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Welcome to Sudley House This guide will help you find your way around the house, if you have any questions please ask a member of staff to help you. Entrance to the Sudley House estate for vehicles from North Sudley Road The main entrance to Sudley House is signposted for cars from Aigburth Road. If you are using public transport the nearest train station is Mossley Hill. There is limited parking outside the Main Entrance. The main entrance is fully accessible without steps. Main entrance from road In fine weather the back entrance to the house will be open. This is accessed via Sudley fields which are managed by Liverpool City Council. The back gate leads you to the café courtyard and house via two short flights of steps. Main entrance 2
Staff Staff wear blue shirts and name badges. Fire Alarms If the fire alarm sounds please follow staff instructions and ask for assistance if required. Fire alarm tests are planned, if unexpected loud noises are a concern to you please call the gallery in advance to check when the next test will take place. Member of staff Floor plan You can see the house is made up of lots of small rooms. You can walk a round the rooms in any order. Not all of the rooms lead to other rooms so you may need to exit a room the way you came in. Ground Floor First Floor 3
MAIN HALL The entrance takes visitors through to the Main Hall where, on the left hand side, is the Information Desk. Information desk Staff can help with any questions: Information desk If you have any problems in the house. If you want to know what events are happening. If you are separated from a group. If you have lost property in the house. Lifts First Floor lift entrance To the back of the Main Hall on the right, there is a lift that you can use to travel between the Ground and First Floors. This lift has glass walls. First Floor lift 4
Toilets There are accessible toilets on both floors of the house. You do not need a RADAR key to use the accessible toilets. Corridor to toilets We do not have a Changing Places toilet at the house. The Ground Floor toilets and baby changing facility are in the corridor to the right of the Main Hall which leads to the café and garden courtyard. Upstairs at the end of the corridor leading to the Learning Suite there is a unisex toilet and an accessible toilet. Lockers Toilet doors We do not have lockers at the House. You may be asked not to bring very large bags or rucksacks into the house. Signs for toilets 5
Ground Floor Galleries The Ground Floor is where the majority of the paintings, sculpture, furniture, tapestries and decorative art collection are on display. The Library Television screen It is made up of the Main Hall, Library, Garden Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room and Morning Room. The rooms all connect and you can explore the rooms in whichever order you would like. There are TV screens with introductions to each room where actors in costume impersonate members of the Holt family who used to live in the house. You do not have to switch these on but they may be playing if other visitors have been watching them. The Drawing Room 6
There are hand outs explaining the history of the room and paintings. Hand outs The Dining Room The Morning Room Main and Garden Halls (from the main entrance) 7
First Floor Upstairs at the House we have the temporary exhibition space and Childhood Rooms with books and puzzles for young children. There are historic children s toys on display. The Childhood Rooms The Childhood Rooms 8
Temporary exhibition Fashion and photos from the 1950s On display until spring/summer 2019 The elegance and glamour of the 1950s is captured in this exhibition exploring the life of one of the top British models of the era, Liverpool-born June Duncan. Her story is told through stunning prints by some of the most high-profile photographers of the decade, including John French, Eugène Vernier, Hans Wild and Noel Mayne, which capture the refined grace of the 1950s. The exhibition also features effortlessly stylish 1950s evening dresses and accessories from National Museums Liverpool s decorative arts collection, similar to some of those seen in the photographs. The exhibition display is spread across three rooms on the first floor of the house. 9
The Learning Suite and Riverside Room These rooms are used for events and meetings, if empty you can use either room as a quiet space. Details of events can be found on our website: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ sudley/events The Learning Suite The Riverside Room 10
Café, courtyard and the wider estate The café is on the Ground Floor and serves tea, coffee, cakes and light lunches. Our coffee machine can be quite loud. Café courtyard and Sudley fields Café It has seasonal opening hours so please check times before your visit. If you enter through the back gate from the Sudley fields you will enter into the café courtyard. There are steps into the house from this entrance. The house is surrounded by the Hillsborough memorial garden, green fields and some woodland trees managed by Liverpool City Council. It is a beautiful area to enjoy before or after your visit. The Sudley Estate 11
FREE ENTRY Open daily 10am - 5pm * Walker Art Gallery William Brown Street, L3 8EL 0151 478 4199 1 Merseyside Maritime Museum / International Slavery Museum / Seized! The Border and Customs Uncovered Royal Albert Albert Dock, L3 Dock 4AQ Liverpool, L3 4AQ 0151 478 4499 4 World Museum William Brown Street, L3 8EN 0151 478 4393 2 Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village, CH62 5EQ 0151 478 4136 5 Museum of Liverpool Pier Head, L3 1DG 0151 478 4545 3 Sudley House 6 Mossley Hill Road, L18 8BX 0151 478 4016 *All of our venues are open 10am-5pm every day except on 24, 25, 26 and 31 December and 1 January, when they are closed all day. Mossley Hill Station We hope that you enjoy your visit If you have any questions, please ring the Information Desk on 0151 478 4016 1 FREE ENTRY liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/learning 12