Sunnycroft is an unusual property (now of the national trust), known as a suburban villa, a sort of country estates in miniature, or poor man's mansion. Sunnycroft is a rare example of a well-preserved such property, with a lovely charm of comfy British sophistication without the pomposity of wealth.
Sherlock Holmes looking interiors.
The village dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, the parish church being founded by St Chad, and is listed in the Domesday Book.
The Abbey, founded XIIth century, is Augustinian.