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Batchacre Hall

Batchacre Hall has a Georgian facade, but the building is earlier. In the woods to the south of the hall is the porch from Gerrard's Bromley Hall dated 1584. It was moved there in the mid-eighteenth ...

Bath Street, Stafford

This view was taken from Albion Place looking towards Bath Street in Safford. Most of the buildings in this picture were demolished shortly after the photograph was taken in 1930, to make way for ...

Bath Street, Stoke upon Trent

From Spark Terrace corner Bath Street runs steeply down to London Road. The van with the Michelin Man on the roof is parked outside the original Stoke Library building. The factory building at the bottom ...

Bath Villas, Mill Street, Cannock

Bath Villas stood in Mill Street, Cannock and were built in 1894.

Beacon Farm, Hopton,

Beacon Farm is little changed since this photograph was taken. The farm is situated on the left of the road to Weston, near Blackheath Covert.

Beacon Hill, Congreve, Penkridge

Beacon Street, Lichfield

This postcard view of a quiet scene looks north-west along Beacon Street in Lichfield. Many of the cottages on the left remain (July 2020), however, several of the buildings on the extreme right were ...

Bear & Billet Hotel, Chester. Photographed by William Blake.

Lantern slide with a view of the Bear & Billet Hotel and the Bridgegate in Chester.

Bear Inn, Stafford,

The seventeenth century Bear Inn on Greengate Street was built on the site of the Old Black Bear Inn; it is possible some of the old building was used in the structure of the present. In the eighteenth ...

Beaudesert Hall

Pictured is the east front of Beaudesert Hall which was the mansion of the Pagets, Marquesses of Anglesey. Its core was medieval, with later alterations. James Wyatt and Joseph Potter remodelled the interiors ...

Beaudesert Hall

This view of Beaudesert Hall is taken from a glass negative looking from the southwest and shows the rear of the Hall with several glass houses and a part of the gardens. From around 1909 to 1912 ...

Beaudesert Hall

A view of the east front of Beaudesert Hall taken from a glass negative. From around 1909 to 1912 many alterations were made to the Hall and by 1919 the cupola above the east front entrance had been ...

Beaudesert Hall

Pictured is the east front entrance of Beaudesert Hall which was the mansion of the Pagets, Marquesses of Anglesey. Its core was medieval, with later alterations. James Wyatt and Joseph Potter remodelled ...

Beaudesert Hall

This view of Beaudesert Hall shows the new south wing on the right, which included a large dining room with two open fireplaces, a flower room and on the upper floors were several bedrooms, bathrooms ...

Beaudesert Hall

A postcard of the south-east view of Beaudesert Hall, near Gentleshaw, residence of the Marquis of Anglesey. The building dated from the 15th century with later alterations. The walled garden is on the ...

Beaudesert Hall and Gardens

This postcard view of Beaudesert Hall and gardens was taken from the south west and shows the rear of the Hall and part of the gardens. The postcard was sent to an address in Rugeley. Beaudesert Hall ...

Beaudesert Hall and Park

Beaudesert Park is an area of historic parkland, within which are the ruins of Beaudesert Hall, a walled kitchen garden, remains of a stable block, an ice house, ponds and cascades. The parkland is located ...

Bebbington's Tea Wrapper, Stafford

Bebbington's grocers had premises on Foregate Street and Lichfield Road. The illustration on this Tea Wrapper depicts the Foregate Street shop.