Talk:Polesden Lacey/archive

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It has to be said that, unless you're into the 'Hello' crowd of a few generations ago, the house interior is uninteresting and poor value for money for non-Trust members. This is a house in which almost nothing of historical importance happened -- no grand conferences, and no famous political meetings -- because it was regarded as a weekend getaway. There are many unexceptional paintings hanging in the rooms and corridors, but some of the older ones (from the 16th and 15th centuries) ought to be better protected.

However in the gardens outside, the view across the valley from the Terrace makes up for any internal shortcomings.

Internally, the room decor on view displays an eclectic range of periods and styles along with furniture displaying a similar range of variation. In effect its an interior decorators pattern book writ large. One can imagine that a salesman from White, Allom & Co would have been proud to show prospective clients around his firm's accomplishments whilst perceptive local students of art and design could have read their books in comfort and then toured Polesden for actual examples.

As a fashionable Edwardian home the house would have invited derision but this house, unlike its predecessors on this site, was never intended as a home but as a weekend retreat for the Edwardian glitterarty. Kings, and princes of the blood, of politics, banking, letters and love could plot, plan and dally in total privacy, well away from the prying eyes and ears of press and public. How much it was used as such is, however, unclear, for following the deliberate and thorough destruction of Mrs Greville's private papers, no description of any event, apart from the antics of one of the butlers, may now be found. So the house keeps its secrets which is perhaps the reason a visit fails to entirely satisfy. 91.125.8.173 (talk) 14:49, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

The above is more like a POV review for a guidebook than a contribution to an encyclopedia. It makes no suggestions as to how to improve the article nor constructive criticisms of the same. I won't delete it, because I very rarely delete any contribution, but its author should know that it really doesn't belong here. SmokeyTheCat (talk) 12:13, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

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I have removed content in accordance with Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. This article does need expansion - all help appreciated. --SunStar Net ^talk 13:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

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Why does this article have to be written like this? Almost every sentence uses a new paragraph. And admittedly this is not among the most prestigous of the NT properties, but it does bring out one strata of society at the time: one of the object of the Trust surely?. The day I visited last week it was packed with people. Peter Shearan (talk) 04:51, 4 August 2008 (UTC)