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The Staircase at Wolseley Hall

The oak carved Staircase was installed by the Second Baronet, Sir Charles Wolseley (1630-1714) during renovation of the Hall and grounds. The famous travel writer Celia Fiennes (Lady Wolseley’s niece) ...

The Staircase, Hoar Cross Hall

The Staircase at Hoar Cross Hall. Hoar Cross Hall was built between 1862 and 1871 to the design of architect Henry Clutton for Hugo Meynell and his wife Emily Charlotte. Henry died as a consequence ...

The State Bed at Beaudesert Hall

This view of the State Bed in the State Bedroom at Beaudesert Hall is from a glass negative believed to have been taken prior to the fire in 1909 which was in an adjacent part of the building. The State ...

The State Bedroom at Beaudesert Hall

It is thought that the State Bedroom’s decoration and bed were original to the room from around the early 1700s and not altered as much as so many of Beaudesert’s rooms were after the 1909 fire. The ...

The State Dressing Room at Beaudesert Hall

Previously hung with Chinese wallpaper the State Dressing Room was badly damaged during the 1909 fire. During the repairs to the room it was given a completely different look by using old oak wainscot ...

The Tapestry Bedroom at Beaudesert Hall

Pictured is the Tapestry Bedroom. During the remodelling of Beaudesert this room was created from two rooms and given a Jacobean style appearance. The elaborate plaster ceiling was introduced, the floor ...

The Waterloo (north) Staircase at Beaudesert Hall

There were several staircases at Beaudesert Hall; the two main staircases were positioned north and south of the entrance hall. Pictured is the Waterloo (north) Staircase with a patterned stair carpet. ...

The Window Bay at Beaudesert Hall

Beaudesert Hall was the mansion of the Pagets, Marquesses of Anglesey. Its core was medieval, with later alterations. James Wyatt and Joseph Potter remodelled the interiors of the original Elizabethan ...

The Yellow Drawing Room at Beaudesert Hall

The Yellow Drawing Room at Beaudesert was around 48 feet long by 36 feet wide and was situated on the first floor adjacent to the north end of the Long Gallery. The room was lined with oak panelling and ...

Vicarage Farm Interior, Ranton,

Vicarage Farmhouse on Coton Lane dates from the mid-sixteenth century. Original features include Elizabethan hinges and mullioned windows. The property belonged to the Church, until it was sold in ...

Wash house, Kettlebrook road, Tamworth

This interior photograph of a wash house shows among other things the stove, which would have been used to heat the water, and the dolly peg, used to wash the clothes.

Washing Up, Memorial Hall, Hixon,

Washing up outside the Memorial Hall on High Street, possibly after celebrating the opening of the hall in 1926. The hall was built to commemorate the Hixon men who were killed in the First World War. Sir ...

Wedding Party, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A 'wedding breakfast' held for the couple seated at the head of the table. This photograph is quite unusual and gives a good insight into the furnishings and decorations of an ordinary Edwardian home.

Wedgwood Museum Gallery, Barlaston,

The first 'new' museum at the Wedgwood factory, which was a major part of the Visitor Centre concept, inaugurated in September 1975. Photograph by courtesy of the Trustees of the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston, ...

Whacky Backy

Acrylic painting by Paul Hill (1959-). Commissioned by Staffordshire Arts & Museum Service for the 'homes' exhibition at the Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford in 1993. The artist worked with a group of homeless ...

'What is home without a mother?', Glascote

This photograph was entered and won a competition in a national newspaper, for the best photograph. The photograph was taken in a neighbours kitchen and shows two of the three Brain children, Leslie or ...

William Buttler, amateur radio operator, Burslem

William Butler, photographed here in his mid-60s at his home in Waterloo Road, Burslem, was a keen amateur shortwave radio operator. William never used a microphone to contact other shortwave operators, ...

Wolverhampton - 'King Charles' Bed': woodcut engraving

'King Charles's Bed.' Showing a four poster bed. Anonymous.