A few weeks ago we took a trip to Sunnycroft near Telford. This is a small National Trust site open for tours on one weekend every month, followed by a picnic lunch at nearby Attingham Park. Walking up to the house at Sunnycorft along the driveway lined with giant redwoods felt magical and really pulls your attention away from the fact that the house now sits right in the middle of modern housing estates. Sunnycroft's Driveway lined with towering Redwoods We always take a guided tour if there’s one availableas the volunteers are brilliant. They are full of stories and context you’d never pick up just wandering around on your own. Sunnycroft was built by a local Wellington brewer and later sold to Mary Slaney in the 1890s. She made many improvements to the house, and eventually it passed to Joan Lander who installed electricity in 1964 which feels surprisingly late! She gifted the house to the National Trust in 1997, and it opened to the public in 1999. The greenhouse at Sunnycroft is…
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