Name: 深入探訪不尋常的家庭宅邸！布蘭斯佩思城堡的幕後花絮揭密！ (See behind the scenes of an unusual family home, Brancepeth Castle)
Uploaded: 2026-01-22T13:22:57.000Z
Duration: 9 min 22 s

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And I'm Richard and welcome to our home, Branspeth Castle.

我是 Richard，歡迎來到我們的家，Branspeth Castle。

Mum bought the castle for a book warehouse.

媽媽買下這座城堡當作書本倉庫。

As London publishers, they needed a warehouse and she thought, what a grand idea.

作為倫敦的出版商，他們需要一個倉庫，她覺得這真是個絕妙的主意。

城堡的大部分都屬於中世紀時期。

The building wraps right round two thirds of this gorgeous enclosed courtyard.

建築物環繞著這個美麗的庭院約三分之二的範圍。

And when I was first here, I just thought how magic to live in a walled garden sort of a building.

我第一次來的時候，就覺得住在這種有圍牆花園式的建築裡真是太夢幻了。

We live up there, we have, my brother in law lives down there, my daughter in law lives over there.

我們住樓上，我妹婿住樓下，我媳婦住那邊。

So we basically occupy different areas of the castle.

所以我們基本上佔據了城堡的不同區域。

In 1820, this would have been where the carriages would have arrived and the guests would have walked into the main hall of the castle at that time.

在西元1820年，這裡就是馬車抵達的地方，當時的賓客會走進城堡的大廳。

The origins of castle date back to about 1138.

城堡的起源可以追溯到大約西元1138年。

Within the castle, of course, it's been through a whole myriad of different owners.

當然，城堡經歷過各種各樣不同的主人。

An amazing amount has taken place in the old part of the castle.

城堡的舊部分發生了許多令人驚奇的事情。

This was where they plotted the rising of the north.

這裡就是他們策劃北方起義的地方。

1500年代發生了可怕的流血事件。

It just exudes such an atmosphere of strength and age.

它散發著一股強大又古老的氣息。

After the medieval period, the castle went through a series of mixed owners.

在中世紀之後，這座城堡歷經了一系列不同主人的更迭。

His son, Matthew Russell developed the castle as a Regency stately home.

他的兒子 Matthew Russell 將城堡發展成英式攝政時期的莊園宅邸。

So we're currently standing in the, the ballroom added in 1820.

所以我們現在站的地方，就是1820年增建的舞廳。

You see what we call the grand staircase.

你們看，這就是我們稱之為的宏偉樓梯。

So when the Russell family had their, their gatherings, their social gatherings, they would have come down through the door here and swept down the staircase and this would have all been part of the, the guest presentation room.

所以當 Russell 一家有他們的聚會、社交活動時，他們就會從這裡的門走下來，然後掃過樓梯，這一切都會是貴賓接待室的一部分。

So many of the rooms would benefit from maybe a week, I say unrealistically, maybe a month, but

所以很多房間可能需要一個禮拜，我說得不太實際，可能需要一個月，但

even a week, even a week of just going, what should we do in here?

就算是一個禮拜，就算是一個禮拜，只是去想，我們在這裡該做些什麼？

When they modernized the castle in 1820, they built the Regency Castle onto the existing medieval castle.

他們在1820年現代化城堡時，在現有的中世紀城堡上增建了英式攝政時期城堡。

So we still have the full blown medieval castle with this Regency stately home sort of glued on the front.

所以我們仍然擁有完整的中世紀城堡，前面還黏著這個英式攝政時期的莊園宅邸。

This is the lowest level and we're still 15ft above ground level, even though it feels like you're underground.

這是最低層，我們離地面還有15英尺，儘管感覺像在地下。

When we first moved here, our children used to call this the dungeons.

剛搬來的時候，我們的孩子們以前都叫這裡為地牢。

They used to play hide and seek down here, but they've grown out of that.

他們以前在這裡玩捉迷藏，但他們已經長大了。

They just exude atmosphere and gradually they're getting tidied up because this was full of rubble five years ago.

它們散發著氣息，而且逐漸在被整理好，因為五年前這裡堆滿了瓦礫。

We hadn't Even started on getting this emptied out.

So these barrels would have been for the beer, for the estate workers.

所以這些酒桶應該是給莊園工人的啤酒用的。

When the Hamilton Russell family left, they had a big auction and this barrel here was lot number 1,855 15.

Hamilton Russell 一家搬走時，他們辦了一場大型拍賣，這個酒桶是編號 1,855 15 的拍賣品。

We still have it because when the person who bought it couldn't get it out through the door.

我們還留著它，因為買家買了之後，卻沒辦法把它搬出門。

This is a quite an interesting part of the old castle.

這是這座古老城堡一個相當有趣的部分。

Mind your head as you go over the doorway and the threshold and then through here we have the loo.

進門和跨過門檻時，請小心你的頭，然後穿過這裡就是廁所了。

It drops straight down and there's even a fitted hand basin cut into the wall with drainage.

這裡直接往下，牆上還挖了一個附有排水口的洗手檯。

So pour the water, use a little bung, wash their hands and that for the 1300s.

所以倒水，用個小塞子，洗洗手，這就是1300年代的樣子。

Quarter of a million pounds of 1820 money was spent making this medieval castle a des res and high tech in its day.

在1820年代，花了二十五萬英鎊，把這座中世紀城堡打造成當時的豪華住宅和高科技建築。

所以這個窗戶外面就變成裡面了。

And come and look at this Regency stair that he put in.

來，一起看看這個英式攝政時期樓梯，是他加的。

When we got married, it was raining so much we couldn't have an outside photo.

我們結婚那天，雨下得超大，沒辦法拍外景。

So we got all our guests to stand around this staircase and the photographer laid down on the floor there and everybody peered over.

所以我們請所有賓客圍著這個樓梯站，攝影師就躺在那邊地上，大家從上面探頭看。

So we got a group photograph of all our guests up the staircase here.

所以我們就拍了一張所有賓客在樓梯上的合照。

So we come up here and here at the top we have what my kids call the horror cabinet.

所以我們來到這裡，在最上面，有我小孩稱之為「恐怖櫥櫃」的東西。

He was born in 1919 and as an only child was bought lots of toys.

他出生於1919年，是個獨生子，所以買了很多玩具給他。

我們小時候都跟這些玩具一起玩。

So some of my brothers and sisters just couldn't bear to get rid of them.

所以我的一些兄弟姊妹就是捨不得丟掉它們。

The future of the building relies more on the commitment of people than it does purely on money.

這棟建築的未來，更多是仰賴人們的投入，而不僅僅是金錢。

You could put a lot of money at the building, but

你可以投入很多錢在這棟建築上，但是

actually the building has to be loved and looked after.

事實上，這棟建築需要被愛護和照顧。

Right, Come out onto the old medieval roof here.

好的，我們來看看這裡古老的中古世紀屋頂。

Excellent condition considering the age of this stonework.

考量到這些石工的年代，保存狀況非常好。

Main thing we come up here for is inspecting the gutters, making sure the gutters are clear.

我們上來這裡主要是檢查水槽，確保水槽是暢通的。

So the water that runs off the roof goes outside of the castle and doesn't go into the castle.

這樣屋頂上的水就會流到城堡外面，不會滲進城堡裡。

You can see here, there's quite a lot of build up of stuff down here.

你看看這裡，這裡堆積了不少東西。

So clear this stuff out, do a quick check.

所以把這些東西清掉，做個快速檢查。

And as you can see from this side here, you've got the.

The Regency tower that was added by the Scottish architect Paterson when that was built in 1820.

這是蘇格蘭建築師 Paterson 在 1820 年建造時加建的英式攝政時期塔樓。

They were building out over what was the old defensive moat that ran round the old medieval curtain wall, and

他們當時是蓋在環繞著中古世紀城牆的舊防禦護城河上方，

Patterson didn't get his foundations right and the whole tower started to keel over.

Paterson 沒有把地基打好，整座塔樓就開始傾斜了。

And so they had to demolish the buttressing on this side of the tower just so the whole thing didn't fall over.

所以他們不得不拆掉塔樓這一側的扶壁，以免整座塔樓倒塌。

幸好，它現在已經不再移動了。

How many kilos did we get off it last year?

去年我們從上面摘了多少公斤？

We sell chutney in the shop, we take it in the kitchen and we brew it all up.

我們在店裡賣酸辣醬，我們會拿到廚房去全部煮好。

There's no end to the money that this building could soak up.

這棟建築能吞掉的錢真是無窮無盡。

The challenge is, can you eke it out in such a way that you keep on ticking?

挑戰在於，你能不能想辦法讓它持續運作下去？

If it's got a heartbeat, that's good enough.

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