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Perrycroft is an Arts and Crafts house designed by the architect C F A Voysey and built in 1895.
Perrycroft represents an Edwardian ideal, a dream house set in the magnificent scenery of the
Malvern Hills, embellished by a lodge, and stables and coach house around a small courtyard, all
designed by Voysey to complement the house. Today Perrycroft stands remarkably untouched by time,
a romantic and secluded haven high on the west side of the Malvern Hills with magnificent views over
rolling Herefordshire towards Wales.
www.perrycroft.co.uk
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Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857–1941)
Was an English architect and furniture and textile designer.
Voysey's early work was as a designer of wallpapers, fabric and
furnishings in a simple Arts and Crafts style, but he is renowned
as the architect of a number of notable country houses. He was
one of the first people to understand and appreciate the significance
of industrial design. He has been considered one of the pioneers of
Modern architecture, a notion which he rejected.
His English domestic architecture draws heavily on vernacular
rather than academic tradition, influenced by the ideas of
Herbert Tudor Buckland (1869–1951) and Augustus Pugin (1812–1852).
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A 10-acre garden and woodland on upper slopes of Malvern Hills with magnificent views.
The garden was partly designed by C F A Voysey. A walled garden with mixed and herbaceous borders,
yew and box hedges and topiary, dry garden, natural wild flower meadows, ponds (unfenced),
bog garden, woodland walks,some steep and uneven.
www.ngs.org.uk
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When John Wilson bought the land on which Perrycroft was to be built in1893 it amounted to some
80 acres on the west side of the Malvern Hills above the village of Colwall. It is easy to imagine
that Voysey was instrumental in choosing the exact site for the house and its surrounding garden,
as the focus of the whole estate is the spectacular Herefordshire Beacon, otherwise known as
British Camp, an Iron Age hill fort. Perrycroft enjoys an unique view of the Camp, looking south
on to its most romantic and distinctive profile.
www.perrycroft.co.uk
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“Who are all these people in My garden?”
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Steeply sloping garden
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Down to the Summer house
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The wild flower garden
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Arts & Crafts love of light in the house
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The Hall
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Arts and Crafts decoration
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The dining room and (at right rear) the Breakfast Room
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Terrace and view of the Hereford Beacon