The Barracks, Stockwell Heath, near Colton

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Date:1880 - 1890 (c.)

Description:This row of houses was known as ‘the Barracks’ which stood in the hamlet of Stockwell Heath, near Colton, on Newlands Lane. The Barracks were built in 1793 by Colton Parish Lands Trust as almshouses for the poor of the parish. They were demolished in the 1960’s.

Acknowledgement: Colton History Society, ‘History of the Village’ and ‘The Lost Buildings of Colton’.

Thank you to Mrs Fiona Thacker for finding the location of this picture.

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Donor ref:F.P.57.2.81 (37/14945)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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