Description:A very faded postcard view of The Redlands, Lichfield Road, Stone. This late Victorian house was possibly built for draper and mercer William Jervis Brandon (1848-1918) around the time of his retirement in 1894. He was a partner in the company of Foden and Brandon whose drapers shop was on High Street, Stone, on the site later occupied by the Midland Bank, later HSBC Bank and since 2016 'Bear' bistro and coffee bar. Mr Brandon was living here by 1897.
The Brandon family moved to Oulton Cross in 1903 and The Redlands was put up for sale. At the time it had three reception rooms, eight bedrooms, a stable, coach house, and 5 ½ acres of land including a kitchen garden and orchards.
By 1911 the house was occupied by Edward Douglas Mountford Scrivener (1873-1925) and family. He was a director of Taylor Tunnicliff, electrical porcelain manufacturers. He died unexpectedly in 1925 while on business in London. His widow Clare Elizabeth Scrivener was still living there in 1947.
During the 1950s Quickfit & Quartz built houses for employees on land facing Lichfield Road, and The Redlands was demolished by 1966 when new houses were built on the cul-de-sac named after the old house.
This postcard was posted and franked on 19 December 1913 in Stone and sent to an address in Stone.