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Stoneywell Ulverscroft Leicestershire 19th June 20…

24 Jun 2023 11 11 177
Another visit to The National Trust's only house in Leicestershire! Stoneywell was built by Earnest Gimson for his brother, a Leicester industrialist, as a summer holiday home in the late 1890s. It was built in the Arts & Crafts tradition and style with much of the original furniture hand-made by Barnsley. In keeping with the back-to-nature style it was built over an outcrop of volcanic rock but of course this means the house is damp.