Stoneywell

Stoneywell is a National Trust property in Ulverscroft, a dispersed settlement near Coalville in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire.

Stoneywell is an Arts and Crafts house at Ulverscroft in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England, designed by the architect Ernest Gimson in collaboration with Detmar Blow and built in 1898 and 1899 as a summer home for Gimson's brother Sydney. Its z-shaped plan follows the contours of the hillside, and it is built from locally quarried stone with massive Swithland slate lintels; the roof was originally thatched but was replaced with slate after a fire in 1938. The house keeps original Arts and Crafts furniture, including pieces by Sidney Barnsley and Gimson himself. Listed Grade II* in 1966, Stoneywell was the first house in Leicestershire the National Trust acquired as a residential property, and it has been open to visitors, who reach it by shuttle bus from a remote car park, since February 2015.

completion_date/completed = 1899

Stoneywell is a National Trust property in Ulverscroft, a dispersed settlement near Coalville in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. Stoneywell is the largest of a small group of cottages designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Ernest Gimson. It was built in collaboration with Detmar Blow in 1899 for Ernest's brother Sydney Gimson as a summer residence, and along with much original furniture, it re

The stone walls were built from undressed stones, their surfaces being kept even by the careful selection of each stone by the masons, to fit needs of the wall.