Drawing Room, Tamworth Castle

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Date:1880 - 1900 (c.)

Description:This photograph shows the interior of Tamworth Castle's State Withdrawing Room, furnished by the tenant Thomas Cooke for his family. The room has a superb frieze of the Ferrers, Compton and Shirley families' coat of arms, who were previous owners of the castle, and a fine Jacobean fireplace.


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1790s
A watercolour of Tamworth Castle
A watercolour of Tamworth Castle

This watercolour of Tamworth Castle was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1799 by ...

1880s
Outing to Tamworth Castle
Outing to Tamworth Castle

Thomas Cooke's factory hands pictured in Tamworth Castle Grounds. Possibly besides ...

1890s
Tamworth Borough Council at Tamworth Castle
Tamworth Borough Council at Tamworth Castle

Tamworth Borough Council outside Tamworth Castle. On the front row are, from left ...

1920s
St. John Ambulance, Tamworth Castle
St. John Ambulance, Tamworth Castle

1950s
Tamworth Castle
Tamworth Castle

Tamworth Castle with Holloway Lodge in the foreground. Tamworth's Norman motte and ...

1970s
Aethelflaeda Monument, Tamworth Castle
Aethelflaeda Monument, Tamworth Castle

The Aethelflaeda Monument, of Aethelflaeda and her nephew Athelstan, was built ...