Proposed design for Town Hall, Stafford
A watercolour painting of a design for a new Town Hall for Stafford by John Nash, with figures by Thomas Rowlandson.
In 1790 a decision was made to replace the old Elizabethan Shire Hall, which was ...
Providence Cottage, Slitting Mill, near Rugeley
At the time of this photograph Providence Cottage was occupied by Frank and Jane Harley. In the door way is their son Major Harley, who was born in 1887 and would have been about 14 in this picture. The ...
Pynest Street, Shelton
Looking east along Pynest Street towards Howard Place and Stoke Road. The terraced houses date from the second half of the 19th Century. These houses have gothic style doors and windows with Minton tiles ...
Quaker Meeting House, Stafford
The Society of Friends, or Quakers, established themselves in Stafford around 1650. As a minority religion they were heavily persecuted. Quakers refused to be buried in St. Mary's churchyard, so they ...
Railway Station and the Station Hotel, Stafford
The Grand Junction railway line opened in July 1837. Within the next twelve years lines had opened from Stafford to Wellington and, via Lichfield to Rugby. The suburb of Castletown, en route to Doxey, ...
Railway Station, Sandon,
The railway station at Sandon was built in 1849 for the convenience of guests visiting the Earl of Harrowby at Sandon Hall.
The covered entrance provided protection to the Earl when he alighted from ...
Railway Station, Sandon,
The railway station at Sandon was built in 1849 for the convenience of guests visiting the Earl of Harrowby at Sandon Hall.
The covered entrance provided protection to the Earl when he alighted from ...
Railway Station, Stone
Stone Railway Station was built between two railway lines, Norton Bridge and Colwich (on the London line), in 1848. Its Jacobean-style architecture was the work of Hunt, and the archway led to separate ...
Railway Station, Stone
Stone Railway Station was built between the first two railway lines built by the North Staffordshire Railway Company, Norton Bridge and Colwich (on the London line). Its Jacobean-style architecture was ...
Ranton Abbey [Priory] - Remains of a doorway: sepia drawing
'Doorway at Ranton Abbey, Staffordshire,' showing a plain round Norman arch with a heavy hood moulding with boldly curled ends.'J. B.,' [John Buckler.]
Ravenhill House, Brereton
Ravenhill House was built, on the site of an earlier building, sometime between 1772 and 1787 by Assheton Curzon (later Viscount Curzon) of Hagley Hall, Rugeley . It was leased from Curzon in 1787 to ...
Rear of Rowley Street, Stafford,
Rear view of Rowley Street and Jen Shoes factory.
Rear of the Clifford Arms, Great Haywood,
The Clifford Arms was once the sixteenth century gatehouse to Haywood Hall. The yard behind the archway was used to stable horses.
In the 1920s the inn was painted to look timber framed, but was demolished ...
Rear Yard of the Bear Inn, Stafford,
Rear yard of the Bear Inn on Greengate Street, which included a coach house.
The Bear Inn was built in the seventeenth century Bear Inn on the site of the Old Black Bear Inn; it is possible some of ...
Reconstructed Cruck House, Haughton,
Heysham Cottage, on the edge of the village, was rebuilt incorporating its original cruck construction.
Rectory and Church Tower, Draycott-in-the-Moors
Village scene including the Rectory and St. Margaret's Church tower at Draycott-in-the-Moors.
Photographed by William Blake Of Longton.
Rectory, Stafford
The rectory on Mount Street was built in 1880.
The building was demolished in the 1960s and Iceland's store and the Sheridan Shopping Centre now occupies the site.
Rectory, Stafford
The rectory on Mount Street was built in 1880.
The building was demolished in the 1960s and Iceland's store and the Sheridan Shopping Centre now occupies the site.