| 词条 | High Sunderland Hall | ||||
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BackgroundIt has long been held that High Sunderland Hall was Emily Brontë’s main model for the external features of Wuthering Heights while Top Withens was the actual location for the house. In 1904 William Sharp in his book “Literary Geography” said. “The Withens is on the hill-top above Haworth, and is supposed to represent the situation of Wuthering Heights. The house itself, as detailed in Emily Bronte's famous romance, is a composite picture ; the interior having been suggested by Ponden Hall, near Haworth, and the exterior by High Sunderland, Law Hill, near Halifax. This, at least, is the opinion of those best acquainted with the topography of the subject"[4] The drawing on the right was made in 1818 shortly before Emily saw it and this house would have appeared very similar to the building that she viewed. Later photos show the house in some disrepair. The painting on the left of High Sunderland Hall was created in 1911 by Duncan Campbell. The building was noted for its elaborate and grotesque carvings and Brontë's description of Heathcliff's wild moorland home has unmistakable echoes of the old house. In Chapter I, Brontë writes:[1] {{cquote|Before passing the threshold I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front and especially about the principal door, above which, among the wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date 1500 ...|}} The photos below show the resemblance of High Sunderland to Emily’s above description. Photo 1 is the front gate of the house and shows “a quantity of grotesque carving”. Photo 3 is the principal door and depicts even more of these grotesque figures. There are also griffins on the building – Photo 2 shows two eagle like griffins above the arch at the top of the structure. Photos of High Sunderland Hall circa 1900See also{{Commonscat}}
References1. ^1 2 Halifax Today article on Local Sites with Bronte associations {{Wuthering Heights}}2. ^A Reader's Guide to Wuthering Heights 3. ^IngentaConnect Article about Everard Flintoff's book, The Geography of Wuthering Heights 4. ^Sharp, William 1904 “Literary Geography”, Pall Mall Publications, London, p. 106. Online reference http://www31.us.archive.org/stream/literarygeograph00shar#page/106/mode/2up 5 : Buildings and structures in Calderdale|Wuthering Heights|Demolished buildings and structures in England|Manor houses in England|Country houses in West Yorkshire |
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