Date:1912
Description:Chetwynd House prior to its conversion into Stafford's General Post Office in 1914. Chetwynd House was built around 1712-1715 by William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (1683?-1770), Member of Parliament for Stafford 1715-1722 and 1734-1770. The house was sold in the 1780s to William Horton, a shoe manufacturer. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (playwright, and M.P. for Stafford, 1780 - 1807) was a friend of Horton's and often stayed here. Chetwynd House was Stafford's General Post Office since 1914 until it closed in 2007. The Post House bar and restaurant opened in 2011. The interior still maintains some of its original features.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
View from Green Bridge towards Chetwynd House. Mr Jenkinson, a baker and confectioner, ...
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered on Stafford Common, during the search ...
The fire station was built in 1885 at the junction of Greengate Street and Bridge ...
On the left are the Staffordshire Advertiser Offices. The newspaper was founded ...
Mercer's shop on the corner of Bridge Street and Mill Bank, established in 1910. In ...
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Donor ref:P87.091.0001 (18/1749)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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