Postcard of the rock garden from the Terrace, Patshull Hall, Patshull
In the 17th Century, Sir Richard Astley created a series of formal gardens for Patshull Hall. Today, only a few statues of this time remain.
In the 1760s, Sir George Pigot, employed Lancelot "Capability" ...
Postcard showing a view of Patshull Hall from the East, Patshull
Poultry House, Trentham Gardens,
Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry Holland worked ...
Poultry House, Trentham Hall
View of the River Trent and the Poultry House at Trentham Hall.
You can compare this photograph with earlier views of this scene taken around 1904-1905 and 1920-1925.
The original Trentham Hall ...
Prestwood Hall: engraving
Showing a distant view of the house across a wooded and undulating landscape (with Stourton Castle in the distance.) Inscribed 'To the Worspll. the Generous & much esteemed Gent., PHILIP FOLEY of PRESTWOOD ...
Prestwood Hall: engraving
Showing a south east view of the hall from the park with a stream in the middle distance. It shows the Hall altered to suit Gothic taste. It is three storeys high with gable attics and a court-yard ...
Prestwood Hall: water colour painting
Showing a distant view of the house across a wooded and undulating landscape (with Stourton Castle in the distance.) Anonymous, [in the style of D. Parkes.]
Prizewinning Sweet Peas, Northampton
A display of prizewinning sweet peas grown by James A. Heap at the Municipal Horticultural Show in Northampton. Mr Heap was tenant at the Walled Garden at Shugborough between 1939 and 1948 and specialised ...
Pupils from Chase Terrace County Secondary School, on a trip to Beaudesert
School pupils seated around a man-made amphitheatre at Beaudesert, being entertained by an actor in period costume.
Quixhill Lodges
The entrance to Quixhill Drive, formerly one of the entrances to the Alton Towers estate. It consists of two widely-spaced lodges with Tuscan columns, with a central freestanding stone archway in between, ...
Railway Bridge, Shugborough Park,
During the 1840s two railways were constructed through the park at Shugborough. To minimise the damage fences and trees were used to hide the trains from view. The tunnel and bridges were designed to ...
Rakeway House, Cheadle
View from west of Rakeway House, formerly the seat of the Mylles family, who were mining ironstone in Lightwood in the 1590s. They later built Mill House at Rakeway and moved there. Since this photograph ...
Rangemore Hall
Rangemore Hall was built in the 1850s around a house originally built in 1922. Lord Burton remodelled the house in 1898-1901. The Burton family sold it to Staffordshire County Council in 1949, who set ...
Rangemore Hall
View of Rangemore Hall, near to Burton on Trent, home of Lord Burton.
Rangemore Hall was built in the 1850s around a house builtr in 1822. Lord Burton remodelled the house in 1898-1901. The Burton ...
Ranton Abbey
The remains of Ranton Abbey are situated one mile to the west of Ranton, in a private wooded park. The fifteenth century church tower still survives.
The abbey was an Augustinian house, founded in ...
Ribbon Border, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Ribbon Border and gardens at Alton Towers, with the Towers in the distance. The gardens were created by the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury between about 1810 and 1827.
Riversfield, Rocester
This is a two storey domestic building, with splayed bay windows. Either side of the large entrance porch are Tuscan doric columns supporting the emblature.