Sunshine House With Attached Coach House And Stable Range

Sunshine House is a villa with an attached coach house and stable range, built between 1860 and 1870. Designed by G.T. Robinson for H. Lloyd, it demonstrates elaborate Late Classical architecture incorporating Egyptian decorative motifs. The structure is constructed from limestone ashlar with a Welsh slate hipped roof, featuring stone stacks grouped centrally at the corners of a low staircase tower, linked by pierced balustrade and cast-iron balustrade.

The building has a double-depth plan, comprising a main range and a closely-linked ballroom range, along with a coach house and stable range. It rises two storeys and an attic, with three first-floor windows to the main range. The exterior displays a rusticated plinth, a moulded first-floor band, and an elaborately-decorated cornice supported on consoles. First-floor windows are 2/2 sashes, while ground-floor windows are 1/1 sashes, all with decorative heads. The central entrance is an 8-panel door recessed within a stone surround of fluted pilasters on shaped pedestals, topped with a moulded cornice. The attic has three 4-pane sash dormers with carved and decorated stone surrounds. The ballroom range is two and three storeys, at a mezzanine level, with four windows interspersed by square piers; a rusticated stone wall below conceals a kitchen court and links to the stable yard in a simpler style. The coach house and stables present a four-window range, with a large square bay to the right, its cornice supported by consoles formed of carved male and female busts. The rear facade is also a four-window range, with a door and narrow sashes in a stone surround featuring fluted pilasters and an entablature.

Inside, the staircase has white marble treads and a coloured marble balustrade with turned balusters. Several contemporary coloured and white marble and wood fireplaces remain. The ballroom is believed to retain a barrel-vaulted ceiling. Original drawings are held at Warwickshire County Records Office.