Ulverscroft is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire. It has a population of about 100. The population in 2011 is included in the

of Newtown Linford. There is no village by the name, but there was previously an

Ulverscroft Priory Ulverscroft Priory is a former hermitage and priory in Ulverscroft, Leicestershire. History The priory was founded by Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, in 1139, as a hermitage for eremites of the Order of St Augustine. Before 1174, fo ...

There are some good examples of early Arts and Crafts movement architecture in and around Ulverscroft including

Stoneywell Stoneywell is a National Trust property in Ulverscroft, a dispersed settlement near Coalville in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. Stoneywell is the largest of a small group of cottages designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Ernest Gimson. I ...

Ernest Gimson Ernest William Gimson (; 21 December 1864 – 12 August 1919) was an English furniture designer and architect. Gimson was described by the art critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest of the English architect-designers". Today his reputat ...

. Stoneywell, now a National Trust property, opened to the public in 2015.

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Ulverscroft Home Page
Civil parishes in Leicestershire Borough of Charnwood Villages in Leicestershire {{Leicestershire-geo-stub