Etruria Hall
The front elevation of Etruria Hall. The central part of the building was built between 1768 and 1771 for Josiah Wedgwood and his family. From his office Wedgwood could look over towards the Trent & Mersey ...
Fradswell Hall
Fradswell Hall is a Grade II listed late Georgian country house, built in the early 19th century. It was purchased by Percy Ashworth in 1920 and is perhaps best known for being the home of Mr Justice ...
Horsefair and Upper Brook Street, Rugeley
A fine postcard view of Rugeley at the junction of Horsefair (right), Elmore Lane (left, in front of the Globe Hotel) and Upper Brook Street (ahead). The fine creeper clad building was Dilger's, House ...
Horsefair and Upper Brook Street, Rugeley
A colour-tinted postcard view looking from the Hednesford Road (Sandy Lane) with Horsefair to the right and Upper Brook Street ahead. The timber-framed thatched cottage on the left was demolished in ...
Horsefair, Rugeley
Taken from the arched railway bridge looking down on Horsefair, Rugeley with Talbot Street on the right. The Station Hotel had previously been the Queen's Head and was in later years renamed The Tree ...
Horsefair, Rugeley
Horsefair, Rugeley looking towards The Globe Hotel, much as it appears today, although the Globe is now (2018) an estate agents' premises. The cast iron horse hitching posts at the pavement edge survived ...
Horsefair, Rugeley
A view of Horsefair, Ruugeley looking north-west towards the Globe Hotel. The man on the left appears to be carrying a window frame past a single horse and cart. There is a caravan, possibly belonging ...
Horsefair, Rugeley
A postcard view of Horsefair, Rugeley, looking towards the railway arches. Note the finger direction posts on the traffic island. At this time the north-south traffic would have passed through the narrow ...
Interior, 15 Tipping Street, Stafford
The entrance hall of 15 Tipping Street, a Grade II listed building dating from around 1740-50. Originally it was a town house and previously had been known as ‘The Croft’.
This picture taken in 1963 ...
Lanrick House, Rugeley
This Georgian house is situated on the corner of Church Street and Wolseley Road and overlooked whtat was at the time Rugeley Grammar School. Lanrick House is now a care home for the elderly.
Lower Brook Street, Rugeley
Lower Brook Street in Rugeley looking north towards the Town Hall. On the right is William Crompton's bootmaking and shoe shop. Next door is Hunter's Provisions and Tea Dealers' shop.
On the left ...
Lower Brook Street, Rugeley
A colour-tinted postcard view of Lower Brook Street in Rugeley. At the time of this photograph it was the main road through Rugeley until Western Springs Relief Road by-passed the town centre in 1956. ...
Market Place, Cannock
An early view of the Market Place, Cannock. The indoor market, built in 1869 is on the left, incorporating Sellman's Funeral Directors established in 1870 and still (in 2018) in existence. Next is the ...
Market Square and Greengate Street, Stafford
Pictured on the corner where Market Square meets Greengate Street is the Midland Bank which is now (2025) the HSBC Bank.
This Grade II listed building dates from around 1810 with around 1890 additions ...
Market Square, Rugeley
A busy early postcard scene by Valentines of Market Square, Rugeley. Abraham Whitworth's grocery shop is on the left and Harris's ironmongers shop is to the right. The Town Hall's clock tower is prominent, ...
Mayfield Villa, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent
The large Georgian house, Mayfield Villa stands on Stanley Road on the north bank of the Caldon Canal. Mayfield is a grade II listed red brick house, dating from the early 19th century. The house is T ...
Methodist Church, High Street, Uttoxeter
Interior of the early 19th century (1812) Methodist Church.
Oldfields Hall, Uttoxeter
The building dates from the late 1700s, and was originally called Oldfields House. In the nineteenth century it became Martha Bennett's school, before being bought by Charles Ford as a house.
John Bamford ...