Who lives in a house like this? Home of an eccentric millionaire collector.
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- In todays video I visit Snowshill Manor in Snowshill Village, Gloucestershire to visit the home of Charles Paget Wade. Charles Wade was a collector, visionary, poet and architect who dedicated his life to collecting over 22,000 things from all over the world and crammed them into Snowshill like his own personal theatre set after he purchased the house in 1917. Snowshill Manor was donated to the National Trust in 1951 and is one of the most quirky, unusual properties in their portfolio. Although I could have made a very long video about the property itself my interest is always the people who made the home and this video shines a light on Charles Wade who I think is fairly unknown compared to his artistic contemporaries but probably should have more notoriety. Since I first visited Snowshill as a child the house, collection and man who created it inspired, and continued to inspire me.
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Hi Lucy - OH WOW ! What a place and what a collection. I too have been called 'eccentric' on numerous occasions and I LOVE it ! I love collecting unusual things and my home is full of 'oddities', including me. What a man Charles Wade was, and I agree with you - he was a man who could see 'something' in everything. As to the Clocks ticking, I collect and repair mechanical Clocks, Striking and Chiming ones and have 26 here, and at about 12 o'clock it does get rather noisy, but to me, they are all living things with a story to tell, unlike quartz clocks of today. Thanks LUCY for taking us here - you never cease to amaze me as to the places you find. Thanks again - take special care 🙂 X X
From one eccentric to another .. YOU ARE BRILLIANT! The world needs people like us, I would love 12 o clock in your house, it would be really exciting - something has always drawn me to clocks, I can't say what it is about them but when I was a little girl all I wanted was a cuckoo clock and my lovely Nan brought me one back from Switzerland - I bet it cost her a fortune .. a rotten cousin swung off the pine cone winder and broke it .. I replaced it in my own home with a "tick tock clock" with the cat whos eyes and tail moves to the second.
@@throughlucyslens Hi Lucy - thanks for your support. I have a beautiful Antique Cuckoo Clock here, and people always remark on it - especially if they hear it over the phone. Lovely to hear back from you X X
Oh Lucy, You are such a sweet and natural person, who gets so excited about the people, the lives they led, and the history and many many other things. It is a big big pleasure to experience your videos. I could watch for hours. Such a wonderful treat. I too have now joined the National Trust. I am 71 and intend to spend some very special time with my sister, taking in these beautiful properties. Thank you so very much sending much love xxx
Thank you for your lovely comment Lesley, it honestly means a lot - use that membership until the card is frayed I say! I get so much use out of mine and for me it's worth it completely. I hope you get to visit some beautiful places together; there are so many! Where do you fancy first? X
I love that he wore the armour home. Hilarious. What a character.
I really love him!!!
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Thank you lovely Stephen, I will always be happy making these videos and thank you as always for coming along with me x
Xxxx thanks 😊 always
Imagine waking up to that view every morning, stunningly beautiful. Such an amazing home, very eclectic and eccentric, I would just love to be there xx
It's stunning isn't it? I've often wondered if people who have views like that every day get desensitised to it .. surely not! I'd be up the window to all the time; would get nothing done!
Lots of energies in there.
Ohh tell me more,
It always feels a strange place to me when I visit x
Wow looks amazing! Luv interesting, quirky collections like that! Thanks Lucy!!!
Very welcome, quirky is the word I think - your eyes are on sticks going around because there is just so much to see!
What a remarkable place! How absolutely delightful. I’d really love to see this eclectic collection! Thanks for taking us along ❤
You are very welcome! I am glad you enjoyed it :)
My oh my, what an absolute treasure of a place. Thank you so much for taking us along with you Lucy, and oh how I would have loved to have known Mr Wade. We have a ridiculous amount of 'stuff' (one period) and my partner's collection in particular is off the charts but Charles' is so eclectic and a feast for the eye . The House is a dream and the barn... I'm in love. I must visit The Cotswolds and see for myself. Thank you again, you too are a treasure. x
It's an incredible place - pencil out a good few hours because one you are there there's so much to see and beautiful gardens too I didn't get to show on the video (camera problems..) top tip is there's a lovely pub in the village of Snowshill that does amazing pub grub too :)
@@throughlucyslens Thank you ❤
What a terrific house of whimsy! Wonderful man to share his treasures with others🎉
Absolutely, they say "you can't take it with you" and it's amazing what he did !
Wow what a collection, so interesting, thank you for sharing 😊
Thank YOU for watching, I am glad you enjoyed it!
What a fantastic man & collection he left for us to enjoy! If I get back to the UK, this is one of my stops!
Oh wow, that's amazing you like it so much - it really is a gem and so unexpected!
Lucy, you have come so far from the days when you weren't on camera. Now you seem like a natural!
Thankyou, it took me a while to warm up - all self esteem based but I'm glad I've started showing my face, everyone here is so lovely and I look forward to making my videos every time xx
Thanks!
You are SO KIND Gina, thank you so much xx
@@throughlucyslensI so enjoy your videos. Thanks from Northern California.
Fascinating xxx
Thanks Ann-Marie x
An amazing home
I'm glad you liked it x
Just amazing. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤
Glad you enjoyed it .. and thank you for coming with me x
I did enjoy your visit Lucy, what a lovely place, you really could spend many hours there and not see everything!
Those samurai were something else though, no wonder you were scared as a child, some of them looked like they could come to life at any moment.
I'm so glad that Mr Wade left it all to the National Trust, so that many generations after him could visit, I think he would have liked that.
I think he would like it too! Yes that Japanese armour is brilliant isn't it? Could you imagine that army approaching from a distance? You would be absolutely terrified! I hope to go back to Japan one day so I can see some there and learn more about it x
@@throughlucyslens I certainly would be terrified 😨 I hope you can go back to Japan one day, and if you do, then please make some videos about your trip 😊 x
Greetings from Australia! Your videos have saved me a trip to England, and having to find interesting spots. Lucy is a remarkable tour guide.
Bless you, this is so kind! Thankyou! If there's ever anywhere you want me to go let me know! Happy to help if I can xx
Oh, my father would love Snowshill Manor. He was an antique dealer and collected all sorts of curious, particularly artisan objects, anything handmade. His home is a late 1500s inn and brim full of all sorts of objects, it's a physical representation of his life with my mother. He can't travel too far now but I'll show him your video. Fascinating, thank you!
Thank you, I do hope he enjoys it - his house sounds absolutely amazing!! I am a bit of a collector myself and at times it has gotten a bit cluttered and I've had to move things on that always breaks my heart, I can imagine one day it will be packed to the brim too!
@@throughlucyslens Yes, it can be hard to let go of things that have meant something to you. They can give comfort. It is a fine line between collecting and clutter, which is different for everyone. 😊
Sounds a right fun fellow! Thanks for taking us on tour.
Very welcome! Thank you for coming with me x
Thank you for this amazing video, Lucy. I don´t know how you manage to find these gems, and to deliver them to us every Sunday. I love eccentric people!
Me too, they are always so interesting to me how they just crack on regardless of what anybody else thinks!
Have been there a couple of times.
He certainly was a character. I bet his personal tours would have been fascinating. Probably would have taken a while with all the stories behind the collections.
I love where he chose to live and him walking down the street in the armour. It just made me smile when I first heard that. 💗
Will have to go back on a sunny day. 👍😀
It's such a shame there doesn't seem to be any moving film of him, imagine if it was found - an original tour! Like you say bet it was wonderful!
Thank you, Lucy. I know how beautiful the village of Snowshill is, but have never been to the Manor. I feel a visit coming on, though (when the weather gets a bit better)!
Yes! Whatever you do don't go on a bad weather day, the walk down to the house would be muddy and horrible .. and it's just gorgeous in the sunshine! xx
@@throughlucyslens I seem to remember that the village is a bit steep, so I imagine might be tricky in bad weather. I looked on the website and it mentions the possibility of a buggy ride from the car park to the house, but also not to rely on it. I'll definitely wait for decent weather though!
There was a buggy ride - I caught it on the way back .. things you don't see behind the camera I was super unwell on that filming day .. a lovely dose of food poisoning that came on during .. i would have had to crawl back otherwise x
@@throughlucyslens Thanks. But sorry to hear you weren't well. I can definitely empathise, because I'm just recovering from what I presume was food poisoning (I used to have a "cast iron" stomach, but no longer - I've had four bouts in the past 18 months - including extreme dizzyness, which I've never had before). Hope you're all better now.
Fantastic part of the world …. and Snowshill Manor is a real treasure ❤
Absolutely! Glad you love it too x
@@throughlucyslensNearby Chastleton is fab too. Have you been there? Wolf Hall was filmed there and it is pretty much unchanged as they focus on preservation rather than restoration 😊
I haven't .. but I love love love Wolf Hall! I can't wait for the new one coming out
@@throughlucyslens New one? Oooo!
Hi Lucy, this was amazing! There are so many places I would love to visit after seeing them on your channel. I have never been to the United Kingdom but am looking forward to planning a trip.
Ohhh yes! Please do and I'd be happy to help you with an itinerary!
As always, it's about the story, the story of the people behind the place! I think I would enjoy joining you in person for one of your visits, at least as much as I enjoy joining you virtually.
Ohh you never know! Maybe I could do a live sometime - that's such a lovely thing to say - thank you
You're clairvoyant. At the beginning of every video you say "hopefully you'll find them interesting too" and - BOOM - everytime you're right! 😊
Hahaha, you know I actually think as I am walking into these places "what would I do if it's actually really boring?" thankfully that has never happened .. yet!
Lucy? I love your content. Your fascinating trips have been such good medicine for a personally difficult year. I'm much better now and am sticking with you. Cheers from Idaho.🎉 Thank you so much!
Andrea that's made me emotional. I'm glad you are doing better, really glad. And thank YOU for coming with me x
Good to hear you are feeling better❤
What a great place, a little far for me to travel to but maybe one day I will give it a look. WIthout people like Charles Wade we would have lost so much of our history and thanks to you Lucy we get know about such places.
By the way I went and visited Kinver Edge Rock House the other day. It is a great place, thanks.
Ohhh I am so glad you enjoyed it! It's wonderful isn't it - nothing like actually being there, this time of year as we creep towards autumn is so beautiful too x
Absolutely Incredible! Thanks Lucy! I certainly feel a kindred spirit with Mr Wade. And BTW, I sent you an email with ideas for future episodes.,...not that you need any inspiration. You're killing it!
Ohhh I will check my emails! Thanks Jeff,'I've been a bit lax on life admin. Appreciate your lovely words :)
Visited this amazing house in May, really unusual and eccentric xx
Wonderful isn't it and glad you had a brilliant day. X
Very interesting Lucy. I really did laugh when you told us he was arrested for walking in the street in his armour as this was the only way he could get it home 😂, makes perfect sense when you think about it. I’m so glad you didn’t elaborate too much in the slavery part as that would have been very upsetting, you touched on it but with Grace. Let’s not forget but learn from these atrocities. Although he didn’t live in the main house think about people and what do we need? It all boils down to basics and if we have these we should be grateful and cherish what we have. I’m glad he shared his interests and from what you said about the Queens visit he didn’t think too much of himself either. Sounds like a good person. Would have liked to know more about his blended family at the beginning ?
As usual full of interest and delicious information. Thanks mate 👍🥰
He sounds brilliant doesn't he? Wade's paternal grandmother, Mary Jones, was a black woman whom his grandfather married in 1885 in St. Kitts, I couldn't find any information about if she was a free person previously enslaved so didn't want to go into any further detail as I don't like to venture into "maybes" tried to find some records but didn't get very far.
@@throughlucyslens ooo just that is extremely interesting thank you very much. So he would have had sympathies with black people and slavery. They makes me like him more, thank you 🥰
Absolutely, smashing chap,'mad as a box of frogs.. a bit like me 😂
I'm lost for words. So I'll just use one. 'Incredible '😮
Thank you :)
Thank you Lucy, I think the places you showcase would be on my “grand tour” of the UK, rather than the usual Buckingham Palace, etc.
Absolutely! You know I've never been inside Buck House! I have been in the Tower of London though and that place blows my mind time after time x
The world would be a less interesting place without eccentrics like Mr Wade.
Absolutely agree entirely!
Yippee, a new Lucy video! I needed that after doing my taxes.
Oh gosh; not taxes ... the WORST! I have to do 2 sets every year .. it's never a good time ..
But an amazing feeling when they are filed for another year :)
@@throughlucyslens 2? Oh dear, as if one wasn't horrible enough!
I know right ... 🙄🤣
Thank-you for another tour, don't worry if its NT or EH or HH worry about the content and the interest it provides. Most people who watch your channel are likely a member of one of those anyway,... Great content as always and very informative. The collection isn't for me... but I can understand why people collect. There is a NT property near Guildford which is full of keyboards... again quirky but worth a visit.
I always think that whenever I see that comment to be honest, there's very few places that aren't looked after by one of the "big three" and if it isn't they are always REALLY hard to get to see or closed a lot. The collection is indeed divisive, but glad you can see why it was important - I have never heard of the one full of keyboards! Goodness, I know someone who would LOVE to visit there ...
@@throughlucyslens Its called Hatchlands Park, well worth a visit. Google it your be sure to find it. I quote from the NT website... "Also on display is the Cobbe Collection, Europe’s largest collection of keyboard instruments associated with famous composers including JC Bach, Chopin and Elgar."
If I had the money and the place to put everything I’d be exactly the same as Charles Wade. If it wasn’t for my hubby my house would already be filled with interesting stuff.
Thanks for the tour.
So what if it’s an ad for the national trust. Thank goodness they are saving these properties.
Hahaha my husband is a big collector ... and so I am I .. all different things, our house is packed too! Nothing of any value I doubt but things that are important to us, I don't see the issue of having things you love around you, you spend a lot of time in your home so might as well make it a happy place :)
Wonderful❤
Thank you 🥰
Been there, it's a wonderful place inside and out.❤
Amazing isn't it - so special!
Imagine going there at night time, um no. What an amazing place. I wonder if the war affected his thinking / collecting to the extent he made himself a bolthole to "hide" in. We will never know but he certainly had a collection and a half. Thanks heaps Lucy I will be watching this clip again, as I do all of them. Take care =-)
That's a great thought you know, and being moved as a boy away from his family to live with his Grandmother too. I can understand that way of thinking for sure!
That's an amazing collection. I love that you told his story and I was delighted he did marry and then she later lived in comfortable lodgings. It's such a huge variety, and I like the houses high on shelves and doll houses and interiors. I'm not sure if I would want to be on the cleaning staff!
Gosh no, the cleaning would be my worst nightmare!
I've never made it to Snowshill, despite intentions to on a few excursions into the Cotswolds. probably going to be next year now, but I really need to make the effort.
You will love it, it's a bit of a hike to get down to the house but absolutely worth it when you get there - great pub in the village too with great homemade food x
Love this, thank you Lucy. We visited here a while back. What a fascinating place. Watching this has made us want to go back. Great video ❤
Yes! Please do, I've been so many times and always forget the quintessential "Snowshill atmosphere" and your eyes adjusting to the gloom and then back out again. Still waiting to bump into you guys!
Another amazing video! Catching up on your videos that I've missed in my busyness lately!! Your passion is absolutely infectious.
P.s. for stuff like toys behind glass. A polarising filter is a really simple upgrade to your kit that'll make your life much easier with that! You can get a decent one for not too much :) really good for museums with lots of glass and stuff.
Thanks for that tip - really useful! It drives me mad and it's always a really interesting thing I can quite get without a huge reflection! X
I love your channel Lucy! ❤️ I haven't commented before but feel like I'm listening to my friend when I watch your videos. What do you collect? I collect old photos mostly of my long gone relatives. I love history and ancestry. Much love from Rissy in Vancouver BC Canada 🇨🇦
Hello! It's lovely to hear from you and thanks for your kind words! I collect toys mostly particularly Japanese.. I love kewpie dolls and Astro boy - mid century. I also randomly collect mugs, I love anything from the 70s and 80s, the kitscher the better!
This place looks amazing, we missed visiting there our last time in UK but it'll be on the list for next time.
It reminds me of Hellens Manor in Herefordshire, have you been there? It's not a NT house, so there's a fee and you will join a tour (you need to book). It also is so interesting, I think you'd like it. ❤
I had not until this morning and I have just emailed them because it looks absolutely AMAZING - thanks so much for telling me about it :)
@@throughlucyslens ooh, goody. I hope you love it and I'll be so glad to see it again, on your channel here. ❤️
Been there it's crazy
It's a mad place isn't it? No where else like it!
Lucy, I bet you he went to Soho and was to told to keep his visor down leaving the strip club, Oxford St story was a cover up(paid the coppers off) ! Who used to do his washing? Er indoors(LOL) felt a sigh of relief moving to the West Indies!
Hahaha, yes I can certainly see him as the sort of character that liked to frequent .. interesting .. places! You never fail to make me laugh!
Places like this, where you can get a glimpse of someone's interests and passions, always feel a bit haunted. Or maybe it feels a bit voyeuristic to visit places like this. Either way, I know what you mean when you say it feels a bit unsettling.
No, I get it - I think it's because someones heart and soul is put into collecting and maybe some of their soul still remains.
Well his missus could have teamed up with Norah Docker and forced him to sell the bone shakers and the penny farthings !
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What a remarkable chap who had the foresight and generosity to leave everything for future generations. Thanks Lucy, loved that!
You are welcome, he was amazing wasn't he? And the fact he left it well before he passed himself showed he really did mean it - great guy!
What an incredible eccentric chap! Every video you do Lucy is SO interesting, it isn't just the places you take us - it is your wonderful story telling skills!
Thank you 🥹 I always wanted to write a novel but never had the time so I think in some ways this fulfils my passion in lots of ways x
Hello from New Hampshire, USA Lucy! Thank you again---We have seen a documentary some years ago on Snowshill Manor and like you, love it. Keep on doing what you are doing! Ignore the whiners who complain about National Trust properties. EVERYTHING you feature is so interesting and we love watching you every week! Have you gone to Weald and Downland in Sussex? We love seeing videos of that wonderful museum! In our little 18thc. cottage we are lucky enough to have a carved, wood-canopy bed that somehow came to the US but was originally from Wales, and the carved date is 1686. I hand sewed bed hangings for it, and then saw the same fabric online in a video of the Weald and Downland museum! Thanks again for sharing your adventures with us! ~Adam and Mary
That's amazing!!! I wonder if the bed came across with the Pilgrim Fathers? You never know! Have you seen the documentary about an old bed found in a house here and it turned out to be the marriage bed of Henry VII ... thanks for your lovely comment, always makes me smile :)
I’m Scottish, but spent 7 years just a little north of the manor. I really wish I had known of its existence. I feel I have missed such an amazing opportunity. These days, I am wheelchair bound, and travelling is no longer such a joy. I wish to thank you for allowing me to see this incredible building, and getting to know a little about its amazing curator. If he were a poor man, his treasures, and himself would have been put under the classification of “hoarder”, and possibly cleared out. I am grateful he was forward thinking enough to gift his treasures, complete with the property to the National Trust. I have just subscribed, with the bell and all too!! I look forward to looking through your earlier videos too. I wonder if I will come across anywhere I have been? 👏🏻👏🏻
Absolutely - it's always interesting that "collector" is acceptable but "hoarder" not so .. I've been called a hoarder myself 🙈 I'm so glad you were able to come with me, I've missed places too - we are so lucky to live around so my amazing stuff! Thank you so much for subscribing and I look forward to speaking with you Anita x
@@throughlucyslens Thank you Lucy x
Very much reminds of Grayson Perry. What a wonderful collection. ❤
Ohhh I do love a bit of Grayson! I went to their exhibition in Birmingham last year and it was fab - the one that was on the telly first. Very emotional! Unrealted but I saw a TV psychiatrist once before I was on a tv programme and it was Graysons wife!
@@throughlucyslens I live in Harwich and he built his house just up the road in Wrabness. It is truly out there as a work of art. It’s one of those buildings you either love it or hate it. I personally love it. ❤️
I'd love it too! I also love David Shingley, another artist who divides the crowd!
I've never heard of this place, and this was a fabulous surprise. How great this man was in his collections. How wonderful to see the past saved and maintained by the National Trust too.
Not everyone is a fan of the NT but they do stick to their word when it comes to preserving the buildings they are gifted - and thank goodness for that!
@@throughlucyslens Yes, I know what you are saying. I myself, only agree with their preservation programme. Nothing else about their philosophy appeals to me.
I think sometimes it can be a bit stuffy .. it's why you won't see me going around many of the stately homes 😬
What an interesting place! Maybe the uncomfortable sense you have there is some of the energy of the items that have a painful past. I would like to visit Snowshill Manor someday.
Could be to be honest. There's such a lot in there from who knows where. You really should you would love it x
LOVE this house, what a lovely collection all over! If you're partial to dolls houses have a gander at Mudlarking with Kit and Caboodlers yt , they upcycle the dolls bits they find into whole dolls, create dolls house furnishings from found materials, etc.
Wow thank you. That sounds absolutely fascinating and right up my street! X
14:56 this is the moment that got my sub 😂🎉 Dandyism FTW! *dramatic flourish*
Adore you already 😘
Very, very singular... (Since the algorithm likes emojis but there was no magpie on offer, have an odd duck -🦆 :) )
It's the shame there's no magpie emoji isn't there? Ducks are lovely too though x
Yes I enjoyed watching this video. That house is a museum. Wonderful. Thanks that was so different and amusing and interesting
Excellent, so glad you enjoyed it,
It's a wonderful place indeed x
Wow donated to the National Trust to keep it for generations of people who will continue to be inspired.
Beautiful gesture this is not a hoardering problem as depicted.
A comprehensive collection of what time leaves behind each tick of a momentum .
He insured that the wonder of human designed art in all forms in his personal environment are
Gracefully shared 😊
We agree! That's what I talk about in the video, I think he's wonderful. I'm glad you agree 🥰
Great place Lucy made us want to go back there
Hey Wendy! It's so lovely isn't it? Be sure to stop by the pub in the village for lunch too - lovely food!
What a fascinating place and ownwr it would take many visits to take in all the treasures thanks for sharing xxx ❤
Absolutely I've been more times than I can remember and still haven't taken it all in x
Maybe you feel a bit off in the house because of all the different items and their own "energy" so to speak.
Yes it could be! There is certainly a lot of different things all with their own tale to tell x