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Bridge Road - R. Groom & Sons
Suburban Grandeur
Moving between social classes was not an easy task in Victorian society and the philanthropy of families such as the Grooms also served as an indication to the outside world of their own upward mobility. This was reflected in the choice of homes of these newly wealthy individuals and many large and imposing houses were built around the edge of town during the late Nineteenth Century, such as Sunnycroft, the National Trust property in Holyhead Road. In this respect, the Groom's outdid all of their peers, by acquiring Dothill House, the former seat of the Forester family, who were once Lords of the Manor in Wellington. Unfortunately, Wellington Urban District Council, who built a large housing estate on the site during the 1960s, demolished this property.