Sudley House

Over het museum

Sudley House was built in 1821 for the Liverpool corn merchant Nicholas Robinson, on land bought from the Tarleton family. Both families had links to the transatlantic slave trade. After the death of Robinson’s children, the house was sold in 1882 to the shipowner and merchant George Holt, who moved in with his wife and daughter in 1884 and altered and furnished it to his own taste.

George Holt was a serious collector. He bought English landscapes and genre scenes, prints and Chinese porcelain, and later added works by leading painters of his time. His only daughter, Emma, lived in the house until the Second World War and died in 1944. In her will she left the house, its estate and her father’s paintings to the city of Liverpool as an art gallery for the public.

In 1946 the city sold the remaining contents and turned part of the ground floor into a temporary library. Since the 1990s the ground-floor rooms have been brought back towards their Victorian appearance, with furniture of a similar style because the original pieces were lost. Sudley became part of National Museums Liverpool in 1986, and it is described as the only surviving Victorian merchant art collection in Britain that still hangs in its original setting.

Hoogtepunten

• Victorian merchant’s house with period rooms on the ground floor
• Holt family art collection hanging in its original setting
• Paintings by artists such as Turner, Millais, Gainsborough, Landseer and Rossetti
• First-floor childhood room and small world room with historic toys
• Tea room in the Victorian kitchen and garden grounds

Vaste collectie

• Holt family rooms and collection – The ground-floor dining room, drawing room, library, morning room and entrance hall show the Holts’ paintings in a Victorian setting.
• Innocence and Beauty: Children and Animals in Art (1700–1900) – A permanent display on how artists between 1700 and 1900 pictured childhood and its link with the natural world.

Beheerder

National Museums Liverpool

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Admission is free and donations are welcome. Special exhibitions and events may carry an extra charge, and exhibitions are free for members of National Museums Liverpool.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: niet aanwezig
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie

A lift serves all floors, and there are accessible toilets on every floor. Changing Places toilets are not available at the house. Disabled parking is outside the building and visitors can be dropped off at the front door. A wheelchair can be borrowed from the information desk and a magnifier is available on request. The interactive displays have English subtitles and audio description but no British Sign Language option. Trained assistance animals are welcome, and the museum offers occasional relaxed sessions and a visual story for visitors with autism or additional needs.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk
• Verschoonruimte

The first floor has a childhood room and a small world room with historic toys, dolls’ houses and games. Family events run regularly. Prams can be left on the ground floor, baby changing is available on the ground floor and breastfeeding is supported. The garden backs onto a playing field with space for a picnic.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The house is about a 20-minute drive from Liverpool city centre; follow signs for Wapping (A5036) out of the city.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig
• Museumwinkel: niet aanwezig
• Garderobe: niet aanwezig

The café is in the Victorian kitchen and is open from 10:00 to 16:00, with a courtyard seating area in warmer months. There is no shop on site, but gifts and prints can be bought online. Cloakrooms are not available, so large bags should be avoided. There is no picnic area indoors, but the grounds have large grass areas.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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