New Guildhall Interior, Stafford
The original Guildhall was built in 1853. It housed the Borough Council, the courts and on the ground floor was a police station. By the 1930s a new police station was needed and one was constructed ...
New Guildhall Interior, Stafford
The original Guildhall was built in 1853. It housed the Borough Council, the courts and on the ground floor was a police station. By the 1930s a new police station was needed and one was constructed ...
No.14 The Villas, Stoke
This plan is of no.14 The Villas in Stoke. The Villas were built in the 1850s and were bought by middle class, professional people. The architect, Charles Lynham, designed three grades of property which ...
Oak Staircase, 'Mosslee,' Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
Interior including an old wooden staircase taken at a building called Mosslee at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
Office, 2 Crabbery Street, Stafford,
Office in Crabbery Chambers.
The office belonged to Staffordshire County Council Register Office and Transport Department, and the Staffordshire Association for Mental Welfare.
On the ground floor ...
Ornamentor, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,
Prestige ornamentor Kevin Dodd at the Wedgwood factory, applying bas reliefs to a Jasper copy of the Portland Vase, the Wedgwood 'icon'.
It is not known where and when the Portland Vase was discovered, ...
Panelled Room at Beaudesert Hall
Beaudesert Hall was the mansion of the Pagets, Marquesses of Anglesey. Its core was medieval, with later alterations. James Wyatt and Joseph Potter remodelled the interiors of the original Elizabethan ...
Plaster Work, Leigh. Photographed by William Blake.
Room interior with an example of ornate plaster work and timber beams. The location of the building is given as Leigh, Staffordshire.
Portrait of Dr Christopher Greatrex, Eccleshall,
Dr Greatrex arrived in Eccleshall from Birmingham in 1818 at the age of 26. He lived in Stone Road.
He became Eccleshall's principal doctor for over sixty years and died in 1880.
Portrait of Miss Ada Vernon, Milwich,
Miss Vernon is wearing leg-of-mutton sleeves and narrow skirt, fashionable in the mid-1890s.
Portrait of the Hon. Josiah Wedgwood V, Barlaston,
The Hon. Josiah Wedgwood V (1899 - 1967), Managing Director, in contemplative pose working at his desk.
By his right hand is a conventional Jasper 'dip' lidded cigarette jar. A small bowl designed ...
Post Office Counters, Chetwynd House, Stafford,
Chetwynd House was built around 1712-1715 by William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (1683?-1770), Member of Parliament for Stafford 1715-1722 and 1734-1770. The house was sold in the 1780s to William ...
Private Sitting Room, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...
Recreation Hall, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford
The large recreation hall was used in the winter as a dance hall, cinema and theatre.
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County ...
Rev. Caller and family, Brindley Village, Cannock Chase
The Rev. Caller at home with his wife and daughter, Brindley Village.
Originally built in 1916 as a Military Hospital to serve both Brocton and Rugeley army training camps, the hospital had twelve ...
Rev. Edward Fennie, Vicar of Hilderstone,
Photograph taken from a calendar.
Every year the Rev. Fennie (Vicar of Hilderstone 1950 - 1959) sent members of his parish a calendar featuring a photograph of himself. He joked that if they did not ...
Rock Cottage interior, Milford Hole
Rock Cottage stood on the edge of Cannock Chase, not far from Milford Common and was built into the rock, hence its name. 'Milford Hole' was the home of a number of families, living in what were originally ...
Room in Essex. Circa 1921
Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was one of Stoke-on-Trent’s greatest 'products'. An author and playwright he wrote many novels based on his hometown of Hanley and Stoke-on-Trent. Among his famous novels ...