The Alcove, Alton Towers
The Alcove/Rotunda is adjacent to the Garden Conservatory.
This postcard view was posted on 10 July 1930, from Stoke on Trent to an address in Liverpool.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot ...
The Birdcage, Alton Towers
The "Birdcage" in the gardens at Alton Towers. The gardens were created by the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury between about 1810 and 1827.
The Boat House to the Cascades, Enville
Ink drawing by Chris Broughton (born 1949). This drawing was one of a number commissioned by Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service in 2002 as part of the 'Hidden Estates' public art project, based around ...
The Boathouse , Enville Hall
The Enville Hall estate was landscaped between 1745 and 1755 by the 4th Earl of Stamford, using the services of the poet and landscape designer William Shenstone of Halesowen, and Sanderson Miller, a ...
The Chinese Temple, Biddulph Grange Gardens
This is a plan of the chinese temple at Biddulph Grange Gardens. The gardens were created in the mid 19th century by James Bateman to house his large plant collection. The chinese temple is only part ...
The Choragic Monument to Earl Charles, Alton Towers
The Memorial to the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury was erected in about 1830 by his nephew John, the 16th Earl. It is a copy of the Choragic Monument or Monument to Lysacrates in Athens (compare with the Lanthorn ...
The Dolphin Pool to the Conservatory, Enville
Ink drawing by Chris Broughton (born 1949). This drawing was one of a number commissioned by Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service in 2002 as part of the 'Hidden Estates' public art project, based around ...
The Doric Temple, Shugborough Park
Built c.1760 this is one of two copies of the Temple of Hephaistos in Athens by James 'Athenian' Stuart. The first version was commissioned by Hagley Hall In Worcestershire in 1758, and is believed to ...
The Eygptian Garden, Biddulph Grange
Etching and Aquatint print by Norman Stephens ARA, showing yew topiary and Egyptian-style sculpture and building in the 19th century Egyptian Garden section of the gardens at Biddulph Grange.
Dimensions: ...
The Flag Tower, Alton Towers
The 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 architect ...
The Garden to the Museum, Enville
Ink drawing by Chris Broughton (born 1949). The Museum is a Gothic Summer House built in 1750 by Sanderson Miller. It was restored between 1988 and 1990.
This drawing was one of a number commissioned ...
The Gardens Entrance, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the entrance to the Gardens and the Memorial to the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury at Alton Towers. The Memorial was erected in about 1830 by his nephew John, the 16th Earl. It is a copy of ...
The Gardens, Alton Towers
This postcard view of the gardens and the Pagoda Fountain at Alton Towers was published by Alfred McCann, The Studio, Uttoxeter.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. ...
The Gardens, Alton Towers
A general view of Alton Towers and the gardens. Top left is Alton Towers Mansion. In the centre there is the Loggia, also known as the Colonnade and on the balustrade above the arches are the Nine Muses. ...
The Gardens, Alton Towers
Lantern slide view of the Gardens at Alton Towers, with the Orangery to the right and the Colonnade and Roman Bath in the centre.
Photograph is believed to have been taken by Walter Williams (1876-1929) ...
The Gardens, Keele Hall
An image from a photograph album belonging to the Jervis family of Darlaston Hall, near Stone.
A view of the Gardens at Keele Hall, showing the pillar at the entrance to Clock House Gorge. The bridge ...
The Gothic Gateway , Enville Hall
The Enville Hall estate was landscaped between 1745 and 1755 by the 4th Earl of Stamford, using the services of the poet and landscape designer William Shenstone of Halesowen, and Sanderson Miller, a ...
The Great Wall Tower, Biddulph Grange Gardens
This plan is of the Great Wall tower at Biddulph Grange Gardens. The ornamental buildings were created as an integral part of the gardens by James Bateman, who set up the gardens in the mid 19th century ...