Primrose Cottage, Mill Street, Stafford

Description:In the centre of the photograph is Primrose Cottage, which is Grade II listed and dated 1610. This small, thatched building on Mill Street would have been a typical example of a seventeenth century Stafford cottage.

Throughout the centuries it was known as Primrose Cottage and was only put to commercial use in the nineteenth century. At the time this photograph was taken the shop was known as Jackson’s County Fruit Stores until it closed in March 2018. It was reported in the Express and Star newspaper that the shop had been run by members of the Jackson family since the 1950s. It was placed on the market for £450,000. After the shop closed, the building was temporarily used by Stafford and Surrounds Community Food Support (Foodbank), which provided short term support to local individuals and families in need. In 2022 the premises became known as Love’s Independent Funeral Directors.

On the left is the former Taylors bread and cake shop, both this and the shop on the right have changed ownership several times over the years.

This photograph was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon.