The Library, Hawkesyard Priory and College, Rugeley
The Library at Hawkesyard Priory was built in 1901-1902 and formed part of the Church and College buildings. In later years ownership of the site changed and the College buildings became Hawkesyard Priory ...
The Library, Hawkesyard Priory, Armitage, Staffordshire
A white-robed Dominican Friar seated at study in the Library at Hawkesyard. The Library was built 1901-1902 and opened on December 12th 1904 by by Bishop Castelli. Prior to the availability of a separate ...
The Main Staircase at Wootton Lodge
Pictured is the Main Staircase at Wootton Lodge photographed by Country Life and featured in their magazine in March 1959. This fine carved Staircase dates from around 1700.
Wootton Lodge was built ...
The Main Staircase, Barnfields Farmhouse, Weeping Cross, Stafford
The main staircase at Barnfields was made of white stone with a wrought iron banister which went round three sides of the hall leading up to a gallery at the top of the Georgian portion of the house.
Barnfields ...
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 Secondary (south) Staircase at Beaudesert Hall
There were several staircases at Beaudesert Hall; the two main staircases were positioned north and south of the entrance hall. Pictured is the Secondary (south) Staircase; it was of a slightly different ...
The Staircase at Wolseley Hall
The oak carved Staircase was installed by the Second Baronet, Sir Charles Wolseley (1630-1714) during renovation of the Hall and grounds. The famous travel writer Celia Fiennes (Lady Wolseley’s niece) ...
The Staircase, Hoar Cross Hall
The Staircase at Hoar Cross Hall.
Hoar Cross Hall was built between 1862 and 1871 to the design of architect Henry Clutton for Hugo Meynell and his wife Emily Charlotte. Henry died as a consequence ...
The Waterloo (north) Staircase at Beaudesert Hall
There were several staircases at Beaudesert Hall; the two main staircases were positioned north and south of the entrance hall. Pictured is the Waterloo (north) Staircase with a patterned stair carpet. ...
The Watts-Russell Cross, Ilam
A postcard view with the Grade II listed Watts-Russell Cross in the foreground. This elaborate cross was raised by Jesse Watts-Russell of Ilam Hall in memory of his wife Mary, who died in 1840. It is ...
Tower of the Winds, Shugborough Park
The stair well of the Tower of the Winds, showing the water supply and alabaster and marble sink Samuel Wyatt installed as part of the building's conversion into a dairy in 1803.
The original Tower ...
Watts-Russell Cross, Ilam
A general view of the village with Thorpe Cloud in the distance and the Grade II listed Watts-Russell Cross in the foreground. This elaborate cross was raised by Jesse Watts-Russell of Ilam Hall in memory ...
William Salt Library, Stafford
A view of the staircase in 19 Eastgate Street, Stafford, the home of the William Salt Library between 1918 and 2022. Number 19, a Grade II* listed Georgian town house, is now believed to have a hidden ...
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford
Camden Place on Wolverhampton Road. It was built for Richard Ford in the early nineteenth century and designed by George Gilbert Scott. In the 1960s it was used as an annex to the College of Art, but ...