Satnall Hills, Cannock Chase
A postcard photograph taken on the northern edge of Cannock chase with the caption "Tommy Love-making, Brocton Camp".
The couple are sitting on top of the small sluice gate which can still be found ...
Scenic view of Alton Towers
Romantic, sentimental images like this one were very popular in Victorian times. The Victorian gentleman sitting by the lakeside is no doubt admiring the beautiful scenery around him.
Screw Fountain, The Gardens, Alton Towers
This stone-carved fountain is also known as the 'Corkscrew Fountain', the 'Siren Fountain' and the 'Candlestick Fountain'. It stands in a pool surrounded by aquatic plants, and is one of many ornamental ...
Sea Horse Pool, Enville Hall
A postcard view of the Sea Horse Pool and Gothic Gates, in the distance, in the gardens at Enville Hall. The Sea Horse Pool is also known as the Ha-ha pool.
The fountain featured a statue of Triton ...
Sea Lions, Alton Towers
The sea lions were a popular attraction at Alton Towers between 1967 and 1990. Their pool was at the northern end of the Boating Lake but was filled in during 1994.
The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened ...
Seahorse Fountains, Enville Hall
The Seahorse Fountains are seen here, with the 7th Earl of Stamford and Warrington, and family, in the foreground.
Seighford Hall
Seighford Hall is an Elizabethan house to which additions were made over the years. The hall is now a private residence.
Seighford Pool
Seighford Pool in the grounds of Seighford Hall. Seighford Hall is an Elizabethan house to which additions were made over the years, particularly during the Victorian period.
A brick tower in the grounds ...
Sharpcliffe Hall, Ipstones
Sharpcliffe Hall was built by John Whitehall in 1673 and later restored by D.H. Sneyd in the 1860s. In about 1907 the house was again restored and was enlarged. This view shows the later wing and the ...
Sharpcliffe Rocks, Ipstones
Sharpcliffe Rocks, which lie in the grounds of Sharpcliffe Hall, near Ipstones. Sharpcliffe Hall was built by John Whitehall in 1673 and later restored by D.H. Sneyd in the 1860s. In about 1907 the house ...
Shelton Old Hall
Shelton Old Hall was situated off Wellesley Street and was the birthplace of the poet Elijah Fenton in 1683. The Hall was destroyed by fire on 22 May 1853.
A pen and watercolour drawing by an unknown ...
Shenstone Lodge, Shenstone
This postcard view shows the east front of Shenstone Lodge. In later years the building was modified and became part of Shenstone Lodge School. It was built in the early 18th century and has been the ...
Shenstone's Chapel from west
The chapel lies in Priests Wood on the Enville estate. It is dedicated to, and was probably designed by William Shenstone, poet and landscape gardener. It was built in about 1750-60.
Reproduced by ...
Shenstone's Chapel, Enville Hall
The Enville Hall estate was landscaped between 1745 and 1755 by the 4th Earl of Stamford, using the services of the poet and landscape designer William Shenstone of Halesowen, and Sanderson Miller, a ...
Shepherd's Monument, Shugborough Park,
The Shepherd's Monument (c.1750) takes its name from its central marble relief by the Dutch artist Peter Scheemakers, who also worked on Shugborough's Triumphal Arch.
The relief is a mirror image of ...
Shooting Party at Ranton Abbey
Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield (1795-1854) is mounted on a pony, with Lord Melbourne on his right and Lord Uxbridge behind him, wearing a grey hat. Lord Sefton is seated at the left and ...
Shot Tower, Alton Towers
The Shot Tower stands on the north-east corner of the curtain wall, built in 1842 and designed by A.W.N. Pugin. The road through the archway leads to the Grand Entrance to Alton Towers.
This postcard ...
Shrewsbury Lodge, Weston Park
Weston Hall was built by Sir Thomas and Lady Wilbraham in 1671. Lady Wilbraham was believed to have been the architect but recent research indicates that William Taylor carried out the designs. In 1762 ...