Arnold Bennett's House and Museum, Cobridge, Stoke-upon-Trent
The house at 205 Waterloo Road, Cobridge that was once the home of Potteries writer Arnold Bennett and later, for a short time, the Arnold Bennett Museum. Arnold Bennett's father, Enoch, who was a solicitor, ...
Assembly Rooms, Corporation Street, Tamworth
The Assembly Rooms are seen here with the Volunteer Fire Brigade extending a ladder to the left of the building. The Assembly Rooms were built in the Italian Renaissance style by public subscription to ...
Assize Hall, Stafford,
There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County Court and later for other civic meetings.
The present building, designed by John Harvey and erected ...
Audley Old Hall
The view shows the Old Hall on the junction between Wilbraham's Walk and Nantwich Road. This timber built house was built in the fourteenth or fifteenth century and was the seat of the Vernons at some ...
Averil's Entry, Stafford,
Averil's Entry runs between Greengate Street and St. Mary's Grove. Originally the passage came out by Averil's chemist shop, a fifteenth century building which was demolished in the 1960s.
The Grove ...
Averil's Old Shop, Stafford,
This timber framed building, built c. 1475, stood on Market Square, on the site now occupied by Boots. Over the years plaster had covered the timber structure and the timber framed effect was acquired ...
Back alley, Paddock Street, Hanley
Paddock Street ran northwards off Hope Street at Vale Place. The street no longer exists, but was sandwiched between the present day Boundary Street and Penarth Grove. At the bottom is Bryan Street.
The ...
Baddeley Green Motor Co, Stoke-on-Trent
Baddeley Green Motor Co, an art deco building at the junction of Baddeley Green Lane and Leek New Road. This building has since been replaced by a large modern filling station. This photograph is taken ...
Bandstand and Bowling Green, Cannock
A very early postcard where the message and picture is on the same side; the address only being on the reverse. This style of postcard became obsolete when divided back cards were introduced in Great ...
Bank Passage, Stafford,
View through Bank Passage from Market Square. The plaque to the right of the arch was for Mr H.S. Shepherd L.D.S, Dental Surgeon, whose practice was accessed via a doorway halfway through the arch on ...
Bank Street, Heath Hayes
A view of Bank Street, Heath Hayes with what are now numbers 77, 79 and 81 Bank Street on the right. The houses are now rendered in white, but the doors and windows of the two left-hand buildings can ...
Banquet Hall, Alton Towers
A postcard view (looking north-east) of the Banquet Hall taken around 1927 when it was in use as a refreshment room. Over the years this room was also known as the Great Dining Room and the Dining Room. ...
Baptist Church, Stafford,
The Baptist Chapel on The Green opened in 1896. The unusual spire was designed by Birmingham architect Ewen Harper.
To the right of the chapel is Lockett's mineral-water factory.
In the 1970s the ...
Bar Hill, Madeley
A postcard view of Madeley Village taken looking north from a field by Bar Hill towards Poolside on the A525, close to the junction with The Holborn. Although it is mostly hidden by the trees, the second ...
Barlaston Hall
Barlaston Hall stands on a hill, overlooking the Trent Valley. It was built in 1756 for Thomas Mills, an attorney from Leek. The design is attributed to Sir Robert Taylor.
In 1774 Barlaston Hall featured ...
Barlaston Hall under Repair,
Barlaston Hall stands on a hill, overlooking the Trent Valley. It was built in 1756 for Thomas Mills, an attorney from Leek. The design is attributed to Sir Robert Taylor.
In 1774 Barlaston Hall ...
Barlaston Old Road. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene with a view of Barlaston Old Road, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Barn and Yard, Seighford Hall,
Seighford Hall is an Elizabethan house to which additions were made over the years. The hall is now a private residence.
Behind the barn can just be seen the building known as the Dovecote. This ...