Description:This postcard view looks across Teddesley Park to the stable block on the left and Teddesley Hall on the right.
Teddesley Hall was built sometime between 1742 and 1754 by Sir Edward Littleton, 4th baronet, and was designed by Charles Cope Trubshaw of Little Haywood. On Littleton's death in 1812 the estate passed to his grand-nephew Edward John Wallhouse of Hatherton Hall, who took up the name Littleton, and who became 1st Baron Hatherton in 1835.
Lord Hatherton was known for his efforts towards improving the state of his land. After implementing a program of draining and irrigation over nearly 40 years he was able to farm 1,700 acres of wheat and barley fields. He also had a 200 strong herd of cattle and 2,000 sheep. He founded a free agricultural school on the estate in 1850, where around 300 boys aged 10-14 were taught practical agriculture by working on the farm and also learning other essential subjects. Lord Hatherton was also one of the men who formed the Cannock Agricultural Association for Tenant Farmers in 1845. At the death of the 3rd Baron Hatherton in 1930 the family moved to Hatherton Hall.
During the Second World War the Hall was requisitioned and occupied by troops and there was a Prisoner of War camp. It then stood empty until it was demolished in 1954. The service and stable blocks were retained. In May 2003 planning permission was granted to Ken Lee's developments to re-build the Hall in its original form and to renovate the servants' quarters. In July 2013 the service buildings remained derelict.
This postcard was published by the ‘Perfection Series’ and printed in Germany. It was franked in Penkridge on 5 July 1911 and sent to an address in St. George's, Bristol.