The Great Hall at Beaudesert Hall
Pictured is the Great Hall or Banqueting Hall. Following the 1909 fire in an adjacent part of the building this was restored to give the impression of what it may have looked like during the time of ...
The Great Hall, Blithfield Hall
The Great Hall at Blithfield Hall, in Gothic style showing the elaborate fan tracery ceiling.
The Gothic plaster-work was carried out by Francis Bernasconi in 1822, but the original 16th century timber-framing ...
The Guard Room at Beaudesert Hall
Originally the Housekeeper's Room, this half basement room later became known as the Guard Room, which was situated by the east front entrance door. The Jacobean panelling was newly introduced and had ...
The Lodge, Rowley Avenue, Stafford
The Lodge was also known as White Lodge, 22, Rowley Avenue, Rowley Park, Stafford.
At the time of this photograph The lodge was described in an Estate Agents sale brochure as a five-roomed bungalow. ...
The Long Gallery at Beaudesert Hall
This view of the Long Gallery at Beaudesert Hall is from a glass negative believed to have been taken prior to a fire in 1909 in an adjacent part of the building. It is thought that the two men in the ...
The Main Staircase, Chillington Hall
This view of the Main Staircase at Chillington Hall was taken by County Life in 1948.
The staircase is a fine example of early Georgian joinery. The nosing of each tread is continued below the stair ...
The Mansions, Newport Street, Brewood
The Mansions were actually two houses, with one front door on the front of the house, and the other down the right hand side of the building. It was built in around 1600. The Locksmith cottages, which ...
The Market Cross, Cheadle
A postcard view of Cheadle's Market Cross with a decorative lantern on top of the capping stone. The Market Cross stands on the High Street at the junction with Cross Street. It consists of an octagonal ...
The Market Cross, Cheadle
A postcard view of Cheadle's Market Cross with a decorative lantern on top of the capping stone. The Market Cross stands on the High Street at the junction with Cross Street. It consists of an octagonal ...
The Market Cross, Cheadle
A postcard view of Cheadle's Market Cross with a decorative lantern on top of the capping stone. The Market Cross stands on the High Street at the junction with Cross Street. It consists of an octagonal ...
The Market Square Stafford
There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County Court and later for other civic meetings.
The present building, designed by John Harvey and erected ...
The 'New' Police Station, Anson Street, Rugeley
The Police Station is described as 'new' on this postcard. It was built on Anson Street in 1907 on the Mutton Green area. In front, protected by railings, is a young oak tree planted to commemorate the ...
The Organ, St. Mary's Church, Trentham. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior with a view of the organ at St. Mary's Church, Trentham, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Shrewsbury Arms Hotel, Rugeley
The postcard view of the Shrewsbury Arms gives the name of the hotel's proprietor at the time and was presumably produced for advertising purposes. It was originally named the Crown. By the mid 19th ...
The Smoking Room, Izaak Walton Hotel, Ilam, Dovedale
Originally a 17th century farmhouse, the building has been a hotel since the 19th century.
The hotel is situated close to the Staffordshire-Derbyshire border and was originally part of the Ilam Hall ...
The Spread Eagle Hotel, Rolleston
The Eagle & Child was renamed the Mosley Arms in the 1840s, but was known as the Spread Eagle by 1851. The Spread Eagle was part of the arms of the Mosley family.
The Spread Eagle Hotel, Rolleston On Dove
The Eagle & Child was renamed the Mosley Arms in the 1840s, but was known as the Spread Eagle by 1851. The Spread Eagle was part of the arms of the Mosley family.
The Square, Great Haywood
View of The Square from Trent lane.
The two trees were planted to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee; a lorry drove into one in the 1920s, the other died a few years later.