Drawing Room, Rodbaston Hall
The late-Victorian Drawing Room of Rodbaston Hall while it was owned by the family of Henry and Jane Ward. during the Victorian period. It is now the staff room. The large chandelier on the top right ...
Dunston, near Stafford
A postcard view of Dunston looking north along what is now the A449 Wolverhampton Road. On the left is the lych gate to St. Leonard's Church. The houses on the right, which include the old Smithy, remain ...
Eccleshall Road Cemetery, Stafford
A four acre cemetery was opened on Eccleshall Road in Stafford in 1856. Over the years it has been extended several times and had reached 20 acres by 1940. The cemetery was designed with two chapels, ...
Effigy, Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall,
Effigy of Elias-de-Napton which marked his tomb in 1295 when it was in the south aisle of the church.
Elias-de-Napton was prebendary of Eccleshall and the son of the first Lord Broughton. He was Co-adjudicator ...
Fire at Aqualate Hall
This postcard view shows the smoking ruins of Aqualate Hall after the devastating fire of late November 1910.
The original Aqualate Hall was built for Edwin Skrymsher in the early seventeenth century. ...
Fireplace overmantle at Loxley Hall, near Uttoxeter
Close up view of an overmantle depicting the royal crest and surrounded by heraldic devices of various nobility. A frieze of more heraldic devices runs around the room.
Loxley Hall was built around ...
Fireplace, Noah's Ark Inn, Stafford,
The Noah's Ark on Crabbery Street was originally built as a town house in the sixteenth century. In August 1575 Queen Elizabeth I took wine here during her journey through the town.
In the late 1800s ...
Flag Tower, Alton Towers
The Flag Tower stands five storeys high and and at one time served to provide excellent views of the surrounding countryside. It occupies the highest point of Bunbury Hill to the west of the house.
The ...
Freedom of Entry into the Borough for the Army and the RAF, Stafford
The Army and the RAF Parade before the Mayor of Stafford, Councillor Brian Price, outside the Shire Hall in Market Square, Stafford. On the left service personnel from the Army 22 Signals Regiment and ...
Freeford Hall, near Lichfield
This postcard view shows Freeford Hall, also known as Freeford Manor. Built around 1730, it is a grade II listed Georgian brick country house, near Lichfield. Over the years it has been home to the Dyott ...
Giffard tombs, Church of St. Mary and St. Chad, Brewood
The Church of St. Mary and St. Chad contains four tombs of the Giffard family. The oldest is of Sir John Giffard, who died in 1556, and his two wives Jane and Elizabeth. Depicted around the tomb are their ...
Goat Lodge, Bagots Park, near Abbots Bromley
The architect of this eccentric building was Thomas Trubshaw of Little Haywood. It was built in 1839 as an entrance lodge to Bagot's Park. It is decorated with goats' heads: the goat is the emblem of ...
Greengate Street Stafford
Greengate Street looking towards the Market Square. The timber framed building on the left is the Ancient High House, built by Richard Dorrington in 1595. In 1826 the building was bought by John Marson, ...
Greengate Street, Stafford
This view shows a busy scene with shoppers in Greengate Street, Stafford. Later In 1992, a large part of the town centre was pedestrianised and the A34 was re-routed around the town. All of the buildings ...
Greengate Street, Stafford
Greengate Street looking towards the Market Square, an image taken from a glass negative.
The timber framed building on the left is the Ancient High House, built by Richard Dorrington in 1595. In 1826 ...
Hawkesyard College and Priory, Rugeley
A colour-tinted postcard view of the Church and College at Hawkesyard Priory. The mansion on the right was formerly known as Armitage Park, a mid-18th century house, which was originally built by Nathaniel ...
Hawkesyard Priory and College, Rugeley
A postcard view of the Church and College at Hawkesyard Priory. The mansion on the right was formerly known as Armitage Park, a mid-18th century house, which was originally built by Nathaniel Lister and ...
Hawkesyard Priory Church, Armitage
An interior view of Hawkesyard Priory Church looking towards the choir screen, high altar and reredos. The screen was the work of Hardman and Powell and was the last gift (in 1909) to the Church made ...