{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=February 2015}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox building | name = Sunnycroft | image = Sunnycroft Facing Garden.jpg | caption = View of Sunnycroft from the lawn | location_town = Wellington, Shropshire | location_country = England | construction_start_date = 1880 | completion_date = 1899 | owner = National Trust | architectural_style = Victorian }} '''Sunnycroft''' is a Victorian suburban villa, located in Wellington, Shropshire, and owned by the National Trust.<ref name=s>{{cite web|title=Sunnycroft|access-date =7 July 2025|url=https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/place/sunnycroft|publisher= National Trust}}</ref>
== Location == The house is located in the market town of Wellington, Shropshire, England, close to the town centre, on the B5061 Holyhead Road, originally the Shrewsbury to London road, and formerly part of Watling Street the Roman road from London to Wroxeter.
==History== Suburban villas were almost 'country estates in miniature' which 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.
Sunnycroft was built in 1879 and extended in 1899.<ref>{{cite web|title=A brief history|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shropshire-staffordshire/sunnycroft/the-house-at-sunnycroft|publisher= National Trust|access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> It was built by brewer J. G. Wackrill and later owned by Mary Jane Slaney, a local wine and spirit merchant. From 1912 it was owned and occupied by the Lander family, until it was acquired by the National Trust in 1997. Many of the original interior fixtures and fittings remain in place, although electricity was installed by the Lander family. Many original features are still in place and the house 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, with: * a rare unaltered interior, with an elaborate conservatory * a mini country-estate, with pigsties, stables, kitchen garden and orchards * colourful borders and summertime flower displays * a superb long avenue of Redwood trees and lime trees.
==Access== {{asof|2025}} the National Trust opens the property to the public on a limited number of occasions and otherwise by appointment.<ref name=s />
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Sunnycroft Verandah.JPG|Veranda at the front of Sunnycroft File:Conservatory.JPG|The Grade II listed conservatory at Sunnycroft File:Conservatory Interior.JPG|Conservatory Interior File:Main Entraqnce.JPG|The visitor entrance to Sunnycroft File:Main staircase.JPG|Main staircase File:Room.JPG|Drawing Room File:Hallway Floor.JPG|Mosaic tiled floor to entrance hallway File:Stairs Ceiling.JPG|Stained glass ceiling light over main staircase File:Master Bedroom.JPG|Master bedroom File:Kitchen Range.JPG|Cooking range in the kitchen File:Aga.JPG|The Aga cooker was manufactured by a company owned by a previous owner of the villa, Offley Lander {{clarify|reason=Did Offley Lander own the Aga company or just the villa?|date=July 2025}} </gallery>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Wellington, Shropshire
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==External links== {{commons category-inline|Sunnycroft, Wellington}} *[https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sunnycroft Sunnycroft] – National Trust
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Category:Country houses in Shropshire Category:Gardens in Shropshire Category:National Trust properties in Shropshire Category:Buildings and structures in Telford Category:Country parks in Shropshire Category:Historic house museums in Shropshire Category:Wellington, Shropshire