Alton Towers
A view of Alton Towers from the north, across the ornamental lake.
Alton Towers
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th Earl began adapting an existing 16th or 17th century house, Alveton (Alton) ...
Alton Towers and Gardens
A general view of Alton Towers and the gardens, showing the Choragic Monument or Monument to Lysacrates in Athens (compare with the Lanthorn of Demosthenes at Shugborough), also the cascade, colonnade/loggia ...
Alton Towers Gardens
This postcard view of the Colonnade and Roman Bath was taken by Alfred or Gerald McCann, photographers of Uttoxeter.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built ...
Alton Towers Views
A multi-view postcard of Alton Towers Mansion from the lake, view from the Gothic Temple, view of the Churnet Valley from the south-east, a scene in the Gardens and in the centre the Gothic Temple (usually ...
Alton Towers, Novelty Postcard
This 'Moving Pictures' novelty postcard contains several views of Alton Towers, one of which, the "T" Room, is shown in the inset viewer on the left. The “T” Room forms part of a series of views that ...
Banquet Hall, Alton Towers
A postcard view (looking north-east) of the Banquet Hall taken around 1927 when it was in use as a refreshment room. Over the years this room was also known as the Great Dining Room and the Dining Room. ...
Beaudesert
Beaudesert Hall was the mansion of the Pagets, Marquesses of Anglesey. Its core was medieval, with later alterations. It was demolished in the early 1930s. The main staircase and much interior panelling ...
Beaudesert Hall
A postcard of the south-east view of Beaudesert Hall, near Gentleshaw, residence of the Marquis of Anglesey. The building dated from the 15th century with later alterations. The walled garden is on the ...
Beaudesert Hall
Pictured is the east front of Beaudesert Hall which was the mansion of the Pagets, Marquesses of Anglesey. Its core was medieval, with later alterations. James Wyatt and Joseph Potter remodelled the interiors ...
Bishton Hall
Bishton Hall was built by John Sparrow, a banker, in the 1770s. When he died his daughter, Charlotte, added the two bowed blocks on either side of the main entrance.
The hall became the home of a ...
Black Prince Window, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Black Prince Window which was in the Long Gallery by Charles Muss, 1820s.
Blithfield Hall
A view of the north front. Blithfield Hall, the home of the Bagot family since 1367, is a medieval house with later additions. The house was re-modelled in a Tudor castellated style in 1820-1824; the ...
Brewood Hall
Brewood Hall became the seat of William, son of Roger Fowke during the reign of Edward IV (1461-1483). It later belonged to the Monckton family and in 1930 Major R.F.P. Monckton sold it to Mr C.O. Langley. ...
Broughton Hall
Broughton Hall was built for Sir Thomas Broughton in the mid-sixteenth century, possibly on the site of an earlier building. During the eighteenth century the ornate timber work was covered in plaster, ...
Byanna, Eccleshall
The name Byanna (or, as in the postcard caption, 'Biana') means 'beyond the dean', or out of the town. The Bishops of Lichfield lived here after Eccleshall Castle was destroyed in 1643 during the Civil ...
Cannock Chase views
A composite postcard with five views of places around Cannock Chase: Shugborough Hall; Ingestre Hall; Essex Bridge; the Bottle Lodge, Tixall; Main Road, Great Haywood.
Postcard published by W.H. Smith ...
Chapel Interior, Alton Towers
The Chapel was designed by Thomas Fradgley and Joseph Potter and completed by 1833, but the interior was remodelled or completed by A.W.N. Pugin after 1839.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot ...