Carrick Hill 樹墻裏的莊園沉夏

剛開端真的有點絕望

一片近乎荒涼的草皮

空空的松塔球寥落滿地

嵬峨的樹墻

是一張綠色的網

把視線吸附。。。

阻隔。。。

甚至有點梗塞 

然 別有洞天

只要你找到它的進口

就會發明

那片深藍的海岸線

一向延長到淺藍

深藍

海的呼吸

淺藍

天的氧氣 

憑海臨風遠眺時

身處的城堡 小溪 花香

那些夢中的奢靡光影

此刻都可疏忽不計

靜靜享受

樹墻裏的莊園沉夏

不要比及思念的時刻

才來把它追憶 

Carrick Hill is fortunate in being one of the few period homes in Australia to survive with its original contents almost completely intact and its grounds undiminished. It was a centre of stylish living; and friends hold fond memories of ahouse constantly filled with laughter, parties, artists, music, good wine,fine food and dancing; and heady with the scent of masses of flowers.While those days are now gone, Carrick Hill remains as an important example of the lifestyle of two wealthy and cultured Australians of the mid-twentieth century. 

Carrick Hill estate was the result of the marriage, in 1935, of members of two of Adelaide's most prominent families. Edward (Bill) Hayward was a son of the wealthy merchant family that for more than 100 years owned John Martin's Ltd, once Adelaide's greatest department store. His bride, Ursula Barr Smith, was a daughter of an even wealthier family of pastoralists.Ursula's father gave the couple the land on which Carrick Hill now stands as a wedding present. During their year-long honeymoon they acquired much of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth-century panelling, doors, staircases and windows from the demolition sale of Beaudesert, a Tudor mansion in Staffordshire, England. 

A family friend, Adelaide architect, James Irwin, designed the house around these fittings, and while the overall appearance is of a seventeenth-century English manor house, it incorporates all 'the latest' in 1930's technology. Oak panelling and pewter light fittings happily blend with heated towel rails, ensuite bathrooms and intercom systems.Carrick Hill was under construction from 1937 to 1939, and at the same time, Ursula designed the garden. Ursula and Edward moved in during the winter of 1939, only to be torn apart soon after by the Second World War when Edward Hayward left to serve with distinction in the Middle East and the Pacific, becoming one of the famous 'Rats of Tobruk'.After the war, the Haywards continued filling the house with a wealth of paintings, sculpture, antiques and drawings spanning nearly 500 years of artistic achievement. This highly personalised collection is an interesting mix of Georgian and Victorian pieces, mostly inherited from Ursula's family oak furniture, collected to match the house; and contemporary, often quite avant-garde British, French and Australian paintings and sculpture. Carrick Hill was under construction from 1937 to 1939, and at the same time, Ursula designed the garden. Ursula and Edward moved in during the winter of 1939, only to be torn apart soon after by the Second World War when Edward Hayward left to serve with distinction in the Middle East and the Pacific, becoming one of the famous 'Rats of Tobruk'.After the war, the Haywards continued filling the house with a wealth of paintings, sculpture, antiques and drawings spanning nearly 500 years of artistic achievement. This highly personalised collection is an interesting mix of Georgian and Victorian pieces, mostly inherited from Ursula's family oak furniture, collected to match the house; and contemporary, often quite avant-garde British, French and Australian paintings and sculpture. Carrick Hill was under construction from 1937 to 1939, and at the same time, Ursula designed the garden. Ursula and Edward moved in during the winter of 1939, only to be torn apart soon after by the Second World War when Edward Hayward left to serve with distinction in the Middle East and the Pacific, becoming one of the famous 'Rats of Tobruk'.After the war, the Haywards continued filling the house with a wealth of paintings, sculpture, antiques and drawings spanning nearly 500 years of artistic achievement. This highly personalised collection is an interesting mix of Georgian and Victorian pieces, mostly inherited from Ursula's family oak furniture, collected to match the house; and contemporary, often quite avant-garde British, French and Australian paintings and sculpture.  

Carrick Hill was under construction from 1937 to 1939, and at the same time, Ursula designed the garden. Ursula and Edward moved in during the winter of 1939, only to be torn apart soon after by the Second World War when Edward Hayward left to serve with distinction in the Middle East and the Pacific, becoming one of the famous 'Rats of Tobruk'.After the war, the Haywards continued filling the house with a wealth of paintings, sculpture, antiques and drawings spanning nearly 500 years of artistic achievement. This highly personalised collection is an interesting mix of Georgian and Victorian pieces, mostly inherited from Ursula's family oak furniture, collected to match the house; and contemporary, often quite avant-garde British, French and Australian paintings and sculpture. 

Many of the artists represented in the collection were close friends of the Haywards, including identities such as Sir William Dobell, Sir Russell Drysdale, Sir Jacob Epstein, Donald Friend, Nora Heysen, John Dowie and Adrian Feint. Carrick Hill was just one of the Haywards' four homes. They also spent time at their country property at Delamere, breeding Hereford cattle and polo ponies; a beach house at Port Willunga; and a townhouse in Mayfair, London, conveniently located close to many art and antique dealers.