The Pool, Ranton Abbey
Women by Gap Pool at the Ranton Abbey estate, then the property of Lord Lichfield. A rustic seat has been positioned on the pathway for the woman with the dog.
The majority of the Priory buildings ...
The Rock Gardens, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Rock Gardens, one of the various features and themed gardens including Dutch and Italian Gardens, the Chinese Pagoda Fountain, the Swiss Cottage, Stonehenge and the Gothic Prospect ...
The Rock Walk, Alton Towers
This postcard view of the Rock Walk at Alton Towers was published by The Alton Towers Café, Alton, Staffordshire. It was franked at 6.30 PM on 14 June 1931 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire and posted ...
The Rock Walk, Alton Towers
Lantern slide view of two men on the Rock Walk path in the grounds of Alton Towers.
Photograph is believed to have been taken by Walter Williams (1876-1929) of Stafford.
The Rosary, Alton Towers
This postcard view was published by The Alton Towers Café, Alton Towers, Stoke on Trent.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852. ...
The Rose Garden and Garden Conservatory, Alton Towers
The Conservatory was completed c1824-5, although building work is known to have begun prior to 1818. It is one of the largest structures on the Alton Towers estate, after the house. Originally the architect ...
The Rose Garden, Sandon Hall
The Rose Garden was laid out by 1854 to designs by W.A. Nesfield.
The present Sandon Hall was built in about 1850 after the earlier building had burnt down. It was designed in the Jacobean style by ...
The Rose Walk, Trentham Gardens. Photographed by William Blake.
The Rose Walk, Trentham Gardens, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes of Sutherland from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century. The family ...
The Royal Oak, Boscobel, Shropshire
A postcard view of the Royal Oak at Boscobel which was franked on 5 October 1904. The current tree is a descendent of the original Royal Oak at Boscobel House, where Charles II hid from Parliamentary ...
The Royal Oak, Boscobel, Shropshire
This postcard view shows a descendent of the original Royal Oak at Boscobel House, where Charles II hid from Parliamentary troops in 1651. Today, beside it is a replacement grown from an acorn of the ...
The Ruin, Shugborough Park
The Ruin is situated on the banks of the River Sow; this monument was built c.1750 using stone from sections of Shugborough Hall pulled down during alterations. The architect was Thomas Wright of Durham, ...
The Ruin, Shugborough Park
A view of the Pleasure Gardens at Shugborough, one of set taken in 1970. This view shows the Ruin, more overgrown than it is today, and with a section of walling to the right which has since been removed.
The ...
The Ruin, Shugborough Park
The Ruin is situated on the banks of the River Sow; this monument was built c.1750 using stone from sections of Shugborough Hall pulled down during alterations. The architect was Thomas Wright of Durham, ...
The Ruins and The Orangery
A view from the west front of Shugborough Hall, looking towards the River Sow and showing the Ruin, built in about 1749-1750, and the Orangery to the right, built in 1764 by James 'Athenian' Stuart and ...
The Ruins, Shugborough
The Ruin is situated on the banks of the River Sow; this monument was built in abou 1749-1750 using stone from sections of Shugborough Hall pulled down during alterations. The architect was Thomas Wright ...
The Screw Fountain, The Gardens, Alton Towers
This stone-carved fountain is also known as the 'Corkscrew Fountain', the 'Siren Fountain' and the 'Candlestick Fountain'. It stands in a pool surrounded by aquatic plants, and is one of many ornamental ...
The Stables, Alton Towers
View of the stables from across the lake.
The Stables, Alton Towers
The Stables at Alton Towers, showing Gothic features on an earlier Georgian building. The gardens were created by the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury between about 1810 and 1827.