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Building in Shropshire, England
Sunnycroft
View of Sunnycroft from the lawn
General information
Architectural styleVictorian
Town or cityWellington, Shropshire
CountryEngland
Construction started1880
Completed1899
OwnerNational Trust

Sunnycroft is a Victorian suburban villa, located in Wellington, Shropshire.

Location

Located in the market town of Wellington, Shropshire, England, and owned by the National Trust as one of their more unusual properties. It is close to the town centre in Wellington, on the B5061 Holyhead Road, originally the Shrewsbury to London road, and formerly part of Watling Street the Roman road from London to Wroxeter.

Suburban villas were almost 'country estates in miniature' that attempted to emulate upper class mansions on a middle class budget. Many have either been modernised, renovated or refurbished out of recognition over the last 60 years or so or have been demolished and replaced with later housing, converted into offices or residential care homes, or have been broken up into flats and smaller residences.

Rare survivor

Sunnycroft was built in 1880, and extended in 1899. Uniquely the house remained in the same family from its completion in 1899, until it was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1997.

Sunnycroft remains intact, complete with the original interior fixtures and fittings, many of which are still in place and therefore has a unique character and intimacy that is often lacking from larger properties but very evocative of its time and place.

The National Trust summarises Sunnycroft as a late 19th-century gentleman's villa, A typical creation of Victorian era suburbia Having:

Gallery

  • Veranda at the front of Sunnycroft Veranda at the front of Sunnycroft
  • The Grade II listed conservatory at Sunnycroft The Grade II listed conservatory at Sunnycroft
  • Conservatory Interior Conservatory Interior
  • The visitor entrance to Sunnycroft The visitor entrance to Sunnycroft
  • Main staircase Main staircase
  • Drawing Room Drawing Room
  • Mosaic tiled floor to entrance hallway Mosaic tiled floor to entrance hallway
  • Stained glass ceiling light over main staircase Stained glass ceiling light over main staircase
  • Master bedroom Master bedroom
  • Cooking range in the kitchen Cooking range in the kitchen
  • The Aga was manufactured by a company owned by a previous owner of the villa, Offley Lander The Aga was manufactured by a company owned by a previous owner of the villa, Offley Lander

See also

References

  1. "Sunnycroft". National Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2024.

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Sunnycroft, Wellington at Wikimedia Commons

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