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, 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. ...
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
A watercolour painting of the interior of Great Hall at Blithfield Hall, in Gothic style, with a fan tracery ceiling. The Gothic plaster-work was carried out by Francis Bernasconi in 1822, but the original ...
The Grecian Temple, Chillington Hall
This view of the Grecian Temple, which stands on the south side of the Pool at Chillington Hall, was taken by County Life in 1948. This Grade I listed building dates from the late 18th century and is ...
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 Hall Lodge , Rolleston
The Hall Lodge standing by the entrance drive to Rolleston Hall.
The Hall was built on the site of an earlier Tudor house which was the home of the Rolleston family. Around 1615 it was bought by Sir ...
The Hall Lodge in snow, Rolleston
The Hall Lodge standing by the entrance drive to Rolleston Hall.
The Hall was built on the site of an earlier Tudor house which was the home of the Rolleston family. Around 1615 it was bought by Sir ...
The Institute, Church Eaton
A postcard view of the Institute on the High Street, Church Eaton. In 1886 a public house was converted into a Men’s Reading Room and Club which later became known as the Institute. Over the entrance ...
The Kings Arms, Stafford Street, Eccleshall
A postcard view of the King's Arms which was originally named The Unicorn. Its neo-Elizabethan timber framed facade covers the original Elizabethan structure. On the extreme right is Perry’s butchers ...
The last salute to the Staffords in Lichfield
Following a nine-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (3Mercian), formerly the Staffords, are pictured outside Lichfield Cathedral. The Regiment will ...
The Lichfield Brewery, Upper St John Street, Lichfield
On the right of the entrance gates, the head office of the former Lichfield Brewery Co. Ltd., dates from around 1876–1877. It was designed by George Scammel, a consulting engineer and architect who had ...
The Lodge, Maer Hall
This postcard view shows the Grade II listed lodge to Maer Hall, which was built around 1860 in sandstone with a stone slate roof, and is in the Jacobean style.
Postcard published by C.H. Deakin, 17 ...
The Lodge, Wolseley Hall, near Rugeley
Although Wolseley Hall was demolished in 1966, this estate lodge house still exists on the corner of the A51 and Orchard Lane as part of a modern housing development. The frontal aspect has since been ...
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 Long Gallery at Beaudesert Hall
Following the 1909 fire in an adjacent part of the building renovations were made to the Long Gallery where traces survived from Lord Paget’s time. It was remodelled to restore its Elizabethan appearance. ...
The Long Gallery Mantelpiece at Beaudesert Hall
The mantelpiece in the Long Gallery was considered to be one of the few outstanding remnants of Elizabethan times at Beaudesert. Following the 1909 fire in an adjacent part of the building, renovations ...