• The Country House Reve... First broadcast: 10 May 2011. Episode 1/6 Dan Cruickshank visits South Wraxall Manor in Wiltshire.
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@CrayolaSkies4A1000Miles6 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful home John and Gela have. I love all the ornate fireplaces and the grounds are lovely.
@judyb15393 жыл бұрын
Isn't it just magnificent. I'm gathering by this interview that Gela took the reins in the decorating.
@EyeByBrian11 ай бұрын
@@judyb1539Gela and her husband John Taylor made the brilliant decision to hire the genius Robert Kime to oversee the refurbishment and redecoration. But of course all such projects are collaborative.👍🏻
@laserbeam0029 жыл бұрын
Thankfully this beautiful house was saved.
@chloetaylor48233 жыл бұрын
I loved this programme. I am a descendant of the Long family and it’s great to know more about them, I wouldn’t exist without them. Would love to actually visit the house.
@bobdylan16779 ай бұрын
I am a Long from Highgate jn London. I belive the Wraxhall clan moved there in the 1800s??
@Jiskpirate3 жыл бұрын
How great these new owners did not make it modern (imagine the plumbing if it were to be turned into a hotel; the whole house would have to be stripped) but decided to use authentic furnishings that compliment the surroundings.
@Parianparlay3 жыл бұрын
Superb! Enjoyed this series so much. Mr Cruikshank enchanting as always. Thank you’ve much, the photography is outstanding.
@donalmccormaic82852 жыл бұрын
Absolutely stunning, beautiful house. Delighted to know it is well looked after by the current owners.
@carmenm.40912 жыл бұрын
Ha! I was just shopping with a friend a few hours ago and had some juicy couture items in my hand and was telling my friend who the lady is and that’s she’s married to J.T etc, and now I watched this. What a coincidence! I had no idea they bought this splendid house. Good for them! And I love what they’ve done with the place. ❤️
@ramibu2395 жыл бұрын
Sir Henry Long was my 12x, Sir Robert my 11x & Sir Walter my 10x ggrandfathers. So 1st, I just want to thank you for sharing w/ me my family's history & showing me this incredible ancestral home. You did a fabulous job & it really touched my heart. Then can I say how shocked & saddened I was to hear that the last Long sold it un '65! Thank God that there is at least someone there now that has tried to preserve & keep it as it should be!!! I hope one day I may travel to England & see it (I would love to be able to walk the grounds & touch the walls my ancestors built - but now that it is a private home I prob would not be allowed to do so).
@bobdylan48464 жыл бұрын
I am a Long from Highgate in London. We had very rich relatives. Is there a connection between us??
@ramibu2394 жыл бұрын
@@bobdylan4846 possibly! Do you know if you are descended from this family line?
@bobdylan48464 жыл бұрын
brooking@blueyonder.co.uk if you have Long family Highgate links.
@839r4 жыл бұрын
Same here they migrated to NewZealand in the 1800s . We must be all realated ! My grandfather and my dad are all redheads.
@wandelgartking54463 жыл бұрын
Ain't this something
@senorsart8 жыл бұрын
this was probably the most delightful revealed manor house in the series, mainly because it did not have that irritating and absurd hymn and choir music being played when the narrator entered the great hall or gushed about something. whoever is responsible for ruining an otherwise superb documentary with this totally out of place musical cacaophony should definitly be consigned to listening to a loop of it for eternity.
@gripplehound3 ай бұрын
Wow! It’s stunning!!
@ronniealex55232 жыл бұрын
Incredible and gracious we LOVE Dan
@abigailsanchez7722 Жыл бұрын
The chair that Gela is sitting in is magnificent
@jamesallison48757 ай бұрын
Robert Kime did the sensitive and atmospheric decorations.
@AndersBu3 жыл бұрын
Love this home ❤️ And Dan is great👍❤️
@JEN13Deluxe8 ай бұрын
as an american that lived in the uK, i don't think most people realize how much $$$$$$ it takes to upkeep these homes. many are sold to be hotels or donated to National Trust. I love that she was walking around in her very high heels :)
@stevefrancis46337 жыл бұрын
good band for their time seen em 6 times dd made one drive raher fast ,,young them i need a keyboad misin keys some when whant 2 .may work ,,,,
@JTforeverL3 жыл бұрын
You make no sense whatsoever
@ronniealex55232 жыл бұрын
What the hell are you talking about?
@mjh5437 Жыл бұрын
Have another beer.
@amberzinser63444 жыл бұрын
Neat medieval home. But, I could not live there. Way too dark and depressing for me. No offense to John and Gela, of course.
@mjh5437 Жыл бұрын
Did anyone else spot the ghostly little shape fluttering across the floor from 12:02 to 12:07?
@janoginski5557 Жыл бұрын
Yep MJ H. Wasn’t that strange. Coincidence or the film crew having some mischievous fun. Oh and by the by the pipe smoke thing, I have experienced this rather strange phenomenon, we lived in a cottage where a shepherd, who had smoked a pipe, he smoked Condor Pipe Tobacco had lived but 25 to 30 years before. And one Day we smelt the unmistakable & characteristic aroma of Condor tobacco, none of us smoked a pipe & our only nebor didn’t smoke & our nearest nebors were miles away from us, it was very strange indeed, maybe the aroma from pipe tobacco has some mystical characteristic. Very very spooky indeed.
@abigailsanchez7722 Жыл бұрын
I did but I believe it was a moth or butterfly
@ianBeer1236 жыл бұрын
Terrific documentary. It's sad enough that these magnificent, long-held family estates are sold but to think that they end up in the hands of some tacky, uncultured, nouveau riche American is enough to make one feel quite ill. :-(
@PaulHummerman6 жыл бұрын
Actually, given the dubious origins of the Longs, it's rather fitting that it's ended up as it has, and the new owners seem to value it more than the last Longs did.
@sharoncurtis58205 жыл бұрын
Gela Nash is a shallow old bag that just likes to flaunt money. She didnt deserve that house.
@sharoncurtis58205 жыл бұрын
Opinions are like assholes...everyone has one @blackie ray
@michelenjannine3 жыл бұрын
Excuse me for correcting. Just hope to soften your sadness. Gela's husband is a real Englishman from Birmingham (famous as 1 of the founders of one of the greatest British popbands Duran Duran). In his '20s he moved to the USA. So unless they sold it since this programm, the manor is in English hands. 🤗🇱🇺love from Holland (I once travelled accross your lovely country)
@ronniealex55232 жыл бұрын
The house was decorated by Robert Kime he is the greatest British interiors expert his work at this manor is exceptional he also did a fine job of Clarence House. It is plainly bleeding obvious that the house has been restored in and out in the best possible authentic taste imaginable and the results are exquisite.... to even suggest an element of tacky and uncultured actually, says more about you than the owners!
@naotopmodel7 ай бұрын
My question is ... where is John Taylor?
@styx53ocean7 ай бұрын
It's about the HOUSE not the owner.
@forward_ever_ever25952 жыл бұрын
Hmmm... its seems so sad that when the lady and her husband got married, they decided that they "could not" live there...so much of her history...hundreds of years. Well its those who have the gold spoon don't realise how fortunate they are...but on the other hand at least someone who has a appreciation for the history, the architecture could carry it on. But its still sad though that some other family member couldn't carry it on
@ivorytower99 Жыл бұрын
Lovely presentation. I just hope that more English don't think of all Americans as being like Gela. I saw her on an episode of GORDON WATSON Wants Everything! (LOL, or whatever the show is called) and found her kind of typical "L.A.-ish".
@mysticjoy2924 Жыл бұрын
Seems like them Longs had it Long enough!! Top 🎩 rich tyrants 🙌🙄🧐🤔😂😂😂😂
@mysticjoy2924 Жыл бұрын
I hope that furry looking creature on her shoulder is not a peice of dead animal ..ufff can't believe she would use anything but false fur 🙌🙄🧐🤔the house is great 👍
@bets92869 жыл бұрын
I was going to say, being American, it is a privlege to be able to see something we just don't have, ancient houses, ancient history, but now I'm distracted by Gela's imitation of a goat- her cloven hooved boots, her utter lack of style, despite owing Juicy, she is the reason the English roll their eyes at Americans. Learn to articulate Gela- add some words to your vocabulary.- and bonus, David Najor's comments, while having nothing to do with this wonderful program, were quite entertaining. It's almost as if he speaks of witchcraft- no normal woman could possibly do those horrible things to a man, unless he allowed himself to be duped- stop being a victim David.
@VictrolaJazz9 жыл бұрын
Well we don't have the ancient history they have--if something is 100 years old here it's viewed as ancient and should be torn down. I always wonder how and when modern fittings were added such as plumbing and electricity and central heating (I noticed a radiator in one of the rooms). Was gas lighting used in the 19th century?
@MikeGreenwood517 жыл бұрын
Most likely gas lightning was in use in the 19th century as they had not until the 1880s electricity.
@basstrammel13226 жыл бұрын
+VictoriaJazz Yes, gas lighting would be installed no later than 1900. +Bets Hofsommer Nouveau riche is a kind of it's own, but some of them will be remembered as Wilhelm the Conquer in a 1000 years from now. Everything started from nothing, after all.
@aracelypadilla4658 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes less is more.
@cartersimmons6972 жыл бұрын
The only thing terribly interesting about an English country home is his architecture and its objects. I don't care about the history of the family just about their possessions.
@joshuataylor608710 жыл бұрын
We all get hurt by people from time to time, sounds like you have some serious women issues, get some psychological help and move on.
@bteuben-faber8215Ай бұрын
I like the history of great houses in the UK. And therefore a lot of this series. But ... the nonsense about ghosts, haunting things etc. is irritating. Why should you give attention to supersticious, occult tales? A country with the most beautiful Christian heritage in churches, hymns and culture should be ashamed by including such rubbish in a serious documentary: A historic video unworthy in my opinion. But the rest of it is lovely to watch. Thank you for sharing. From Holland with ❤
@irishelk39 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool house, pity someone from Duran duran bought it i say give it to the Rolling Stones!
@MikeGreenwood517 жыл бұрын
The RS most likly can not afford it.
@charlesjensen79186 жыл бұрын
Too late for George Michael.
@ramibu2395 жыл бұрын
Actually its to bad its not in National Trust so it can be shared w/ all of England as well as us descendants here in America & the rest of the world.