Checkley Church. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior taken at St. Mary & All Saints Church, Church Lane, Checkley, Staffordshire.
Chillington , Giffard's Cross/Gateway
Chillington Hall
The east front of Chillington Hall was designed by Sir John Soane for Thomas Giffard in 1786-69.
The picture shows the entrance front with its double-storey portico. The columns are composed of huge ...
Chillington Hall
This photograph taken by country Life in 1948 shows the east front of Chillington Hall which was designed by Sir John Soane for Thomas Giffard in 1786-9.
The picture shows the entrance front with its ...
Christ Church, Gentleshaw
A postcard view of the interior of Christchurch, taken after its 1903 extension. The illumination is by oil lamps.
Christ Church stands at the corner of Chapel Lane and Commonside in Gentleshaw. Originally ...
Church House, Abbots Bromley
Church House, on the corner of Church Lane and Bagot Street in Abbots Bromley. Church House is a timber-framed building on a brick plinth, built in 1619 as a residence. It was restored in the mid 20th ...
Church Lane, Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene taken at Church Lane, Ipstones, Staffordshire. The Ipstones Branch shop of the Leek and Moorlands Co-operative Society is on the left.
Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross
View from the nave, looking towards the chancel and the altar.
The church was built between 1872-1876 in the Decorated style. The architect, G.F. Bodley, was also responsible for most of the furnishings ...
Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross
The ornately carved organ screen and black and white marble floor were designed by G.F. Bodley, the architect of the church.
The church was built between 1872-1876 in the Decorated style. The architect, ...
Coming of Age of Viscount Anson, Shugborough Hall,
A group photograph taken on the occasion of Viscount Thomas Edward Anson's Coming of Age. He later became the 4th Earl. Although his 21st birthday was on 9 December 1904, Viscount Anson was travelling ...
County Asylum, Stafford,
The County Asylum on Corporation Street opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients.
The hospital moved to Seisdon near Wolverhampton in 1946 and the building became St. George's ...
County Council Chamber, Stafford,
The County Buildings opened in Martin Street on 29 October 1895. Previously councillors had used the facilities in the Borough Hall and the Shire Hall.
A competition was organised to find an architect, ...
Crown Hotel, Stone,
The Crown Hotel on High Street was damaged by fire in 1778. The new building was designed by Henry Holland in 1780.
The inn was a stop for stage coaches from London, Manchester and Birmingham; there ...
Croxden Abbey. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Croxden Abbey, Nr. Alton, Staffordshire.
Demolition of the Old Guildhall, Stafford
The original Guildhall was built in 1853. It housed the Borough Council, the courts and on the ground floor was a police station. By the 1930s a new police station was needed and one was constructed ...
Demolition of Trentham Hall
A postcard view of demolition in progress at Trentham Hall in May 1912. In the centre just behind the ruin is St. Mary and All Saints Church which is still standing.
This postcard photograph was taken ...
Devadason Family Wedding, Stafford Registry Office,
Wedding group on the steps of Stafford Registry Office on Eastgate Street.
Doric Temple , Enville Hall
The Enville Hall estate was landscaped between 1745 and 1755 by the 4th Earl of Stamford, using the services of the poet and landscape designer William Shenstone of Halesowen, and Sanderson Miller, a ...