While Simon Jenkins declared that Uppark is more than a house restored. It is an argument won' (Times, 3 June 1995), opponents of the restoration remained unconvinced. Catherine Bennett termed it 'a fake, a fraud, a bloody imposture" and "this elevated Disneyland', taking it as an occasion to condemn the National Trust once again for its 'love affair with the landed gentry' (Guardian, 27 April 1995). "It makes little sense to knock the National Trust for the superb work it has carried out at Uppark,' rejoined Jonathan Glance for the Trust is simply part of a world of make-believe that most of us want (Independent, 2 June 1995)