Description:The gardens at Rodbaston Hall pictured at the time it was owned by the family of Henry and Jane Ward.
By then a widow, Jane Ward died in 1914 and subsequently the estate was sold to Staffordshire County Council. In 1919 the War Agricultural Committee opened an agricultural training depot. In 1921 it became Rodbaston Farm Institute, which was run by the County Council. It was renamed the Staffs College of Agriculture in 1967. In 1994 it became independent and was renamed Rodbaston College. The Hall is now (2015) owned by South Staffordshire College, who have refurbished it as a wedding and conference venue.