Description:On the left is the 'watch tower', part of the ruined remains of Hamstall Hall, the old manor house of Hamstall Ridware. The Hall dates from the early 17th century, and was built not long after Sir Thomas Leigh bought the estate from the Fitzherbert family in 1601. Large scale rebuilding took place in the 1780s and in 1821. The Leighs sold the estate in 1920. Lt.Col. Sir Ian Walker Bart. DSO sold it in 1946. It has since stood derelict and was further damaged by fire in 1964.
St. Michael and All Angels church has a Norman nave with a Perpendicular north aisle and clerestory. The tower, spire, chancel and north chapel date from the 14th century.
Postcard published by Pascoe and Son, Rugeley.