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Giffard's Cross, Brewood

Giffard's Cross reputedly marks the spot where Sir John Giffard shot a wild panther that had escaped from Chillington Castle. The Cross can be seen here on the right, with Chillington Hall, the family ...

Giffard's Cross, near Brewood

Giffard's Cross reputedly marks the spot where Sir John Giffard shot a wild panther that had escaped from Chillington Castle. The Cross can be seen here on the right, with Chillington Hall, the family ...

Gothic Temple, Alton Towers

The Gothic Prospect Tower or Temple stands on Thompson's Rock. Designed by Robert Abraham and made of cast iron, it was erected in the 1820s. The gardens were created by the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury ...

Gothic Temple, Alton Towers,

The correct description of the building is the Gothic Prospect Tower, although it has often been known as the Chinese Temple. The Tower stands on Thompson's Rock, it was designed by Robert Abraham and ...

Gothic Temple, Chillington Hall

The Gothic Temple stood near the south side of the pool, close to the dam. It was built in about 1770 but was a ruin by the mid-20th century. It was demolished in the 1980s after being severely damaged ...

Highfield Manor and Grounds, Stafford

Highfield Manor was built in 1880 by David Hollin, a boot and shoe manufacturer. The gardens were influenced by those at Versailles, and Mr Hollins employed three gardeners. In 1900 Mr Hollin commissioned ...

Highfield Manor and Grounds, Stafford,

Highfield Manor was built in 1880 by David Hollin, a boot and shoe manufacturer. The gardens were influenced by those at Versailles. In 1900 Mr Hollin commissioned a series of photographs, showing ...

Highfield Manor, Stafford

Highfield Manor was built in 1880 by David Hollin, a boot and shoe manufacturer. The gardens were influenced by those at Versailles, and Mr Hollins employed three gardeners. In 1900 Mr Hollin commissioned ...

Highfield Manor, Stafford

Highfield Manor was built in 1880 by David Hollin, a boot and shoe manufacturer. The gardens were influenced by those at Versailles, and Mr Hollins employed three gardeners. In 1900 Mr Hollin commissioned ...

Highfield Manor, Stafford,

Highfield Manor was built in 1880 by David Hollin, a boot and shoe manufacturer. The gardens were influenced by those at Versailles, and Mr Hollins employed three gardeners. In 1900 Mr Hollin commissioned ...

Hilderstone Hall,

Hilderstone Hall was built in the late eighteenth century (on the site of an earlier building) by Ralph Bourne, a pottery manufacturer. Bourne also founded Hilderstone Church and the village school in ...

Hunt Meet at Eccleshall Castle,

The castle was used as the residence of the Bishops of Lichfield. The first reference to this building was in 1200, when Bishop Geoffrey Muschamp obtained a royal licence to embattle a manor house in ...

Ice house, Sandon

A view of the entrance to the ice house which served Sandon Hall. It stands by the side of one of the estate drives, close to Icehouse plantation. It is believed to have been built around 1780. Until ...

Ice house, Sandon

A view of the entrance to the ice house which served Sandon Hall. It stands by the side of one of the estate drives, close to Icehouse plantation. It is believed to have been built around 1780 and was ...

Ingestre Hall and Church,

Ingestre Hall was built by Sir Walter Chetwynd in 1613. By the eighteenth century it had been acquired by the Talbots, who remodelled parts of the hall in the early 1800s. The Talbots became the Earls ...

Italian Garden, Biddulph Grange

A lithograph print of the Italian Garden at Biddulph Grange, by Kell Brothers of Holborn, London. It was produced to accompany the Sale Catalogue of 1871 and published by Edward and Henry Lumley, Land ...

Italian Gardens, Trentham,

The original Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry ...

Italian Lodge, Alton Towers

The Italianate Lodge on one of the entrances to the Alton Towers estate. The gardens were created by the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury between about 1810 and 1827.