Stoneywell

#2732 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Museum, History museum

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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 remained in the Gimson family for over a century. As part of a highly influential vernacular movement, it has become well known within Arts and Crafts circles. In spring 2013 the National Trust announced that following a year-long appeal, it had been able to acquire the house with its Arts and Crafts contents, gardens and woodland. It was opened to the public in February 2015. ()

Coordinates: 52°42'5"N, 1°15'53"W

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Old Stone Whitcrofts LaneMarkfield LE67 9QE EnglandUnited Kingdom

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Day trips

Stoneywell – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Beacon Hill, Mount St Bernard Abbey, Old John, Charnwood Forest.

2 miN
Nature, Hill, Park
Beacon Hill, Loughborough
51 min walk • Beacon Hill, near Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England, is a popular country park. It is one of several beacon hills in the United Kingdom. It is part of Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest.
3.6 miNW
Historical place, Church, Monastery
Mount St Bernard Abbey, Coalville
94 min walk • Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic, Trappist monastery near Coalville, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835 in the parish of Whitwick and now in that of Charley.
1.8 miE
Tower
Old John
45 min walk • Old John is the highest hill in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England, on the southern edge of Charnwood Forest. It gives its name to the folly that stands at its top. The hill stands at 212 metres high, and is a prominent landmark across Leicester and Leicestershire.
0.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Charnwood Forest
16 min walk • Charnwood Forest is an upland tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville. The area is undulating, rocky and picturesque, with barren areas.
2.2 miE
Park
Bradgate House, Bradgate Park
56 min walk • Bradgate House is a 16th-century ruin in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England. Edward Grey's son Sir John Grey of Groby married Elizabeth Woodville, who, after John's death married King Edward IV.
2.6 miE
Park
Swithland Wood and The Brand
66 min walk • Swithland Wood and The Brand is a 87.9 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Woodhouse Eaves in Leicestershire. Swithland Wood is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade II.
3.3 miSE
Area
Groby, Leicester
84 min walk • Groby is a large English village in the county of Leicestershire, to the north west of the city of Leicester. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 6,796.
3 miSW
Park
Thornton Reservoir
77 min walk • Thornton Reservoir is a small reservoir situated in the National Forest near the village of Thornton in Leicestershire. It has a surface area of 75 acres and a perimeter of 2.45 miles.
2.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Felicity's Wood
60 min walk • Felicity's Wood is a woodland in Leicestershire, England, near the village of Woodhouse Eaves. It covers a total area of 8.77 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.
3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cropston Reservoir, Leicester
77 min walk • Cropston Reservoir lies in Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, England. The dam and associated water works are in Cropston, while the bulk of the reservoir is in the neighbouring Newtown Linford parish.
2.9 miN
Park
Outwoods
74 min walk • The Outwoods is a 40 hectares ancient wood and visitor attraction overlooking Loughborough and the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, England.