The Bishop’s Palace, Lichfield
This postcard view shows the south-east front of the Bishop’s Palace in the Cathedral Close at Lichfield. The Grade I listed stone building of two storeys with dormer windows in the roof has a date of ...
The Boiler House at Beaudesert Hall
The old beams used for this timber framed and plaster structure were purchased from demolished cottages. The building was created to house the boiler house in a small courtyard to the north of the Hall ...
The Bridge, Maer
This postcard view shows the Grade II listed Park Bridge and revetment walls built in sandstone by Harrison in the mid-19th Century.
The bridge, also known as the Archway, is about 100 metres to the ...
The Chapel, Denstone College
A postcard view of the Chapel interior at Denstone College. Denstone College which was begun in 1868 and opened in 1873 as St. Chad's College with 46 boys. It was designed by William Slater and R.C. ...
The Conduit, Uttoxeter
A postcard view of a bas-relief on the west side of the Conduit located in Market Place, Uttoxeter. It portrays Dr Johnson doing penance and it is comparable in style to the reliefs by Lucas on the Johnson ...
The Corkscrew Roller Coaster, Alton Towers
A postcard view of Alton Towers and in the background is the Corkscrew roller coaster which operated on the site from around 1980 to 2008.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of ...
The Courtyard of Tamworth Castle
A Watercolour by C.H.R. Carelli, painted in around 1900, of the Courtyard and Jacobean porch at Tamworth Castle.
The Dining Room at Wootton Lodge
Pictured is the Dining Room at Wootton Lodge. Photographed by Country Life and featured in their magazine in March 1959. The panelling dates from around 1700 and the fireplace has a plain bolection-moulding; ...
The Drawing Room at Wootton Lodge
Pictured is the Drawing Room at Wootton Lodge, photographed by Country Life and featured in their magazine in March 1959. The panelling dates from around 1700. The fireplace has changed at least three ...
The Drawing Room, Wolseley Hall, Rugeley
Pictured is the Drawing Room at Wolseley Hall photographed by Country Life and featured in their magazine in 1910.
The Wolseley family had lived on the estate since Norman times. In the eighteenth ...
The Entrance Hall, Blithfield Hall
Blithfield Hall, the home of the Bagot family since 1367, is a medieval house with later additions. The house was re-modelled in a Tudor castellated style in 1820-1824; the architect was possibly John ...
The Flitch of Bacon, Wychnor Hall
Postcard view of a fireplace with the wooden 'Flitch of Bacon' mounted above it.
The 'Wychnor Flitch' is a manorial custom dating from the 14th century. The owners of the Hall would be obliged to ...
The Game Larder Porch, Barnfields Farm, Weeping Cross, Stafford
This photograph was taken from Barnfields farmyard showing the church-shaped porch leading to the game larder.
The porch was built by I.A. Trigg in 1841 at the northern end of the old stone barn which ...
The George Hotel, Lichfield
This postcard view shows the George Hotel on Bird Street in Lichfield. The Hotel dates from the late 18th century and it is a Grade II listed building. It was formerly a coaching inn serving the London ...
The Grand Entrance, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Grand Entrance and Armoury Tower at Alton Towers.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th ...
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 Great Hall, Blithfield Hall
The Great Hall at Blithfield Hall, from the south east. It is sited in the south side of the north range.
Blithfield Hall, the home of the Bagot family since 1367, is a medieval house with later additions. ...