Sturehov Manor, Stately home in Botkyrka, Sweden.
Sturehov is a two-storey stone manor house with two single-storey wooden wings, built in the 1780s in Gustavian style for Baron Johan Liljencrantz after designs attributed to Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz. The main building has a three-sided projection on the courtyard façade, where the Liljencrantz coat of arms is sculpted above the portal, and a straight garden façade with a shallow central avant-corps topped by urns. The wings date from the 17th century.
Originally named Averhulta in medieval times, the estate passed to Svante Stensson Sture in 1562 through an exchange with the Swedish Crown. This transfer to the Sture family marked the start of its development as a significant manor property.
The manor displays Gustavian interior design with Neoclassical elements, particularly in an octagonal dining room with painted marble walls and reliefs. Visitors can experience the elaborate decoration and room arrangement of this era directly.
The manor is reached via Vällingevägen, about three kilometres west of Norsborg Manor, and the building is open to the public all year in connection with guided tours. The two-storey main building stands between two one-storey wooden wings, with outbuildings, barns and stables around the courtyard.
Seventeen of the roughly thirty known cocklestoves made by the Marieberg factory stand in the manor, and Johan Liljencrantz was the factory's main owner. The stove in the yellow antechamber is generally considered the most accomplished cocklestove in Sweden.
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