The Orangery, Ingestre Hall
This photograph was taken during the Ingestre Festival which was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the building of the current Ingestre Hall.
Ingestre Orangery was built in about 1770 by Samuel ...
The Owl Cage , 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 ...
The Owl Cage to the Conservatory, Enville
Ink drawing by Chris Broughton (born 1949).
This drawing was one of a number commissioned by Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service in 2002 as part of the 'Hidden Estates' public art project, based ...
The Pagoda , 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 ...
The Pagoda Fountain, Alton Towers
Designed by Robert Abraham, the Pagoda is a 44 foot high fountain which is a copy of the To-ho Pagoda in Canton. It was begun in 1826 and was originally intended to build six storeys. When it was finally ...
The Pagoda Fountain, Alton Towers
The Fountain was originally envisaged as a six storey structure with gas-lit Chinese lamps hanging from the various layers of roof. The final construction, a design of Robert Abraham modelled on the To-ho ...
The Pagoda to the Cottage, Enville
Ink drawing by Chris Broughton (born 1949). The Pagoda or Chinese Pavillion was built in the 1850s. It is wooden and was originally painted red
This drawing was one of a number commissioned by Staffordshire ...
The Palm House, Beaudesert
A postcard view of the recently completed 80 feet by 60 feet Palm House which was built in the new kitchen walled garden approximately situated about one mile southwest of Beaudesert Hall. There had been ...
The Perry School of Dance, Rugeley at Hawkesyard Priory
Pictured standing left to right: Brenda Tranter, Eileen Marshall, Denise Doran, Susan Large, Gloria Simpson and seated: Sandra Bull, Jeanne A Cruchley, Jennifer Hancox. They are all pupils of the Perry ...
The Pool, Chillington Hall
A view of the the landscape park and lake, known as the Pool, to the south of Chillington Hall which were designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown during the 1760s for Thomas Giffard the elder.
James ...
The Pool, Maer Hall
A postcard view of the lake also known as the pool, which stands in parkland to the north-west of Maer Hall. This natural body of water is a glacial mere, formed in a hollow left behind by retreating ...
The Pool, Ranton Abbey
Women by Gap Pool at the Ranton Abbey estate, then the property of Lord Lichfield. A rustic seat has been positioned on the pathway for the woman with the dog.
The majority of the Priory buildings ...
The Rock Gardens, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Rock Gardens, one of the various features and themed gardens including Dutch and Italian Gardens, the Chinese Pagoda Fountain, the Swiss Cottage, Stonehenge and the Gothic Prospect ...
The Rock Walk, Alton Towers
This postcard view of the Rock Walk at Alton Towers was published by The Alton Towers Café, Alton, Staffordshire. It was franked at 6.30 PM on 14 June 1931 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire and posted ...
The Rock Walk, Alton Towers
Lantern slide view of two men on the Rock Walk path in the grounds of Alton Towers.
Photograph is believed to have been taken by Walter Williams (1876-1929) of Stafford.
The Rosary, Alton Towers
This postcard view was published by The Alton Towers Café, Alton Towers, Stoke on Trent.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852. ...
The Rose Garden and Garden Conservatory, Alton Towers
The Conservatory was completed c1824-5, although building work is known to have begun prior to 1818. It is one of the largest structures on the Alton Towers estate, after the house. Originally the architect ...
The Rose Garden, Sandon Hall
The Rose Garden was laid out by 1854 to designs by W.A. Nesfield.
The present Sandon Hall was built in about 1850 after the earlier building had burnt down. It was designed in the Jacobean style by ...