Sudley House

Sudley, as it was originally known, was completed in 1824 on land formerly owned by the Tarleton family[1] as a two-storey ashlar house[2] for Nicholas Robinson, a corn merchant who was Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1828–29.

[3] The structural modifications, which involved moving the main entrance from the east facade to that of the north and also adding an office wing on the west, have significantly affected the interior.

The original staircase with Doric fluted columns, above which is a dome and glazed oculus, became exposed and, according to Pevsner, this has left the surrounding internal features as "a bit of a mess".

[7] Among his most significant purchases, which remain in the house today, were J. M. W. Turner's Rosenau, depicting Prince Albert's home in Germany, and Gainborough's Viscountess Folkestone.

Also among the collection are paintings by Richard Parkes Bonington, Edwin Landseer, John Everett Millais, Joshua Reynolds, George Romney and the Pre-Raphaelites.