Shugborough - Triumphal Arch: sepia drawing
'Triumphal Arch at Shugborough,' showing a two storey arch of the Corinthian order, standing on a hill. Artist: Thomas Peploe Wood.
Shugborough - Woodland scene: engraving
Showing a woodland scene with a nymph and shepherds. Inscribed 'From an Original Picture of Gaspar Poussin, In the Collection of Thomas Anson, Esqr., To whom this Plate is Inscribed by his Obliged Humble ...
Shugborough Hall - Conservatory: sepia drawing
'The Conservatory at Shugborough, Staffordshire.' Showing a building of seven bays, with five long glazed windows, a balustrade, a parapet with urns at intervals, and statuary in niches at the ends.[James ...
Shugborough Hall: engraving
South west view showing a central block of three storeys with a colonnade. On each side there are wings with semi-circular bays and a rounded roof with a balustrade. The Doric Temple can be seen to ...
Shugborough Hall: water colour painting
'Shugborough.' South west view showing a central block of three storeys with a colonnade. On each side there are wings with semi-circular bays and a rounded roof with a balustrade. The house is white ...
Shugborough Hall: water colour painting
South west view showing a central block with colonnades and two wings, with semi-circular bays. The Servant's Quarters can be seen to the left, and the Doric Temple to the right, and parkland with cattle, ...
Shugborough Park and Monuments
An extensive view of the Park at Shugborough in the mid-late 18th century. Some of the monuments and follies in this view still remain: the Tower of the Winds, built 1764-5; the Triumphal Arch built ...
Shugborough Park and Monuments,
Shugborough is the ancestral home of the Anson family, who were later created the Earls of Lichfield.
In the late eighteenth century, Thomas Anson, a convert to neo-classicism, commissioned James 'Athenian' ...
Sidney Fountain and Gaolgate Street, Stafford,
View from Gaol Square, looking down Gaolgate Street to the Market Square.
The drinking fountain on the left was erected on Gaol Square in 1889 by the widow of Thomas Sidney, in memory of her husband. ...
Sidney Fountain, Stafford,
This drinking fountain was erected on Gaol Square in 1889 by the widow of Thomas Sidney, in memory of her husband.
Thomas Sidney was born in a house on Gaol Square (in 2004 occupied by Cafe Nero) in ...
Sidney Fountain, Stafford,
This drinking fountain was erected on Gaol Square in 1889 by the widow of Thomas Sidney, in memory of her husband.
Thomas Sidney was born in a house on Gaol Square (in 2004 occupied by Cafe Nero) in ...
Statute of Perseus, Trentham Gardens,
The statue of Perseus stands at the northern end of Trentham Lake, and is a bronze copy of the original by Italian sculptor Benvenuto Cellini.
According to Greek mythology Perseus killed the Gorgon, ...
Stone Bench, Tixall,
This is one of two stone seats situated approximately half a mile from Tixall on the Tixall to Stafford road.
The seats were placed here in memory of Thomas Hartshorne; they replaced seats placed there ...
Stone Bowling Club,
Stone Bowling Club was formed in the mid-nineteenth century.
Members played on the bowling green located at the rear of the Crown Hotel on High Street.
Stone Lion, Westhorpe, Stafford,
One of two stone lions which stood by the main entrance of Westhorpe House.
Westhorpe was built in 1897 on Rowley Park for W.H. Peach, a shoe manufacturer and Mayor of Stafford 1886/7.
Today the ...
Sundial, Weston Park
An early 19th century sundial in the gardens at Weston Park. Weston Park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in the 1760s.
Weston Hall was built by Sir Thomas and Lady Wilbraham in 1671. ...
Temple of Diana, Weston Park,
The Georgian Temple of Diana was designed by James Paine and probably built in the 1760s. The Orangery has tall arched windows and an Adam ceiling, which leads into a circular Tea-room, then into an ...
Temple of the Winds, Sandon Park
This 19th century timber and thatch construction stood close to the icehouse in Sandon Park, on the opposite side of the drive. It no longer exists.