Phansi komhlaba kukhona igumbi lokuhlala elinamawindi amathathu neminyango emibili, enye yayo iqonde engadini. Eduze - Ikhishi elibanzi, igumbi lokudlela ne-pantry, kanye nemiphumela emibili eyengeziwe nendlu yangasese egeza izivakashi. Esitezi sesibili, i-marion ingamakamelo okulala ayisithupha, ngasikhathi sinye babekhululekile ngenduduzo yabafaki baleli bantu abaningi.
UJohn Ronald ne-Edith yakhe yoshade naye ngesikhathi somshado wabo omude futhi ojabulisayo wazalelwa ezinganeni ezine: Amadodana kaJohane, uMikayeli, uMikayeli kanye nendodakazi kaPrisilayi. Abafana bangenza baphikekele ukuba bahlukane ngotshani obubanzi ekhaya, lapho imidlalo yabo ingazange ihlupheze khona.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ukuvela kwendlu kusukela ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa kwalo ngo-1924 akuzange kuguquke. Ngo-2004, le ndlu yabelwa isihloko sesikhumbuzo esingokomlando nezakhiwo futhi manje lisagada ngokunakekelwa okukhethekile. Izakhamizi zase-Oxford ezinesisisi sezisisa zingeza "isidleke somndeni" kaTolkien futhi simbize ngokuthi aziqhenya ngesifunda. Ukungena kunombhalo okhumbulekayo:
Umbhali 'weNkosi yezindandatho' waphila lapha kusukela ngo-1930 kuya ku-1947.
