Situated on the Mersey upstream from Liverpool, the grandeur of Sudley House is sadly reduced: the grounds have become a sports field and the building has slightly the air of an over-specified municipal pavilion.    Nevertheless there is a lot to see. In addition to the paintings listed, there are many landscapes and marine paintings, a bust of Millais, and a very sexy Raeburn. Further details and black-and white pictures of most of the paintings can be found in the informative Victorian and Edwardian Paintings in the Walker Art Gallery and at Sudley House.    When we last visited, the house was unfurnished, giving an excellent view of the pictures. But the bare rooms, not being designed as galleries, did seem rather melancholy. In a recent refurbishment, completed in May 2007, the gallery has been overhauled and some period furniture introduced into the ground floor. It looks good on the website. However there is now also an introductory room (with video), two 'childhood rooms', a costume room and a temporary gallery. What has been removed to make way for these innovations we do not know. Website Map

Works at Sudley House by Laurens Alma Tadema Robert Anning Bell Rosa Bonheur G.H. Boughton Henriette Browne Philip Hermogenes Calderon William Dyce Thomas Faed John Rogers Herbert William Holman Hunt Frederic Leighton George Dunlop Leslie Henry Stacy Marks John Everett Millais Charles Edward Perugini John Phillip Dante Gabriel Rossetti Ary Scheffer John Melhuish Strudwick