Greengate Street, Stafford

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Date:1920 - 1925 (c.)

Description:Greengate Street looking towards the Market Square, an image taken from a glass negative.

The timber framed building on the left is the Ancient High House, built by Richard Dorrington in 1595. In 1826 the building was bought by John Marson, who converted the lower floor into shops. The building is now owned by the Borough Council and opened to the public as a heritage and exhibition centre in 1987.

The building with bow windows is the Swan Hotel, originally built as two private town houses in the seventeenth century. The buildings were converted into a coaching inn in 1752 and a Georgian front was later added.

In-between the High House and the Swan is Shaw's House, named after a shoemaker who lived there in the nineteenth century and thought to have been erected earlier than the Ancient High House. In 1947 its facade was restored; the new plaster was painted to represent the timber framing underneath.

On the right is the seventeenth century Bear Inn, built on the site of the Old Black Bear Inn; it is possible some of the old building was used in the structure of the present.


Timeline

The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.

1770s
Fire mark
Fire mark

This fire mark was formerly displayed on the front porch of the Alexandra Hotel, ...

1870s
Philip Dale and son, Stafford
Philip Dale and son, Stafford

This carte de visite studio portrait shows Philip Dale (1832-1917), brazier and ...

1890s
St. Chad's Church, Stafford
St. Chad's Church, Stafford

A lantern slide view of St. Chad's Church, Stafford. the entrance to Peach's milliners ...

1910s
W.H. Priestley and Sons, Greengate Street, Stafford
W.H. Priestley and Sons, Greengate Street, Stafford

W.H. Priestley and Sons piano shop at 45 Greengate Street, Stafford. The shop stood ...

1930s
Philip T. Dale, Stafford
Philip T. Dale, Stafford

Philip Thomas Dale was born in Birmingham on 13 September 1865, the son of Philip ...

1950s
Brookfields of Stafford paper bag
Brookfields of Stafford paper bag

A paper bag from Brookfields tailors shop, Greengate Street. In 1743 George Boulton, ...

1980s
Women's hat
Women's hat

A brown felt hat with the brim turned up at the front and fastened with a decorative ...

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Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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