken over by Na Honart Therus under the public's appeal for help. This house is best described as an ancient antique shop, full of cultural fragments of the same family for more than 300 years. Calker Abbey is one of the most unusual national trusts in Britain. It was preserved in the state when it was discovered, giving people a glimpse of the life of the country house in its heyday. This is a place that must be believed.

Calker Abbey was never actually a monastery, but it was the seat of Augustine Abbey, which was founded by Richard Dufrancher, the second earl of Chester, around115. At first, an independent community devoted itself to St. Giles, and few people knew the purpose of the Kalker Monastery in the late Middle Ages. Calker Abbey, like other monasteries, was confiscated by the royal family when Henry VIII dissolved the monastery, and was occupied by various leaseholds and real estate owners in the following years until 1575 fell into the hands of Richard Wensley. The Elizabethan mansion he built on the ruins of Calker Abbey is the core of Calker Abbey we see today.

Several generations later, the house was bought by Sir Henry Hapl, the first baron. From generation to generation, it was not until 170 1 that it was inherited by Sir John Hapl, the fourth baron, who rebuilt the Calker Abbey on a large scale to adapt to the prevailing neoclassical architectural trend in18th century.

The new Calker Abbey is built around a central courtyard with Derbyshire stones outside; At that time, the Hapl family belonged to the next generation, that is, the interior decoration of Kalker Monastery was the most exquisite.

From 170 1 to 1984, Calker Abbey became the ownership of the national trust fund, and the house was hardly changed by its residents. Sir Wanxi Hapl was the 10, and the last baron who lived in calka Abbey. He devoted his life to the study of natural history, collecting animal specimens and other biological specimens (many of which were displayed in the house and stuffed into every corner and gap). Although Hilda Hapl Crewe, the daughter of the Tenth Baron, needs to sell most of his collection to pay his inheritance tax, Kalker Monastery continues to play the part of his interest as a residence and part as a museum.

Due to the disrepair of the exterior of the building, the rooms inside are full of things left by the family of the deceased. This is a huge time to twist the family attic, full of items, many of which are common in their time, and some are unusual at any time. 198 1 year, the estate tax claimed by Charles Hapl Crewe after his death finally paralyzed the finances of Hapl Crewe's family. Henry Hapl Crewe, Charles' younger brother, gave this shabby house to the national trust fund. After a nationwide fund-raising campaign, the house was accepted. Many people don't even know the house exists. It is located deep in the park and its view is blocked. The family likes their privacy. But once the fate is uncertain, organizations such as "Save the British Heritage" will work together in Qi Xin to save the country. In the 1980s, the donation and support of * * * helped Britain save this wealth.

Unusually, the National Trust believes that the decline of Calker Monastery is worth preserving, and has not tried to restore the glory of this property before its decline. Instead, a large-scale protection project was implemented, trying to freeze the land and protect it from further deterioration, but it has been in a brilliant and chaotic state of decline. The purpose of this protection is to show what big houses faced when they began to decline in the 20th century. Entering Calker Abbey is like visiting a time capsule, almost like walking into the remains of a day in an iconic movie.

This house is an ongoing conservation project, because skilled craftsmen open more rooms for public display. In order to meet the needs of modern tourists, most of these houses have been renovated or modernized. Calker Abbey is just the opposite. All conversation work strives to remain the same forever. For administrators, this is a rather arduous task.

The entrance to the house is on the first floor, which consists of a hall with the head of Hapl Crewe trophy hanging in it. As soon as I entered the house, I was sent to a small hall from the south, which was quite inconspicuous to the house. This is not the original entrance. The impressive bar upstairs used to be a magnificent hall, but in Victorian times, the stairs leading to this hall were demolished. Now the entrance is small and private, which will give you a false sense of scale when you start exploring a big house with countless rooms.

This big pub is still magnificent and spacious, and almost every room has various specimens, including crocodile heads. The cartoon room features Georgian cartoons pasted directly on the wall, and the living room, library and bedroom are crowded with all kinds of furniture, household items and antiques. The house is full of beautiful paintings, but the really valuable and important paintings were auctioned as early as the family property decreased.

Among the many items found in the Kalker Monastery, one stands out, and that is the Kalker bed. Unwanted gifts, unopened at the bottom of the wardrobe or under the bed, are common, but in Calker Abbey, these gifts have not been touched for 300 years. In the early 1980s, historian Sir Howard colvin found a set of Chinese embroidered silk bedspreads in a room in Calker Abbey. People think these curtains are gifts from Princess Anne, the daughter of George II, to Lady Caroline. As these hangings have never been opened, people think that they can be traced back to 17 15, and they are well-preserved, which is one of the best preserved China silks in this period. This bed is on display in the house now.

It used to be a dust, because when I visited such an old house, it was a servant's bell. Although I am worried that the peeling paint contains lead … I doubt whether it contains lead. If so, trust will not let anyone near.

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Kitchen.

Stone products are not as clean as other solemn families, and have the characteristics of coal dust and weathering. Chatsworth, this is not.

If you find yourself in Derbyshire, you must visit Calker Abbey. This is a very special place and must be believed.