Perrycroft

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Perrycroft
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"One of Vosey's best" [1]
TypeCountry house
Location Colwall, Herefordshire
Coordinates 52°04′27″N2°20′37″W / 52.0741°N 2.3437°W / 52.0741; -2.3437
Built1893-1895
Architect C. F. A. Voysey
Architectural style(s) Arts & Crafts
Governing bodyPrivately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official namePerrycroft
Designated18 February 1970
Reference no.1178660
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameSummerhouse, gate, boundary walls south west of Perrycroft
Designated19 September 1984
Reference no.1349715
Listed Building – Grade II
Official namePerrycroft Lodge
Designated18 February 1970
Reference no.1082156
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameCoachhouse, cottage and tack-room west of Perrycroft Lodge
Designated18 February 1970
Reference no.1178672
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameStables About 75 Yards Northwest of Perrycroft Lodge
Designated18 February 1970
Reference no.1178680
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Location of Perrycroft in Herefordshire

Perrycroft is an country house in the district of Colwall, Herefordshire, England. The house was built between 1893-1895 and was designed by C. F. A. Voysey for John William Wilson. Perrycroft is a Grade II* listed building.

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History

John William Wilson, PC, JP (22 October 1858 – 18 June 1932) was a British chemical manufacturer and politician who served for 27 years as a Liberal member of parliament (MP) for North Worcestershire. [2] His father, John Edward Wilson, had founded the chemical manufacturers, Albright and Wilson, in 1856, in partnership with his fellow Quaker, Arthur Albright. [3] The firm specialised in phosphorus production, principally for the making of matches and became extremely successful. John William Wilson followed his father onto the board of Albright and Wilson, and also held directorships with other major concerns, including Bryant & May and the Great Western Railway. [lower-alpha 1] [2]

Wilson knew the area of the Malvern Hills through family connections, and the area was also proximate to the Oldbury site of the Albright and Wilson works. In 1893 he bought 80 acres of land around Colwall and commissioned Charles Vosey to design a country house. Pevsner records the price as £4,900. [4] Perrycroft was Vosey's first major commission and did much to establish his reputation. [lower-alpha 2] [6]

Perrycroft remains privately owned but the gardens and house are occasionally opened for visitors. [7] [8]

Architecture and description

The house is designed in Vosey's trademark Arts and Crafts style. [6] The hipped roofs are of green/grey slate, with sweeping eaves, and five monumental chimney stacks. [1] The bell bracket on the "pagoda-like" [1] tower at the entrance front displays another typical Vosey feature; the bracket is a stylised human face or grotesque, a device he often deployed. [9] Historic England considers it "one of Vosey's best houses". [1] Vosey's 21st century biography, David Cole, in his study, The Art of CFA Voysey, describes it as "the very essence of a 'Vosey house', not only in its catalogue of Vosey details and palette of materials, but also in its form and .... composition". [10] Perrycroft is a Grade II* listed building. [1] Other listed structures on the estate include a summer house, [11] a lodge, [12] a coach house, [13] and two sets of stables. [14] [15]

Notes

  1. Historic England, among others, describes John William Wilson as a "railway magnate", although his fortune derived from the family chemical works. [2]
  2. Vosey became a favoured architect of the English upper-middle classes, designing houses for businessmen, politicians and artists. The First World War virtually destroyed his architectural practice, and his last decades saw him largely focused on furniture and fabric design. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Historic England. "Perrycroft (Grade II*) (1178660)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Perrycroft - An Arts and Crafts House in Malvern". Perrycroft Estate. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  3. Gilmour 2013, p. 5.
  4. Brooks & Pevsner 2012, p. ?.
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  6. 1 2 Dunnett, James (24 August 2015). "CFA Voysey (1857-1941)". Architectural Review . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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  8. "Perrycroft - Malvern". National Garden Society. 22 Mar 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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  10. Cole 2015, p. 40.
  11. Historic England. "Summerhouse, gate, boundary walls About 60 yards south west of Perrycroft with associated walls (Grade II*) (1349715)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  12. Historic England. "Perrycroft Lodge (Grade II) (1082156)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  13. Historic England. "Coach house, cottage and tack-room about 30 yards west of Perrycroft Lodge (Grade II) (1178672)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  14. Historic England. "Stables about 75 yards northwest of Perrycroft Lodge (Grade II) (1178680)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  15. Historic England. "Stables about 70 yards west of Perrycroft Lodge (Grade II) (1082157)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 August 2024.

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