Description:Orgreave Hall was probably built in 1668 for Eilliam Turton. It was enlarged over the next sixty years or so. It became part of the estates of the Ansons of Shugborough (later Earls of Lichfield) when George Adams of Orgreave inherited the Anson name and estates in 1773. Now (2008) a retirement home. This view shows the north front.
This photograph is from an album of local views taken by Edward King Tenison (1805-1878), a highly regarded photographer in the early decades of photography. His family seat was at Kilronen, Roscommon, Ireland and he married Louisa Mary Anne Anson, daughter of the 1st Earl of Lichfield, also an accomplished amateur photographer. These images were probably taken during Tenison's visits to his wife's family home, Shugborough.