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Brereton village

A postcard view of Main Road, Brereton looking south-east towards Lichfield. On the right is the Church of England school building which replaced an earlier school on the same site It was opened in ...

Central Schools, Brownhills

Central Schools on the corner of Chester Road North and Pelsall Road, Brownhills. Designed by G.H.Cox in a Queen Anne style dating and built in 1893, the school housed both boys and girls until 1932 ...

Church of England School, Brewood

Class 1 of Brewood Church of England School. The National School was built in 1859-1860 on School Road, replacing the original 1818 building which stands closer to the Market Place. The Monckton family ...

Convent of the Holy Rosary, Cannock

Opened in 1898 by the Sisters of the Christian Retreat, the Convent later became Lyncroft School in the 1970s and then Chase Academy in 1998, since renamed Chase Grammar School.. The Convent building ...

Council School, Great Wyrley

Built in 1882, the average attendance then being 160. It was enlarged in 1906. By 1910 the premises were unsatisfactory and the school managers were instructed to reduce numbers by excluding children ...

Hawkesyard College, Rugeley

Armitage Park, a mid-18th century house, was originally built by Nathaniel Lister. In 1839 it was bought by the widow of Josiah Spode III, who lived there with her son Josiah IV. The house was much improved ...

Hawkesyard Priory and College, Rugeley

Armitage Park, a mid-18th century house, was originally built by Nathaniel Lister. In 1839 it was bought by the widow of Josiah Spode III, who lived there with her son Josiah IV. The house was much improved ...

Hospital and School of St. John, Alton

A postcard view looking north of the right range of the Hospital and School, Alton. It was begun in 1840 by A.W.N. Pugin around three sides of a quadrangle, facing Alton Castle. The left range and half ...

King Edward VI Grammar School, Stafford

Main Entrace to the School on the corner of Newport Road and Friars Terrace. Postcard published by Marshall, Keene & Co. of Hove. From the mid 1920s they specialised in producing halftone cards of ...

Mayfield Convent, Sussex

A postcard view of Mayfield Convent in Sussex. Originally built in the 14th century as a residence for the Archbishops of Canterbury, the buildings were converted for use as a Convent of the Holy Child ...

National Schools, Penkridge

The National School on Market Square (also known as School Square). Built in 1818 by Joseph potter and paid for by Lord Hatherton, it was enlarged in 1889 in memory of Edward Richard Littleton, 2nd Baron ...

New Penkridge Road, Cannock

The building on the left of this post card view is Walhouse School. Adjoining it is the teacher's house, built in 1828 by Mrs. Walhouse of Hatherton Hall, in New Penkridge Road, Cannock. Here she educated ...

School Lane, Stretton

Looking north along School Lane towards the crossroads with Lapley Lane, Stretton, near Brewood. In the foreground is the Old Reading Room which has since had a second storey added and its thatch replaced ...

The Grammar School, Brewood

The School possibly dates back to the mid 15th century, having been founded by the Bishop of Lichfield. It was certainly refounded in around 1560 by Sir John Giffard, his son Thomas, and Dr Matthew Knightley. ...

The Schools, Colton

St. Mary's School was built in 1862 on a site given by the owner of Colton Manor and funded by the Webb Trust. Although altered and extended, including a major refurbishment in 1966, the village school ...

Yarlet Hall

Replacing an earlier, 18th century building, work on a new house was begun around 1870 by George Sidney. In 1873 The Reverend Walter Earle founded a private preparatory school at Yarlet Hall which remains ...

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