Stapenhill House Restore

[pc99]

Hi Mystie,

Have you seen the picture of Stapenhill House on ' staffspasttrack ', it is obviously a later photo with the ivy growing up the wall. As a point of interest, was it situated on Stapenhill Road and who owned it

Regards from a Stapenhillian,

Peter.

[mystifier]

Stapenhill House is a work in progresss page. I have exposed it at www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?p=44 so that you can see what images I have so far. Text will be added before long.

Stapenhill house occupied the top terrace of what is now Stapenhill pleasure gardens and the whole of Stapenhill gardens was its private garden with a tennis court situated where the white swan is now.

It was owned for the longest time by the Clay family (after whom nearby Clay Street was named).

I think 'Images of time' images are superior to mine (do you have a 1000px version?). The current photo was sent to me by RobinClay who is a member here and descendant of the same family.

Some of the other images could probably be improved upon (the third one down has a new, accurately sized and positioned, church tower as a cheat!).

[rev.ivorbiggin]

Time for trhe painters and decoraters too move in,
Pinched your restore as a base Irene, to save time, Hope you dont mind.

Ivor

[mystifier]

Thanks Ivor,

If it's okay, I will use a variation of this on the title page.

[Colin Cruddace]

Hi all,

I'm just browsing, admiring the fantastic work you are all doing, but there is something spooky happening with this one

If you look at the windows just above the entrance you might see what I mean. I hope someone could explain it to me.

Regards,
Colin

[rev.ivorbiggin]

No problem at all with that mystifier, as long as you give Nicksmum the credit for the restore, ive only given it some colour.

Ivor

[Ruskie]

Stapenhill House (long demolished), Burton-on-Trent, 1878.

That's criminal!    

Gorgeous house and great restores.

[Finley 1]

Hi all,

I'm just browsing, admiring the fantastic work you are all doing, but there is something spooky happening with this one

If you look at the windows just above the entrance you might see what I mean. I hope someone could explain it to me.

Regards,
Colin

somebody closed it?!!

[mystifier]

If you look at the windows just above the entrance you might see what I mean. I hope someone could explain it to me.

My main interest is buildings which have the advantage that many windows are the same. In restoring, it is often easiest to repair a damaged window by taking another one and changing the size/perspective. Also useful when removing the occasional modern lamp-post or street sign (www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?cat=112).

Don't worry, there are no ghosts