The
House - Welcome to Tyntesfield, Britain's last great Victorian mansion!
Tyntesfield
House is the true embodiment of the nation's majestic past –
the resplendent, grandiose National Trust property that graces magazine
pages and television screens.
When the triumphant Trust managed to raise the funds to save Tyntesfield
from being auctioned off in chunks, rumours were rampant that it
had been snatched from under the acquisitive eyes of Kylie Minogue
and a possible heir.
The
Trust acted with commendable speed to save this grand estate for
the nation, raising £20 million in two months from public
and private sources. But the money came with strings attached.
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FOUR tells the gripping inside story of the crusade to save Tyntesfield
and make it the blueprint for the new thinking and modernity central
to the National Trust of the 21st century. The goal: more public
access and education through heritage. The problem: how?
As
the public access to the estate hits huge stumbling blocks, and
the Trust asks for more public money to run it, will the fairytale
of Tyntesfield turn into a nightmare?
MPs
are already starting to ask difficult questions. Join hard-pressed
staff, builders and the people holding the purse strings, to hear
what happened when the National Trust acquired the mighty mansion.
