Main Staircase, Chetwynd House, Stafford

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Date:1912

Description:Chetwynd House was built around 1712-1715 by William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (1683?-1770), Member of Parliament for Stafford 1715-1722 and 1734-1770. The house was sold in the 1780s to William Horton, a shoe manufacturer. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (playwright, and M.P. for Stafford, 1780 - 1807) was a friend of Horton's and often stayed here.

Chetwynd House was Stafford's General Post Office since 1914 until it closed in 2007. The Post House bar and restaurant opened in 2011. The interior still maintains some of its original features.


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1870s
Bridge Street, Stafford
Bridge Street, Stafford

View from Green Bridge towards Chetwynd House. Mr Jenkinson, a baker and confectioner, ...

1900s
Greengate Street, Stafford
Greengate Street, Stafford

The Gothic building on the left was the District Bank, completed in 1907. Inside ...

1920s
Bridge Street Fire Station, Stafford,
Bridge Street Fire Station, Stafford,

The fire station was built in 1885 at the junction of Greengate Street and Bridge ...

1940s
Boxing Day Party, Swan Hotel, Stafford,
Boxing Day Party, Swan Hotel, Stafford,

Boxing Day party in the Ballroom at the Swan Hotel on Greengate Street. This event ...

1960s
Restoring cars at the Swan Hotel, Stafford
Restoring cars at the Swan Hotel, Stafford

Ron Winkle with one of his restored cars. Mr Winkle ran a car restoration business ...

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Donor ref:P87.091.0004 (18/1750)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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