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Alton Towers

When the house was completed in 1831 it was regarded as an excellent example of a model mansion house. From the exterior it looked imposing and grand, and inside it was lavishly decorated to reflect the ...

Alton Towers

The Grand Entrace to Alton Towers. This postcard view was posted in Alton by Ruby (who was on holiday) to her Aunt in Sydenham, London. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. ...

Alton Towers

This postcard view is of the Lake at Alton Towers and in the distance are the Stables. It was published by Lilywhite, Ltd. Triangle, Yorks. The card was posted from Alton by a member of a group of ...

Alton Towers

Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852. The 15th Earl began adapting an existing 16th or 17th century house, Alveton (Alton) ...

Alton Towers and Gardens

A general view of Alton Towers and the gardens, showing the Choragic Monument or Monument to Lysacrates in Athens (compare with the Lanthorn of Demosthenes at Shugborough), also the cascade, colonnade/loggia ...

Alton Towers and Gardens

A general view of Alton Towers and the gardens, showing the Choragic Monument or Monument to Lysacrates in Athens (compare with the Lanthorn of Demosthenes at Shugborough), also the cascade, colonnade/loggia ...

Alton Towers and the Boating Lake

The building of Alton Towers (the house and estate) took place between 1810 and 1852, and was a combination of eight notable architects' ideas. James Wyatt was the original designer and Pugin, the last. ...

Alton Towers Gardens

A general view of the gardens at Alton Towers, with the Towers in the distance, top left. The gardens were created by the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury between about 1810 and 1827.

Alton Towers Gardens

This postcard view is of the fountain and muses along with the colonnade/loggia and on the upper right is the dome of the alcove/rotunda. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. ...

Alton Towers Gardens

A view of the gardens leading up to the Memorial to the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury at Alton Towers. The Memorial was erected in about 1830 by his nephew John, the 16th Earl. It is a copy of the Choragic ...

Alton Towers gardens

The gardens at Alton Towers, showing part of the Conservatory built in the 1820s by Robert Abraham. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 ...

Alton Towers Gardens

This postcard view of the Colonnade and Roman Bath was taken by Alfred or Gerald McCann, photographers of Uttoxeter. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built ...

Alton Towers Gardens

Cherub statue in the gardens of Alton Towers. The gardens were created by the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury between about 1810 and 1827. The building of Alton Towers (the house and estate) took place between ...

Alton Towers Gardens

A postcard view looking from the carriage drive garden bridge into the gardens at Alton Towers, showing the Choragic Monument (in the centre) or Monument to Lysacrates in Athens (compare with the Lanthorn ...

Alton Towers gardens, with pagoda

Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852. A view of the Pagoda, built in 1827 by Robert Abraham, from the balustrade on top of ...

Alton Towers Lion, Brough Park, Leek

This stone lion was purchased by the town from a sale at Alton Towers, and for many years stood in Brough Park, latterly without the plinth pictured here. Today it stands by the side of the entrance ...

Alton Towers Views

A multi-view postcard of Alton Towers Mansion from the lake, view from the Gothic Temple, view of the Churnet Valley from the south-east, a scene in the Gardens and in the centre the Gothic Temple (usually ...

Alton Towers, Novelty Postcard

This 'Moving Pictures' novelty postcard contains several views of Alton Towers, one of which, the "T" Room, is shown in the inset viewer on the left. The “T” Room forms part of a series of views that ...