Architecture of Staffordshire

1857 – Little Aston Hall, Staffordshire

Little Aston Hall was originally constructed around 1730 by Richard Scott of nearby Great Barr Hall,

1860 – Restoration of Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire

Interior perspective view looking east and west showing proposed reredos, screen, throne and stalls. During the Victorian era,

1860 – Unbuilt Design for Wedgwood Memorial, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Architect: Wigginton, Bennett & Morris

“MANY of our readers will doubtless remember that within the last two years an effort was made to raise subscriptions for the purpose of erecting a monument to the late Josiah Wedgwood,

1866 – New Infirmary, Hartshill, Stoke-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire

Architect: Nichols & Lynam

Now part of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, the Royal Infirmary at Hartshill was one of the earliest hospitals to be built on the pavilion system favoured by Florence Nightingale.

1869 – Wedgewood Memorial Institute, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Architect: Robert Edgar

From The Architect and Contract Reporter, April 17 1869: This building is announced to be opened on tho _’

1872 – Highfield Grove, Stafford, Staffordshire

Architect: Robert Griffiths

Robert Griffiths was the county surveyor of Staffordshire, England and an architect, noted mostly for asylum architecture,

1872 – Premiated Design, Wood Green Church, Walsall, Staffordshire

Architect: E.F.C. Clarke

Published in The Building News, April 5th 1872: “WE give this week illustrations of a church about to be erected on a commanding site on the high road between Wednesbury and Walsall.

1873 – Proposed new Chancel, Christ Church, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Architect: E.F.C Clarke

Christ Church was demolished in the 1970s, and the site is now occupied by a mosque.

1874 – Castle House, Stafford, Staffordshire

Architect: T.W. Chalmers

1875 – Priory House Hotel, Walsall, Staffordshire