Swainsley Hall
The house was built in 1867 for a London solicitor called Roscoe. Thomas Wardle (later Sir Thomas) bought Swainsley Hall in 1896 as a weekend house. It was too small to accommodate his large family so ...
Swiss Cottage, Main Road, Brereton
A view of Swiss Cottage , 88 Main Road, Brereton. Swiss Cottage was built in 1880 for the Rev. Edward Samson’s Curate. Rev. Samson was Vicar of Pipe Ridware until 1900 when he became Vicar of Brereton. ...
Swiss Cottages, Coton, Milwich
A postcard view of two cottages (centre and right) known as Swiss cottages on the Uttoxeter Road, Coton, near Milwich. On the left in the distance is the Wheatsheaf public house.
On the reverse there ...
Temple of Diana, Weston Park,
The Georgian Temple of Diana was designed by James Paine and probably built in the 1760s. The Orangery has tall arched windows and an Adam ceiling, which leads into a circular Tea-room, then into an ...
Thatched cottage, possibly near Rugeley
A postcard view of a picturesque cottage and garden at an unknown location, possibly in the Rugeley area.
There is a brief message on the reverse: “Dear Elizabeth, I thought perhaps you would like ...
Thatched cottage, Woodseaves area
A thatched timber-framed cottage believed to be somewhere around Woodseaves, Wheaton Aston and Newport. If you recognise the location or the people in this photograph, please let us know.
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Thatched cottage, Woodseaves area
A thatched timber-framed cottage believed to be somewhere around Woodseaves, Wheaton Aston and Newport. If you recognise the location or the people in this photograph, please let us know.
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Thatched Cottages, Ellenhall,
The Avenue, Cheadle
A postcard view of houses on The Avenue in Cheadle. All of these houses and most of their front garden walls remain (February 2023), however, in later years the land in the foreground was used during ...
The Breeze family, Seighford
Members of the Breeze family are pictured in the garden of Church Cottage, Seighford. The building in the background is the Vicarage which in later years was demolished and the area redeveloped with private ...
The Breeze family, Seighford
Members of the Breeze family are pictured in the garden of Church Cottage, Seighford.
In the centre (second from left) are Jessie and Arthur Breeze; on the extreme right is Emma Breeze, front row ...
The Broadmore, Stowe by Chartley
A postcard view of The Broadmore, Stowe by Chartley. A croquet lawn and tennis court can be seen in the foreground.
Also known as Broadmoor, by 1906 this house was owned by Arthur Thomas Radcliffe ...
The Burton Ladies, Pattingham
The Cock Inn, Stowe by Chartley
A postcard view of the Cock Inn on Station Road, Stowe-by-Chartley. On the left a sign on the building advertises that the inn sold Buntings ales.
Around 2003 the Inn became known as the Bistro Le ...
The Cottage, Rolleston-on-Dove
The Cottage, on Brook Side, Rolleston-on-Dove, an image from the Rolleston Hall Estate Sale Catalogue, October 1919. Sir Oswald Mosley, 5th Baronet (1873-1928) had inherited the estate in 1915 on the ...
The Cottage, Slitting Mill, Rugeley
This postcard picture is of a thatched cottage which stood in Slitting Mill Road, adjacent to the quarry, near the junction with Penkridge Bank and the Stone House, Rugeley. It was demolished in about ...
The Croft, Seighford
Left to right: Susan Jenks, Roger Bunn and Janet Lawton are pictured sitting in the garden of the Croft (sometimes known as the Craft) which in later years was demolished and replaced with housing on ...
The Croft, Seighford
Left to right: Susan Jenks, Janet Lawton and Roger Bunn are pictured in the garden of a house known as the Croft (sometimes known as the Craft) which in later years was demolished and replaced with housing ...