Date:1964
Description:The main staircase at Barnfields was made of white stone with a wrought iron banister which went round three sides of the hall leading up to a gallery at the top of the Georgian portion of the house. Barnfields was built by John Twigg in the late eighteenth-century. Some of the stonework was said to have come from Baswich Church when it was rebuilt in the 1740s. Near to the house there was a large stone barn dating from the sixteenth century. At the northern end of the barn there was a church-shaped porch leading to a game larder. The house was demolished in the 1970s and the site redeveloped to make way for the Wildwood housing estate. Barnfields School and playing field now occupy where there had been a field in front of the house. A Kwik Save supermarket which later became the Co-operative Supermarket was built occupying the site where the house and barns stood and nearby the Wildwood Community Centre was built.
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This view shows the main entrance to Barnfields with the monkey puzzle tree towering over it. Barnfields ...
The front door and porch at Barnfields.
Detail of one of the windows on the main front of Barnfields.
Detail of the roof-light over the main staircase at Barnfields.
The main staircase at Barnfields was made of white stone with a wrought iron banister which went round ...
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Creators: Dr J.E.C. Peters - Creator
Donor ref:P66.003.0156 (37/51781)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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