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Weston Park Entrance, Weston Under Lizard

Weston Park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in the 1760s. Weston Hall was built by Sir Thomas and Lady Wilbraham in 1671. Lady Wilbraham is believed to have been the architect. In 1762 ...

Weston-under-Lizard - Hall: engraving

'To the Right Honble. Lord Bradford, this South East View of Weston Hall, is inscribed by his Obliged Humble Servant, S. Shaw.' (With his coat of arms.) South east view showing a large brick and stone ...

Weston-under-Lizard - Hall: water colour painting

'Weston.' South east view showing a large brick and stone building [1688] of three storeys. There is a porticoed `Temple' to the right. Both are set in an expanse of parkland with cattle and deer ...

Westwood Hall, Leek

The original Westwood Hall building dates from the 1600s. Originally it was a fairly simple farm-house, but when John Davenport, a potter and glassmaker bought the property in 1813 he began a series of ...

Wheatstone Park Stables, near Codsall

On the left hand side was a harness room, and above the room was the Groom’s bedroom. In the next room to the Groom lived Mr and Mrs Judge when I worked there. Mrs Judge worked as a cleaner in the house. ...

Wheatstone Park, near Codsall

Wheatstone Park was probably built for Thomas White, a chemist and druggist from Bilston. Thomas Hughes lived here in the 1870s and relatives until about 1902. In 1908 Mr and Mrs Underhill lived here. ...

Whit Monday outing to Alton Towers

A large crowd on the lawn outside the Gardener's Cottage Tea rooms at Alton Towers. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852. The ...

Whit Monday outing to Alton Towers

Crowds on the lawn at Alton Towers, looking north towards the lake. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852. The 15th Earl ...

Whit Monday outing to Alton Towers

A crowd of people outside a summer house in the gardens at Alton Towers. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852. The 15th ...

Whit Monday outing to Alton Towers

A large crowd on the lawn outside the Gardener's Cottage Tea rooms at Alton Towers. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852. The ...

Whit Monday outing to Alton Towers

Crowds on the lawns outside the north front of Alton Towers. In the background a military band can be seen playing to a large audience. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. ...

Whitmore Hall

Whitmore Hall is a timber-framed house encased in brick in 1676. It is the home of the Cavenagh-Mainwaring family and the estate has been owned by the Mainwarings and their ancestors for over 900 years. ...

Wolseley Garden Park, Rugeley

Pictured is the front cover of a promotional leaflet produced for the opening of Wolseley Garden Park on 1 May 1990. The photograph was taken in the estates former walled kitchen garden which was transformed ...

Wolseley Garden Park, Rugeley

Pictured is the front cover of a brochure produced for the opening of Wolseley Garden Park on 1 May 1990. The photograph was taken in the estate's former walled kitchen garden which was transformed for ...

Wolseley Hall and Grounds, Colwich,

The Wolseley family had lived on the estate since Norman times. In the eighteenth century Wolseley Hall was rebuilt, but burned down in the 1950s. The estate remained derelict until 1990, when the ...

Wolseley Hall and Park - Plan: lithograph

Plan of Hall and Park showing Stafford Brook and the River Trent (the canal can also be seen in the bottom right corner of the plan). Stafford Brook would later be diverted to create a series of ornamental ...

Wolseley Hall, Colwich

A postcard view of Wolseley Hall. The Wolseley family had lived on the estate since Norman times. In the eighteenth century Wolseley Hall was rebuilt, but after a serious fire in the 1950s it was demolished ...

Wolseley Hall, Colwich

The Wolseley family had lived on the estate since Norman times. In the eighteenth century Wolseley Hall was rebuilt, but burned down in the 1950s. The estate remained derelict until 1990, when the ...