The Long Gallery at Beaudesert Hall
Following the 1909 fire in an adjacent part of the building renovations were made to the Long Gallery where traces survived from Lord Paget’s time. It was remodelled to restore its Elizabethan appearance. ...
The Long Gallery Mantelpiece at Beaudesert Hall
The mantelpiece in the Long Gallery was considered to be one of the few outstanding remnants of Elizabethan times at Beaudesert. Following the 1909 fire in an adjacent part of the building, renovations ...
The Long Gallery Tapestry at Beaudesert Hall
Following the 1909 fire in an adjacent part of the building renovations were made to the Gallery. On the left is a large wall tapestry 'The Virtues Challenge the Vices as Christ begins his Ministry', ...
The Magic Roundabout at Stafford Co-op Department Store
During the early 1970’s the Stafford Co-op Department Store usually had a theme for the opening of their Toy Fair and Santa’s Grotto to coincide with the Christmas shopping period. Throughout November ...
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 Manor House, Ipstones
Exterior view of the Manor House at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Stafforshire. This view includes a motor car from the period.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
The Miller family, Shugborough Walled Garden,
George Miller, Head Gardener at Shugborough 1918 to 1921, and his family in front of one of the glasshouses in Shugborough Walled Garden.
George is holding Florence Louise ('Peggy'), Mrs Miller is ...
The New Hough, Stafford
Housekeeper, Mrs T. Ward in the dining room of the New Hough.
On the ground floor in addition to the dining room was an entrance hall, drawing room, morning room, cloak room and a large kitchen with ...
The Old Farmhouse Restaurant, Armitage, Nr. Rugeley
The Old Farmhouse Restaurant was originally a 17th century timber framed building which opened as a restaurant in 1962. From the 1960s to the 1980s it was thought by many to be one of Staffordshire’s ...
The Old Plough Inn, Wetley Rocks
In this postcard view children pose for the photographer with the Old Plough Inn, Wetley Rocks, in the background. The Old Plough Inn stood on the junction of Leek Road, Main Road and Plough Bank. The ...
The old smithy, Coppenhall
A blacksmith filing the hoof of a horse outside the old smithy which was sited on the west side of Hyde Lea Bank, between Coppenhall and Hyde Lea. The blacksmith at the time was George Fletcher. The ...
The Old Vicarage, Eccleshall,
The Old Vicarage was built on Vicarage Close in 1703.
The building has not been used as a vicarage since the 1940s, and has now been converted into flats.
The Oratory, Bocobel House
A postcard view of a room known as the Oratory in Boscobel House. Boscobel House and its Royal Oak tree became famous as hiding places of King Charles II after defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
This ...
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 Queen Anne Bedroom at Beaudesert Hall
Pictured is the Queen Anne Bedroom, previously known as the Blue Bedroom. The room’s principal piece of furniture was the bed which was made in 1710 for the Queen’s visit to a house in Somerset; the ...
The Saloon Fireplace, Chillington Hall
The fireplace in the Saloon at Chillington Hall displays a number of heraldic carvings. The centre panel shows the banner of Sir John Giffard. Set above are the Giffard Arms and on either side are two ...
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 Sleeping Children, Lichfield Cathedral
This postcard view shows one of the most famous monuments in Lichfield Cathedral is known as the Sleeping Children. It is a memorial to the Robinson children, Ellie Jane and Marianne, who died in 1812, ...